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Evening star., 1942-03-22
Citizens Unit Backs
Move 10 Give D. T..
Virginia Area
Federation Indorses Bill
To Put National Airport
Under District Rule

Support for the move by Chair
man McCarran of the Senate Dis
trict Committee to have the orig
inal area Of the District returned
by Virginia was voted last night by
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations.
The motion, presented by Vice
President Harry Wender, also ex-
pressed opposition to the Randolph
bill to place the new National Air
port within the jurisdiction of Vir-
ginia and backed the Nichols bill
to place it within the District.
Strenuous objection to the motion
came from A. D. Calvert of Lincoln
Park, who said it had been brought
up in indecent haste and warned
the delegates not to divide forces
on a strictly political matter"
Following passage of the motion,
Mr. Calvert asked to be recorded
against it and denounced it as dis
honest and immoral" He later
took the floor to explain that he
considered the motion itself dis
honest and immoral and did not
mean to reflect on the delegates.
Suter Demands Expulsion.
Harry N. Stull. president. called
Mr.. Calvert to order, while Jesse
Suter, delegate from the Associa-
ton of Oldest Inhabitants. called
for Mr.. Calvert to be expelled,
charging that his remarks were an
insult to the whole body.
Baxter Smith. delegate from
North Capitol Citizens Association,
moved that the remark, which had
been ordered placed on the record
bv Mr. Stuu, be removed. Mr.. Suter
moved for a substitute motion, de-
claring Mr.. Calvert in contempt and
reprimanding him. Mr.. Suter S
motion lost and Mr.. Smiths car
ried. striking the remark from tne
record.
Mr. Stull turned over his gavel to
Mr.. Wender to take the floor In op-
position to a motion by Culver b.
Chamberlain, of Cathedral Heights
Cleveland Park Association, back.
ing the National Capitol Park and
Planning Commissions opposition 10
temporary dormitories on the mall
Mr. Stull said he could not see how
some people can continue 10 take
an attitude that makes it lmpos-
sible for the Government to utilize
space we have now.
Goodwillie Plan Approved.
The Federation head criticized the
motion as being too much OF the
"business-as-usual" idea.
Mr.. Chamberlain's motion was
(See FEDERATION, Page A-14D
Evening star., 1942-03-22
Apartment Operator
Held in Shooting Case

Police didn't like his story Of
Shooting at pigeons SO they ar
rested 55-year-old apartment
house operator last night after two
complaints against gunfire had been
received from residents Of upper
Fourteenth street NV.
A scout car was dispatched on
the first call, but nothing unusual
was found in the vicinity of the
apartment house. On the second
call, police visited the proprietor
and found seven assorted rifles and
shotguns in his quarters. When he
offered the pigeon story, they
booked him for investigation.
Evening star., 1942-03-22
New Express Service
Old. e.. Buses Planned
To Speed Transport
'SeIective' Area Routing
Studied by Honkin; Survey
Soon to Be Instituted

Taxicab drivers who are 'on call"
or going of duty" would be re-
quired to post formal notices to that
effect on windshields Of their cabs,
under a plan announced Yesterday
by Gregory Hankin, chairman Of
the Public Utilities Commission.
At the same time, Mr.. Hankin
suggested possibilities of a major
revision in mass transportation
service under which express buses
might be operated from selected
residential areas to downtown Gov
ernment or private employment
centers. if sufficient patronage was
shown by an origin and destination
study about to be started by the
P. U. c.
Base Service Unaffected.
This plan would not effect the
base day service but might alter
rush hour transportation pro-
grams. If adopted. the program
would follow something of a new
policy in providing express bus
service from specific residential to
business areas. in rush hours,
rather than following the tradi-
tional mass transportation routes.
AS the program is set up, the Dis
trict is divided into many sections
for the origin and destination study,
and these areas would be keyed for
notation when answers are received
to questionnaires soon to be sent
out. The answered cards would be
run through tabulating machines
to get the full picture of rush hour
express bus transportation demands,
Mr. Hankin said.
Mr.. Hankin declared again yester-
day that when arrangements have
been completed for distribution of
the origin and destination survey
cards to Government and private
business establishments the time re-
quired for the survey, including tab
ulation of results, would not exceed
80 days.
Says Hackers Make Excuses.
AS to the taxi situation, Mr.. Han
kin said it had come to the attention
OF the commission that many cab
drivers were refusing to pick up
passengers when long hauls were
required, by giving the excuses they
were on call, or going of duty, or
had to get gas or oil, or had been
on duty for a long period of hours
Under the Hankin plan each cab
driver having such an excuse legiti-
mately would have to post the
printed notice in his windshield
saying why he was not in service.
Evening star., 1942-03-22
Three From D. G. Given
Judge Advocate Posts

