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Evening star., 1943-09-26
Forest Glen Post Office
To Be RecIassified

The Post Office Department has
announced that beginning Friday
the third-class post Office at Forest
Glen, Md, will become a classified
station under the Silver Spring post
office.
Dyke Cullum, acting postmaster at
Silver Spring. has arranged to con-
tinue all the present services at
Forest Glen and is preparing to ex-
tend city delivery and collection
services. it was stated.
Patrons who desire to continue
their post Office boxes at the Forest
Glen station can do so or they may
have city delivery If they mount a
Evening star., 1943-09-26
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| By the Associated Press,
ROCK CREEK, Md, Sept. 25.-
Little ogers-Townsend Shipyard.
which leisurely produced pleasure
craft before the war, now turns out
booms and masts for Navy and mer-
chant ships faster than any other
yard in the country-large or small
Capt. John B. Rogers asserted today.
The reason, Capt. Rogers SAYS. is
his invention of 1O0-foot spar
lathe which produces in one hour as
many spars as a hand-work yard can
turn out in two days with twice the
employees. All of the countrys other
shipyards make the parts by hand.
Nobody ever made booms before
except by hand, and it was a slow
and tedious business When the war
came along the Navy and the Mari
time Commission needed booms and
masts a lot faster than they could be
made by hand. We just had to fig
ure out some way to turn them out
faster" Capt. Rogers explained.
The captain, who has operated his
own shipbuilding business for 13
years, said the idea for a spar lathe
first occurred to him early last year.
After months of trial and error, it
came into extensive use in the shop
last November.
The complete outfit cost around
SIS 900, but it has already saved that
and more in man-hours," Capt.
Rogers said.
He explained that the old manual
method required about a week for
one man to produce even the small
est boom, and about 400 man-hours
for the larger ones.
The log had to be tapered on the
band saw, squared with an adj, then
8-squared, then 16-squared, then
rounded up and smoothed off. 1t
took at least four men two full days
to do the job" the owner declared.
With the spar lathe, operated by
two men, the same job takes exactly
one hour, Capt. Rogers said
Capt Rogers said that booms and
masts can be delivered within "a
hours after the order comes in, for
the first time in shipbuilding history.
Were filling shipments now for
the Bethlehem Fairfield, Maryland
Evening star., 1943-09-26
$4,000 Bond Quota
SET by Realtors

Members of the Alexandria
Arlington-Fairfax Real Estate
Board are expected to purchase
$4,000 in War bonds, Daniel E.
Ragalie, executive secretary, said
yesterday
Three thousand dollars worth of
bonds already have been turned
over to j. Foster Hagan. Arlington
County war finance chairman, Mr..
Ragalie said, as a result of the
boards unanimous response to the
Third War Loan drive. The entire
membership is pledged to the pur-
chase of bonds in varying amounts.
he said.
William E. Robie, vice chairman
OF the finance committee in charge
of the drive, announced that $3.50. 900
in bond sales had been reported to
date by the Federal Reserve Bank.
He pointed out that this does not
include sales made in the District
to county residents which, he said.
would swell the total considerably.
A $4,000 check was, turned over
to Mr.. Robie last week by Ray Miller.
manager of j. C. Penney and Co,
representing bond purchases for
store personnel.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Boost in Farm Hours
In MARYLAND Cited

Maryland farm operators are
working IL hours per day longer
this year than last, DR.. S. H. De
Vault, head of the department Of
agricultural economics at the Uni
versity of Maryland, reported last
night.
DR.. De Vault said that on Septem-
ber l farm operators in the State
were working an average of 1871
hours per day. This is IL hours
longer than farmers were working
last year, and seven-tenths of an
hour longer than on June 1, 1910,
he said,
The average Maryland farm hand,
DR.. De Vault said, works from 10 to
105 hours day. He said farm
workers have materially heightened
their work day in order to accom-
plish the heavy tasks brought on by
increased acreages of crops and
numbers of livestock, and to Offset
the loss of experienced farm labor.
DR.. De Vault said that on June /,
1943, per cent of the farm workers
were under IA years of age, as COM
pared with per cent on April /,
1912. More women now are working
on farms, he said. He added that
the number of women has increased
from 5 per cent on April l, 1910, to
81 per cent on June /, 1943
DR.. De Vault said the increase in
youths and women workers was
largely due to increases in the har-
vesting of berries and truck crops.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
AniitubercuIosis Seals
Committee Is Named

