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Evening star., 1942-12-16
Bears Appeared to Be Unbeatable

consecutive victories their potent Information had
points against the best ernest competitor in the land
absolutely unbeatable while
cocky stale The few times their
all
there Tribes inspired
Indication the slightest hint of their impending
defeat
they getting started always seemed to be
matter simply deciding tighten
Chicago could
outfit Redskins the other hand struggled all the
didn't
CALLING of the must
and firing with double baeed
they
studded line that had yielded of
against opponents, rubbing mistake.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
DR.. McIntire 10 Talk
To Medical Society

Rear Admiral Ross T McIntire,
surgeon general of the Navy, will
speak on The Civilian Defends
Himself" at a special meeting of
the District Medical Society We'd
neSday night at 1718 M street NV.
DR.. McIntire will be the first of a
series of speakers who will discuss
the District civilian defense pro-
gram under auspices of the Emer-
gency Medical Service.
Other speakers include DR..
George Baehr, chief medical officer
of the Office of Civilian Defense
Col. Lemuel Bolles, executive direc-
tor of civilian defense for the Metro
politan Area; DR.. John A. Reed
chief medical officer of Washington;
DR.. Oscar B. Hunter, assistant chief
medical officer in charge of person.
mel, and Dr. Charles Stanley White
chairman of the professional advis-
ory committee to the Emergency
Medical Service.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Check Made on Servicemen
Visiting Washington Last Night
Rain, Neorness Of Pay Day. Reduces Number;
Census to Gauge Weekend Barracks Need

For the first time since the out
break of war, those agencies were
able to refer men to the Arlington
recreation area which has been used
since December to house soldiers on
guard duty. Nearly 500 beds were
available there, and buses took the
men turned away from the three
places here to the camp near Arling-
ton Memorial Bridge.
The check with theaters was easy,
officials explained, as many of them
give special rates to service men and
each admittance is carefully tabu-
lated.
At the Union Station. where many
men seek place to sleep, the
Travellers Aid Society made count
of inquiries received for quarters.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Rent Case Will Test
Districts Control
Over u. 5. Projects
Lungston Terrace Tenant
Fights Raise; IhIder Calls
LocoI Law InoppIieobIe

The question of whether the Dis
trict rent control law provides juris-
diction over Government housing
accommodations will be decided soon
as result of a complaint filed with
the rent administration by ten
ant of Langston Terrace. colored de-
velopment. The tenant seeks to
forestall a rent increase scheduled
for April l.
War housing projects yet to be
built will be affected by the decision
as we'll as those Government de-
velopments already in operation,
such as the Alley Dwelling Authority
communities.
John Ihlder, executive officer of
A. D. A., contends that the rent law
is not applicable to public housing
since it was designed to prevent
proflteering. He has pointed out
that the Government is not in the
housing business for profit but on
the contrary, provides subsidies for
many families unable to pay normal
rents. Ernest Henry. general coun-
sci for the rent administration, re-
fused to be quoted on the Langston
case. but said the control law applies
Ito all housing accommodations in
the District of Columbia
A. d. A. System Affected.
The whole A. D. A. system of
graded" rents also is affected by
the case. Under this plan Mr.
Ihlder adjusts rent to fit the income
of a tenant. If the family income
increases, the rent is raised pro-
portionately and the subsidy pro-
vided by the Government is de-
creased. Should the income of a
tenant family reach a point more
than five times the highest or ECO
nomic" rent for the quarters the
family is supposed to leave and
make way for low-income family
This graded system is used only in
strictly loW-coSt or slum clearance
housing. 1t will not be employed
presumably, for any large portion
of war housing here.
S. T. Sims. who filed the rent
case, occupies, with his wife ano
son, two-room. kitchen and bath
apartment at 2213 G street NE. He
has paid $2280 a month since mov-
ing in on May 4, 1888 The A. D. A.
which operates the development or
lease, is seeking to raise the rent
effective Wednesday, to s34. Mr.
(See RENTS, Page A-14)
Evening star., 1942-03-29