Three officers from Washington
were among 26 graduated yesterday
as members of the first class of the
judge advocate school, held in the
National University Law School
building. Members of the Judge
Advocate Generals Department who
will be assigned Immediately to per-
manent duty as staff Judge advo-
Gates, they are Capts. J. F. Richter,
G. Capriani and j. j. Malloy.
Evening star., 1942-03-22
McCarran Claims Act
Receding D. {. Land
In 1916 Was Illegal
Nevodon Proposes Unit
To Settle Political
Questions With Virginia

Congress exceeded its conStitu-
tional authority in l846 when it re-
turned to Virginia that States part
of the original National Capital,
Chairman McCarran of the Senate
District Committee declared yester-
day and announced he would COM
plete early this week the draft OF
bill to set aside the act of retro
| ceSSiOn.
The Nevadan said the bill would
propose appointment of a commits
sion by the President to work out
solutions to problems that have
grown out of the return of that
area to Virginia. These, he said.
would include such questions as
taxation, boundary lines and the
suffrage status of the nearby Vlr-
ginia residents.
Hearings Will Be Held.
Hearings will be held on the sub
iect. the date to be fixed after the
bill has been introduced, he said.
Senator McCarran declared he
had concluded that the act OF l846
overstepped two separate provisions
of the Constitution: first, the Sec
ton providing for establishment OF
seat of Federal Government not ex-
ceeding 10 miles square: second, the
section forbidding enactment OF ex
post facto laws or laws abridging the
right of contract.
After accepting the jurisdiction
offered by Virginia and Maryland,
the Senator said. Congress went as
far as it was authorized to go by
the first section referred to. He
argued Congress could not there
after select a different site without
a constitutional amendment.
Four Parties Involved.
Discussing the contractual obli-
cations involved, which he believed
were protected by the other pro-
vision of the Constitution, the Sem
ator continued:
Here was solemn contract
made by four parties-Maryland,
Virginia, the Federal Government
and 10 private land owners. All OF
these parties entered into it for
consideration, namely, the perma-
nency of the seat of government.
and all became bound to each other
because they were co-benef1ciarieS.
Therefore, the Act of 1846, under
both provisions of the Constitution,
was null and void"
Senator McCarran'S attention re-
Gently was drawn to the question by
the steady expansion of Federal
activities into nearby Virginia, in
cluding erection of the new War
Department Building in Arlington
County, and the controversy as to
whether Virginia or the District
should have jurisdiction over the
new National Airport. Bills are
awaiting action in both House and
Senate District Committees to de-
termine whether the airport is in
the District or Virginia.
Evening star., 1942-03-22
By c. A. MATHISEN.

