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Evening star., 1943-08-24
Rites for Ora Mae Carver,
Child Beauty, Planned Thursday
III Since Moy, Girl
Dies in Hospital After
Seven Trunsfusions

Funeral services for Ora Mae
Carver 5-year-old beauty, who died
yesterday at Providence Hospital of
acute leukemia will be held at 2
pm. Thursday at Garden Memorial
Presbyterian Church, the little
nelghborhood church where she had
long been faithful and enthusiastic
Sunday school student. The Rev.
Philip Goertz, pastor, will officiate.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery
In serious condition at The hospital
since August IL, the little girl had
been sustained for several weeks by
series of blood transfusions. She
remained cheerful until she sank
into coma yesterday. The body
VIII rest at the home of her parents.
Mr., and Mrs. Howard E. Carver of
l728 Minnesota avenue Sc, until
the service Thursday.
Ora Mae was winner of Ia local
beauty contests and in 1899 was
judged the fifth most beautiful
baby in the United States. She had
been Ill since May.
Called Self Pill Bottle"
Accustomed to the many trans
fusions, pills and medicines she had
to take, one day she told her doctor
to put a top on my head and I'll
be pill bottle"
Mrs. Carver had remained almost
constantly at the bedside of her
daughter since it was discovered
that the child had acute leukemia.
Both parents expressed their appre-
citation for the concern and consid-
Grafton expressed through numerous
offers of blood donations for the
child. A delegation of Navy men
came in body to the hospital last
Saturday to offer their blood
Favorite of All Personnel.
Ora Mae was favorite with the
staff at Providence Hospital from
the "scrubwoman to the surgeon"
Each day many persons gathered
outside her room to see how she
was. Among her most faithful
daily visitors were the Sisters at the
hospital. For them she would sing
Comm In on Wing and a Prayer"
During the last year, before her
illness, she had been one of the
most popular attractions at USO
clubs, where she entertained SOL
diers with acrobatic and tap dane
ing.
Popular With Students.
At dancing school where she had
been a student for two and a half
years, Ora Mae was as popular with
the older students as she was with
those her own age.
"She was an outstanding child
Miss Bernice Carrico, her dancing
teacher, declared. She could take
as well If not better
than a l0-year- -old. Every one who
knew her loved her
Evening star., 1943-08-24

they received notice in Mr.. Roose-
velts handwriting:
This is permanent. I don't want
either of you to leave me as long as
I'm here"
Byrnes In East Wing.
Near the Presidents oval execu-
tive Office is the Office of Miss Grace
G. Tully, the Presidents private Sec
retary. She has a time seeing that
Mr.. Roosevelt gets only letters of
highest import and those from per-
sonal friends.
In the east wing, James F. Byrnes,
war mobilization director and often
called assistant president runs the
show.
Admiral William D. Leahy (re-
tired) who rates "chief of staff to
the Commander in Chief of the
United States Army and Navy" also
has his office in the east wing.
Fred M. Vinson, sterilization di-
rector, is part of the White House,
but his Office is outside. Wayne
Coy, the Hoosier lad brought here
by Manpower Commissioner Paul v.
McNutt. is over in the Budget Bu-
reau now, but he still rates White
House"
Mr.. Coy is what they call a 'liai-
son officer'-which means that he
can whip up in certain quarters a
feeling that Mr.. Roosevelt is right
even If he's wrong. Eugene Casey,
Evening star., 1943-08-24
28 in Virginia Died at 100
Or Over in AZ, Survey Shows

ease, ulcers, alcoholism and other
diseases more than counterbalanced
the number of women who died in
childbirth or from related puerperal
causes.
The Health Department is little
cautious about those % persons over
100 who died in 1912 For one
thing, one of them claimed a hoary
old age of ia. Past experience has
shown these "Methuselahs" are fire.
quently little vague on their birth
dates.
The safest age" seems to be 4
years old. Only 90 children died at
this age last year, while death came
to $500 under year. The peak is
reached in the $3.50 age bracket,
where 2,755 Virginians died in 1912.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
BY FRANK I. WELLER,
Associated Press STAFF Writer.

