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Evening star., 1942-03-18
Alexandra Fire Chief
Gives Sirens Locations

BY Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 18.-
Fire Chief James M. Duncan, jr.,
announced yesterday the locations
for 8 of the Is afraid sirens
now being installed by the city of
Alexandria.
They are:
Alexandria Water Co. filtration
plant, apartment house in 900 block
Of South Washington street, Mutual
Ice Co.. Payne street extended; Bev-
erly Plaza Apartments, 5000 block
Mount Vernon avenue; residence OF
Frank Michelbach, 2405 Russell
road; home of T. Brooke Howard
1908 Janney's lane; George Wash
ington Masonic National Memorial
on Shooters Hill. and Jefferson
School Annex, 1900 block Cameron
street.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Station Lounge
To Be Used for.
Servicemen
Space for Receiving
Dienituries Freed
By State Department

A recreation and reception center
for enlisted men on leave here will
be established In the presidential
lounge at Union Station, where the
Chief Executive and officials of the
State Department have greeted for
eign dignitaries through two wars.
Representatives of the United
Service Organizations, Federal Sc
curity Agency and recreational serv-
ices of the District Defense Council
we're to meet today at Community
Chest headquarters, 1l01 M street
NV. to discuss plans for taking
over the lounge and operating it as
club for men on leave here
Disclosure that the State De-
partment would authorize use of the
lounge by a joint operating COM
mittee of the u S. o. and the Recre-
alton Committee of the Defense
Council came late yesterday from
Hugo Walter. executive director Of
recreation services.
Changes Location.
Earlier in the day an Official Of
r. S. A. reported that the State
Department was unwilling to relin-
quish the lounge because it was be-
lieved essential In receiving foreign
oficials, but that arrangements had
been made to use the east concourse
of the station for a reception center.
Mr.. Walters announcement shifted
the club location to the lounge
Mr.. Walter said that letter from
Acting Secretary Of State Welles TO
Federal Security Administrator
McNutt had been dispatched last
night. with the State Department
reserving the right to use the lounge
for any official need, along with the
right to close it for cleaning.
The Welles letter was expected to
be read at today's meeting in the
Chest building and form the basis
Of plan to convert the lounge into
stopping of" place for soldiers.
sailors and marines on their way
into or out of the Capital.
Used in Last War.
During the last war the lounge
was used for a similar purpose. The
supervising adviser named to direct
its activities again is Mrs. Mason
Gulick, who was its director during
the last war.
Just what is to become of the
elaborate furnishings and trappings
in the presidential lounge was not
known. Presumably if the room is
to be used for parlor games, reading
and writing as proposed by the
joint operating committee. some
steps will have to be taken to safe
guard them.
The lounge was extensively done
over for the visit Of the King and
Queen of England in 1899 Since
that time numerous crowned heads,
foreign diplomats and others have
been greeted there by represent
atives of our Government.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Rites for Mrs. Wood
In Manassas Today
81 cial Dispatch to The Star.

81 cial Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, March 18.-
Funeral services for Mrs. Phoebe
Holden Wood, 60, who died Monday
at her home at Remington, will be
held this afternoon at the Grace
Methodist Church here with inter-
ment in the local cemetery.
The daughter of the late Thomas
Holden and Mrs. Mary Belle Holden,
she was born at Elsinore, Fairfax
County. January Is, 1882. In 1902
she married Wood Weir of Manas-
sas and came here to live. She
was an active member of the Grace
Methodist Church. In 1880 she
married Emmett A. Wood of Crozet,
Va, and for the last few years made
her home at Front Royal, Rector
town and Remington. Besides her
husband she is survived by six sis
ters and brother.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
F.W. A. Agents Approve
Alexandra School Site

