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Evening star., 1942-03-15
116th Infantry Honor,
Madeleine Carroll
Al Fort Meade
Virginia Unit Presents
Daughter Of Regiment
With Service Medal
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
FORT GEORGE G.. MEADE, Md,
March 14.-The 116th Infantry's
Daughter of the Regiment" is its
sweetheart now.
While the regimental band played
white Cliffs of Dover" and
"Therell Always Be an England"
blond Madeleine Carroll of Holly
wood today for the first time
inspected the regiment which
adopted" her last August.
She stood with Col. E. w. Opie,
1l6th commander, and Maj. Gen.
Leonard T. Gerow. commander of
the 29th Infantry Division, while
the regiment swung past in review,
and was presented the 116th Infan-
try service medal as the .1ovehest
daughter of our country's ally"
In an open command reconnais-
ance car, she rode over the divi-
sion's parade ground, inspecting her
regiment, battalion by battalion,
company by company.
1t Started With Film.
The motion picture Virginia." in
which Miss Carroll played, prompted
the Virginia infantrymen to invite
her to become their daughter" To-
day the star admitted she wasn't
certain she could figure out her
title.
She endeared herself to both on
GERS and men by making a special
trip here this afternoon after a pre-
vious tentative engagement had
been Cancelled Unexpectedly. She
came from New York this morning
by train.
Col. Opie and 1t. Benjamin r.
Kearfott met Miss Carroll in WASH
lngton, bringing her in a staff car
to the guest house of Service Squad
No, 2, where she will spend the
night.
This afternoon Miss Carroll re-
ceived red roses from 1t. L. w.
Shropshire as soon as she dis
mounted from the Army car. Next
she met Gen. and Mrs. Gerow.
Medley of Virginia Tunes.
The parade began with the regi-
mental band passing in review, play
ing medley of Virginia tunes.
I've been coming here for long
time" Miss Carroll said. This Is
a very happy day for me-"
On the reviewing stand beside
Miss Carroll, Gen. and Mrs. Gerow,
and Col. Opie, were Mrs. Opie, Mrs.
Morris T. Warner. wife Of 1t. Col.
Warner, the 116th Infantry's ex-
ecutive officer, and 1t. Col. and Mrs.
Hugh Doherty. Several thousand
soldiers and their guests lined the
parade field and nearby slopes.
The Virginia regiment had pre-
pared an elaborate program of activ-
tiles for the star and after the re-
view she was the guest successfully
at an informal reception, a dinner
and two dances.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
MI. Vernon Bus Lew
Extended 10 April l.;
Protests 0verruIed
Ickes Cites 1916 Law
As Authority for Fee
For Sightseeing Tours

Effective April l, license fees will
be required of bus lines operating
over any part of the George WASH
ington Memorial Highway between
the south end of Arlington Memorial
Bridge and Mount Vernon, under a
regulation promulgated by Secretary
of the Interior Ickes, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Secretary Ickes previously had
fixed March IS as the effective date,
after overruling a protest filed on
behalf of four bus lines. He granted
a postponement until April on re-
quest of the National Park Service,
in order to facilitate the sale of
permits on quarterly basis.
TaXicabs licensed in the District,
Maryland or Virginia are exempt
from payment of the fees which are
based on So seat annually, IS cents
a seat quarterly, or 81 bus for
single day.
Protests were filed by the Capital
Transit Co.. Greyhound Lines, Alex
andria. Bancroft and Washington
Transit Co. and the Blue & Grey
Sightseeing Tours. Even If the
regulation were within the Secre-
tary's power, their brief contended,
it was unlawful because unreason-
ably discriminatory. They also con-
tended it constituted a tax beyond
the power of the Interior Secretary
to impose
Mr.. Ickes replied in letter to
the protesting bus lines that the
regulation was authorized under
powers conferred in the Act Of Au-
gust Is, 1916, Ito promote and regu-
late the use of" areas under his
jurisdiction. The charge, he claimed,
was not a tax. The legal pro-
priety of classifying commercial
passenger-carr vehicles and i'm
posing a permit fee on them which
was not applicable to private We
hicles he held, could not be seriously
questioned.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Chuirmen Named
At Red Cross Branch

