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Evening star., 1943-11-12
Holman Introduces
Revised Bill for
District Home Rule
New Bill Eliminates
Earlier Proposal
For Referendum

Senator Holman, Republican, Of
Oregon today introduced in the SEN
ate a new "home rule" measure de-
signed to provide a better govern
ment for the District"
1t is revision of the bill he intro
duced october 10 to provide for
referendum of District residents on
the form of government they want.
The new measure provides for the
appointment of a charter commits
sion to consist of three members.
One member is to be named by the
President and one each by the chair
man of the Senate and House Dis
trict Committees.
The new bill eliminates the plan
for referendum. Instead, the
charter commission would receive
the views of the public and then
recommend to Congress a different
form of government.
Senator Holman said critics of his
original bill said the machinery it
proposed was too cumbersome and
that in the new measure he is seek
ing to accomplish the same thing
in a simpler manner.
He added that there ought to be
some way by which the bona f1de
resident citizens of the District
might chose one or two additional
members of the charter commission.
He said if someone would suggest
how this could be done he would be
glad to accept the amendment.
His proposal, he said, comes as the
result of the investigation into con-
ditions at Gallinger Hospital by a
Senate subcommittee, which he
headed.
Evening star., 1943-11-12

River road house, which is next door
to her mothers home, after her
husband enters the Army November
30. She said her mother will help
with the children, the oldest of
whom is 10 and the youngest will
be next month.
/. Wife to Run Insurance Business.
Charles M. Schwab, 81, of TIT
Denton road, Bethesda, who will
enter the Army on the same date,
is the father of a 3-year-old boy
and 4-month- daughter. Mr..
|Schwab, an insurance broker here,
said his wife will conduct the busi-
ness while he is in the service. He
said that from now until he leaves
for the Army he expects to give her
IAN intensive course in the insurance
business.
Edward p Barber, 80, volunteered
before his induction and will enter
the Marine Corps THANKSGIVING
Day. Mr.. Barber, a member of the
Montgomery County Police Depart
ment, lives at 5000 Glenwood road,
Bethesda, and is the father of a
10-year-old daughter. Mr.. Barber
said he and his wife have not made
definite plans. He said she will not
go to work Immediately, but will
work if she has to-"
One Other Father Buying House.
Michael o. Brooks, %, who will
enter the Marine Corps, is employed
as an insurance examiner with the
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
The parents Of two girls, 6 and 3
years old, Mr.. and Mrs. Brooks also
had not made all their plans yet
He said he is purchasing new
house and has not found out def
nltely whether or not payments will
stop while he is in the marines.
IT they don't, he said, it will take
almost all of the s1O0 monthly
allowance to his family to meet the
monthly payments.
Mrs. Brooks said she did not
intend to work because it would
cost more than I could make to hire
some one to care for my children"
Another Had Been in Army.
Charles jackson, "a, of 4315 Town
send avenue Sc, said he had been
in the Army about six years ago and
Evening star., 1943-11-12
Giant 0iI-cracking Plant
To Open Soon in Baltimore
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. IA new
plant at the Standard Oil Co. Can
ton refinery, capable Of turning out
thousands of barrels a day" of
high-octane airplane gasoline, will
go into production about Decem-
Der l.
The company said its $14O0O,0O
modernization program at the Bal
timore branch was virtually COM
pleted.
The new cracking" apparatus,
which breaks gas OIL into its
gaseous and fluid components, has
been dubbed the Baltimore Giant" I"
and is expected to help make Balti-
more one Of. the most important pc
troleum centers In the postwar era,
the company said.
Evening star., 1943-11-12
Widow of Sailor Carries On
As Railway Express Driver
Former WAAC, II, Is Among 20 Women
Running Trucks for Agency Here

