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Evening star., 1943-01-15
Simple News
Is Turned Into
Oqden Noshism

BALTIMORE, Jan. Is (P.-Ogden
Nash just wanted to announce a
meeting but it's a safe bet he didn't
figure On anything like this. This is
the way the announcement appeared
in yesterdays Baltimore Evening
Sun.
Mr.. Ogden Nash, who, as mat
ter of public service and not just to
try to work up whole lot of variety,
rs president of the Maryland
Cnildren's Aid Society.
Has announced by calling up the
paper that at pm. on Friday at
the society's headquarters
AN annual meeting will occur,
open to all contributing members,
especially If they have not con-
tributed, instead of silver quaters,
lead quarters.
"Officers will be elected and re-
ports given and presumably Mr..
Nash will be there to say some
tributed, instead of silver quarters,
"Or at least Ogden Nassaionate.
"You have the address, havenue?
TITS 2133 Maryland (not Madison)
avenue"
Evening star., 1943-01-15
Gas Curb Frees Falcon to Haunt
Post Office Tower Again
William Turner Releases Bird to Prey
On Pennsylvania Avenue SturIinqs

cred blur streaking past you, you
will know that Jacola is again re-
ducing the startling population OF
Washington"
Big At Sc Ounces.
Falconry originated in China be-
fore the birth of Christ, and later
was great sport in England. A
peregrine falcon. such as Mr.. Turner
liberated yesterday, could be flown
by kings only. 1t was a death pen
atty for persons OF lesser rank to
own them.
Mr.. Turner, member of the Fall
coners' Association of North Amer
lea, devoted to the art and pursuit
of noble sport" said he would miss
Jacola. Under his handling she was
tame, but no startling will ever be
convinced of that fact.
"Jacola, weighing Sc ounces, is the
biggest falcon I have seen in 10
years." Mr.. Turner said. The aver
age weight is about 30 ounces"
Jacola may be tame in Mr.. Tur-
ner's hands. but lesser birds know
a super dive-bomber again is in ac-
ton.
Evening star., 1943-01-15
By JAMES E. CHINN.

"A hole in every street" was fore
seen today by Capt. H. c. White
hurst, highway director, as result
of the drastic slashing of his budget
for the next fiscal year beginning
July /.
Capt. Whitehurst's budget suf-
fered the most severe cut of any
District agency-while the Com
missioners were making a last
minute $2.300,000 reduction in esti-
mates at the insistence of Federal
budget officers.
Considering the wartime situa-
ton and the shortage of critical
materials, he had asked for less
than usual, but the Budget Bureau
suggested a further cut. The High
way Department had about $6,0OO.-
600 to work with in the current
fiscal year. In the next fiscal year,
according to the recommended budg-
ct estimates, it will have to struggle
along with s2,718,455.
Means Ruin for Streets"
"On the basis of the budget as it
now stands" said Capt Whitehurst,
1.-The streets of Washington would &c
to ruin. 1t would cost us million
dollars to pull out of the hole"
There is, however. saving fac
tor. Roughly, the Highway Depart
ment has a reserve fund which, If
Congress DEGREES. can be used to
prevent such a situation. In fact
the reduced maintenance budget
for the department had been plan
ned by Capt. Whitehurst with this
in mind. In the last-minute shuttle
however, this was lost sight of, and
to correct the situation it will he
necessary for language to be written
into the 1914 appropriation bill, and
approved by Congress, which would
make available for use next year
of unobligated funds left over from
previous years.
AS the budget now stands, Capt
Whitehurst said, the money allowed
his division for maintaining and re-
pairing Washington streets amounts
to only about one-half OF what he
says he needs. The budget allocated
$50, 900 for this purpose but Capt
Whitehurst said there are many
streets in Washington which should
be widened or improved which
could not oe done under such q
fund.
Projects Endangered.
What Capt. Whitehurst wanted
to do. but will not have the money
to follow through with, were the
following projects:
Street widening:
Florida avenue, Fourteenth to
Fifteenth streets NV, at an esti-
mated cost of $28, 900.
Twentieth street, from Cpnsti-
tuition avenue to Virginia avenue
NV, $22, 800.
Twenty-fir street, from Virginia
avenue to Pennsylvania NV.
$76, 900.
Other projects which Capt. White
hurst hoped to carry out In this
coming fiscal year, some, Of which
may be eliminated because Of tn.
Evening star., 1943-01-15
'bombers' 10 Fly
0verCityDuring
New Raid Test
Incendiuries Will
Be Used in Simulated
Attack on Capital
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