The present tuberculosis rate in
Montgomery County offers a real
challenge" TO county residents. Mrs.
William N Morell, seal sales chair
man of the County tuberculosis
Association, declared yesterday in
announcing the names of those ap-
pointed on the committee.
While Montgomery County has re-
duced its tuberculosis rate more than
so per cent in the last 10 years, the
present rate is Is deaths per 100000
people, she asserted.
The war has made it increasingly
difficult TO combat the disease, in
view of congested living conditions
and nutrition problems, Mrs. Morell
said.
Mrs. Earle G.. Breeding has been
named vice chairman of the commit
tee. Other members are:
Mrs. Louis A. Gravelle, receiving
chairman; Mrs. V. l.. Ellicott, wife
of the county health officer, bonds
and specials; Mrs John M. Wheels.
information; Miss Mabelle Jennings
and Mrs. Ross H. Snyder, publicity;
Mrs. c. M. Louthit. volunteers, and
Mrs. Frank Sargent, features.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Extensive Malaria Work
Reported in Maryland
By the Associated Pres.

&s ttte ASnOCldOeQ FTeSS.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 25.-The
State Department of Health re-
ported today IAN impressive amount
OF work" in malaria control in war
areas of the State during the last
year.
The first malaria control projects
were established in the areas near
the Naval Powder Factory at In
dlanhead and the Army Adiutant
General School at Fort Washington.
Less than six months after the
beginning of the project. clearing
was made in approximately 10000
feet OF ditch and $4,000 feet of
bitches four feet wide were exca-
vated, the department reported.
More than 25 acres of water sur
face were eliminated by draining
and approximately 100000 square
feet of land area were. cleared to,
permit access for the application
Of larvicides.
Control measures have been lin
tied to an area within a radius of
one mile from the place to be pro-
tected, since the flight range of the
nalarla-carrying mosquito is ap-
proximately one mile.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
County Buildings Serve
Montgomery taxpayers

Suburban taxpayers may now pay
taxes to deputy county treasurer
at the county buildings in Silver
Spring and Bethesda for the first
time in Montgomery County.
Although taxes may still be paid
at banks, residents are urged to
use the service at the county build
ings to relieve the banks of this
tremendous extra strain for which
they receive no compensation.
In Silver Spring Deputy Treasurer
George McCenev maintains an Office
in the county building on Georgia
avenue Robert D. Hagner, deputy
treasurer for the western suburban
area. has an Office in the county
building annex on Wisconsin avenue
in Bethesda.
These Offices are open from 9 a m
to 4:30 pm. except Saturday when
they are open until noon.
Taxpayers may also mail their tax
payments by check or money. order
to John B. Diamond, county treas
urer. Rockville courthouse. No in
terest will be charged before October
j, but taxes not paid before that
time will accrue interest from Sep
tember /.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Morgan Beotty to Speok
To Porent- Teacher Unit

Morgan Beatty, radio news re-
porter, will speak on his experience
in England, where he recently served
as foreign correspondent at the first
fall meeting of the Parent-Teacher
Association of the East Silver Spring
Elementary School at pm. tomor-
row at the school.
Mr.. Beatty is member and for
mer president of the association. He
returned from England last month
after broadcasting there for eight
months.
Plans for the years program and
adoption of a budget viii be dis
cussed during the business session.
All interested persons are invited
to attend.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

box at the curb in front Of their
residence.
Instead of paying Scent postage
on letters between Forest Glen and
Silver Spring. only 2 cents will be
necessary after Friday.
Mr.. Cullum has recommended the
promotion of Lawrence H. Reed
senior clerk at the main ONCE. to
the position Of station superinten-
dent. The present acting postmis-
tress Of Forest Glen, Mrs. Ruth Frey
will continue by assisting Mr.. Reed
each morning and serving In the
finance division Of the main ONCE
In the afternoon.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Air Experts 10 Discuss
City Planning in Baltimore

