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Evening star., 1942-03-23

ReneCtlnR lne new pOuCy VI
narrowing the causes for occu-
pational deferment. the District
Board of Appeals at its latest meet
ing rejected eight out of nine re-
quests for occupational deferment
and in the ninth case, granted the
appeal for deferment but placed the
registrant in IA instead of 2-B as
he had requested, local selective
service headquarters announced
today.
OF the rest of the 80 cases con-
sidered, three were returned to local
boards for additional information:
five were referred to the United
States Attorney-most Of them
cases of conscientious objectors;
nine requests for deferment on
grounds of dependents were granted.
and 13 others on the same grounds
were rejected.
Among those whose appeals for
occupation deferment were denied
was MAYNARD F. Saunders, 81. a mas
seur, who asked for 2-B classiflca-
ton as essential to the war produc-
ton program.
IA Classification Granted.
Hosea Bankhead Abernethy, Jr,
Is, an ordnance depot employe. ap-
pealing to 2-B from IA, was granted
q IA classification.
Besides Mr.. Saunders, the follow
ing men were refused occupational
deferment: Harry T. Gaghan. "A,
blueprint and photostat operator;
Arthur v. Meigs, 30, field worker;
Anthony w. Froe, 30, contractor;
Herman Lombard, 80. zimmerman;
John w. Cauley. 20, employed IN the
office of the cost inspector. U. S. NJ;
william j. Fogel, %, Navy Yard
worker, and Kermit Johnson, 80, OF
the Civic Education Service.
Granted deferment on grounds OF
dependents were Laurence L. Lucas,
81, International Business Machine
Co. employe; Frank De Lucia, "a,
Bullard Co. employe: Edward M.
Tamulevich, %, Post ONCE Depart
ment employe; Hamilton R. Squier,
2s, Pennsylvania Railroad employe:
Gonzalo L. Chiney. IS. waiter;
Ernest Alfred Henzler, ~, waiter;
James Richard Sullivan, q, plumb
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Two Editors Questioned
Before Propaganda Jury

The special grand jury, which has
been inquiring into charges of alien
propaganda in the United States,
swung back into action today, with
Charles S. Payson. publisher of
Scribner's Commentator, appearing
before it.
william Power Maloney, special
assistant to the Attorney General
in charge of of the inquiry, ques-
toned Mr. PaySon.
Scheduled to be witness before
the grand jurors this afternoon was
William Grimm. publisher Of the
New York Enquirer.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Growing Capital Seen
Needing TO Increase
Supply Of Wafer
Gen. Reybold Estimates
20 Million More Go|Ions
To Be Required Dolly

With Washington's water con-
sumption keeping pace with the
accelerated wartime growth in pop
ulation, an increase of 10000, 600
gallons in the daily capacity of the
Dalecarlia pumping station will
be needed during the 1943 fiscal
year. Maj. Gen. Eugene Reybold.
chief of Army engineers. estimated
today in his annual report.
That amount is in addition to the
20 ,OOO, 900 gallon reservoir now un-
der construction at the Mcmillan
plant to guard against a shortage
of purified water for Washington
and Arlington County in case of a
severe drought. The new McMil-
Ian reservoir, authorized recently,
will not be in use until after June
80, the end of this fiscal year.
The maximum daily consumption
of water for Washington and Ar
lington County, which depends on
the Districts supply, is now 153,-
100000 gallons. and the average
daily consumption is 112,600,000
gallons. Based on a population of
723,000 in the District, at the time
the report was prepared. and IT,
600 in Arlington, the average per
capita daily consumption for both
areas is l42 gallons.
S505,723 Spent for Operation.
Washingtons daily consumption
alone was 1O8, ,440.63O gallons, or
$50 gallons per capita. The aver
age daily amount of water fur
nished to Arlington users was A.
159,370 gallons, for which the Gov
ernment was paid
As usual, the Federal buildings in
Washington represent the largest
single user of water, accounting for
IS per cent of the totel. They con-
sumed an average daily of 14,464 ,054
gallons, or nearly four times as
much as the 77,OOO residents of
Arlington County.
The cost of operation and main-
tenance of the water system for
the 1941 fiscal year was $505, ,723,
with an additional s68,616 for re-
placements.
New Intakes Needed.
New work estimated for the 1943
fiscal year calls for expenditures
of $648,930 for general operation,
salaries and equipment; $4,000 for
completion of the Mcmillan Reser-
voir, and. $3.50, 900 for replacements
at the Dalecarlia, Mcmillan and
Georgetown plants.
The most important item is
S60,000 for the installation of q
third high pump of 10000 ,0O0- gallon
capacity in the Dalecarlia station
New intakes will have to be built
eventually at Great Falls, Md, and
preliminary modification of the di-
version work is estimated to cost
$4,000.
Among improvements and addi-
tions authorized for the fiscal year
ending June 80, next, was q filter
system at Dalecarlia, a new booster
pump at Mcmillan and replacement
of the tilter-control equipment at
Mcmillan.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Wilson Participates
In Exchange Program