hSSOCldteu FEeSS SJhH WTltSE.
No 1900 Pennsylvania avenue,
the White House, has been called
the war headquarters of the United
Nations.
More and more, people all over
the world-friends and foe alike
want to know:
What is the White House say
ing . what is the White House
thinking planning doing?''
1t takes the whole Washington
war setup to give the White House
this world personality, but let's take
a look at the Presidents official
family, where he works and where
he lives.
Even to approach the White
House grounds, you must have
legitimate business there, and you
get in only with an official pass.
Sight-Seers must stay across the
street, not like the old days when
a yearly peak tide of l.103,545 visi-
tors flowed through the grounds and
White House showrooms.
Guards Polite, but Tough.
A hand-picked extra special detail
OF soldiers stands guard around the
grounds. Their forefathers prac-
tlcally swan over before the May
flower. All are nimble youngsters
OF the same girth, height and heft
and are cussing the luck that
sticks them here for the duration.
They are courteous, but tough.
The White House is guarded also
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Three Persons Injured
In Traffic Accidents

Three persons we're injured yes
terday in accidents involving Cap
ital Transit streetcars and buses.
John Day of 9l5 Sixth street NV.
suffered a conclusion and lacera-
tions when he walked into the side
of stree;car approaching the in
tersection OF Seventh and F. streets
NV. He was taken to Casualty Hos
pital.
Two bus passengers were injured
in an accident on Eastern avenue
near Georgia avenue NV, involv-
ing streetcar and bus. Miss Pearl
Bennam, 81 of Silver Spring. Md =,
was taken 20 the Washington Sani-
torium, where she was held for OBJ
servation Of possible rib and spine
injury. Miss Ellen Lynch, 27, OF
1924 Ninth street NV was released
after being treated for cut on the
forehead.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Sister Mary Frederick
Heads Dunbarton COLLEGE,

Sister Mary Frederick. instructor
at Dunbarton College of the Holy
Cross, has been appointed its presi-
dent. it was announced today She
succeeds Mother M. Rose Elizabeth,
founder of the college, who recently
was elected superior general of the
Sisters of the Holy Cross.
Sister Mary Frederick has been
teaching at the college for about a
year. She came here from a post
as dean of studies at st. Mary's
College. Notre Dame. Ind. A grad
uate of Michigan State Normal and
st. Mary's College. she received a
degree of doctor of philosophy from
the University of Notre Dame in
1894.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
WPB 10 Decide Soon
On Arlington Projects
Priority Bon HoIts Work
On Overposs, Bridges

Public Roads Administration off,
cials today expected decision "in
two or three days" on their appeal
to the War Production Board for
permission to complete work on two
major and one minor road project
in Arlington County.
The overpass at Washington and
Lee boulevards, erection of per-
manent bridge at the boundary
channel at the end of Lee boule-
ward and widening of the turn from
the Fourteenth Street Bridge to
Mount Vernon highway are the
three jobs on which WPB had is
sued stop orders.
Originally a blanket priority was
issued to the War Department for
road construction in that area, the
work to be done by the Public
Roads Administration Extension of
that priority, requested because of
changes in plans, was refused, leav-
ing construction of the overpass
half completed and continuing the
use of the temporary bridge at the
boundary channel, downstream from
the site of the permanent bridge.
Work on the Fourteenth Street
Bridge approach was to have been
limited to widening the sharp turn
Of to the Mount Vernon highway
Completion of the overpass, where
grading was begun in February and
work on the overStructure in mid
July, has been asked by the Airing
ton County Board on recommends
tlon of Frank c. Hanrahan, county
manager, and Frank l.. Dieter. plan
ming engineer. Both officials stressed
the need of clearance at the inter-
section which bears traffic from the
Pentagon Building, Navy Annex.
Fort Myer, Arlington Hall Signal
Corps and several large housing
units.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
D. {. Hospitals
Hard Hit by
Nurse Shortage
II institutions Soy
ESQ Required for
Normal Setup

