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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27
Miss Pearse Approved
As Day Care Director
By Commissioners
Will Direct Program
When District Receives
lunhum Act Funds

The appointment Of Miss Dor
othy T. Pearse as director of day
care services in the District for
children of working mothers was
approved by the Commissioners.
Miss Pearses name was sent to
the Commissioners for approval
last week by the Advisory Commit
tee Of the District on Day Care,
composed of the superintendent of
public schools and the heads of the
Health, Welfare and Recreation
Departments and Mrs. Henry P
Chandler, chairman Of the OCD
Child Welfare and Protection Com
mittee
Miss Pearse will direct the entire
program of nursery schools, after
school recreation programs and fos-
ter care when Lanham Act funds
are granted 10 the District for that
purpose. At present the fund ap-
plication will be handled by Miss
Pearse, according to mcmoran-
dunn 10 the Commissioners from
Robert L. Haycock. acting superin-
tendent of schools. who served as
chairman of the Advisory Commit
tee.
Miss PearSe at present is director
of the OCD day care administra-
1--we office at 480 Indiana avenue
NV Her salary comes out of Com
munity War funds until January 81
The memorandum states that APP
pllCation is now in at the Children S
Bureau for further funds to pay
her salary from February l to
March 81. This salary. amounting
TO $4,000 q year, will be admins
tered locally by the Board of Public
Welfare. When the Lanham Act
master project for Gay care goes tc
Federal Works Agency and is APP
proved. Miss PearSe's salary will be
paid out of those funds
Miss Pearse was an employc oil
the Bureau of Maternal and Chile
Welfare Of the Health Department
from March, 1910, until her appoint
ment in September TO the OCI
Child Care Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27

president, said sit looked like a wild
dream" when plans were shown him
four years ago.
Irving Root, superintendent of
National Capital Parks. terming the
project an investment in Washing
tons growth, said it would pay for
itself in few years because of saw
ingS in gasoline and wear and tire
Of automobiles by making shorter
routes possible.
Used Daily by 125,00O.
William n Van Duzer. director of
vehicles and traffic, who II years ago
made a study of approaches to the
Highway Bridge. said one-tenth of
Metropolitan Washington's popula-
ton, or $4,000 persons, would use
the improved areaway every "a
hours. Whatever it cost, the Dis
trict in the long run will save
money" he declared.
John Nolen, jr., planning direc-
tor Of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, said the sepa-
ration OF Potomac Park and across
bridge traffic serves great purpose
by connecting the Potomac Park sys-
tenn, through Maine avenue, with
the Anacostia park by direct route.
Other speakers were w E. Reynolds,
commissioner of public buildings:
Alvin w. Hall, director, Bureau of
Printing and Engraving; 1t. Col.
Clarence Renshaw, District engi-
neer, United States Engineer s
Office; F. w. Loveioy, executive
secretary, Highway Traffic Advisory
Committee to the War Department,
and A. E. Demaray, associate direc-
tor, National Park Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27

for several years as one of the COM
poser's closest friends, he probably
knows more about how Gershwin
should be played than any other
American.
Mr.. Levant is restless. Smokes
four packs of cigarettes a day. The
coffee rationing hasn't hit him hard
Il got ulcers in the nick of time, ="
he said. He doesn't drink. He says
he has other ways of driving him
self crazy.
According to Mr.. Levant, a pro-
fiCient musician cannot play both
classic and dance music. He must
chose one or the other.
Il talk often with Teddy Wilson,
a great dance piano player" he said.
He has enormous facility and is
mos. accurate. But when Horowitz
or Rubinstein play. they strive for
application of tone. They deepen
tone. Jazz piano playing is brilliant
but brittle. 1t is very dry playing
When I was a jazz pianist l had
brilliance. I lost it when I began
to play classical music. But I de-
veloped tone.
"A serious composer cannot write
popular music. 1t isn't that he is
snobbish. 1t simply is not in his
realm. He cannot make a choice
His gift lies in only one direction
and he must pursue it in that
direction"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27
Dealers 10 Seek
Increased Fuel
Oil A|lotments
Recent Growth
In Population to
Be Cited in Plea