The worlds biggest print shop is
getting more business than 1t can
handle.
Printing plants throughout the
Nation have been called to the as
sistance Of the Government Printing
Once. an institution long accus-
toned to turning out few million
of this form or that booklet without
a murmur. It's a case of too many
millions of too many things, even
for the capacity of a plant occupy
ing nearly 80 acres of floor space.
Sugar ration books, Defense saw
ings stamp albums, forms for serv-
ice records of the armed forces and
scores of other items are wanted in
hurry. AS he attempts to deliver
all acquisitions on time, Public
Printer A. E. Giegengack is attempt
ing to adhere to the rule of the
offlce-that operations are conducted
as in private industry, with a view
to maximum efficiency in production
at minimum cost.
Worlds Biggest Printing Job
Virtually all Federal policy an
nouncements during the emergency
have meant one or more printing
jobs calling for millions OF pieces.
A challenge to Imagination is 'the
biggest printing job in the history
of the world"-productiOn of the
forms required by the sugar-ration-
ing program. Between II 900 900 and
10000 900 pounds Of paper and
10000 pounds of ink were needed for
the more than TOO 5000 pieces, in
cluding 5000 900 ration books.
It has been estimated the ration
books if stacked would form tower
IS miles high. All copies of the three
consumer forms - application, in
structions and ration bOOk-woulc
stretch 1850 miles. more than
enough to encircle the globe at the
Equator.
The number of ration book:
printed exceeds the population Of
the United States by many millions
but provisions had to be made fol
lost or destroyed books, births ano
demand in excess of estimates In
various localities. For example. 1O.OOt
extra copies in New York City would
not aid officials in San Francisco Il
the latter ran short.
The Job was too large for G. P. O
alone. Contracts were issued to 23
firms in various parts of the coun-
try. Fourteen of the commercial
plants were set to printing the ra-
ton books, using plates cast from
molds furnished by G. P. O., which
did all composition and makeup
Names of the participating compa-
nies have not been made public, be-
cause the ration books are almost as
valuable as money.
Procurement of paper and dis
tribution of the finished product
posed additional complications. Six
mills furnished the special stock
used in the ration books as pro-
lection against counterfeiting. About
200 900 bills of lading were prepared
for shipment of the forms in guam
titles needed by communities.
Here are a few of the other tasks
performed by G. p. o. in recent
months:
Report to the Nation"-Office Of
Facts and Figures ordered $4,000
copies of a 62-page, two-color book
let. Final proofs were submitted on
a Saturday, presses run Sunday, de-
livery made Monday.
Ten instruction booklets ordered
by Once of Civilian Defense-1 .8O0,-
600 copies delivered one week after
approval of final proofs.
Pledge for regular PURCHASE Of De-
Evening star., 1942-03-22
Goithersburg Dance Set

A dance, sponsored by the Gath.
ersburg Md) High School Athletic
Association. will be given In the
school Friday night.
Evening star., 1942-03-22
Donating Sought.

The Friendship Citizens Associa-
ton is making a canvass of its 5000
households seeking a cash donation
of 81 from each Of them to cover
civilian defense needs in the
Friendship area.
Col Bolles said the normal needs
for each sector post included a
desk and sufficient chairs for post
personnel, telephone, large fash
lights and extra batteries, flrst-aid
kit, log book, set of report forms
and instruction texts, a typewriter,
a portable radio receiving set, toilet
facilities and rope or clothesline to
rope of danger areas.
Evening star., 1942-03-22

See D. c. BILLS, Page A-14D
Evening star., 1942-03-22

(See FEDERATION, Page A-14D
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'Teen-Aeers viii Find
SLATE Pin" Easy TO Make

Not worried about priorities,
say subdebs. They've been MAX
ing their own substitutions all
along. A favorite with teen
ayers is the use of nail polish
for decorative purposes. Here is
an idea CLEANED from the note
book of a high school junior: a
tiny blackboard worn as a pin
and inscribed with the traditional
message. 7 love you. joe" Easy
to make and inexpensive. too.
Requirements: one slate five and
dime), one saw fathers, but
don't ruin iD. q bottle of white
nail polish. safety pin and some
cement. Saw the slate down TO
small square. Paint your mes
sage on-then cement the pin
firmly TO the back. One slate
would make several pins and of
course the inscription could be
changed should ones affection
shift.
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Chicken Pox,
Mumps Most
Popular"