A check of visiting servicemen
was made last night to gauge the
need for weekend quarters for them
here
Under supervision of Hugo Wolter,
director of recreation services OF
metropolitan civilian defense. the
census covered downtown theaters,
the weekly enlisted mems dance at
the Departmental Auditorium and
10 servicemen's clubs, housing and
recreation agencies.
The survey was made to estimate
the actual number of servicemen
visiting the city on leave. The fig
ures will be submitted tomorrow to
the Federal Security Administration.
An official there said earlier that
if Mr.. Wolter could support his claim
that several thousand Servicemen
are unable to find sleeping accom-
modations here each week the
agency Immediately would certify
any request for barracks.
The acute lack of housing facili-
ties for men on leave was disclosed
in a story in The Star March l6,
and since then steps have been
taken to alleviate the situation, in
cluding the reopening of the Army's
recreation area in Arlington.
Mr.. Wolter said additional sur
veys would be made the next few
week ends, and that next Saturday
an attempt would be made accu-
rately to gauge the number turned
away from housing agencies.
Bad weather and the fact it was
the week end before payday cut the
number of visitors considerably, 1t
was said last night. However, the
G street Y.M.CA., which supplies so
beds, and the Soldiers, Sailors and
Marines Club. which affords ap-
proximately 200 beds, reported all
places taken before $50 pm.
Before midnight the third agency
affording low-cost housing. Service
Mems Club No. /, had arranged to
take care of about $50 men.
Evening star., 1942-03-29

The Zoo has been preparing
quietly for an air raid, just in case,
and should be one of the safest
spots in Washington If bombs begin
to fall
Even those who believe the worst
of wild animals should to be salts
fled with the precautions, planned
both for safety and for the peace
of mind of the most timid residents
in the vicinity of the big, wooded
park in the ravine of Rock Greek.
Zoo Director William NJ Mann
has traded off a valuable collection
of poisonous snakes, including the
rare Gabon vipers, number of
corbas and various types of rattle
snakes. This represented a real sac
rifice from the collectors point of
view.
Rifles of sufficient caliber to stop
Evening star., 1942-03-29

an elephant or a charging buffalo
and shotguns loaded with buckshot
are at hand in case of emergency.
Men who know how to use the guns
are within call at all times, it was
said.
From dusk to dawn the Zoo is
locked inside a 6-foot iron fence
which is strong enough to hold any
of the animals, with the possible ex-
ception Of the elephants.
At night two armed night watch
men patrol the buildings and run
ways, and a third Watchman is on
duty in the radio-equipped central
office. Any Of the watchmen can
be summoned to telephones in the
various buildings by ringing half a
dozen gongs scattered over the park
The Zoos lights can be turned of
with q single switch. and firemen
Of two adjoining engine companies
Evening star., 1942-03-29

ties. The zoo, however, had taken
the precaution of removing danger
GUS and highly nervous animals.
Most of the beasts here which
could be dangerous If they became
panic stricken are behind the 18-
inch stone walls of the new pachy-
derm house. Should the wall be
preached. they still would have to
cross steel barriers and a moat to
escape. At night they would find
themselves within the general in
closure of the park.
Experience has pretty thoroughly
demonstrated, however, that bomb
big enough to wreck a steel cage
almost certainly will kill or cripple
the animals inside.
Nevertheless, the Zoo. while hop
ing for the best, is prepared for the
worst.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
sc pet. Rise Reported
In Federal Workers
Living Costs in 1941
Labor Statistics Bureau
Figures Released by
Secretary Perkins

Living costs of Federal workers
and their families in the District in
creased 86 per cent in 1941. accord
ing to a Bureau of Labor Statistics
study, released by Secretary of Labor
Perkins yesterday.
This was slightly less than the 10
per cent rise in the bureaus index of
living costs for wage earners and
lower -salaried workers in Washing
ton between December, 1910, and
December. 1941 The survey of Fed
eral workers includes Government
personnel in the higher, as well as
in the lower pay brackets, and the
pattern of this expenditures is some
what different from that of the
group of wage earners and salaried
workers on which the bureaus cost
of living index for the District is
based.
Percentages increases in the cost
of goods and services to Federal en-
ployes during 194l, are estimated by
the bureau as follows: Food, 1862;
clothing, 16.7; housing, 1.3 per cent
household operation, ST; household
furnishings and equipment, 159;
transportation, Ill; personal care
98; medical care, 02; recreation 81,
and life insurance, 1.9. No change
was reported in the cost of formal
education, or in contributions to the
Federal retirement fund.
Studies Started in 1893.
The special study on which these
figures are based has been made by
the bureau each year since 1888
Changes in living costs are COM
puted by pricing the most impor.
tant goods bought by Federal work
ers and their families, and eStimat.
(See LIVING COSTS, Page A-15D
Evening star., 1942-03-29