Committee chairmen for the cur
rent year have been appointed by
Mrs. Donald R. Sabin, chairman OF
the Silver Spring branch. Montgom-
cry County Chapter. American Red
Cross, as follows:
Production, Mrs. Arthur Day; sur
gical dressings, Mrs. Calvin Schaef-
fer: canteen, Mrs. George Fessen--
den; disaster preparedness, the Rev.
Frederick j. Eckert; first aid, Capt.
John Cole; finance, Miss Grace
Barnes; home service, Mrs. F. B.
Talbot; blood donor, Mrs. John
Keele; Junior Red Cross, Miss Louise
Whitney; delegate at large, Mrs
william Dahl, and publicity, Mrs
A. B. Stedman.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Virginia Legislature
Lauded by Governor
Al Final Session
Balanced Budget and
Other Major Legislation
Get Assembly Approval
By the Associated Press.


RICHMOND. Va, March 1.-THE
Virginia General Assembly, COM
mended for its constructive work"
by Gov. Darden in personal appear
ances before both branches, moved
toward adjournment tonight with
action completed on most Of its
major legislation.
, It prepared to close its 60-day
biennial session with the State bud
get kept in balance by House con-
currence in all Senate amendments
to the s2l9,500,0O0 appropriation
measure. and sent to the enrolling
room many other important bills
that will 60 on the statute books
after their signing by the Governor
War Bonus Bill Passes.
Among these were the $500, 600
war bonus" measure providing 10
per cent increases on the first 81 900
and per cent on the second 81 900
for low-salaried State employees,
provided that the increases not
boost total compensation beyond
S2.400 a year; the Moore Whitehead
bill restricting the sale of wines of
more than IA per cent alcohol to
State liquor stores after December
81, 1912, and the Massenburg bill
placing the salaries and expenses
of trial justices under control Of a
committee of three judges appointed
by the Governor.
The L. N. Davis anti-slot machine
bill, backed by the Governor, also
won final approval with House ac-
ceptance of Senate amendments
striking out exemptions for private
clubs and providing that the State
Liquor Board should revoke the
licenses of licensees convicted of vio-
lating the slot machine statute.
The bill would authorize the at
torney general to intervene in 10
calities where local authorities are
lax in enforcing the law.
Budget Bill Debate Hot.
The House concurrence in Senate
amendments to the budget bill came
only after prolonged debate over a
provision raising the States initial
share of State Liquor Board profits
from $l,675 900 to $2,500,000 a year
which the Senate adopted to help
bring the budget back into balance
and to assure funds for a $500, 900
appropriation to the counties for
school bus transportation.
Gov. Darden signed two penal
reform bills. providing a Statewide
system of probation and parole and
establishing a State department of
corrections.
Other measures approved by the
Governor included:
Senate bills providing that one
member Of the Board of Public We'll
fare Of each county shall be men,
Der of the governing body of the
county, or appointed from a list
furnished by the governing body; {;
permitting the State veterinarian,
in lieu of immediate slaughter of
Bangs disease reactors. to enter into
certain agreements with owners of
herds, and providing for establish
ment Of special emergency health
and sanitation areas.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
| Veteran Treasurer Seeks
HyattsviIIe Reflection

William A. Shepherd, who is fin
iShing his 33d year as treasurer OF
Hyattsville, Md, and has never been
opposed, will seek reelection in the
annual town election on May 4.
Councilmen Howard A. Harrison
first ward; H. Wilson Spicknall, third
ward, and William M. Miller, fourth
ward, are expected to stand for re-
election for two years, but Council
man Walter L. Alexander, second
ward. who has been i'll, may not run.
Mayor E. Murray Cover and
Councilmen Thomas E. Arnold, first
ward; Thomas E. Hume. second
ward; Caesar L. Aiello, third ward
and Robert T. Pitt, fourth ward,
each has another year to serve.
New voters for the Hyattsville
elections will be registered April 13
and 20 and the books will be revised
April q. The annual town conven-
ton for the nomination of candi-
dates for various Offices will be held
April 20.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
P. j. T.. 10 Tackle
Commuter Problem
OF Transportation
Honkin, Flanagan Confer
With Maryland Bureau
On Facilities Survey

