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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
School Nursery
Bill Approved
ySenate Unit
Section Dealing
With WPA Funds
Is Token Out

The Senate District Committee
Today voted a favorable report on
the bill to establish day nurseries in
public schools here to care for the
children of working mothers, with
an amendment authorizing the
Commissioners to collect a fee from
those able to pay to help cover the
cost.
The measure has passed the
House, but would 60 back to there
after the Senate acts for concur
renee in the financing amendment.
The committee struck out sec
ton of the original bill intended to
make local WPA funds available to
defray the expense until I.anham
Act funds are made available for
the nurseries. This action was
taken because committee members
feared the Presidents recent order
to liquidate the Work Projects Ad-
mlnistration left a doubt as to the
legality of using WPA funds for a
new undertaking.
Admission Assured.
Corporation Counsel Keech sug-
gested the substitute clause author
izing collection of a fee from parents
or guardians able to pay, but insur-
ing admission of children where
payment could not be made. The
fees would remain in a revolving
fund to be applied directly to the
expenses of the nurseries.
Mr.. keech said this amendment
would not preclude the allotment OF
Lanham Act funds, but pointed out
that the Lanham appropriation
could not be used, in any event, to
buy food for the children, whereas
the revolving fund could be so en-
ployed.
In approving the amended bill,
Chairman McCaran called the
nursery program verify pro-
posal' but said he did not believe
the District should have to bear the
expense, because he believed the
nurseries would serve "a high per-
cenage Of nonresident war work.
ers.' The District budget for next
year, he added, has already been
worked out with meticulous care"
To Get Action Soon.
The nursery bill will take its place
along with half dozen other local
measures now on the Senate calen-
dar, and Senator McCarran said
Majority Leader Barley has indi-
Gated willingness to set aside
day. soon to dispose of all remaining
local legislation. Other bills on the
list are:
Defining the property of religious,
charitable and educational institu-
tons entitled to tax exemption,
strengthening the fire safety regu-
lations, liberalizing the 8-hour law
for women during the war, amend
ing the opening and closing require
mnets for barber shops, and modi-
flying the law for the redemption of
property sold for taxes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
Federal Agencies, Civic Bodies
To Hear Blood Donation Call
Fo|ger Tells Of PIon to Push Campaign for
500 Gifts Daily to Supply Future Need

A campaign to recruit blood
donors in large numbers from Gov
eminent agencies and civic bodies
throughout the city as a means of
saving lives of wounded warriors and
giving civilians a personal part in
the war effort is to be launched by
the District Red Cross, Chairman
John Clifford Folger said today.
Conceding that 500 donations a
day probably will not be obtained
here until greater organization is
perfected and military needs are
made known to all able-bodied per-
sons living in the District, Mr.
Folger remarked that IF you have
nothing to offer but blood, sweat
and tears, give us your blood ano
we will finish the job by converting
1t to plasma for use in the armed
services"
Appeal to All.
In a prepared statement Mr.
Folger told The Star:
Il am tremendously interested In
the blood donor project of our chap
ter. The story of our blood donor
center Is dramatic and exciting and
should make direct appeal to every
resident of the District and vicinity
There is scarcely one of us who
has not a brother, son or husband
or other relative in the service and
who would not want to give a pint
Of blood for him.
I'VE stand ready for any emer-
gency, but our chief job is to keer
the Army and Navy supplied BLOOD
plasma for the men of the armed
forces.
ITO help fill the Army -Navy's
staggering quota of 2,880,0OO pints
the District Donor Center wants tt
contribute 500 pints per day. The
center is one of the largest and
modern in the country, and even has
its own laboratory where blood is
converted to liquid plasma.
Small Part in New Process.
I'm addition to the blood for dried
plasma, for shipment overseas. the
center sends out some of the blood
1t receives to outside Laboratories
to be made into serum albumin
the new blood substitute. The pro-
cess is still in its infancy, and only
a small proportion of the blood is
made into serum albumin. Because
it can be reduced to smaller quanti-
ties than plasma, it promises tc
play very important role in future
transfusions.
I'VE are equipped to handle SOC
donors per day. and are actually
averaging less than 300. Appoint
ments can easily be arranged by
telephoning the District Red Cross
Chapter, Republic 5000, Extension
2l2.
For the convenience of suburban
jewellers in Maryland and Virginia
the center sends out a fully equipped
mobile unit five times a week tt
take care Of donors in the outlying
chapters of the Red Cross"
Emphasizing that rnore than 10000
residents of the District and vicinity
have given their blood since Pear
Harbor, Mr. Folger added there is an
urgent need for more donors.
Red Cross officials called attention
to a statement made Sunday by 1t
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, the
Army's deputy chief of staff, who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
Thomas Ewing Dies;
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Patent Commissioner
During Wilson's Term
Attorney Was Lecturer
At Georgetown University
Low School Until 1882
Ey the Associated Press