Wilson Teachers College. partici-
pating in the exchange plan of the
Eastern States Education Associa-
ton, will be host to visiting students
today through Wednesday. The
visitors. who are from Massachu-
sets and New Jersey, will go to
New York as delegates to the edu-
cation associations convention.
From Wilson College. Miss Mar
garet Lowry and Miss Mary Louise
Bernheisel will visit the State
Teachers College at Montciair,
N. j., while Miss Frances George
will 60 to the State Teachers
College at Shippensburg, Pa. and
Marshall Gooch to the State Teach
ers' College, Salem, Mass
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Bible Round Table
On Radio TONIGHT

The Church's Responsibility to
Our Service Men" will be the topic
of the Bible round table discussion
at 7 o'clock tonight over Radio Sta
ton WWDC.
Taking part in the broadcast will
be Clinton N. Howard, editor OF
Progress Magazine; DR.. Oscar F..
Blackwelder. pastor of the Church
Of the Reformation, and Repre-
sent3 tive Guyer Of Kansas.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Arnold Made Major

ALEXANDRIA, Va. March %
(SpeciaD John S. Arnold, former
chief of police here and an Army
onicer since January /, 1941, has been
promoted from captain to major fol-
lowing completion of a nine-week
course at the Army's Command and
General Staff School, Fort Leaven-
worth. Kans. He has been assigned to
the Washington Provisional Brigade.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
WiI|fu| Dissipation
Of Defense Funds
Charged al Hearing
House Probers' Attorney
Soys Navy Order Yielded
100 Per Cent Profit
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Edmund Toland. counsel for the
House Naval Affairs Investigating
Committee. declared today that
with the willful dissipation Of
Government money on defense con-
tracts, the profits tax is not
the complete answer" to the ques-
ton of war profits.
Mr.. Toland's statement was pre-
Iminary to his testimony regarding
expenditures made by Jack &
Heintz of Bedford, Ohio. manufac-
turers of airplane motor starters for
the Army and Navy.
To Take Up Smith Bill.
The committee later will consider
officially a bill by Representative
Smith. Democrat. of Virginia. to
drop the 40-hour week and limit
profits on war production to s per
cent of the contract cost.
Mr. Toland said the present Jack
& Heintz firm was formed in Bedford
in 1910, and that Navy order filled
by the firm showed a profit of 100
per cent.
"Exorbitant salaries were paid to
officials, three of whom got total
Of $145, 900 last year." he asserted.
He told the committee the firm
also spent large sums of money on
free lunches, banquets and enter
tainment for employees, and that one
former Army air officer was given
a bonus of ZOO after he had been
with the firm only six weeks.
Concentration Cited.
In another phase of his opening
statement, Mr.. Toland said his in
vestigation of 25,000 defense
contracts involving $4,000, 900 900
disclosed that more than 1900 were
concentrated in certain States y
Details such as locations. he added,
would not be made public because
they might be of value to the enemy.
Chairman Vinson suggested that
the concentrations had been brought
about by the fact that long-estab-
lshed industries had had their work
accelerated by the war.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Staples to Address Citizens

The Riverdale Heights MD Cit
liens Association will meet at 8 pm.
tomorrow at the Riverdale Heights
Fire House. S. J. Staples of the Ma
tional Training School will speak on
Child Delinquency in the District" 4"
Evening star., 1942-03-23