Problems of adequate transporta-
ton for residents of nearby" Mary
land and Virginia areas who work in
the District will be tackled by the
Public Utilities Commission when 1t
starts its origin and destination
survey" soon as guide to reorgani-
zation of District transportation IA
cilities.
This was announced last night by
Gregory Hankin. chairman, and
James H. Flanagan, a member of
the commission, after they had gone
to Baltimore to confer with men,
bers of the Maryland Public Service
Commission on related problems.
Mr.. Hankin said the whole plan
for the survey had been mapped
out except as to how it may be
financed, and he promised solution
of this shortly. He added that,
from the time this problem Is solved,
not more than 80 days would be re-
quired to complete the study re-
gardless of the view Of ANY one else
to the contrary"
He said the District was being
divided into 187 transportation"
districts, nearby Virginia areas into
IS and nearby Maryland areas into
81 districts. He said thse areas
were drawn around main arteries
where transportation facilities exist
or could be provided.
In thus going into the suburban
regions, he said, he was motivated
by the possibility that due to auto
mobile and tire rationing. suburban
residents would have to resort to
railroad or bus transportation.
He reported that he and MIR.
Flanagan had received pledge of
cooperation from members of the
Maryland Public Service Commis-
sion in dealing with data collected
by the District agency in its survey
and that data would be exchanged
between the two commissions.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Publisher Elected Head
Of Shenandoah Group
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
STAUNTON, Va. March 14.-E.
E. Keister, Strasburg publisher, was
reelected president of Shenandoah
Valley, Inc, regional Chamber of
Commerce, at the organizations
annual banquet last night.
Kenneth R. Hyde of Roanoke and
John P. Ackerly of Lexington were
named vice presidents. John G..
Miller of New Market was elected
secretary and Harry Reynolds of
Staunton treasurer.
N. Clarence Smith, chairman of
the Virginia Conservation CommiS-
sion, expressed optimism concern
ing travel prospects in the State
this year.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Registration Days Set
For March 80, April 6
By a Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

by Stall Correspondent Ol 4ne 'otaI.
ROCKVILLE, Md. March IA
Registration of those who wish to
vote in the town elections May
in Rockville and Gaithersburg will
be held March 80 and April 6.
The local registrars will sit from
noon to $50 pm. both days, while
those in Gaithersburg will register
new voters from noon to pm.
A Mayor and four counci]men are
to be elected in Rockville. while 8
Mayor and two councilmen are to
be named in Gaithersburg. Doug
las M. Blandford Is the present
Mayor of Rockville, while William
McBain heads the town government
In Gaithersburg.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Red Cross Workroom
Opened at FuirIund

A community Red Cross workroom
has been established at st. Marks
Memorial Chapel, Fairland, Md, and
will be open every Friday from 10
m. to p.m. under the direction
Of Mrs. Reginald Conley.
The Ladies' Guild of the church
will hold an oyster and ham supper
in the parish house Thursday eve
ming.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Montgomery Blair High
To Present Annual Show

Nearly 70 boys and girls will par
ticipate in the fourth annual variety
show of the Montgomery Blair
senior high school in Silver Spring,
Friday and Saturday nights at the
school.
Burton James, a senior, who was
scheduled to take part in the show,
left yesterday for Pittsburgh to ap-
pear In q theater act there.
The variety show is given each
year under auspices Of the Parent
Teacher Association to raise funds
sor welfare work. The program in
(es about Is acts, directed by
Way Louise Wood.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Future Farmers Name
Officers at La Plato

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LA PLATA, Nd, March IA
Charles Dudley has been elected
president of the Future Farmers OF
America of the Glasva High School
here.
Other officers named are Othc
Shives, vice president; Richard
Golden, secretary, and Lester
Bastain, treasurer. Samuel Lintor
Is publicity chairman Of the group
M. Omer Jones Is the faculty
wiser.
Evening star., 1942-03-15

PIN. GOtllOII IOW
on the impor-
tance Of Alaska
from a defense
viewpoint.
Mr.. Dimond's S
talk conceded
with the cur
rent discussions
of Alaskan re-
sources, of AL
aSka as a path
for traffic to and
from Asia and
of the plans un-
der way for a
highway through
Canada to Al
Evening star., 1942-03-15
PIT. A. to See Film

