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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.

! WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
myself. leo GREEN, i6a! v St. Sc. vi '''
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
HOLDERS of the WASHINGTON Title InSur-
ance Company, for the election of directors
action of such other business as may be
properly brought before the meeting, will
be held at the Office of the said company
at | o'clock pm Monday, January IL.
1913; The polls will be open between
Assistant Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
HOLDERS of the District Title Insurance
Company, for the election of directors for
the ensuing year and for the transaction
OF such other business as may be properly
pro a3c before the meeting will be held at
pm. Monday. January ii. 1913. The
polls will be open between l and =.
o'clock pm. JOHN H. sTADTLER. AS
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK
HOLDERS of the LAWYERS Title Insurance
Company, for the election Of directors for
the ensuing year and for the transaction
OF SUCH other business as may be properly
brought before the meeting, will be held at
the ONCE, of said company at i O'Clock
VIII pc open between | and . o'clock D m.
JOHN H. STADTLER. Assistant Secre-
tary.
EXECUTORS NOTICE.
Having qualified as executor of the estate
OF the late Charles A. Cogan, all persons
make prompt settlement with the under
signed and sll persons to whom said estate
Is Indebted are requested to present their
accounts eTo PHYo esrf pftsx for
Burke and Herbert Bank IL Trust
Co, Alexandria, Virginia
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HELP WoMEN.

HELP WOMEN.
ALTERATION HAND with some experience
in fur work: excellent opportunity for right
party PARTY. PARKWAY Cleaners and Overs 1924
APPOINTMENT CLERK for beauty shop,
not over b: steady position. 1901 4th
BEAUTIC1AN, good, CONSCIENTIOUS operator.
ago kennedy st. nv GE. 1895 ' '''''''
BEAUTY OPERATOR, s27 80 wkiy and
sommission. 1886 Rhode Island ave. ne.
BEAUTY OPERATOR: experienced in ali
seads sors sSo ca So a9 Rs'
BEAUTY OPERATOR. experienced good
ssys sad s Rsr Mas hours p, es
full time daytime only. Abby in ', person
only. Teman Paper Co, 11l3 NJ st. Sc
BooKKEEPER-ACCou in auditing
department Of bank. Must have knowledge
stanaIns Of The pTineiples Of secruaI as-
sou ai Good opportunity; Answer in
s sa :yns ses sk ss
o, MAeH sssT V. son.sr
nsasy T So1 as gisr give complete
position With established Concern: Good
working cond. Chance for Advancement.
Apply Mr.. Magness. the State Loan Co,
5000 r. ]: ave. Mt Rainier. Md. DE. $3.50;
CASHIER between 1S and IS. able to meet
public very sood pay. Apply 629 st.
NV.
CASHIERS for parking lots, $40 for a.
hotr week to start: between Ia and 30
years Of are. Apply SOL Homer BldE. 601
18th st. NV.
cAsHERs for parkinE lots: SIG for q,
years Of age. Apply sol Homer Bids, col
18th st. NV.
CAAHlERA night duty: must be expert
encfd: gtAady 0oAitfona Rood nav ard
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CAeHIERS. night duty: must be expert
enced; steady positions. rood pay and
meals No sunday work. The 400"
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HELP WoMEN.


