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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28
Set 'Pisskiin
Prom for
Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM. Nov. q I.

BIRMINGHAM, Nov z I.
THE annual "A. Q. Thanks
u giving Dance being crossed
off the calendar of events for
tlH younger set. the next big
affair will be the "Pigskin Prom"
next Saturday at the Commu-
nifty House. Charley Matthews
is general chairman, assisted by
Virginia BostWick, who VIII
manage the floor show. Janet
inner. in charge OF the pro-
grams; Dorothy Scott, Jeanne
wilkins, Polly Hansen, Patty
Peabody and Charles Renfrew.
Miss Agnes Herbst was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Clay F..
-Herhst- over this weekend. She
is en- route to her home in Cali
fornia from New York, where
she has been visiting for several
weeks.
Mrs. Richard K. Scales was
hostess at luncheon Tuesday to
members of her bridge club.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28
Music Group 10 Meet

THE MUSIC committee ~
the Northwestern Womans
Club will meet at the home Of
Mrs. c +. IIofimeyer IN Pre-
vost avenue for luncheon Tues
day at | D. m A program will
be given on Famous Women
COMPOSERS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28
Jewels Back From East

MIR. AND MRS. WINFIELD
S. JEWELL JR. Of Longfellow
avenue are returning at mid
week from Blnghampton. N. Y.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

Bishop road will be hostess for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28
Spend Holiday
In Wyominq, Q.

MRS. FREDERIC RISING
and her daughter, Barbara, OF
Mcmillan road, spent Thanks
giving with Mrs. Rising's sister
in-law, Mrs. Albert E. Bushnell,
in Wyoming. O.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

Sigma Kappa VIII be held at
the home of Janet Gulland Of
Sfrathmoor road Wednesday
following dinner al $50 p m.
Flora kemp viii assist.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28

DIR. AND MRS. LUTFI NJ.
SADI of BalfOur road announce
the birth of A son, Ramsey
Lutfi, on Nov. 9.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28
KIeene Visits Kin

Pfc. Thomas Kleene, now sta
toned in Detroit, was the guest
of his brother and Sister-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Kleene of
Cranbrook road, Thanksgiving
Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F.. Hartman,
formerly of Edison avenue, have
left to spend the winter in
California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip II. Pretz
Of Wing Lake were hosts to a
group of friends. at Sunday night
supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Kinsel
of Arlington drive returned
Wednesday from a two-week
stay in New York.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28
Mrs. Brandt Entertains

Mrs. Arthur ]. Brandt enter
tanned a group of friends at tea
Friday afternoon.
The Rev. and Mrs. Warner L.
Forsyth viii. leave Dec. l for
Texas. where they will see their
son. Warner Jr., receive his
wings at Brooks Field.
. Mrs w. S. Gilbreath and her
uaugnteri Rfal ron, nave. 4 ~,uAsseSA
from Milwaukee, where they
went for the wedding Of Dorothy
Dickens and 1t. Joseph Mestier.
Marion was maid of honor.
Mildred Haymaker of Def
ance, o., has returned home
after a visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Muir w. Lind y of Kennesaw
avenue.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-28
So,orhhe, -Mnu.nae
g. n 7 = 4
Set Uute 1e3ttVdt5

THE Detroit Aumnae Association Of Kappa Delta viii hold
its annual Christmas meeting "Wednesday 80 at
the home Of Mrs Donald Munro Cheno avenue Assisting
her will be Mrs. Paul Horg.
Phin C. Sowershv Of Bshol road viii be hostess for
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Schedule Set
For New Virginia
Commuter 7 rain

