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Evening star., 1943-01-21
hid-City 0CD Group
Quits After Criticism
By Residents Of Areas
Request Had Been Made
For Permission to
Elect New Committee

The Civilian Defense Committee
of the midcity area resigned last
night in the wake of criticisms by
residents of the area who had re-
quested permission to elect new
committee.
In a resolution announcing the
resignation, the six-man commit
tee explained that 1t had been re-
quested by the midcity warden serv-
ice to obtain funds to provide for
essential personnel, supplies and
equipment.
The resolution stated that the
members had tried to use the war
den service for soliciting funds but
had been notified wardens could
not be used. The committee also
sent letters to the large business
firms but was advised, according to
the resolution, that members of
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association would not contribute.
f1du ENO hiHC ~ SVNGAt.
Since the members themselves had
no time for personal solicitation of
the area, the resolution stated, they
decided that a new committee be
elected or appointed.
The resignation came, according
to Leonard p. Tucker, president of
the Civilian Defense Council, when
that groups Executive Committee
was trying to straighten out the sit
uation in the area.
Mr.. Tucker said he had been no.
titled by OCD headquarters that a
petition had been submitted by resi-
dents of the area asking permission
to hold mass meeting to elect new
committee members. A letter had
also been sent in by Chief Air-Raic
Warden William j. Mileham, Mr.
Tucker said, stating that the warden
service Of the area, in which he was
formerly deputy warden, was being
hampered by the failure of the COM
mittee to function.
Sought Joint Session.
After talking with various men,
bers of the committee, Mr.. Tucker
said, the Executive Committee of the
Civilian Defense Council at a meet
ing last Monday night voted to do
whatever it could to assist the Mid
City Committee. 1t was suggested
that the Mid-City Committee, war;
dens of the area and some of the
residents of the area be brought to-
gether to iron out their problems at
a joint session.
Mr.. Tucker said he learned of the
designations when he was attempt
Evening star., 1943-01-21
Cotton Dress
Over Stacks
| Appeoses Judge

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21.-Su-
perior Judge Frank M. Smiths
aversion to slacks in the courtroom
failed to impede Mrs. Dorothy
Abraham. Her resourcefulness di-
vested her of two annoyances-her
husband and a cotton dress.
Judge Smith objected to her slacks
in court yesterday. So she went to
a nearby store, bought a cotton
dress. put it on over the slacks and
pulled up the legs of the slacks.
Then she returned and got an
interlocutory decree Of divorce from
George Abraham, now in the Army
Abraham, she charged, disapproved
of her three children by previous
marriage.
Granted her decree. she pulled
off the dress and strobe out OF the
courtroom-in her slacks.
Evening star., 1943-01-21
Safe Robher Gets S625;
HoIdup Man, SIT

A safe cracking which netted a
burglar s625 and a $27 armed hold
up were being investigated by police
today.
Edwin O. Natunen, manager of
the Hot Shoppe at 23o1 Bladens-
burg road NE, reported to police
that $625 in bills and change was
missing this morning from a safe in
a basement Office. A sledge ham,
mer used to knock in the safe was
found in the restaurant, police said.
Martha Robinson manager OF
Highs Ice Cream Store at 1881 B
street NE, told police she was
forced to the rear of the store last
night by an armed colored man
who escaped with S27.
Third precinct police last night
announced the arrest of an 18-year-
old colored youth suspected of a
series of houSebreakings and bur-
glaries here. He was charged with
II cases of housebreaking.
Evening star., 1943-01-21
High School Pupils
Donate $50 10
Victory Book Drive
Gurnet-Putterson
Gift Will Buy Navy
Technical Works

