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Evening star., 1943-03-07

partment-but her personal victory
was only partially won.
One day friend told Mrs. Navin
OF class In home nursing that the
Red Cross was beginning at Sem
mary Hill. Va.
What would students learn, Mrs.
Navin asked. Did they learn how
to take care Of the i'll and the In
jured? Did they learn how to re-
lieve suffering?
They did. But could she do the
job? She wondered. She wasn't
sure after so many months Of en-
forced idleness.
Her husband. Carl A. Navin,. in
sisted she could.
First-Aider Is Friend.
Her friends agreed, and every
once in a while she saw the RAN
whose flrst-aid knowledge saved her
life. He lives In Arlington Village,
too, and his name, she found out, Is
Roy E. James. He Is q Navy lieu
tenant now and is in charge Of the
Red Cross drive at the Taylor Model
Basin in Carderock, Nd, where he
is stationed.
One night a few weeks ago she
made her decision.
On cold, snowy evening q tall,
-looking girl walked into a
brick building high on the hill. She
shook the snowflakes from her coat
and entered q brightly lighted room
Hello, Mrs. Navin." young
graduate nurse said. I'VE thought
you would come. The Red Cross
classes are just starting"
Evening star., 1943-03-07
28 Chapters Go
Over the Top in
War Fund Drive

Twenty EIGHT American Red Cross
Chapters went over the top" In the
first four days OF the l943 War
Fund campaign, Walter s. Clifford.
war fund chairman, announced last
night. The - attaining or exceed
ing their quotas were among 23S out
Of = total Of 3.75S chapters report
ing on the progress Of the cam
paign, and represent communities
In all parts Of the United States
They are:
North : Atlantic area - Darien,
Conn.,; Winchester, Mass.
Eastern Area--Lindale. Ca; up
son County. Ca; Knox County
tvincennes), Ind; Claiborne Par
ish, La: Pamela County, Miss: sun
flower County, Miss; Ahoskie, N. c.;
Lebanon County. Pa. Allendale
County, 8. C:.; Essex County. Va;
Langley Field. Va; Paris Island,
8. c.; Ridseley, Tenn
Midwestern Area-Green County
Ark: Marion County, Ark; Conejos
County, Colo: North Barry County,
Mo-: Beckham County, Okla. Union
County. 8. OAK; Comanche County.
Tex: Foard County, Tex; Lano
County. Tex: Mclean County, Tex; !;
Midland County. Tex; Ochiltree,
Tex; Washakie County, Wyorn.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
New Police System
Aids Traffic Victim
Within 4 Minutes

Under the swift new police
system OF speeding aid to trafnc
victims q young woman was
picked up last night within 4
minutes after she had been
struck by q streetcar at Twelfth
and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
She was rushed to Emergency
Hospital in the scout car am
bulance from the first precinct.
The victim was Miss Blanche
Wadford, 20, OF 2S24 Sixteeneh
street south. Arlington. She
suffered . scalp wound. ~
Miss Wadford Wsls walking
north on the east crosswalk Of
the intersection when hit byan
eastbound streetcar. She Iay
on the pavement from 7:57 pm.
to 8:0l pm. Several persons
called to congratulate the
police on their speedy work.
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Committee takes on added respon-
sibility and importance"

