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Evening star., 1943-01-07
New Shuttle Bus Service
To Pentoqon Draws 479

The Capital Transit Co. today in
augurated shuttle bus service be-
tween Seventh street and Constitu-
ton avenue NV. and the Pentagon
Building and carried 479 passengers,
a check showed. The service Is a
rush-hour proposition. and Capital
Transit ofhcials said it was expected
the patronage would increase as
workers became familiar with the
route schedule.
The service is maintained between
8 and Q am. and and pm. 1t is
expected to divert part of the traffic
that now moves by shuttle bus from
c streets NV. to the Pentagon
Building.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Bones Moves 10 Find
Dead Spots in Raid
Warning System
Urges Citizens to Note
Areas Where Noon
Siren Cont Be Heard

Attributing noncompliance with
the air-raid test yesterday partially
to failure of citizens to hear warn
ing devices, Col. Lemuel Bolles, ex-
ecutive director of District civilian
defense. today moved to find dead
spots in the warning system.
He requested people to pay par
ticular attention to the sirens
sounded daily at noon and, if they
don't hear them, to send post card
to Controller Herbert Friede in care
of OCD headquarters at 1924 F
street NV.
Meanwhile, on the heels of yes
terday's test. Defense Co-ordinator
John Russell Young, in issuing new
training exercise instructions for the
defense forces, notified service
chiefs that one or more AFRAID
warning tests upon days and hours
concerning which little or no ad-
vance warning is available" are an
ticipated during the first quarter
of this year.
Co-ordinator Young directed serv-
ice chiefs to devote training to the
phases of the service which need
improvement rather than to routine
types of instruction.
New elements in the civilian de-
fense organization, including casu-
atty information service and the
evacuation authority, are also to be
included in the future training ex-
ercises, the co-ordinator said.
Reporting that he had received
numerous calls yesterday from citi-
zens who said they did not hear the
warning, Col Bolles asked that those
who do not hear the noon sirens
note on their post card their exact
location at the noon hour, and
whether or not they were inside or
outside buildings.
Some People Aren't Alert.
Only in this way, Col. Bolles said.
will District engineers know where
the dead spots are located and pos
sible relocate the sirens.
Col. Bolles and other officials con-
tended. however, that people are not
trying to hear the warning devices.
"A number of people. the executive
director said, reported that they had
heard the "all clear" but not the
warning He said both soundings of
the alarm were of equal volume but
people were keyed to hear the sec
ond and not the first.
This is one part of public CO.
operation that is reasonable to ex-
pect-that people remain alert at
all times to hear the sirens when
they sound" Col. Bolles said.
Closed Windows a Factor.
Mr.. Friede suggested that people
failed to recognize the sound in some
cases as the air-raid warning. He
cited one instance where a woman
called in some time ago to complain
she did not hear the noon warning:
Engineers sent to her house found
that two sirens were located within
a few blocks of her home. The
sound. Mr.. Friede said, was very
loud. When the woman was asked
If she heard 1t, she said she had
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Navy Acts to Acquire
Buildinq for WAVES

Condemnation proceedings have
been instituted by the Navy Depart
ment to acquire the apartment house
now under construction at 1909 G
street NV.
The Navy Department announced
today that the structure will provide
living quarters for 300 members of
the enlisted WAVES and "A WAVES
officers. .
The building is expected to be
ready for occupancy on February IS.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
800 Greeks Reported
Taken to Italy in Chains
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 7.-Greek
officials announced last night that
300 Greeks, including generals, other
officers and civilians, had been
transported to Italy in chains from
AXis-occupied Greece.
On information received from
Greece, these officials said guerrilla
activities in that country had
brought fresh wave of terror
ism from the Italian-occupying au-
thorities.
Greeks were said to have been
f1ogged, their homes burned and
their property confiscated in at
tempts to make them reveal par
ticulars of patriotic organizations
offering opposition.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Dierking New U. S. Chief
In Northern ireland
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSOclated Press.
LONDON. Jan. 7.-Col. Irwin S.
Dierking of Jeffersonville. Ind, who
for the last five months has been
serving as chief quartermaster OF
the Northern Ireland base section,
has been appointed commanding Of
flcer of United States troops in
Northern Ireland.
He succeeds Maj. Gen. Russell P.
Hartle, who is temporary leader Of
United States Army Forces in the
European theater in the absence Of
1t. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Allied commander in Africa.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
RAF in New Attacks
On japanese in Burmu
By Gre Associated Press.

