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Evening star., 1943-08-06
{. P. Taft Sees Hope
For Delinquency Curb
Recreation
Constructive Comment
And Action Urged in
Talk to Junior Boord

Child casualties are intolerable
in democracy that has not even
heard the scream of falling bombs,
Charles P. Taft, director of the
Office of Community War Services
of the Federal Cecurity Agency told
members of the Washington Junior
Board of Commerce at luncheon
meeting yesterday in the Annapolis
Hotel.
Juvenile delinquency has been 60
ing on since the time OF Homer, Mr..
Taft said, but many people are now
discovering it for the first time and
are blaring it out before the pub
lie eye as a new horror.
Mr.. Taft thinks that it should be
publicized, but at the same time,
should be coupled with an under
standing of the problem. He added
that the problem has been discussed
in much the same way through the
Civil and First World Wars, and
that much of the comment has
ndTQly Deen constructive.
Sees Unjust Criticism.
Washington, being the heart of
the Nation, is naturally the spot
lighted community and although
the juvenile delinquency is big
problem here, Mr.. Taft believes
that the Capital City has received
q great deal of unjust criticism. He
compared Washington to other war
boom towns in the United States, all
having identical problems.
The Washington Criminal Justice
Association estimated that there had
been a 33 per cent rise in juvenile
delinquency since 1910. that juvenile
complaints are reaching police at
the rate of 45O per month, while 300
used to be considered higher than
normal. Other sections, however,
show comparable rises, for Los An
geles shows a Is per cent rise in
truancy while Ohio reformatory ad-
missions are up 10 per cent. Ma
tionally, the Children's Bureau
show edthat juvenile court figures
for girls are up 80 per cent for girls
and 8 per cent for boys.
Parents Need Guidance.
Mr.. Taft said that most chill
dren are acutely conscious of the
problem themselves, that the gravest
single responsibility lies with par
ents, and that in these times par
ents need guidance as we'll as chill
dren. One way to curb juvenile
delinquency is to use social agen-
cies to educate parents another is
to guide children through the
school. Besides these two factors, he
said. another comes. into the pic
| ture-recreat ton.
Washington, according to Mr.
Taft, has recognized the impor-
| tance of sufficient recreational IA
cilities. The District Recreation De-
partment, working with the Board
of Education, has had 108 play
grounds in operation this summer
66 for white and ~ for colored chill
dren. 1t is running five day camps
as well, four for white and one for
| colored.
Although some communities have
reported using curfews, this, Mr..
Taft thinks, is a negative solution.
A forward step in this city, that
can be well followed in others, ac-
cording to Mr.. Taft, was the re-
cent banding together of 20 churches
to solve the delinquency problem by
recreational means.
Evening star., 1943-08-06

delivery man; James A. Mcdonald,
30, taxicab driver;
Also Leon D. Vogel, 20, United
States Internal Revenue Bureau;
Clarence M. Parks, IS, barber; John
B. MCGUIRE, jr, "a, guard, United
States Customs Bureau; William K.
Lease 36, agent, Sun Life Insurance
Co.; Olin E. Hanson, "a, boiler fire.
man, Boiling Field: Arthur Nissel-
son, %, junior storekeeper, Naval
Supply Depot; Ernest L. Hallquist,
%, taxicab driver.
Denied classification as consci-
entious objectors Nwere Julius de-
Franceschi, %, landscape gardener;
Mason F. Moore, 20, student Wood
ward School, and Herbert w. Burke,
81, carpenter, A. Lloyd Goode Con-
tracing Co. The first of the three
was classified in la, while the lat
ter two men we're classed In lao
for non-combatant duty.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
BY the Associated Press.