Committee takes on added respon-
sibility and importance.
Justifying its call for funds by
citing increased activities, District
chapter ofncials pointed out yester-
day that normal Red Cross pro-
grams are being continued while
interested citizens conduct the
money -raising campaign.
Otto S. Lund, chapter manager
said the chapter must recruit q
minimum of SO nurses each month
IF we are to do our share In the
Nations program to recruit 5000
nurses a month for the armed
services"
Direct hits have been scored by
the 10000 utility kits made by the
District chapter and distributed to
men in the armed forces, accord
ing to Richard F. Allen, who has
just returned from q 10-week sur
vey Of Red Gross activities in North
Africa.
THE utility kit" he said, "is the
most popular article distributed by
the American Red Cross. It con-
tains soap. playing cards, cigarettes,
shoe polish and cloth, pencil, en-
velopes and note paper, hard candy,
shoe laces, razor blades and other
small comfort item4." One dollar
equips one Of the kits and the name
OF the donor Is inclo6ed.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Absences Threatened !
With On. Year Terms
By the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. Mo, March g.
Municipal Judge Earle w. Frost to-
day stuck q stiff penalty on absen-
teeism from war plants.
A young bomber plant employe
was arrested on complaint of his
wife who said he spent most Of his
time In bars. spending his high
wages" and being absent from His
job-and his home and 5-year-old
daughter-three days a week. An
ordnance plant worker, arrested on
q drunkenness charge, admitted
missing two to four days 4 week.
To them the judge said: Take
the pledge. Don't take another drink
for q year. If you fail, I'll send you
to the Municipal Farm for = year" :"
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Soft Coal Output Scars
To 16-Year High Point

By the 1Spciated Press. -
Softroal production tatshigh-
sstlev1k in rearly' Is Vars insths
week ended Ftbruary q, Solid Fuels
co-ordilator 1ckes xeaFted yester-
day.
.The 12,eSo,ooo tons, produced In
that week reflects, Mr.. Ickes said,
the adoption OF the six-day work
week by most Of the industry, Is
well as soaring demand.
Pennsylvania anthracite produc-
ton In the week ended February ~
was reported at an estimated L.
278, 900 tons. That exceeded the
output for the previous week by
145, 900 tons.
The overall soft coal estimate for
the week ended February ~ ex-
ceeded that Of the previous week
by $4,000. It was almost 1000 900
tons short, however, Of the soft coal
industry's all-time high weekly pro-
duction. which was 1851 900 tons
mined In the week ended December
1, 1926.
Meanwhile, consumers Of soft coal
were urged yesterday by the United
States Bituminous Coal Consumers
Counsel to study carefully each
step" In the wage negotiations be-
tween the United Mine Workers and
the operators which begin at New
York Wednesday.
Saying that each proposal should
he followed by consumers in light
Of its ultimate effect on supply and
price, Luther A. Harr, consumers
counsel, added that Consumers hope
the wage negotiations will be COM
pleted quickly and without disturb
ing production plans"
Evening star., 1943-03-07
'Sylphs' to Replace Life Guards
At Pools and Nearby Beaches

Mr.. Gates has arranged to start
q class for men, women and chill
dren in swimming and one In senior
life saving at the Ambassador in
door pool, Fourteenth and K streets
NV, beginning July 8. Hours Will
be from 2 to pm. Miss Lillian
Smith will be the instructor.
Graduates may take an instruc-
tors course if they desire, and in
that course will be trained to teach
functional swimming.
Prospective WAVES and WAACS.
Mr.. Gates reminded, should not
overlook the possibility that they
may receive training in functional
swimming also, and therefore, should
not overlook the value of these
courses" Mr.. Gates urged inter-
ested parties to enroll by telephon-
ing Republic $500, extension 95.
Evening star., 1943-03-07

Another male prerogative is to be
lost, and again the war is to blame.
Sylph- like feminine figures are to
replace the 'bronzed gods" who. in
years past, served as life-guards in
outdoor pools and nearby beaches,
according to John w. Gates, director
Of water safety training Of the Dis
trict Red Cross.
Most Of last years local guard
personnel already have been in
Quoted into the armed forces Mr..
Gates said. Others are expected
to be called, and that means the
outdoor swimming resorts will face
q serious shortage of guards unless
we start training women now"
Thus the girls have a chance to
rescue those males who overesti-
mate their swimming prowess. It
may prove exciting-that is-if one
can get to the beaches!
Evening star., 1943-03-07
mo. ! OF a Series. J

