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Evening star., 1943-12-11
New Draft Act Calls
For $1,000 Reviews
By Virginia Boards
Col. Neal Says 10 PoneIs
Will Be Added to Study
OecupotionoI Deferment.
Nv the ASkociatsd Prees

oy tne ASeUCltGeQ FISsH.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 1l.-imme-
diate review by boards of appeal
OF $4,000 occupational draft defer
ments In Virginia, with little or no
change in the existing procedure for
the induction Of fathers, Is FORE
seen by State Selective Service on
cial as the principal provision Of
the new Selective Service Act, ap-
proved yesterday by the President,
as it affects Virginia.
Eighteen new appeal panels will
be added to the Ave appeal boards
already functioning in the State to
meet the demands of the new law,
Col. Mills F. Neal, State Selective
Service director, announced.
These boards. COL Neal pointed
out, are required under a provision
OF the new law to review existing
occupational deferments granted to
persons whose employment is in
their jurisdictional areas but whose
local boards are outside such areas.
The reviews must be made within
80 days of the effective date OF the
new act.
In addition, the director said, the
appeal boards will get approx
mately 8,100 new cases a month for
review. These new cases. he said.
must be referred to the appeal
boards within 10 days of the date
in which classiflcations are made
by the local boards.
The tremendous volume of de-
ferment reviews thus placed on the
Virginia appeal boards, Col. Neal
said, is due to the large number
OF draft registrants now employed
In the States whose local boards
are in other States. Deferments
granted to Virginians who are SUBJ
ject to local boards in Virginia. he
explained, are not affected by this
provision of the act.
Appeal Board No. 3 at Charlottes-
vile probably will open a branch
ONCE In Alexandria, operating two
panels each in Charlottesville and
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Silver Spring Post Office
Will Be Open Tomorrow

The Silver Spring Post Office will
be open from 8 am. to pm. tomor-
row for all services except city de-
livery, Acting Postmaster Dyke
Cullum announced today.
On the following Sunday, full
weekday service will be given, in
cluding two mail deliveries. There
also will be two mail deliveries on
Saturday, December 10.
Mr.. Cullum said ne has employed
so extra persons in preparation for
the Christmas rush Most of the
new employees are 1lth and 18th
grade pupils, all Of whom are re-
quired to have good school grades
and have release from the school
for the time OF their employment.
The post offlce is open weekdays
from 7 a m. to pm. and will main-
tain the same hours Sunday, De-
cember 10.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Mrs. Owen w. Keen, SO,
Will Be Buried Todov

Funeral services for Mrs. Nell w.
Keen. 6S, widow Of Owen A. Keen,
former chief clerk Of the Post Once
Department, who died Tuesday at
her home, 1888 North Pershing drive,
Arlington. will be held at 2::3O pm.
today. Services will be conducted at
the Cherrydale Methodist Church by
the Rev. Herbert E. Hudgins and
burial will be in Arlington National
Cemetery.
Mrs. Keen. who had been a resi-
dent OF the county for eight years.
is survived by a son, Sergt. Owen A,
Keen, stationed at jefferson Bar
racks, and a daughter, Mrs. Ruth
Ashworth, Arlington.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
lsWRstoni;nq
.Remiindery@0l

Canned and Frozen Foods, ETC.
Book No. 4, green stamps A. B and
c valid through December 20
Stamps D, E and F valid through
January 20.
Meats. Fats, Etc. - Book No. 3
stamps L, M and N valid through
January /.
Sugar-Stamp % in Book No. 4 good
for S pounds through January Is
Shoes-Stamp No. 18 in Book No.
and stamp l on the "airplane"
sheet of Book No. 3 valid now for
an indefinite period.
Gasoline-No. 8 A coupons good for
3 gallons each until February 8.
B and c coupons good for 2 GAL
Ions each. B-2 and ca coupons
in books issued after December /
are good for S gallons each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders, March 81. 1914.
Fuel Oil-Period No. coupons, good
for 10 gallons . unit. valid now
expire January 3. Period No. 2
coupons, valid now, expire Febru-
ary 8. Period No. coupons be-
come valid January 4, remain valid
through March IA. According to
the District OPA, consumers in
this area should not have used
more than 81 per cent of their
total yearly fuel oil ration as Of
December 6.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Man Reported Wounded
Writes Parents Hes Well

