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Evening star., 1943-01-02
.295 Men Volunteer
For Armed Services
AT D. {. Draft Boards
Prospective Marines
Will Be First Group
To Be Inducted

A total of 295 District men have
volunteered for induction into the
Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard since the temporary arrange
ment for accepting men who VOL
unteer through their draft boards
was announced, District selective
service headquarters said today.
Only the prospective marines will
be inducted in the near future. how
ever. The Navy and Coast Guard
have not yet announced when they
will start accepting men.
On the draft board waiting lists
are ITS Navy volunteers, 10 for the
Marine Corps and so for the Coast
Guard.
The Navy Recruiting Station here,
however, said it was doing brisk
business among the 17-year-olds,
who can be accepted since they are
under draft age.
The Marine Corps opened its doors
Yesterday to draft-age men, but
draft boards will not start sending
applicants until Monday.
The men already passed by their
boards for the marines will be sent
over three-day period. After this
group has been sent on to the
marines, a regular schedule will be
put into effect by the draft boards
The use of volunteers to fill calls
is expected to be superseded on
February by permanent arrange
ment whereby all services would
submit their needs to draft boards
and the men would be sent from
their draft boards to all branches,
possibly through a single induction
center.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Maryland 10 Gel
More, Longer
Afraid Tests
Numerical Decline
Of Civilian Defense
Volunteers Reported
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 2.-Col. Henry
S. Barrett today coupled an an
nouncement that Maryland had 5000
fewer civilian defense volunteers
than last February with a warning
that the State should expect more
frequent and longer" air-raid tests.
With the holiday ban on tests and
blackouts now lifted. Col. Barrett,
State director of AFRAID precau-
tions. said, Prom now on there will
be as many tests as I can put
through"
Need for Increase Cited.
These tests, ne added, would be
held both day and night. saying that
more blackouts of longer duration
were needed.
Tests were called off during the
holidays because of possible danger
of sounding them in crowded down
town areas.
Summing up the years accom-
plishments in civilian defense, Col.
Barrett said drop in Baltimore
City's volunteer enrolment, from
81 1.255 last February to 37,088 at
present. had overbalanced an in
crease from 62,745 to 8O,912 in the
counties.
Maryland now had, he said, sc, ,139
trained volunteers to meet anv
emergency. OF Baltimore's volun-
teer roster, 81 ,432 are trained. 1894
are in training and 1872 are await
ing training.
5000 Trained.
Some $1,000 of the county volun-
teers are trained
Refusing to comment on the VOL
unteer drop in Baltimore, Col. Bar
rett warmly praised the county ac-
tivities. saying:
The county civilian defense di-
rectors, the chief afraid wardens
and others connected with the de-
tense effort have done wonderful
Job in training personnel. 1 know
that all Of the persons connected
with the undertaking have made
personal sacrifices in order to ac-
complish the job."
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Hearing SET Friday
On Plea for 2-Cent
Rise in Milk Price
Producers to Cite
Comparative Low Cost
In Alexandria Area

A hearing by the Virginia State
Milk Commission on a petition from
the Maryland and Virginia Milk
Producers Association asking for a
2-cent-per-quart rise in the retail
price of milk in the Alexandria and
Arlington area will be held at 10 80
am next Friday in the Alexandria
City Council chamber.
A similar petition, filed by the pro-
ducers' association for public hear
ing on a milk rise request in Wash
ington, has not been acted on by
the Agriculture Department. The
petition was filed about three weeks
ago.
B. B. Derrick, secretary-t treasurer
of the producers association, said
the low cost of milk in comparison
with other food products will be
cited at the Alexandria hearing
He added that figures will o.
given showing that the price oi
milk in stores has risen only pei
cent in the last year and only 7k
per cent for home deliveries, whereas
the overall rise in other food prices
has been about 80 per cent.
The milk producers, he said are
handicapped by labor and transpor.
tation problems, adding that they
also are consumers and must beal
the rising costs of other fooo
products.
Saying that "a dairy farms have
ceased operation in the area since
October, Mr.. Derrick said farmers
themselves are taking defense Jobs
when they find they cannot get farm
help because of the competition oi
war industries.
Some farmers have gone out OF
the milk business and are turning
to producing foods where prices have
risen in proportion to the cost oi
living, he said.
M. H. Burchell, president of the
Alexandria Dairy, said all distribu-
tors serving the area would be rep
resented at the hearing and are ex-
pected to favor the price rise.
Mr.. Burchell said the distributors
are also faced with rising costs ano
transportation difficulties. He addec
that unless the producers expect tc
split the increase with the distribu-
tors, II 1t is granted, they will ask
Tor another penny rise in retail price
Tor their increased cost of distribu-
ton.
Spokesmen for other companies
serving the area said something
would have to be done to help the
milk distributors.
since no consumer organization
mas indicated it will attend the hear
ing, 1t is possible that no arguments
Will be presented against the peti-
tion.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Mrs. Martha Woodcock
Dies After Lonq Illness