GIRL, white. over Is, for counter and
table service in hamburger shop; no expert
ence necessary. Uniforms furnished; meals
and tips. Apply 404 9th st. NV.
GIRLS go, wanted to act as messengers.
Apply Sullivan Dental Laboratories, 1929
Vermont ave, NV:
LADY. young. to act as checker and help
with office work; salary, S32 Der week.
Box 1cS-K, Star
LADY, young. to work in flower store and
learn flower ARRANGEMENT and selling,
previous experience not necessary: perma-
nent position. Apply Blackstone. florist,
1907 H st. n. W, Thursday, m. to ] p. m.
LADY. young, to assist receiving clerk and
do general ONCE work; no tipping expert.
ence necessary. Box 129-K. Star.
LEGAL SECRETARY, permanent Job: sal.
airy, S2,10O to S2.400; must have steno.
graphic speed of 125 and tipping speed Of
80. Write, giving qualifications and ex-
perience, Box 192-M. Star. To-
NURSE. experienced, for child 10 months.
Call WO. 5000, Apt. 713. Thursday.
NURSE-SECRETARY. doctors once Stats
qualifications in hand-written letter, Box
133-K. Star.
RECEPTIONIST for optical ONCE: steady
position for the right person. Give auali-
hcatlons and salary expected in your reply,
Box l32K. Star.
SALESLADIES- salary, steady JOB.
chance for advancement. Longs Clothing.
III 9TH ST. NV.
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DRIVERS for trash and dump trucks
also several helpers, good pay and steady
employment. Call RE. 1917 or apply
1918 North Capitol
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DR1VER-Estabhshed route for steady,
mission. Woodley T4OO
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DRUG CLERK, not registered. good salary.
permanent position experience necessary.
Higger's Drug. 50l7 Conn.
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DRIVERS. for wholesale dry cleaning plant
with or without experience; good pay. The
RllbeQStelQ Co. .,o0 Ord st n
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BOY, WHITE,
To handle bulk mail in mail
room; no night work, no Sat-
urdays or Sundays. Call Ho-
bart 2476
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HELP MEN.
DISHWASHER

Colored either full or part time, day work,
meals and GOOD pay. Huykr'S, 617 18th
ST. NV.
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High school graduates, aees 81 to 40,
already deferred in the draft for inside
clerical work in shops garages and store
rooms Experience not needed Must be
quick and accurate at figures and have a
leglble handwriting. Six-day, 44-hour
pending upon aualifica lions. with opportu-
nifty for advancement Apply weekday
mornings at Room 1913.
CAPITAL TRANSIT CO..
36th and Prospect Ave. NV, Georgetown.
Route No. 90. Cabin John Streetcar
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GARAGE MAN. wanted at once. for new
apt. blde while or colored. AID. 7O71
GROCERY CLERK experienced. Apply
Clagett Market 4233 Wisconsin ave n W
Evening star., 1942-01-22
Retirement Bill Action
COMPLETED by Congress

Congressional action on legislation
increasing retirement benefit con-
tributions by Federal employees and
blanketing members Of Congress into
the program was completed In the
House yesterday.
The House concurred In Senate
amendments to the Ramspeck civil
service retirement bill. The legisla-
ton will increase employe contribu-
tions from 31a per cent to 5 per cent
and will raise to 10 years the present
varying ages at which retirement
Is compulsory, for all except Con-
gress members.
Employees may retire before reach
ing the compulsory age.
Senators and House members will
start making retirement fund pay
ments soon, with benefits to be based
on their entire service in Congress.
Representative Wilmington. DEM
ocrat, OF Mississippi and Rankin
Democrat, of Mississippi, announced
their objection to the inclusion OF
elective officials" but did not have
IN opportunity to oppose passage OF
the measure.
Evening star., 1942-01-22
Funeral Services Held
For Baroness de Sounin

Baroness Leonie de Souuin, who
died Sunday at her home in the
Westchester Apartments, was buried
privately after funeral services
Tuesday at the S. H. Hines funeral
home. She had made her home in
Washington since 1880.
Daughter of Count Philip Sereny.
she received her early education on
the family estate in Bohemia. She
married Baron de Sounin, young
physician of Baltic nobility, whom
she met in St. Petersburg, while
taking part in a performance for
charity. Following his early death,
she studied and Travelled.
In Germany at the outbreak of
the first World War, she was held
for a time as an enemy alien. She
then spent time in neutral coun-
tries and went to New York City
in 1916.
Out of her interest and experience
in the use of herbs in cooking, she
helped in introducing them to ex-
tension workers of the Agriculture
Department and her latest book,
published in December of last year,
was entitled Magic in Herbs"
Evening star., 1942-01-22
Goober Victory Drive Opens,
Wars Nuttiest Development

annually. The Government sent six
million pounds to England for food
last year and expects to send more
this year.
Peanuts have . high protein con-
tent and II we are going to free the
world, 1t may well be that peanuts
will take the place Of meat on our
exported diet.
In addition, peanut oil is being
used increasingly for war purposes.
It is used in making nitro -glycerine,
for instance, and on submarines it Is
used for cooking because 1t doesn't
smoke up the place. Soldiers rations
are being made from peanuts.
The Government has asked the
peanut growers to triple their
acreage this year. to help meet the
coming shortage of fats and oils.
The Peanut Council has heard
that Germany Is importing goobers
by the tons from French North
Africa. They say that II the Na1is
want TO put this war On . nutty
basis, We can outproducs them any
time.
Evening star., 1942-01-22
Living Expenses Increase
| Pct. Here in Month