A shortage of about $50 graduate
nurses in District hospitals was re-
ported today after the United States
Public Health Service warned that
many hospitals through the coun-
try cannot maintain even normal
standards of service"
Twelve of the principal hospitals
in the District said they need total
OF 900 nurses to meet normal needs
and that only about $50 are now
available. In addition, they said.
they are able to replace only about
three out of every four nurses who
leave.
The only hospital in the District
where full staff of nurses was re-
ported was George Washington.
Shortages in other hospitals were:
Gallinger, so; Garfield, So; Emer-
gency, IS; Sibley, 25; Maternity 20;
Doctors, 20; Providence, Is; Chill
dren's, IA; Casualty, 10; Georgetown,
10, and Freedmens, 6.
Use Nurses Aides.
Many hospitals said they were
using nurses aides and members of
the American Womans Volunteer
Service as much as possible to make
up the deficiencies in graduate
nursing personnel.
The Public Health Service warned
that hospitals in many communities
are at present unable to cope with
any widespread illness that might
spring up.
There are now slightly more than
250,000 nurses serving on the home
front, it was said. Because of the
constantly increasing number of
patients, an additional 100000
nurses will be needed a year from
now, it was predicted.
Under the best conditions. the
Health Service said, only $1,000
nurses can be trained in that pc
riod.
Diseases Increasing.
Meanwhile, the Health Service
said, war conditions have brought
alarming increases in industrial ac-
cldents and disease. Dysentery cases
during the first seven months of
this year, it was reported, were
double the number treated during
the same period last year. This
increase was attributed to crowded
living conditions, relaxation of sani-
tary standards and the use of much
inexperienced personnel in restau-
rants
Infantile paralysis, it was said
has reached epidemic proportions in
parts of California, Texas. Okla
homa and Kansas, with more cases
reported throughout the Nation this
year than during any year since
1884. The number of cases of
cerebrospinal fever for the first
seven months of 1943 is greater
than for any whole year since 1914.
tuberculosis deaths have not in
creased, but the health agency
warned that the shortage of nurses
may have detrimental effect on
efforts to control this disease.
Case Finding Program Riddled.
Our case-finding program In
tuberculosis has been riddled." the
Public Health Service said, ''and our
social hygiene program, instead of
being increased as war necessity.
has been drastically curtailed."
The service said that reports have
been coming in from hospitals all
over the country warning that nurs-
ing shortages are getting dangerous
ly close to the point where serious
conditions may result unless the
trend is reversed.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Virginia Legion Favors
World Police Force
Stote Group Disogrees
With Rome Wurino
BY the Associated Press.

DANVILLE, Va. Aug. 24-The
Virginia Department of the Ameri-
can Legion took issue with the per-
sonal views of National Comdr. Ro-
ane Waring last night by advocating
a postwar international police force.
Fred Martin, chairman of the Res
olutions Committee. said that the
action of his group will be presented
on the convention floor before the
sessions close tomorrow. Approval
is expected. g
More than $50 veterans had regis
tered and more are coming in. To-
day will be the busiest day, with ad-
dresses by Gov. Broughton of North
Carolina and other notables.
At tomorrow's business session Off
GERS will be named and Roanoke
probably will be designated as the
1914 convention city. All candidates
are uncontested.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
laWRshonmg
eS2RemiindersM

Blue coupons, Book 2-Stamps let
tered r, S and T are valid now
and will remain good through
September 20.
Red coupons, Book 2-These can be
exchanged for meats, fats, etc.
Stamps lettered T, U, V, w and
X are good now and will remain
valid through August 81.
Those marked Y and z will
expire October after they become
good as follows: Y on August %
and z on September 5.
War Ration Book No. 3-This book
will be used beginning September
II, when brown stamps lettered A
will become good for purchase of
meats, fats. etc. Brown stamps
lettered B will become valid Sep
tember 10, and both the A and B
coupons will then remain good
through october 30.
Sugar-For regular allowances of
sugar for general use coupon No
IA in book is good for pounds
through October 81.
Gasoline-No. 6 A coupons, good for
gallons each, are good through
November 81.
B and c coupons, good for 2h
gallons each expire on dates in
dicated in individual books
Old type B and C coupons will
not be good after September |.
Motorists who still have these
old type books should go to their
ration boards between next Mon
day and September l and obtain
new type coupons in exchange.
The exchange will be made on a
coupon for coupon basis.
The old type B and c coupons
are those that have the words
Permits Delivery of One Unit of
Gasoline" on their face. The new
type coupons carry only the words
Mileage Ration" on the face.
Shoes-Stafnp No. 18 is good for one
pair through October 81.
Fuel Oil-Period No. coupons In
new fuel oil rations became good
July l and are valid for 10 gallons
per unit through next January 4
Period No. 5 coupons of last
seasons ration are valid for 10
gallons per unit through Septem-
ber 30
Evening star., 1943-08-24

Mrs. Keyes claimed her legal resi-
dence is in New Hampshire and
that she was going there in connec-
ton with her writing and to super
wise harvesting and canning. In
addition. she stated, she has a doc
tors certificate to the effect that
the trip by train would be hazardous
because of back ailment.
Mrs. Keyes said she had been
refused gas for the same trip last
year but had made no issue of it.
She will be forced to buy car
in New Hampshire for use on the
farm, she said, and will tsrn in
her present car in Alexandria. She
added that she understands her car
will be driven to New Hampshire by
the dealer after the trade is effected
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Blood Donor Mobile Unit
To Visit Silver Sprino