Chicken pox and humps were
frequent but not to be considered
of serious proportions during the
month of January, according to
DR.. Lee E. Powers city health Of
ficer, whose report was filed with
the city council Monday.
There were 10 cases of pox in
the month and 50 of humps. he
reported, but both run in cycles
and this is their year.
Other contagious diseases on the
months calendar were typhoid
fever /, tuberculosis S, scarlet
fever Q, whooping cough Is, and
German measles 2.
The month saw 319 births in the
city, of which there were 179
males and 140 females; and 173
deaths, of which 101 were mades
and u females.
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50nSele May Gain Time by Cooking Two Days Dinners at once
Knife and Fork Club Will Hear
Famous FOREIGN Correspondent

making Berlin his headquarters
The following year he went on 10
Moscow and became The Ma
tons regular Russian eorre-
spondent. serving later as that
magazines rowing European corre-
spondent and. when the war broke
out in Spain, he covered that con-
flict He made long and frequent
visits throughout this period into
various European countries. in
GLIDING Germany. Italy, France
and the Balkan states.
Fiseher's other books include
The Soviets in World Affairs.
which is regarded as a standard
reference by all students of Rus
sian activities during the past two
decades: "Oil Imperialism" why
Recognize Russia. The War in
Spain" and why Spain Fights
On"
Written for Others
In addition to his books and tc
his regular correspondence for
The Nation" which has now be-
come a regular page in this week
ly publication entitled Men and
Politics." ne has also written from
time to time for many leading
American newspapers and for vari-
our European journals.
Louis Fischer was born and edu.
Gated in Philadelphia He taught
school several years and worked
briefly for the 'Tass" news agenc,
in London and for the United Press
in Berlin before joining the staff
of the New York Evening Post In
1921. He is married to the for.
mer Miss Bertha Mark. the Mar.
koosha of Men and Politics" anc
they have two sons. George. Is
and Victor, II. Both Of the boys
were born during their parents
stay in Russia and their arriva
in the United States about a veal
ago was their first visit here.
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Bert B. Laird, Ex- State EmploYe,
Pleads Innocent of Embezzlement

been so cleverly concealed, 1t had
only been discovered last month.
He said he understood Laird had
made restitution in the Olympia
cases, but that the Tacoma case
was not known to the Olympia
grand jury.
Three Counts Listed
Count l charges Laird with mis-
appropriating more than 500 COL
lected by him as excise tax from
the late o. M. Lund on behalf of
the Crescent ballroom, between
July 1, 1887, and Sept. 80, 1888.
Count II alleges that between
July and Nov. Is, 1887, Laird
falsified public accounts by max
ing false returns to the tax COM
mission.
Count III charges grand larceny
by embezzlement of state funds in
excess of $25.
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A plea of not guilty was entered
Monday by Bert B. Laird, former
field auditor for the state tax COM
mission. when he was arraigned
before Superior Judge Ernest M.
Card on three counts charging
misrepresentation of accounts by a
public officer, Justification of &C.
counts by a public officer and
grand larceny by embezzlement.
Laird then went with attorneys
to Judge Joseph A. Mallory, ap-
pointed trial judge, and April 6
was set as the trial date. Judge
Mallory continued the bond re-
quirement for bail at $500, al
though an effort was made by
Lairds counsel, Attorney William
N. Goodwin, to have the amount
reduced to $1,000.
Deputy Prosecutor Fritz Metz
ger. representing the state, urged
the bail be kept at the larger
lik ult, dsscI liiik eiidb A%diih . hhS-
appropriations amounted to around
81 500.
Indicted In Thurston
Goodwin informed the court
that Laird had not been employed
by the tax commission for three
years, and that ne had already
been indicted by the Thurston
county grand jury for the same
offense charged here. Laird, he
told Judge Mallory, had pleaded
guilty in 1889 and was even now
on parole from the judgment of
the Thurston county court.
This isn't something that has
just popped up in the last couple
of weeks" Goodwin asserted. THE
state tax commission must have
known of this at the time it laid
its findings before the Olympia
grand jury"
Metzger, however, said this was
new evidence; that in fact it had
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Hsw The Jury Voted
Women: Yes, 2; no, 4.
Men: Yes, 8; no, l.