have keys for the Zoos gates should
they be summoned at night.
All this has been done, although
it is doubtful if enemy airmen would
spend valuable bombs ON a park.
London's ZOO seems to have been
the victim of accident rather than
design. A few bombs have fallen
there, probably jettisoned or
dropped at random by Nazis anxious
to leave the vicinity.
The animals, like the British pub
lie, took the blitzes in their stride
They became accustomed to bonn
bardment of the surrounding city
and counter barrageS. When stray
bomb knocked in a wall of the zebra
house, the little striped jackasses
trotted out to see the town. Lon
doners were amazed and somehow
cheered by the spectacle. The zebras
were herded back without casual
Evening star., 1942-03-29
38 Policemen Given
Promotions; Nine Are
Made lieutenants
Detective ToIson, Head
Of General Assignment
Squad, Advanced

Promotion Of SO Metropolitan
policemen, including appointment
of nine lieutenants, was approved
yesterday by the Commissioners on
recommendations made by Maj. Ed
ward j. Kelly, superintendent OF
police
Elevated to the rank of lieutenant
were Aubrey M. Tolson, head of the
general assignment squad of the De-
tective Bureau; Joseph w. Shimon,
detailed as an investigator for the
Office of the District Attorney, and
Harry c. Blackman of the First
Precinct.
Acting 1t. William ]. Liverman
head of the Accident Investigation
Unit, was promoted tc lieutenant, as
were Sergt. Lafone Starkweather of
Precinct 4, and Sergt. Thomas T
Heffernan of the A. I. U.
Sergt. Basil McAlliSter, detailed
in the Office of Civilian Defense
was raised to the temporary rank of
lieutenant, as were Detective Sergts
Norman S. Hodkinson and Herbert
Wanamaker.
Others Are Listed.
Other promotions authorized by
the city heads are as follows: From
temporary sergeant to sergeant
Earl D. Alber, Precinct S; Wayland
w. Whittimore, Precinct 4, and Car
G. Darnall, Administrative Head
quarters.
From temporary detective sergeant
to detective sergeant: David A. Hig-
gins and w. E. Scott.
From temporary precinct detec-
tive to precinct detective Albert L
Emhrey. jr. Precinct 6: Edward P
Hallman. Precinct 13, and Charles
T. Williams, Precinct 8.
From private to sergeant: James
(See POLICE, Page A-15D
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Civilian Defense Staff
Volunteer Unit Put
Under Single Roof
District Organizations
Take Up Quarters. in
Old Toner School

Both the administrative staff and
the volunteer bureau of the Dis
trict's civilian defense organization
will be moved from their separate
quarters today and established in
one building-the old Toner School
! Twenty fourth and F streets NV
which has just been vacated by the
Works Projects Administration.
Col. Lemuel Bolles, executive di-
rector of civilian defense for the
Washington Metropolitan Area, and
his administrative staff of Is will
move from the fifth floor of the
District Building to the new head
quarters and the volunteer bureau
will leave its present quarters at
sol Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Also scheduled to have Offices in
the new headquarters are Mrs. Gift
ford Pinchot, chief of the emer-
gency feeding and housing units of
the local organization, and Capt.
w. D. Robertson, chief of the de-
contamination squad.
Display Room Setup.
The volunteer bureau, headed by
Mrs. Henry S. Bernton, has two
paid employees and about 35 volun-
teer workers, drawn from a list of
more than 100 volunteers, who con-
duct the daily business of the Office
One room in the school will be
set aside for use as a display room
where blackout facilities and emer-
gency equipment will be demon
strated for the benefit of home
owners and AFRAID wardens who
need help in establishing their sec
tor posts.
The new headquarters will be in
operation tomorrow morning and the
telephone number will be the same
as at the former office-Executive
$40. In addition to Col. BolleS,
other officials who are moving to the
new headquarters today are Maj.
Leonce Raoul Legendre, assistant
director, and Capt. w. L. Clements,
press relations chief and head OF
the Speakers Bureau.
Sector Posts Speeded
Meanwhile. Chief Air-Raid Ward
en- Clement Murphy announced that
he expects at least 80 per cent of
the Districts 1854 AFRAID warden
sector posts to be established by the
end of this week.
Chief Murphy praised the work
of the wardens and said they ARE
i doing the best they can" but that
some are having difficulty finding
appropriate space for their sector
posts. He emphasized, however, that
virtually all sector wardens have
| temporary posts, many OF which
have been established at great in
convenience to themselves.
The chief warden explained that
no survey had been made yet of
the total number of sector posts
established and equipped, but added
that such a survey probably would
! be made soon.
Community Drives Pushed.
In response to appeals from Col
Bolles and Civilian Defense Co.
ordinatOr Young, many communities
have been pushing drives for funds
to equip posts. Col. Bolles said yes
terday that citizens who are using
their ingenuity in improvising equip
ment for sector posts ARE making
a real and direct contribution to
the men at the fighting front"
The civilian defense Office some
time ago pointed out that no local
funds are available for items of local
operating expenses such as tele-
phones, postage. equipment, cleri-
cal services, etc, and that ways
and means must be found to pro-
vide these necessities"
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Cunteen Kitchen to Open

