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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
one-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 a 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 a result of physical ex-
animation resulted in an estimated
$500 worth of medical services to
the children by private physicians.
Value of Tests Demonstrated.
Proof Of the value of the physical
tests and followup 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 defecttmany Of them re.
mediable-in their school days.
It 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-
ton Of q health council, and &C
cording to oficials 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 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.
(Tomosrew: The public health
-
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Puerto Rico DiscIoses
First Sabotage Arrest
Ey the Associated Press

MAYAGUEZ. Puerto Rico. March
18.-Lorenzo Negron Ramos. 20,
who, police said, boasted he was a
fifth columnist and more German
than the Germans" was arrested
yesterday and charged with cutting
telephone wires connecting two mil
itary posts.
1t was the first case OF alleged
sabotage disclosed in Puerto Rico.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Two Divorce Actions
Filed at Rockville
q, ec,.l Dispatch to The Star.

d eclsl Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, March l8.-Os-
borne T. POTTER of this county, has
filed suit here for an absolute di-
vorce from Mrs. Constance L.
Potter, of Brooklyn, N. Y, charging
desertion.
In another suit filed here in which
desertion is also charged, Mrs. Vir-
pinia Nicholson Satterf1eld, of this
county, asks an absolute divorce
from Benjamin Franklin Satterfield,
Of Charlottesville, Va.
Evening star., 1942-03-18

(TomoFrow: The public health
nuY1e and f0ll0Wup.)
Evening star., 1942-03-18
Scouts Aid War

BY donating their pocket money,
Boy Scouts Of Victoria, Australia,
raised $500 and presented to the
military forces a truck, an ambu-
lance and q refrigerating plant.
Evening star., 1942-03-18
For q Stronger America
For Stronger America
More Health Inspectors Needed
To Keep Pupils Physically Fit
Officials Soy Stepup in Program
Would Cut Number Of Army Rejectees
mo. 4 OF d Series.)
BY JOHN W. THOMPSON, Jr.

Additional part-me medical Inspectors needed by the
Health Department the number Of physical examinations given
public school students is to be stepped the Nations
mand for physically fit youth
physical defects among British during
credited with Inauguration
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Survivors Of Corvette
Sunk by Japs Dodge !
Sharks Near Timo)r
AustroIion Craft Lost
Under Roin Of Bombs;
40 Of 80 Perish
BY the Associated Press


MELBOURNE, Australia. Dec. %,
While sharks followed only a few
yards behind, crewmen of the sunken
Australian corvette Armindale
pushed the wounded and non-swim-
mers on an improvised raft through
the Timor seas four days early in
December.
When a storm broke, q hungry
men licked the rain off their arms.
Ordinary Seamen John Parkes.
%, one of the survivors, said the
Armindale was sighted by Japanese
November 80 in the vicinity OF
Timor, and defended itself against
relays OF air attacks lasting two
days. Nine bombers, three fighters
and a reconnaissance plane gave
the ship its knockout blow on the
second day.
The Armindale, 998-ton vessel be-
ing used as minesweeper, went
down $50 miles northwest of Darwin.
with a loss of two officers and 80
men. Forty-three crewmen were
rescued
hilei-dllCIdlG eunnerS OF the
Armindale hit three or more planes.
and an Australian government an
nouncement said one enemy bomber
and one fighter were DESTROYED, and
perhaps another fighter.
japanese planes machine -gunned
survivors struggling in the water.
diving within 10 feet. When the
machine cunning ceased, some sur
vivors plugged a bullet-riddled mo-
tor boat with their clothing, and
rescued the badly wounded.
Others formed raft from floating
wreckage.
Several crewmen, including my
self" Parkes said. padded the raft,
with the fins of sharks cutting
through the water sometimes only
10 feet away. We frightened them
by splashing when they came too
near"
The motor boat was picked up
and gave the position of the raft. 1t
was located and supplies were
dropped seven days after the sink
ing. The men kept up their spirits
singing we're going to spend
Christmas with the old folks at
home"
Evening star., 1942-12-26