Living costs in the District in
creased per cent between Novem-
Der Is and December Is, Secretary
Perkins reported yesterday. Clothing
and food advanced per cent and
1.8 per cent, respectively. House fur
nishings and miscellaneous items
also cost more. The cost Of elec-
tricity and fuel declined slightly.
During the three months ending
December Is, District living costs
advanced 2.S per cent, according to
figures of the Bureau Of Labor
Statistics. Individual items showed
the following percentage increases:
Food, 2.6: clothing, So; rent, o.; fuel
and electricity, 0.5; house furnish
ings, Sc, and miscellaneous items,
SO. The advance during the pre-
ceding three-month period brought
the District cost Of living index on
Evening star., 1942-01-22

December is to 1927 Of the 1885,
1899 average.
Rents were raised during the
three-month period in per cent Of
the District homes occupied by white
tenants renting for less than $50. the
bureau reported. For homes rent
ing for less than $50, the average in
crease was $458. and for those In
the $30-$50 level. the increase was
1894.
Rent raises were reported for 8
per cent Of the homes renting for
more than $50 q month, with an
average advance Of $40.
Living costs in large cities In
creased 0.3 per cent In December.
the smallest rise In any month since
last March, Secretary Perkins an
nounced.
Evening star., 1942-01-22

The nuttiest development in the
war to date was unfolded on Capitol
Hill this morning.
This was, In . nutshell, the
launching OF the Coolers for Victory
campaign, otherwise known Is the
nuts to Hitler drive. It Is coincident
with the observation Of National
Peanut Week, which starts today
and ends when the last salted nut Is
eaten.
Representative Pace, Democrat, OF
Georgia, where great many goobers
grow, loaned his onice to the Ma
tional Peanut Council, which wanted
to demonstrate all the things that
can be done with peanuts In the wal
effort.
An exhibit, including everything
from salted peanuts to shaving
cream made Of peanut oil and cloth
made from the dried nut, served tc
point UP the councils argument fol
the peanut, or arachis hypogaea ~
they call It In Brooklyn.
At the present, We are RAISING
nearly two million acres Of peanuts
Evening star., 1942-01-22
D. {. Transportation Study
To Be Resumed Tomorrow

The House District Committee
will resume its study of Washing
tons wartime public transportation
problem tomorrow at 10 am. Wit
nesses called include E. D. Merrill.
president of the Capital Transit Co.;
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, director Of
highways, and Traffic Director Will
liam A. Van Duzer.
Nucleus for the study is a reso-
luton sponsored by Chairman Ran
dolph to exempt District taxicabs
from the Governments tire ration
ing order. Price Administrator Leon
Henderson vigorously opposed the
plan at the committees initial hear
ing last Friday.
Mr.. Randolph wants taxicabs here
allowed tires because Of the part
they play in the. mass transporta-
ton service. Mr.. Henderson, how
ever, described taxi service as a
luxury" ride-something which, he
said, Washington must give up dur
ing the war to conserve the Natior's
vital rubber stock pile"
Evening star., 1942-01-22
Congress 10 GET
Housing Bill
In FewDays
Southwest Project
Moy Be Included in
Lunhum Measure