According to a tentative schedule
for passenger service to be resumed
Wednesday on the Washington e.
Old Dominion Railroad between
Rosslyn and Leesburg, Va, trains
will arrive at Rosslyn at TAO am
and leave for the return trip be-
tween 6 and GIG pm. r. NJ. Nc
Namara, secretary of the line, said
today.
Mr.. Mcnamara said that under
the proposed schedule, submitted by
the Northern Virginia Committee
for Emergency Transportation,
trains would leave Leesburg between
6 and 6:10 am. and would arrive
there on the return trip between
7:35 and TAO o'clock in the evening.
Mr.. Mcnamara explained that an
exact schedule cannot be made until
test run of the new commuter
train, which is expected to be made
early next week.
There are approximately IS stops
between Rosslyn and Leesburg which
will influence the time of the run, he
added.
Evening star., 1943-03-06

for elf-insurance against damage to state
property by fire or wind storm. Insurance
and Loans)
H. B. 5Q2 (By Gill, by .Reauest)-To
doing landscaping. Judiciary)
H. B. 504 (By Steward)-Relating to the
transporting of broken glass along public
highways fJudiciaryD
H. B. sos (By Prince Georges delega-
ment districts Of county to share in dis
tribution of local share OF income e-tax pro
ceeds. Delegation.l
H. B. sos tBy Prince Georges delega-
ofhcers in county and increase pay of desk
clerks. Delegation
:, H. B., 507. tBy Harvey)-To eliminate
ESense M1ds ices fos certain milk distributors.
H. B. sos tBy Harvey)-To eliminate re-
aulrement that water ice. ice sherbet etc.
be, sold In packages or containers. (Agri-
H. B; 800 tBy Harveyl-To amend health
law relating to the authority Of the coun-
ties to enact milk ordinances. Judiciary
H. B. $40 tBy Argabrieht) To amend
of the State. Tax Commission lJudiciary.)
H; B. 511 (By Prince Georges deleea
tion)-To provide for the regulation of
taxicabs by Board of County Commission
H. B. 512 (By Dempsey)-To add a new
section relating to the investment of
capital, surplus, and other funds Of GER
sn panes stock end and % paus omsd o
Lioyds associations. Insurance and Loans }
H. B. lib tBy Prince Georges delega- :
tionoITo authorize Mayor and Town
public projects Delegation)
Adjourned at l pm. until 8 pm
| Monday.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Arlington County Fines
Six as bIackout Guilty

Six Arlington residents today had
been found guilty of violating the
county blackout ordinance during
Tuesdays air-raid test and fined S.
and costs by Police Court Justice B.
M. Hedrick.
Altogether, Is persons appeared to
answer charges of blackout VIOLA
tons Five were found not guilty,
one was dismissed, one was fined
IS and costs, with both suspended,
and three cases were continued.
Those found guilty were Samuel
Schanker, 1926 Colonial terrace; Mrs.
P. w. Lauriet, 1718 N. Harvard
street; 1t. John L. Wilson. 2601 s.
Sixteenth street; Jack Cohen, 4SI5
N. First street; Mr.. Edge, 1925 S.
Wayne street and B. L. Fletcher,
1927 N. Wakefield street.
The case of 1t. S. B. Myers was
scheduled for today, while those OF
Anna Lee, manager of the Lerner
Shop, 3103 Wilson boulevard, and w.
T. Watkins. Emile Beauty Shop. 1920
Wilson boulevard, are to be heard
Monday and Wednesday,.
Evening star., 1943-03-06