By q Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, March 18.-
Supt. T. c. Williams of Alexandria
schools said today that regional
agents of the Federal Works Agency
had approved site on Janney's lane
in northwest Alexandria for an
eight-room elementary school.
The site, opposite the College
Park subdivision, is about halfway
between the Chinquapin Village
housing development on King street
road and the Cameron Valley de-
velopment on Duke street extended
and will serve mainly the children
of War and Navy Department
workers.
F. w. A. already has approved a
grant of s54,660 for construction of
the building and purchase of the
site, but F. w. A. national headquar-
ters has not given final approval for
the location.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Boy, 6, Dragged Fourth
Of Mile by Truck, Is Killed
D. 6. Traffic Toll
Killed in 1912 2----- %
Killed in same period Of 1941 18
Toll for all of 1941 95

William Robert Judd. 6, of Bur-
louisville, Md, was injured fatally
late yesterday when he was struck
by steel rods projecting from a truck
driven by Cissel J. Brown, Colum-
bia, Md, Montgomery County po-
lice reported.
The boy is believed to have skated
or fallen against the side of the
truck near his home. He was dragged
for more than a quarter of mile
before motorist informed the driv-
er of the accident, police said.
DR.. C. E. Hawks, Montgomery
County coroner, issued certif1-
cate of accidental death.
Sheridan A. Cook, AZ, of 4l2
Sixth street NV. suffered q seri-
GUS head injury when he was struck
by a streetcar near Eighth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV. late
yesterday, police reported. The Pc
destrian was taken to Emergency
Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Fairfax Board
Asks Reserviinq
OF School Sites
Education Officials
Request Loan for
Falls Church Lund
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch 10 Inc star.
FAIRFAX, Va, March 18-To
prepare for future school building
needs, the Fairfax County School
Board yesterday voted to ask the
Board of Supervisors and county
Planning Commission to require de-
Velopers of subdivisions to reserve
sufficient land for school sites.
The board proposed that fair
price should be paid for the sites.
based on the value of the land at
the time it is dedicated School Off
cials would reserve the right to
release developers in any cases
where 1t was felt school sites would
not be needed.
The School Board also adopted
resolution offered by Trustee w.
Alvord Sherman requesting the SUI
pervisors to grant permission for the
school officials to obtain temporary
loan not in excess of $4,000 to pur-
chase high school site in the Falls
Church area.
Committee to Inspect Sites.
A committee, including Mr.. Sher-
man. Vernon M. Lynch, Division
Supt. w. T. Woodson and George
T. Reeves, was appointed to meet
at am. Friday to visit several
proposed sites. No final action will
be taken until it is known what eff
feet recent legislation merging the
Falls Church School setup with the
county will have.
Mr.. WoodSon announced all
county high schools have been fully
accredited by the State
The following principals were ap-
pointed for the 1923 school ses-
sion:
Annandale School, E. M. Day:
Baileys Gross Roads School, Miss
Ethel G. Sims: Burke School, Mrs.
Nora E. Messick: Centreville School.
Mrs. Zella c. Keys; Chesterbrook
School. Mrs. Mary c. Trueax; Cliff
ton School, Miss Virginia B. Harris:
Dunn Loring School, Mrs. Audra F.
Hawley.
Fairfax Elementary, Mrs. j. N.
Howdershell; Fairfax High. Harold
F. Weller; Fairview School, Mrs.
Dorothy B. Collier; Floris School,
H. H. Burks, jr.; Forestville School,
Harry w. McCary: Fort Belvoir
School, Mrs. Helen M. Davis.
Two Appointments Held Up.
Franconia School, Mrs. Virginia
r. Hazelgrove; Franklin Sherman
School, w. S. Lawson; Groveton
School. Miss Frances Mitchell:
Herndon School, J. H. Rice; Lee
jackson School, Melvin B. Landes:
Lincolnia School, Mrs. Nell w.
Cooper; Lorton School, T. w.
Christopher; Mount Vernon High.
G. O. Cox; Oakton School. Miss
Frances E. hewitt; Vienna School,
Mrs. Marjorie o. Trent, and Wood
lawn School, Miss Mary S. Wine.
Appointments for Jefferson High
and Madison Elementary in Falls
Church were held up until the new
legislation can be studied.
James E.. Bauserman was named
elementary supervisor; Mrs. JEAN
nett L. Fellows, assistant supervisor,
and Gordon E. Smith, supervisor of
high schools.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Recreation Training Unit
Will Meet Tomorrow