Formerly riveter in a California
aircraft plant and later a member
Of the Women's Army Auxiliary
Corps, Mrs. Gladys Pawielski now
replaces man" by driving truck
for the Railway Express Agency
here.
Twenty-Five years old, Mrs. Pa
wielski left the WACS last summer
because her husband, who was in
the Navy, expected leave in Novem-
ber and wanted her with him, She
had been in the WAC motor corps
and, learning the Railway Express
wanted women drivers, took a Job
there few days after her discharge.
She is now widow. News
came in October that her husband,
Anthony Pawielski, a machinist
mate, first class, had been killed in
action in the Mediterranean theater.
Kept on Working.
II got the news late at night" she
said, but I decided to 60 to work
the next morning I made a good
many mistakes, I'm afraid, but it
was easier to keep working"
That's what she has been doing
ever since, and Tony" as they call
her at the agency, manages to keep
cheerful. She plans to continue her
present job at least for the duration.
One of about 20 women now driv-
ing trucks for the Railway Express
here, "Tony's" route is on Connecti-
cut avenue. .,.-.
Il clock in at about o'clock in
the morning" she said. Then I
start out on my route. I don't haye
any residences, just stores and
hotels. go first to the Shoreham,
then up one side of Connecticut
avenue and down the other. When
I come back, unload the truck and
settle up the money. And that's all
there is to it,"
Assignments Are Light.
The Railway Express assigns
women drivers only to small pack
age" business, instructing them to
call the Office If they run into heavy
traffic. ... :,
Tony" who is S feet 41a inches
tall and weighs ia pounds, showed
up not long ago with a 7000-pound
load. Some of the men employees
at the Kennedy-Warren, where she
had picked up the bulk Of 1t, had
loaded her truck, she explained to
her colleagues.
Generally speaking. agency off,
cials said, customers lend a willing
hand because they realize the man
power shortage.
Tony" was instrumental in get
ting another former WAAC, Miss
Eva Mccall, as a truck driver for
the agency. They received their
discharge at the same time and now
are living with "Tony's" sister at
Hyattsville. g =.
Many Women Drivers.
The express agency's women driv-
ers come from various walks of
life. Mrs. Mildred Stewart, of 2825
Knox terrace Sc, formorely owned
a cleaning plant in Terre Haute,
Ind, and drove a truck to solicit
business. When her husband, Clif-
ford Stewart, came here to work
Evening star., 1943-11-12

at the Navy Yard, she grew tired of
having nothing to do. Then she
aW a Railway Express advertise
rflent and has been driving truck
for them about three months.
Then there's Mrs. Mae Booth,
Is Fifteenth street Sc, mother of
three children and formerly q sales
girl. Mrs. Booth likes truck driving
much better than selling. She likes
the hours too.
tits so difficult to get any one
to help with the children on Thurs
day and Saturday nights" she said.
Shes on the early shift and is free
after 2 pm. now Her husband,
Herbert Booth, is a Capital Transit
bus driver.
The women drivers have excellent
records, according to B. T. Hammett,
supervisor of vehicle service. We've
had just one accident involving
women and it cost us only $780," he
reported. They also know their way
around Washington surprisingly
we'll, he said, often better than the
men.
Same Pay as Men.
c. A. Williams, the agent, pointed
out that the women come under the
same labor agreement as the men.
They make $176.54 a month. work.
ing six-day 44-hour week." he
said.
Mr.. Williams also pointed out he
has about 80 women clerks, who
prepare the traffic and assess
charges.
The women drivers wear Railway
express caps and badges and are
asking Mr.. Williams for an Official
uniform. At present they wear
slacks. sweaters and jackets Of their
own choosing.
Each must pass physical exam
ination and a drivers test. Then
she's given weeks training.
The public likes the women. One
customer was so impressed by girl
on the air-express trucks that she
wrote the agency a poem entitled
"The Angel on 24lss or Ship by Air
Express!"
Evening star., 1943-11-12
10000, Collection
Of Paper Expected Here

Collections of waste paper within
the District, exclusive of the Gov
eminent, indicate the total this
month will be we'll over 10000, ,O0O
pounds for the first time since the
intensified paper salvage program
was started, salvage officials an
nounced today.
Citizens were urged to cooperate
in the salvage program sponsored by
the War Production Board by saw
ing waste paper at home.
Collections of newspapers, maga-
zines and corrugated boxes will be
made tomorrow morning in the
Northwest section of the city. Con-
tributions should be placed in front
OF homes and apartment houses be-
fore 9 am.
Evening star., 1943-11-12
Small Jars Of Je||jes
Made Ration-Free
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Small-sized jars OF jams, jellies
and fruit spreads-those weighing
5h ounces or less-may be bought
ration-free beginning today.
/ The ONCE of Price Administers
ton yesterday announced a zero
point value for these items, explain
ing they are popular as gifts for
servicemen and that stocks in the
hands of retailers are relatively
small
Sizes through 8 ounces have had
a point value of two and three
points. Those more than 512 ounces
in this category continue to be ra-
toned.
OPA said the point-free pur-
chases will be allowed only through
the holiday season. Ration values
will be re-established on the Feb.
ruary processed food chart.
Evening star., 1943-11-12
Nozi Coptoin Escapes
From Tennessee Comp
" the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Wolfgang Germann Hellfritsch, 2s,
a captain in the German Army, who
was captured in North Africa, es-
capped from prisoner of war camp
at Crossville, Tenn, October %, the
Federal Bureau of Investigation an
nounced today.
The escape was disclosed by the
FBI broadcasting wanted notice"
to law enforcement officers through
out the country.
Evening star., 1943-11-12
Senate Subcommittee
Urges Passage Of
D. {. Insurance Bill
Measure Would Allow
Studies Looking to
Cuts in Rotes