MIDDLE RIVER, Md, Aug. g.
The Army. which has borrowed more
than one idea from the automobile
industry's peacetime assembly line,
is cashing in on another wrinkle
mass production of highly special
ized airplane mechanics.
These men. hand-picked from
thousands sent to the Army's tech
nical and mechanics schools, are
graduates of postgraduate training
courses offered at airplane plants
all over the country. Turning them
out is the special function of the
Army Air Forces Technical Train
ing Command. Altogether, the
schools produce some IS varieties of
skilled mechanics, each an expert on
a particular type of plane or various
parts of its assembly
These grease monkeys" are ac-
customed to making repairs the
hard way, with or without the proper
tools and parts. as. well as the right
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Legion Session
To Hear Talk by
AthertonT Tonight
Next Years Officers
To Be Nominated,
Trophies Awarded

Warren H. Atherton, who is ex-
pected to be elected national COM
mander Of the American Legion at
the national convention next month
at Omaha, will speak tonight at the
convention of the District Depart
ment of the American Legion at the
Mayflower Hotel
Mr.. Atherton accompanied the
present national commander. Roane
Waring, on a 25,000-mile tour of
North Africa this spring.
Mrs. Edna Smith, chairman of
the Trophies and Awards Commit
tee, will award trophies tonight for
various activities during the last
year and officers will be nominated
The election will be held at the
closing session tomorrow night.
Col. Griffith Speaks.
1t. Col. Paul H. Griffith, U. s. A.,
past department commander OF
Pennsylvania, who spoke in the ab-
scnce of Paul v. McNutt, war man.
power commissioner and former ma
tional commander of the Legion,
told the opening session of the con-
vention last night that If the
American people want to bring
their boys back they can help by a
100 per cent cooperation on the
home front.
Col. Griffith, who said he had
been asked many times when the
war would end, declared that more
active effort on the home front
would help to shorten the war. He
was introduced by National Vice
Comdr Fred G. Fraser.
The 26th annual convention of the
District department was opened with
the advancing of the colors by Capt.
James C. Clarke and the National
Guard of Honor Dept Comdr. Pat
rick j. Fitzgibbons opened the con-
vention with Jerome Mckee offering
the invocation.
A memorial service was held un-
der direction Of c. Victor Dessez,
assisted by the Fort Stevens Post
No. 80. Music was played by the
United States Navy Orchestra and
Miss Joyce Romero sang THE Star
Spangled Banner"
Gen. Cox Introduces Guests.
The address of welcome was given
by Comdr. Fftzgibbons, and greet
ings were extended by Mrs. Edith
Sadler president of the Legion Aux
iliary; Jack Keller, grand chef de
gare, Voiture 147, Forty and Eight,
and Mrs. Mary r. Corwin, LIE Cha
peau Departmental, Eight and Forty.
The guests were introduced by Brig.
Gen. Albert L. Cox, past depart
ment commander.
Capt. Helen G.. ONeill, Marine
Corps. a yeoman during the last
war and a past commander of the
Jacob Jones Post of the Legion,
made a short talk in which she ap-
pealed for women between 20 and
SO to join the marines. Another
speaker was Col. Albert r.. Dreis-
bach.
Mrs. Smith. past vice COM
mander, presented a number of
citations to those who have assisted
the Legion during the past year. A
citation for having represented the
George Washington Post, No. /, at
every one of the rs conventions was
presented to Howard S. Fisk, the
first post and department adjutant
IN the American Legion.
The report of the Rules Commit
tee was presented by Richard A.
O'Brien and the report for the Gre
dentials Committee by Mr. Fisk,
who reported total membership of
9,D76 members.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
AT Conscientious Directors
Aid Maryland With Projects
Men at Nine Comps Throughout stote
Are Doing Small but VituI Jobs