BY TIRE Associated Press.
NEW DELHI, Jan. 7.-RAF
bombers made new attacks yester-
day on Japanese positions in the
Rathidaung area of Burma. north
of Akyab on the Arakan coast, in
flicting casualties and causing dam
age@to my-occupied buildings, a
British communique reported today.
HsJapanese gun post near Akyab
was destroyed and several small
craft were damaged along the Bay
of Bengal shore in other forays,
chiefly by fighters, it said.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
ODwyer Joins Army;
Broke Up Murder, Inc
BY the Associated Press,

BY tie Associated Press.
William ODwyer, former Brook
lynn district attorney whose work
broke up the Murder. Inc.," has
joiHed the War Departments regu-
lar Investigating staff with the rank
OF lieutenant colonel, Secretary OF
War Stimsou said today.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Gen. Cutroux in London

LONDON, Jan. 7 R).-Gen.
Georges Catroux, Fighting French
high commissioner for Syria and
Lebanon, arrived in London today
for conferences with Gen. Charles
de Gaulle and other Fighting French
leaders. 1t was his second plane
journey to London from the Middle
East in two months.
Evening star., 1943-01-07

turned to their local boards for ad-
ditional information.
The cases of Mason F. Moore, 20,
student, and Ray E. Smith, o. Fed
eral housing inspector. were re-
ferred to the United States attor-
ney for Investigation as conscien-
tious objectors.
Evening star., 1943-01-07
Kin Get Shreve Estote

ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 7 (Spe-
ciaD.-The will of Arthur B. Shreve
of Dickerson, Nd, which has been
admitted in Orphans Court, be-
queaths his entire estate, the value
Of which is not revealed, in equal
shares to his sister, Mrs. Margaret
Eulalia Fisk, and brothers, Benja-
min F. and Carroll A. Shreve. The
will was executed February 20, 1912.
Evening star., 1943-01-07

trict Victory book" campaign, that
support of school children would
again be asked for the drive. Last
year school children contributed
1900 books.
Evening star., 1943-04-11

not desire to know, enough about
how to treat the .'little brothers" to
whose service Saint Francis of Assist
generously pledged himself. F. C.
Albin. secretary of the Animal Pro-
tective Association. 5000 Wheeler
road Sc, urges the public to appre-
ciate the Importance of seeing to it
that dogs are licensed for their own
protection and that pets of all
varieties are advertised for when lost.
Mrs. Spencer Cosby, II o street NV,
explains that her organization oper-
ates a twenty-four- hour service in
behalf of sick, injured and unwanted
animals. There are hospitals, clinics
and laboratories for dogs and cats.
With adequate facilities available,
there is no excuse for permitting
mute creatures to languish unas-
sisted in pain.
The whole vast appeal of BE Kind
to Animals Week" is dramatized in
the story of the little black Scottie
who lives at the White House. Falla,
OF course, is civilian, not military,
dog, but he is doing his bit for the
cause Of civilization in standing by"
the President in the darkness which,
providentially, for man and beast
alike precedes the dawn.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Huir-Ruisino TuIe

Every public official has his pet
alibis-not his own, but those to
which he has to listen. The favorite
Of an FBI special investigator work.
ing in New York was turned in by
draft delinquent who in turn was
turned in by the special agent. my
hair is thin," said the delinquent. Il
am giving it invigorating treatments
that Uncle Sam would deny. I was
going to wait until had enough hair
to make it worth while to register"
Sorry" said the investigator. Come
along. We cannot accept excuses
made up out of thin hair"
Let other would-be draft dodgers
stay away from this particular dodge.
It is quite true that the Army barber
in his hair service job is unorthodox,
and that his eyes do not light up with
unholy Joy when he gets a scantily
thatched customer in the chair. He
will bring out no sure-f1re lotion
guaranteed to grow fuzz on a billiard
ball, and then kneel on the victims
chest until he consents to embark
on a hair-raising campaign. But
what he does do is just about as ef-
fective-he arranges for the partially
bald soldier to feel right at home, by
committing tonsorial mayhem on the
rest Of the platoon with 0I haircuts.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Mute Friends