Passage by Congress OF the Nc
Carran bill to give control over fire
and casualty insurance rates here
to the District superintendent of in
surance was recommended today by
the Burton Subcommittee of the
Senate District Committee after
study of testimony taken at public
hearings October 8.
In the report, in which Senator
Buck, Republican, of Delaware
joined with the subcommittee chair
man, Senator Burton, it was brought
out that the Municipal Government
now has no control over fire and
casualty insurance rates and that
during the past 20 years the loss
ratio to net premiums written was
but Bis per cent.
1t was asserted that premiums
payed In the 20-year period totaled
some $43,O00,ooO whereas losses
amounted to but about $4,000, 900.
Thus out Of every premium dollar
about 50 cents went for profit and
expenses. it was explained by Sena-
tors Burton and Buck.
Would Authorize Studies.
while it is believed that opera
tions under this bill, II it becomes
law, may we'll result in a reduction
of casualty insurance rates." the
Senators said, lit should be made
clear that arbitrary reduction of
rates is not the purpose Of the bill.
The purpose is to give authority for
rate studies and investigations and
then for such adjustment Of rates as
may be justified"
The bill provides for organization
of rating bureau consisting OF rep
of companies authorized
to do business here, which would
operate under supervision Of the
District insurance superintendent.
Bushfield Opposes Bill.
Senator Bushfield, Republican, Of
South Dakota has opposed the bill,
saying he believes rate studies may
be done without legislation and that
competition should take care of the
question of rates.
There was no opposition to the
bill at the hearings. The Commits
sioners have protested that rates
now are fixed by arbitrary and
discriminatory methods" by licensed
insurance companies and that the
rates 50 established result in Tex
cessive charges"
A favorable report was made by
all three members of the Burton
Subcommittee on another bill which
would amend the insurance code to
provide that the superintendent of
insurance may levy fine of up to
5000 on companies violating insur-
ance regulations, in cases where
revocation or suspension of license
is deemed too harsh a punishment.
The bill also would reduce from
5000 to $1,000 the size of bond
required for insurance brokers.
Evening star., 1943-11-12
WPB AIIots More Zinc
For Printing Plates
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
An increase of 10 per cent.in the
permitted quarterly use of zinc for
printing plates was announced to-
day by the War Production Board.
The action was taken to equalize
the use OF zinc and copper in print
ing plate production. The increase
was made retroactive to October l
and will allow use of zinc up to 60
per cent of 1941 quarterly consump-
ton.
Evening star., 1943-11-12

Canada, after a weeks visit here.
Senior Castelblanco was the house
guest of Chilean Ambassador Ro-
dolfo Michels during his stay here.
After visiting in Canada, he will re-
turn. to New York before returning
to Chile.
Evening star., 1943-11-12

ROOKIE INSTRUCTOR TAKES BUNIP-Pvt Lee Hensey mo-
torcyce instructor the METROPOLITAN Po-
lice Department sixth and Neal streets NE takes sharp
Jump in high speed during inspection police and
military officials today Pvt Hensley landed with
that he cut his the front the
had to leave the field to be given first aid Maj Kelly
superintendent of police with the inspecting
In the background. Star STAFF Photo
Evening star., 1943-11-12
Chilean House Speaker
Departs for Cunudo

Pedro Castelhlanco, Speaker of the
Chamber. of Deputies Of. Chile, left
Washington today for New York and
Evening star., 1943-11-12


with
nter the ArmyN November
Evening star., 1943-11-12

The express agency's women driv-
ers come from various walks of
life. Mrs. Mildred Stewart, of 2825
Knox terrace Sc, formorely owned
a cleaning plant in Terre Haute,
Ind, and drove a truck to solicit
business. When her husband, Clif--
ford Stewart, came here to work
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
Snow Skaters
Last Year Mark

Snowfall to date passed the
total for all of last year today
when an additional three-inch
blanket brought the cumulative
figure to "a inches.
For the entire 1912 winter
season 22.9 inches of snow were
recorded.
Traffic snarlS and minor crack
ups were reported as tempera-
lures rose sharply and I hen
plunged again. dropping from 81
degrees at s a. m. to 29 degrees
at 8 a. m.
a half-hour freezing rain earlier
in the morning added 10 street
hazards.
Occasional SHOWS were forecast
for today but the wcatherman
predicted the worst was over
for the moment.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
Hundreds Get Chance
For Ration Book No. |