DR.. E. B. Henderson, of the Depart
ment Of Health and Physical Edu-
cation, and Hugo w. Wolter, Of the
Recreation Services, Civilian Mobil-
ization for Metropolitan Area
Civilian Defense, will speak at a
session of the Recreation Training
Institute at 7:45 pm. tomorrow.
They will discuss The Place of
Recreation and the Volunteer
Leader IN the War Effort In Wash
ington."
Evening star., 1942-03-18
BeItsviIIe Unit to Train
70 Motor Mechanics
nv the Associated pracc

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. March 18-Direc-
tor James j. McEntee of the Civilian
Conservation Corps said today the
automotive training center at Belts
vile would turn out a minimum of
10 trained motor mechanics this
year.
Mr.. McEntee informed j. Milton
Patterson, Maryland welfare and
c. G. c. selection director, that
about 60 of the Beltsville students
were expected to be working in pri-
vate industry before the end of the
year.
Evening star., 1942-03-18

inspection along lines now 1OlOWeQ'
generally in this country. according
to Health Officer George c. Rutland.
Already military authorities have
called on the schools and colleges of
the Nation to provide them with
physically fit men and women to en-
dure the rigors Of war.
Both Health Department and
school physical education officials
are convinced that a setup in the
health and physical education pro-
gram for public school pupils can
considerably reduce the percentage
of physical defects, as revealed by
Army physical examinations.
For the past few years. DR.. Joseph
A. Murphy, in charge of the school
medical inspection service in the
Health Department, has asked for
the addition of only three part time
physicians for school medical exami-
nation work, but the request has
failed to survive the prunings Of the
District budget.
Part Time Schedule.
At the present time. according to
Dr. Murphy, the school physical
exams are given by "a part-time
private physicians who devote three
hours daily to the work two or three
times week. Each complete
physical examination requires about
10 minutes.
In 1910, with the aid of public
health nurses, the medical inspectors
gave 49, .799 complete tests and 88,033
"partials," or a total of 131 852. Not
all of these, however, were school
children. In addition to the general
physical checkups of pupils, the in
spection of persons entering the
teachers colleges, the boys and girls
seeking work permits under child
labor laws and candidates for school
athletic teams, the medical inspec-
tors also have to inspect clerical ap-
pointees of the Board Of Education.
teachers being retired for physical
disability. food handlers in the
school cafeterias and some members
of the custodial forces, DR.. Murphy
disclosed.
DR.. Murphy's main drive with his
present staff is directed at the ele-
mentary schools, believing that
physical defects ought to be caught
at the earliest moment. Children
are examined when they enter the
kindergarten or first grade. and
again when they enter the fourth
grade. In addition efforts are made
to examine the pupils entering the
Junior high schools and again when
leaving senior high school, it was in
dicated. Personnel is insufficient to
do this generally.
AudiOmeter Technicians.
DR.. Murphy Is a firm believer in
the use of part time inspectors
rather than full-time employees. He
feels the present system results in
getting high-class doctors with
clinical experience.
Also among the additions needed
to strengthen the inspection service
generally. DR.. Murphy lists au-
diometer technicians to test hearing.
While he needs more medical in
spectors, DR.. Murphy also has his
fingers crossed for fear the military
authorities will take some Of his
present staf.
Eight or IL of our ~ men can be
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Stounton Mans Son
Lost Aboard Houston
Spec Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpatcn 70 Inc Star.
STAUNTON, Va, March 18.-
A. Parke Payne of Staunton has
received a message from the Navy
Department indicating that his son
was lost when the cruiser Houston
went down in Java waters last
month.
1t. Payne, senior flying officer
aboard the Houston, according to
his father, had been in active service
since his graduation from the
United States Naval Academy about
nine years ago.
Surviving also are his wife and
8-year-old daughter residing in
Woods Hole, Mass, and a brother,
Potter Parke Payne of Arlington,
Va. who is connected with the
United States Securities and Ex-
change Commission.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Thomas ConIon Elected
Muyor of Cumberland