Lester Scott. head of the oil heat
ing division of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association. said ap-
plicatiOn would be made for in
crease in the fuel oil allotments to
primary suppliers in the Washing
ton area and that he believed
chances of obtaining an increase
were good"
Mr. Scott said he had talk / with
an official of the Office Of the Pc
troleum Administrator for War. who
indicated he thought some in
crease should be granted.
A committee, appointed yesterday
at a special meeting of local fuel Oil
dealers. was to meet at 2 pm. TODAY
to decide definitely what action will
be taken in seeking the increase.
A spokesman for the dealers prob
ably will be sent to New York to
confer with Representatives of the
oil induStrys Supply and Distribu-
ton Committee, it was said.
The increased allotments will be
sought on grounds that in allocating
Oil to primary suppliers. originally
last years sales were used as a basis
and no consideration was given to
recent growth in Washington pop
ulation.
A critical fuel oil shortage here
was relieved somewhat today by ac-
ton Of the PAW in releasing reserve
supplies of oil held by three primary
SupplierS to local suppliers whose
tanks were empty, Mr., Scott re-
Vealed.
Cold weather and valuation of
period 4 ration coupons conceded
today to bring many thousands of
requests from consumers for fuel oil
deliveries. Most dealers we're so
hooded with orders from consumers,
who had been waiting for their
period 4 coupons to become valid,
that it was indicated they would be
unable to make many of the deliv-
cries for some time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27
GAO Asks Law
To Tie Up Pay
For Car Misuse
Accounting Methods
Give Few Clues to
Federal Driving Abuses
BY Joe RICHMAN

The General Accounting Office
would welcome a law providing for
the withholding Of salaries of Fed
eral employees who use Government
cars for other than essential pur-
poses, 1t was learned today from the
Byrd Committee on Reduction of
Non EsSentlal Federal Expenditures.
A Spokesman for the committee
revealed that the GAO has asked
for legislation which would enable
that agency thus to act to remove
those officials who misuse Federal
cars in somewhat the same manner
1t can now remove diSbursing off,
GERS who are found lax in accounting
tor Federal funds in their charge
This was one point developed as a
suggestion for policing use of Fed
eral cars at a recent conference
called by the Byrd committee.
The GAO representative reported
a number OF cases where sub-offi-
Gals are granted full use of Federal
cars, it was learned. This is par
ticularly true in field operations of
Federal agencies. he said. Several
times, he pointed out, when Gov
eminent field cars have come into
the District and found to have been
used for non essential purposes. it
was difficult to check on who was
using the cars.
Link Needed in Prosecution.
If the GAO could associate the
pleasure driving" in such cars with
particular transaction in a given
agency's account, he said, it would
be possible to prosecute the wrong
doors by cutting off the appropri-
alton. But, he explained, it is al
most impossible to trace such vio-
latlonS through an agency's ac-
counts because various contracts are
let out with regard to servicing and
maintenance of vehicles.
The present law, according to the
GAO representative provides that
no appropriation be made available
to pay a fraudulent claim. He
maintained, however, the misuse of
a Federal car is more 'mal-practice''
than fraud and therefore violaters
cannot be prosecuted under existing
regulations.
According to the GAO representa-
tive, his agency would move to dis
miss officials who misuse Federal
cars if in future appropriations it
Is provided that no salary or COM
pensation be paid an official or en-
ploye who uses an automobile in
violation of the law"
Junior Employees inundated.
Celebrating, the GAO representa-
tive said he would go step further
to crack down on misuse of Federal
funds by making the law read no
salary or compensation will be paid
ansofficial or employe who uses Fed
eral funds in violation of the law
IN this or any other act"
Outlining another problem his
agency is aware of, the GAO repre-
sentative declared, There is en-
tlrcly too much intimidation with
regard to Federal car use in Wash
ingtOn."
He said that even the chief clerks
OF departments are not big enough
to control the use of the cars" He
added that the same applies for car
dlSpatchers and garage mechanics.
He explained that these employees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27
DC. Playground
Hearing Called
Tomorrow
Christensen to Give
Fifth Justification
Before WPB