The D local war ration boards
were completing the registration
today of hundreds of persons who
were stalled in long lines and
failed TO meet yesterdays deadline
for obtaining ration book No. l.
A typical rush was reported at
Board S2-9. at S405 Gratiot ave-
nue.. where some 200 persons still
were waiting in line when the
office closed at $50 p. m. More
than 1900 books had been given
out during the day, board officials
said All boards issued slips 10
persons standing in line ~ tho
dcadlinc. permitting their appear
snce today.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
The War Fronts

POLAND 49, p olish guerrillas
battle German troops and
burn Ia German-occupied vii
lagos; gestapo retaliates by
arreSting thousands of Poles.
Page H.
RUSSlA-G neral Vatutin's
army crashes through Ger
man defenses on the Likhaya
River and advances 80 miles
10 capture the Glubovkay
railroad station, 90 miles
north OF RoStov; three Red
armies develop pincer move
on Rostov. Page IL
NEW GUINEA-AmericanS and
Australians destroy Japanese
front line defenses at Sanan-
anda Point, inflicting heavy
casualties. page p
NORTH AFRICA-American
planes attack so German
troop transport planes and
shoot down seven: British
step up patrol activity in
Tripolitania; Americans bomb
Tripoli. Page 2O
PORT u G. Al l. Pilots of II
American fighter planes forced
down by lack of gasoline and
interned page p
BURMA - British and Indian
troops break Japanese coun-
terattack . miles above
Akyab; three Japanese planes
approach Calcutta. India, and
all are shot down by a 21-year-
old English flier. Page p
OVER EUROPE-RAF bombers
again attack submarine base
al Lorient. France, and raid
Western Germany. page p
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
Women ON Job,
Jeep Crew Quits

Work was halted on the jeep
assembly line of the Ford Lincoln
plant for the second time in as
hours today as 2l5 UAW-CIO
members laid down their tools for
50 minutes in an unauthorized pro-
test against replacing men with
women workers.
A company spokesman said the
plant was running anead OF Sched-
ule and planned 10 shift 60 men to
other jobs until the supply of ma
terialS could be replenished.
The plan called for assigning
- women 10 the assembly line. the
spokesman added approximately
the same number of employees
stopped work for - minutes yes
terdaV.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
Gort Injured
In Malta Raid

LONDON. Jan. 16 CUP).-Field
Marshal ViScount Gort, comman-
der in Chief of Malta. was seri-
ously burned in a recent air raid
while helping 10 salvage gasoline
from a burning depot. it was un-
derstood today Gort is now in
London.
Gort who in tho last war won
tho Victoria Cross and four other
medals for extraordinary personal
bravery under fire. ran from his
government house 10 aid in rolling
gasoline. drums from
the depot.
One of the drums slipped. 1t
burst at his feet and was set
ablaze,
A misguided soldier turned a
hose on Gort as the flames started
to envelop him, the Daily Tele-
graph said. This intensified the
blaze.
The climate OF Malta was not
conducive to Gort's recovery, the
story added. and he returned to
London.
+ Gort led the British Expedition
ary Force i'm France. He was sent
10 command Gibraltar when il
looked as if that fortress might be
attacked. and then he went on Il
Malta in the heroic islands dark.
est daVS.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
10 Without Fuel
I6 Days i'm Home
Wife, 2 Children Eat Cold Food;
Deserted by Husband and Father
Picture on Pdgc 81,
By WILLIAM CASE

Cold hunger and despair.
That's the three-point program
OF poverty being lived today By
Mrs. Anna AnSdcn and her nine
children, who haven't had any
heat in their home since New
Years Day, haven't had hot
meal since before Christmas and
have now been left by their huS-
band and father,
Huddled in her dreary. seven
room home at 1905 Pingree ave-
nue. where The wallpaper IS
peeling of because Of the damp
ness sccping through. the mouSey
34-year-old mother frets over her
brood be>et 10y worry and dis
couracement
Her husband John 81 limo
lcum layer who worked only
interm!tienjN left week ago
after saying he was gong to gel
his pay check and order fuel for
the home,
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
OIL ORDERED

