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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Comparison Of Rates
Is Ruled Admissible
AT Pepco Hearing
OPA Attorney Charges
Ruling Discriminotes
Against Government

Hearings before the Public Utilities
Commission on rates of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. moved ahead
this morning, with counsel for in
tervening agencies still cross
examining A. G. Neal, company
president.
The question of the admissibility
OF testimony by Mr.. Neal that
Federal Power Commission reports
showing that Pepco rates compare
favorably with those of other cities
came up again. with the PUG issuing
formal ruling that the testimony
stay in the record.
Gregory Hankin. commission
minority member said he was not
dissenting" from the position taken
by Commission Chairman James H
Flanagan and Engineer Commits
sloner Charles w. Kutz. He said he
thought the data were subject to
objection, but he regarded the ruling
as harmless error" since the com
pany testimony in this respect
doesn't prove anything"
Harry r. Booth, OPA attorney
protested that the commission had
opened the door to testimony by the
company. but had slammed the
door completely shut" against the
Federal intervenors, barring evi.
dence by them which he regarded
as much more relevant" than Mr.
Meals.
Later Mr.. Neal testified that Labor
Department index figures as to the
cost of electricity used in Residential,
service for various months of 1916
and 194l showed prices here to be
the lowest of any in 81 cities listeo
In the Labor Department report.
Nathan Lubar, representing the
Mid-City Citizens Association. asked
Mr.. Neal If he had made compare
sons OF the rates of return and divi.
dends of Pepco with power con-
Germs OF other cities. Mr.. Neal said
No Mr.. Lubar then asked him If
he knew of any company which had
made as much as Pepco. Company
lawyers objected and Chairman
Flanagan sustained the objection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Officials Map
New Fight for
Is Play Centers
Appeal for Review
OF FWA Refusal of
Funds Studied

Possibility of appealing the Fed
eral Works Agencys refusal to
finance 18 recreation centers plan
ned for District war workers was
discussed today by Commissioner
Mason and Recreation Supt. Milo
F. Christensen.
Appeal for review would have
to come from the Commissioners, ii
was explained, because they made
the original request for the 100000
allotment from Lanham Act funds.
A recent decision of the War Pro-
duction Board against "a District
Fairgrounds was appealed by Com
missioner Mason and later IA of the
Fairgrounds were permitted to be
constructed.
FWA Administrator Philip B
Fleming based the refusal on the
ground that his organization is using
Lanham Act funds only where they
are for the use of members of the
armed forces"
Seen "Only Starter"
The District was asking 100 per
cent grant from FWA for the plan
$500 900 for acquisition of the centers
and almost $4,000 to operate them
between April and June of this year
Gen. Fleming said this initial main
tenance cost would be only a
starter" of the expenses to FWA.
Mr.. Christensen said that he would
gather facts about use of Lanham
Act funds for civilians in other cities
before any decision to appeal was
made.
In the meantime the District Rec
reation Department Is faced with
closing of the one center they are
already operating, the Walsh Ga
rage. This is being run with de-
partment trust fund" but the funds
are low.
Mr.. Christensen indicate ted he may
ask the Executive Committee OF Rec
reation Services, Inc, Monday to
consider transfer of War Fund
money allotted under them to opera
ton Of the Walsh Garage.
Agency 10 have surplus.
Recreation Services will have a
surplus, he said, because a specific
sum had been allocated to them to
run one Of the centers which has
since been vetoed by FWA.
This proposal would have to be
approved by the Executive Commit
tee and the War Fund Committee.
The recreation superintendent en-
phasized that FWA experts had been
working with his department on the
plan and had been encouraging him
to prepare the details as soon as
possible for submission to their
agency. The Federal Security
Agency, he said, also had given ad-
vice on the project and had ap-
proved OF it. The plan, as worked
out by the department and the War
Hospitality Committee, provided for
purchase or loan to the department
of centers for formal supervised
recreation and Sitting and sewing
rooms for girl workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Cathedral Heights Plans
Cooperative PIoy Group