YONkERS, N. Y, Dec. g.
Thomas Ewing, 80, United States
patent commissioner under Presi-
dent Wilson and an authority on
patent law, died at his home last
night after long illness.
He served as patent commissioner
from 1913 to 1917. A former presi-
dent of the American Patent Law
yers' Association, he acted as at
torney for many famous patents. in
Guiding that of the original vacuum
cleaner and the Pupin patent which
made possible the long distance
telephone.
Born in Leavenworth, Kans., May
81, 1862, he was the son of Gen.
Thomas and Ellen Ewing Cox Ewing.
Lectured at Georgetown.
Mr.. Ewings great-grandfather,
Thomas Ewing, was the first Sec
rotary of the Interior and also served
as Secretary of the Treasury under
President William Henry Harrison.
Gen. William T. Sherman was a SON.
in-law of Secretary Ewing.
Mr.. Ewing was graduated from
the University of Wooster at
Wooster, Ohio, in 1881. and from
Columbia University in 1885. He
received masters degree at Co.
lumbia the following year and law
degree in 1888. He was admitted to
the bar in 1888.
In 1890 Georgetown University
conferred on him an honorary IL. B.
degree and an LII. D. in 1914. He
lectured on patent law at George.
town from 1914 to 1882.
Served United States Until 1920.
From 1918 to 1920, he served as
chairman of the Munitions Patent
Board of the United States War and
Navy Departments.
He was former president OF the
American group Of the International
Association for the Protection of
Industrial Property and past presi-
dent of the Ohio Society of New
York. He was a member of SIGMA
Chi fraternity and Phi Beta Kappa.
Surviving are his wife, Anna Phil
lips Cochran Ewing whom he mar
ried in 1894; a daughter. Mrs.
Thomas A. Stone Of New York, and
four sons, William F. c. Ewing Of
New York, vice president of the
Alexander Smith & Son Carpet
Co.; Sherman Ewing of New York,
director OF the carpet firm; 1t.
Clifford G. Ewing Of Armenia, N. Y,
now serving in the United States
Navy; and Bayard Ewing Of Proyi-
dence, r. ].
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
DuImutiun Presented oFiremen
As Mascot, but Makes Escape

For years fire alarm headquarters
has yearned for Dalmatian mascot.
Dalmatians are a tradition around
fire departments and a lot of the
stations here have them, but fire
alarm headquarters has always been
passed by.
Yesterday. it looked as If they
were to get their mascot at last.
Mrs. R. NJ Stewart Richardson, wife
of British Embassy attache, called
to offer 4-year-old Jezebel.
She explained that she and her
husband were going South and, be-
sides, they had three Scottish ter
riers. another Dalmatian and q
canary. Would FIRE alarm head
quarters like her Jezebel?
The ofier was promptly accepted
and James Flynn, 4 dispatcher Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08

fire equipment, was sent to the
Standardization home at 1850
Woodland drive NV.
Mr.. Flynn put the dog on a leash
and was leading the pet to fire alarm
headquarters when the Dalmatian
slipped its collar and bolted with Mr..
Flynn in hot but futile pursuit.
The disappointed Fire Depart
ment employees spent good part of
the night searching for their mascot.
This morning, some one called them
to say the Dalmatian had been
spotted trotting around Howard
University but by the time the re-
trievers arrived Jezebel was trotting
elsewhere.
I'VE didn't even get to know Jeze-
BEL" q fireman mourned as the
search went on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
Tenants Out Of Luck
Il Landlords Ignore
Orders 10 Convert
Owners Must Meet Jan. {
Deudline or Face
Fuel Oil Suspension