wv W " 0Cy tCC.f
For II months Mrs. Mildred Navin,
IS, has had her own special reason
for wanting the Red Cross drive to
succeed-has had, too, her own
reasons for wishing to relieve suf-
fering in others.
On April 2. 1912. as she was wait
ing in Arlington Village for q bus to
take her to work at the Labor De-
partment, truck suddenly careened
OF the road and knocked her to the
street, AS she lay suffering, q man
appeared from the crowd. pulled on
his belt and applied q tourniquet to
her leg.
Life Is Saved.
He saved her life. but her leg was
so badly injured that it had to be
amputated below the knee. The man
who had known what to do when
seconds licked of life had been TAX
ing Red Cross first-aid course.
Through the weeks and months
that followed, the way was slow for
Mrs. Navin-slow and discourag-
ing. She got an artificial leg and
learned to walk again.
A few months later and she was
back at her desk at the Labor De-
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Program Is Launched
To Improve District
Ambulance Service
Committee Will Study
Results Of Survey Of
Traffic Accidents
By HAROLD B. RoGERs,

The new movement to improve
Washington's wartime ambulance
service will be given fresh impetus
this week by the medical profess
sion.
The Committee on Medical Serv-
ice for the District will meet some-
time this week. 1t was learned from
Theodore Wiprud, committee Sec
retAry, to study the situation, re-
view progress already made by the
District government, and explore
the opportunity for further i'm
provements The committee in
cludes representatives of several
public and private medical and
health agencies,
Commissioner Mason was praised
by Mr.. Wiprud for the two steps
taken last week-the new system of
using 13 police scout cars for am
bulance service, and assignment of
two brand-new gift ambulances to
dre stations In congested sections.
The committee. headed by DR.. A.
Magruder Macdonald, who is also
District coroner and medical So
ciety president, will study the re-
suits OF comprehensive study maed
by q medical society committee on
automobile accidents. This COM
mittee. which was headed by DR..
w. Warren Sager, now a lieutenant
commander in the Navy went ex-
tensively into study of traffic ac-
cidents. Some of the suggestions
have been put into effect by the
District government.
Big Safety Factor Seen.
Commissioner Mason's plan for
coordination of all available am
balances into some general plan for
service in wartime should prove to
be valuable contribution to public
safety, according to Mr.. Wiprud. The
problem seems to be one of CO.
oroinating materials and people al
ready concerned, he said.
One Of the salient points. recon-
mended by the Doctors Committee
on Accidents, was that all calls for
an ambulance should 60 through a
single source. DR.. Macdonald al
ready has indicated he feels the
logical center for this is the Police
Department, with its radio COM
munication blanketing the city, and
its system OF reporting and checking
accidents.
The committee includes repre-
sentatives OF the United States
fuonc Health Service, the District
Evening star., 1943-03-07

Health Department, Health Security
Agency, Medical Society and others.
Meantime Police Inspector Arthur
z. Miller. who has been making an
extensive study Of ambulance delays,
expects to file a formal report on
specific recommendations for further
Improvement Tuesday or We'd
nesday.
Investigation Broadened
Inspector Miller started his in
vestigation into the case OF q younk
woman traf1c victim who Law for
more than half an hour on Pennsyl-
vania avenue waiting for an ambu-
lance, but has broadened his study,
he said last night. to include a num-
Der OF cases over q long period Of
time.
The new system for rushing scout
cars to all serious cases already is
IN eject. It includes speed-up in
communication OF reports on acci-
dents. and in the operation of scout
car ambulances and crews.
The first gift ambulance, pre-
sented to the city by the BARRIERS
OF Washington, has been assigned
to q fire station on Park road near
Fourteenth street NV. Plans are
under way now for converting a
shed on the property into a mod
ern garage.
AS soon as this is completed the
new ambulance will be placed on
24-hour duty in this congested Sec
ton. 1t will be driven by firemen
experienced in first aid. An ambu-
lance to be given by the District
Bar Association Tuesday also will
be assigned to a fire station to be
selected shortly, Mr.. Mason an
nounced.
Commissioner Mason yesterday
received comprehensive data on the
status Of the ambulance situation.
1t included documents relating to
previous attempts to set up a CO.
ordinated system.
The Commissioner plans to study
all facts coming to his attention
from many sources.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
hands Of retailers. wholesalers or
manufacturers or whtEh are MIN
ufactured before April 16; all foot
wear not having rubber az leather
soles and In which leSthers Is used