A motion picture dealing with air.
raid preparations and precautions
will be exhibited at a meeting Of
Glenmont (Md) Parent-Teacher
Association Thursday night in the
school.
Evening star., 1942-03-15
Church Mems Club
To Hear Dimond

Anthony j. Dimond, Delegate to
Congress from Alaska, will address
the Mems Club Of Grace Episcopal
Church at Silver Spring, Md, at 8
Evening star., 1942-03-15
S. A. R. to Meet

Squadron "a of the Sons Of the
American Revolution at Alexandria
will meet Thursday at Gadsby's Tav.
ern to see travel pictures taken BY
David J. Barry, naval architect.
Evening star., 1942-03-15

AS usual. the meeting will be open
to any men who care to attend and
following the address and discussion,
refreshments will be served.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-09
WEATHER BUREAU KEEPS BUSY
Writer'S Nose Is Nearly
Broken When He Calls to
Find Out What Is Doinq
MORE PHONE CALLS THESE DAYS

- he able 70 do = neat siaestep
when ouer1ed over the phone about
weather conditions More calls are
coming into the weather bureau
than ever before.
some persons ask. "When's the
next clam tide - but those same
persons asked the same question
frequently before the weather han.
But - Myers SAYS. Were
glad they call up-they know
there's = weather bureau In
Tacoma.
Besides more phone calls. the
weather bureau = making out
more special reports for other gov
ernmental agencies than ever be-
fore Defense and military organ
izations all seek information.
Everybody calls on hot days. :"
SAYS Myers. but hardly anybody
calls on cold DAYS. Myers. how
ever. was not permitted BY regu-
lations to say whether the recent
increase in phone calls Was due to
a hot weather spell
Heating engineers. who can
estimate fuel consumption nv
the total number Of degree
hours under s5 degrees during
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-09
State Banquet
Set for Jan. is

CORVALLIS. ore.-The Orernn
State college football vicfory han
euet slated for Friday evening has
hen postponed for = week because
Coach Lon Stiner and ether o.
f1eials vii not have returned by
that time.
Ths committee st the banquet
for Jan. Is 70 welcome the Beavers
flushed With q eo-ie Ross Bowl
Trid victory over Duke q New
Years Day.
Stiser stopped % visit rita
tixe< In Nebraska and Percy
Lacey. athletics dir~cter. "a.
In Pasadena q confer With
Tournament 81 Roses officials.
The football squad vii arrive
in Albany tomorrow At a m.
and then move over % Corvallis
Classes after II = m have been
cancelled - students may turn
fun attention to welcoming the
Beavers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-09
Nv HAROLD SHAW
Tacoma Times staff Writer

n case YOU are thinking Of
trekking to the top of ths Fidelity
building 70 ask weathe-msn Fred
Myers or his assistant, Harold
Fickenscher:
What do you guys do now that
you are not permitted to give out
weather information :" 49, you had
better be ready 10 duck.
Neither Myers nor Fickenscher
will attempt 20 harm the ques-
toner. They're much too busy for
that But they'll gladly show the
visitor around the bureau office,
even take him up on the roof in
the ssdget department. and even
tually the ouestioner viii harm
himself.
1 hecame 30 engrossed In
listening 70 FicLenscher's ex-
PLANTATION Of the workings Of
humidity thermometers that I
took q header into the steel
framework which supports the
weather vane. Nearly broke
my nose. Very clever, these
weathermen.
Right now the westherman has
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-09
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-01-09
q ss-hour period are regular
callers II the weather bureau.

Most interesting mechanism in
the weather bureau office Is the
teietype which brings In the
weather from all parts Of the ma
ton every hour. All the news -
In code and zach local office de-
ciphers the messages and draws =
large map OF weather conditions
throughout the United States.
SO remember. just because there
is no weather news In the paper.
it's no sign that the weatherman
isn't keeping busy. For he is.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-06

THUMBS UP FOR BONDS AND sTAMPs This war
poster illustrating how Americans help the air forces
victory is being displayed in the windows of 100000 of the
Nations retail stores where Defense Stampsn denomna
tons from 10 cents to $5-are being sod This is Of
series of humannteres posters being prepared to remind
the public of it's part in the effort.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-06
Abatement OF
Old Age Taxes
Gets Approval
Men in Military Service
Will Not Be Asked to
Pay By City