Recreation Supt. Milo p. Chris
tiansen today is preparing his fifth
justification of the need for % new
District Fairgrounds and will sub
NIT it tomorrow to the Facility Re-
view Committee of the War Pro-
duction Board.
Mr.. christensen has already JUS
titled the Fairgrounds before the
Commissioners, Army. Navy and
Federal Works Agency. Tomorrow.
however, he must describe the need
again before the WPB committee.
which in December ordered that
work on the Fairgrounds be stopped
to free equipment and men for
more essential war work.
Seeks Early Decision.
I'VE hope for an early decision by
the committee he said Equip
ment is standing idle, contractors
are losing money and the ground
badly needs to be seeded by spring.
Mr.. Christensen told a meeting
of the recreation board yesterday
that only few officials have been
asked to attend the playground
hearing tomorrow at the Federal
Security Building. Parks Supt. IT.
wing C. Root. one of those scheduled
to attend, indicated that if the Dis
trict appeal is successful his Office
also will appeal the WPB stop Or
ders. Construction of dozens Of
parks Office bicycle walks, briddle
paths and fireplaces were ordered
stopped at the same time as the
Fairgrounds.
The WPB at first stood firm on
its stop orders, but granted hear
ing when both the Commissioners
and recreation board appealed the
action.
Experimental plans for five-day-
care centers and five nursery schools
TO be established in white and COL
ored schools, were announced at the
board meeting by Mr. christensen
and Assistant Superintendent Of
Schools Robert l.. Haycock.
Experimental Centers.
School officials decided to ask for
Lanham Act funds for 20 centers on
an experimental" basis for the next
half year, Mr. Haycock said, with
the expectation that more centers
will be requested after the new sys-
tenn has been in effect few months.
He did not indicate where the
centers would be located except that
they would be central" About 80
! per cent of the new nursery school
program will be operated by school
officials, Mr.. Christensen said, with
a few foster care establishments
being handled by the welfare board
He said the recreation department
would have more to do with the
pre-school and after-school recre-
alton programs for the older chill
dren than with the actual nursery
! schools.
The recreation board approved the
| plan of the War Hospitality Com
mittee and Advisory Committee on
War Club Centers to set up colored
club centers in the Logan Circle
area. Plans will be sent to Federal
agencies for processing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27

are fearful to deny the use of cars
to officials above their rank, and
hesitate to report violations in the
use of the cars even when con-
fronted with such situations.
The only way to remedy this
question, he said, is to place the
responsibility squarely on the shoul-
ders Of every official who has to use
A car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27
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WAR BINDS
r

Down IN the Solomons and on the
African coasts the Crocodile boat or
tank lighter played a most impor-
tant role in landing our invasion
armies. These propelled, light,
fast boats haul tanks, artillery
and other equipment from the big
ships offshorc to the beach heads
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27
Robinson Heads Committee

Charles A. Robinson, vice presi-
dent and general manager of the
Chesapeake e. Potomac Telephone
Co, has been appointed chairman
of the general business division of
the American Red Cross war fund
campaign to be held here in March,
it was announced today by Cam
paign Chairman A. G. Neal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27
Mrs. Quezon in Florida

SILVER SPRINGS, Fla. Jan. 81
Mrs Aurora Quezon, wife of Pres
ident Manuel 0uezon of the Philip
pines, has arrived here for an indef-
mite stay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27
War Department Awards
DSM 10 Brio. Gen. Noce

Brig. Gen. Daniel Noce has been
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal for planning and organizing
the Army's Engineer Amphibian
Command from May %, 1912, to
October "a, 1912, the War Depart
mcnt announced today.
HIS leadership contributed in
marked degree toward readiness of
the Army to carry out world
offensive missions, the citation said
Gen. Noce, 40, was graduated from
West Point in 1917 He was assigned
January a year ago TO headquarters
of the armored force at Fort Knox
KY, and returned to Washington
last May. His wife lives at Fort
Knox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27
French Trains Slowed Down

Speed of trains in France has
been reduced because the National
Railway Co. cannot get sufficient
wood to repair its cars and tracks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27
House Group Approves
Lossiter to Guide Probe

The House Civil Service Commit
tee today confirmed the selection
by Chairman Ramspeck of billiard
B. Lassiter to take charge of the
investigation of the civil service
which the committee is undertaking.
The Axis is watching you: keen
EN- signing. while you keep buying
War savings stamps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27