By the Associated Press.
CUMBERLAND, Md, March 1s.-
Thomas F. Conlon, Cumberland
finance commissioner, will succeed
Mayor Harry Irvine In the city's top
office April 6.
Mr.. Conlon defeated Thomas H.
Post, filling station operator. by 306
votes in yesterdays biennial election.
The vote: Mr.. Conlon, 4.4l8: Mr..
Post, 4,ll2,
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Montgomery Board
Authorizes Purchase
OF III Tires, & Tubes
Certificates Issued
For Acquisition Of
Eight New Autos

Purchase OF Ill tires, including
four retreads and 81 tubes, was
authorized by the Montgomery
County Md Rationing Board last
week. Harry C. Rhodes. clerk to the
board, announced yesterday.
At the same time. the board
issued certificates to eight persons
permitting them to purchase new
cars. Those authorized to purchase
new cars were:
j. w. Swaren. Brookeville; George
R. Finley. Silver Spring; Ralph
Walker. Gaithersburg; DR.. Julius
John Radice, Westmoreland Hills;
Ernest L. Kelly, Silver Spring; Dr.
Alvin E. w. Wode, Friendship Sta
ton, D. c.; Louis F. Nordine, Silver
Spring, and Jack A. Ladson, Olney.
Board Of Education Leads.
The county Board of Education
asked for and was authorized to
purchase the largest number Of tires
last week. The board was granted
certificate for the purchase of
five bus tires. Others authorized
to purchase tires and tubes were:
DR.. Joseph Horgan. Rockville: ::
Newton Purdum Poole, Monrovia; 4;
c. w. Parker, Takoma Park; Harold
r. Hargett. Boyds; Clarence j.
Clements, Silver Spring; James A.
Hamilton, Silver Spring; Harry
Wachter. Gaithersburg; George NJ
Boyer, Damascus; Stanley G. Meyer,
Germantown; Dewey Beall, Mon
rovia; Russell c. Mizell, Kensington:
Allan Donaldson Bryan, Silver
Spring.
William j. Hines, Brinklow; Will
liam B. Hilton. Barnesville; Thomas
w. Perry, Chevy Chase; Longfellow
School, Inc, Bethesda; county COM
missioners, DR.. Webster Sewell,
Rockville: Doris P. Fisher, Silver
Spring: H. George Thompson, Be-
thesda; Lindsay A. Semmens. Ia
koma Park; Raymond j. Davis,
Germantown; DR.. John K. Rye. Sill
yer Spring: j. M. Ganley, Boyds;
J. M. Mcmahon Co., Inc, Ken
sington.
Others Authorized.
Woodrow Brewer, Brookeville;
Jack M. Watson, Gaithersburg;
Walter B. Williams, Gaithersburg;
Georgetown Preparatory School,
Inc, Garrett Park; Mary M. Sewers,
Montrose: E. Wanzer Haviland. jr,
Ashton; Harvey w. King, Gathers
burg; Roger F. Poole, Damascus:
Roger Fink, Kensington; Griffith &
Perry, Inc, Silver Spring; the Rev.
James E. Malloy, Forest Glen;
Thomas M. Garrett, Rockville: the
Rev. Raymond P. Black, Rockville.
Barbara Houck. Silver Spring;
william K. Foster, Germantown;
Frank P. Hudson, Takoma Park;
Walter W. Nicholson, Gaithersburg;
Baptist Home for Children, Be-
thesda; T. Magruder Viers, Rock
vile; Suburban Lines g. Cab Service,
Bethesda, and Harry K. Green,
Monrovia.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Two Divorce Actions
Filed at Rockville
&, ec,al alDispatch to The Star,

