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Evening star., 1943-05-17
Average Work Week
Rises Slightly in March

The average number of hours
worked per week in all manufactur-
ing industries in March was 44.8, an
increase of OF per cent over Feb
ruary and 5 per cent above March,
1912, Secretary of Labor Perkins re-
ported today. The increase during
the month, combined with the ex-
pansion in employment, resulted in
an increase of more than 5000 GOO
hours in the number of hours
worked per week.
Hourly earnings in March, in
cluding overtime premiums and
shift differentials, averaged 1O3
cents in the durable goods indus
tries, an increase of 14.3 per cent
over March a year ago. Hourly
earnings in the non-durable goods
industries advanced 1913 per cent,
to reach an average of 1872 cents.
Weekly earnings in all manufac-
turing Industries averaged s41.84 in
March, as compared with $41.12 in
February and $34.63 in March, 1912.
Weekly earnings in the durable
goods group averaged $4779 and in
the non-durable group $33.24. Both
figures represented an increase of
about 20 per cent over earnings in
March, 1912.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Emergency Clio Farley
To Be Held in Baltimore

An emergency conference of all
C1O unions in Maryland and the
District, called TO consider major
policies of labor In wartime, will act
on the decisions and recommended
tions of the Executive Board meet
ing of the National CIO held in
Cleveland on May IA when it con-
veres at 1890 am Sunday in the
UAW-CIO Hall in Baltimore.
Sidney r. Katz, sccretary-tr treasurer
OF the Maryland and District Indus
trial Union Council, called on the
delegates to support the policies of
President Philip Murray.
High on the agenda of the con-
ference will be consideration of
methods by which the local Council,
through its officers and ofhliates. can
best aid the UAW-CIO in organizing
the Glenn L. Martin Airplane Co.
The morning session of the con-
ference will deal with the executive
session of the National Board. while
the afternoon session, which begins
at 2:30 O'Clock, will take up the
Martin organizing drive.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Prefabricated House
Is Assembled Here
In Only s. Minutes
) Small Victory Homes
Open for Inspection
On Street

Washington was introduced today
to the prefabricated victory home
for war workers and the victory hut
for members of the armed services
On a lot near the Army and Navy
Club, on I street NV, inexperienced
workmen assembled house, 16 bv
Is feet, in 55 minutes. as interested
spectators watched. w. E. Senkel
superintendent for the Texas Pre-
fabricated House and Tent Co., ex-
planned that experienced crews can
put up a house in 80 minutes.
Before night arrives, three units
will have been constructed and fur
niture placed in the houses for in
spection by Government housing
officials, builders and other inter-
ested persons.
First, two sections of flooring were
fastened together. The four walls
then were placed in position, Sc
cured by screws and bolts. The roof
consisting of four sections with a
ventilator in the center, was in
stalled, thus completing the lob
AASAA 1lil1oAlCd. pllc iOOI HAS a RaDle
effect. There are IA windows in the
unit, six in the rear, four in front
and two on each side. They are
spaced to allow for hanging of pic
lures. No nails are used in the ply
wood material.
A complete unit for a small family
includes a living room, bedroom
bath and dinette. Victory huts used
by the Coast Guard, Army and Navy
consist of a single room, Is by 1e
or 80 feet by Is feet. BY removing
one of the four walls, a length of 81
feet can be achieved.
Two carpenters and six colored
laborers engaged by Mr.. Senkel hac
never seen one of the units before
"One days experience makes a bic
difference to the Workmen," Mr.
Senkel remarked. I'VE set up 28T
OF these units in eight hours, where
we had especially skilled crews
Mr.. Senkel said the units would be
open for inspection for several days
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Sorority Initiates
Chinese Envoy's Wife

Nine. Wei Tao-ming, wife of the
Chinese Ambassador, was initiated
into Eta Alumnae Chapter of Kappa
Beta Pi International Legal Sorority
in ceremonies yesterday at the D.
A. R. Chapter House, 1892 Massachu-
setts avenue NV.
The noted Chinese authoress,
lawyer and jurist was presented with
the sorority's insignia by Judge
Florence E. Allen of the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals.
The address of welcome was de-
nvered by Associate Justice Wiley
Rutledge of the United States Su-
preme Court. More than 300 per-
sons attended the ceremonies,
Evening star., 1943-05-17