Although the War Department
has notified Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Lee Clore, 1014 Vernon street. Alex
andria, that their son, Pfc. Walter
Marion Clore, has been wounded in
action, Mr.. Clore said yesterday
that the young soldier does not ad-
NIT to having been wounded. and
In his latest letter. received last
week from Italy, he told his parents
that he was well.
Pfc. Clore, who is 20, was born
In Spottsylvania County, Va, and
reared in Fairfax County, where he
attended the Mount Vernon School.
When the family moved to Alex
andria a short time ago, he left
school and became an employe Of
the A., B. & w. Transit Co., where
his father also works.
He enlisted in the Army a year
ago and was sent to Camp Croft,
N. c., from where he went overseas
in March.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Matthews, Robertson
Approved Candidates
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 1.-Attorney
General William C. Walsh today
approved the applications of Rives
S. Matthews and Paul Robertson,
who have announced their candi-
dacy for the Republican nomina-
ton to the Senate.
Mr.. Matthews, publisher of a
Princess Anne weekly neWsDa per, is
under indi- -.i---'-, '-r the Somerset
County land Jl,.J on charge of
criminal libel arising from pub
lished statements in which he had
charged State Control 7. Millard
Tawes with pleasure driving on a
trip to Georgia some months ago in
State-oWned car.
Mr. Robertson is a Baltimore
Businessman who has been con-
nected with road building in Mary.
land for many years. rEst.,
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Woman Gets SO Years
In S1,200 Laundry Theft

1rma v. Jackson, q, colored, OF
the 2700 block of Eleventh street
NV. yesterday was sentenced b,
Chief Justice Edward c. Eicher OF
District Court to serve from three
to nine years on charges of en-
bezzling more than $1,000 from the
Elite Laundry, where she was en-
ployed as a messenger and maid.
John F. Diggs, "a, colored, of the
TOO block OF Twelfth street NE, was
sentenced by Justice David A. Pine
Of District Court to serve from 1S
months to four years on a charge
Of robbing j. R. Bovee of the HOO
block OF Orren street NE. OF a
pocketbook containing $54. The rob-
berry, a so-called yoke job" al
legedly was committed by Diggs and
two colored soldiers, The latter are
in hands of the military authorities,
it was said.
Airline Dennis. "a. colored, was
acquitted yesterday by a District
Court jury on charge of man.
slaughter in connection with the
killing OF her husband, Harvey J.
Dennis, 80, colored, at their home
in the first block Of I street NE
on October 81. Dennis was said to
have died from knife wound.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Maryland Consumption
To Proceed as Usual

BALTIMORE. Dec. IL (P.-Col.
Henry c. Stanwood said yesterday
that Maryland conscription would
proceed "as usual temporarily, de-
spite President Roosevelt's signing
OF the father draft bill, designed to
delay induction of prewar fathers.
The State selective service direc-
tor declared that no change would
be made In this State until the
President announces what powers
will be delegated to the new admin
iStrator."
Authority for the administration
OF the system was transferred from
War Manpower Commissioner Nc
Mutt to Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey.
director OF selective service in the
new legislation.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
0'Conor Proposes
Annapo|is-D. {. Road
As Postwar Project
Fuvors Construction
Of Dual Highway
With Four Lunes
b the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. ia project
for construction Of a four-lane dua]
highway between Annapolis and
Washington will be presented to the
Maryland Commission on Postwar
Reconstruction and DEVELOPMENT as
part OF the States road building pro-
gram for the postwar era, Gov.
O'Conor announced yesterday.
The Governors action in request
Ing inclusion Of the proposed high
way, followed a conference with
Ezra B. Whitman, chairman of the
State Roads Commission in which
Gov. O'Conor stressed the "impera-
tive need" for a modern roadway
between the State Capital and the
seat OF the National Government.
Proposed Route.
The Governor reported that, after
hearing the proposal, Mr.. Whitman
said the first section Of the highway
would extend from the west end of
the present Severn River Bridge
westward across the Naval Academy
golf course, thus by-passing the CEN
ter OF Annapolis, and then connect
with the Defense highway in the
vicinity OF Best Gate.
A connection would also be made
with the Solomons Island road to
Camp Parole, Gov. O'Conor added.
Mr.. Whitman said the project
would allow for further extension to
the District line on location lying
generally between the existing De-
fense Highway and Central avenue.
The first route enters the District
by way of Bladensburg and the sec
ond goes to the District line through
Seat Pleasant.
The Governor explained that the
Improvement Of Central avenue from
its junction with the Solomons Is
land road will be completed in order
to provide for a satisfactory highway
OF "a foot width into Washington
through Seat Pleasant.
State Senator Wilbur r. Dulin,
Democrat, of Anne Arundel had dis
closed several days ago that he had
requested the building OF the new
highway in a meeting with Gov.
O'Conor.
He said that Annapolitans who
are connected with Washington in
business and naval officers who
must travel to the District from the
academy would use the artery to
Washington on an increasing scale
after the war.
Gov. O'Conor declared the State
postwar commission would be asked
to give special attention to the de-
STABILITY OF having this connection
between the State and Federal capi-
tails.
Plans Of the State administration
are to accumulate a sufficiently large
road fund so as to proceed with
construction just as sooon as critical
materials are released at the end
of the present emergency. the Gov
er11or added.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
State Board Reaffirms
Stand on Higher Pay
For Virginia Teachers
Holds to Recommendation
OF 81 200 Per Unit,
Lancaster Says
Fy the Associated Press.