To people Of merciful instinct,
every week is week for being kind
to helpless animals. 1t therefore
may seem unnecessary that the seven
days beginning today should be set
apart from the remainder of the year
as period for particular emphasis
on goodwill toward horses, dogs,
cats and other four footed creatures
sharing the world with the human
species. Excellent reasons, however,
exist for such consideration. The
war has brought suffering to a great
number of mans Speechless friends.
Domestic pets have been deserted
by families obliged to break up their
homes. Unwarranted anxiety about
rationing has prompted the aban-
donment of large dogs particularly.
Shortage of labor has had the effect
of leaving cattle unattended for days
at a stretch, Increased traffic on
main-traveled roads and streets has
resulted in the death or injury Of
hundreds of small fauna.
But the tragedy of neglected and
abused animals in such a city as
Washington commonly is one of ig-
norance and carelessness. People
simply do not know, or perhaps do
Evening star., 1943-04-11
One Problem
From the New York Times.

From the New York Times
To attempt to solve the problem OF
imitation through price fixing is to
attempt to remove the symptoms with
out curing the disease. 1t is an effort
to prevent the inevitable effects with
out removing the cause. Serious as
some of the errors OF the OPA and Sec
retary Wickard have been, they have
been bearing a great deal Of blame that
would better have been directed against
the Army procurement services, the War
Labor Board or the Treasury Depart
nent. Each of these agencies Is dealing
with a particular aspect OF one central
problem-the problem of securing an
adequate supply and fair distribution
of civilian goods. A fair distribution
cannot be achieved unless these goods
are kept down to reasonable prices. So
the problem can be stated in another
form as the familiar one of imitation.
And, however we may deal with various
aspects Of 1t, imitation Is ut bottom one
problem. If We fail In the primary
measures that We take against 1t, we
cannot hope to succeed with our sec-
oodary measures.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
No Ban on News

The somewhat mysterious episode
of the tentative ban on news report
ing at the United Nations food con-
ference, scheduled to be held next
month, apparently has been dis
posed of satisfactorily by the state
ment from Elmer Davis, director of
the Office of War Information.
Just what this threat of domestic
censorship amounted to has not been
made entirely clear Apprehensions
were first aroused when the Presi-
dent remarked in seemingly casual
fashion at press conference that
reporters would not be in attendance
at the meeting. This evoked storm
of criticism and at least two denials
that there was any intention liter
ally to bar reporters. A feeling of
uneasiness persisted, however, be-
cause of the belief that if the admin
istration would go even to the limited
extent of testing reaction to a ban
on flrst-hand news in a matter of
this KIND, 1t might be disposed to go
much further later on.
1t seems probable that the state
ment from Mr.. Davis will clear the
atmosphere, He has said that news
papermen will be welcome to attend
all open sessions of the conference,
and that the State Department,
through Owl, will release the news
from committee meetings, which will
be closed. This is the usual method
Of conducting such conferences, and
no reasonable exception can be taken
to it. But it may not be amiss to
express the hope that there will be
no more intimations of ban on news
of this sort, even though they be put
forth on a tentative basis.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
A Forward Move

The ration boards of Arlington,
Alexandria and Fairfax have taken
the first steps toward co-ordinating
their procedures, policies and pub
licity. Any progress made along
these lines will do much to lessen
the confusion of rationing programs
for the consumers who work in the
District, live in Virginia and read
District newspapers. The three ra-
ton boards, with the general public,
have had their troubles keeping de-
tails In mind at each registration,
with programs going on at varying
times and places in the District, as
we'll as in three Virginia and two
Maryland areas. Support Of the ra-
tioning programs, moreover, has not
been enhanced by variance in board
policies. where one board was in
clined to be strict and another lenient
In alloting gasoline or fuel oil.
The three boards already have
agreed upon Joint meetings Of their
various commodity panels in an ef-
fort to formulate a common policy
on issuance of gasoline coupons, on
the mechanics of handling fuel Oil
registration next winter and on price
control and enforcement. They also
have called a meeting of board men,
bers and executive secretaries to re-
port on all possibilities for co-ordi-
mated effort. Among these would be
simultaneous registrations for new
rationing programs, uniform Office
hours where possible and a central
source of publicity. The last, in it
SELF would do much to make things
simpler both for the registrant and
the boards, since conflicting and
duplicating announcements would be
eliminated.
There are many problems to be re-
solved that arise from the varying
conditions under which the three
boards work and from the mechan-
ical problems each faces In making
Its contacts with commuter Glen
Evening star., 1943-04-11
FEELING the Pinch