enbacker when news came Of the
captains rescue in the South Pacific.
The man who always comes back
had done 1t again.
10. Dieppe Is Raided (Aug. 19)-
The tragically Furnishing Canadian
Commando raid on Dieppe was one
of the most spectacular single Incl
dents of the war and a dress re-
hearsal for the future. America
learned that some of her sons had
gone along.
IL. Bombers Raid Europe-The
British have bomb they call a
"block-buster," Aided by the ever
growing might of Americas air
power, they have been pulverizing
German and italian cities In devas-
tatlng raids But the worst is vet
to come. American heavy bombers
and fighters, once damned as in
adequate, have proven their superi-
ority and are piling up for a con-
centrated air offensive.
IL. Boston's Fire Tragedy (Nov. 28)
"A tiny match flame in the hands
OF l6-year-old busboy touched of
fire in a Boston night club that
claimed the lives of nearly 500
merrymakers.
Surely one of the most unusual
news stories was Premier Stains
second front letter to Henry Cassidy
OF the Moscow bureau of The As
SOc1ated Press. Others. Norroopdi.
ourns; Carole Lombard killed in
plane crash; 18-l9-year-olds draft
ca; Cards win pennant: Prime
Minister Churchill visits President
Roosevelt; Joe Louis quits ring:
John Barrymore, George M. Cohan
Ole; Mr.. Willkie tours United Ma
lions; Japs invade Aleutians.
Evening star., 1942-12-26
Soldiers Die in Wreck
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
TAUNTON, Mass, Dec. 26.-Two
soldiers were injured fatally here
yesterday when a truck in which
they were riding struck one tree and
bounded against another. The two
were identified as Pvt. X. v. Noll,
Oklahoma City, and Sergt. Harry
Rinehart, 81, Chickasha, Okla.
Evening star., 1942-02-25

will be held on Tuesdays and Thurs
days.
A training course in combating
bombs and gases will start at 7:30
o'clock tonight in the Crummell
School, Gallaudet street and Central
place NE. Afraid wardens of the
Ivy City civilian defense area will
take the course.
All zone and sector wardens of
the North Capitol area are requested
to meet at 8 pm. tomorrow In st.
Martins Clubhouse, 1912 North Cap
itol street, to discuss their duties
and assignments for the next two
weeks. The areas next flrst-aid
class for wardens will start at 7:30
pm. Monday at Langley Junior High
School.
A. H. LIE Cheninant of the British
Purchasing Commission will address
a civilian defense mass meeting at
pm. tonight in the Hampton Court
Apartments. 20l3 New Hampshire
avenue NV, on the lessons of
bombing attacks on London during
the present war.
Theodore Grape, chairman of the
Mid-City Defense Committee, will
also address the gathering. it has
been announced.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Any Singapore Withdrawal
Impossible, London Says
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
LONDON. Feb. 25.-Any attempt
to withdraw British troops from
Singapore would have been sheer
murder" because Japan controlled
both the air and sea about the
island, an informed source said to-
day.
He disclosed that the British had
only merchant shipping at the smok-
ing city of Singapore at the end,
that there were no warships or air
protection for any ships which might
have been used to take of the troops.
In the evacuation of the naval
base all oil accumulations were
denied to the enemy" through
planned destruction, this source de-
clared, and the japanese therefore
would have to rely on their own
tankers to supply their invasion
forces in the Netherlands Indies.
He said he believed Prime Minister
Churchill's announcement in the
House of Commons yesterday of
recent increase in shipping losses re-
ferred to the overall Allied situation
rather than to British losses alone.
The source said it was impossible
to determine at present the extent
of British shipping losses at Singa-
pore.
Three conveys got in with rein
forcements and supplies before
Singapore fell" he declared. I'VE
don't know what ships got out or
what we lost, but our shipping cer-
tainly suffered"
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Joint Congressional
Committee 10 Open
0. D. InquiryFrida,
Senator Byrd Questions
Real Defense VoIue
In Costly Organization
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia said yesterday the Joint Con-
gressional Economy Committee
would begin an inquiry Friday into
the Once of Civilian Defense, which
he asserted gives the appearance
Of q highly complicated, costly or
ganization, little Of which actually
goes to real defense."
Senator Byrd said James M.
Lands, O. c. D. director. had fur
nished the committee with a list Of
all employees receiving $500 yearly
or more and would be questioned
Friday.
Scrutiny of the 22-page list of
employees shows actors, baseball
players, football coaches, trackmen,
tennis players, newspaper and maga-
zine writers, radio and advertising
writer's, social workers, Army and
Navy officers, doctors, engineers,
nurses. ex-public officials, lawyers
and others in nearly every walk of
life among those employed for pro-
motion of Civilian Defense" Senator
Byrd said.
Duties assigned to these officials
Of extremely varied qualifications do
not always appear directly con-
nected with national defense"
He added there appeared to be
"a notable duplication of effort"
with other branches of Federal,
State and local governments.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Murder Verdict Solves
Vanishing From Train
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio, Feb. 25.-
The mystery of what became of W.
G. Faber, 56-year-old Cleveland
passenger train conductor for the
Big Four Railroad, has been solved,
but police sought today to discover
who stabbed him December 20 and
threw him from his moving train
into a canal.
Only clues were his battered cap.
some small change and a patch of
blood on the floor of a deadhead
coach.
Mr.. Faber's body was found float
ing at the headgates of the canal
yesterday. Coroner Garret J. Boone.
reporting that the conductor had
been stabbed in the chest, returned
q murder verdict.
Mr.. Faber was last seen shortly
before II pm. December % when
his mail and express train left Mid
dletown station.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Los Angeles
Continued From First Page.)