said he was not concerned with the
effect of all this on his charges. Re-
Gently married men about 80 are
problem, he said. They frequently
become neurotics, he said, because
they want to get back to their wives
so much that it becomes an OBJ
session.
That's In the training camps, he
said. At the front, the mental
trauma of battle strain sometimes
develops neurosis in persons with
no background Of mental strain or
worry. Psychiatrists often can
overcome it If they are able to
work on the patients soon enough,
talk to them every day, get it out
of them, not bottled up in them"
But sometimes after three months,
usually after six months, the neu.
rosis becomes a fixation.
The number Of patients will in
crease from the present $50 to 1,10O
as more equipment is moved in.
Present occupants have only one
or two roommates and are Sleep
ing in the same mahogany four
poster beds occupied by the girls
whose parents used to pay $2,5OO a
year or so to keep them there. The
school chef still runs the kitchen.
The school attracted q number Of
heiresses. Youthful James H. r.
Cromwell's daughter Christine was
a student there when she inherited
$1S, ,00o, 900 OF the Dodge Motor. for
tune. The Gamblers Of Atlanta and
the Heinz's Of Pittsburgh went to
school there. Two Of the girls at
least became famous on the stage,
Irene Castle sad Margaret Lindsay.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
School
Awards Two PLAQUES
Outstanding Freshman
Honored at G. W. u.

A freshman from Washington and
a recent graduate from the Domini-
can Republic we're honored Saturday
night at smoker of the George
Washington University School of
Engineering at the Cosmos Club.
Henry P McNaughton of WASH
ington was presented a plaque by
Frank L. Hermach, treasurer of
Sigma Tau Fraternity, honorary en-
gineering fraternity, for having been
chosen the outstanding freshman of
the year.
Thomas A. Pastoriza of the Do
minican Republic. who graduated in
February. was presented a plaque
by Ben Genua. regent of Gamma
Beta Chapter of Theta Tau Frater-
nifty, professional engineering college
fraternity, for leadership in extra
curricula affairs.
Dean F. M. Feiker of the School
Of Engineering, urged the students
and alumni to encourage new STU
dents to enter the engineering
school in brief talk. He pointed
out the war had cut enrolment in
the school. and cited the Nations S
need for engineers.
Other speakers were H. H. March,
president of the local chapter of the
American Society of Civil Engineers,
and w. Henry Sequist, president of
the Engineering Schools Alumni
Association. Stan Machen, Presi-
dent of the schools Engineers
Council, presided.
Members of the Engineers Coun-
Gil, who were presented keys,
were William E. Randall, Richard
P. Ballard, Dirk S. Brady. julius
c. Ritter, Frederick M. Holcomb
Dwight E. Shytle. Merrill R. Brown,
Frank L. Hermach, w. Stanley Ma
chen, Benedict j. Genua and George
P. kalv.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Junior War Bond Savers
To Give Dance Tomorrow

The Junior War Bond Savers
will give dance and War Bond
floor show at 7 pm. tomorrow in
the Shoreham Hotel to wind up
their campaign for funds to equip
planes.
A check for $4,37o from Kappa
Sigma Tau will be presented to
the Junior group to be added to
funds for the Treasury Department.
The youngsters have their own
committees working for the dance
show, which will include singing,
novelty dances and an au-juvenile
orchestra under the direction of
Norman Rossen. Parents of the
War Bond Savers will be guests.
The money collected will supple
ment that raised by older brothers
and sisters at an Easter dance at
the Shoreham. Sorority and fra
ternity groups. as we'll as Boy and
Girl Scouts are supporting the CAM
paign.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Drunken Driver Gets
80 Days After Crash

Pleading guilt to charge of driv-
ing while drunk. James Winston, 26,
colored. 500 block of Forty-flfth
street NE, was sentenced to 80 days
in jail by Judge Hobart Newman.
The defendant admitted that he
had been drinking yesterday. after
noon when his car smashed into an
auto driven by Corpl. Emory Kern,
who Is stationed in the Pentagon
Building. The corporal escaped un-
injured in the accident, which oc-
CURED at Second and E streets NE
Police testified that a quart bot
tie Of whisky, two-thirds empty
was found In Winstons ce.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Mount Vernon Head Named

Reappointment of Charles Cecil
Wall, as superintendent of Mount
Vernon Tor the coming year has been
announced by the Mount Vernon
Ladies' Association. Mr.. Wall has
served as superintendent of the
estate since 1887. The association
ended its annual session Saturday
and visited George Washington's
church at Pohick yesterday.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
100000 Here
View Airmai|
Celebration =
HeIicopter Lands
On Capitol Lawn;
Stunts Lend Thrills