toric peace churches-the Friends
(Quakers), Brethren and Men
nonites-and other interested groups.
Since Congress has made no pro-
vision for the support of conscien-
tious objectors, Pocomoke is pri-
vately financed.
1t is not concentration camp.
The campers have their furloughs
and passes-much the same priv
neges accorded to men in the armed
forces.
Men Receive No Pay.
Under the direct supervision of
the Federal Sol. Conservation Serv-
ice and with the cooperation of
Worcester and Wicomico Counties
and the State, the work at Pocomoke
is going on six days a week-9k
hours a day. The men receive no
pay.
Only two units in Maryland can
be truly classed as camps. The sec
ond-the Hagerstown units a
composite Of four smaller camps in
Washington County, sponsored by
the Mennonites. The camps aggre-
gate 129 men.
At Beltsville So men are at work
on the Federal Government ex-
perimental farm, where their activi-
ties range from ordinary labor In
the orchards and stockpens to tech
r1ical work in the extensive Belts
yillo 10 hNro torieS
Work in Mental Hospitals.
Mental hospitals, hard hit by the
lack of manpower, probably pro-
vide the greatest single work cate
CORY for conscientious objector.
throughout the country. Two Mary
land institutions-the Eastern Shore
State Hospital at Cambridge and
the Springfield State Hospital fol-
the Insane at Sykesville-currently
employ 40 men in their wards as
attendants and orderlies. r
Also on special service are 80 OBJ
jectors serving as cottage masters
and instructors in two of the States
industrial training schools-Chel-
tenham School for Boys and Rose
wood State Training School at Ow-
ings Mills.
Dairy farmers are using a dozen
or more men as laborers on farms
throughout Montgomery County. In
addition three dairy testers, serving
with dairy herd improvement asso-
Citations, cover the State to aid in
maintaining and improving the
quality of milk products,
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Huvonu Roturions Give
Candy for u. S. Troops

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, Aug. 6-The Rotary
Club of Havana yesterday presented
to American Ambassador Spruille
Rraden 10 tons of caramels made
from Cuban sugar for delivery to
American soldiers on Guadalcanal.
The gift was suggested by Diario
de la Marina, Havana newspaper,
as 3 tribute to the heroism of troops
IN the Guadalcanal campaign.
Evening star., 1943-08-06

A d m inistration
and WPB, was
told a Star re-
porter today by
Capt. Albert G..
McC Chesney, who
will retire from
t he Veterans
A d m inistration
September /.
Capt. McChes-
ney " a s born
August "A, 1873,
in the District
and " e n t TO
school here. He
b e 6 a n service
with the Cow
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Edward KIauber Resigns
A. CBS Director
ASSneiata6 prase

BY 1SSOCIdttd PTeSS.
INV YORK, Aug. 6.-The resiR-
nation of Edward Klauber as a di-
rector and as chairman of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Columbia
Broadcasting System because of i'll
health was announced by President
William S. Paley yesterday.
Mr.. Klauber was former night city
editor OF the New York Times and
became associated with the radio
system In 1880.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Rites for Drowned Boy
And Grandmother Planned
BY the Associated Press.

WOODSTOCK, Va, Aug. g.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow for 11-year-old Bobby
Combs, who drowned while swim
ming yesterday and his grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, 72, who
died of a heart attack when she
heard Of the boys death.
The youth drowned while swim
ming in a creek at Toms Brook.
about 6 miles north of here. Eff
forts of three companions to save
him were futile and his body was
recovered by two men who were
working nearby and heard calls for
help
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Swims Daily at IS

Edward Casper. who at IS is still
working, credits his good condition
to the swim he has had at Mel
bourn (Australia) swimming club
every morning for the last so years
Evening star., 1943-08-06
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MAatHa~R~xNM
WAR BONDS
For Killers Grove

That dollar you spend for War
stamps might not seem like much to
you, but it pays for the greater part
of the intrenching shovels our SOL
diers want to use in Hitler's front
yard. Complete with carrier, these
instruments cost SLOT.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Capt. kcChesney, As Years
In u. 5. Service, 10 Retire

A story of IS years in Government
service, varying from work with the
Interior Department TO a position, S
liaison officer between the Veterans
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Serves Many Jobs

A. Burgess, ex-soldier OF Porti-
sham. England, has become war;
time hustler, serving as postmaster.
food oficer, parish clerk, grocer,
ARP warden and a Home Guard.
Evening star., 1943-08-06