There are two sentences IN the
statement accompanying the Presi-
dents hold the line" order against
imitation wi.sch deserve to be care
fully noted and remembered.
In one he said: There are to be
no further increases in wage rates
or salary scales beyond the little
steel formula, except where clearly
necessary to correct substandards of
living" And in the second: The
only way to hold the line is to stop
trying to find justihcations for not
holding it here or not holding it
there"
The intent behind this language
seems to be clear and definite, but
there already have been straws in
the wind which indicate that
search is under way for loopholes
and escape clauses.
Some labor leaders are contending
that wages cannot be frozen at exist
ing levels without danger of break
down. John L. Lewis has said that
the order leaves the miners problem
unsolved. and has accused the
President of using the members of
his union as political pawns. Various
farm Spokesmen are asserting that
the order as it affects certain agri-
cultural prices is unWorkable. And
the public members of the War Labor
Board are reported to have discussed
with Economic Stabilizer Byrnes the
issuance of clarifying directives if
the board should encounter difficulty
or hardship in administering the
order. Their position has not been
made entirely clear, but apparently
they feel that some provision should
be made for adjusting wage in
equities" in several thousand cases
pending before the board when the
order was issued.
In other words, it is beginning to
be apparent that this order, if the
Presidents language be given a
literal application, is going to pinch.
Some workers and some producers
are going to feel the effects of in
equalities which can no longer be
!roned out. But, if it is desired to
prevent serious imitation, it is diff
cult to see how this can be avoided.
When the President sent the
Bankhead bill back to the Senate
with his veto, certain relative injus-
tices were imposed on some farmers,
But the Senate, taking the wise view
that it was better to accept these
inequities than to throw more fuel
on the inflationary fires, refused to
override the veto. From the vote to
recommit however, it is perfectly
clear that the Senate expected the
President to act with determination
to prevent further wage increases
through the practice Of making ex-
ceptions in this case and that case.
This the President has done, but it
still will not be possible to hold the
line against imitation unless he and
his administrative subordinates
stand by their guns.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE
By The Right ReU JAMES E. FREEMAN D. d. ILL., d. D. c. L.
Bishop OF Washington.

The influence we exercise upon men
and women is both conscious and uncon-
scious, and oftentimes 1t is the latter
that proves the more persuasive. 1t is
not so much the arguments we make or
what we profess of virture that proves
the most effective. 1t is rather the ex-
ample We set that is the determining
influence in affecting the lives Of those
with whom we come in contact There
is a striking example Of what we mean
in the New Testament. 1t concerns an
incident related to two men who we're
disciples of Christ, namely, Peter and
John. 1t was the morning of the resur-
rection when rumor had spread that
the tomb was empty. We read that
these two disciples both ran to the
sepulchre. When they reached it, the
first one, the swifter and younger John,
stood at the opening of the tomb quite
appalled,, but went he not in" Pres
emily the older and slower of foot, Peter,
came to the tomb, and without q mo-
ment of hesitation entered, to satisfy
himself that Christ no longer occupied
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age: Then went in also that other
disciple" 1t was not the word OF Peter,
nor indeed his impulsiveness that moved
John. It was the force of his example
Johns experience is common to life
Many men are moved by strong impulses
and it may be that most men have cour-
age. What they lack is strong leadership
the compelling power of a fine example
They are more likely to act on this than
from any other motive.
There recently came to my knowledge
a fine illustration of this. 1t concerns a
young lad who occupied humble place
in one of our city parishes. He evi-
IDENTITY had little of example in his home
life to encourage him to wholesome nv-
ing. But in some way he was attracted
to one of our city churches. Here he
sought the friendship of man who had
faithfully exercised his humble Office as
a vereer or sexton. What the boy learned
Evening star., 1943-04-11