Mrs. Martha c. Woodcock, 86, a
resident of the District for 20 years,
died today at her home, 1913 In
gomar street NV, after an illness
of several months.
A native of Lawrence, Mass, Mrs.
Woodcock was the widow of Joseph
D. Woodcock. She Is survived by
four daughters, Miss Edith G. Wood
cock, Miss Mildred c. Woodcock and
Miss Gladys Woodcock, all Of this
city, and Mrs. o. F. Taylor of Sum-
NIT, N. j.; son, Charles M. Wood
cock, Of Hadley, Mass, and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services and burial will
be In Lawrence.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
u. 5. Ships Asked 10 Move
Polish Refugees in Iran

The War Shipping Administration
Is discussing with Polish and other
foreign representatives the posi-
bility Of using American cargo ships
to transport 10000 Polish refugees
from Iran.
The Mexican government has
agreed that 10000 of them can be
settled in Mexico, and South Africa
and India have agreed to take the
others. 1t has been suggested that
ships carrying lease-lend goods to
Iran could transport these persons
most of them children-on their re-
turn voyages.
The refugees reached Iran after
flight from Poland through Russia
Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski. Polish
Prime Minister, returned to WASH
lngton last night from Mexico CITY.
where he arranged details from the
Mexican government for the refugee
settlement. The general, whose
headquarters are in London, intends
to spend only brief time in this
country.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Young Runaway Wife
Held on Bad-Check Count

Washington and New York de-
partment stores today were adding
up their losses from a stream of
worthless checks which police said
were passed by 22-year-old run
away wife who was accompanied on
a two-week splurge by a 15-year-old
boy.
Police, who arrested the woman
yesterday, estimated the checks
passed would total nearly $500.
According to authorities. the
woman began a shopping tour here
about two weeks ago, paying for
purchases with the bad checks. By
the time checks came back from the
bank marked mo Such Account" f"
she and her companion were in De-
troit visiting night spots.
In New York, where the Washing
ton methods were repeated. the
woman was arrested on a fraud
charge and the boy returned to
relatives in Detroit. The woman
returned here after she had been
released on bond IN New York pend
ing a court appearance, police said
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Bond Drives Success
Leads Taft 10 Back
Voluntary Sales
Ohioun Switches Views
And Now Opposes
Compulsory Savings
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Success of the Treasurys War
bond selling campaign has led Sem
ator Taft, Republican, of Ohio to
declare that proposals for compul-
sorry savings ought to be abandoned
in favor of an intensive drive to
boost voluntary purchases of Gov
ernment securities.
Senator Taft, member OF the
Senate Finance Committee, who
previously had advocated enforced
loans to reduce inflationary spend
ing, told reporters yesterday he had
become cool" to the idea after can
vassing the results of the recently
concluded financing campaign.
From the best figures I can OBJ
tain" the Ohioan said, "it looks as
though about s6,500.00O 900 in War
bonds was sold to individuals and
companies outside of commercial
banks in a campaign which was
hastily organized
Speedy Success Cited.
I'm one month then. about as
much money was obtained for the
Treasury as could be raised in a
year from most of the compulsory
savings plans that have been sug-
geSted to Congress
Il think we ought to go on with
this sort of thing, organizing it on
a house toulouse canvass basis to
the point where 80 per cent of the
bonds will be purchased by indi-
viduaS. That is the surest kind of
protection against initiation
Sen. Taft said he believed that if
any compulsory savings legislation
was necessary at all, it ought to be
the kind which would be incidental
to voluntary bond purchases and
designed primarily to mop up the
slackers" who otherwise wouldn't in
vest in the war securities.
THE backbone of Government
financing plans ought to be volun-
tary bond sales" he declared.
This view has been taken in the
past by Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau, who opposed congress
sional suggestions for enforced loan
provisions in the revenue bill passed
by the last Congress
Sales Exceed IL Billions.
Mr.. Morgenthau has announced
that the December campaign total
would mount to we'll over $4,000
100000 when all of the returns are
in, of which something around
$4,000 100000 is expected to repre-
sent commercial bank investments
in the securities. Congressional fis-
cal leaders have contended that
commercial bank purchases are in
flationary in character since they
boost potential credit reserves
while those of individuals are de-
fiationary.
Sen. Taft said he believed Con-
gress ought to get to work at once
on new legislation to boost revenues
as much as possible to help meet
an enlarged budget of war expendi-
lures. That view was reportedly
shared in administration quarters
where James F.. Byrnes, economic
stabilization director, was described
as urging that Congress be given its
head to work out increases it be-
lieves best.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Board AbsoIves Private
Who Shot Prisoner
BI ti.r Associated Press