Foxholes, trenches. postholes fo2
barbed-wire entanglements all are
dug with the aid of this specially de-
signed working tool. Be sure our
soldiers have enough of the best
equipment. INCREASE your payroll
savings deductions.
Evening star., 1943-08-06
Selectee Fur|oughs End
Tomorrow for Is

Twenty-Five men indicted into
the Navy July 81 and three men in
Quoted into the Marine Corps July "a
will report for active duty in their
respective services tomorrow.
Both groups have been on post
induction furlough. The list fol-
lows:
Evening star., 1943-10-20
Wife Says Pfc Kuhn
Was III, Not AWOL

Mrs. Mary Kuhn, wife of Pfc.
Robert V. Kuhn, 5l02 North Capitol
street, who was stationed with the
Marine Corps at New River. N. c.,
said today her husband was not
! AWOL, as stated III The Star yes
terday.
A coroner's certificate of suicide
was issued yesterday after Pfc.
Kuhn had been found Monday in
the gas-fllled kitchen of his mothers
home, at 1858 Evarts street NE.
According to Mrs. Kuhn, her hus-
band had overstayed a leave be-
cause he was sick. She said she had
wired his commanding officer and
had gotten permission for an ex-
tended leave.
Evening star., 1943-10-20
Holding Corsicon Pass Enabled
Germans to Evocuote Forces

in which the Goums, who learned
their own peculiar arts OF warfare
in the wild fastness Of the Central
Atlas Mountains in Morocco, like
to fight. 1t was we'll adapted to
their night-knifing tactics. But
their losses probably were heavier
relative to the numbers involved
than these professional Berber
fighters have sustained elsewhere in
this war and even their cold, ex-
pressionless faces showed signs OF
grief as they brought in dead COM
rades.
Teghime Pass held, in relation to
the Corsican campaign. the same
position as did the celebrated Hill
606, commanding the Sejanine VAL
ley, to the American campaign in
Northern Tunisia, or as old Bloody
Ridge, on Sicily's north coast road
to the Sicilian campaign.
Once it was taken there was prac-
tically no other natural defense
into Bastia. although the Germans
were able to cause serious delay by
blowing bridges, around at least one
OF which 1T was impossible for the
Italian engineers to build a bypass
Tor days. The Goums, however
were able to get through supplies
and ammunition on mule back.
The battle OF Teghime Pass may
be considered, in sense, a victory
for both the French and the Ger
mans, in that the latter held it lone
enough to complete their evacua-
ton Of the island. Even after il
was taken they were able to cause
considerable delay by strafng all
day Sunday.
-Four times in an hour Sunday
afternoon, Benoit LaFluer of the
Canadian Broadcasting Co. and I
were strafed by Focke-W Wulfs. find
Ing shelter in a blacksmith's cellar
IN the mountain village of Babarg-
gio while machine-gun bullets
ralned against the roof. The family
group, including five women and
about 10 children, were hysterical.
The blacksmith made the best of it
by opening keg of the best wine
have tasted in Corsica.
Evening star., 1943-10-20
Duchess Of Windsor
Serves al Food Bar in
Stage Door Canteen

The Duchess of Windsor served
food to two sailors and one marine
during the Windsors' visit to the
Stage Door Canteen last night.
One sailor, wearing seven cam
paign ribbons. ready to ask for auto
graphs from the Duke and Duchess
had the tables turned when the
Duchess spoke first and began ques-
|tioning him about his service rib
bons. The Duchess then took a
card from his hand and signed it
and asked the Duke to sign it.
Spend Hour at Canteen.
The Duke and Duchess spent an
hour talking to the servicemen and
autographing postal cards and
scraps of paper.
Asked to say few words, the Duke
said L am happy to visit the Stage
Door Canteen and I appreciate the
hospitality which you have extended
to US. l wish you the best of luck
and safe return to your homes
The Duchess told the women al
the food bar that her favorite place
IN her canteen is the kitchen. She
recalled that in one afternoon LOSS
eggs were served She attributed
the fact to the English servicemen
receiving only one egg a day.
The Duchess wore a tWo-piece
wine velveteen suit with con.
trasting rose feathered calot anc
pale beige gloves. A diamond anc
ruby pin in the shape of crane was
worn on the left side of her Jacket
She wore matching flower earrings
A plain kid purse and KID pumps
completed her outfit.
Dignitaries on Hand.
Other visiting dignitaries included
Maj. Gen. Basilio Jose Valdes. chief
of staff and secretary of National
Defense, Philippine Army, and Mai.
Gen. L. D. Gasser, U. S. A, and Mrs.
GaSSer.
Gen. Valdes took part in the Phil
lpplne campaign as a member of
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff and
was active in the fight for Bataan
and Corregidor He is now in the
States, undergoing a special course
OF general staff training at various
technical training centers.
Evening star., 1943-10-20
Umberto 10 Be Kinu,
Milan Paper Says
BY PAUL GHALI,