The first cash donation of this
years Victory book campaign was
$50. given by the Patterson
Junior High School, Mrs. Philip Sid
ney Smith. drive chairman, an
nounced today.
Mrs. Smith said she intends to use
the money to purchase technical
books specifically ordered by the
Navy for its training stations. She
added that persons who had nd
books Of their own to contribute to
the Victory book campaign could
either give cash or themselves pur-
chase the naval textbooks.
Miikmen May Collect.
Besides libraries and Safeway
grocery stores as collection centers.
the District may soon. add milk de-
livery men as means of collecting
books. In New York and other large
cities milkmen have begun to pick
up books left with empty milk bot-
ties and bring them into the drive
headquarters.
Mrs. Smith said she hoped dairies
here would agree to the collection
method but that details had not yes
been worked out with all firms.
Technical Books Sought. Z
Some of the technical books
wanted by Miss Isabel Dubois, Navy
librarian, are as follows: Electrical
Fundamentals of Communications e e
A. l.. Albert, McGraw-H Hill, $3.50;
Understanding Radio" W. E. Wat-
son. McGraw-Hill, $3.50; Principles
of Radio" Henney, Wiley, $3.50.
Book of the Springfield" Crossman.
Sman-Arms Tech. 81, and Air
Navigation" Weems, McGraw-
Hill, IS.
These books can be left at any
public library. Safeway Store or
the libraries of George Washington
and Catholic Universities. Mrs.
Smith prefers, however, that they be
brought or mailed directly to the
classification center in the South
western Branch of the Library at
Seventh and H streets S.W.
Evening star., 1943-01-21
BIuckout Rumor HuIf EmDties
Theuter in Middle of Show

All Hobart Douglas, acting zone
warden, wanted was a couple Of
messengers, but he succeeded in
half -emptying the Atlas Theater
right in the middle of double fea-
ture last night.
Mr.. Douglas of Zone B, Lincoln
Park, had been given a notice con-
corning training program to be
put on in the area Sunday. He
wanted TO be sure all his wardens
saw it so he decided to get their
signatures on the notice.
That required messengers, &C
cording to Deputy Warden Joseph
Essex, who made an investigation
today. Warden messengers were
sent out from area headquarters to
find their colleagues. They knew
where to find them.
Two messengers arrived 10 min
utes apart at the Atlas Theater
They showed their credentials to
Evening star., 1943-01-21
Former Senator Bunker
Takes Insurance Post

ty the Associated Press,
Former Senator Bunker, Demo-
crat, of Nevada will leave today for
his home State to take position
with New York insurance COM
pany.
Mr.. Bunker said several Govern
ment jobs were offered him, but I
turned them down because they
were not particularly to my liking.
would like to be numbered among
the few ex-members of Congress
who can get along on their own"
Evening star., 1943-01-21

ing to notify the Mid-City Commit
tee of the suggestion. He said he
had no reason to criticize the COM
mittee since he knew nothing about
its activities.
The committee which resigned in
cluded Theodore S. Grape, chair
man; Bernard N. Siegel, vice chair
man: Nathan M. Lubar. secretary;
G. S. johnson, George E. c. Hayes
and John c. Bryan.
Evening star., 1943-01-21
Lone Destroyer
Sinks Ship in
Convoy Melee
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 2l.-The Admiral
ty told today how British DESTROY
er in single-handed midnight
attack on an enemy convoy sank
one merchantmen, badly damaged
another and created such confusion
among three escort vessels that they
f1red at each other.
The destroyer, the Admiralty said,
got away with only shell hole in
funnel.
The battle, which ragged for four
hours, occurred on October 81, 1912.
but details were not announced
until today because of security
reasons, 1t was stated.
There were three merchantmen
In all In the convoy, escorted by an
armed trawler and two fast and
well-armed torpedo boats. The Ad-
miralty said the convoy was believed
to have been an important one.
Evening star., 1943-01-21

Charles Clark, the manager, who
said today he then made an an
nouncement from the stage.
He asked messengers and air-raid
wardens to report to his office.
Wardens. auxiliary police, fire
watchers, and warden messengers
started streaming out Of the the
ater with a large part of the rest
of the audience following right be-
hind them. Some of them stopped
to tell the manager they wanted to
get home before the blackout.
Meanwhile, one of the auxiliary
police called his captain, who
promptly left home and departed
for his post, where he began sum-
moning his staff.
Finally. somebody thought of
calling OCD headquarters. No
blackout.
1T was simply routine affair"
said Mr.. Essex. THE story Just
kept growing"
Evening star., 1943-01-21
Sherwood Plans Africa Trip
In Censorship TangIe
By the Associate Press.