By tite Associated Press.
EDGEWOOD AIRS EMAIL, Md.
Jan. "A board of officers ruled
yesterday that Pvt. Charles Luli of
the posts military police detach-
ment acted in line of duty when he
shot and fatally wounded Charles
Lee White, colored prisoner, Decem-
ber 20.
The board gave its verdict follow
ing a three-day investigation in
which it found that White resented
an order given by Luli, snatched a
bayonet affixed on the military Of
ficers gun and then began a fight
The board said that Luli fired
when he realized that the man
might also get the gun and shoot
him.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Turnover Of Maryland
Employees Is so Per Cent
BY TIE Associated Press.

by ire Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Jan. 1.-THE States
classified service had a so per cent
turnover in employees in the fiscal
year ended last September 80, Harry
c. Jones, State employment COM
missioner, said in his annual report
to Gov. O'Conor.
OF the 5,428 employees in the serv-
ice on October l, 1941, he reported,
1884 resigned to accept other en-
ployment and 284 entered the mill
tary service. Approximately 2,548
new and unframed persons were
hired as replacements.
He said the turnover resulted in
net loss of 800 employees, with
the payroll figure now at 5,1O8.
He attributed the rapid turnover
to more attractive pay offered by
war industry, and added:
That the State has reached the
end of the fiscal year with no more
serious dislocations of its essential
services is due to the relatively
small nucleus of senior employees
who have remained loyal, in the
hope Of early financial relief.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
District Army Officer
Promoted to Colonel
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 2.-Maj. Gen.
Milton A. Reckord, commanding
general of the Sd Service Command,
announced today the promotion to
the rank of colonel of 1t. Col. Rob-
ert S. Du Bois, one of the Nations
well-known engineers.
Col. Du Bois, chief of the engi-s
neer branch at Sd Service Com
mand headquarters. in civil life
was chief bridge designer for the
New Jersey State Highway Depart
ment.
Among his best-known works are
the Pulaski Skyway, the Skyline
Drive and the Colonial Parkway at
Williamsburg. He makes his home
at GILT Thirty-second place NV,
Washington.
At the same time Gen. Reckord
announced that Capt. Robert N.
Chamberlain Of Richmond, Va, as
sistant to Col. Du Bots, was pro-
noted to the rank of major.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Births Rise, Deaths Fall
In Virginia During 1912

BY the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 2.-Births
in Virginia during the first II
months of 1912 totaled 56,575 as
against 5l,710 births in the same
period of 1941, the Bureau of Vital
Statistics has reported. Deaths
numbered 25,957 compared with
27,742 in the January November
period of 1941.
The bureau recorded 5,784 births
and 2,235 deaths in November. In
addition 248 deaths of children un-
der l year of age were recorded.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Otto May Join but Won't Head
Austrian Legion in America
Hopsbure Pretender Is Concerned
More With Period Following War