Foreign Correspondent OF The Star ant
Chicago Daily News
BERN. Oct 20.-The abdication OF
King Victor Emmanuel in favor OF
his son, Prince Umberto, is immi-
nent, the Corriere della Sera OF
Milan reported today. Umberto al
ready is discussing the formation OF
his government, the paper said.
According to this account. the
Crown Prince will be proclaimed
Umberto II after the conquest OF
Rome by the Allies.
Count Carlo Sforza. noted anti
Fascist and one time Italian Foreign
Minister who has been an exile in
the United States for 20 years. Is
back in Italy on Umberto's invita-
ton, the paper added.
Count Sforza's well-known and
often-ststed disapproval of the
House OF Savoy indicates the propa-
ganda nature Of this story. Sforza
stated recently. before leaving New
York for London. that he would take
no part in government based on
the old regime. He is believed to
have agreed, however, to work in a
temporary government under Allied
control in the interests of Italian
unity Sforza left Algiers for Italv
on Monday after a conference with
Gen. Charles de Gaulle.
Evening star., 1943-10-20
Reed Named 10 Succeed
Hartman in London
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Philip D. Reed yesterday was ap-
pointed chief of the United States
Mission for Economic Affairs in Lon
don, succeeding w. Averell Harri-
man, who recently became Ambassa-
dor to Russia.
In announcing the appointment at
his press conference, President
Roosevelt said Mr. Reed would be
subject to the general control of
Ambassador John Winant in Lon
don. He will be responsible for ham
ding economic affairs of the Ameri-
can Government in the United
Kingdom, representing the War
Shipping Administration, the War
Food Administration, the War Pro-
duction Board, the Petroleum Ad-
ministration for War and other
agencies. He will serve, too, on vari-
GUS Anglo-American boards.
Mr.. Reed has been associated with
Mr.. Hartman on the economic mis-
sion in London for Is months.
Evening star., 1943-10-20
PimIico Results

FIRST RACE-Purse, 81 200. a-v..r.
o,as; oas elsmtns; mile and q. yards
sssan1 soidsn B.Ss Giatsst Repert. 1880 SsoS so 80
First Girl tErickson) 3300
Also ran-Press Box. aoallant Movie.
asdennc' Crucible. Tidy Thing. Stolen
old msldens moaEse' furionrs' l'Soo; 2-year-
Middle Watch (Arcaro) 40 $50 90
Record Maker (GilberD 10 SAD
LaETinson tJsmas) $40
Grand Toy Army Hqsy Power Nlhf shined miez1Rs Un
Late SIP, Research. Bomb SIGHT
| (Daily Double. Nos. 3 and 6. paid S31 80 }
THIRD RACE-Purse, $1,000. 3.year.
This Ensla nd (Walker) 40 800 $50
Ere Mon tOwen> 40
Time, 3:51.
-, Also ran-Danerski. DR.. Tate. yulas.
Chimes, Royal Ruby II. Dshlia. VINO
weston W. Adam.-Gr..ntr.. Stable
FOURTH RACE-Purs.. 81 300; s-year.
o!d maidenS; g furlongs.
Brown Plumase (Arcaro) 500 $50 200
Sea Command IJemas) 233O - "a
Cloud Light tClasgetO IA
Also Ai%e' r.nHeopv .ii4.c Boy. Roy Jay, JONI,
Palace Guard. Ariel Mission Rampage
'atdlna INA Car, Gallant Doc and Reward Me
ances; 2-year-olds; i mile ana and 10 Yards D
Twilight Tear lTh'p'n) $50 $50 90
Miss Keeneland tSmith) $50 $40
My Malcha tzehr) aid
Time, :45fs
"A AlSo Or, ran-Love Pact, Snack and Cues
Calumet Farm entry.
Evening star., 1943-10-20
Mrs. Harry B. Hawes Heads
Lee Memorial Foundation