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 25.-A discus
sion by aviation authorities on 'fu-
ture air transportation and its in
f1uence on urban planning" will be
held at Johns Hopkins University
next Saturday.
Expected to participate in the
forum, first of a new series on ur-
ban planning, are:
Maj. Alexander de Seversky, pio-
neer in the designing of aircraft:
William A. M. Burden, special avia-
ton assistant to the Secretary of
Commerce; John B. Bayard. chief
of the planning and survey section
of the Civil Aeronautics Admins
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Arlington md Fajk}xZ
Ration Boards Set
New Hours for Oct. |

officials of the Arlington and
Fairfax County Ration Boards last
night announced new hours which
will be observed at the offices of the
two boards beginning october l.
The Arlington board will be open
Mondays and Fridays from am.
until 2:30 pm. and Wednesdays from
3 until 9 pm, George D. Kicker,
executive secretary said. The price
division of the board will be open
from 8 am until p. m. daily, he
said.
Mrs. Mollie w. Cleveland, execu-
tive secretary of the Fairfax Board,
said Offices would be open from 9
m. until pm, Mondays, Wednes-
days and Fridays. She said that
all departments would be open
Tuesday evenings from until 9
O'Clock to receive all types of ap-
plications.
Arlington officials said all B and
C gas bookholders whose books ex-
pire october % must renew applica-
tions on or before October l, Books
expiring December % must be re-
newed on or before November Is
Applications. which can be secured
at county tire inspection stations,
must be signed by employers Or
transportation officers and mailed,
with tire inspection records, to the
board. Books will be mailed out.
Truck gasoline will be issued by
Arlington officials Monday and Tues
day from am. until pm. at Joyce
Motor Co., 2700 Wilson boulevard,
Mr. Kicker said
Kerosene users are asked to ap-
ply Thursday between and 9 pms
at John Langston, Kemper and Hof-
man-Boston schools. Those unable
to apply during these hours may ap-
ply at the board offices Monday,
Wednesday or Friday.
Mrs Cleveland said that apphca-
tions for new A books were coming
in slowly. She urged motorists to
obtain applications from inspection
stations and mail them in with
their tire inspection records.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Drydocks and general repair yards
in Baltimore, and for other yards in
Norfolk, Philadelphia and New York,
and the shipbuilders say they're the
best-looking booms they ever saw in
their lives" the shipbuilder stated.
He expects his production to be
trebled when two smaller spar
lathes, one of which already Is COM
pleted, get into operation.
Capt. Rogers, whose home is at
Round Bay, Md, said his yard would
return to pleasure craft construction
after the war. Although he has ap-
piled for patents on his invention, he
said he had no plans for COM
mercializing on it,
Evening star., 1943-09-26

chief of the air transport division
of'the Office of Economic Warfare,
and Maj w. B. Harding, assistant
chief of plans of the Air Transport
Command
The conferences, under the direc-
ton of Architect Michael Rosenauer,
began last Spring and continued in
to the early summer.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Mser. Johnson to Speak
At Silver Spring Meeting

Msgr. George Johnson, director of
education, National Catholic We'll
fare Council, and professor of edu-
cation at Catholic University, will
discuss School Administration and
Supervisor" at a meeting of st.
Michaels Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton at pm. Tuesday at the Acad-
emy of the Holy Names, Silver
Spring.
Plans will be discussed for the
years program and new methods of
education to be used in the school
will be explained. A program of mo-
tion pictures on current events will
be given at the close OF the meeting.
A. Harris Grossman, athletic di-
rector of Bulls Preparatory School.
has been appointed director of
physical education for st. Michael's
School
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Ham Dinner Planned

The sale of War bonds and stamps
will feature the baked ham dinner
to be given Wednesday by the Wom-
ems Club of Bethesda. The dinner
will be held between $50 and 7:30
pm. at the clubhouse on Old
Georgetown road Proceeds will go
into the clubs welfare fund. Mrs.
Richard Titlow is general chairman
of the affair.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
IIIequI Hunting Churoed

OAKLAND, Md, Sept. Is up).-
Deputy Game Warden Elmer Haul
lenbeek reported today that there
was evidence of much illegal killing
of deer in the county. He said he
had discovered evidence of recent
killing OF doe and fawn, ap-
parently with buckshot, and added
that wardens were watching closely
for all signs of illegal deer killing.
Evening star., 1943-09-26
Arlington County Voters
Urged to Register Now