Ey t6e ASSOClAted t1eSS.
RICHMOND, Va, Dec. 11.-Stand-
ing firm in its efforts to obtain more
pay for Virginia school teachers, the
State Board Of Education at its first
meeting here yesterday reaffirmed
its position that $1,000 per year per
teacher unit is the ''irreducible min
imum" required to insure the Com
monwealth an adequate school pro-
gram.
The board adopted no resolutions
touching the matter, but after
lengthy discussion Of the whole
teacher pay controversy Dr. Dab
ney S. Lancaster, State superin-
tendent of public instruction, an
nounced that the board was Of the
opinion that it could not, in justice
to itself and to the States educa-
tional system, recede from the posi-
ton previously announced.
That position. he explained. Is
that an adequate job of educating
the children of the Commonwealth
requires minimum pay Of $1,000
per year per teacher unit.
Celebrating somewhat on the
boards view, DR.. Lancaster said that
Of the $4,000 teachers now employed
in Virginia approximately 1000 are
"substandard" in qualifications. He
attributed the low qualifications to
inadequate pay.
The board takes the position"
Dr. Lancaster said, that we can.
not give Virginia reasonably salts
factory program of education for
less than $1,000 per teacher unit.
That, We believe. is the minimum
and We are convinced that it ought
to be more"
The superintendent explained the
board is cognizant Of the require
ments of other agencies of the State
government and appreciates the
fact that the revenue may not be
SUFFICIENT to give all such agencies
all they feel that they need. But.
he insisted, the whole program of
public education in Virginia is
threatened unless the pay OF the
teachers is raised to a level that
will command better talent.
Among other things, DR.. Lam
caster said the board considered
proposals to strengthen the States
retirement act as it affects school
personnel and agreed the original
portion of the retirement bill which
provided for a larger contribution
by the State to the retirement
fund should be restored.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Women to Give Blood

Between 10 and Is members of
the Pioneer Women's Organization
Of Washington plan to visit the
Blood Donor Center IN the Acacia
Building at 4:30 pm. Monday. 1t
will be the first time that the organ
iZation has contributed blood as a
group. although several members
have made donations.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Sister to Lecture

Sister Miriam, r. S. NJ, OF Miseri-
cordia College, Dallas, Pa, will lee
ture on her book OF poems, woven
OF the Sky" at a meeting Of the
Washington Chapter of the Ma
tional Catholic Poetry Society at 3
pm. tomorrow at St. Matthews
Cathedral.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Pfc. Mitchell T. Franks
Is Killed in ltoIy
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER. Va, Dec. l0.-Pfc
Mitchell T. Franks, 81, son of Henry
Franks, was killed in action in Italy
November Is, according to a tele-
gram received from the War De-
partment by relatives
He left mere with a National Guard
infantry unit in February. 194l, and
after training at Fort George G
Meade, Md, was transferred to para
chute duty at Fort Benning. Ga. He
landed in North Africa last De-
cember. His father, two brothers
and four sisters survive.
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Firewood Removal
Permitted Tomorrow

Citizens again will be permitted
to remove flre%ood from the Mel
win c. Hazen Parkway tomorrow,
Irving c. Root, superintendent OF
National Capital Parks, announced
today.
Registration will be at Pierce
Mill, Tilden street and Beach drive
in Rock Greek Park, between 8
am. and pm.
Evening star., 1943-12-11

Corpuscles. as well as corporals,
can fight. Enlist yours at the Blood
Donor Center, District 1900. Enlist
ments accepted at your convenience.
Evening star., 1943-12-11