81 ecisl Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, March 18-Os-
borne T. Potter, of this county, has
filed suit here for an absolute di-
yorce from Mrs. Constance L.
Potter, of Brooklyn, N. Y, charging
desertion.
In another suit filed here in which
desertion is also charged. Mrs. Vir-
rinia Nicholson Satterfleld. of this
county, asks an absolute divorce
from Benjamin Franklin Satterleld,
OF Charlottesville, Va.
Evening star., 1942-03-18

pulled" he said, 'if they want to
pull them"
Only recently the large number OF
persons being disqualified by the
Army for dental defects has forced
the military authorities to reduce
the requirements.
Dental Bureau Organized.
After selective service revealed
fifth Of the draft Disqualified
tions of District men resulted from
dental defects, DR.. Rutland i'm
mediately organized a special dental
bureau in the Health Department to
strengthen the inspection and dental
education work in the public schools.
The division operates under DR.. A.
Harry Ostrow, who has just COM
pleted an inspection survey of all
junior and senior high school pupils
and expects shortly to announce the
findings.
To expand this school service to
wartime demands DR.. Ostrow needs
four part-time dentists and six full
time dental hygienists plus about
$500 worth of equipment. This
means total of about $4,000.
1t should be emphasized that
school medical and dental inspectors
do not diagnose. They simply note
defects and refer the pupil to the
family physician or dentist for cor
rection. Only in the case of INDECENT
pupils Is corrective work done by the
Health Department. At Calvin
Coolidge High School, whose health
and physical education program is
the best in the city's public schools,
pupil reference to private medical
sources as result of physical ex-
animation resulted in an estimated
$2,500 worth of medical services to
the children by private physicians.
Value Of Tests Demonstrated.
Proof of the value Of the physical
tests and followuo Is contained in
the experiments of the United
States Public Health Service in Ha-
gerstown. Nd, where the physical
records of school children are kept
annually. The records of IS years
ago have just been checked against
the findings Of draft boards for the
same individuals. Many of the re-
jectees showed clear indications of
the defects-many of them re-
mediable-in their school days.
1t should be pointed out that the
school teachers play their part in
noticing physical defects. The Board
of Education has recommended for
each secondary school the forma-
tion Of q health council, and &C
cording to officials they have now
been formed or are in the process.
The councils consist Of the physical
education staff, the school nurse and
several others. If a teacher notices
Willie constantly dropping of to
sleep In her class, she takes up the
matter with the council, where the
case is discussed thoroughly. Per-
haps Willie gets up at am. to de-
liver newspapers. A rest period Is
worked out for him to catch up on
his sleep outside of class.
(Tomorrow: The public health
Evening star., 1942-03-18
NovoI Man Missing in Action

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, March
l8 (SpeciaD Mr.. and Mrs. Hiett of
Hedgesville district were informed
by the Navy Department that their
son, Herman Wesley Hiett, was
missing In action" ~ of Feb
ruary 70.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
MARYLAND SeuI Sole Up 21%

BALTIMORE, March 18 P.-
The Maryland tuberculosis Associa-
ton yesterday said the 1941 Christ
mas seal sale in the State totaled
$118, ,295 28-an increase of 21.5 per
cent over the previous year.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Gov. Durden III

RICHMOND, Va, March 10 R.-
Gov. Darden suspended work at his
ONCE yesterday and went home to
try to throw OF what he described
as q touch Of the grippe.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
For q Stronger America
For q Stronger America
More Health Inspectors Needed
To Keep Pupils Physically Fit
Officials Soy Stepup in Proerom
Would Cut Number Of Army Rejeetees
mo. 4 OF a Series.j
By JOHN w. THOMPSON. Jr.

Additional parttime medical inspectors needed by the
Health Department the number of physical examinations given
public school students to stepped meet the Nations
mand for physically fit youth.
Discovery physical defects the British during
credited with the inauguration OF school medical
Evening star., 1942-03-18

(Tomorrow: The public health
nu1se and folloWup.)
La gaceta., 1942-11-26
Component el grupo muchas isIas

mando al coronel general Franz
Halder, jefe de Estado Mayor
Gel ejercito aleman.
Estando presente TODD su Els.
tado Mayor, Hitler lie dijo al ge-
neral Halder: EStoy bajo la inn
preston de que vuestros hechos
no sc mantienen al nivel con mis-
Gemandas y que listed no lOgra
seguir mis- intenciones. lie dOy
las gracias por Ell trabajo rea-
liZado hasta aqui. Puede mar
charse''.
ESta destitooi6n produjo hon
do de~scontento entire lsO eff
ciales.
La production alemana de ar
mamentos, segdn la misma car
ia, continGa siendo demorada
nor 81 SABOTAGE.
Actualmente 81 Reich fabrica
unos 5000 aviones por mes.
La gaceta., 1942-11-26
RECORDAMOS