1Oi A4gDt -4@,x5 $3.50 Ie6 "a
none - =
b Olres d6ygFfnf "a ' - ~ \ m
rs per cerlE of the : lltt01f IN
area: all burial slippers.
Bicycles Persons gainfully employed
Or doing voluntary work In con-
nection with the war effort or the
public welfare, As well as school
pupils, may obtain certificates fol
the purchase of bicycles II they
needed to travel between home
and work or school.
Stoves Available.
Stoves All coal-fired and oil burn
ing stoves are subject to rationing
Certificates for their purchase are
available to eligible persons at
local rationing boards. Fuel oil
consumers wishing to supplement
their heating with coal stoves be-
cause they have insufficient fuel
oil are now eligible to obtain coal
stoves.
Typewriters-Sales to civilians are
prohibited on the following type
writers: AL -portables made
since 1894; most non -portables
made between 1927 and 1894; non
portables made between 1914 and
1928. and most portables made
since 1885.
Rentals up to May l are per-
mitted without certificates on non
poftableS made between 1919 and
1887, as well as on most portables
made since 1885. Certificates must
be obtained from local rationine
boards for rentals extending be-
yond May /.
Sales and rentals are unre-
stricted on models made before
1915 and on stripped" portables-
machines lacking at least two OF
certain modern features.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Newspapers Rotioned

The supply Of copies Of The
Star Is necessarily being Linn
tied to newsdealers and news
boys to meet only the aetuAl
demand Of their customers.
Readers Of The Star are
asked to cooperate In this
wartime measure by placing
standing orders for The star
with their newsstand or nesEs-
boy or telephone National 500
for carrier delivery every eve
ming and Sunday morning..
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Period 5 Coupons,
Good for 10 0Ga|Ions
OF Oil, Valid Today
Orders Swomp DeoIers,
One Reporting Deliveries
Will Toke 10 Days

Fuel oil coupons for Period 5 be-
came valid for 10 gallons each today
and can be redeemed anytime be-
tween now and October /.
The original value of 10 gallons
per coupon was restored by the
Once Of Price Administration last
week after coupons for Periods
and 4 had been cut to . gallons each
The OPA warned, however, that the
action was taken not because there
was an abundance Of oil in the East,
but rather because OF cold weather.
The backlog OF orders for de.
nveries IS soon as the Period
coupons became valid last night
had the local fuel dealers swamped.
One large concern reported It
would take four days to deliver
back orders alone. A supplier said
the oil position was good at pres
ent. A barge arrived two days ago,
and its ! contents were divided
among the distributors by the board
handling supply. But. he said, "the
outlook IS pretty dark for later In
the month" @
III Many Convert Coupons.
Dealers were disturbed by. the
numbers Of people who went to
thet1 ration boards and converted
their Period coupons for coupons
good lastsweek. There are thousands
Of them, the dealers agreed, and
only m unusually early arrival Of
warm weather is going to saye
them from going cold late this
nhon3h and IN April. /
With the end Of Period 4 last
night, fuel oil users should have used
q rer cent Of their total allotment
s1es 1 sSa : ~
oon ton Ilf !, nj q
the assilat th16 NJ Il r.
those who must use Oh duriue the
summer months for heatine water,
Feriod I, which hetani on! sHeb-
ruaIy 4. hAd : tStal ef ~ ,dASree
days Or I per eent fewer than tie
927 recorded for 4 similar period
last year. and 6 per cent fewer than
the 90 regarded - normal for this
period By the OPA.
Cssder Than Lsst Winter,
Again on the basis Of degree days,
which are computed BY subtractine
the daily mean temperature from
65. the ls47-43 winter 70 far has
been 5 per cent colder than that Z
year ago but 6 per cent warmer than
the normal.
The amount Of oil allowed for
heating hot water per month vas
two-thirds Of 40 gallons for the first
person in the house plus two thirds
OF 5 gallons for each additional per-
son in the house.
Beginning tomorrow, the figure
which appears daily In The Stars
weather box on Page Al will show
the percentage Of oil that should
have been used for the entire season,
exclusive Of the hot-wate- allowance,
instead Of consumption for the cur
rent period only.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Col. Adamson Credits
Red Cross Blood Bank
with Saving His Life
Officer Who Crashed With
Riekenbocker Luuds
13 Unknown Donors