6s Inc hSSDCldbO Ffess.
Robert Sherwood, director of the
Overseas Branch of the Office of
War Information, may go to North
Africa soon in an effort to straighten
out censorship problems.
The matter has been under con-
sideration for some time, it was
learned, but Mr.. Sherwood said
today that 30 far as he knew mo
decision has been reached"
George Barnes, assistant to owl
Director Elmer Davis, said Mr.
Davis had nothing to add to a press
conference statement yesterday
that he hoped for some relaxation
In censorship from North Africa.
Mr.. Davis said he felt the people
of the United States and Great
Britain were not sufficiently in
formed of developments in that
theater.
He explained that censorship in
North Africa is being handled by a
committee headed by military au-
thorities, but including representa-
tives of the State Department, owl
the Office of Strategic Services, ano
the British.
Evening star., 1943-01-21
Senate Unit Accuses
WPB Of GambIinq
With Food Supply
Truman Report Says
Farm Output Goals
Moy Not Be Met
BY The Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
Asserting there was grave
danger" that 1943-44 food pro-
duction goals would not be met,
the Senate War Investigating
Committee declared today that
the Office of Civilian Supply had
"gambled dangerously and un-
wisely with our Nations food
supply"
The report, made public by Chair
man Truman, said the OCS. a War
production Board agency, rejected
recommendations for new farm ma
chlnery made by the Agriculture
Department and substituted instead
recommendations based ION a for
mula which was developed for 1t
by professor of agricultural engi-
neering."
"Short-Sighted Policy"
Joseph L. Weiner, director of
WPB's Office of Civilian Supply.
had told the committee that farm
ers were entering 1943 with "the
greatest aggregate quantity of ma
chinery in history" While new
machinery had been limited to %
per cent of 1910 production, he said.
repair parts had been increased to
l67 per cent of 1910 figures.
The committee. however, said 1t
was a "short-sighted policy" to be-
lieve that most farmers could, by
making repairs, keep up a substan-
tial production for a year or So
The committee recommended:
That Food Administrator Wick
ards determination of materials
required for food production "be
given maximum consideration in
allotting materials"
That a proposal to manufacture
present quotas of farm machinery
by June 80, 1943, instead of October
81 be adopted.
That "a new and more ADEQUATE
program for farm machinery pro-
duction for the year beginning July
/, l943, be developed and issued as
soon as requirements are ascer-
tanned"
Desperate Plight Seen.
IF the farmer loses his labor and
at the same time is deprived of the
machine tools which he needs to
produce his crops, his plight will be
desperate" the report said.
Meanwhile, the National Associa-
ton of Margarine Manufacturers, in
a letter from its president. Paul T..
Truitt, protested to Senator La Fol-
lette, Progressive, of Wisconsin to-
day against his request that mar
garine instead of butter be sent
abroad in the lease lend shipments.
Mr.. Truitt said Senator La Fol-
lette's recommendation to Mr..
Wickard sought protection for the
butter industry against competition
from oleomargarine. He also pro-
tested the Senator's unfortunate
characterization of oleomargarine as
a cheap substitute"
Evening star., 1943-01-21

agency. Ink can be made into a
durable outdoor paint, it was stated.
Linseed Oil Needed.
LinSeed oil is one element needed
for the conversion task Ingredients
other than linseed oil also are
needed, but lit is not prudent to
divulge the formula" Mr.. Huff
added
DiSclaiming credit as originator of
the idea, he said the plan had its
genesis between the Bureau Of
Engraving and the prisons"
He estimated that the formula
would produce approximately 10000
gallons of paint each wear.
Evening star., 1943-01-21

