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Evening star., 1942-11-14
2MiIion Youths,
1S 10 19,Facing
Military Call
President Signs
Droft Bill; Pledges
Postwar Training
BY the Associated PRESS,

BY the Associated Press.
More than 1000 900 youths in the
10 and 10 year old classes are subject
today to military duty in the near
future, but they have the promise
of President Roosevelt that they
will be Fhelped in resuming their
school and college careers after the
war.
The Chief Executive, in signing
the youth draft bill last night, dis
closed that committee of educators
under Army and Navy auspices will
study plans for young men to go
back to their schooling after leaving
the armed forces. a
Postwar Opportunity.
An equal opportunity, the Presi-
dent said in a formal statement, will
be afforded other young men who
desire training and other forms OF
education after their Army or Navy
service.
He said he also would announce
in the near future plan to utilize
during the war certain colleges and
universities to train limited num-
Der of men for highly specialized"
duties In the armed forces.
These men will be selected solely
on the basis Of their ability" the
President said, land without regard
to whether or not they are now in
college or whether they could other
wise afford to go to college"
In signing the bill only day after
final congressional action on meas
ure stripped OF all restrictions as to
length of training before combat
duty, the President said the time had
now come when the successful
prosecution of the war requires that
we call to the colors the men of Is
and 49,"
Anxious to Serve.
While many in these age groups
have already volunteered, Mr..
Roosevelt said, others have been
eagerly awaiting the call" and "all
are ready and anxious to serve"
He expected large numbers to
come from schools and colleges and
said while some action to help
youths resume interrupted educa-
tional careers was improvised at the
end OF the last war, this time I'VE
are planning in advance"
Offlcials have estimated that there
are approximately 100000 youths
between 18 and 20 already registered
and that 100000 or more might 20
toward making up the 100000 addi-
tlonal men needed in all the four
armed services by the end of the
1943 calendar year.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
BY the Associated Press.

5y tne AS6OCl&Ce0 freeS.
Here are answers, based on off,
cial statements and estimates, to
questions on the effect of the teen
age draft bill:
Q. How many 18 and 10 years olds
will be eligible for military service?
A. Approximately 100000 regis
tered last June 80 and another
1900 900 who have reached 18 since
then or will do so during the next
year will probably be registered by
January /, 1914
@. Will they all be drafted?
A. No. Many of the June 80 reg
istrants have already reached 20
and have been inducted, many more
have volunteered for the Army,
Navy, marines or Coast Guard or
enrolled in reserve units, many are
physically unfit, and tome will be
deferred on occupationa1 or depend
ency grounds.
@. How many actually will enter
the fighting forces?
A. Approximately 100000 to 900,-
600 physically fit youths who have
not volunteered are left over from
the June 80 registrations and about
1.275, 900 other physically fit teen
ayers should register during 1913
Most of them are expected to enlist
or be drafted.
Inductions in 30 to 40 Days.
@. How far will they go toward
satisfying the foreseeable require
ments of the military services?
A. They should furnish more than
100000 of the $500, 900 men needed
by the end of next year to give the
United States an Army of $500 900,
Navy of 100000 and a Marine
and Coast Guard strength of 100000,
making our total fighting forces
100000.
@. When will they start drafting
18 and 10 year olds who already are
registered?
A. That depends on what advance
preparations local draft boards have
made to meet calls with older men
and how quickly the boards classify
teen-agers as ready for service.
Selective Service Director Lewis B.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
Seven D. {. Projects
To ToReceive$3,064,500
lanham Act Funds
List Approved by PWA
Headed by Improvements
To Water System

ofhcials of the Public Works Ad-
ministration have approved loans
and grants amounting to $3,064, 500
for seven Lanham Act projects for
the District, it was announced late
yesterday at the District Building.
OF the total, $1,797, 7,005 is to be q
grant, the rest loan.
On recommendation by District
PWA Director David D. Auld, the
Commissioners accepted the offer as
made by the PWA.
Improvements to the water dis
tribution system were the major
items on the list. A $4,000 unit
for the Dalecarlia Pumping Station,
$67l 900 for gravity main at the
same place and $500, 900 for a filtered
water reservoir at Fort Reno were
included. The funds for all of these
items is equally divided as loan and
grant.
The last unit of the proposed ex-
parsion of hospital facilities at Gal
linger Hospital was approved in a
$4,000 grant for q venereal disease
ward.
Construction Of the Stanton Ele-
mentary and the Merritt-M Miller
Schools was assured with the grant
OF $272,500 for their construction
and $27,995 for furnishings and
equipment.
In addition, $262, 900 as a grant
and $195 900 as q loan were ap-
proved for recreational facilities.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
ice Postpones Proposed
Oil Freight Rate Boost
By the Associated pr.ss