Your automobile engine nova
days is treated with the same dig
nifty as your liver.
The days of driving into a garage
and asking the mechanic to grind
the valves are over. You get an
appointment now-just as you would
from a doctor or dentist. And the
consideration you get is based on
your Importance to the war effort.
Commercial cars hauling war
goods come first. Mechanics will
put aside almost anything they're
working on to keep these vehicles
moving. Next on the list are doc
tors, war workers and other persons
important to the war effort and
whose cars need to be looked after.
The average run of "B" book motor
iSts comes next and finally "a book
drivers. Emergency repairs on all
classes of cars are handled i'm
rnediately-or at least as quickly as
the repairmen can get to them.
Describes New System.
This new priorities system of ham
ding automobile repair jobs was
described today by Frederick L..
Haller, secretary of the Washing
ton Automotive Trade Association,
who pointed out that some method
had to be adopted by garages In
the face of the growing volume of
service and repair work and the
alarming loss of manpower.
The District now, he said, has
only about half the number of auto
mechanics it had Is months ago,
and many of these have replaced
veteran employees who have gone of
to get jobs in war plants. He esti-
mated that about rs per cent of
the mechanics here now are draft
exempt either because of age or
physical disability.
Some women have been hired,
Mr.. Haller reported, but only for
the lighter jobs around shop. He
said he did not believe woman me-
chanics would ever become very
numerous because so much heavy
work Is involved around a garage.
Apprentices H1reO.
The manpoWer situation has be-
come SO serious, he said, that garage
proprietors are now filing deferment
requests with draft boards in an
effort to retain the few experienced
mechanics still left. Many garages,
he said, are also hiring unframed
men and apprenticing them to vet
eran mechanics in an effort to teach
them the business of taking apart
and re-assembling an automobile.
The United States Employment
Service, Mr.. Haller said, has been
unable for months to provide any
mechanics.
They can run up to an aircraft
plant in Baltimore" he said, land
make 500 week It's pretty stiff
competition for the garages"
Plenty of parts are still available
for nearly every kind of car, Mr..
Haller reported. He pointed out
that factories were allowed to build
up tWo-year bank" Of spare parts
before they we're converted to the
production of war implements.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Essential Activities
In D. T.. Area 10 Be
Published Next Week
VINO Lobor-Monogement
Committee Welcomes
Any Suggestions

The first list of essential activities
in the Washington area will be made
public next week, it was indicated
today, after the first meeting of the
War Manpower Commission Labor
Management Committee for this
area.
The committee, with its alternate
members, held an organization
meeting yesterday afternoon. It
discussed the immediate problems
of the area, including a decision on
what should be considered essential
activities here, as well as what type
of labor stabilization program to put
into effect in this area. .,zl.in al
RAINY Deschner, area director,
who met with the committee, said
that it would welcome suggestions
from all management and labor
groups.
Will Meet Again.
The list of essential activities is
expected to be made public after
the committees next meeting.
Alternates who met with the reg
ular members were Lee Sommers,
American Federation of Government
Employees, for James B. Burns;
Myles H. Quail, Y. E. Booker e. Co.,
for Y. E. Booker; Frank de Sando.
Hotel and Restaurant Employees
Alliance, for Ernest B. Spangler;
Hugh Simpson Tate for James E.
Harris; Clarence A. Arata, Washing
ton Board of Trade, for Joseph C.
McGarraghy; David B. Karrick,
Fidelity Storage Co., for James Med.
Shea; Coleman F. Cook, Civil Serv-
ice Commission, for w. A. Mccoy,
and Miss Jeanne Blodgett. National
War Agencies Local 203, UFWA, for
Joseph D. Phillips.
Fuel Employees Put On List.
Persons engaged in the distribu-
ton of coal and fuel oil here have
been classified as being in an ESSEN
tial activity" by the regional Office
OF the War Manpower Commission,
it was announced, meanwhile, by
John w. Hardell, attorney represent
Ing the coal division of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton.
Mr.. Hardell said he had received
a letter from billiard B. Lasseter,
director of WINGS Region 4, en-
bracing the District, Maryland, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia and North
Carolina, in which the manpower
official ruled that the fuel distribu-
ton services were considered essen
tial under the present circum-
stances" The attorney previously
had written Mr.. Lasseter describing
the difficulties in maintaining en-
ployes among coal dealers here be-
cause of the uncertainty regarding
their draft status.
Mr.. Hardell said he believed the
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Butter Price CeiIinq
Violations Discovered
Here, 0PA Says
10 Wholesale Dealers
Fail to Observe Limits:
Stores Being Surveyed