Abatement OF old age as
sistance taxes for Waterbury
men in the military service
was voted by the Board of Ii
nance yesterday. The pro-
posal was advanced by Mayor
Vincent A. Scully, who said
that it would be unfair to
expect soldiers, sailors, mar
ines and coast guardsmen to
pay the tax under the present
circumstances.
The attachments, which will cost
the city approximately $4,000, will
be made on the basis that the men
in the service are "too poor to pay.
The mayor said it was unfortunate
that this had TO be given as the
reason but that it was the only way
under the law by which the men
could be relieved of the response
bility of paying the SO tax.
Mayor Scully said he expected that
the 1913 legislature would adopt a
statute exenpting men in the service
from the annual old age tax.
The families of service rlen must
file an application for the abate-
ment, which will then be granted by
the mayor unless the man in the
service has a large income aside
from his pay.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-06
STATE GUARD MAY
AGAIN BE ACTIVE
Large Scale Expansion for
Protection OF Vital In
dustrial Areas
BY MACK JOHNSON
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

Washington, Feb. 6 = CUP -
Large-scale expansion of State
Guard forces to protect vital indus
trial areas against sabotage and
sudden attacks, was being consid-
cred today in official quarters.
The plan is to recruit a large army
of citizen soldiers in local commu-
mites without disrupting war pro-
duction and necessary utilities. A
few states, it is understood, have
increased their enrollments already
in addition, the guards would free
many men of active military age for
duty in the regular armed forces.
Although no official figure of the
number required, it was pointed out
that Great Britain maintains force
of 100000 home guards. They
support the regular armed forces and
are capable of instant action
against bombing raids, sabotage,
parachute troops and actual mill
tary invasion.
The State Guards, which are I'M
der jurisdiction OF the governors al
though their equipment is furnished
by the war department, were first
formed in October, 1910, to replace
the National Guards when they
were called to the colorS. Since
Pearl Harbor rapid expansion of
this militia has occurred. They now
number more than 100000 men
approximately 10000 more than
we're on duty in World War I. At
the outset of this war, guard units
has been established in 81 states.
The other states, which had ex-
pected to expand their police forces
in an emergency, have now begun
forming militia units.
Data in Great Britain
Several states, including MaSsa-
chusetts and Texas, and the federal
government have sent representa-
tives to Britain to obtain data on
the Home Guard system there
When the United States entered
the war, numerous governors ordered
their guards on duty to protect local
installations. The war department is
forming so new military police bat
talions. These will be used to guard
federal munitions plants, depots,
airfields and other establishments.
Many guards were held on ex-
tended active duty. This created an
other problem. Some states are
meeting it by either creating special
provisional units of men who can
afford to be away from their jobs
indefinitely or by creating a big re-
serve guard in order to use the
British rotation" system.
The guards, who are recruited by
the states from men outside active
military age and physical standards
and are paid by them, wear special
uniforms. They are loaned rifles and
bayonets by the army. Equipment
and ammunition are sold by the
federal government to them on
cost basis. Officials said there is
sufficient equipment already avail
able for the entire guard force.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-06
TOMMY TUCKER
AT RITZ SUNDAY
Johnny Long and Teddy
Powell Also Billed at
Bridgeport Ballroom

Tic Toe, Tic Toe, it's Tommy
Tucker time at the Ritz Ballroom
in Bridgeport Sunday, February 9th.
Tommy Tucker of the genial smile,
with lovely Amy Arnell singing
love songs, and the band playing
luxuriant modern dance rhythms
Tommy Tucker who first made
music history with 1.-THE Man Who
Comes Around" and more recent
ly with his rendition of Il Don't
Want to Set the World on Fire"
has played his way into the hearts
of millions Of music dance lovers
Amy Arnell, a southern miss, is a
delightful addition to the smooth
music of Tucker, then there's Ker-
win Somervile, Donald Brown, jim
my Currey, the old Ear Bender,
and the Voices Three. It's truly a
must" date at the Ritz.
There is dancing every Thursday
and Saturday at the Ritz with the
Casa Ritz orchestra. waltZes pre-
dominating on Saturday. Johnny
Long on Feb. 18th and Teddy Pow
ell who plays for the George Wash
ington Birthday 22nd, are other
looked for dates.