BY the Associated Press.
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission postponed yesterday from
November Is until June Is, l943. the
effective date of a proposed freight
rate increase by railroads on crude
and refined oil shipped from Central
and Southwest points of the Nation
to the Atlantic seaboard.
A commission official said the ac-
ton followed protest by major oil
companies, the Once of Price Ad-
ministration and the petroleum CO.
ordinator, to permit an investigation
OF the "lawfulness" of the proposed
rates.
Those protesting, the official said
&C ltended the increased rates would
amount to an additional $50, ,00O, 900
year.
Rail carriers. the official explained,
are free to initiate their own rates,
filing the proposed increases with
the ICC to become effective after
30 days unless protest is filed. The
30-day period would have expired
November Is.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
Autopsy Will Determine
Whether Car Hit Woman

An autopsy will be held today in
the death of Mrs. Carrie M. Cronin,
81, of 2227 Twentieth street NV, an
employe of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing who died last night in
Casualty Hospital.
Mrs. Cronin was reported by police
to have been involved in traffic
accident yesterday on Wyoming ave-
nue. between Nineteenth street and
Columbia road NV. They listed
Miss Lillian C. Phillips Of 1880 Thir-
tieth street NV, War Department
employe, as driver of the car and
said Miss Phillips told them that
Mrs. Cronin had fallen, or stepped
from the curb, into the side of her
car.
Inspection of the automobile by
the Accident Investigating Unit to-
day failed to reveal any marks that
would indicate the car hit Mrs.
Cronin. Police indicated Mrs. Cronin
might have collapsed as she stepped
from the curb and that Miss Phillips
car might have struck only the
>woman's pocketbook.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
Tunney to Hold
Glasses for
Officers Here

The Navy said today that Comdr.
Gene Tunney, physical fitness d.
rector, will open two classes for ma
val ofncers in Washington begin
ming Monday.
The classes, designed to keep desk
officers in good physical condition
while they are on duty at posts
here, will be held on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at $50
pm. at Western High School and at
S pm. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays at the YMCA. Glasses
will last an hour.
Enrolment Is voluntary, although
naval officers here know that Sec
retary Knox and several high rank
ing admirals are earnest advocates
of physical fitness. Secretary Knox
himself takes rigorous daily exer-
cises.
Comdr. Tunney is a militant op-
ponent of smoking and an ardent
believer in trim waistlines. AL
though details of the course have
not been revealed, it is known that
he favors jogging, calisthenics and
such sports a. yolley ball.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
Draft Questions and Answers
Inductions Of First Of Teen Ayers
Expected Within 80 to 40 Days

Hershey estimated inductions could
begin generally in 30 to 40 days after
the President signed the bill.
@. What about the 18-year -olds
who haven't been registered and
those who become 18 later?
A. Regulations for their registra-
ton will be issued by the President,
who may set specific registration
dates or provide that each youth
shall register within a designated
time after he reaches 10. After
that, they will be subject to induc-
ton at the call Of their draft boards.
Student Deferments.
@, Will youths be taken out of
school for the armed forces?
A. These. in high school who ara
called during the last half OF the
school year may be deferred until
next July l if they ask it to finish
out the year. Collegians in Reserve
units will not be drafted, but will
remain subject to call to active duty
at any time. Other collegians who
are physically fit will be subject to
induction.
@. What will be the effect on the
colleges?
A. This hasn't received official
clarification yet Representative
Sparkman, Democrat, of Alabama
said the Army would put selected
men through college courses of 9 to
q months at Government expense,
making the selections after these
men have been inducted. The Navy
has not revealed its plans. Nearly
so small colleges closed before the
teen-age bill passed.
@. What effect will the teen-age
draft have on married men?
A. 1t will lessen the number of
them drafted to the extent to which
teen ayers are taken to meet the
Army calls. This could mean in
terruption or postponement of the
calling of married men for two
months or more, or greatly ease calls
on them for that period and tighten
such calls indefinitely. Generally
speaking. it will practically assure
married men with children that they
will not be called before October /,
1943, at the earliest.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
Missing Persons