An outstanding air show in cele-
bration Of the 25th anniversary of
commercial airmail was staged yes
terday at the Washington National
Airport as a crowd estimated at
10000 was thrilled by stunt flying
and given a glimpse of aviation pro-
gress.
Highlighted by the performance of
AL Williams, famous aviator and
writer, who flew his plane upside
down, and the local introduction of
the Army's Sikorsky helicopter, the
air show disclosed many of the great
strides achieved by the aviation in
dustry.
Helicopter at Capital.
A helicopter landed at 9 80 m. on
the east lawn of the Capitol, picked
up mail, provided a 3-minute ride
for Representative Woodrum. Dem
ocrat, of Virginia, and amazed spec
tators. 1t can be flown backward as
well as forward, sideways and
straight up without even the for
mality of a takeof. 1t can land
vertically ON a small spot All these
features were demonstrated by Col
Frank Gregory of the Army Air
Force technical staff at Wright
Field, Ohio.
There were giant Army transports
that demonstrated air evacuation
of war wounded Vought-
displayed their speed and maneuver-
ability, and a captured japanese
Zero plane was put through its
PAGES.
A commemorative feature was the
arrival of Pitcairn Mail Wing, a
duplicate of the original flown on
the first foreign airmail service
flight between Montreal and New
York in 1928. Capt. Herb Clark,
pilot, brought with him a letter
from Canadian Prime Minister Mac
kenzie King to President Roosevelt.
Noted Pilots on Hand.
Postmaster General Walker and
Secretary of Commerce Jones joined
members of Congress In witnessing
the aerial show.
Watching AL Williams perform
were Capt. Roscoe Turner, speed
flyer; Dick Merrill and Jack Lam
bic, pioneer Atlantic aviators;
Maj. James Clark Edgerton, who
completed the first successful air
mail flight between Washington and
New York: James Murray, pilot of
the first transcontinental air mail
in 1920; Capt. j. w. Whitney, chief
of the Naval Air Transport Com
mand; Moon Chin, American born
Chinese pilot who flew Maj Gen.
Doolittle out of China after the
Toxic raid, and Capt. Chuck O'Con-
nor, veteran pilot for the American
Always, now with the Air Trans
port Command.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Irwin Cobb III With Cold
In Doctors Hospital

Irwin S. Cobb, the ponderous
prophet of Paducah. KY, is in Doc
tors Hospital with cold and he
is under the impression that
couple of strangers are camping
in the hall outside his door-it's the
housing shortage, of course.
They're praying, he says, that
he'll get we'll cor sum-thin' so they
can have the room.
Mr. Cobb has observed Washing
ton life for week from a position
"as nearly fiat on my back as is
possible for man of my size" and
he doesn't like it-isn't going to
write about it.
1--WE made a resolution" he said,
Ito do no more writing about morbid
subjects"
The medical director of the hos
pital confirmed Mr.. Cobb's presence
today.
Its supposed to be a secret" he
said, "but as Mr. Cobb Is holding
press conferences up there I suppose
I am not violating his confidence in
admitting that he is one of our
patients. It's nothing very serious"
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Young Speed Maniac
Aqain Breaks Out
OF Police Trap
Escapes in Darkness
After Appearing in
Downtown Area