Que ell domingo Sc verificara
en- ell salon teatro del Circu!o
Cubano una function teatral ba-
10 los auspicios de la entidad
"Estudiantil Educational Y Re-
creativa" de la que es tutor el
ST.. Manuel Cabrera.
Subira a eScena la preeiosa O.
bra Ola de Reyes" mag,stral-
mente ensayada por las Sras. Pi
Tar y Carmen RAMIREZ, Ell la de-
clamaci6n, Y en- ell canto por la
Drcfesora Sra. Matilde Rueda.
En- Ia segunda parte Sc pre-
sentara un acto de variedades
con Jas hermanitaS Garcia, JUL
to Rodriguez, Chita Monies, A
licia Louro y Alicia Alvarez.
A las ocho Y media en- punto
dara comienzO. La sinfonia es-
tara a cargo de la Sra. Matilde
Rueda.
Treinta ~centavOs pagaran lOS
mayores y 10 cantavos los ninoS.
La gaceta., 1942-11-26
LEGO A DAKAR UNA MI.
SION MIL1TAR NORTEAME.
RICANA

LOndres, Nov. 26.-La Radio
de Paris anuncia la llegada Z
Dakar, Africa Occidental Fran
cesa, de una mission militar ans
ricana que Sc hara cargo de los
barcos de la escuadra y de las
Jaterias d las costas.
Una doncada situaci6n politi.
"a existe en- cuanto a los terrific
riso francesse de Africa. Una
parte de clos Sc italian sujetos
a la autoridad del general Char
.es de la Gaulle y otros a la lad
mini TRACTION" ell aDmirante
Darlan.
Sup6nese que la mission trata-
"a de obtener q derecho a usar
ese puerto, a 1900 millas del
Brasil.
La gaceta., 1942-11-26
ESTA DE VISTA Ell PRESI
DENTE DEL A

Washington, Nov. 26.-Esta
de vista en- este pals, como
Ihu6sped del presidente Roose-
welt, 81 Sr Carlos Arroyo del
Rio, presidente del Ecuador.
Pas6 la primera noche en- la
Casa Blanca y ahora reside en-
la Casa Blair Hara visitas a las
fabricas de Detroit, Buffalo y
New York.
I'll presidente Batista, de Gu
ba, arribara d dia 8 de Diciem-
bre. Tambi6n haral una vista
official, en- diciembre, el presi-
de Bolivia.
La gaceta., 1942-11-26
Portugal agradece a los
EstadOs UnidOs la garantia
Del Presidente Roosevelt

girme, comunicandome los motives
que guiaron a las ~operaciones mill
tares en- ell Africa septentrional
FRANCESCA.
En- ell mismo mensaje Vuestra
Excelencia Sc digna una vez mas
asegurarme categoricamente, en-
vista de este nuevo hecho, que la
presencia de fuerzas militares anne
ricanas en- ell norte de Africa, no
implica ninguna amenaza contra ell
pueblo Y gobierno de Portugal, nj
contra territorio portuguese, va sea
continental o insular.
Me apresuro a expresar mi agra
decimiento a Vuestra Excelencia
Dor los terminus amistosos y ell es-
piritu de su communication y ademas
por las solemne seguridad que me
brinda, en- ell sentido de que mi pals
no tiene NADIA que temer de las in
tenciones de los Estados Unidos, 10
que constitute una prueba mas de
la invariable y leal amistad que
existe entire nuestras dos ~naciones.
FL gobierno y ell pueblo de Portu-
gal Sc han enterado con sincere
agradecimiento del contenido de la
nota y Sc unen a mi para transmitir
a Vuestra Excelencia ell aprecio y
los votos que formula por ell bienes-
tar personal de Vuestra Excelencia
y ell de su pueblo.
General CdTDOnG
Presidente de Ia Replblica de
Portugal.