Some violations of the newly
standardized price ceilings on but
ter have been discovered among
wholesalers in the District, an OPA
official said today.
At the same time, it was revealed
that a general survey of all in
and chain stores dealing
in butter is being made here in line
with instructions sent by the ma
tional OPA to its regional and local
Offices. ...
The OPA spokesman said that the
first reports of the study indicated
there were "sb1ifes evasions" among
10 wholesale butter dealers in the
District whose price schedules have
been examined. According to this
official, OPA Offices were instructed
10 days ago to determine how well
the standard price ceilings on but
ter which went into effect on Feb
ruary 16 were being observed.
A check of independent stores in
Baltimore, according to an ASSo-
ciated Press dispatch, revealed that
9 out of 10 stores were charging
more than the legal ceilings. Prices
in some Baltimore stores, it was re-
ported, ranged as high as u cents
a pound, although the Government
ceiling for the highest grade of but
ter is ST cents. The survey covered
100 different stores in % different
sections of metropolitan Baltimore.
The Baltimore survey, it was said,
also disclosed that most of the
stores visited were charging more
for pork products than is permitted
under the ceilings. Pork ceilings are
still determined by individual deal
ers' prices during a certain period
last March, but on April / standard
lied ceilings on pork and probably
other meat products will go into ef-
feet,
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Lenten Service Arranged
For Ash Wednesday

Lenten services will open in some
of the churches in Arlington County
on Ash Wednesday.
Holy communion and sermon by
the rector, the Rev. Stanley E.
Ashton at pm. at st, Georges
Episcopal Church, Ninth and Nell
son streets north.
At 8 pm. the Rev Dana H. john
son, Resurrection Lutheran Church,
North Washington boulevard and
Powhatan street, will speak on The
Lonely Young Man
The Rev. Luther Frantz of Wash
ington will speak at pm. at the
Faith Lutheran Church, Lee boule-
ward and North Jackson street, on
THE Lenten Call
Litany, penitential Office and SER
mon by the rector, the Rev. Albert
c. Muller, at 3 pm. at Trinity
Episcopal Church, Columbia pike
and South Wayne street. First
Friday in Lent will be observed at
2 pm. Friday as the interdenomina-
tional world day of prayer at the
church.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
GorogesDemond' Appointment
With Auto Repair Priorities
Mechanics HoIved by Draft and War Plants
But Plenty Of Spare Parts Are Available

The automotive official said that
practically all the large garages were
remaining in business, although
many of the smaller one-man shops
had closed down. About 80 per cent
of the Districts new car dealers, he
said, are still operating as service
garages, and many of them have
cleared out their showrooms and are
using them for repair work.
Meanwhile, Robert L. Lewis, presi-
dent of the automotive association,
reminded Washington residents that
the list of persons eligible to pur-
chase new cars still held in dealers
stocks was recently expanded by the
OPA. He pointed out that any per-
son who needs car for the pur-
pose described in the &C" book list
may buy one, even though his actual
mileage requirements do not entitle
him to q &C" book. .--,
i. The OPA recently also revised its
definition of "high-priced" cars to
include any automobile listed for
more than s1,500 instead of $2,5OO.
All such cars, except 1941 models
and convertibles, may now be sold
to eligible persons.
100000 Cars Still Frozen.
Mr.. Lewis said that about 220,O0O
automobiles were still frozen" in
dealers showrooms.
Persons eligible to buy new cars
include those who need them for
official Government or Red Cross
business, travel from school to
school, group transportation to
school, carrying United States mail,
wholesale newspaper delivery and
supervision, carrying non-portable
Photographic equipment, profess
sional medical calls, calls by licensed
farm veterinarians, public health
nurses, licensed embalmers and re-
ligious practitioners, carrying farm
produce and supplies, transporting
farm workers, fishermen, seamen,
marine workers, radio broadcast
engineers and other essential work.
ers, recruiting and training workers
maintaining peaceful industrial re-
lations, transporting construction
workers, repair, maintenance and in
stallation men or members of the
armed forces. various delivery serv-
ices, dealing in scrap metal, profess
sional calls by social workers and
selling essential products.
Evening star., 1943-03-06