SHORTCUT TO CITIZENSHIP Arthur Frankel, "a Qe
seated likely the first foreign American
soldier to gain United States citizenship hurry under the
BILL which awaits the Presidents signature He
United States from Lthuania and
quickly applied for his first Normally he would have to
wait five years become citizen Stationed here he went to
members of the Senate Judiciary Committee who told him he
may apply under the bill for immediate citizenship Senator
Oahoney Of wyoming seated Senator Doxey of Mississippi
0eft) and Senator Austin of Vermont standing
Star STAFF Photo.
Evening star., 1942-03-23
Draft Appeals Board Rejects 8
Pleas Based on Occupations

er: Oliver Zilar Noland. "a, painter,
and Orville r. Toliver. %, delivery
clerk.
Appeals are Rejected.
Appeals for deferment to ga
classification were rejected in the
cases of Joseph M. Pagano, Is, stock
record clerk: william Kavakos, 81.
restaurant owner: Nolle Davis, 20.
warehouse attendant; Bowden E.
Midget, jr., "a, Washington Gas
Light Co. employe; Paul Cromer
Haney, q. roadhouse operator;
Noble S. McCorkel, 80, gasoline
station attendant; Frank Alinkofsky,
%, War Department employe; Ma
thaniel Herson, %. auto exchange
owner; Harold Strothers, %, Tariff
Commission: Lewis Pollard. "a,
chauffeur; Daniel D. Sheehan, "a,
Treasury Department employe; Will
lie R. Beasley, 80. pipe layer, and
Chester Rapkin, "a, Federal Home
Loan Bank Board.
Returned for additional informa-
ton were the cases of Bert M.
Randall, 80. junior patent examiner;
Elihu H. Morson, Is. National Youth
Administration, and Raymond C.
Cooper, 70, service man, all seeking
ga classification.
The appeals of Culver G. Warner,
Is, kitchen man; Joseph Catchings,
20, building foreman; Glen Warren
Price, %; Joseph Fred Winkler, %,
National Archives, and Beeady
Thomas Lomax, 80, painter. were
sent to the United States attorneys
ofice.
Inductions Ordered.
At the same time. local headquar-
ters announced the following men
were scheduled for induction into
the Army at Camp Lee, Va, to-
morrow:
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Evening star., 1942-07-21

drivers, but whether the taxicab in
dustry is to be conducted In lawful
and orderly manner. In these cir
cumstances, the District Commits
sioners have acted properly in notify
ing the drivers that they will support
the PUG and will see to 1t that any
violation of the order will be ade-
quately and promptly dealt with.
From the beginning, this whole
matter has been very poorly handled
by the commission. The most recent
example of poor judgment was the
recommendation-Which the Com
missioners refused to approve-for
the revocation of the license of
Edward A. Glenn, president of a
union of cab drivers. General Kutz
dissented from the commissions
recommendation in this matter.
But the mere fact that members
Of the commission have acted un-
wisely in some respects cannot excuse
the conduct of those cab drivers who
are presently refusing to abide by
the commissions zone order, which
has been put in effect on a 30-day
trial basis It is clearly necessary
that the commissions authority to
issue and enforce lawful orders be
upheld, and this should be done by
the local authorities without inter-
ference. To follow any other course
would lead to the breakdown OF law
full authority in the National Capital.
Evening star., 1942-07-21
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. Trdce1UeH.

SQUIRRELS grow in appeal even in the eyes
of the observer who dislikes or thinks he
dislikes them.
We suggest feeding station con-
structed especially for them, ard Kept
filled with peanuts in the shell, and with
sunfiower seed.
fla coconut shell is followed out, and
swung by wire from the edge OF the
porch roof, it will afford the squirrels
much fun, exercise and good eating.
Wire must be used, not rope or cord,
since these rodents will bite through the
latter in no time at all
We believed that Mrs. w. and any
others who think they have reason to
dislike squirrels will in time come to
sympathize with them and get no END
of amusement and interest out of watch
ing them.
A practical way of getting them to
stop doing what one does not want
them to do is to spend a day or two
watching them hour after hour.
At the first sign of their mischief. one
simply issues forth with righteous in
dignation, and the squirrels fee
1t will not take many hours of this to
make them understand that as long as
they confine their attentions to food,
they will be left unmolested, but that
as soon as they start eating chair covers
and the like they will be harrassed.
~
AS for pigeons, they really take the
prize when it comes to persistence. A
slingshot is as good as anything to deter
them.
Interference with them, hour after
hour, for several days will do more than
anything else to make them leave and
stay away.
Many plans have been suggested. One
of the best is to put the bird feeding
station in clump Of shrubbery. Pigeons
do not like to fly down into such places.
It cramps their style.
Our attitude toward squirrels and
pigeons, we admit. is defeatist
Squirrels We like, and pigeons We do
not but each is very diflcult to dis
lodge, and we are not sure 1t is worth
the effort
Some of these "dog deterrents" might
be sprayed on cushions to keep squirrels
away. They are said to work with dogs,
and might with other animals.
One must be careful, in trying to drive
away unwanted creatures, that one does
not at the same time frighten away
the desired birds.
Life is all of a piece, and we cannot
hate here, and love right alongside it
We must either love all, or, alas, ir
time, come to hate all The sad progres,
of the human world in recent year.
along the path Of oblivion proves thi.
only too well.
Evening star., 1942-07-21