MODERN CLIFF DWELLNGS-From Kngle road Helen Catch
Duron The Stars artist has keched the Connecticut
Bridge and the outline of the Kennedy Apartments
the left and Woodey Park Towers the right Kg road
through Cleveland Park wooded section named after the
President Cleveland occupied
home Red Top in this vicinity Cleveland Park and
Evening star., 1943-12-11
81 Arlington |nductees
TO Report for Service

Arlington County Selective Service
Board No. l today listed the names
OF "a childless men who will report
for war service following their in
duction last Saturday.
Evening star., 1943-12-11

the adjoining Woodey Park parts Rosedae
huge acquired 1890 by
partner Benjamin Stodde first Secretary of the Navy The
bridge built in 1882 replace which
duty for 40 Except for the buses and this
suggestive Of Southwestern United States Mexican
where vanished people built their dwellings
of the cliffs
Evening star., 1943-12-11
Those listed are

Those listed are:
McCombs. Guy d. ouistorf. Richard G.
Raines John A. Martin. Robert e.
Gladmon, Ralph z. Falconer Hugh c.
Britten, Herbert H. Cowsill. William r.
Eyce. Morgan C.. Jones Donald D.
Eaton. Edgar j. Boruski. Gerald G.
Jones. James D. Tullis, Robert c.
Olive, william NJ Brown, John E.
Dotson, Daniel K Allen. Alvin E
Maynard. Norman A. Raskin, Robert Z
Waldenmaier, A. c. Miller, James c.
Miller, Thomas. jr.
Those entering the Navy are:
Kanode. Donald c. Housh. r P. jr.
Robey. Robert l.. jr Kent Richard H.
Ruracille Thomas T. Knott, Harvey G.
Garboe. Henry T Everly Harry r.
Davis. Winston M.
Entering the Marine Corps are:
Junkin. Theodore r. Estes, Robert w, jr.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
Colored Troops Win High
Honors In Tunisia Battle

Another colored fighter. Lance
SGT. Haane Msnshi. a Maori tribes
man, has won the DC,M. Distin-
guished Service MedaD which 10 the
equivalent of the DSO. tDistin-
guished Service Order) granted only
10 officers.
Storm Citadel
This Maori won his distinction
in the storming Of Tacrouna, the
600 feet Rhine Castle" in Tunisia,
which Rommel believed could with
stand any assault and balk the
Eighth Army's progress past Emf
daville.
But Lance-Sgt. Manahi, his pla-
toon sergeant, seven other Maoris
and British artillery officer. took
Tacrouna themselves.
Commenting upon his dashing
leadership under fire. the War Office
said that when urgent aid was re-
CURED, Manahi led one of two de-
,achments which attacked and
drove back the enemy once more.
All that day the height was heavily
shelled, mortared and machine
gunned In the afternoon. Manahi
took two men and moved 10 an
area in whica were enemy machines
gun and morton posts and two guns.
He stalled one post after another.
His courageous action led to the ul-
innate collapse ot/the enemy de-
tense and the capture OF the whols
feature. with, over 800 prisoners"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
Race Troops Sing
In Algeria City

CONSTANTINE, Algeria-(ANP)
The startled citizens OF this CEN
turies-old African city had a novel
glimpse OF the new world when a
group OF American Negro soldiers
broke out into a song session in The
famous old square OF the city found
ed by the first Roman Christian
emperor.
The crowd that gathered around
them, in front of the American Red
Cross Service club, also had their
first introduction to the American
; folk songs. That they approved was
evident, for they passed the hat"
and offered an assortment OF franc
notes and centimo pieces to Pvt.
Louis Lotion. OF Chicago and Poo
ria, who explained through an in
terpreter that he and his friends
we're merely passing the time
away"
The French and Arab enlookers
would not be daunted. One French
man approached the American Ne
gro soldiers with a Ave franc note
hoping that they would accept it,
as a pledge OF friendship between
their nations, for the American Red
Cross
When the strains OF the last song
"Way Down Upon The Swanee
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
Want Teaching Of Bible
Extended In Schools

RALEIGH. N. Give hundred
delegates at the seventh annual
ministers institute, the sixth annual
womans missionary conference and
the first annual Sunday school and
BTU. training conference which
held fve-day joint sessions ending
June 10 passed unanimously reso-
luton TO seek to provide more wide
spread teaching OF the Bible In Sec
ondary schools.
The annou cement was made by
President Robert p. Daniel of Shaw
who,a as director OF the Shaw uni
versity department OF religious pro-
motion. under whose sponsorship
the combined conferences were
held, revealed also that on the basis
OF members in attendance and ex-
pressed results OF the instruction
classes the conference was the most
successful in the history OF the
organization.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03