Col. Hans Christian Adamson.
Army Air Forces. who hoated for a
days on the Pacific Ocean with Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker, last night
credited 13 blood donors with having
saved me from DEATH"
TO some people It was a miracle
that we were found and rescued, !"
he told a radio audience last night,
speaking over the Blue Network.
But to me, the greater miracle was
that the good work Of the Red
Cross Blood Bank - built up by
patriotic blood donors =. is 50
wide In scope and spread that 1t not
only covers every front where Amer
leans fight. but also reaches isolated
advance posts on small islands
hundreds of miles from the nearest
base.
Feels Debt Of Gratitude.
Z owe an eternal debt Of graft
tude TO the Red Gross and to my
unknown partners In life. I am
not alone In that kind Of grati-
tude. Hundreds. thousands OF
fighting Americans have similar
debts and feel similar gratitude
And I make the unhappy predic.
ton that as the war goes on and
our casualties increase, more thou
sands Of service men will depend
upon the Red Cross Bank for sur
vival and existence"
Speaking OF his blood donors
those 13 Americans whom will
never know" he said. they ARE my
very partners In the business OF life
because their rich, red blood runs
through my veins. They kept me
alive and made me q going con-
Germ"
Il met my FIRST three partners in
life shortly after midnight on the
morning Of Friday, November Is
1872" explained the speaker, "only
. few hours after / had been. taken
OF the raft on which we had spent
81 days IN the South Pacific. was
more dead than alive when Navy
pilots landed. US on a small island
where Marine detachment had set
up lhop right under the noses Of
the Japs." -
Saved From Death.
There In that isolated OUTPOST
Navy medical men had equipment,
said Col. Adamson, which included
not only blood plasma but also
various types Of blood for infusion
THE prompt treatment given me
by the Navy DOCTORS" he declared
including one blood and two plasma
infusions. actually saved me from
DEATH"
Three days later at . Navy BASE
hospital on a larger island. Col
Adamson said IT ran the eamut o1
numerous complications due to NAL.
nutrition. shock ana exposure. 1ut
one ~ one =. sometimes two Sby
two. my blood and plasuia pa<t.
ners came to my rescue and pul1et
me through"
Concluding, the speaker expressed
gratitude to his blood donor parts
HEfs @for the very sift Of life itseaf. !
!. He voiced t1AtA that slaillian p
patriotic r. 10y 3l =. - ~
more gen thal E
ito the l9l3 81 ftmd III & - +:
can Red Cross. !" ~ n y ~
Col. Adamson spoke from Wash.
soA. 1G. litlTayi,s FAT
Evening star., 1943-03-07