Tenants in apartment houses
where fuel oil rations are cut off be-
cause of failure to comply with the
order to convert to coal will just be
out of luck, an OPA spokesman
said here yesterday.
Orders have been issued that all
apartment houses and commercial
establishments here must convert
from oil to coal by January 6 or
submit satisfactory proof" that
sucn conversion is impossible.
The question of what would
happen to tenants in buildings
where oil rations were suspended
was put to local OPA officials. They
referred the question to the Federal
OPA.
In case where building owner
absolutely refuses to convert-in
spite of the fact that he could do
so-and refuses to show any good
reason for not doing so, rations will
be shut off, Federal OPA official
said.
Will Recall Coupons.
IF he's already got coupons for
the third heating period, these will
be recalled. If he doesn't have
coupons. he won't get any. The ten
ants, I suppose, would just have to
! move out
But it was explained that such a
situation was not likely to occur
The OPA is not going to be arbitrary
about demanding conversion by jan
uary 6. Officials are quite cognizant
of the difficulties in the way of
conversion from Oil to coal.
I'VE are going to be tough about
| it," the spokesman said, lin that
we are going to demand that the
commercial and apartment building
operators snow us that they've taken
some steps toward conversion where
it is possible.
But if building owner has start
ed the conversion joe and doesn get
it finished by the deadline, we won't
arbitrarily smut off his ration. Hell
be given time to finish the work.
Must Do All Possible.
| Likewise, II he can demonstrate
that it's impossible to get the parts
for installation before the date, well
carry him along. But we're goinf
/ to be sure that he's doing every.
thing possible to convert speedily.
| The order to speed up conversion
from oil to coal furnaces in private
which is expected soon-wil
be enforced on a like basis, 1t was
explained.
Here again, the OPA recognize.
the difficulties in the war of con-
version. There is no intention tt
ask the impossible. But it is esti-
mated that at least 100000 person!
in the rationed area have equipment
on hand to do the conversion job.
These people will be given ar
ultimatum to convert or do without
oil. People who do not have thu
necessary parts for conversion anC
cannot get them will not be affected
it was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08

Gen. Harrison is on leave from
the American Telephone & Tele-
graph Co, of which he is vice presi-
dent. He is past president of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers.
Invitations have been sent to
many allied societies, including the
Institute of Radio Engineers, Dis
trict Society Of Professional Engi-
neers, the American Association Of
Engineers and the Society of Auto
motive Engineers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
Half Billion in War Stamps
Sold by Paper Carriers

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 8.-News-
paper carrier boys in the United
States have sold a total of 500 $780,
233 10-cent War SAVINGS stamps,
Howard w. Stodghill. business man.
ager of the Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin, said today.
The Bulletin originated the plan.
Mr. Stodghill has been acting as a
special adviser to the Treasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08

of Supply tomor-
row night at the
Commerce De-
partment audi
torium.
The gathering,
which starts al
8 O. oc k, is
sponsored by the
American Insti-
tute of Elec-
trical Engineers,
American So
ciety of Civil En-
gineers and the
American So
ciety of Mechan-
ical ENGINEERS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
NOTICE
TO CHOIR DIRECTORS

The speclol pooe featuring Christ
mos Music in the churches will be
Included m The Evening Stor of
Saturday, December lo, insseod Of
Wednesday,. December 3, os first
announced. Prooroms ond all de-
tolls must be received by the MUSIC
EDITOR in typewriter form not
later thon Mondoy, December IA.
No notices received otter that dots
will be used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08
Engineers 10 Hear Officer
Discuss Production Setup

Material Conservation and Pro-
duction Problems in the War Eff
fort" will be discussed by Brig. Gen.
W. H. Harrison of the Army Services
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-08

A LITTLE want I'D In The Star
brings . LOT az results. MA. 500.
Evening star., 1942-07-12
Ferry Command Delivers the Punch

THEY ore playing q modest off, stoee
role in this eIoboI fight, but pilots
OF the Army Air Forces Feryine Com
mond ore reoIIy delivering the American
woIlop at this stoee. They ore deliver
ing the big bombers, and mony fighter
plones, too, thot ore now hitting the Axis
on many fronts. They wouldn't be there
to hit without the skiIIfuI ond cou-
roeeous service Of the Ferry Command
in flying them there Made ot the
eommonds Baltimore bose, these pic
lures show the type Of men and some
OF the troinino they get for this vtol
service. To quoIify for the service pilots
must be between u and IS yeors Of
o9e. possess 300 certified flying hours
and current CAA commercial license,
be an American citizen ond poss a
satisfactory flight test Troinine in
cludes courses in weather, noviqotion,
ordnance and other militory subjects.
Reserve commissions moy be eronted
otter an initioI service Of 30 doys, with
rank depending on oee and experience.
Evening star., 1942-07-12