1 ttOCO ftuOttsS styO' nS~SsS'e
concerning persons reported
missing should communicate
Dith the Public Relations Squad
of the Police Department, Ma
tional 1000.
Ralph Perry, 7, 4 feet 3 inches,
80 pounds, blue eyes. blond hair,
wearing black corduroy cap with
light blue earmuffs, black corduroy
Jacket, tan shirt, green corduroy
pants, brown oxfords, brown school
bag and lunch bag; missing from
1928 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
since Tuesday.
Gloria Cam, IA, S feet 2 inches,
105 pounds. blue eyes, blond hair,
wearing tan camel hair coat, brown
and white shoes; missing from Sill
yer Spring, Md, since yesterday.
Helen Lucy Dove, 68, S feet 3
inches, 155 pounds, blue eyes, white
hair, has only one tooth, wearing
light brown coat with brown fur
collar, black dress, black shoes;
missing from Capitol Heights, Md,
since Monday.
Henry Donaldson, II, colored, 5
feet II inches, l65 pounds, wearing
dark trousers, light shirt, tan over
coat: missing from 43l r street
NV. since November l.
Louis Jerome Harris, IA, colored,
small for age, wearing maroon lum-
ber jacket, brown pants and
sneakers; missing from 212 K street
NE. since Thursday.
Lucius Washington. 10, colored, 1
feet. IS pounds. wearing two brown
shirts, brown corduroy pants, black
leather cap. brown shoes, blue coat:
missing from 1900 I street NV.
since Thursday.
Evening star., 1942-11-14

plIdlS, LIE neu
Cross announced
yesterday. They
are to assist in
providing well
fare and recrea-
ton for hospi-
taliZed A m e r j.
c a n S in t h e
armed forces in
the British Isles.
The two local
women are Mrs.
C a t h e r ! n e
H. Caveny, 5118
New Hampshire
av e ue NV,
who is to serve
Evening star., 1942-11-14
Overtime Pay Bill
Faces Delay for Fight
Over Poll Taxes
Mead Awaits Break in
Parliamentary Situation
To Press Measure

The Senate fight over abolition Of
poll taxes in State elections appears
likely to put off action any time
next week on the overtime pay bill
for Government employees.
1t was apparent during yester-
days proceedings that Southern
Democrats opposing repeal of the
poll tax were prepared to carry or
prolonged debate against that
measure, which. probably mean,
Senate leaders will not try to breal
in with other business in the mean.
time.
Overtime for Some.
The purpose of the Government
pay bill is to bring about uniformity
in the treatment of overtime. Ir
reporting the bill favorably two
weeks ago, the Senate Civil Servic,
Committee pointed out that So pei
cent of the Governments personnel
may be paid for overtime under past
acts of Congress, while AZ per cent
including departmental clerical
Workers-cannot be paid overtime
The pending bill establishes basi
work week of A hours and pro.
vides for overtime pay for all worl
over 40 hours. In some war agen.
cles employees are putting in 4,
hours a week, without any overtim,
compensation. The overtime under
the bill would be time -and-a-half
applied to that part of annual salar,
not in excess of $4,000. Employe,
whose work is such that overtim,
cannot be applied, may be given 6
10 per cent pay increase.
Cut in Turnover Seen.
The committee predicted in its re.
port that passage of the overtim,
Dill would reduce the turnover ir
Government offices, and leave tn,
Civil Service Commission free tt
use the time now spent in recruit.
Ing new employees, to determine
whether personnel now in the sery.
zee is being used in the most effec
tive manner.
Senator Mead, Democrat, of New
York, in charge of the bill, is ex.
pected to ask Senate leaders to cal
II up as soon as the parliamentar,
situation will permit.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
$7,989 Awarded
By Navy for
Speedup Hints
| D. c. Woman Wins
$500 for Suggestion
To Cut Clerical Work