Planes Stimulating bombers will fly
over Washington during a future
afraid test while incendiary bombs
are set off on the ground along the
course in a full-dress rehearsal for
"the real thing"
Defense Co-ordinator John Rus
sell Young said he had been advised
OF the plan and considered it a
splendid type of training" which,
he was sure, would receive the
"whole-hearted support of the peo-
pie of this area"
To avoid panic when the incendi-
aries explode and burst into flame,
an announcement will be made in
advance of each test that it is sched-
uled to occur within the few days
following.
Orders for this type of test came
from 1t. Gen. Hugh Drum, COM
manding general of the Eastern De-
fenSe Command, to the military dis
trist of Washington, from which
they were transmitted to Mr.. Young.
No Danger to Civilians.
Both military and civilian defense
personnel will participate in the test.
which will call into play all elements
OF the Metropolitan Areas defenses.
Plans call for planes with military
observers to come in from some dis
tance, thereby calling into play the
aircraft spoilers in the area and the
plotters at the anti-aircraft control
center who would chart their course
toward their target"
AS the planes approach, the warm
ing would go out from the warning
center and the alarm would be
sounded. The planes would fly over
the area on previously designated
paths. In the wake of their flight
over these paths, incendiaries would
be set off on the ground at points
where there would be no danger to
civilians.
Casualties" to Volunteer.
In addition to these bombs, unex-
pected projectiles would be marked
at certain points to give wardens
training in all types of reporting
to control centers as we'll as to train
bomb reconnaissance agents. These
centers would have their test in
evaluating the incidents and dis
patching equipment.
People in the various areas will
be asked in advance to volunteer
as casualties and will be tagged for
their injuries. The number of cas-
ualties liable to result from a given
type of incident will be established
| in advance. Then the casualties
will be treated in accordance with
the tags designating their injuries.
Although the planes will be over
head only for a short time, it was
pointed out, defense personnel may
be required to take hours in figuring
out and solving all the problems
created by this test raid
Check on Efficiency.
Arrangements for the planes will
be handled by the military district
of Washington but the civilian Or
ganization for the raid will be in
the hands of Mr.. Young.
Besides giving the people of this
area an opportunity to see for them
selves what raid might be like,
the demonstration will also be
check on blackout efficiency since
the military observers in the planes
will make a report on what they
have seen.
1t was indicated that there would
be more than one test of this type
during the spring, probably during
the hours of darkness.
Evening star., 1943-01-15
Drastic Highway Fund Cut
Threatens Districts Streets
Congress Can Invoke Reserve Fund, However
To Supplement- $2,718,455 Budget Figure

lack of funds, are the repaving of
the following streets:
Northwest.
Dent place, from Thirty-third to
Thirty fifth street, $4,000.
Euclid street. from Eleventh to
Fifteenth streets, $4,000.
H street, First street to Massa-
chusetts avenue, $4,000.
New York avenue, from Ninth to
Fourteenth streets, $1l6,800
Seventh street, G street to Mas
sachusetts avenue, $4,000:
Eighth street, from G to K streets,
$4,000.
Tenth street, w street to Florida
avenue. S42.5O0.
Fourteenth street, U street to
Florida avenue. $4,000.
TWenty-sixth street, park line to
New Hampshire avenue, $12,5OO.
Northeast.
E street, Seventh to Ninth streets,
$l2,6OO
H street, Second to Fifteenth
streets, $4,000.
E street, Fourth to Sixth streets.
$4,000.
Montello avenue, from Florida av-
enue to Mount Olivet road, s54,5OO.
Southeast.
Virginia avenue, from South Cap
itol street to Eighth street. s109, 900.
Southwest.
F street, from Seventh to Twelfth
streets. $25,500.
Capt. Whitehurst said there are
more than so miles of paved streets
in the District over Is years of age
which have not been improved and
many of them are in urgent need of
repair or resurfacing He added in
final plea to the Budget Bureau:
The public demand from outlayinp
sections for improvements to meet
modern traffic conditions far ex-
ceeds our authority to meet them
The highway director explained
there are 910 miles of improved
streets in the District which must
be maintained unless the District
Is to lose a large amount of the
money 1t invested in them.
Evening star., 1943-01-15
tuberculosis
Patients 10 Use
Old Hospital
Upshur Street Building
Ruled Out for Care
Of Maternity Cases
BY DON S. WARREN.