Blectvic Dealer: Yes. TIE SOON
- his brother finds out The better.
Ne win b well rid a her.
Deeease Werler (woman): Yes.
! suppose the brother viii have to
- told sooner Or later.
Dp1hsp: Yea. II what ~ says
about the wife u true then she
probably doesn't care whether he
Dies tell.
Hsusewtfe: No. Maybe the
brother knows about 1t and gave
her permiseion to 90 out while he
= h ths hospital.
Moch1nlat: Yes; II would be 4
favor b tell his brother, and he
ought 70 tell that dame where to
get Of.
Garunsnt Worker woman: No.
He should wait until his brother
gets better. II he told him now "
might hurt his condition
Hnglneer: No. II his brother
has besn III enough to be confined
70 = hospital for = year then
think be u too sick = man to take
- = mental burden now.
MounsWife: No. / don't think he
should tell the brother until after
he has talked to the wife and
Hrsss,d s>s.t unor~ ah<s.t A. ~>>.crs
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seller. Men and Politics" recent
ly returned from the British Isles,
where he spent the summer and
early autumn observing the war
on the western front. He has in
terviewed the leading British
statesmen and the heads of the
various allied governments with
headquarters in the British Isles.
international Expert
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, SERIAL STORY
BRIDE FROM THE SKY
BY HELEN WELSHIMER

ment. Back of 1t there would be
fear, too.
There couldn't be a wedding,
though. for the bride was gone.
The bride wouldn't be back for
a long time. Phil-how had she
ever doubted that it was Phil she
wanted to marry? She could see
his lean profile out there some
place in the sky, could hear him
trying to send a message of COM
fort.
Surely the police had been noti-
fled by now and streamlined white
cars with magnified voices were
telling Of the disappearance of a
bride in a froth of tulle and foam
and white embroidered slippers.
The brides attire would make
first page, this time, instead Of
the social lead.
She giggled gently as the cord
that tied the packet which held
the parachute opened. Intent on
his course, Sandy had deserted
her for the moment. Even the
mirror had been changed.
She looked down.
Water-miles of 1t. Sandy was
measuring the distance until he
would be above il. He was start
ing for Canada where nothing
could stop him until it was far
too late to resurrect tonights
wedding. Oh. why did Sandy run
through her life like Fifth Col
umn, feTeting out things that
were none of his business?
In the distance she saw the
lights of an airport. Sandy would
have TO pass il before he swung
out across the lake.
Swiftly she adjusted the para
chute over her wedding dress. II
took a few minutes for her to fit
it into place.
She began to talk as she worked
so Sandy would have no sus.
picion. Peg won't like to be the
holder Of the torch for you. May
be she'll refuse TO take you bach
and that would be too bad" A
cynical thread was woven through
her husky tones.
II planned this little stunt with.
out her advice :"
Sandy's rough bright heac
turned just as Judy opened the
cabin door.
Sorry. darling. I get out here
Thanks for the nice evening" Sh,
blew him a kiss and stepped on L
the wing. 1t seemed to her fol
second that there was nothing
in the world but eternity sweep
ing by and pair of gray eyes
frightening, loving. yet admiring
She had heard that a goo,
jumper always falls on his back
head first. She did.
She was falling down =. dow
down. She was caught in /
prairie OF winds. She reached 70
the rip cord. Suppose she couldn'
pull il?
: Suppose Suddenly the plung
l was broken. A great sustaining
: tide steadied her. The white sill
balloon had opened. Far up il
the sky she was safe.
: Gently she was floating earth
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-02-17

II you want your electric cords
to last : long while. here are .
few things you should not DO: Do
not wind or hang them over sharp
surfaces, for this win cut or fray
the covering: do not yank the
cord from the socket. you1l pull
TIE wires loose; do NOT neglect
having cords repaired when the,
becoms worn. or replaced with
new ones II worn beyond repair.
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ward. Now and then she felt a
strange wind that turned her to
the left or to the right.
She looked up. The hum of
Sandy's motor was fainter. She
knew that he was not running
away. He had gone higher to
give her more room.
Then new roar of motors
sounded very close. In a second
she had sensed the trouble. A
new ship was about to take off
and she was in its path,
Ito Be Continued)