Mrs. A. S. Davy, canteen chairman,
Loudoun County Chapter. Amer
lean Red Cross, announced today
that the kitchen canteen in the
Middleburg (VaD Health Center
will be open for inspection from
to pm. Wednesday. Mrs. Robert
Mcconnell Is the local canteen
chairman.
Evening star., 1942-03-29
Fifty District Se|ectees
To Go III Army Tomorrow

Fifty men from seven District
draft boards Will be indicted at
Camp Lee, Va, tomorrow morning.
Scheduled for induction are:
Evening star., 1942-03-29

(See RENTS, Page A-14)
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-21
Ray Robinson Wins
9th Pro Mix

PHILADELPHIA. - Ray "su-
gar" Robinson won his thirty
seventh straight fight as a profess
sional tonight, but although he hit
Icy Jannazzo with virtually eY-
erything in the book, the Harlem
Negro couldn't knock out his
crafty opponent and had to be sat
isfied with a 1O-round decision.
CROWD SEES FIGHT
A capacity crowd of more than
10000 that damned every nook
and Granny of the arena watched
Jannazzo absorb all the vicious
punches Robinson threw n d
chered him at the finish for go
ing the route.
Robinson, weig h ing 143h
pounds to Janazzo's lat. had the
ringwise Italian on the verge of a
knockout in the first, third, fourth
and ninth rounds. but couldn't
put over the final punch. at the
end, Jannazzo was so elated at
taking Robinson's Sunday punches
he turned a cartwheel in the ring.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-21
Citizens Asked
To Identify Mob

JACKSON, Miss. - The Work
ers' Defense League suggested in
a letter today that Gov. Paul
johnson, President Roosevelt and
Attorney General Francis Biddle
address a public gathering at Me
eridian, ealing on citizens to tes-
tify against members of a mob
that lynched two Negro boys near
there last week. A third Negro was
lynched near Laurel early Satur-
day.
The league, which has head
quarters in New York City, charg
ed in its letter to Governor John
son that persons who participated
in the lynching near Meridian are
guilty of Facts more harmful to
the nation than the worst case of
industrial sabotage ever report
ed"
Those who knew the 6 | t y
parties and fail to report them are
guilty of crime moraly no less
serious" said the letter, signed
by Morris Milgram, national Sec
rotary of the league.
Governor Johnson did not COM
ment ON the letter.
Meanwhile, the governor said
he would recall two units of the
State Guard sent to Hazelhurst
Saturday night along with 20
state highway patrolmen after
Deputy Sheriff John Box was shot
fatally attempting to arrest a Ne
gro, John A. Catchings, on an IL
licit liquor charge.
An extensive hunt for the Negro
has been under way since the
shooting, but Governor Johnson
said no clue had been uncovered
as to Catchings' whereabouts. The
governor said pc ace officers
throughout the state will be in the
alert for him.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-21
Mr.. Summer Wells
Shows Earl BrOwder

NEW YORK. - Earl Browder,
general secretary of the Commun-
list party in the United States, has
retracted without reservation a
signed article in the october 4 is
sue of the Daily Worker charging
that "reactionary officials in the
state department" were hindering
the war effort in China.
Browder disclosed in a state
ment that after publication of the
article he was invited to Washing
ton by Sumner Welles, undersec
rotary of state, and heard from
him and from Mr.. Laughlin Cur
RE, administrative assistant to the
President. a detailed refutation OF
my charges in this respect"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-21
Young Negroes
Hanged By Mob

