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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Youth Draft
Listings Start
In Nearby Areas
Few Appear Early;
Rush Expected
After Schools Close

The registration of nearby Mary
land and Virginia youths who be-
came 10 since June 80 got under
way slowly this morning with only
a few youths on hand as draft
boards opened at am.
The first Prince Georges County
(Md) youth to register at Selective
Service Board No. at Hyattsville
was Leslie A. Smith of Glenn Dale.
who became 10 years old on August 2.
Smith, who was waiting at the
door of the draft board when it
opened this morning. is an employe
of the Bureau of Ships, where he is
a craftsman. He was the only youth
waiting to register when the board
opened.
First in Alexandria.
First youth to register in Alex
andria was Frank Long of COL King
street road, who told the board he
became 13 on last August 26 Long,
who gave his home as Covington.
Va, is employed as clerk by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Selective service officials in Alex
andria said they expected few regis
trants during the morning and early
afternoon. They said the rush Of
18-year -olds to sign up in the Ma
tons war manpower pool was ex-
fN1l1rriy,c This
afternoon.
Hubert E. Carlock, son of Royal
H. Carlock, one of the five members
from Montgomery County elected to
the State Legislature last month,
was among the registrants this
morning at Montgomery County
Board No. at Bethesda.
Carlock, 10. lives at 64l0 Ridge
drive, Brookmont, and is employed
by his father, who owns photo
finishing store in the District.
In Arlington County William
Clarence Gable, ID, of 824 South
Barton street, was the first regis
| trant at Board No. 2.
Only two men registered In the
first three hours at Rockville. They
were Bradley Magaha, Rockville
post office employee, and George w
/ Cramm of r. F.. D. No. 2, Gathers
| burg.
While 18-year- will register
today in nearby counties the Dis
trict will not begin registering its
youths until Monday.
Schedules Announced.
In nearby areas youths will reg
lister at their local draft boards
from am. to pm. according to
the following schedule:
December l ! to 17-Those born on
or after July 1, 1924, but not after
August 81, 1924.
December 18 to 24+Those born
on or after September /. 1924, but
not after October /, 1924
December 26 to 31-Those born on
or after November l. 1924, but not
after December 81. 1924.
Youths who become 10 after De-
eember 81 of this year will register
with their selective service boards
on their birth date.
| In the District, registration will
be held at IS public schools on De-
cember IA for youths whose birth
dates fall in July and August; on
December 81 for those whose birth
dates fall in September and October,
and from December 26 to December
81 for those whose birth dates are
November and December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Induction of 1O2
Delayed to Allow
Holidays at Home

Permission to postpone induction
Of 102 men scheduled to be called
on December IA and 16 until De-
cember 18 and to give them a fur
Tough Of two weeks instead of one
was obtained today from State Sc
lective Service headquarters in
Baltimore by Montgomery County
Board No. 3 at Bethesda.
Ohicials of the board said that
had the men been indicted on the
dates originally scheduled and given
only the customary one-week fur
Tough, they would have begun their
Army training just before Christ
mas. The board sought the delay
and extra furlough so the regis
trants, many Of whom are childless
married men, would be able to spend
the Christmas holidays ct home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Bids for Sa|vaging
Ga||inger Scrap
Will Be Opened
Propose to Remove
| Material From Other
D. G. Institutions

Proposals for salvaging 226,600
pounds of scrap material at Gal
linger Hospital will be opened
Wednesday at pm. in the District
Building, Paul Chalupsky, District
property survey officer, said today.
He also disclosed that instructions
to bidders would be submitted soon
for the removal of large quantities
of scrap from other District insti-
buttons. This includes a number of
school fences, he said.
Removal of the Gallinger scrap
must be completed within 80 days
of the acceptance of the offer. Bid
ders will be afforded an opportu-
nifty to survey the material on Mon
day from am. to pm, Mr.. Chal-
upsky added.
The approximate weights of the
Gallinger scrap were listed as fol-
! lows:
One condemned mattress sterilizer
10000 pounds.
One condemned crucible rack, g.
900 pounds.
One condemned gas stove, 10C
pounds.
Miscellaneous scrap iron located
in carpenter shop. 1000 pounds.
Miscellaneous scrap located in the
supply department, 500 pounds.
Eight condemned radiators, 1900
pounds.
One lot Of condemned wrought
steel pipe, 100000 pounds.
Plans for a Nation wide collection
of old spark plugs to start next week
were under consideration today by
the District Salvage Committee.
The War Production Board has
asked service stations and auto parts
dealers to save all discarded plugs.
When sufficient quantities have been
collected, they will be picked up by
wholesale distributors and turned
over to salvage dealers.
Spark plugs contain steel, copper,
brass and nickel alloy, all strategic
metals.
Meanwhile salvage officials here
again stressed that householders
should place their prepared tin cans
out on the days of garbage collec-
ton. Many people wrongly believe
cans are picked up by other agencies
or on trash collection days. Gar
bage is collected twice a week in
the District.
Commercial establishments, it
was pointed out. should register with
the District Salvage Committee in
the Albee Building for the collec-
ton of their prepared cans Pick
ups are being made by trucks volun-
teered by the bottling industry here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
First Lease Signed
Under Housing
Program Here
N Street Residence Built
In 1870 to Be Made
Into Three Apartments