move were those with blackout per-
mits, and Jealous wardens halted
them as often as three times in a
single block.
Speculation on Blimp.
There was speculation, meanwhile,
that the unidentified object might
have been a blimp-although vet
eran lighter-than-air experts in Ak
ron, Ohio, the Nations center of
such construction, said Japan was
believed to have lost interest in
such craft following experiments
soon after World War I. These
sources said inability to obtain fire.
proof helium was behind discarding
of the plans.
Observers lent some credence to
the blimp theory by pointing out
that the object required nearly 80
minutes to travel 20 or Is miles
far slower than an airplane.
An official source which declined
to be quoted directly told the As
sociated Press that United States
Army planes quickly went into ac-
ton. Later, however, another Off
cial said no United States craft had
taken off because of possible dan
ger from the Army's own anti-air-
craft fire
All of Southern California from
the San Joaquin Valley to the Mexi-
can border was blacked out. Los
Angeles doused its lights first, at
2:25 am. San Diego, just II miles
from the border, did not receive its
lights-out order until sos am.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Trenton Tank Car Blaze
Delays Pennsy Trains
B, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 25.-A
10,000-gallon tank car of oil caught
fire in a Pennsylvania Railroad
switching yard early today. shut
ting down service on the lines New
York-Philadelphia main line for an
hour and 20 minutes.
George Halleran of the Pennsyl-
vania press department said at New
York the fire followed a collision
of freight train and the tank car.
The train was en- route from WASH
ington to Jersey City and had
stopped at Trenton to let off or
pick up cars.
The burning car overturned on
. siding a mile north of Trenton.
Flames shooting high in the air
melted connections on overhead
electric power lines.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
U. 5. Must Change Habits
To Win, Wilbur Asserts
Ry the socisted Press.

By tho Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.-The
peoples with 'the most health,
vigor, fitness, sobriety. training and
devotion to a common cause" will
win the war; America must throw
off its night-clubbish habits. loose
thinking and Notwithstanding ten
denotes to be on the winning side,
says DR.. Ray Lyman Wilbur, STAN
ford University president.
IF we are to be the winners in
the last days of this war" he told
the American Association of School
Administrators today, I'VE must be-
gin training now. There is no way
to escape the fact that health will
win this war for some people God
grant that it be our people"
DR.. Wilbur said the extent of tav-
ern patronage, the waste of life on
highways and extent of preventable
disease suggested cause for concern
when compared with well-pla
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Army Calls Two
Thrice Rejected
For Combat Duty

Two selectees, who must have been
endowed with more than their share
of patience and persistence, will give
Uncle Sam another chance today to
use their services.
Robert Victor Bailey. 1924 Broad
street. Brookmont, Md. enlisted in
the Marines, but was rejected be-
cause he was too tails feet, 3
inches. Then he tried to get in the
Army and the Navy, but was turned
down by both.
The other selectee, Jack Tunstall
Brown, 1874 P street NV, brother
OF a 21-year-old Marine killed in the
defense Of Wake Island, tried to
enlist in the Marines after Pearl
Harbor, but was rejected because
he is over 80 years old. He attempted
to enlist in the Army. and then in
the Navy, but was turned down for
the same reason.
Undiscouraged, both men appealed
to selective service to accept them
as volunteers. and they were among
the 169 selectees from Washington
scheduled to be indicted at Camp
Lee, Va. today.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Boy, 13, Battles Burglar
with DID, Rusted Pistol
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Feb. 25.-A 13-year-
old boy, armed only with an old,
rusted and unloaded pistol, took on
colored burglar ransacking his
home early today, and. although
stunned by a blow on the head,
came out the winner.
Donald T. Morrison. r., momen-
tarily left alone in the apartment
by his father, heard the burglar in
bedroom. He picked up the old
revolver, entered the bedroom and
ordered the thief to go"
He called me a name" Donald
told police later. Il got mad and
slugged him with the revolver. Then
he grabbed a bottle and swung at
mel ducked and tripped him.
He came up with a shoe-with a
wooden shoe tree in it-he swung.
I ducked but I guess was too slow.
When came to, he was gone"
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Army Pilot Killed;
10-Doy Bridegroom
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SCITUATE, Mass, Feb. 25.-An
Army pursuit plane plunged into
Massachusetts, Bay late yesterday,
carrying to death Second 1t. Denis
j. Dowling, %, bridegroom of 10
days.
1t. Bowling was flying in forma-
tion with two other planes 3 miles
off shore. Pilots of the other ships
said that they did not see him 60
down.
An Army board of inquiry was
named to investigate the cause of
the accident.
1t. Dowling's home was in White
stone, Long Island.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Joe Browns Secretary
To Wed Army Officer
B, the Associated Press.


HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 25.-Comedi-
an Joe z. Brown Is flying to Alaska
with q bride, load Of baseball
equipment and . sense Of humor for
soldiers in the United States Far
North outposts.
Edith Richards, Mr.. Browns 23-
year-old secretary, will become the
bride Of 1t. Archie Reichle at
Anchorage. 1t. Reichle asked Joe
for some baseball equipment. so
Miss Richards decided to 90 along
for the wedding.
The comedian is taking a dozen
bats, three dozen balls, three COM
plete catchers' sets-and head full
of jokes to entertain the soldiers
on his three-week trip.
Evening star., 1942-02-25
Defense SideIights
Connecticut Avenue Headquarters
Being Moved to $500 WoodIey Rood
(Story on Page AID

Headquarters for the Connecticut
avenue civilian defense area are
being moved today from the Uptown
Theater to large basement room in
the new apartment building at $500
Woodley road NV. Deputy Warden
Leon Pretzfelder and his assistants
will meet in the new Office at 8
o'clock tonight.
Radio possibilities in connection
with the civil air patrol will be dis
cussed at meeting at pm. Sat-
urday at the Capital Radio Engi-
neering Institute by two officers of
the patrol. Speakers will be Arthur
Hyde. wing commander of the pa
troll for Maryland and owner of the
Congressional Airport, and Dr. r. K.
Thompson, commander of the air
patrol operating out of the Con-
gressional flying field.
A Red Cross first-aid instruction
course will begin at 7:30 pm. tomor-
row in the Grace Lutheran Church,
Sixteenth and Varnum streets NV,
under the direction of Miss Virginia
Cullen. Those completing the 20
hour course will be eligible for a Red
Gross first-aid certificate Sessions
Evening star., 1942-02-25
'StreamIining' Order
Gears Agriculture for
Wartime Effort
Improved Utilization
Of Resources Seen
Under Consolidation

Consolidation of Is Agriculture De-
partment agencies under three ad-
ministrators, announced yesterday
by President Roosevelt, was seen to-
day as completing the gearing Of
the department to wartime basis.
Streamlining Of the department
also was hailed as another step in
furthering prosecution of the war
through better utilization Of agri-
cultural resources of the Nation.
Veterans of department service
head the three new administrations.
Two are former dirt" farmers, one
from Western New York and the
other from Iowa. The third, for
mer Washington newspaperman, was
raised on an Iowa farm.
Roy Hendrickson, former chief of
the Surplus Marketing Administra-
ton, with 10 years experience in the
department, has been named chief
of the Agricultural Marketing Ad-
ministration. Before coming to the
department Mr.. Hendrickson cov-
cred Agriculture for the Associated
Press. He was also one-time chief
of department personnel
Evans Was Aide to Wallace.
Chief of the new Agricultural
Conservation and Adjustment Ad-
ministration is Rudolph w. Evans,
former head of the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration. A native
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Mr.. Evans
has been with the department since
1888. when the A. A. A. came into
being. He was an assistant to Vice
President Wallace. then Secretary
of Agriculture, in 1896.
Eugene C. Auchter. the Western
New York farmer and former dean
of horticulture at the University Of
Maryland, heads the Agricultural
Research Administration. Chief of
the Bureau of Plant Industry since
1887, Mr.. Auchter has been with the
since 1928.
Under yesterdays executive order,
the Surplus Marketing Administra-
ton, including the Federal Surplus
Commodities Corp, the Agricultural
Marketing Service, except the Agri-
cultural Statistics Division. and the
Commodity Exchange Administra-
ton are grouped under the Agri-
cultural Marketing Administration.
The A. A. A., the Soil Conservs-
ton Service, the Federal Crop In
surance Corp. and the Sugar Divi-
sion are consolidated into the Agri-
cultural Conservation and Adjust
ment Administration.
Several Units Under Research.
Grouped under Agricultural Re-
search are the Bureaus of Animal
Industry, Plant Industry. Agricul-
tural Chemistry and Engineering,
Entomology and Plant Quarantine.
Home Economics, the ONCE Of Ex-
pertinent Stations and the Beltsvile
Md Research Center.
Actual reorganization of the de-
partment began as early as Decem-
Der IS of last year under direction
of Secretary of Agriculture Wickard
and yesterdays executive order
cleared the way for final implement
tation. ar
A department ofIicial pointed out
the change would enable the Secre-
tary to confer directly with his three
key men rather than reaching sep
arate heads of the old bureaus.
The consolidation will cause no
decrease of personnel here or in the
field, the department said, nor will
there be any cutting down by the