River died away. the contents Of
the hat-6625 francs--werc taken to
the Red Cross field directors Of
fee, where it was accepted by Allen
w. Ficnke OF Tona1y. N. j.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
A la. Legislature
Okehs 100000
For Tuskegee

MONTGOMERY. Ala.-(ANP)-
The bill authorizing the state Of
Alabama TO contribute 100000 an
nuslly TO the support OF Tuskegee
institute for graduate work has
been passed by both houses OF the
Alabama legislature and became
law Thursday when the signature
Of Gov. Sparks was affixed
The measure was guided through
the legislature by Rep. Bebee Of Bay
Minette, Ala.
The legislature also tipped the
appropriations OF the two stste-op-
Grated institutions for Negroes. State
Teachers college located here at
Montgomery. and A. and NJ. college
at Normal. Ala These two insti-
tutions receive $4,000 more than
ever appropriated in any given year
for budgetsry purposes and are ex-
pected TO be built up to grade A
institutions.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
Dennis w. Curran, Old
/ChicagOan, Succumbs

CHICAGO. Illinois - tSpcciaD -
Dennis w. curran, 4743 81 Law
renee avenue for more than 40
years a resident OF Chicago. died on
Friday after long illness, He
was an active member OF Ebenezer
Baptist church.
Burial was in Graceland ceme-
terry. Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Esther Curran; three step
children. DR.. I. Chase Watson. Hen.
dersqn. KY. Mrs. w. S, Quinland,
Nashville and Mrs. William Green.
Dallas; q sister, Mrs. Lizzie Dixon.
Nashville and a host OF friends.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
BY GEORGE PADMORE
(Chiosgo Defender London CorreSpo ndent)

LONDON.-West Indians in
London are interpreting the
transfer of Sir Arthur Rich
ards. governor of Jamaica, to
Nigeria as a significant VIC
tory for native nationalist opinion.
In an exclusive interview, the
spokesman OF the Peoples National
party, leading jamaican progressive
organization, said: Richards has
been the most unpopular West In
dian governor OF the past century
He ruthlessly suppressed strikes
and labor sugar plantation unrest
when the natives demanded in
creased wares in 1888, during which
several were killed am a large
number wounded.
Richards imprisoned Buste-
mantle. popular labor leader, and
ordered the arrest OF Wilfred Do
mingo. we'll known Harlemite. ia
maican born progressive president
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03

In heated battle in which some
members definitely expressed a
hands-off attitude, the Common
Council, whitfield Councilman Ed
wards six-point program for an
aiding in solution to the race prob
lem TO two points. These two points
were TO be voted on this week, and
indications are that at least one OF
these will be lost.
Edwards offered as solution 81
man grand jury to investigate the
riots, a full FBI investigation and
report, action to keep the Dies COM
mitttee out OF the picture, means
to insure adequate future military
assistance, appointment Of 200 addi-
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-07-03
THOMAS URGES.
GRAND JURY TO
PROBE KLUxERs
Demands HI O m e Grown
Fascist Be Sent
To Jail

r. j. Thomas. president OF the
United Automobile Workers. warned
delegates to the State Clio conven-
ton in Masonic Temple Monday
that there will be a recurrence Of
recent race riots unless the ring
leaders are spprchended and given
dong prison sentences
The president reiterated q state
rnent made before by stating that
known members Of the ku klux
Khan led some Of the rioters. and
inSisted he could prove II 4 grand
jury were called. He then revealed
that former member OF the JAW
who is known 10 have been KlsnS-
man wss involved However, he
vas quick TO add that other groups
also participated.
Il don't know whether there were
sny foreign Fascist leaders but I
do know there were a he'll OF a
bunch OF home- grown Fssoists in
volved" he said
The important question now is
not what caused the riots, but what
are we going 10 do about it This
is exactly what happened in Ger
many. only there the Jews were
used as the whipping boys TO stsrt
Eszism.
III that riotinS had continued
much longer. il would have turned
into an attack on the Jews. then on
organized labor. an sure OF that
He criticized the police and Mayor
Jeifries for their action in the riot,
pointing out that the Police depart
ment vas not effective" though
when we hid picket line they
we're very effective. He said JEFF
fries should have seen TO it that the
police did better job.
Thomas talk came al the end OF
the second day of the convention,
end the speaker was loudly cheered
BY the 1900 delegates as he finished.
A resolution on the race riot was
passed after a hot controversy. The
resolution urged that the LaFollette
committee investigate to determine
what part the Ku Klux Khan played
In the riots"