Evening star., 1943-01-20
Lottery 10 Decide
First Area for Sale
OF Stirrup Pumps
Initial Carload Arrives;
Ruling Made on Use of
Cars in Civil Defense

A drawing TO determine the frs
areas to receive stirrup pumps fol
purchase by residents will be made
at pm, tomorrow at the meeting
OF the Civilian Defense Council ir
the United States Chamber of Com
merce Building.
The first carload Of Stirrup pumps
-6,000-for distribution to the public
arrived yesterday and are to be sent
out to Peoples Drug Stores early
next week.
Guest speaker at the meeting will
be Mrs. Francis b Sayre, wife of the
former nigh commissioner of the
Philippines. Also to be discussed
at the meeting is the plan to conduct
a city-wide fund-raiSing campaign
to replace area-Wide campaigns.
Ruling on Car Uses.
The following developments were
Included in other announcements
from OCD headquarters:
In response to queries by wardens
about the use Of their cars to attend
meetings at warden headquarters, a
ruling was obtained from District
OPA Director Whitney Leary that
the cars might be used while attend
ing meetings directly related to the
occupation or profession of the car
owner or necessary to the public
welfare, or TO the war effort, or
driven for the purpose Of meeting an
emergency involving threat of life,
health or property.
Curtailment of the use of school
buildings for evening meetings has
brought suggestion from DR.. Frank
Ballou. superintendent Of schools.
that evening meetings may be held
IN school buildings which are con-
ouc1ng night classes or are open
evenings for recreational purposes.
Two designations are announced.
Richard NJ. Barr has resigned as
chairman of the Mount Pleasant
Area Defense Committee because of
the pressure of his work in the
press division of the co-ordinator of
f1ter-American affairs. H. E. Smoke,
zone warden, has been named
provisional chairman until the De-
fense Committee meeting next
month.
Deputy Edward Shaw Resigns.
The second resignation was turned
m by Edward Shaw, deputy warden
Of commercial establishments since
the group was organized in Noyem-
Der, 1941. Mr.. Shaw, who is secre-
tary of the Merchants and Man
pfacturers' Association, also gave the
pressure of his work as the reason
for resigning.
Robert L. Weintraub, associate
chemist of the Smithsonian Institu-
OCD, has just completed the gas
specialist course at Amherst College
and will assist DR.. Paul Douglass,
director of OCD training, in develop
Ing a gas defense training program
here.
Games, square dancing and calls
themes at Calvin Coolidge High
School are on the agenda worked
out by the Manor Park civilian
defense areas newly appointed
reorea tion chairman, Victor Harvard
Parties are. already being given at
some of the sector posts.
The public works division of OCD
has abandoned its monthly meetings
st the Departmental Auditorium in
favor of luncheon meetings, the first
Of which will be held at Harveys
Restaurant, 1107 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV. at 1890 pm. Friday.
Subsequent luncheon meetings will
be held the third Friday of every
month.
Van Duzer Heads New Unit.
William A. Van Duzer, director OF
vehicles and traffic, will head the
newly appointed War Transportation
Committee of the OCD civilian
mobilization division. The COM
mittee, appointed to study trans
portation problems, will hold its first
meeting at the Municipal Center
tomorrow at $50 pm.
Howard F. Wentworth, public re-