AOullCcO ycStcl :
day. Mr.. Wen
ley succeeds the
late John FL
lerton L o d G e,
who had been
director sin C e
1920.
A native of
A n n Ar b or,
Mich, MIR. Wen
ley is a gradu-
ate of the Uni
versity of Mich
igan. Following
one years study
at the library
school of the
Evening star., 1943-01-21
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 2l.-Prof. wal
ter Pitkin, who contends that life
begins at 40'' and wrote best-seller
by that name when in his fifties
to prove it, is retiring at the age of
IS after 30 years on the faculty of
the Columbia University Graduate
School of Journalism.
He's retiring from the academic
life but not from the active life. he
says, explaining that he plans to
tour the country and study con-
sumner problems and the potential
postwar picture of American life.
He cooked an eye at the future
yesterday and prognosticated that
many soldiers and sailors won't
come home after the war because
they will find better jobs overseas
than await them here"
Never one to shy from figures,
Prof. Pitkin estimated that $4,000
men will remain IN Australia, $4,000
in Africa and $1,000 in New Zea-
land. He had nothing to say about
Evening star., 1943-01-21

liza uSuI dteO U ]
making day-by-
d a y announce
ments of casual
ties in the Navy,
M a r n e Corps
a n d G o a S t
Guard.
Reported miss
ing m this
area were VIM
ter Payne Bell,
seaman second
class, u. S. N. r.,
son of Daniel F..
Bell, 321 Thir-
teenth sire e t
NE, and Francis
Evening star., 1943-01-21
Maryland Crash Injuries
Fatal 10 Naval Aviator

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy said today that Aviation
Cadet Griffith Rutherford Paul died
last night in the Bethesda Naval
Hospital from injuries suffered in a
plane crash yesterday near Clin-
ton, Md.
Cadet Paul was on a routine train
ing fight, the Navy said. Cause OF
the accident is not known. A board
Of inquiry will investigate.
The cadets next of kin is his IA
ther, John r. Paul, Charleston, S. c.
Evening star., 1943-01-21
!WPB Decides to Allow
Use of Wool in Buthrobes
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
To nelp the public keep warm, the
War Production Board has revoked
prohibition against the use of wool
in bathrobes and other lounging
wear.
The order permits a maximum of
% per cent new wool in lounging
robes, bathrobes, beachcoats, house
coats, negliges, lounging pajamas
and similar apparel. The balance
OF the fabric can be made of re-
claimed or reused wool or other
types of fabric, such as cotton or
rayon.
Evening star., 1943-01-21

New York Public Library he joined
the staff of the Freer Gallery and
was sent to China.
Mr.. Wenley has been associate
in research at the gallery since 1881
He resides at 4348 Garfield street
NV.
Evening star., 1943-01-21
Two D. T.. Area Men
Listed as MISSING
By Navy Department
One Reported Wounded;
Daily Announcements
Of Casualties PIunned

The Navy Department yesterday
listed two Washington area men as
missing and one as wounded among
70 casualties for the Nation.
With this list new policy was
Evening star., 1943-01-21
WenIey Named Director
OF Freer Gallery Of Art

Archibald G. Wenley, former as
sociate In research at the Freer
Gallery of Art, has been appointed
director Of the gallery, it was an
Evening star., 1943-01-21
Jute Growing Subsidized

Bengal will spend over s6,OO0,0OO
to finance local jute cultivators un-
til trade improves.
Evening star., 1943-01-21

If you buy, our airmen fly. Get
War savings stamps now.
Evening star., 1943-01-21

You too can go on a raid. Make
yours on that old pile of junk metal.
St. Paul recorder., 1943-05-28
FqstBs Ener 1osS
,ssssssS.gs ssssssSg Ut Nd11ce ON THE "~
-s. PROBLEMS OF LIFE
@--E@sS%~NKN~. Na..N - ~
4-S&& by ABBE' WALLACE SERVICE
y ABBE' WALLACE SERVICE