A cooperative play group for pre-
school children is being formed by
Mrs Redvers Opie, chairman of the
Joint Child Care and Protection
Committee of the Cathedral Heights
and Connecticut avenue areas, it
was announced today.
Mrs. Opie and Mrs. William
Welsh, vice chairman, are planning
a group that will meet every morn
ing in the Congregational Church,
Macomb and Thirty fourth streets
NV. Mrs. Opie also announced
that the nursery school to operate
at the Mclean Gardens housing
project will be open to children of
working mothers living in the COM
munity as we'll Applications for
this nursery should be made to Mrs.
Herbert Emmerich at Ordway 1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
New York Declared in Peril
From Foreign Airp|anes
BY The Associated Press

by me Associated Press.
TORONTO, March lS.-S. G. Hib-
ben of Bloomfield, N. j.. said today
he had told the Illuminating En-
gineering Society and the Electric
Club of Toronto that a plane with
foreign marking could approach
within 200 miles CT New York City
without detection.
Mr.. Hibben, who is director of
applied lighting for the Westing-
house Electric Co. and chairman of
the I. E. S. Defense Committee, was
reported last night to have said that
foreign planes nave been detected
200 miles from New York City" and
that enemy planes had been over
North America prcper-"out around
Vancouver"
Clarifying his remarks. Mr. Hibben
said today:
What I told the boys was that a
plane with foreign markings could
approach within 200 miles of New
York City without detection and
that a foreign plane was known to
have been in the vicinity of the
city of Vancouver
He added that Il still think It's
time we woke up to the situation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Big Drop in Traffic Deaths
In Maryland Reported
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE, March 18.-Mary-
lands traffic fatalities during Feb
ruary were so per cent less than dur
ing the corresponding month a year
ago and total fatalities to date for
1913 were 80 per cent less than for
the same period last year. the State
Traffic Safety Commission reported
yesterday.
The decline in the accident trend
in the last few months was credited
by the commission to gasoline ra-
tioning, shortage of rubber, the 35-
mile victory speed limit and the
honor system of pleasure driving.
Ten counties experienced a fatal
ity-free month: Caroline, Cecil, Dor
chester Garrett, Kent, Montgomery
st. Marys, Somerset, Talbot and
Worcester.
Dorchester County was the onlv
one to report an accident-free month
with no collisions. no deaths and NO
| injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Rope-SoIed Shoes Freed
Of Rationinq March "a

BY the Associated Press
Rope soled and other shoes OF
sandals with soles made of non
strategic materials will be free OF
rationing, effective March "a.
The Office of Price Administra-
ton made this and two other tech
nical changes in the shoe rationine
program in an order issued today.
Also freed are sandals with open
backs and heels not more than Ia
inches high.
Persons requiring safety shoes
for health protection in special
types of work also were authorized
to apply to ration boards for certifi-
Gates permitting purchase without
coupons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
D. {. Ensign, First Reported
Missing, Now Listed as Dead

The name of Ensign James Show
Maddox. United States Naval Re-
serve, appeared among the list of
dead in Navy casualty list issued
today Mrs. Patricia Maddox, widow
Of the naval offices. according to
naval records, lives at 2407 Fifteenth
street NV.
Ensign Maddox had been included
on a casualty list December 81 as
missing.
The list today included 20 casual
ties to Navy, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard personnel and in
cluded one dead, IA wounded and
five missing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
0PA Approves Increases
In Price Of Dry Beans

BY the associated Press.
The Office of Price Administration
today authorized increases of GO
cents a hundredweight for various
grades of red kidney beans and S to
40 cents a hundredweight for all
other dry beans
The increases apply to price paid
producers, but will be reflected in
wholesale and retail prices since
these are based on markups.
OPA estimated the retail price on
most varieties would be increased
considerably less than cent a pound
and about | cent a pound on red
kidney beans.
Producers prices were increased,
the agency said, to allow for in
creases in the parity price for dry
beans since the establishment of
permanent ceilings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Major Changes Seen
In Oil Ration System
For Next Season
OPA Reported Drafting
Amendments to Meet
Dealers Complaints