Arlington County political leaders
last night urged residents who are
eligible to vote in the November 2
elections to register on or before the
october 2 deadline.
Residents may register at the CEN
tral registration center in the court
house, or with their precinct regis
trars, it was said.
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Before Victory Is won, we've got
to build more, fight more and buy
more War bonds. Buy ut least
S100 bond during the Third War
Loan above your regular bond
buyinx,
Evening star., 1943-09-26

Richly finished in walnut or
maple on hardwood frame. Ex-
ira high back and saddle seat
give you more comfort.
Evening star., 1943-12-19
They're Dreaming of Quiet Christmas
By Harold Hefernan.

mates may be in the near offing.
Hollywood wouldn't be surprised If
a dozen more stars were foreign
bound before 1914 rolls around.
While Christmas, l943, will be ex-
tremely quiet for most residents.
there is one spot in town where it
will be plenty noisy. All the stops
will be pulled out at the famous
Hollywood Canteen, where some
100 stars and featured players will
join for couple of hours or SO
apiece to entertain servicemen.
Bette Davis, who heads the can
teen and-the moving spirit in the
since its birth 18
months ago, says the gaiety and
cheer at that spot Christmas will
top that of last year when Eddie
Cantor played Santa Claus and
distributed more than $1,000 worth
of gifts to visiting members of the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
Cantor will repeat his feat again
this Yule and is seriously debating
the idea of using stills so all the
boys in the place can find him and
a bag that will contain trinkets sur
passing last years in number and
cost.
Stars Are Pledged.
The Hollywood Victory Commit
tee reports that some 80 stars and
well-knoWn actors have already
agreed to forfeit their holiday at
home by pledging participation in
a Christmas caravan, which will
carry good cheer to Army and Navy
hospitals throughout the United
States. The committee hopes to
get a sufficient number of enlist
Evening star., 1943-12-19

ings printed in Job lots by the Mo-
ton Picture Relief Fund. Last year
this worthy organization, which ST.
lently cares for INDECENT old-timers
of the industry, realized 5000 from
the sale of cards. This year 1t has
gone out of the card business be-
cause Of the paper shortage.
It seems ages back that Beverly
Hills and Bel Air residents were
waging their annual Yuletide bat
tie of outside Christmas decorations.
Fancy homes and vast front yards of
the stars were aglow with fantastic
Santa Clauses, reindeer, artificial
snow and other decorations two
weeks before the big day.
At night Beverly Hills thorough
fares were thronged with sightseers,
on foot and in automobiles, gawk-
ing at the illuminated ornaments
And each year q committee of city
fathers, sitting in solemn session
awarded prizes to property owners
putting forth the most amazing dis
play. While the dimout has been
lifted this year, there1l be no such
gaudy shows in the Hollywood area
this Christmas.
Even the traditional symbol Of the
Holy Day-the Christmas tree-will
be absent from many living room
when December rs dawns. Trans
portation difficulties have reduced
the allotment to a comparatively few
limbs of the scrawny variety. And
these have been marked up with
prohibitive price tags. The IS tree
of last year is now SIS, 50 many an
actor has decided to decorate the
mantle and buy q War Bond instead
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Pemberton's Theory Challenged
By Lawrence Perry.

stinct in knowing what theater-
goers will accept
Perhaps the nub of the problem
concerning Mr.. Pemberton and his
fellow producers lies right here in
their willingness to gamble upon
what the public will accept. Pre-
sumably a managerial least. most
managers-knows as we'll as the best
of critics whether or not a piece is
dramatically meritorious. But he
has primarily commercial aspect
the most important of all aspects.
to consider. Will play hit the pub
lie? If SO, dramatic art be hanged.
Laughs Plus What?
Now Mr. Pemberton, for instance
seems to think that if a play makes
an audience laugh a sufficient num-
ber of times it should succeed. He
has even been known, in rebuttal
of adverse criticism, to count the
number of laughs throughout an
entire performance, holding up the
total as a rebuke to those who have
fouted it.
Aware of this prediction I be-
gan counting the laughs evoked by
Pillar to POST beginning with the
first curtain and continuing until,
in the middle of the third act l
had potted down a very respectable
total. But, opposed to this showing
was the fact that the plot was OBJ
vious and the situations, even when
amusing, were forced and mechani-
cal.
However, it is yet too early to say
that Mr.. Pemberton's theory of
laugh totals will not serve to keep
Pillar to POST alive for some time
to come. Stranger things have hap
pened-"Victory Bellies" for in
stance. If it does happen he will
have the best laugh of all-the last
laugh.
(Released by the North American News
paper Alliance, Inc)
Evening star., 1943-12-19