Transfer of convalescent tu-
berculosis patients from CALM
ger Hospital and the Glenn Dale
Sanatorium to the old Tubercu-
losis Hospital at Thirteenth and
Upshur streets NV. will begin
Monday, Commissioner Mason
announced today.
Use of the reconditioned plant
was approved by Congress last ses-
sion when an appropriation was
made for repairs, but a question was
raised In recent weeks in the de-
bate over the wartime hospital ex-
pansion program as to whether it
would be better to use the Upshur
street building for maternity cases.
Mr.. Mason agreed to withhold
final decision until today, but not
receiving any proof on the necessity
OF using Upshur street for mater
nifty cases, he announced the origi-
nal plans would be carried out.
George c. Rutland, District
health officer, said he regarded the
step as one Of real Importance and
recalled health officials had been
urging for some years the creation
Of convalescent home for tuber-
culosis patients.
He said between 20 and 40 patients
would be transferred to the Upshur
street hospital Monday, and that
while the building had rated
of 49,, as a full-fledged
hospital, he hoped it
would be possible to place $50 con-
valescent patients there under the
new plan since they will not require
as much care and as large a staff
as those more seriously i'll.
He said some difficulty had been
found in employing engineers and
firemen to run the plant. He be-
lieved this was due to the fact the
District pays such employees $1,000
a year, whereas such workmen can
command $4,000 or S2,4O0 a year in
other agencies. However, he said
one fireman had been engaged and
1t was hoped a full staff could be
Evening star., 1943-01-15
5 Wounded Who Refused
To Leave Posts Honored
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Jan. Is. - United
States soldiers who refused to leave
their posts, though wounded, in re-
cent New Guinea fighting were
named among five officers and en-
listed men who received the Dis
tinguished Service Cross today from
Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Staff Sergt. John F. Rehak, jr.,
was cited posthumously the decora-
ton going to his father at Man.
itoWac, Wis.
The other four were 1t. Col.
Melvin l.. McGreary. Youngstown,
Ohio, of the field artillery; First LIS.
James I. Hunt, Lima, Ohio, and
Erwin j. hummer, Lowell, Mass, and
Pvt. John E. Combs, Chattanooga,
Tenn. The latter three are infantry
men.
Evening star., 1943-01-15
AWVS Spurs Drive
For Victory Gardens
In District Area
PIows, Tractors Sought
To Turn Vacant Lots
Into Vegetable Plots
By GEORGE KENNEDY.

Volunteer war workers of the Dis
trict have anticipated the Agricul-
ture Departments call for all the
victory gardens that can be plant
ed, it was learned today.
Land for peoples war gardens has
already been plowed on the Glover
estate off Massachusetts, avenue
NV, and a search is on for trac-
tors and plows to turn the city's
remaining lots and fields into vege-
table plots.
Present plans do not call for
plowing under the golf course area
at Hams Point as in 1918. But We
may come to that This is war;
said Mrs. Edward C. Sweeney, 4721
Fulton street NV, chairman Of
the Home Gardens Committee Of
the American Women's Voluntary
Services.
Mrs. Sweeney and Mrs. Dean
Acheson, head of the agriculture
and nutrition section of the AWVS,
have called at the Office of John
Russell Young, District Commis-
sioner, and arranged for the ap-
pointment of District Victory Gar
dens Committee, representative OF
all participating groups and all sec
tions of the city. The roster of the
committee will be announced short
ly.
Land Made Available.
The National Capital Parks Com
mission has already made land
available to the committee in Ana
costa, Northeast and Northwest.
A group OF Agriculture Depart
ment soil and plant experts will tour
the city with members of the Dis
trict Victory Gardens Committee
next week selecting sites for COM
munity gardens.
Rows of green corn and hills of
beans will be seen in most of the
city's remaining vacant lots and
fields when summer blooms, accord
ing to plans.
AWvS leaders here have been
consulted by the Department OF
Agriculture experts planning the
victory garden drive on national
scale. Well aware that the seed
situation had changed for the bet
ter since last year and that short
age of transportation was going to
make home gardening imperative
this year in the war on the food
front, District leaders have their
campaign well under way.
Schools for Gardeners.
Schools for victory gardeners will
be conducted by the AWVS in three
sections of the city starting next
month. First class open to the gen.
eral public will be held at pm
on Saturday, February 2 in the
Georgetown Public Library, Wiscon-
sin avenue and r street NV. and
on Tuesday evenings at the same
time thereafter for six weeks.
william Youngman, garden page
editor of The Star, will be one OF
the lecturers. J. Morton franklin
of Falls Church will be another
william r. Beatty Of Bladensburg
veteI an gardening enthusiast, will be
busy promoting the campaign or
the radio.
Glasses will start at 8 pm. Thurs.
day, February 4, at Anacostia Higf
School, Sixteenth and r streets Sc.
and continue at 3 pm. Thursdays fol
six weeks. They will begin at 8 pm
Evening star., 1943-01-15
Traffic Safety Conference
POSTPONED Until Friday