rehabilitation rather than punish
ment. The Borstal system followed
in England operates along this line,
and has been productive of encourag-
ing results, the committee points
out, adding that the great number of
"repeaters" in the lower age brackets
of the criminal classes in this coun-
try demonstrates that existing meth
DDS of treatment are totally made
quate.
The Judicial Conference, over
which the Chief Justice presides,
will decide if the suggested legisla-
ton should be urged on Congress.
Certainly it commends itself to the
deep consideration of all interested
in improving the administration of
criminal justice.
Evening star., 1942-07-21
Dr.. Newton's Retirement

When DR.. Elmer S. Newton reached
the age for statutory retirement,
many of his friends-and how many
Of them there are!-hoped that the
Board Of Education would write an
exception into a policy which gener-
ally is recognized as sound. The policy
is to move younger men and women
into the higher positions in the
school system to replace those who
reach the age of seventy. With due
appreciation for the sentiment which
prompted the plea, the Board of
Education declined. And yesterday
DR.. Newton's successor, Nathaniel A.
Donowsky of Eastern High School,
was appointed to be Principal of
Western High School on September
/, when DR.. Newton's retirement
takes effect.
1t is hard to think Of Western
High School without affectionately
thinking of DR.. Newton. He has
taken his retirement philosophically,
and so will his friends. But the sort
of relationship he formed with Wash
ington boys and girls for more than
forty years-over quarter of a CEN
tury as principal at Western-builds
ties that are hard to sever. He was
a friend and a counselor of thou
sands of men and women who felt
the influence Of his character. He
takes with him into his retirement
their love and their wishes for a
rich enjoyment Of the years Of leis-
ure which lie ahead.
Evening star., 1942-07-21
Criminal Law Reform

A number of thoughtful recon-
mendations for improving Federal
sentencing procedure have Just been
submitted to the Conference of
Senior Circuit Judges by commit
tee of judges from appeals and dis
trict courts headed by Judge John T.
Parker of the Fourth Circuit. Their
report, which has particular interest
here because Of the presence on the
committee of District Judge Bolitha
J. Laws, is the product of nearly two
years study. In it's course, the COM
mittee members not only interviewed
Federal and State officers and others
directly connected with criminal
procedure, but also visited penal in
stitutions and reformatories in order
to visualize better the conditions
under which punishment is admin
tstered.
The legislation proposed by the
committee aims at greater uniform
ity in sentences and fuller integra-
ton of sentencing and parole pro-
cedure and institutional supervision.
The power to fix sentences would be
left with the judiciary, but Board
of Corrections, taking over the func-
tions OF the present Board OF Parole,
also would serve in an advisory ca
pacity to the judges and, after study,
recommend the maximum sentence
believed suitable in each case where
the trial court has fixed an undeter-
inmate penalty in excess Of year.
Work camps for short-termers-
offenders sentenced for a year or
less-to get away from the evils Of
local jails, which are often in
sanitary and almost always rife with
communicating influences" are urged
by the committee, which also stresses
the desirability of new approach to
the problem of the youthful offender,
With emphasis laid on training and
Evening star., 1942-07-21
Advocates Sacrifice Of Distilleries
For Making Of Rubber.