Skillfully manipulating one of his
cache of stolen automobiles, the
detective story-reading phantom
driver again sped out OF a police
trap last night, thus forcing author
tiles of the District, Maryland and
Virginia to map new plans for cap
turing the 22-year -old speed maniac.
Appearing this time at New
Hampshire avenue and M street
NV, the phantom driver eluded a
converging force of five police scout
cars and roared into the darkness
at an 80-mile-an-hour speed.
Acting on information that the
suspect was speeding up New Hamp-
shire avenue. police closed in on
the area and first spotted the car
at M street NV. After allowing
police to get close enough to iden-
tify him (all police have been shown
pictures of the YOUTH, the phantom
driver turned into Twenty-frst
street and then west on N street
NV, where the police lost him.
The speed-crazed youth, known
to police as Lorton Reformatory
parolee. has been the object of a
wide police search for the past two
weeks. He is wanted for question
ing in connection with several
forays. including the hit-run death
of 68-yaer-old woman last week.
Believed Skilled Mechanic.
The suspect successfully out
maneuvered District and Montgom-
cry County police late Saturday
night in four-hour chase through
a wide area in Washington and
Maryland.
Police believe the youth to be a
skilled mechanic who steals nothing
but high-powered automobiles. He
makes these powerful cars even
faster by "jazzing up the motors
and keeps them hidden in an un-
known place.
He changes carS-sometimeS as
many as three in one highland
speeds through the city as soon as
darkness falls.
Wears Dark Glasses.
Park Police got close enough to
him one time to see that he had
a pile of detective story magazines
on the car seat. He caters to his
mystery man. complex by wearing
smoked glasses at times.
Meanwhile District police last
night captured a 16-year- -old youth
in a stolen car after a 70-mile AN
hour chase into Maryland.
Police at first thought they had
the phantom driver" but said after
the capture that the youth was we'll
known to them as a car thief and
had no connection with the "phan-
TOM"
Car Wrecked.
Policemen A. R. Wilson and L. j,
Land, seventh precinct. chased the
16-year -old boy from Georgetown
to point miles into Maryland
on Conduit drive, where the car
turned over three times.
Police were reported as concerned
with the growing list of youthful
"joyriders youths who steal cars
with no desire for profit, but only
to drive the cars at dizzy speeds.
Most of the youths, however, do
not present the problem of the
phantom driver. Police believe this
youth to be really dangerous. They
described the phantom" as % years
of age, feet 9 inches, 141 pounds,
slender build, gray eyes, dark-brown
hair worn very long. pimply face.
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Navy |nductees'
Fur|oughs 10
beUnchanged
Will Continue to Get
Only One Week
For Time Being

Despite the Army extension Of
furloughs after induction from one
to two weeks, the Navy "for the time
being" will continue to grant only
seven-day furloughs, it was learned
today.
Meanwhile, it appeared that the
Army was cutting down its total
strength for the year by a weeks
induction take" by extending the
period in the enlisted reserves to two
weeks, unless calls are stepped up.
1t could not be learned whether
calls would be stepped up in other
weeks to make up for the week when
no men would be reporting for active
duty because of the extension.
The extension of the period in the
enlisted reserve will go into effect
at different times in different induc-
ton stations so that the flow to re-
ception centers can be maintained.
Date Kept Secret.
Exactly when the extension will
go into effect here is being kept
secret to prevent men from stalling
off their induction until after the
period in the enlisted service is
heightened, officials Indicated.
When it has been adopted here,
no men will leave Washington for
camp during full week. The week
1t goes into effect, the men inducted
the previous week will report for ac-
tive duty as well as those who de-
cline their furloghs.
The following week, however, there
will be no one reporting for active
duty from Washington, since the
men will be in the second week of
their period in the enlisted reserve.
Will Be Extended Further.
The Army has directed that the
"furlough" period be extended to
three weeks by September with the
result that it will lose another
weeks take" of inductees when it
again extends the period.
Officials indicated that the COM
ing induction of fathers, who need
more time to wind up their civilian
affairs, rather than a move to re-
dnEa the contemplated size of the
a<ned forces, was involved In
ssngthening the period before the
men must report for active duty
after induction.
Asked whether the Navy would go
on the same system-since fathers
will also be taken into the Navy-a
spokesman responded that "for the
time being no change in the Navy
policy of granting seven days is
contemplated"
Evening star., 1943-05-17
BY GEORGE KENNEDY.