The Red Cross blood donor mobile
unit will visit the Woodside Metho-
dist Church, Silver Spring, from
8:45 am. to 1:30 pm. August 81.
quota of $50 donors has been
set and all who can donate blood
are urged either to make an ap-
pointment or to go to the church
Donors will be accepted without ap-
pointment but appointments should
be made If possible. Persons wish
ing to make appointments are asked
to call the Silver Spring Red Cross
branch headquarters at Sligo 2233
or the blood donor chairman. Mrs.
Eben Whitcomb, Silver Spring O69O
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Sergt. Joseph 7. 6iusta
Rites Planned Tomorrow

Funeral services for Sergt. Joseph
t. Giusta, 20, of Silver Spring who
was killed in a bomber crash We'd
nesday near Ell Paso, Tex, will be
held at 10 m. tomorrow at St.
Michcael's Catholic Church. Silver
Spring. Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Sergt Giusta, radio operator and
gunner, was among II crewmen
killed when their bomber crashed
while on a routine flight about 30
miles from FL Paso His death oc-
CURED the day before he was 10
have left on his first visit home
since he entered the Army Air
Forces In November.
Besides his parents, Sergt. Giusta
leaves a sister, Mary Eleanor Giusta,
and a brother, Stephen A. Glusta.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Author Takes Train to Her Farm
After Losing Battle for Gas

Mrs. Frances Parkinson Hayes,
author, of 602 Cameron street, Alex
andria, left today by train for her
farm in Haverhjll, N. H.. after
losing a fight with her ration board
to obtain supplemental gasoline for
the trip.
But before she left, Mrs. Keyes
said she had placed the matter in
the hands of an attorney after de-
termining that she had a right to
the gasoline.
j. S. Douglas. executive secretary
OF the board. said that Mrs. Keyes'
plea had been refused twice by the
gasoline panel and that the State
OPA office had upheld the de-
cision.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Children's Hundicroft
To Be Shown at School

An exhibit of handicrafts worked
by children at 10 Fairgrounds in
Alexandria will be held at the Maury
School on Russell road beginning
at pm. today The exhibit will
include refinished and redecorated
furniture and a full-sized Indian
teepee.
The handicraft will be on display
until pm. today. from 10 m to
pm tomorrow and 10 am. to 8
pm. Thursday.
Evening star., 1943-08-24
Official Cars Ordered
To Display 0CD Pennants

Official cars and other motor We
nicles which are authorized to be
operated during the red" period of
test AFRAID alarms or in case of
actual raids are being equipped with
civilian defense pennants as means
of quick identified ton.
Under orders issued Yesterday by
the Commissioners, all such cars
must display the pennants when in
emergency operation, beginning Sep
tember l. For the time being, the
Commissioners have deferred action
on the Federal OCD order requiring
display of a civilian defense shield
on the right front headlight for
identification after dark.
The city heads prescribed that the
pennant be attached to the left
front bumper, where, they believe.
it will be visible at night from the
glow of the headlights.
Evening star., 1943-08-24