The Government signed its first
lease under the housing conversion
program here yesterday after it had
previously approved architects plans
for a nine-room house at 1927 M
street NV.
The red brick house, built in 1870
by the late w. Clarence Duvall, is
now owned jointly by A. Malcolm
Duvall, 1911 KanaWha street, Chevy
Chase, Md: Miss Mildred Duvall,
Blackstone Hotel, and Ralph G. Du-
vail, New York, all children of the
builder. A. Malcolm Duvall and
Miss Duvall were on hand, in the
law Offices Of Harvey D. Jacob, to
sign the lease.
Runs Two Years After War.
The contract was signed to run for
seven years, with a three-year re-
newal clause. In no event, however,
shall the Government continue to
lease the place more than two years
after the President declares the war
has ended.
The Government will remodel the
place to create three separate
apartments, each containing bath
room. This will be done at Gov
eminent expense.
The conversion program was set
up a couple of months ago by the
National Housing Agency in an eff
fort to provide more accommodate
tons for war workers here Joseph
D. Anderson, director of the MIA s
housing center at Fourteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV, said
yesterday that 200 applications al
ready had been received from home
owners here willing to lease their
places.
III Projects Handled.
OF these, 1T had been processed
and II were In the hands Of archi-
tectS.
When place is approved by the
MIA it is passed on to the Home
Owners Loan Corporation for final
judgment. This latter agency de-
termines whether it is practical to
renovate the place.
The Government was represented
yesterday by A. r. Eidemiller, area
conversion supervisor for the HOLE
who signed the lease; Mr. Anderson
and Mr.. Jacob, acting for the Hole
Wolter Crow MT arizad tho dor
umentS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Radio Poll Gives Bob Hope
Top Honors Second Year

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Motion
Picture Daily announced yesterday
that Bob Hope, comedian, had won
top honors for the second successive
year in its seventh annual radio poll
of more than 600 radio editors and
columnists of the United States and
Canada.
Mr.. Hope was named champion Of
champions, and also won first place
in the comedian group. Fred Allen
was second to him as champion of
champions. and Jack Benny was Sec
ond as comedian.
Dinah Shore was voted the years
outstanding new star, succeeding
Red Shelton, who placed third this
year. Zero Mostel was second.
Herb Shriner was voted most
promising star of tomorrow, a new
classification. Other top honors
were won by Fibber MCGEE and
Molly, Bling Crosby, Fanny Brice,
Madeline Carroll and Raymond
Gram Swing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Eleventh Grade PUBL
Wins Poster Contest

Sheila Young. eleventh grade stu
dent at the Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School, won the first prize Of
fered by the Bethesda Junior
Chamber of Commerce for the pos
ter best depicting the need for
blood donors, the group announced
today.
Second prize went to George Reh-
lander, tenth grade student at the
same school.
The contest was sponsored by the
junior chamber as part Of its
publicity campaign to interest resi-
dents of the area in giving blood.
The chamber sponsored l25 donors
for the mobile blood donor unit at
Bethesda yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Million Added
Civilian
Rolls in Year
Civil Service Gives
Figures on Increases
In Army and Navy