The foro clock
blooming pons When specially
weekly
clock d
the Church. 70 or
Cemetery Bodensbu a AavetHme
Evening star., 1942-07-12

All set for a delivery flight,
pilots get their final orders
from Capt. Thomos Fletcher.
And so the bombers thot ore
rolling off Americas moss
production lines ore on their
way perhaps the doy they roll
off to botter the Axis.
Pilots by A. p. and Army Signal Corps
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
ADVANCE TAX COLLECTION
FACES DIFFICULTY
{ Humboldt, Eureka Times)

Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau
says he hopes to begin deduction Of IN
come taxes from pay checks beginning
next Jan. l. That depends on whether
congress approves the plan.
The main question surrounding this
proposal seems to be that of workablllty
The theory is good and if it is workable
it ought to Ike adopted. 1t will not be
easy for many families OF moderate
means to give up small portion of each
weeks paycheck, but it will be easier that
way than to dig it up III one or two big
Jumps.
But the difficulties of putting it into
effect are certain to be tremendous. II
every employer becomes an income TAX
collector for Uncle Sam, he Will have TO
keep an enormous set of records dealing
with the earnings, dependents, eXemp-
tionS, and taxes due from each employe.
Everyone who has filed an income tax
return knows the compleXity OF the prob
lem, on a yearly basis, and 1t Will be
much more complex if the thing has to
be broken up into II or 52 calculations OF
the same kind.
And how can the employer, or the EN-
ploye, or Uncle Sam, or anyone, know the
amount of taxes that will be due, until
the year has ended? A man might earn
a weekly salary that would lead him to
expect that he will have to pay an in
come tax, but his years income might be
altered in midyear by death or illness
or entering the armored services or de-
motion or promotion, or multitude of
other causes. 1t could easily be that at
the end of the year he will owe no in
come tax at all, yet substantial sums
might have been collected from him in
advance. Even if' he gets rebate, it will
be an injustice to him, and the rectifica
ton of the records would complicate the
already complex mass of statistics sur
rounding his case.
Maybe Secretary Morgenthau has fig
ured out satisfactory answer to all
these questions If he has, he is Won
der.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
MORE LIGHT on
A. SECOND FRONT

Every time talk of a second front thus
year SINNERS down to practically noth-
ing, something bobs up to revive IL
stronger than ever. This time, twin events
have done the trick-the Dieppe Com
mando raid and the landing IN England
of the greatest American troop transport
ever to cross the ocean.
Dieppe proved that troops can land on
the French coast and hold positions
there. Something else that has gone with
little notice in the Dieppe raid was that
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS after the raid
cost about as many lives as the land
ing operation itself. Troops would not
have to cover" reembarking fellows II
an actual second front were opened. They
would stay, once they got there
Landing of the vast American trans
port, however, may have been OF greater
Importance in considering a second front
than was the Dieppe action The troops
went to the British Isles, which cannot be
called a depot for any other front. In
other words, they were evidently intend
ed for action on the only front adjacent
to Britain--the one that will be opened in
western Europe.
That they will be immObilized all win
ter seems extremely unlikely. Of course,
they will be put through additional train
ing in Great Britain, but it does not take
nine months for the extra training they
will need.
Added to the troops already in Eng
land, Ireland and Scotland, those which
arrived by the latest convoy make up an
army Of fearful size for Hitler's con
temptation 1t is possible that they equal
in size all the troops Hitler could put in
the field
When and where the second front will
break remains mystery but all the signs
point to one thing-it will break, and
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
THERELL BE A
DIFFERENT OUTLOOK