Because of congressional hearings
on bills authorizing pay increases
for Washington police, f1remen, and
school teachers. the Commissioners
postponed until next Friday the
traffic safety conference which was
to have been held today at the Di~-
trick Building. The conference will
start at 1890 am.
Among officials invited to the con-
ference are Chairman McCarran of
the Senate District Committee, all
Metropolitan police inspectors and
captains, Chief Jerome LaWler of
the park police and representa- ives
of the Commissioners Traffic Ad-
visory Council.
Evening star., 1943-01-15
Mrs. Mildred J. Heard,
Generals S Widow, Dies

Mrs. Mildred j. Heard, 30, OF
Washington, widow of Gen. John H
Heard, died yesterday at Miami
Beach, Fla, after an illness of sew
eral weeks, the Associated Press re-
ported.
Mrs. Heard was visiting her
granddaughter, the wife of Maj.
Philip S. Green. Surviving are three
sons, Col. Falkner Heard of this
city, Maj. Gen. Jack w. Heard of
California and Col. Townsend Heard,
who is, overseas. and daughter.
Mrs. Thomas H. Rees, jr., of San
Francisco.
Burial will be in West Point Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1943-01-15
Draft toCa||
Married Men
In February
D. G. Fothers Face
Army Induction
After July |

District draft boards will be-
gin calling childless married men
for induction in the latter part
OF February. but married men
with children will not face serv-
ice calls before July /, under
current quotas, District Draft
Director William E. Leahy an
nounced today.
The dwindling supply of single
men, coupled with the fact that the
February quota for the District is
more than double the January quo
ia, necessitates the call on married
men, it was explained.
Although District draft officials
refused to reveal the reason for the
doubled call, it was understood the
call included men for the Navy, Ma
rine Corps and Coast Guard as we'll
as for the Army.
District Late.
The arrangement whereby men
have been allowed to volunteer
through their draft boards for vari-
Gus branches of the armed forces
was expected to terminate February
! with = permanent arrangement for
an all-service draft going into ef-
feet.
Actually, the District has been be-
hind other sections Of the country
in calling married men because of
its supply Of single men. Now many
of the Is local boards, Mr.. Leahy
said, have exhausted their supply
of single men and all boards will
have reached the bottom of that
manpower pool by March.
Hope had been expressed earlier
that the 18-year- r-olds who registered
for the draft in December would be
processed in time to fill the latter
part of the February calls, but draft
officials are no longer counting on
that, particularly in the light of the
slim registration.
The first announcement, involving
married men with children, was
based on local Selective Service rec
ords which show that the District
has an unusually high percentage
of married men without children in
comparison to those with children.
Mr.. Leahy said July l was the
earliest date married men with chill
dren might expect service call un-
der current quotas which, of course,
are subject to increase or decrease
at any time
Only men between the ages of 18
and 80 will be affected by the Feb
ruary and subsequent draft calls,
according to present plans, since
men over 38 are draft-deferred at
this time.
Some Married Men Inducted.
Some men married since Pearl
Harbor have already been inducted
from the District since, under
selective service regulations, de-
pendency status acquired after De-
cember 8, l941, is not cause for de-
ferment.
The decision to call childless
married men will have no effect on
the present policy concerning the
calls on men with partially depend
ent mothers, fathers or other rela-
tives, Mr.. Leahy said. Local boards
here have been calling men with
collateral dependents for some time
when the mans induction would
work no great financial hardship on
the dependents. These cases will
continue to be dealt with in
dividually, he said.
If a man is contributing $50 or
less to the support of collateral
dependent, Mr.. Leahy pointed out,
no great hardship would be worked
on the dependent by his induction
since allowances under the Service
mems Dependents Allowance Act of
1942 begin at S37 month.
Evening star., 1943-01-15
Civic Federation MEETING