Forest Glen Annex. the former
National Park College, where $50
soldiers are convalescing in sur
roundings Of refinement and cul-
ture," as the school catalogs de-
scribed it, was shown to the press
last week by its new owner, the
United States Army. A few WAACS
and convalescent nurses are among
the patients. Last September when
400 girls were packing to return to
the alma mater, Roy Tasco Davis,
its president and proprietor. sold it
to the Government for s855 900.
Holiday Inn," the boys call it.
But their attitude is not akin to
vacationists. Sanitoriums. military
or civil. are rather depressing
places. The new annex to Walter
Reed Hospital is no exception al
though the boys do not bore one
another by talking about their op-
erations as do the valetudinarians
who pay to reside in such places.
The convalescent soldiers in
maroon uniforms while away the
time not taken up with meals,
treatments and attempts to have
them execute snappy close order
drills. Even the ones just back
from North Africa do not crowd
around the radio to catch the news
broadcasts on the Tunisian victory
or the Winston Churchill speech,
although they pepper any newcomer
from the front with questions.
Hit on Bombing Raid.
The so or so men back from the
front tell their stories readily
enough, briefly and without much
description. Most of them were out
of the country only a month. Take
Erwin C. Kuhlman, big, broad,
blond farmer from Mapleton, Iowa.
He was flown to Africa November %.
His story then was like so many
from England:
II was the tail gunner on Mar
tin Marauder (Bs26). We were
bombing Gabes and Tunis daily. I
was hit in the leg by fragment
of an anti-aircraft shell over Gabes.
The radioman, he is the waist gun
ner, could see there was something
wrong and asked me If I were hit.
Then the pilot came in on the inter-
phone and asked me was it bad. 1t
wasn't bleeding much. said it
looked all right to me. Just then
an ME- 100 came after us. let him
have 1t and saw the plane burst
into flames and the pilot go down
In parachute"
Both bones in his lower leg were
broken but Kuhlman is recovering
full use of it now and hopes to get
back in aerial gunnery.
Or take Fred Dean, slender lad
In his 20s, q railroad worker from
Ashland, KY. He sailed October q
and was back at the same port No
vember .27. Here's what happened
to him. He landed at Fidala near
Cassablanca on that famous Sunday
morning, November 8. That night
he drove an unlighted jeep with q
lieutenant and five soldiers along
the road to Cassablanca.
The French had q nat sheet Of
steel lying in the road and had
trained a machine gun on the spot.
The noise Of q car crossing that
sheet was their firing signal. Whaln! |!
went the steel plate and Bang!
Evening star., 1943-05-17
0'Conor Warns Maryland
May Suffer Enemy Bombing
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. May 17.-Mary-
landers had warning today from
Gov. O'Conor that the danger of
enemy bombing attacks was still
present ana the State was definitely
in the target area.
Addressing State Minute Men
company commanders yesterday, the
Governor said there is no basis for
complacency among our people,"
and that he based his statement on
information received from the War
Department.
Maryland, situated as it is. is in
the target area" Gov. O'Conor
maintained, adding, I'VE must look
the facts in the face and understand
that the greater the gains of our
armed forces, the more desperate
will our enemies become"
Evening star., 1943-05-17
Six-Month Sentence
Given DC. MESSENGER
In Gas Coupon Case
Sidney Cohen Convicted
Of Illegally Possessing
233 IS Stamps

Sidney Cohen. 26, of the 200 block
of F street NV, was sentenced
today to serve six months in jail
on charge of illegal possession of
233 IS" gasoline ration coupons.
Sentence was imposed by Justice
Matthew F. Mcclure of District
Court, who declared he had no
sympathy for persons who steal gas
oilne ration coupons, when gasoline
is needed by the armed services"
Cohen, who had been found guilty
in April following trial before JUS
tlce MCGUIRE, was arrested last week
on charge of conspiracy to trans
fer large quantity of gasoline
ration coupons illegally. while at
liberty on bond pending sentence on
the possession charge.
The court was informed that
Cohen has criminal record. The
case was prosecuted by Assistant
District Attorney Bernard Margo-
hus.
Hearing Set Tomorrow.
Cohen and two others are sched-
uled to go before United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage
tomorrow for preliminary hearing
on the charge of conspiring to trans
fer coupons Illegally. A youth also
was scheduled to go before Juvenile
Court in connection with the alleged
conspiracy.
Cohen, Mr.. Margolius said, re-
Gently had been employed in WASH
ington as a messenger.
Meanwhile, the District OPA of
flee announced today that three
more persons had been arrested on
charges of using "T' coupons il
legally.
The OPA said it was intensifying
its drive against the illegal use of
ration coupons.
D. C. Cars at Race Track.
1t was also reported that a num-
ber of automobiles bearing District
tags were spotted at Narragansett
Race Track in Rhode Island re-
Gently and the owners of these cars
probably would be called in to ex-
plain. OPA officials said, however.
that it appeared at least some of the
drivers, whose tags were turned in
by Rhode Island OPA officials, were
trainers or others whose occupations
were connected with racing.
Other race tracks will be checked
by OPA officials, it was said, and
motorists will be called on to ex-
plain their presence at these resorts
The OPA also said it would begin
to check speedometer readings as in
dicated on tire inspection records to
ascertain whether the mileage listed
is consistent with the gasoline cou-
pons which have been issued to the
owner.