The Robert E. Lee Memorial
Foundation, Inc, has announced
the election of Mrs. Harry B. Hawes
of 1922 Quebec street NV. as presi-
dent, succeeding Mrs. Charles D.
Lanier of Greenwich, Conn, who
retired after IS years service.
Mrs. Hawes, wife of former Sena-
tor Hawes of Missouri, is the daugh-
ter Of the late Samuel Augustin
Robinson, former Georgetown resi-
dent. Mrs. HaWes' paternal ances-
tors settled in 1880 in Westmoreland
County, Va, the seat of Stratford
Hall, ancestral home of the Lees
which has been restored by the
foundation.
Mrs. HaWes formerly served as
director of public relations for the
foundation.
Evening star., 1943-10-20
la Guardia Eases Dimout
On Broadway as Test
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-City work.
men began removing masks from
traffic lights yesterday, and night
life on Broadway promises to be
brighter in spots.
Mayor F. H. La Guardia ordered
the removal, and when asked what
the Army would have to say about
it he replied: We'll, wait and see.
It's just a test on Broadway and
Park avenue"
Mayor La Guardia made his COM
ment after receiving a letter from
Mai Gen. Thomas A. Terry, COM
manding the I'd Service Command,
that the latter had jurisdiction over
oirnout regulations and that any
changes would require his approval.
For more than year New York s
traffic lights have been dimmed so
that only tiny spot Of light, visible
at. short distances, shines through.
Offcials of the Army, Navy and
the city will meet today to discuss
ennout regulations
Evening star., 1943-10-20
|WLB Order 10 Return.
Ignored by Wars
First Legal Strikers
BY the Associated Press.

oy tne 7soOClhtcQ fTeSS.
WHITE PIGEON, Mich, Oct. 20.
Despite an order of the Regional
War Labor Board that they return
to work by 9 a m. today, 220 men and
women workers at the Eddy Paper
Co. remained away from their Jobs
TINS morning. In a 17-day strike,
described by WLB official as the
first authorized strike under
the Smith-Connally Act.
Representatives of the regional
WLB met with employees last night
and called for a back-to-work vote.
but at the insistence of Leonard
Shaw, international representative
OF the C1O United Paper, Novelty
and Toy Workers no vote was
taken.
Mr. Shaw said poll of his unions
entire plant membership should
nave been taken on a back-to-work
vote and declared the WLB allowed
insufficient time for that purpose.
The directive was issued YESTERDAY.
The union has sought to make a
test case Of the dispute, involving
demands for maintenance of mem
bership, Mr.. Shaw said.
A regional WLB hearing in Aug
ust resulted in rejection of the
unions demands for maintenance Of
membership, according to Ronald
Haughton, disputes director for the
agency. A strike vote was taken Oc-
tober l under the Smith-Connally
Act, and the walkout began Octo-
Der 2.
Mr.. Haughton said failure to com.
ply with the back-to-Work direc-
tive would lead to another hearing,
before the full regional WLB panel.
Mr.. Haughton said the strike was
the first since Pearl Harbor, so far
as he knew, to have the authoriza-
ton of union official and the le-
gal sanction of the Smith-Connally
Act.
The company manufactures con-
tainers used for lease-lend shipping.