War and Navy Departments have
added around 1000, 900 civilian en-
ployes in the last year, it was in
dictated today when the Civil Serv-
Ice Commission released personnel
figures as OF September 30, which
showed the increase at 941,742. The
normal rate OF growth in the inter-
vening two months would have been
sufficient to bring the agencies to
the 1000, 000-mark.
Total employment for the Gov
eminent as a whole in September
was 2,549,474 an increase-in round
flgures-of $500 over August. In
the District, as was announced sew
eral days ago, the total was 281 ,423,
an increase of 5000 for the month.
In the field, the advance was from
PITS, 1897 to 2,268,051, or about $4,000.
The total force of 2,549 ,474 was paid
s414,594, 644, an increase of s23,OOO,-
600 over August.
The War Department added 81 1886
employees in September to raise its
force to 1,076,306. The Navy jumped
1886 to 51S,663. War reported 41,411
force account employees" and Navy,
174,213. In this category are the
skilled trades working on war items
In Navy yards. arsenals, torpedo
plants and establishments OF that
nature.
In addition to War and Navy De-
partments, the commission reported
personnel in principal war estab-
lishments as follows: Maritime
Commission, 6,256; Office of Censor
ship, 1924; Office of Price Admin
istration, 29,256; Selective Service
System, 27326; War Production
Board, 1861; Alien Property Custo-
dian, 7S9; War Shipping Admins
tration, 803; Office of Strategic
Services, 998; Board of Economic
Warfare, 1881; "all other" Office of
Emergency Management-the over
all designation-14,935. This group
totals more than 100000.
The report noted that 13,4l9 SUI
pervisory employees of the National
Youth Administration were included
In the 38,727 employees reported by
the Federal Security Agency for all
Of its constituent units. The NYA
was one of the groups in which
Congress directed retrenchment in
the appropriation bill for this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Fires Rout Shoppers
In Two Stores
During Rush
Kinney Shoe Company
Loss Put at $4,000;
Kresge Damage Light

A spectacular four alarm fire
which yesterday afternoon swept
the Kinney Shoe Store in the 300
block of Seventh street NV. and
| forced the evacuation of hundreds
of Christmas shoppers from Kann' s
Department Store, was followed last
! night by two other blazeS
Fire broke out about p IN. in the
crowded basement of the S. G..
Kresge Store, Seventh and E streets
NV. sending about 300 customers
fleeing to the street and causing
damage estimated at $4,000. Be-
cause of difficulty in reaching the
blaze, which began in a corner
closet, firemen battled for an hour
and As minutes before extinguish-
ing the flames.
Joseph Brooks, 80, colored, suf-
fered second degree burns of the
head, hands. and legs early today
when mattress caught fire in his
bedroom at 1914 First street NV.
He was taken to Freedman's Hos
pital, where his condition was de-
scribed as critical.
Damage May Exceed $4,000.
j. A. TehaS, manager of the Kin
/ ney store, placed the loss to his
stock at between $4,000 and $40 900.
Water and smoke caused damage to
Morton's clothing company and the
Kann store, which adjoins the shoe
establishment on the West and
North.
After customers had returned to
Kann's a small fire broke out among
papers in a cellar bailing room on
the department store Eighth street
side. This blaze, however, was
quickly eXtinguished and a second
evacuation of shoppers was not
necessary.
According to firemen, the Kinney
store blaze apparently began when a
blow torch being used to repair pipes
in the rear of the store was over
turned. Fed by highly inflammable
paper boxes, the flames spread
quickly and had reached the second
and third floors when firemen ar
rived.
-Four alarms had been turned in
by 3:59 pm, II minutes after the
flrSt fire companies were summoned.
Rush Hour Traffic Tied Up.
A large crowd gathered and rush
hour traffic on Seventh street was
paralyzed as the firefighters, ham
pered by lack of space in an 8-toot
alley, fought to keep the blaze from
adjoining buildings. A broadcast
ordered all off-duty firemen to re-
port for service Immediately.
Extra policemen were rushed tC
the area to help control traffic, and
street cars were detoured at G
street and at Pennsylvania avenue
Five firemen of No. IA Engine
Company were cut and bruised by
falling bricks when a portion of the
back wall of the shoe store collapsed
Acting Sergt. j. j. Witoksy suffered
a cut arm when struck by a jagged
brick. Firemen were saved from seri.
Gus injury by their helmets, however
and none required hospital treat.
ment.
Commissioner J. Russell Younf
arrived at the fire early and Later
complimented the Kann civilian
defense unit for the manner II
which its members took charge Of
the situation and handled patron!
who were brought from upper floor.
of the store to the street. One de.
tail snapped back revolving door.
leading to the street to keep the
exits open and facilitate the passage
of those leaving the store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Former Hoitiun Envoy
To Discuss Culture