Then there are Michael Reiliy's
Secret Service boys. You never
know where they are, but they're
there.
Now, about the White House
itself:
The tremendous ground floor
"east ROOM" best known to the
public, is covered, packed and
wrapped for the duration.
Blue Room Also Closed.
1t runs full length north and
south. There is where favored Eddie
Peabody use to sit on the gold piano
and play his guitar :. Mrs. Roose-
welt led the Virginia reel where
there are three glittering chandeliers
with 5000 pieces of polished crystal
in each
The famed oval blue room" is
closed. The President used to re-
ceive frock-coated diplomats there
Now they come in business suits to
the executive office.
There are some 26 Office rooms in
the. executive west wing and 1873 in
the new counterpart east wing, each
connected with the mansion by long,
equal terraces.
The White House staff, which
totaled 290 in 1899, today numbers
224 executives and clerks and some
two dozen servants. The servants
sleep out, but there's night staff.
The Roosevelts practically have
made over the buildings and
grounds. When they came, the man.
sion wasn't even rat-proof The
electric wiring had been condemned.
Kitchen equipment, all in the base
ment, was outmoded. Dumb wait
ers from kitchen to state dining
room often baked. Now all is mod
ernized.
Largely Air Conditioned.
The White House Is mostly air.
conditioned. But Mr.. Roosevelt had
the air. conditioning taken out of
his executive office and living quar-
ters because of his sinus trouble.
The Presidents official family is
a varied group,
If you are a reporter, the first per-
except Secret Service and White
House police-is the very healthy,
graying Stephen Early. He has been
the presidential press officer since
1888 Newcomers think he just
swallowed a bee.
He was an Associated Press re-
porter before and after the last
war, covered the Navy newsroom
for a time while Mr.. Roosevelt was
Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Then there's Marvin Mcintyre, 65,
eldest of the presidential secretaries.
who has lean and hungry look,
probably is closer to the President
than any one except Harry Hopkins.
Mac" has been with Mr.. Roosevelt
off and on since 1918.
Steers Callers.
He routes to selected sources some
10000 daily pieces of White House
mail, steers around a batch of call
erS,
Maj, Gen. E. M. Watson, Mr.
Roosevelt's military aide, is the
brass you see at the Presidents
arm IN pictures. His post is Just
outside the Commander in Chiefs
office, He is a solid West Pointer
who West Points Mr.. Roosevelts S
audiences with foreign diplomats
and American visitors of high de-
gree.
Mr. Early, Mr.. Mcintyre and Gen.
Watson have offices in the west
wing just off the long corridor
where some $50 reporters every
Tuesday and Friday pitch their hats
on massive mahogany round table
presented TO Mr. Roosevelt by Emilio
Agulnaloo. the old Filipino revolu-
zionist general.
In this wing too. are the offices of
! the late Rudolph Forster. White
House office boss. and Maurice Latta.
"a, who has been carrying presiden-
Evening star., 1943-08-24
$50 Minimum
Collateral Sef
For Food Cases
Move Taken to Check
Forfeitures; Mercy
Asked in $3.50 Fine

Food operators arrested on health
violation charges must post mini
mum $50 collateral as a result Of
an order sent to all police precinct.
by Police Superintendent Edward ]
Kelly. Heretofore the required col
lateral in health cases has beer
s25.
The action was taken after a
suggestion by Assistant Health Of
flcer Daniel Seckinger that the COL
lateral be raised to insure the de-
PENDANTS appearance in court.
Meantime, plea for mercy" for
Louis Goodman, proprietor of a
restaurant in the 900 block of Penn
sylvania avenue NV, who recently
was assessed record fine of $3.50
for violation of sanitary rules, was
made yesterday before the District
License Revocation Board by his
counsel, Harry S. Wender.
Probation Asked.
Accepting testimony by Health
Department inspectors that insani-
tary conditions had existed at the
restaurant, including sale of de
composed meats, Mr.. Wender asked
that Mr.. Goodman be placed on
probation for 80 days and invited
a health inspection at any time,
claiming conditions had been cor
rected.
Mr.. Goodman said his father
Samuel Goodman. who has
financial interest in the restaurant.
had bought more meats at a time
than could be properly REFRIGERATED
Testimony also was given by Louis
Krieeer, restaurant manager, the
brother-in-law of the license holder.
The younger Goodman said he
held daytime job and had gone
to the restaurant only at night, and
insisted under questioning that he
would not be able to tell by smell or
otherwise whether meats were
tainted or "decomposed."
Judgment Reserved.
Mr.. Wender declared the place
had been cleaned up, that Mr..
Krieger now was in charge, and
that the licensee already had suf-
fered heavy punishment and should
be given probation and time to sell
out his business.
The License Board, headed by
John ODea, an assistant corpora
tion counsel, reserved Judgment.
Two more restaurateurs were
scheduled to appea before the Lii
cense Revocation Board this after
noon. They are Justine Cole. 14OO
block Of Florida avenue NE. and
Terry S. Gregory, 2600 block of
Fourteenth street NV. Tomorrow
afternoon the following are slated
to appear: Joseph S. George. 1900
slock of Seventh street NV. and
James c. Wing, 500 block of H
street NV.
Relative to the requirement for
$50 minimum collateral. DR.. Seek
niger said 1T will make some of
these defendants think twice before
forfeiting their money" Some first
offenders recently have avoided
trial by forfeitihg S25 collateral.
Yesterday in Municipal Court
George Ganas and William Andras,
co-owners of restaurant at las B
street Sc, forfeited s25 each when
they failed to answer health viola
ton charges.
Charges against the establishment
were "Decomposed fish unfit for
human consumption. dirty refriger-
stor, stove, work tables and kitchen
floor
Evening star., 1943-08-24

er which failed
to return to the
Pueblo Air Base
o n a routine
training fight
August Is, the
War D e p a r t =
ment announced
yesterday.
The wreckage
Of the plane was
found in the
Gulf of Mexico,
and a search for
t h e m / S S | n g
C r e W m e n has
been abandoned.
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