Hungary, Croatia and Slovakia,
with the capital at Vienna
The formation of an Austrian bat
talon in the United States is under
way. But it will not be headed by
Otto, as its sponsors originally in
tended. Secretary of War Stimson
has specified that the archduke will
be permitted to join the battalion
just as any Austrian refugee may.
But he is not to be its leader.
FrOwn on Foreign Legions.
AS the war goes on and faction
alism and political angles multiply
rather than diminish, Washington
officials are inclined to frown on
formation of foreign legions in the
United States which might conceiv-
ably swing to one side or the other
in the developing European pol:t-
ical squabbles.
The first foreign legion to be au-
thorized, the Norwegian Legion, was
approved by everybody. Norway has
no territorial ambitions in Europe
and has made great sacrifices in
this war. The wishes, therefore, of
the government in exile is to see a
Norwegian legion formed in the
United States was granted. To the
great surprise of nearly every one
only 365 men joined up. The Nor
wegianS in the United States evil
IDENTIFY felt that the fight for free
dom and for the liberation of Nor
way were synonymous and they have
been enlisting in the American
armed forces.
The Norwegian example has con-
vinced officials that there is no nec-
essity for pulling refugee groups into
nationalistic units within the bor-
ders Of the United States in order
to spur them on to fight the Axis.
In spite Of considerable pressure the
Austrian battalion will remain small
and the political implications which
would have been read into its forma-
ton with Otto as its leader have
been side-stepped.
Releesed BY the Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1943-01-02
BY HELEN LOMBARD.

Otto, the young archduke of
Austria, is no longer a sensation at
Washington social gatherings. The
young man has abandoned his for
mer retirement and is often seen
at evening receptions and cocktail
parties, usually accompanied by his
secretary.
The pretender> to the throne of
the Hapsburgs is pleasant to young
girls of debutante age, but he is
careful not to single out any one
of them for particular attention
There have been no romantic sug-
gestions f1uttering around the en-
twined names of this or that WASH
ington girl and of the archduke as
was the case when the Duke of
Windsor, then the Prince of Wales,
visited and danced in Washington.
The dark, serious looking arch
duke prefers to talk politics with his
dinner companions and is noticeably
more at ease with older married
women who cannot by any stretch
of the imagination be pretenders
to the pretender.
Interested in Postwar Era.
Otto is particularly interested in
the postwar period and in plans
for the coming peace.
There is plenty of postwar plan
ming going on in Washington and
not all of it is being done by the
administrations blue printing agen-
cies. Our Allies and war associates
also are thinking of the postwar
world, but their plans differ widely
from those of Vice President WAL
lace in that they are apt to be prac-
tical, definite and to the point.
All of our Allies and associates
agree, of course, that the postwar
world must be a better world. From
then on, the differences of opinion
begin. To the young archduke q
better world" will start with the
formation of a Danubian Confede-
ration which will comprise Austria,
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Canned Milk Promised
For Virginia Infants
By the Associated Press,


RICHMOND, Va, Jan. BRIG.
Gen. j. Fulmer Bright, State OPA
director, said there was no cause for
great concern among mothers using
evaporated milk to prepare formulas
for infants, because of the depleted
stocks of canned milk in Virginia
stores.
I'VE want to reassure every mother
that the welfare OF her baby will be
the first concern of the ONCE of
Price Administration here" Gen
Bright announced yesterday after
his Office had received numerous
telephone calls on the matter.
I'VE assure them that no matter
what happens, we will see that they
get milk for their infant children.
Il can we'll understand why
mothers have felt disturbed over the
conditions and there has resulted a
depletion of the stocks of the well
known brands of evaporated milk
on the market. We feel that we can
assure them that the present short
age will be relieved in the imme-
diate future"
Evening star., 1943-01-02
O'Conof Grants Parole
To Bethesda Woman