The Navy announced today it had
awarded $7,989 to civilian employees
between June Is and November
for suggestions that led to cutting
red tape and speeding up operation
OF the naval establishment. A
Washington woman led the list with
an award of $500 and a commenda-
tion by Secretary Knox.
Miss Ruth Snyder, 4512 Eighth
street NV, an employe of the Bu-
reau of Naval Personnel, was given
the $500 and the Knox commenda-
ton for suggestion reducing cler-
ical work. She suggested that
letters of confirmation to officers
receiving promotions by dispatch be
eliminated"
Nine other employees in this area
shared in the awards of s1O0 or
more. Martin Ellenbaum, 802 Whit
tier place NV, an employe of the
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts.
received 5000 and a $100 annual pay
increase for suggestion that the
Navy discontinue forwarding copies
OF bills Of lading to the bureau and
to microfllm the originals inetea
He also was commended by Secre-
tary Knox.
Refuse Cans Nested.
For a suggestion that refuse cans
be made so as to permit them to be
nested and stacked in threes, Emmet
Midkiff, an employe of the Bureau
OF Supplies and Accounts, was given
slOO. His suggestion was said to
have saved nearly two-thirds in
storage and transportation space for
the cans.
Robert B. Barnes, employed bv
the same bureau, was awarded $10O
for his suggestion to make blanket
agreements covering the return of
classified documents from firms bid
ding on Navy contracts, which elm
mated much of the routine pro-
cedure formerly required Orston
B. Ellis of the Washington Navy
Yard. received $10O for a suggestion
that saves two man days on the as
sembly of the power equipment Oh
each twin gun mount.
The Navy estimated 1t saves 2,4OO
letters month through acceptance
OF recommendation by Joseph V.
Conner of the Supplies Bureau for
handling relief cases of transporta-
tation company passenger bills. He
received $100 for the suggestion
William S. Neal, employe of the
Bureau of Navy Personnel was
awarded $l00 for plan to save mail
clerical help and Office space in the
bureau.
Written Orders Eliminated.
Miss Elizabeth B. McClatchey, EN-
ploye of the same bureau, was given
500 for a suggestion that led to a
reduction of paper work by eliminat
ing written orders to enlisted mer
who have received individual war
rants or commissions.
| Franklin T. Hanson, engineer In
the Bureau of Ships, was given $10C
for developing device to find the
required delivery dates of ships
components. BY the use of this de-
vice the work can be done with
greater accuracy in less than half
the time. We'll .,
A suggestion by Miss Gayler
Young of the Secretray's Office, that
microfllming of routine mail to be
routed to other officers for action be
discontinued, won her 500. She re-
ceived letter of recommendation
which said that her suggestion would
save the department over 5000 an
nually in salaries.
Awards went to civilian employees
in such widely scattered parts of the
world as New England and Pearl
Harbor.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
| D. C.. Mother and Son
| Were Both Born
| On Friday, 18th

Friday the 18th is a lucky
day in the Rosters family.
On Friday, August 13, 1915, q
daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence j. Rosters, 1901
Argonne place NV. Yesterday,
Friday, November l3, the
daughter, Miss Beulah Rosters,
now Mrs. Paul E. Macmillan,
gave birth to a son at Garfield
Hospital. He weighed 8 pounds
6 ounces.
Mrs. Macmillan, who lives at
5ll0 Fort Totten drive NE, is
the wife OF a transportation
specialist with the Once Of
Defense Transportation.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
Democratic Chief Token
To Wilmington Hospital
RS the Assncinted Press

By the Associated Press.
WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. a.
Edward j. Flynn, Democratic na-
tional chairman, became i'll yester-
day while motoring from Washing
ton to New York and was taken to
the Delaware Hospital. He was de-
tanned overnight for observation al
though hospital attaches said his
condition was not serious.
A nephew, Frederick Flynn, who
accompanied the Democratic leader,
returned to Washington.
Evening star., 1942-11-14

as an American Red Cross secretary
and Miss Charlotte Kelly, 3050 P
street NV, Red Cross medical
social worker,
Mrs. Caveny, whose parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Richard D. Hodge, live at
the New Hampshire avenue address,
had served here since 1899 as secre-
Evening star., 1942-11-14

tary in the Office
OF the special
counsel, Associ-
ated Railroad
and Steamship
Co.'S, Inc. She
is a graduate of
S o u t h e a S t.
ern University
here and Of the
Wilmington Law
School. She is a
member of the
North Carolina
bar.
Miss Kelly was
a social worker
with 49, Wal
Evening star., 1942-11-14
7 Months of War Costs
Canada $l,22l,736,997
ax the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Nov. 14.-Canadas
war expenditures for the seven
months from April to October to-
tailed $l,22l, ,736,s97, the once OF
the Controller Of the Treasury an
uounced last night. a.,. ..
Evening star., 1942-11-14

fare and Recreational Association
here prior to her Red Cross assign
ment. She is a graduate Of Trinity
College here and st. Mary's Aca-
denny, Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
Ex-Broker FutuIlY Burned