! Major changes in the fuel oil ra-
tioning system for next season ap-
peared certain today following a
tWo-day conference here between
representatives of the petroleum in
dustry and officials of the Once OF
Price Administration.
The closing hours of the meeting
yesterday, it was learned, were taken
up with a discussion as to whether
the present system should be
scrapped entirely and new one
substituted, or whether the OPA
should attempt to revise the regu-
lations now in effect to meet OBJ
jections presented by oil dealers.
The OPA, it was understood, will
draft proposed amendments to the
regulations and will call another
meeting in the next two weeks.
Principal complaints the amend
ments will seek to satisfy are the
burden of handling coupons and the
confusion created by the heating
periods, it was said.
The oil men present were mem
bers of the OPA's Advisory Fuel Oil
Council.
Expects Supply to Improve.
Meanwhile, Clyde Morrell of Bos-
ton, secretary of the Atlantic Coast
Oil Associations Conference, said
today the oil supply in the East
would be considerably better next
season than it was this winter.
IF gasoline savings are contin-
ued." he said. n see no reason why
next winter there should not be an
adequate oil supply on a rationed
basis"
BY next September, he reported,
oil will be moving into the East at
the rate OF 1900, 900 barrels a day
as compared with the 1,2l5 900 bar
rels coming in daily now. Despite
the heavy demands which 1t is ex-
pected will be made on stocks by the
armed services, he said, there should
be enough oil to 60 around for home
heating purposes.
Oil Going Into Storage.
Fuel oil, he said, is already going
into storage throughout the East
because of decreased demands on
suppliers.
Mr.. Morrell said he was asking the
War Production Board and the OPA
to study the facts more carefully be-
fore continuing their campaign to
get householders in the rationed
States to convert their heating
plants to the use of coal.
1T may be-" he said that there
will actually be more oil than coal
on hand next winter and the Gov
eminent would be doing the con-
sumers real disservice by urging
| them to convert"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Curriculum Cuts
In Junior High
Schools Studied
Boord Urged to Drop
Study of Latin for
Physical Education

Elimination of instruction in
Latin. the modern languages and
business fundamentals for eighth
grade pupils today is being con-
sidered by members of the Board of
Education as means Of increasing
physical education training in junior
high schools from two periods a
week to five.
The board members were asked
to approve of this plan at their
meeting yesterday but withheld de-
cision until they had time to con-
slider the proposal further. Assistant
Supt. Of Schools Lawson j. Can
trell said he wishes to expand
the physical education program in
a few Junior high schools in Sep
TENDER and then increase it in all
junior high schools when he can
get enough teachers to do so. The
program was expanded in the senior
high schools this year.
Other Examinations.
To allow for increased physical
education. he said, study of music
would also have to be reduced
slightly and study of art concen.
trated in two semesters instead OF
spread over four. To make up fol
loss of music instruction, he said
ninth grade pupils would be allowed
to select 1t as major subject.
Manual arts would be completed,
eliminated for ninth grade pupil.
but a student could elect it as &
major If he wished. Mr.. Cantrel
explained. Postponement of stud,
OF the modern languages, Latin anc
business training until the fou
senior high school years has becom,
Nationwide practice" he said.
Vice President Robert A. MaureI
criticized the elimination of Ian
guages in the eighth grade but wa
reminded by Supt. of Schools Franz
w. Ballou that they could be studied
during all four senior years. Mrs
Philip Sydney Smith retorted tina
study Of languages really should b,
begun in the elementary grades t,
be effective.
Shortage Of Instructors.
Mr.. Cantrell and DR.. Ballou sail
that at present shortage of physi
cal education instructors would pre-
vent expansion Of the program il
all but a few experimental schools
The officers want to get the program
started in September when tn,
senior high schools go into thei
second year of increased emphasi
on physical training.
The new system of allowing NOR,
than 100 high school students t.
study commercial subjects in tn,
morning and work in offices o.
stores in the afternoon has beer
successful, Assistant Supt. of School
Chester w. Holmes told the board
He had read a letter of appreciation
for nine such students from tn
Riggs Bank and said that the Nav,
Department wishes students t,
study multolithographing under thi
! system.
A report on accidents to So
school children during 1912 dis
closed to the board that more mis-
haps occurred on school play
grounds during October than an
other month. Number of accident
to students going to and from schoo
decreased from 81 to IA, but tota
number of accidents increased
almost 80 per cent over the yea
before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Kansas Legislature
Votes Control Of Unions
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., March 18.-The
State Senate has completed legis-
lative action on Kansas newest
social experiment-State control of
labor unions-and the measure re-
quires only Gov. Andrew Schoep-
pel's signature to become law.
Senators late last night concurred,
% to 7, in minor House amendments
to the bill that would prohibit sit
down strikes and jurisdictional
union disputes. and would require
licensing of agents and financial
reports Of union transactions and
officials salaries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Diedrich J. Hoines, II,
Dies in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, March 10
Diedrich Jansen Haines, To- retired
mechanical engineer and former
president Of the Des Moines Gas
Co, Of DeS Moines, Iowa, died of a
heart attack yesterday.
He headed the Iowa firm Is years
before coming here in 1918 to be-
come associated with the United Gas
Improvement Co. He retired in
1904
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-30
City To Experiment
With New Scotchlite
Material For Signs