Legislation to provide housing for
overcrowded Washington, which may
include provision for the Southwest
reconstruction project, will be pre-
sented to Congress within a few
days, 1t was revealed yesterday.
Representative Lanham, Demo-
crat, Of Texas said he will introduce
in the House a bill which is now be-
ing prepared. A national bill call
ing for expenditure of 100000, 900 to
house workers at war industrial
plants, which Mr.. Lanham spon-
sored, passed Congress last week.
The District was eliminated from
sharing in the fund.
This new bill is expected to supply
some housing for low-income groups
but will leave unanswered a major
portion of the Capitals housing
problem. Defense Housing CO.
ordinator Charles F. Palmer, in
presenting his 22,O00-unit program
just before the country entered the
war, said private builders were ex-
pected to provide about half the
QWeulHS unltS neeOeO.
U. S. Help Declared Needed.
Private industry has been stalled
in its effort to build $1,000 units, by
'red tape and failure of defense
officials" to recognize the problems
it faces in building under priority
regulations and accompanying un-
certainties as to availability of ma
terials. Builders say they must re-
ceive cooperation and help from
the Government if their program is
to go forward.
Mr.. Lanham said he was not
familiar with all details of the Good
willie plan for rehabilitating South
west Washington as war housing
measure" Though aware of the
great need for housing here, he said
he had called in the Federal Works
Agency and Mr.. Palmer to assist
in preparation Of the new bill.
James Craemer, co-ordinator for
the Capital area under Mr.. Palmer,
said the Goodwillie plan is being
given careful study for possible in
clusion in a new housing program
for Washington which the Office is
preparing. Such program is es-
sential in view of current estimates
that a quarter million additional
people will be brought here this
year.
Plan Looked On With Favor.
Mr.. Craemer added that the Good
willie plan is looked upon with
favor" by his Office. The study, he
said. is to determine whether some
problems presented by the plan, such
as displacement of residents now in
the 85-block section, can be worked
out satisfactorily. Arthur Good
willie, H. O.. L. c. conservation di-
rector, prepared in great detail the
plan for conversion of rundown
Southwest areas to a modern resi-
Dental section for war workers. It
involves expenditures of about $32.-
100000 to remodel sound structures
en- the perimeter of the blocks and
erect new apartments on the in
teriors where many alley dwellings
now stand.
Mr. Lanham said he would call
brief hearing after the housing bill
is introduced. District Commission
ers, members Of the House District
Committee and public officials will
be asked to appear.
Evening star., 1942-01-22
Voorhis Will Discuss
Postwar PIunnina

Representative Voorhis, Democrat,
of California will speak on postwar
planning at the opening session of
the Catholic Conference on Indus
trial Problems Monday at Carroll
Hail. 924 G street NV.
Sharing the program will be the
Rev. Wilfrid Parsons, S. j., professor
of sociology and politics at Catholic
University, whose subject will be
"The Encyclical's Appraisal Of the
Economic Order"
Wages and prices will occupy the
attention Of the conference in the
afternoon. Responsibilities of labor
and industry to the present emer-
gency will be discussed in the eve
ming.
Evening star., 1942-01-22
Duty Call 10 Augment
Police Force With
AuxiIiaries Weighed
Young Also Noy Ask
Hiring Of 400 Others
For Regular Department

Seeing the need for a great in
crease in the Washington police
force to, meet wartime problems,
Commissioner Young contemplates
drawing on civilian defense auxil-
iary police for some of the extra
men and asking employment Of
perhaps 400 more officers through
regular channels.
Maj. Edward j. Kelly, superin-
tendent of police, today indorsed =
suggestion by Commissioner Young
that a number of the best auxiliary
policemen soon be assigned as
special police-without compensa-
tion-to augment numbers of met
ropolltan police doing traffic direc-
ton and guard duties.
If this works well the plan is to
draw more auxiliary police into duty
and to use such men as a nucleus
from which to develop qualified men
who could be given official status
as members of the metropolitan
police on a regular pay status.
Future Clouded.
I'VE don't know and can't know
what conditions we may confront
due to the war" said Mr.. Young.
I'VE may come to a point when we
will have to have, say, 500 more po-
lice in regular duty than we have
now. We must anticipate such a
development"
This brought to attention that the
Commissioners are scheduled to hold
hearings tomorrow morning on Dis
trict deficiency appropriation re-
quests that go well beyond 81 900 900.
Included in these lists of requests
are $500, 900 to 100000 for the re-
mainder of this fiscal year by the
Health Department, or S7l2,000 for
the whole of the next fiscal year;
about s4O0, 900 or more requested by
the Sewer Department to make ex-
tensions of its mains to meet needs
of new housing for Washington S
growing population; an undeter-
mined sum to provide 600 more hos
pital beds at Gallinger Municipal
Hospital and at the District Tu-
berculosis Sanatoria at Glenn Dale
Md, and funds for employment OF
100 additional regular police.
1,616 Authorized Force.
The authorized strength of the
metropolitan police now is 1916
This includes the 100 additional mer
for which Congress made provision
at the last session.
Already the Commissioners have
sent to the new Congress requests
for 100 additional men in the reg
ular 1943 budget estimates. Last
Monday they forwarded a request
that these men be included in the
next deficiency bill so that they
could be placed in service several
months ahead Of next July.
In addition to these groups, Mr.
Young said, the Commissioners may
find 1t desirable later in the year
when the 1943 District budget comes
up for action in the House District
Appropriations Subcommittee, tc
seek the employment of 200 police
men in addition to all others. This
would raise the authorized strength
of the department from the present
1915 to 2,016.
Evening star., 1942-01-22
School Enptied in S Minutes
In Afraid Alarm Test
LeIond Junior High Students 'Melt'
Into Nearby Homes Offering Refuge