We need more and more of them.
for they are essential to the success
ful operation Of the war. They are
made in several sizes from small So
f0oters, costing about $1,000. to the
big 500-tonnerS. costing around s37.
200 Your purchase Of War bonds
every payday will help pay for them
L. 8. Treasury Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-27

Great oaks from little acorns grow.
War Bonds are the most promising
acorns on the market.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-26
EQUAL RIGHTS BILL" FOR
WOMEN ROUSES CONTROVERSY
PROGRESS

Music is the oldest art;
Long ere he sketched on bones
Or smutty stories told for sport,
Man discovered tones.
The tribal horde sat round the
flowers
In sinking, hairy ring,
When suddenly one flung his
&c gbone
And loud began to sing.
The first of tenor arias,
1t died a speedy death,
AS one Infatuated critic
Quick regained his breath,
Picked up a handy rock, and
Aiming for the singers head,
Knocked the Pitt down prima
donna
More than somewhat dead.
1t was no use: the tenorS lived
To poison latter days,
And the corrective rocks became
Encouraging boquets.
MARGUERITE CROLLY.
1109 Stump Lane,
Key West, Fla.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-26
EXPLAINS ACTION

Editor, The Citizen:
will appreciate 1t very much if
you will be so kind as to allow me
space in your paper to explain my
stand on the garbage matter.
After Mfr. Caraballo, without
giving the city any notice of his
intention to abandon the collection
of garbage, I being aware of the
dangerous situation which was be-
ing caused by the accumulation
of garbage, especially around res
taurants and other places where
food was served, worked day and
night to relieve the situation. l
neglected my business and devoted
my entire time to the work. ! ap-
pealed to truck owners through
The Citizen to rent or lease their
trucks to the city, l was success
full in obtaining six trucks which
have relieved the situation consid-
erably.
had an ordinance drawn up
which l presented to the Council
relative to the city taking over the
service and purchasing the neces-
sary equipment. spent several
nights attending council meetings,
trying to convince the different
members of the council to do some
thing about the dangerous, situa-
ton confronting us. However,
there was some opposition on the
part of few members of the coun-
Gil who would not do anything
themselves nor allow those of the
council who were willing to hon
estly face the situation and do
something about it.
have nothing against Mr.. Cara
ballo. the former collector OF gar
bage. However, since he abandon
ed the service without any no
tice whatsoever after collecting
from many of our people in ad-
vance for his services, l did not
think it wise to continue with him
or to give him a contract on the
part of the city to continue the
work.
I have nothing but the kindest
personal feeling toward those
who did not look at the matter
as l did, but as I feel that l have
done everything humanity possible
to relieve the dangerous situation
which exists and establish a safe
and sanitary plan for the removal
of garbage that there is nothing
further that can do, so / am leav-
ing the matter in the hands OF
those who could not see fit to agree
with me and trust that they will
take over the situation and DO
something about it. -
Thanking you for allowing me
the privilege of explaining my
stand relative to this matter.
JOHN CARBONELL, Jr.
Key West. Fla,
Jan. 26, 1913.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-26
MACHIN AND ZALDINO
PLACED UNDER ARREST

Motorcycle Policeman Ray At
well, yesterday afternoon, saw
Mario Machin, Is, and Arcadia
Zaldino, IA, selling poeketbooks
on Duval street. A sailor had just
bought a pocketbook for rs cents
when Atwen arrested the boys
and took them to the county Jail.
An investigation showed that
the pocketbooks had been stolen
from the Kress store. Just how
many pocketbooks were taken has
not yet been determined but in
one of them, which Machin. had
in his pocket, was ST.
Machin was at liberty under a
suspended sentence of the Mon
roe County Criminal Court of
Record. He is one of three boys
who confessed to burglarizing
Johnson Jewelry Store.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-26
SLOW RESPONSE TO
RED CROSS WORK

Announcement is made by the
Red Cross Headquarters here
that the response of volunteer
workers for the surgical dressing
rooms in the Post Office build
ing has been very poor to date.
This is regrettable, the local
chapter reveals, because of the
fact that the workrooms had to
be closed during December due
to lack of material and now
that they are open again, a tre-
mendous amount of cotton is on
hand to be made into dressings
and even more workers than for.
merly are desperately needed, il
was stated.
The chapter urges that every
woman in Key West donate some
part of her time to this import.
ant war work.
The workrooms are open daily
Monday through Friday, from s
a. m. to 6 p. m.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-26
PLANNING TO EXPAND