The vote of a senate committee to
lower income tax exemptions even tal-
ther, if it is carried into law, Is liable
to change the political complexion of
the United Staes almost overnight.
Heretofore, lot of politicians have
gotten by with ignoring the protests OF
business men and others in the income
taXpaying classes, because they could
appeal to the lower income, non-taXpay-
ing brackets with crackpot promises ana
screwball spending, and still get enough
votes to remain in office.
But now there are going to be lot
more people writing checks to the federal
government, and they're going to want
to know that the money they have such
a hard time scraping together is not
wasted by some dreamer-up Of ponucal
Utopias When it is the other fellows
money that is being spent, were not SO
careful to demand wisdom in the spend
ing of it. But when it is our own-weil,
that's a different story
Getting the tax exemption down be
low cost of living figures may not be
the wisest thing the Legislators have ever
done, but it is liable to have its bright
side. If it forces reduction OF non-war
governmental spending, bringing the re-
duction about by greater public reallza-
ton of the issues involved, it may even
prove worthwhile over the long haul.
Our federal government is still spend
ing too much money on too many bureaus
and agencies which have nothing at all
to do with winning the war. If these
non-War expenditures were cut reason
ably, it may be that the lower income
tax exemption would not be necessary:
Parasites in public life are costly, and
this nation has more than its share OF
them.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
WE
the Women
BY RUTH MILLETT

It's not a big problem, as prob
lens go today, but it looks big to
an l8 or 20-year-old girl. the
question of whether or not to ac-
cept other dates while the young
man she is in love with is in the
Army.
Girls who expect to enroll as
freshman at the University of
Iowa this Fall are being advised
in a pamphlet sent out by the'
University Women's Club to go
ahead and date, instead of spend
ing weekend after weekend i'll your
room moaning for jeff who is
probably sleeping Soundly and
peacefully at u far-aWay camp
That is pretty good advice for
most girls. For this war may last
a long, long time. And il . girl
voluntarily passes Up datin. until
it is over, she will have Il pretty
dreary girlhood.
That doesn't mean she needs to
let her young man in The Army
down in any way. She doesn't need
to keep quiet about him in order
| 20 have dates for movies and
dances.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
CHEESE SOUFFLE
(Seryes 1 to g.

One and a half cups milk, cup
fine breadcrumbs, tablespoon
butter or other fat, 1-2 Id. cheese
shaved into thin slices, 4 egg yolks,
Well-beaten egg whites stiffly
beaten with ga teaspoon salt
Heat milk, breadcrumbS and
butter or other fat in top of double
boiler Add cheese and stir until
melted Add this hot mixture to
beaten egg yolks, season to taste,
then fold in stiffly beaten egg
whites. Pour into a creased baking
dish and bake in very moderate
oven 300 deg. F. for an hour, or
until set in center. Serve immedi-
ately.
Stuff green peppers with a
cheese Seuffle in the Mexican
manner. Make a souffle mixture
of 2 cups grated cheese mixed with
cups fresh bread crumbs and 2
egg yolks stirre din. Add enough
milk to give "dippable" consis-
tency. Then fold in the beaten
whites of eggs. This will be
enough souffle mix to fill green
pepper halves,
Cover bottom of pan with water
Cjust barely enough to cover Fill
peppers and stand in pan. Bake
for about | hour in slow oven
(275 deg. F.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
NO INDICTMENT
Nevada State JOurnaD

Disclosing a far better sense of bal
ance than the justice department or the
navy department, federal grand jury
in Chicago yesterday refused to return
an indictment against the Chicago Trib-
une for alleged violation of the espionage
law based on publication of story on
June concerning the Midway battle.
The Tribune's story, written in the Tr-
bune office described the japanese fleet
and stated that the United States knew in
advance what to expect. 1t appeared
three days after the battle of Midway
and yet the justice department and the
navy, in asking the. indictments, intimat-
ed that the Tribune had published mill
tary secrets or revealed secret documents
of value to the enemy.
The Chicago Tribune has been unfair,
baised and at times completely childish
in its criticism of the administration, but
it was not unfair when it charged that
the Justice department was trying to
apply muzzle to the newspaper, using a
flimsy excuse and the espionage act as
the means.
The federal grand jury probably felt
that a free press is still desirable Amer
lean institution.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-08-25
YOUR DATES WILL
GIVE HIM FREEDOM

In fact, by dating, she vail prob
ably be doing her young man a
favor. For then he can have dates,
too, without feeling guilty And
when he does come back home he'll
ind her a more attractive girl, il
she has been having fCl once i'll
4 while, tina nif she had just sit
ting around moping.
So go ahead and date" is pref
ty sound advice to waiting gillSA
There is only one catch to it. In
many towns and cities where most
of the hometown boys have left,
and there is no Army camp or
defense plant to bring in new.
prospects, the girl whose young
man is in the service doesn't have
any chances to go out
In such towns many a bored,
lonesome girl wishes She were fac
ed by the problem of whether or
not to accept dates