from this humble verger, apart from the
teachings OF his church school and serv-
ice, proved Of such inestimable value to
him that he found himself being drawn
more and more into wholesome and
deeply religious way Of life. Subsequently
this young lad. though under age, en-
tered the service of his country. Re-
Gently he wrote his friend, the verger,
telling him about his experiences and
what he was gaining from all his studies
at the Army post to which he was as
signed. He told with justified pride Of
the progress he was making, but the fine
thing about his letter was his expression
of gratitude for the simple but essential
truths he had learned from the life and
habit of his verger friend In a camp
far away, he was still feeling the effects
Of humble verger's consistent example.
1t is incidents like this, that can be re-
peated out OF the experiences Of everyday
life, that are the most persuasive and
compelling we have ever known. Even
men of surprising genius have traced
their great gifts to some one, possibly
Of mediocre ability, some one who had
the capacity to give them a real vision
Of their unused potentialities. AS we
look at our world today. with all It's
confusions, we inevitably trace what we
have of courage and poise to some one
who has made no display of his gifts of
leadership. The Christian church and
the Christian cause are made effective,
and their teachings persuasive because
of some consistent example of Christian
living exhibited by those who exemplify
Its truths in tlS2ir own modest way and
oftentimes in obscure places. A consist
ent habit Of religious worship expressed
through the church's service affords an
example to the least among us to con-
tribute to stable, wholesome and
righteous way OF life.
Then went in also that other dis
ciple"; this is the age-old method by
which the teachings Of Christ are made
operative.
Evening star., 1943-04-11
Utility REGULATION

Except for what may be described
as its psychological effect, the Presi-
dents new anti-inflation directive
apparently does not set up any new
Federal rule governing utility rate
regulation In the District or else
where
The utilities section of the execu-
tive order, in fact, gives recognition
Gndirect though 1t may be- to the
prerogatives and responsibilities of
local utility rate regulation agencies,
and thus avoids an overriding of
their statutory authority. 1t does
call attention, however, to the price
stabilization program and the neces-
sity Of keeping down the cost of
living.
This leads to the assumption that
unless some further order is issued,
the President does not intend to in
terfere with properly constituted
local agencies. including the District
Public Utilities Commission, in fixing
fair and reasonable rates under the
meaning of existing statutes. In
other words, it appears that the exec
utive order of last week has made no
change in the legal situation here or
elsewhere.
The utilities section of the execu-
tive order reads:
The attention of all agencies of
the Federal Government and of all
State and municipal authorities con-
cerned with the rates of common car
riers or other public utilities is di-
rected to the sterilization program
OF which this order is part so that
rate increases will be disapproved
and rate reductions effected, con-
sistently with the act of October 2,
1912, and other applicable Federal,
State or municipal law, in order to
keep down the cost of living and ef-
fectuate the purposes of the stabili-
cation program"
The act of October 2, 1912, pre-
scribed that where there is proposed
a general increase in the rates of
utility or common carrier a thirty
day notice must be given the price
control agents of the President, and
that they be given opportunity to in
tervene in such rate cases.
The Presidents new order carries
the added suggestion that rate re-
ductions may be ordered consist
emily" with the October 2 act. But
it appears that this also is left to the
discretion of local agencies, since the
statute referred to does not require
or mention rate reductions.
Under these circumstances, 1t
would seem that the Presidents new
order, while obviously intended to
discourage utility rate increases, was
not designed to tie the hands of To-
cal regulatory bodies in this respect.
Presumably the local PUG and SINH
lar agencies in the State, with due
regard for the objective sought by
the President, will continue to con-
slider all pertinent factors in fixing
fair and reasonable rates under
existing law.
Evening star., 1943-04-11

deposits Of copper and coal have already
been located along the controverted line
renders it urgent and imperative for the
peace both Of Great Britain and our
own country to have 1t settled definitely
and speedily before the interests at stake
shall become so great and involved As
to embroil the two governments in war. -
In this dispute, too. most. Of the Anert-
can contentious were upheld.