laneous things as mother can't
really do it all. Do you think I
could work this summer?
Ans: Sure you can. There are
numerous jobs available at this
time and jobs that will pay a very
good salary too. Apply at the larger
restaurants in your city for en-
plOyment. You aren't experienced
in any line in particular and since
you are not looking for a perma-
nent job, the restaurant business
would be well for you to consider.
1t will help mother out consider
ably for you to work.
]. C.-My boy friend told me that
if we did not drift apart that I
would become his wife. But here
is what's worrying me. He goes
with me and treats me nice as if
he was my husband, but he has
another girl to cook for him. Must
I believe him?
Ans.:Well, don't depend on him
too much for he wasn't Over-en-
thusiastic about marriage when
you brought up the subject. The
girl who's cooking for him, sure
can cook and she's fast win
ming his heart. If you don't get
busy and show him that you can
St. Paul recorder., 1943-05-28
Masked Aces
Identity to Be
Revealed June G

When the Halle @. Brown men,
bership campaign ends June 6, the
identity of the "Masked Ace" men,
ber of Mrs. John M. Pattons' "Air
Squadron" will be revealed.
The goal of the committee is 600
members. Money raised from the
drive will be used to help finance
some of the services offered at the
Community House which include
clubs and classes for 600 boys and
girls and 400 adults, family nursing
service, the new library facilities,
etc.
According to Miss I. Myrtle Car
den, head resident, no campaign
was held during depression days
because it was believed that it
might work a hardship on families
but now that more money is in cir
culation she hopes everyone will
support the drive which provides
funds for a worthy cause very es-
sential in these times. The commit
tee hopes that the few who usually
carry the load of the masses will
not be left to carry the responsible
ity of providing all of the funds
Wooded ~ 4Lso
Members to date are: Mines. AL
verta Coram, Carrie Robertson,
Jean West, Eunice Coins, M. Mil
sap, C. A. Anderson, Priscilla Kirk,
James Kirk, Sr., J. W. Crump, Fred
H. Morisse, Carrie Robertson, o. W.
Lindsay, Mary Burton, Hazel But
Ter, Birdie Washington, Grace Aull,
Ruth Gage Colby, II. C. Palmer, O..
Gum, Susie Bowen, Hazeldel War
ricks, Marguerite Combs, George
Morgan, Annie Foster, Emma
Blair, B. C. Archer, Sadie E. John
son; Messrs. Richard Stokes, Nor
man Howell, Earl S. Weber, Har-
old Hilyard, G. E. Hall, C. T. R.
Nelson, John Harper, J. E. Jack
son, S. E. Ware, J. W. Crump,
George Mundell, Frank Boyd, Jur-
ard Lee, John M. Patton, George
St. Paul recorder., 1943-05-28

naming groups, representing our
fall and winter activities will be
presented on program by their
leaders. There will also be an ex-
hibit of handwork done during this
period.
We are more than delighted to
announce that our "Day Nursery"
which will be located at the Ober
Club, will be open for inspection
during the day, May %, before or
after the luncheon or before the
evening meeting. All are cordially
invited to attend one or both of
these meetings. R eservations
should be phoned in by Friday
morning.
Halle @. Brown Boys Athletic
Dept: The past week the Midget
Baseball Team opened their sched-
ule with a 24-0 victory over the
Dale e-Maryland Merchants Midget
Team in the Hollow playground.
The game was witnessed by a large
and interested crowd and we are
planning to have a game in the
Hollow each Wednesday evening at
6 p. m. free of charge. Everyone
is invited to come out and encour-
age the boys and help our Wartime
recreation program be a success
this year and we need your support.
In the Gym, in the evenings,
archery is available for those per-
sons who are interested in shoot
ing. The Friday night class is still
in progress and everyone seems to
enjoy keeping fit and believe the
first line of defense is health.
Three civic duties are important
now: Give to your church and at
tend church regularly, buy more
war bonds and stamps and buy
Halle @. Brown membership
G. L. Porter.
St. Paul recorder., 1943-05-28