lments to assign two actors to each
hospital. Facing a shortage OF
talent between Christmas and New
Year because of these long dis
tance trips, studios are arranging
to curtail production sharply during
that period.
New babies are always the center
of attraction at the Christmas fire.
SIDE and movieland registered more
than its share of births this year to
brighten the holiday.
Among the infants whose stockings
are being draped for the first time
are those of Mr.. and Mrs. Brian
Donlevy, the Van Hef1ins, Stephen
Crane and Lana Turner, the George
Murphys, the Robert Youngs, the
Bill Holdens brenda MarshalD
Cecilia Parker and Dick Baldwin,
the Walter Wangers Joan Ben
nett), the Palmer Baudettes Co.
bina Wright, jr.) and the Oleg Cas-
sinis Gene Tierney). In some cases
the newcomers are second, third
and even fourth-run attractions
but they'll be the main show never
theleSs.
Less Mail Greetings.
incidentally, if you get a greet
ing card from a star this year, you
can consider yourself lucky. Even
before the war Hollywood was cut
ting down on its policy Of sending
out elaborate and costly cards
dropping from an average price OF
IS cents to 10 cents.
After Pearl Harbor. practically the
entire colony subscribed itself to the
modestly priced, simple little greet
Evening star., 1943-12-19
Douglas The Robe
Becomes Latest
of Faith Films
BY the Associated Press.
nc HHHONIHVcU IcSS.
HOLLYWOOD

HOLLYWOOD.
Another important faith picture,
Lloyd Douglas The Robe" with
the background of Rome under
Tiberius and Caligula. and the Je-
rusalem of Salome, is being planned
for the coming year by Frank Ross.
Ross, playwright and screen
writer turned independent pro-
ducer land husband of Jean Ar
thur. thus is aligned with the small
group Of producers planning now to
meet world needs for uplift through
the screen
The tale concerns the Roman
soldier who receives the robe of
Christ after lots were cast for 1t at
the foot of the cross and of the
effect OF his prize on the adventur-
Gus, colorful life of the man and his
friends. Ross saw the manuscript,
half finished; decided to buy it on
the spot, adapt it for the screen and
produce it himself, because he was
profoundly impressed with the
spiritual content, dealing with many
present-day issues like race, the
haves and have-nots and other So
cial implications.
Spiritual values are the need of
the world today" says Ross, for
material gods have certainly failed
all Of us. People must be better
before the world can be better"
Actually Ross took little financial
risk, for the usual Douglas project
sells 100000 volumes. and this one
is now In its second million. "Es-
cape and entertainment values
bulk large in our story" says Ross,
though these things are no longer
the only values for films intended
for world markets.
Evening star., 1943-12-19

NEW YORK.
Having sat through a medley of
boredom and amusement-more of
the former than the latter-con-
tanned in Rose Simon Kohn's new
comedy, pillar to Post" 1 found
myself wondering why a producer
as experienced and discerning as
Brock Pemberton risked this par
ticular Broadway venture. Dis
crepancy between his judgment and
that of such of his frst-night audi
ence as came with open mind was
amazing. Yet it was no new mani
festation of varying viewpoint.
1nfallibly, f1rst-nighters, holding
no personal interest in actors or
producers of any given piece, know
even before the final curtain
whether drama is a turkey or a
bird of paradise Yet it is automatic
that managers-take Jed Harris
and Brock Pemberton as the most
recent eXamples-never with Ger
tainty seem to know whether their
offerings, from an artistic stand
point, are good or bad And, artis-
try aside, they sometimes are found
to be equally at loss in knowing
whether their productions will be a
hit, semihit or flop.
The Critical Edge.
Aside from nonprofessional first
nighters there are the regularly
constituted dramatic critics, all OF
whom, including your present
scribe, have their shortcomings.
But they do, nonetheless, seem to
have an edge on the average pro-
ducer inasmuch as their judgments
are very likely to be practically
unanimous and, as a rule, correct.
Wherein the public is found to diff
fer as, for example, in "Three's a
Family" THE Two Mrs. CAROLS"
and one or two other pieces, fault
lies in critical lack of prophetic in