Prof. Dantes Bellegarde, former
Haitian Minister to the United
States, will lecture in French on
THE French Culture in Haiti" at
the Pan American Union at pm.
today. Prof. Bellegarde is an inter-
nationally known lawyer. Invita-
tons have been issued to high Gov
eernment officials, educators and
many other distinguished persons by
DR.. L. S. Rowe, director general Of
the Pan American Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Deputy Reuppointed

ROCKVILLE, Md, Dec. II (Spe-
ciaD Robert w. Farmer, Mont
gomery County's new sheriff, has re-
appointed Hugh F. ODonnell as
deputy sheriff. 1t is reported that
H. Windsor Adams will be re-
appointed a deputy sheriff for the
Magistrates Trial Court at Be-
theSda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Volunteer Workers
Receive Awards for
Community Service
Mrs. EIidu M. Cooper
Shares Honors With Mr..
And Mrs. John DunkeI

The award for 500 or more hours
of work in the service of the COM
munity was made for the first time
last night when more than 900 vol
unteers were recognized for their
work at exercises in the Depart
mental Auditorium.
Among the volunteers whose work
was singled out were Mrs. Elida
Morris Cooper. who has devoted
5000 hours to the War Hospitality
Committee, and John Dunkel, 81
who shared the 500-hour award
with his wife, who is 81 years old
The Dunkels, who are both must
clans, have piled up their volunteer
hours cataloguing music for various
defense activities.
Besides those who received the
500-hour awards, a number of vol.
unteers with so hours of work tt
their credit were sworn in to the
United States Citizens Service
Corps by Col. Lemuel Bolles, execu-
tive director of District civilian de-
Tense, who asked the volunteers to
rise and told them they were
blessed for enrolling in the fin
est cause in which people may serve
the cause of humanity.
Lands Cites Chicago's Record.
National OCD Director James M
Lands pointed out that Washing
ton now is working on its block
volunteer organizat ton and cited
Chicago, where there is a volunteer
worker in every block of the city
as an example of complete civilian
participation.
Observing that America was much
too negligent in recognizing public
service, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, wife
Of the publisher of the Washington
Post, warned against relaxing our
defenses and declared this country
Is fighting IAN utterly ruthless en-
envy who is bound to grow more
dangerous as he becomes more des-
perate."
Mrs. Frederick Brooke, chairman
Of the corps award committee, who
presided at the meeting and pre-
sented the awards, expressed the
hope that the example of your
service will reach many others"
Certificates Presented.
AS the roll of honor was called,
Mrs. Brooke presented certificates
and pins to representatives of the
following EXAMINATIONS, all affili-
ated with groups not included in
the protective services:
Children's Hospital, 3; Home Hos
pitality Committee, 4: Junior
League, %; War Hospitality Com
mittee, 80; Girl Scouts, 80; Civilian
Defense Volunteer Office, 43: Jew
ish Community Center. 6; Twelfth
Street YMCA, 6; Travellers Aid So
ciety, 6; Defense Commission of
Washington Churches, 10; Civilian
Mobilization Division, y, and the
Red Cross, $40.
Members of the award committee
also received pins in recognition of
their services. Besides the chair
man, members of the committee are
Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone, Mabel
Boardman, Mrs. Henry Grattan
Doyle and Anita Phipps, who at
tended the exercises. and Frederic A.
Delano, DR.. Paul Douglass, Frank r.
Jellef1 and Dean Howard Thurman.
The invocation was offered by the
Rev. Walter Brooks, music was by
by the, Marine Band, Boy Scouts
served as ushers and Girl Scouts led
the pledge of allegiance and the
singing of America"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Traffic Deaths
In D. T.. Reach
103 for Year
Mrs. Alice S. Hall,
Hit by Bicycle,
Dies in Hospital
D. 6. Traffic Toll
Killed in 1912 .---.- 103
Killed in same period of l941 86
Toll for all of 1941 95