Rules for Lent
To Be Revealed
Here Tomorrow,
Catholic Churches
To Give Regulations
For Abstinence

Fasting and abstinence rules for
the Lenten period will be announced
tomorrow in Catholic churches here
as plans 60 forward for the opening
of Lent next week on Ash WedneS-
day.
Easter this year will come un-
usually late. April Is. Many Prot
estant churches are expected to an
nounce plans for special Lenten
services on March IA.
Rules for Catholics during Lent
will be as follows:
Working people and their fam
lilies must abstain from meat on
Ash Wednesday, on Holy Saturday
april 24) and on all Fridays
Others are required to follow the
same rules, plus abstinence from
meat on all Wednesdays.
Those Who Must Fast.
All persons 21 years of age and
not more than SO must fast daily,
taking only one full meal. A light
breakfast and lunch are suggested
Lenten regulations do not apply on
Sundays.
Taking cognizance of the war, the
Archdiocese of Washington and
Baltimore announced today that "in
view of the present emergency, it
may be that many of the faithful
will not be required to abide strictly
by these regulations.
However, people are reminded
that for all. without exception, the
holy season of Lent should be in a
special manner a time of earnest
prayer, sorrow for sin and a time
Of self-denial, of penance and OF
aims giving" the announcement
said.
Ashes will be distributed at morn
ing services in all Catholic churches
on Wednesday.
Series Of Lectures.
A series Of lectures by the Very
Rev. Sebastian F. Miklas, rector OF
the Capuchin College here, will
open Wednesday at 7:45 pm. in the
Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacra-
ment at Catholic University. The
series will continue each Wednes-
day of Lent.
His subjects will be: Wednesday
"The Democracy Of Faith; March
II, "The Loneliness of Pride"
March "a, "The Art of Repentance"
March 81. "Self-Conquest";; April
Purity and Love-; April IA, "Th'
Courage of Womanhood";; April 81
Sacrifice and Life"
Evening star., 1943-03-06
II Cases Of Meningitis
Reported in MARYLAND

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 6.-Mary-
land counties reported II cases of
meningitis during February, COM
pared with 7 for the same month
last year, the State Health Depart
ment announced today.
Five cases were reported in Bal
timore County, with the rest scat
tered over the State.
DR.. C. H. Halliday, director Of the
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
said none of the cases were related
adding the slight increase should
cause no alarm.
The Public Health Service re-
ported yesterday SOB cases of men,
nights for the Nation during the
week ended February a. which
number exceeds any previous week
since 1927.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Churches of Rockville
Note Duy of PRAYER

The Baptist, Christian, Episcopal
Methodist and Presbyterian churches
of Rockville will observe the World S
Day of Prayer" in the Presbyterian
Church Friday.
Mrs. Theodore S. Mason will pre-
side and the program arranged for
worldwide observance by the United
Council of Church Women will be
followed. The occasion will also be
observed by other churches of the
county.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
j. S.-Panama Sea Lanes
Declared Cleared Of Subs
Py the Associated Press.

6y tne ASSOClatco FEeSS.
BALBOA, Canal Zone, March g.
Rear Admiral C. E. Van Hook, COM
mander of the Panama sea frontier,
declared yesterday the sea lanes be-
tween Panama and the United
States had been cleared OF U-boats
as the result of an efficient anti
submarine campaign plus the
enemys necessity for using the SUBJ
marines elsewhere.
There have been no ship sinkings
by submarines in the Panama Sea
frontier in a very long time" +"
Admiral Van Hook said. I'VE could
not ask that the situation be better" !"
The admiral announced the arrival
of Capt. Thomas Starr King of An
napolis, Md, to replace Capt. D. E..
Cummings as chief of staff of the
18th Naval District. Capt. King
comes from the command of a large
naval vessel operating in the Pacific.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
Randolph Says
House WiII0kay
Payroll TaxCurb
Measure to Suve 5
Million Is No. ! on
Committees Aqendu