SAN DIEGO. Calf, Nov. IA tF.-
Thomas S. Wheeler, 80. retired New
York stock broker, died yesterday Of
burns after an electric heater ignited
] his clothing. His widow. Clara, sur.
vives.
Evening star., 1942-11-14
Two Local Women Arrive
Overseas for Red Cross

Two Washington women were
among 13 Red Cross workers who re-
Gently arrived in England ito aug
ment STATS assigned to military Nos.
Evening star., 1942-11-14

Uncle Sam needs your waste
bacon grease, drippings, vegetable
shortening. Take them 70 your
meat dealsf.
Evening star., 1942-11-14

ci which hold their work meetings academy
was set up permanently by Congress and President Lincoln
the Civil War to advise the Government matters
During the construction of the Panama Canal example,
geoogsts OF the academy called by Army engineers
to with the earth which kept sliding
ton During the World War President Wilson up
search Council part of the academy organize the scientific
resources OF the country In this academy council
buster than Originally up 800 members
elected at the rate OF IS the academy
It's limit to 350 All It's members natural scientists
president serving fouryear Dr. Frank B. Jewe
chairman of the board Of the Bell Telephone Laboratories
Evening star., 1942-11-14

HOUSE OF THOUSAND WONDERS-Helen Catch Durston
sketched the Persian tiled pools and the Aistotean motto
which frame the entrance to the National Academy Sciences
at Twenyrst street and Constitution NV Built of
Dover marble In 1924 the building houses the academy and its
agent the National Research Council The great
bear the figures of nqurng of earlier centuries such
Newton Darwin Calico and 1carus Credited mytho
with the first attempt at human flight pictured
pungng toward the water the mets his wings
and feathers.
The scientific exhibits inside used to
and wdeeyed school children building closed about
six months however protect the committees
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23

Almost every American soldier
with whom ! have spoken in tho
far eastern theater OF war has
begged me 10 try and fight this
kind of ShortSighted view. 1t is the
sincere belief OF every American
observer in this part Of the wnrle
that first Singapore, then Java.
and last Australia. are the outer
defense Of California.
No matter what courage the
Allies show. they cannot stop the
Japs with 10 and IS TO one odds
against them.
Just before I left Java I inter
viewed Dutch officer on his way
TO tcensored). l quote:
ut can scarcely be repeated
too often that when a country
Ia thrown on the defensive as re-
CARDS the shorellne, the event.
ual function of the feet IL to
take the offensive"
II you do not recognize that
quotation that the Dutchman had
framed, I will tell you who wrote
it--Admiral Mahan, United States
naval strategist. =
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23
The Fighting Mans E'H.ieasaa

different city because have buSi
ness out Of town. II would say,
me the return trip.
A-PrOvided YOU can meet
the ply ca, mer;a, and educa-
tlonal requirements YOU can
enlist In the navy anywhere up
to the tiElc YOU have been eN-
amined by an army doctor de-
tailed by your local draft board
That Is, even If you are regis
tered here, and have not been
examined by an army doctor on
orders Of your local draft board.
YOU can enlist in the navy in ~.
Louis. New York or New Or
lcar' or whoever there il a
e so NJ SIT on.
y tr. C I ann married
TT. cj.G-A. g wears old have
njgr school education and cXpcr.-
'ncc as a mechanic; can I enlis'
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-23

He made me promise 10 tell this
story 10 you people al home.
II Nc hope 10 stop the Japs the
United States will have 10 do bet
ter than this.
The men fighting In the Far
Eastern countries for their defense
and ultimately for the defense Of
the United States deserve better
OF their country than they arc
getting
On an isolated air field in the
Far East l found a young Ameri-
can pilot in charge. He was A
fighter pilot He had been
grounded following a crash One
finger Of hrs right hand was
paralyzed Because il got in his
way. he was no longer permitted
to fly.
He told me that he would not
be on the ground much longer as
he had arranged 10 have the finger
amputated so that he could take
a new medical examination and
he was sure that he could pass.
Against this spirit should be put
the announcement OF various
American spokesman that IL would
be best 10 keep the majority of
the American forces at home 10
defend America