The District traffic toll for the
year rose to 103 yesterday with the
death at Doctors Hospital of Mrs.
Alice Sweetser Hall, 70, widow of
Henry C. Hall, former Interstate
Commerce commissioner. The death
toll was II above the number killed
in the same period year ago.
Mrs. Hall, who lived at the Ken
nedy-Warren Apartments, was
struck by bicycle on the sidewalk
of the Klingle Bridge December 2.
She was treated by a private ply
sician and was taken to Doctors
Hospital the following day.
Released to Parents.
Police said the bicycle was oper-
ated by Harold Faucon, IA, of the
300 block of Connecticut avenue
NV, who apparently was riding in
the same direction as Mrs. Hall was
walking. He was released to his
parents pending coroner's inquest.
No date has been set for the inquest.
Mrs. Hall, whose husband was
commissioner from 1914 to 1928,
came to Washington before the last
war. She was native of New York
City and received her education
there. She was a member of the
Washington Club.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs.
Oliver Lerch of 3725 S street NV,
and a sister, Miss Jeanette A.
Sweetser of New York. Funeral
services will be held tomorrow at
pm. in the Church of the Covenant,
Connecticut avenue and N street
NV.
Miss Harris Injured.
A hit-and-run driver yesterday
struck Miss Bertha Harris, IS, of
l407 L street NV. at Eleventh and
L streets Sc, sending her to Cas-
ualty Hospital with a serious skull
fracture. She is employed as a clerk
at the Navy Yard.
Roland DuVall, S, colored, of 1918
Half street Sc, received severe
head injuries yesterday when he ran
into the side of a truck near his
home. police reported. He was
treated at Providence Hospital and
later transferred to Gallinger.
Police listed the driver of the
truck as Eugene S. Thomas, A. COL
ored, of 1017 Second street NE.
An inquest into the death of Rob-
ert Lambert, Is, colored, Alexandria
taxi driver whose death followed
injuries received Monday when his
cab and an A. B. & w. bus collided.
has been set for this afternoon by
DR.. John Sims, Alexandria coroner.
Police said Lambert was injured
when his cab and the bus, driven
by Jack Evans, %, of the Beverly
Plaza Apartments, collided at the
intersection of Braddock and Rus
sell roads. Police said Stanley Was
serman, 10. of TIA Braddock road, a
passenger in the cab, received minor
cuts and bruises.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Australian Crewmen
Short of Sea Boots

Australia's merchant navy Is
short of sea boots because of regu-
lations freezing rubber, and as a
result OF rationing the crews are
short Of working clothes.
Deck and engine room crews may
have to go to sea in their best
civilian clothes,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-11
Grandmother Buqs Buck

PALMER, Mass, Dec. II (P).-
Acting on the assumption that it
would be easier to get meat in the
woods than in market, Mrs. Wal
ter F. Robertson. a grandmother
acted on her bunch. She brought
down 125-pound spikehorn buck
with her first shot.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-26
Miss Henzell
WEEDS Officer
Ceremony Performed
In Fort Lewis Chapel

At a quiet ceremony on
March 90, in the lovely Fort
Lewis chapel. Miss Patricia
Henzell, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. r. Henzell of Stella
COON lake was united in mar
riage to Lieut.. F. H. Shaw.
The $3.50 ceremony was read
in the presence of the i'm
mediate family and close
friends.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore dressmaker suit
OF defense blue and wore white
orchid corsage. Her shoulder
length veil fell from a tiny hat
OF navy blue straw and white
flowers.
Mrs. Cyrus A. Wilmington
Bonnie Braley) attended her as
matron of honor, dressing in a
pink silk suit with black Access
series and wearing corsage Of
blue iris and stephanotis Best
man was Lieut.. f. A. Hamley and
usher was Lieut.. T. J. Meehach.
Guests were welcomed at an in
formal reception Immediately fol-
lowing the wedding held at the
Officers club. Mrs. Shaw has
a host of friends in the lakes dis
tricts having attended Lake City
school and graduating from Clover
Park high school.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-03-26
Recent Bride
Is Feted
Sisters-in-lew Hosfesses
Al Miscellaneous Shower

A miscellaneous shower was
given Friday evening for Mrs.
Dwaine Trummert beverly
Jane Smith. Hostesses for
the affair were two sisters-in-
law of the honor guest, Mrs.
Lester Trummert and Mrs. B.
J. Wietzil. The party took
place at the home OF the
brides mother-in-law.
Games were played during the
evening. honors going to the guest
of honor. Mrs. NJ. c. Jennings,
Miss Irma Ellison and Miss Char
lotte Jennings. Later. refresh
ments were served and the bride
was presented with her shower
gifts.
Those present were Mrs. Hugh
Smith. mother of the bride; Mrs.
Alvin Trummert. the brides moth
er-in-law; Mesdsmes Jack Smith
William Swift, Roy West, NJ. c.
Jennings, Chris Sorenson. Grant
Hiscox and James Shaw.
Others were the Misses Shirley
Smith, Irma Ellison and Charlotte
Jennings. Children who were pres
ent were Shirley Shaw. William
Dennis Swift. David Trummert and
Barbara Jean Trummert.