Chairman Randolph. Of the House
District Committee predicted today
that the House would approve
promptly the McGehee bill revising
downward the District unemploy-
ment compensation tax. The COM
mittee voted overwhelmingly yes
terday to report out the measure.
The bill would save local employers
an estimated sum of 5000 600 .
year. while preserving all unemploy-
ment benefits and assuring an ade.
quate reserve fund.
House Majority Leader McCor-
mack has indicated that he will give
Mr.. Randolph an early opportunity
to call up the bill.
Representative Randolph said he
would insist on bringing up the
measure on a regular calendar, with
ample opportunity for debate. He
added that he was convinced the
House would see the justice of the
amendment.
Late in the last session, a virtually
identical bill. also sponsored by Rep
resentative McGehee, Democrat, of
Mississippi, was approved by the Dis
trict Committee and came up in the
House on consent" calendar, but
was dropped to the foot of the
calendar by the objection of a single
member and, in the final legislative
jam, never emerged. Since 1t is q
revenue-raising measure, it must
originate in the House.
Mr.. Randolph said the committee
was drafting very careful report
showing the need for this legisla-
ton, so that the House would be
fully cognizant." The bill, he en-
phasized, is No. on the committees
agenda.
Called Long Overdue"
TT is long overdue" he added,
"and certainly should be passed at
this session, and am confident that
it will be-"
Twelve members of the committee
voted to report the bill and four
voted present" The proposed
amendment to the law would sub
stitute for the present fiat payroll
tax of 2.7 per cent an experience
rating" plan, under wrich the tax
would range from one-tenth of l
per cent to 81 per cent. The tax
would depend on each employers
employment record. Those with the
fewest former employees drawing
compensation would pay the least
tax
Sponsors Of the measure pointed
out that 1t would preserve all bene.
fits of the Unemployment Compen-
sation Act, even increasing some,
and maintain an adequate reserve
at all times. The present reserve
has grown to huge surplus OF
around $35 ,000, 900. While this would
be reduced to a point regarded by
fiscal experts as more reasonable and
less wasteful. the adequency Of the
surplus would be preserved by Z
provision in the bill requiring an
additional amount to be paid by
each employe Il the size should reach
danger. point"
| It is estimated 80 per cent OF the
Districts employers covered by tho
act would qualify for a payroll tax
rate Of LILO Of per cent under the
provisions Of the amendment. The
rate reduction would continue Is
long as an employer had = good
employment record"
+. At brief hearing which preceded
an Executive Committee meeting
yesterday, all representatives Of EN-
ployers present favored the experi-
ence-rating plan. Two labor repre-
sentatives opposed it.
Evening star., 1943-03-06
81 Students Graduated
By 81. Johns S COLLEGE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, March 6.-Thirty-
two st. Johns Collesestudents were
graduated in special Commencement
exercises Thursday.
The students, including seven
seniors. will join the armed forces,
10 entering the Air Forces.
In lieu of diplomas. the students
were presented with copies Of Rob-
ert Bridges anthology, The Spirit
of Man." which was compiled for
men in the armies during the World
War.
At the farewell ceremonies Presi-
dent Stringfellow Barr spoke briefly
and the students in arms" repeated
the Ephebic oath taken by young
Athenians before entering military
training.
The Marylanders who graduated
were: John L. Hedeman and John
j. Lobell of Baltimore, Rogers G..
Albritton, Chevy Chase: Joseph p.
Blocher, Garrett County; Robert L.
Campbell, jr.. Hagerstown; Glenn A.
Fearnow, Williamsport; Claude S.
Leffel, jr., Woodbine, and John C..
Somers, jr., Crisf1eld.