Inquiries at the welfare depart
ment and the oil supply company
on Friday revealed that the oil
had been ordered but delivery was
impossible until sometime today
because Of a lack Of drivers and
trucks.
why, they're in no worse
condition than lots of other
people we service" an oil COM
pany spokesman said when in
formed OF the familyS plight.
we shove this stuff out a. fast
as we can but right now we
don't have half enough men To
do the work"
Meanwhile. Mrs. AmSdcn is fin
lShing her weeks ironing IN her
winter coat while the children eat
their peanut butter and Jelly
sandwiches.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
Red Tape Murder
Farmer, Vexed by Taxes and Need for Filling Out
u. S. Forms, Kills Woman, 81 and Self

a $3.50 chance. Of recovering from
a similar beating.
The son, Lyle, 20. suffered COM
plications resulting from the ham
mering by the father.
Threatening suicide. Ruchoft
had recently expressed concern
over meeting Increased taxes and
had complained Of confusion caused
him by federal questionnaireS and
governmental red tape according
to Sheriff Otto x. Buder
The farmer was quoted by Buder
as saying that governmental
routine required Tor obtaining
farm machinery was getting him
down.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
Red Tanks
Open Way
To ROSfOV
BY HENRY SHAPIRO
United Press stan Correspondent

MOSCOW, Jan. 16.-The Rus
SLAMS have broken through on the
southwestern front 10 within 90
miles of Rostov and three armies
are developing a pincer movement
on the city, special dispatches said
today.
The breakthrough came on the
River, which empties into
the Donets. when Col. Gen. n. F.
Russian commander-ln-
chief on the southwestern front,
threw tanks and infantry into a
30-mlle advance.
Flanking attacks then enabled
Continued on Next Page, Col. -
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18

A mind enSnarled in govern
mental red tape and tax worries
prompted a Kalamazoo County
farmer TO take his own life and
his mother-in-law's. and to injure
his wife and son critically. au-
thorities declared today.
Arthur Ruohoft. So, of School,
craft. the farmer, shot himself 10
death with a 12-gage shotgun after
committing the triple crime.
Fatally hammered by Ruchoft
was Mrs Minnie Beebe, 81, who
died in Borgess. Hospital. Kala-
mazoo. a few hours after tho beat
ing. Ruehofts wife. Irene, 50, had
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
7 C0||ieries
Shut, Strikers
Total $1,000
Hard Coal Miners
Rebuked by Leaders,
Vote on Going Back

WILKES BARRE. Pa, Jan. Is
CUPb.-ProtestS against pay pro-
visions for Six-day work week
closed al least seven more anthra-
cite coll, ricS In the Wilkes Barre
and Panther Craek Vaifey areas
today. bringing the number of
hard coal strikers 10 more than
1000.
The new walkoutS affected ap-
proximately $500 miners. They
Joined 5000 Idle miners who await
q report from their union officers
after attending War Labor
Board meeting IN Washington yes
terday
Spokcmen for the collicrIes said
the men refused 10 work today Al
time-and-a-half pay for those
working a sixth consecutive day.
Most OF them had previously voted
not to work Saturdays unless
granted a fat S2-a-day wage IN
crease.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
Women i'm WarpIaneS
Jap Pilot and German Gunner Reported Found
Dead in Enemy Craft Shot Down

SEATTLE. Wash. Jan, 16 tUP),
American troops found the body
of a woman gunner in a German
plane shot down in North Africa.
1t. Joe Klaas of the army air
forces reported in a letter 10 his
mother. Mrs. o. u. Klaas of
Seattle.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18

ASBURY PARK. n. j.. Jan. 16
(lNS).-One of the japanese sui
eide dive-bombers which helped
destroy the American aircraft
carrier Hornet was piloted by a
woman. according 10 a Hornet
James X, Prince. 20
petty officer thitd class.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18

GoebbeIs Warns Nazis Of
Dire Fate if Licked
By United Press

Paul joseph GoebbelS, German
propaganda minister, who has
been trying TO whip up German
war energy by chilling the blood
OF radio listeners, threatened
them with a new Allied victory
today If they failed to win the
war for Hitler.
He warned them that they
would be forced TO learn English
and that English spelling was
very difficult.
Detroit evening times., 1943-01-18
6 Youngsters
Quiizzed for
Killing Clue
Young Girls Screamed
on Night Of Mothers
Death; Suspect Held

Confidently predicting an early
break in the investigation of the
murder OF Mrs. Sybilla McGrath,
police today were TO question the
six small daughters Of the slain
W o man 10 learn why they
screamed on the night OF the
killing.
All under Z years Of age, the
youngsters were taken 10 head
quarters while detectives contin-
ued TO hammer at the story of
Melvin ChildreSS, who admits
visiting the McGrath apartment
at 1922 CaSS avenue two hours
before the murder was discovered