The City of Wilmington is plan
ming to experiment nth new
type of road sign that will guar
antee 24-hour visibility, in order to
further it's interest in eliminating
traffic difficulties it was announc
ed Wednesday by city officials.
Within approximately six weeks,
the new signs are scheduled to be
posted in various sections of the
town.
The signs will be made of
'scotchlite," reflective mater
ial that guarantees that the road
markings may be read more east
ly when the glare of headlights
is thrown upon them.
Scotchlite is fabricated sub
stance, over which the markings
will be painted by men in the
city's shops.
Should the experiment prove con-
vincing, it is believed that more
of the reflectorized signs will be
utilized.
In trying the new-type sign,
the city is following the lead OF
many metropolitan cities that have
found the method helpful in re-
ducing traffic hazards.
The material is obtainable in,
and is being bought by the city
in three colors-White, yellow, ano
silver for the various types Of
markers needed.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-30
Interstate Commerce,
Railroad Officials
Finish Wreck Hearing

Three Interstate Commerce com.
mission representatives and rail-
road officials have completed a
two-day formal hearing, conduct
ed at Rocky Mount, Of the causes
of the Atlantic Coast Line wreck,
which occurred near Buie on De-
cember 16, according to C. G. Sib-
ley, general manager of the rail-
road company.
Seventy-two persons lost theil
lives in the accident.
Sibley, who returned to Viii
mington Wednesday morning, said
the investigation will continue.
The report of the investigation
will come from the ICC headquar-
ters in Washington. The hearing,
concluded in the Rocky Mount Y.
NJ, c. A., was closed to the public
and press.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-30
Ethiopia Buys Place
For Legation In U. S.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. -(P1-
Ethiopia, first invaded nation
wrested from the Axis. has bought
a legation in Washington for its
minister, Blatta Ephrem Twelede
Medhen, who presented his cred
entails Nov. 8. Located at 2134 Kali
Drama Road. near the former en-
bassy of France and the legation
of Thailand, it belonged to Fred
erick Sterling, former United States
Minister to Sweden.
Fifty three nations now have
fully accredited representatives to
the United States.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-30
DANCES ARE SET
FOR THE WEEKEND
Affairs For Servicemen
Will Be Held AT End
And Orange USO

Two large dances are scheduled
for service men and women this
weekend by the Second and
Orange USO club, according to an
announcement by Mr.. Bishop, as
sistant director.
The formal dance being held Fri
day evening will be extended be-
yond midnight 10 allow the guests
to celebrate tile New Year. The
Third Army Ground Forces Band
will play for this dance.
Instead of the usual formal
dance Saturday evening, an infor-
NAL dance will be held to accom-
modate service wives wives who
are urged to attend. The same
band will play for tins party also.
This change from formal to in
formal for Saturday night is only
temporary and formal dances will
be resumed Jan. 8.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-30
CITIZENS HEED
TELEPHONE PLEA
Wilmingtonians Cooperate
Generally With Com
pany's Request