To the Editor Of The Star:
The people Of the United States must
have transportation in order to carry
on the war effort on the home front.
Automobiles are one Of the essential
factors In the complex transportation
network, and we-the common people
know that not only Is gasoline being
rationed because Of its scarcity, but 1t Is
being rationed to save the precious rub
ber on the wheels Of the motors Of our
transportation system.
We are told that alcohol could be
utilized to produce usable synthetic rub
Der if the distilling apparatus were avail
able. Priorities prevent construction Of
new apparatus.
But the American people can sacrifice
their hard liquor and turn the distilling
apparatus now In use in making whisky
and other distilled liquors over to war
time use. Ask them! There is prob
ably a good reserve Of liquor aging in
warehouses now which can be used for
medicinal purposes, and those who
drink can easily sacrifice their hard"
liquors-retaining the production Of beer
and natural wines (not fortifleO-in the
interest Of winning the war.
CARY N. RUSSELL
Evening star., 1942-07-21
"ASHMEAD PLACE.

Dear Sir:
Every day look for your article and
love to read it, as I am 'bird-minded.'
II feed all the birds near us. especially
in winter, and have bird bath fill
myself everyday and often twice a day.
Il have many canaries in my sun
room. look after them myself, as now
we have only one servant to do every
thing, instead Of three.
Butt must differ with you about the
squirrels and pigeons. The first are just
like rats. They eat our lovely new
awnings, although we feed them in our
yard.
ALSO they eat our chair coverings and
swing cushions on the porch.
THE squirrels. mean, do the dreadful
damage to our lovely little place.
THE pigeons roost on our roof and
make terrible noise and drop every
thing foul on our porch and chairs.
What can you suggest to me? We
cannot kill these pests but we cannot
live in town and have them annoy us to
death.
II suggested to my husband to get
sling shot and scare the pigeons away
and a trap for the dreadful squirrels to
take them into the woods where they
belong Gf we could catch them) But
it has not worked
Can you advise and help?
Sincerely J. D. w."
One may sympathize with Mrs. w.
Squirrels and pigeons are two of the
most persistent of all creatures.
The fact that they may not be wanted,
in certain cases is unknown to them.
What they are after is something to
eat. The person who feeds the birds
must expect to have them come around
There is no part of the city or suburbs
without pigeons. and most of the city
and all Of the suburbs have their squir-
rels. The trees lure the latter. It is food,
and food alone. which attracts pigeons
Sometimes a broad window sill will
strike a pigeon as a fine place for
nest.
Washingtons famous trees are not
what they used to be, but despite in
roads made on them in recent years by
insects and progress, they still remain
q great feature of our city.
No one, we feel sure, would want to 20
without trees.
And when you have trees, you have
squirrels. So the thing to do is to try
to work up sympathetic interest in
them.
4
This may seem rather large order
to the person who, for some reason or
other, dislikes squirrels.
Yet we assure them all, and our cor
respondent In particular, that in time
Evening star., 1942-07-21
Discusses Desirability
OF Retail Oil Delivery Now

To the Editor Of The Star:
My fuel oil dealer advises that he is
not permitted to deliver any fuel oil
during the summer. My tank, and the
tanks Of thousands OF house owners are
empty, and we are willing to put in oil
now The dealers tanks are full, and
presumably other dealers have theirs
full also. II they wanted to they could
not accommodate any more fuel now,
and 50 any available transportation can
not be availed OF. Later, 1t is understood,
fuel will be released In rationed amounts,
and then fuel transportation in greater
extent will be required, probably inter-
fering with the growing war transporta-
ton problems.
Much oil could be stored in customers
tanks and some advantage taken OF
whatever transportation there may be
available from time to time during these
months. Let customers have their tanks
filled, not to be used until the first
freezing weather, and not to be replen-
ished before q date which may be set
by the petroleum conservator later.
HORACE L. WOODWARD.
Evening star., 1942-07-21
Miniature of on American
AIrmun

He knetD that he had neUer under
stood
Eractly ,Dhat Was meant by brother
hood
Until that moment when the Aussis
said,
my mother bakes a small. bro,pn
cruSty bread
And serues it ,oith bit OF lam for
tea.
I totsh that you might come do,pn
home ,Dtth me
And talk and eat and share the ,pay
tDe Hpe."
1t really ,Dasn't Dery much to oipe:.
An imitation not to be fulfilled
Unless perhaps they neither ons
1Dere killed
On this night flight for ,ohich theu'd
volunteered,
And yet he felt all parnu inside and
cheered
When ted-talk turned to talk of
flying toedther-
1t was a. II they t,oo had broken
bread together.
ANOBEL ARMOUR.