principal, and her stan have set up
in cooperation with the zone air
raid wardens.
One hundred residences nearest
the schools had been set aside for
the pupils. All these householders
had agreed gladly to take in stu
dents.
Ten children had been assigned to
each house, and these groups knew
exactly where they were to 60. More
over, every dwelling was the home
Of some pupil. The boy or girl living
there simply was taking in nine
schoolmates as temporary guests.
There's q teacher for every three
shelter homes.
There wasn't the slightest confu-
sion and Mrs. Bready does not be-
lieve there would be in an enemy
attack.
The adjacent streets was emptied
Of children In . surprisingly short
time. They'd simply melted into
various homes. The front doors
were opened as they walked into the
yards. Where they would 60 In these
houses during q raid would be up to
each housewife. Presumably she
would pick what seemed the least
dangerous location. But no set raid
shelters have been devised.
Many Live Far Away.
It would be impracticable for the
Leland students all to 60 to their
own homes. Many Of them live q
long distance from the school. Six
buses bring them in from Kensing-
ton, Glen Echo and other more OF
less remote points.
Mrs. Bready has In her ONCE a
chart diagramming the allotted ref
uge houses. The area is bounded by
Wisconsin and Connecticut avenues
Bradley lane and the railroad. It is
not necessary for the children to
cross any arterial highways to reach
their shelters.
Every home is within Is minutes
walk Of the school.
A disc marking the departure oi
each class is placed beside the chart
and turned around when every
member has returned to school.
The school also Is installing ar
automatic sprinkler system, which
should be valuable In case Of IN
cendiary bombs.
Evening star., 1942-01-22
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

It might have been the end Of the
school day. The children were
streaming out Of Leland Junior High
School in Chevy Chase, Md. Yet
there was something peculiar about
the way they left.
This was the strange part Of It.
They walked In silence. It was an
extraordinary contrast to the laugh
ing, chattering groups that leave
school every afternoon.
But this, 1t developed. was an air
raid drill. And what to do in such
an event has been worked out with
precision at Leland. Silence is part
of the training, for the school au-
thorities figure that talk might lead
to confusion or even panic II the
students were following the evacua-
tion plan in m actual enemy attack.
The nfst complete raid rehearsal
was held yesterday and the plans
were carried out In every detail.
Uses "Heme" System.
Unlike the District schools, which
follow the plan Of the National once
Of Civilian Defense for students to
stay in their school buildings in an
air raid, Leland has devised . sys-
tenn Of evacuating the children to
nearby houses, all within easy walk
ing distance of the school.
II, however, q raid should occur
without sufficient warning to permit
the students to 60 to the designated
houses, an inner alarm system would
summon them to the first-floor cor
ridor, considered the safest place in
the building. This would happen in
the event the "red" signal from
Metropolitan Area communications
headquarters arrived before the an
ticipated interval Of 20 to 80 minutes
after the first alert.
The school fire alarm bells sum-
moned the 1000 students from their
classes. and they filed out of the
building. The entire structure was
emptied in approximately five min
utes, except for the skeleton force
Of teachers and other employees kept
to combat theoretical incendiary
bombs or to meet other potential
emergencies.
1t was the first test Of the system
which Mrs. Helen p. Bready, school