"A plea by the Southern Bell TEE
phone and Telegraph company II
asking Wilmingtonians not to make
unnecessary calls over the Christ
mas holidays, was generally heed
ed according to William B. Bryan,
local manager of the company.
A total Of 1921 calls were placed
on Christmas, an increase OF 5ll
calls over the number for an
average business day.
even though these figures in
dictate an exceptional Christmas
rush on the long distance wires,
they also are direct evidence of
the public's cooperation in not
making unnecessary greeting
calls, because without this help
the amount of offered business
would have been much greater,
Bryan commented. I'VE of the
telephone company are grateful
for the cooperation" he added.
Bryan expressed the hope that
patrons would continue to old
making unnecessary calls, espe-
cially over the approa ching holi-
day weekend.
"Servicemen and women will
want to call home on New Years,
and we want to- do everything
possible to get their calls
through" Bryan declared.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-30
PAY ROW DELAYS
SHIP LAUNCHING
Maritime Commission Re-
fuses To Pay Wages
For Full Time

OAKLAND. Calf. Dec. 20. Up
The launching of a cargo ship
at the Moore shipyard was de-
layed today after the Maritime
Commission ordered that launching
crews no longer be paid full shift
wages for work requiring only a
fraction Of a day.
George San Facon, business a
gent for the AFL carpenters union.
said full shift pay for launching
had been part of the shipyard
agreement for 30 Or 40 years. that
the new order was "tantamount to
paycut and we will refuse to fur
nish launching crews until this
is corrected"
c. w. Eliason OF the Maritime
Commission said the full-shift pay
was asteful and was adding un-
necessarily to the vast ship con-
struction bill.
Moore Co. said the crew Of So
carpenters refused to launch the
ship although christening ceremon-
les were held.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-30
Schools In New Hanover
Will Reopen On Monday

superintendent H. M. Roland
announced Wednesday that the
county schools would reopen next
Monday morning. at the regular
hour.
Schools were forced to close on
the afternoon of December IS,
when snow blanketed the county
two days earlier than the antici-
pated closing time.
Mr.. Roland said minor repairs
have been made on the school
buildings. Some of the work has
involved patching pipes damaged
during the cold weather.
Few changes have been made
in the school personnel, Roland
reported.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-12-30
OFFICERS NOMINATED

NEW BERN, Dec. pot inter.
est through this ares are Presi-
dent Roosevelt's nominations OF
three Marine Corps colonies long
stationed in this section to be pro-
NOTED to the rank of brigadier-
general.
Col. w. P. T. Hill, who served
as liaison officer between the Ma.
rine Corps and the construction Of
ficials for more than two years
during the primary building pro-
grams at New River. was nomin-
ated for brigadier general for a
period Of four years from Feb. /,
1914.
President Roosevelt also nomi-
mated Colonel Fill for the impor-
tant post of Quartermaster of the
Marine Corps, beginning February
l, succeeding Maj. Gen. Seth Will
liams. The first Marine officer to
arrive in this section for regular
duty at New River, coming first
during May, 1941, Colonel Hill SUI
pervised all the initial construc-
ton at Camp Lejeune.
Col. Thomas j. Cushman, who
for two years was commanding Of
ficer of the Marine Corps Air Sta
ton at Cherry Point, was nomi-
mated by the President for promo
ton to origadier-generaI, for tenn
porary service from December Z.
He first arrived here in August,
1941, and superintendent all the
first construction al Cherry Point
until last September when he was
transferred elsewhere to an undis-
closed post.
The nomination of Col. Merritt
A. Edison to the grade of brigadier-
general was confirmed by the Sen
ate prior to its Christmas recess,
at the same time that 1t. Gen. A.
A. Vandegrift was confirmed as
commandant of the Marine Corps,
beginning January i. Colonel Ed
sons new ram dates from tenn
porary service beginning Deem
Der l. He received the Navy Cross
and other high decorations as lead
er of the first Marine Raider bat
talon, helping to blast Japs from
a labyrinth of caves in the initial
landings in the Solorlons. He was
a battalion commander in the Fleet
Marine Force units stationed dur
ing the winter and spring of 194l-42
at New River.