Continued from Page One)
half of the training load being in
pre-emp1oyment courses.
The supply of skilled ship
builders disappeared from the
labor market sometime ago. 1t
has been necessary for the schools
to train ex-farmers, school teach
ers, laborers and a wide range
of occupations. These workers
have been taught single skills
prior to employment and addi-
tional skills and related technical
information following employ
ment.
Through the training in these
schools, the Office of Education
said, the shipbuilding industry
and the Navy have been able to
launch more Ships. Many en-
ployers who have received the
Navy "E" awards, frankly give
credit to the schools for their
part in assisting to provide a
trained labor force.
Work Must Go On
'War Production in Key West
must 60 on in spite of the loss of
large numbers of men to the
armed forces" an official stated,
land women will form an in
creasingly large proportion of the
trainees for war production work.
Women must be trained not only
as workers, but also as leaders
since every woman who moves
on into supervisory work releas-
es one more man to higher skills
or to the army. Fears of the flu
ture and personal prejudices or
preferences can have no place in
the present emergency" he said.
From close observation of Key
Vests women workers, the Of
flee of Education has deducted
the following assets for the group
as a whole: dexterity and speed,
accuracy, patience, interest and
curiosity. It was explained that
the city's women war workers
give excellent performance in
work requiring manipulative
speed and finger dexterity, and
in general are more content than
men in Putting up with monot-
ony of repetitive operations.
Because the work is largely
new to women" said an official,
''they want to know the why's.
A friendly rivalry has operated
for increased production"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-26
THE LOWDOWN
FROM HICKORY GROVE

Looking back at history, you see
one era after another the double
breasted vest era - the high BIZ
cycle era, etc.-eraS by the yard.
Now we are in the Era of Doctors,
but not medical doctors. The
medical doctors are a different
stripe. If we would listen more to
them, we would have fewer ro-
tund old spavins from too much
eating, and fewer spindle-type
sisters from too little. But back
to synthetic doctors.
In Germany Doctor Goebbels
tells them on the radio what is
what. And here at home, the roll
licking city there on the banks of
the Potomac is oozing with doc
tors. Recent-like a Farm Security
Doctor was testifying and he said,
1--WE got millions of unemployed
farmers" Pardner, you ask some
farmer who gets up at 5 a. m. what
he thinks of the good doctor and
you will hear something choice.
We have doctors of electricity, too.
In Oregon one of them says we
are threatened with a shortage of
power after the war, and without
blinking an eye, he also says we
gotta research into new means of
using up the surplus. A shortage
and a surplus, both at once.
Brothers and sisters, you gotta
admit this is no SLOUGH of an era.
Yours with the lowdoWn,
10 SIERRA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-26
COUNCIL REACHES


Continued from Page Onel
dividual contractor who may be
interested in the proposition
Councilmen Sweeting and Free
man We're opposed to any action
to have the city take over the
service, as was Councilman
Saunders.
Councilman Albury was heart
lily in favor of the city taking
over the service and declared
that he felt this. was the proper
procedure at the present time.
AS matters stand now, the city
will continue, for this week al
least, to have Robert J. 4 lewis
former operator and present. care
taker of the city incinerator, car
ry on with the trucks that he has
been using for the past ten days
or more in an endeavor to relieve
the acute situation as much as
possible.
An ordinance setting up rule:
and regulations for the city
handling the service was passed
on its final reading prior to vot'
ing on the motion for purchasing
trucks. The ordinance proved o.
no avail as the movement to have
the city operate the service wa
voted down by the tie vote.
Councilman Julio De Poo
whose vote would have decided
the issue, is out of town becausI
of illness. Thus it is a Difficult
matter to have a motion passes
unless it is what may be terme'
a "one-sided affair, because
motion is lost pn a tie vote.
With the seven councilmel
present there must be a majorit,
tunless one councilman passes Oh
roll call.
What will be the next actor
in the matter in connection wit
the scavenger service, no on
knows. It is simply a case O
waiting for developments, Will
the garbage and trash continue
to pile up all over the city.