cook too, you'll be left out of the
race entirely.
W. R. C.-My wife and I are both
working. Doing fairly well. Now
tell me should I go ahead and buy
her a bedroom suite like she wants
as it looks like she won't be salts
fled until she gets it?
Ans: HumOr your wife. She
works hard and puts all her earn
ings with yours, so give her the
satisfaction of having her own bed
room suite. 1t doesn't take a great
deal to make the majority of wom-
en- happy. And if she can be made
content with bedroom suite, it
is money well spent.
A. il am a widow and a good
one too. I met a man of my own
age who is a widower and like
him very much. We both are set
tied. Should 1 put my trust in him
now?
Ans: Not yet. He may act set
tied but his mind runs toward
"spring chickens" You hardly
know him well enough yet to be
studying about a wedding. It will
be a good, long time before any
lady ropes this "prize catch" in.
A. M. M.-Did I do right to stop
writing the soldier even though he
claimed he loved me?
Ans: You sure did. He married
on his furlOugh this spring and
your suspicious are quite true.
St. Paul recorder., 1943-05-28

Manning, Arthur McWatt, W. S.
Butler, Arthur McWatt, Lewellyn
Williams, Terrence Pugh, Ralph
Smalley, Louis w. Hill, Jr., H. H.
Sargent, J. E. Johnson, H. C. Pal
mer Fred H. Morisse, A. Lark,
J. R. Bruce, J. R. Lynn, D. L. Lew
is, D. Perry, o. ]. Walker, A. D.
Barkesdale, R. J. Sizemore, Ralph
Allen, A. V. Hall, Levi Garrett,
Nose Gardner, Talmage B. Carey,
Dan Faulkner, Thos. Woodford, H.
Jordan, Frank Wigington, Clar-
ence Wigington, S. H. Harper, R. C..
Minor, Ben Stoddard, o. C. Hall,
Lee Turpin, Robert Crump, Clar-
ence Roper, Samuel Johnson, A. j.
McQuillan, Peavy Johnson, ]. 1.
Mccoy, w. S. Neal, Nance Ellis;
Messrs. and Mines. H. S. Brown,
Wilbur Williams, A. Senesby,
James Hughes, J. G. Claibourne,
Thos. Neal, Everett Chapman, &C.
Gil Newman, D. M. johnson, Jose
Sherwood, Jay P. Williams; Misses
I. Myrtle Garden, Gertrude James,
Rose Mcclure. Renchin Drugs and
North Star Branch Postal Alliance
are the first two of the firms and
organizations to become members.
Drive committee members whose
names were omitted last week are:
Geo. Mundell, sergeant, and Miss
Pearl Martin, Mrs. Minnetta House
and Mrs. Bernice Duke, corporals,
all of the "Air Squadron"
Welcome Hall Notes: A very gala
evening was enjoyed by both boys
and girls, Saturday, May %, in the
gymnasium of the Ober Boys Club
at the closing of our Surprise
Nights" which were very well at
tended during the fall, winter and
spring. A variety of wholesome en-
tertainment has been secured for
the children through this period
and as is the policy of both We'll
come Hall and Ober, at some time
during the evening a devotional
period was observed.
Much thought and preparation
has been given to the completion
of plans for our formal closing of
indoor activities to be observed on
May % at the Ober Boys Club in
charge of the stewardess group.
The day will be started at 11:3O
a. m. with a period of meditation
and prayer, closing with a lunch
con. Rev. VIM. Hicks will be the
speaker. The play center children
under the direction of Leila A.
Smith, will assist with the devo-
tionals. At 7:30 p. m. all of the re-
St. Paul recorder., 1943-05-28

on a blind date with him (wifie not
dreamin' it would be her own hus-
band). Anyway, the date and meet
ing place was set for a rather Sc
cluded spot one night. Another cou-
pie came along to do the intrOduc-
ing. Our young wife met her own
husband, not even knowing him
right away, bein' that it was quite
dark and he wore a turned down
hat. Getting down to brass tacks,
the wife found out soon enuf that
it was her own hubby and you'll
know our "gay, young, highstep-
ping wife" these days by a big
black eye she's sporting, a swollen
nose, which is very much in evil
dence, and two front teeth which
are missing. (It all happened one
night. Love is too, too divine.)
Well, folks, enuf for now, but
I'll be seein' you again soon.
Your pal,