The Federation of Civic Associa-
tions will meet in the board room of
the District Building at 8 pm, Fri
day, January %, it was announced
today. Delegates are urged to at
tend and visitors are invited.
Evening star., 1943-01-15
x 4
WAatHo4R~x%zM
! WAR BINDS

The Quartermaster's Department
Of the Army must provide clothing
for our soldiers to fit every cline.
In Alaska and in Iceland, a regular
issue is the parka, a f1eece-lined
coverall fitting up over the head, de-
signed to combat the frigid tempera-
lures. A parka costs $3.50.
Evening star., 1943-01-15

1t would be comforting to know
that your purchase of War bonds is
providing some intrepid soldier or
airman with the warm clothing so
necessary in Arctic regions. Help
pay for these parkas through your
purchase of War bonds every pay
day. At least 10 per cent of your
income is required to help meet the
war cost.
Omitted States Treasury Department.)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-05-28
BY PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

| Remember the Boake Carter
Episode? The commentator with
the English accent was reported
to have embraced Judaism. Our
good friend Almi revealed the
facts and appeared to have faith
in the story.
Coupled with the curious tale
were the names of Moses Guibory
and David Horowitz. These two
men are now in the limelight with
thick" book of more than
1000 pages containing a Hebrew
text with a parallel English trans
lation of THE Bible in the Hands
Of It's Creators: Biblical Facts as
They Are" The publishers are
listed as The Society of the Bible
in the Hands of It's Creators.
This is the first of a series of
promised volumes to come from
this Society. One of them, we are
told, deals with scientific mat
tiers as linked with the true cos
mic construction of the world"
All Of them, if the reader is to
judge by the first, are certain to
confuse the mind-if there are
sufficient people to permit them
selves to become "addicts" to such
literature"
Your Commentator wonders
whether this is the result of the
notoriety given the Boake Carter
story, and whether converts" of
the type of Boake Carter are fl
nancing such expensive luxuries
as THE Society of the Bible in
the Hands of It's Creators"
The name of the publishers and
the sort of project they sponsor
invite description by the juicy
word: Hefker. It will be difficult
to find good translation for this
ward we have chosen to describe
the "cosmic" confusions and the
lack of Jewish responsibility in
the selection of names and titles
by group that seeks to capital
ize on the term bible" and Incl
dentally abuses the Sacred Book.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-05-28
HEFKER AND THE AMERICAN
JEWISH CONFERENCE

ence. with all its uncertainties,
could and should become the me-
dunn of establishing authority.
But-who will deny that there is
little interest in the Conference?
Who will claim that American
Jews have shown real faith in the
movement? Outside the national
organization, especially the Zion
list Organization, very few COM
munities have become really ex-
cited about it. To make the
Conference important. it is necess-
airy that our people become very
actively interested in the pro-
posals of the Conference and in
its possibilities.
Enough time remains, between
now and the date set for the Con-
ference, to arouse widespread
concern over its detectives. All
must help to do that. Perhaps
the sorely needed authority will
come from the Conference. If it
does not, then some other instru-
ment will have to be found to de-
feat the spirit of Hefker which
works through some misled mys-
tics or people who consciously
capitalize on Jewish woes for
selfish needs. A successful Con-
ference may mean the creation of
a sufficiently concerned Jewish
public opinion to avoid lack of
responsibility. If the Conference
fails, it will only mean that the
process of education must be car
ried further until our people learn
to act against abuse of Jewish
principles.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1943-05-28
CONFUSION WORSE
COMPOUNDED

Perhaps we are too harsh with
t e Carter Guibory Horowitz
clique. But in a sense they rep
resent a condition in Jewish life.
Observation-Disclosures FREEDOM
mates. There is a lack of respon-
sibility. Too many take it upon
themselves to speak for the peo-
pie Israel; too few would dare
call the bluff of the irresponsible.
The result of Hefker is a divid-
ed community. To prevent the
spread of a state of Hefker it is
necessary to establish some sort
Of authority.
The American Jewish Confer