SHUBUTA, Miss. - The bodies
of two 14-year- Negro boys
were found today swinging from
a railroad bridge under which
they attacked a 13-year-old white
girl last week.
Sheriff Lloyd McNeal of Clarke
county. investigating reports of
the absence of the youths from
the Quitman Jail where they were
held, found the bodies of Charlie
Lang and Ernest Green.
They had been arrested last
Tuesday and pleaded guilty to at
tempted rape of the girl, who was
waylaid on her way home from
school.
The sheriff said a mob of uni
Identified men overpowered the
jailer Sunday, locked him in a cell
and proceeded with the lynehing.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-21
Miss Thelma HAYES
Goes West

San Francisco. Calf. - Miss
Thelma Halves, widely known Ne
gro medical social worker from
the Chicago Welfare Administra
ton. has been assigned as assists
ant Red Cross field director in
charge of Red Cross hospital ac-
tivities at Fort Huachuca, Ari-
IONA, A. L. schafer. Pacific Area
Manager. said here.
Miss Halves, who for the past
two years has been supervising
medical social worker for the Chi
cage Welfare Administration is
the first Negro to be named to a
Red Cross administrative post in
the West.
The Red Cross previously as
signed two other Negroes, Miss
Lenore Cox and Miss Elizabeth
Green to the Fort Huachuca sta
ton hospital as recreational work
ers. They will work under the SUI
pervision of Miss Halves.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-21
Battle on Poll Tax
Due Today in House

WASHINGTON. - Long pig
eon-holed legislation to outlaw
poll tax payments as a prerequis-
lite for voting in federal elections
busted off over the objections of
many southern lawmakers for a
sharp states battle in the house.
Apparently outnumbers, h e
southern bloc mustered its forces
to fight a motion discharging the
rules committee from further con-
sideration of the legislation which
was introduced early in 1941 by
the late representative Geyer
(Dem., Calif.).
The way for house test on the
issue was cleared September %,
when the 218th signature was
added to a petition to bring the
measure to the floor, and advo-
Gates of the Legislation served no
tice that they would seek the
showdown tomorriw.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-21
SEATTLE SOCIALS

Mrs. Lucille McCurdy, Seattle
Beauty artist, is enjoying her visit
in Chicago and Indiana. Before
returning in November she will
spend some time with her parents
and friends in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Seruggs were
entertained at breakfast last Mon
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry A. Johnson. Covers were
placed for six. They were visitors
over the weekend in Seattle.
The Northwest Enterprise Holt
day edition this year will be big
ger and better than ever. We are
taking orders now for holiday
greetings. with your pictures. Let
the Enterprise send your greet
ings to al relatives and friends in
any part of the world with your
picture. Call Mr.. McCants the
Enterprise advertising agent for
information - EA $3.50.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-21
Virginia Boy
Makes Good

In line with the policy of The
Gazette to help proomte the vel
fare of less privneged classes,
am sending you this feature story
with art of Joseph Turner. Char
lesion. West Virginia Negro me-
chanie, who has made good. My
thought Is that by publication in
your newspaper, the story will
serve as encouragement and in
spiration for others of his race.
Harry II. Fleurney, Associate
Ming. Editor, The Charleston,
West Virginia, GAZETTE.
Joseph Turner lost his parents
at an early age and was placed in
an orphanage. where he says he
was well treated. happy. and
learned a lot of things that help
ed him in later life. Today he is
skilled mechanic in a war pro-
duction plant at Charleston, West
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-21
Shipyards to Hire Negroes

WASHINGTON. - War Man
Power Commission officials said
yesterday that an agreement had
been reached that Negroes would
be used in all departments of the
Portland, Ore. shipyards Eat
their best skills."
Commission officials said the
agreement was made by Edgar
Kaiser, manager of the shipyards,
and Tom Ray, secretary of the
Portland Boiler Makers Union at
conference with Mrs. Anna Ros-
enberg w. NJ. C. regional director,
in New York.
The U. S. Employment Service
is aiding in the hiring of workers
in New York for the Portland
shipyards.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1942-10-21
japanese Turn Time
Back 300 Years

NEW YORK. - Japan's great
Mitsui combine, hitherto a family
property, now for the first time in
its 800 years history is to permit
public participation in its vast
enterprises, Tokyo dispatch
broadcast by the Berlin radio re-
ported today.
"Under the pressure of war
economy" the dispatch said, Nit
sui will abandon "the tradition
which has prevailed ever since the
foundation of the house" and per-
NIT public subscription to flota-
tion of 100, 100000 yen (nominal-
ly about s40,OO0,0OO) of new cap
ital for the Mitsui Trust company,
one of its many banking institu-
tions.
The Mitsui fortune, held up to
now by the several branches OF
the Mitsui family, is one Of the
worlds largest.