Mrs. Mary Virginia Blatt, 80. of
Bethesda, Md, who is serving a
three-year term for HOUSEKEEPING
of model homes in Montgomery
County, was one of II State
prisoners granted New Year pa
roles yesterday by Gov. O'Conor.
Others paroled included Henry
E. Fleece, 81, serving Is months
for a statutory offense committed
in Prince Georges County; Boyd
Sonnifrank, %, 15-month term
for larceny and receiving stolen
goods in Montgomery County, and
Lewis Crutchfleld, 81, colored, serv-
ing a term for housebreaking in
Montgomery.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Court Orders Mother
Of Four to Quit Job
By the Associated Press

by the Associated Press.
CUMBERLAND, Md, Jan. 2.-The
mother of four delinquent children
was ordered to quit her work and
care for her children after receiving
an 18-month suspended sentence in
Juvenile Court here.
The Westernport woman was en-
ployed at an ordnance plant. She is
divorced from the childrens father
and married to a man now in the
Army. Until the arrival of an allot-
ment from the children's father, the
Allegany County Welfare Board
will provide s54 per month for sup
port OF the children,
Evening star., 1943-01-02

was announced
today by the
Rev. w. Clark
Main, pastor.
The S erm on
tomorrow will be
delivered by the
Rev. DIR. Fred G.
Holloway, presi-
dent of Western
Maryland Col
lege, who will
speak on The
New Year and
the New World"
On S u n d a Y,
January 10, thes
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Publisher Is Honored

DANVILLE, Va, Jan. R.-
Andrew A. Farley. general manager
of the Bee and the Register, Dan
ville's two daily papers, has been
named the citys leading citizen for
1912. He received silver cup offered
for the past II years by the Kiwanis
Club.
Evening star., 1943-01-02

E. Cromer, superintendent of the
Washington East District of the
Methodist Church, will be the guest
speaker, and on the following Sum-
day services dedicating service flag
will be held.
The Rev. Frederick E. Heissig, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Washington
Federation of Churches. will be
guest speaker on Sunday, January
"a, and the mission will end January
80, with an address by the Rev. DR..
James Shera Montgomery, chaplain
of the House.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Boord Appoints Clerk

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md, Jan.
2 (SpeciaD John A. Monnett has
been appointed clerk to the Board
of Calv4t County Commissioners,
President of the Board Carrow T.
Hall aSuisounced yesterday.
Evening star., 1943-01-02
Mission at HyattsviIle
To Open Tomorrow

The annual preaching mission Of
the Memorial Methodist Church of
Hyattsville, Md. will begin tomorrow
and continue through January 80, it
Evening star., 1943-01-02
British Mothers Aid

Over $4,000 married women with
young children are in British war
plants.
Evening star., 1943-01-02

Mexico will camouflage all its air
ports and aviation landing fields.
Evening star., 1943-01-02

FIRST VOLUNTARY NDUCTEE HERE-When the new system
OF volunteering for induction through
effect for the marines here yesterday William Ehbert Cook
jr 1740 Eighteenth street NV, the youth
into the service Capt Reginald Ward marine officer
in charge OF induction and recruiting, him
yearod voluntary nductee had the approval
as required under the system More
youths sought to volunteer at the recruiting station yesterday
Draft boards will start sending the volunteers
Monday Star staff Photo
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-02-18

But while there are striking SINH
larities between the two periods,
there are also marked differences.
One of these is that in the COS, the
Democrats, under the alien leader
ship imposed upon them, met defeat
whereas, in the 30's-40's, they were
victorious.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-02-18
No Penalties For
Returning Coupons

The Pine county war ration board,
in report yesterday, stated that no
applicant for gasoline rationing books
will be penalized for returning to the
board gasoline coupons that were
not used during the three-month
period for which they were orig
inally issued. " -
Car owners should be proud to be
able to return a portion of the orig
inal ration, the board added, and
will under no circumstances be PEN
allied for SO doing, whether or not
road conditions, ETC., may have been
responsible for the curtailed driving
during the past three months. There
fore, if any "B" or "C'' coupons are
returned the motorists amount of
coupons will not be reduced at the
time of renewal for the next three
month period.
All ration books of deceased per-
sons and persons indicted to the
armed forces must be returned to the
ration board.
If a car is sold or transferred to
another person the board should be
notified at once.