VAC 0ot1ACt has raised only 17zi
per cent Of its quota as compared
with = national average Of 10 per.
cent.
Reports Pouring In.
Mr.. Hasley yesterday made the
following statement:
Reports are pouring in, and it Is
taking a complete stah working long.
hours to have them tabulAted foY:
. meeting on Monday, At which
time each worker will be asked to
outline the progress he is making.
S"ChatKmep are being contacted
over 'tl2sNeek end to nut, forth q
special effort to cover all,tl1eir caras.
by Monday noon II possible.
Many Of the chairmen have 4
number Of contributions which have
been reported to them through their
workers, but the contributions have
not been turned in. We request
they bring all reports up to date ct
Mondays meeting"
Red Cross odicials yesterday
pointed to the generosity Of Dwight
r. Cook, manager OF the MarchAnd
Calculating Co. here. as stimulat-
ing to the 5000 workers Mr.. Cook,
ohcials announced, has made 4 per-
sonal gift Of q 81 900 war bond he
purchased at q Board Of Trade bond
rally. He asked that the bond be
made payable to the Red Cross.
iva Group Exceeds Quota.
At least one small group Of Fed
eral Government employees exceed
ed Its quota OF 80 by raising 4Sl.
This feat was accomplished by the
Washington employees Of Tennessee
Valley Authority.
Campaign officials urged all So
ucitors to wear his or her own
Red Cross badge, showing that he
or she already is q contributor, be-
fore asking others to give.
I'VE want them to know that the
Red Cross button is a badge Of
distinction" it was said.
Seven Washington leaders have
been appointed to the Advisory
Committee for the 1943 War Fund,
National Chairman Norman H. Da-
Wis announced yesterday. They
are Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Philip Murray, william Green, John
L. Lewis, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. AL
bert S. Goss and DR.. George F.
Zook
This Advisory Committee" Mr..
Davis said. realizes fully that the
work Of the American Red Cross
has vastly increased in this last
year, both in regional extent, in
numbers and in intensity: that the
Red Cross organization has taken
on many new phases OF Importance
with reference both to our Army
and Navy services overseas and also
throughout our own country. Be-
cause of this essential expansion
Of our work, both here and abroad
the continuance Of this Advisory
Evening star., 1943-03-07
.1rode Unit to Meet

A delegation Of Montgomery Coun-
ty officials will be honor guests OF
the Silver Spring Board Of Trade
at a dinner meeting of the group
Tuesday evening at the Silver Spring
Hot Shoppe. Judge Albert E. Brault.
county civilian defense director, will
discuss the new air-raid regulations
and civilian defense projects.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Nozi She'll ExpIodes
| II Days After Hitting
Flying Fortress
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The War Department last
night reported that a 20 milli-
meter shell exploded in a Fly
ing Fortress cruising over q
quiet sector IN England. There
wasn't an enemy in sight.
Capt. Henry j. Schmidt,
Fresno. Calf, engineering Of
hcer, investigated and learned
the shell had been in the plane
since 1t attacked German in
stallations three weeks previ-
ously.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
IdCV IIllS HlLefUOOn. :.
Report Until 10 PM. Saturday.

Record Until 10 Pm. Saturday.
Highest, A, at $50 pm. Yesterday
year aeo. 81.
Lowest, SO, At 7:4s an. Yesterday
year ago. 40.
Record Temperatures This Tear.
Highest. -. on January II.
Lowest, 8, on February Is.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah clear At
HArpers Ferry
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Gsodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow.
HiEh -~----- o.41 m. 1927 m
Low Low ------------ a:osam, ,t:3sam.
F,sh H ----------- s43 s:93 Pm. 2 m ie:sS Pm
AOW ------~----- f.o- p.m 0.@U Pm.
The snn and Mssa.
.s.. ,es., - z:sSSi sSSi''': st 81
Sun, tomorrow -- 1:32 f:O7
Noon. today 6.S6 In $40 pH
Automobile lights must be turned On
one-hA0 hour after sunset.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Report

b Dureau
District of Columbia: Cold
with strong winds diminishing
Maryland Virginia: Cold
diminishing afternoon.
Evening star., 1943-03-07

Remember-your contribution
to the 81 ,555, 400 war fund drive
Of the Red Cross in the Metro
politan area may be the factor
In saving a life.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Red Cross
Continued From First Page.)

to date. On the basis Of incom-
plete returns from only one division,
the District has raised only 171a
per cent Of its quota as compared
With = national average Of 10 per.
cent.
Evening star., 1943-03-07
Precipitation,

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
capital tcurrsnt month to date: