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Evening star., 1943-10-10

Here is portion of the eight
pages of questions and an
swers regarding OPA regula-
tions the District OPA has
prepared in their own langu-
age for Chinese restaurant
proprietors.
how it is when the more you ex-
plain the more you don't under
stand"
Mrs. Fang was born in Tientsin,
China, and educated at the Tientsin
High School and Yenching Univers-
ity at Peiping before she came to the
United States on a Chinese govern
ment scholarship to study at the
University of California from 1881
TO 1888, is the daughter of a Chinese
scholar. She has been with the Ii
brary since November of last year
but was employed there before from
1884 to 1888.
TOngs Reluctant
District OPA officials said vester-
day that they first asked one of the
Chinese tongs in Washington to aid
them with the translation but its
officials were reluctant to tackle it.
Then Mr., Bluh thought the Library
Of Congress translators. DR.. Arthur
Hummel, chief of the Asiatic Divi-
sion. was consulted and Mrs. Fang
got the job.
The questions and answers were
written by men, but OPA officials
report one odd reaction All Chinese
who have read the publication i'm
mediately recognized that it was
written by a woman because of the
fine texture of the characters.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Montgomery Centers
Drew 2,995 Children,
Lee Says in Report

A total of 1895 Montgomery
County children were enrolled in
Il recreational and five day-care
centers conducted last summer by
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission In
cooperation with the County Board
OF Education, it was announced last
night by Park Commissioner E.
Brooke Lee.
In a report to the MONTGOMERY
County Board of Commissioners.
Mr.. Lee said the program was con-
quoted at a cost of $47,05622. He
SAID the commission has on hand a
balance of Sl5,l6415 of the $4,000
appropriated for the program and
the S2,220.37 collected in fees. This
Is available to meet the cost of
other recreational activities.
Mr.. Lee said the three Mont
somery County members of the
commission have voted to continue
as fall and winter recreation pro-
gram such activities as appear
constructive and reasonable" He
added future programs will depend
largely on the wishes of communi-
ties, school faculties and Parent
Teacher Associations.
Three Buildings Constructed.
Mr. Lee said that in addition to
paving costs. of the summer program
the commission has paid for the
construction of three recreational
of -, ~.
located at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase Recreational Center. and the
other two at Jesup Blair Park. Total
construction cast, he said. amount
ed to $ll,76O61.
Mr.. Lee said SO MONTGOMERY
County teachers and four Washing
ton physical education instructors
handled work at the various centers.
All recreational staff members of
the commission participated in the
program. II part-time instructors
were used and 50 college and high
school students acted as assistant
instructors.
Had Varied Program.
Throughout the summer, Mr.. Lee
said. competitive athletics, including
baseball and horseshoe pitching for
boys. and softball, tennis, badmin-
ton, volley ball and archery for both
boys and girls were conducted. Mu-
sic, singing and dance programs
were carried on at a number of
centers, he added, Instruction in
nandlcraftS and music was available
at all centers.
Mr.. Lee said the recreational staff
and members OF the commission and
the cooperating members Of the
county school staff are convinced
last summers program was wisely
planned, we'll organized and con-
structivelv operated. and that the
program proved of great benefit to
the children participating.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

Two weeks ago. Mr.. and Mrs. H
Windsor Adams, 4704 West Virginia
avenue, Bethesda, were notified by
the War Department that their
son, 1t. DoEVy Adams, bombardier
with the 9th Air Force in England,
was missing in action.
Despite the notice, however Mr..
and Mrs. Adams were sure that their
son was safe somewhere. They re-
called that he had been reported
missing once before when his plane
failed to return from a mission.
Later he was picked up in the North
Sea and was awarded the Air Medal.
Their optimism again was justi-
fed when they received a notice
this week from the American Red
Cross that 1t. Adams is in a German
prison camp.
A graduate of Bethesda-Chevy
Chase High School. 1t Adams at
tended the University of North Car
olina for year before he enlisted
in the Air Forces. In June, Just
after completing his training in Cali
ornia, he married a former high
school classmate, Miss Kathleen
Molohon.
How his plane was shot down
over the North Sea after the earlier
raid over Germay is described in a
letter ritten July 26 by 1t. Adams
to his wife.
During the raid, 1t Adams saw
the plane of 1t. John Kelly, best
man at his wedding, 60 down in
flames 1t later was learned that 1t
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Montgomery Dispensaries
Experience New Run

Liquor dispensaries IN Montgomery
County yesterday reported one of
the biggest days in their history,
with customers standing in line at
one dispensary in the Montgomery
Area.
Beryl R. English. general manager
of the county dispensary system. at
tributed the run on the stores to the
fact a number of liquor stores were
closed in the District because of the
Jewish holiday.
However, he said, many Virginia
and District residents have been pa
tronizing the dispenSaries lately and
sales have been especially heavy.
Because of this trend the sale of
whisky has been restricted to Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays. This
policy was placed in effect as form
of rationing several months ago, but
was lifted recently when liquor sales
fell off. The tremendous demand
has again made it necessary to re-
strict selling days, Mr.. English said.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
OPA Now Regulates in Chinese,
And the Restuur0teurs Like 1t
First D. G. FOREIGN
Language Venture
Proves q Triumph
BY GEORGE H. ENGEMAN.

Of1cials of the District OPA were
receiving congratulations yesterday
on their first venture into the field
Of foreign languages-twop pieces Of
literature explaining OPA regula-
tions in Chinese prepared for the
guidance of Chinese restaurants and
laundrymen in Washington
Their publication was made pos
sible through the cooperation of
the Asiatic Division of the Library
of Congress and Mrs. Lienche Tu
Fang, who translated the English
into her native tongue.
Simeon c. Bluh, restaurant spe-
cialist of the price division of the
District OPA, which is headed by
Sherwood Dodge, provided the in
spiration for the project The
Washington and National Restau-
rant Associations aided in a con-
sultative capacity and through the
latter and OPA directors in other
regions, the publications now are
being spread to other parts of the
Nation.
Food Servers Grateful.
One Chinese restaurant proprie-
tor in the District already has in
formed the Washington OPA that
the one for food servers is espe-
clally fine, particularly for those
proprietors with fragmentary
knowledge of the English language
His comment and that of others
has been especially pleasing to Dis
trict OPA officials because of the
difficulties encountered Reproduc-
ton of the complicated Chinese
characters by the wax stencil
method required extreme care lest
unlntended strokes be added to the
figures through careless scratches
on the stencil
OF the two publications. that for
the Chinese restaurateurs is the
most ambitious. 1t consists of eight
pages of Chinese characters, trans
latlons OF question and answer
type explanation of the price regu-
! latiOnS.
Not a Difficult Translation.
Mrs. Fang, who translated it, re-
ports that she did not find the Job
especially difficult. despite the OBJ
scurity which so many attribute to
OPA regulations as a whole. There
were some terms, she explained
which were new even TO the Eng
lish language, and for which she
could not provide Chinese equiva-
lent. And there were others such
as cover charge" for which she
did figure out Chinese char
acter, but one regarding whose in
telllglblllty she was not altogether
sure.
In both these cases, Mrs. Fang
played safe by writing the English
term with which she was dealing
into her translation. And then
there We're times when Mrs. Fang
had difficulties of her own.
you know she said laughinely
Evening star., 1943-10-10
D. {. Starts Operating
This Week Under New
Job Sterilization Plan

New methods of holding workers
on war-useful jobs and channeling
labor into essential work will be
put into effect here this week.
The program has to go into effect
by Friday under orders from War
Manpower Chief McNutt, but may
be announced earlier
How tight the controls over the
movement of workers will be un-
der the new program depends on
the Washington area Labor Man.
agement Committee and Regional
Director Henry E. Treide.
New Plan Approved.
The committee has approved a
new employment stabilization plan,
based on the uniform policy an
nounced by Mr. McNutt on August
Is. The committee, it was under
stood, wrote into the plan some
provisions not included under the
minimum standards set forth by
Mr.. McNutt The area plan. how
ever, has to conform to the re-
gional plan and only provisions
consistent with the regional plan
are permitted
1t was understood there We're no
sensational differences between
the new employment sstabilizati0n
plan and the one under which
Washington has operated since NAV.
but there are some differences sim
ply on the basis of the new ma
tional policy.
For instance. formerly if a worker
could not get release or state
ment of availability from his old
employer or from the United States
Employment Service to change Jobs.
he could get around the regulation
tina Z he had TO have asrsRase merely
by staying out of work FOR 80 DAYS.
Now a worker will have to have a
release If he worked at any time
during the. preceding so days.
New Pay Provision.
Another new provision which
must be in the plan allows work
er to get statement of availability
If he has been working at sub-Stand-
ard wages and his employer has
failed to adjust the wages or ap-
ply to an agency to permit the ad-
juStment.
One of the most important
changes made under the new plan
is the provision that workers in
critical activities and those who
have not lived here for a month
before seeking employment can be
hired only through the USES.
The labor management committee
had the option Of requiring that
workers in shortage occupations or
even all workers be hired only
through the USES. 1t was expected
that the committee would require
that a number, but not all workers,
could be hired only through USES.
Along some lines, Washington S
former employment stabilization
plan was stricter than the minimum
standards of the new plan and it
was indicated that these provisions
would remain intact in the new
plan.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Cost Of Living Index
Has Limited Value,
Committee Reports
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal cost of living tn
dex,' only recently purged of ref
erences to such items as button
shoes and muslin underwear, Is
regarded by special committee of
experts as essentially accurate but
Of limited usefulness.
Diagnosing the monthly publica-
ton OF the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics. the committee declared, in
report, made public yesterday by
the Labor Department, that the
phrase cost of living" is "ambigu-
Gus" if it is used in adjusting wages
and salaries.
The value of the index for Ger
tain uses is greatly enhanced if it
is used as one among several meas
ures rather than alone" the COM
mittee added. For some problems,
1t should be used as first ap-
proximation to the truth, to be
corrected by knowledge of the par
ticular situation"
Miss Perkins Requested Study.
The group was appointed by the
American Statistical Association at
the request of Secretary of Labor
Perkins to investigate complaints
that the 40-year-old index, one of
the Nations important statistical
tools, has lost much of its value
as guide in wage adjustments and
other imitation controls because of
wartime economic strains and dis
tortions. Its accuracy also had been
questioned.
The committee, headed by Prof
Frederick C. Mills of Columbia Uni
verslty, found the index to be a
trustworthy measure" of changes
in retail prices for goods and serv-
ices paid by families of moderate
income in large cities, and that
much of the doubt thrown around
it had arisen from attempts to use
it uncritically for purposes to which
it is not adapted
Only Large Cities Covered.
TIE general index is a national
average and relates to large cities
only, the report emphasized.
There is considerable variation in
the level of living costs in different
parts OF the country. and in the de-
gree of change in living costs in diff
ferent regions There are industrial
variations in living costs"
The committee found that the
index is adequate for determining
general wage policies for the Ma
ton. but if wages and salaries in
particular regions, in particular in
dustrleS and at particular income
levels are to be adjusted to living
cost changes affecting them Specifi-
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Montgomery Student.
To Be Trained Over
Obstacle Courses

Obstacle courses are being con-
structed at all Montgomery County
junior and senior high schools as
part of the county's efforts to CO.
operate in the Nations physical fit
ness program for high school boys
and girls
DR.. Edwin w. Broome, superin-
tendent of schools, said it is hoped
work on the courses will be COM
pleted by November l. Every high
school boy in the county who is
physically fit will be required to take
the so-called commando" course,
which will be given daily. Girls also
will try OUT over some of the
simpler obstacles.
The expense of the courses will be
borne jointly by the Board of Edu-
cation and the Parent Teacher As
soclations of the various schools.
The course under construction on
the athletic field of the Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School will serve
e'S II iAioACi lOi lllc OlIlclS. "A. w.
Bender, shop instructor, and Ray
Fehrman director of physical edu-
cation, will assist other schools in
setting up courses.
Built according to Army-Navv
specifications, the complete course
will consist of 20 obstacles. includ-
ing ditch l3 feet long, filled with
several feet of water. which can be
crossed only by stepping on floating
wooden beams; a Az foot fence to
be hurdled. an 8-foot wall to be
scaled, a 12foot overhead ladder
which will be traversed by the Jump
and catch" method. Ziz-zag course
to teach side-stepping, rail fence
which must be crawled through or
over. a knee-lift barrier, a stepping
hurdle, an under and over and
under" fence. and an underground
tunnel IA feet long Near the end
of the commando course will be an
extra student who must be carried
the last so yards of the course.
Mr.. Bender and number of stu
dents are cutting logs on school
property in the county TO be used in
constructing some of the obstacles.
Lumber is being donated by local
concerns. The tunnels will be made
by burying half dozen barrels, end
to end.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
652 Additional Voters
Register in Montgomery

A total of 652 new voters were
registered by Montgomery County
supplemental registration boards last
week at Bethesda and Silver Spring
Of this number. 1854 were Demo-
Gratis, 24l Republicans and At who
declined to give any party aftiliation,
The boards will continue to sit
from to 10 o'clock five nights a
week throughout October and the
fils week Of November dt the Be
thesda and Silver Spring County
Buildings. Three additional boards
viii register voters in rural areas
teginnlng Monday.
Arthur Hilland, chairman Of the
Republican State Central COMMITTEE
for Montgomery County, pointed out
that new residents who register prior
to November will be eligible to
vote in the 1914 elections.
Evening star., 1943-10-10


He took civilian pilot training at
ST. MaEy:S College EmmitSburg
Md; Navy prefight training at
Athens. Ga, and advanced train
Ing at Dallas. Tex. He received his
wings July l. after completing a
siX-Week course at Pensacola. and
was serving as flying instructor at
the Naval Training Station there
at the time Of his death.
His father prominent in Amer
lean Legion circles. conducts a radio
business in Bethesda and Rockville.
Besides his parents, he is sur
rived by two brothers. Cadet Thomas
G. Magee, on foreign duty with the
Merchant Marine, and Walter A
Magee, and three sisters, Marilyn,
Suzanne and Eliza beth Magee
Funeral services will be at m
TUESDAY at Our Lady of LoWdes
Church in Bethesda. Burial will be
in Arlington Cemetery.
In the same crash. Aviation Cadet
Dean George Atkinson, Salina,
KanS.. also was killed.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Gifts for HospitoI

Silverware, Jig saw puzzles and
dolls for use in the Suburban Hos
pltal now under construction in
Bethesda have been presented by
Commodore Thelma w. Gale of the
Junior Waves of Silver Spring to
Mrs. Albert j. Sullivan of the Wom-
ems auxiliary of the hospital
board. The Is stuffed cloth dolls
and the 80 jig saw puzzles will be
turned over to Mrs. Daniel J
Campbell, chairman of childrens s
interests for the hospital auxiliary
for the entertainment of child
patients.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Mrs. Louro Hodeson
Buried at Winchester
Special Dispatch IN Tho Star

Special Dispatch TO The Star
WINCHESTER, Va. Oct. 9.-Fun-
eral services were held today for
Mrs Laura w. Hodgson. 80. widow
of F, Brooke Hodgson, who died
Thursday. Burial was in Mount
Hebron Cemetery.
Mrs. Hodeson, last of the family
of the late Joseph and Mary Con-
rad Snapp, was lifelong Winches-
ter resident Her father was a pio-
neer in the iron foundry business
here.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs.
James A. McFadden, Parsons, w.
Va. and Mrs. Margaret Hodgson
Goss, this city, and one son, Joseph,
also of Winchester. She was a mem
Der of Centenary Reformed Church.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
DR.. Freeman Named
Davidson Lecturer

DR.. Walter L. Freeman. professor
of neurology at George Washington
University School of Medicine, has
been chosen again to give the Dis
trict Medical Society's annual David
son lecture, DR.. Henry H. Schneider.
chairman of the society's executive
board, has announced.
DR.. Freeman's paper on Frontiers
of Multiple Sclerosis' will be read
at BIS pm, October 13. at the So
cietys auditorium. 17l8 M street NV.
In 1899 DR.. Freeman was chosen
Davidson lecturer and read a paper
on surgery and insanity.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Bowie Man Advanced
To Be Army Cuptuin

William D. Blair. Bowie. Md.
has been promoted to captain ac-
cording to Col, Thomas w. Hast
ings, commanding officer of Boiling
Field.
Capt. Blair, 40. who has been
stationed at Boiling Field since
April, is a graduate of Princeton
University. He was commissioned a
first lieutenant in May, 1912
His wife. the former Mary Eula
Mason. is the daughter of the late
Brig. Gen. Charles F. Mason, of
the Army Medical Corps.
Evening star., 1943-10-10

cally, indexes OF living costs adapted
to special circumstances will be re-
quired"
Similarly, in controlling retail
prices, the group said If the index
were supplemented by regional
measures and by more detailed
index numbers for commodity
groups, its usefulness would be
greatly increased.
The committee recommended sep
arate indexes for different regions,
communities of different size, and
certain specialized industrial areas,
A new index covering rural nom
farm" families also was suggested.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Winchester Calf Sole
Scheduled for Oct. IS

BY the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER, Va. Oct g.
Plans have been completed for the
fourth annual Virginia feeder calf
sale to be held here October Is,
under auspices of the Clarke Far
mers Cooperative, Inc.
The sale will be held at the Viz
ginla Livestock Auction Market with
Col. Coleman Dunn as auctioneer.
Approximately $50 head of Angus
and Hereford steer and feeder
calves have been consigned to the
sale from outstanding herds in
Frederick, Clarke, Loudoun and
Fauquier counties, it was announced.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Baker Forfeits $50
On Health CHARGE

Joe Gutenberg. operator Of a
bakery at l243 Seventh street NV,
forfeited $50 Yesterday when he
failed to appear in Municipal Court
10 answer 10 a health violation
charge
Charges against the establish
ment were Pile of trash in base
ment. dirty toilet, windows without
screens, sacks of stale bread and
cake"
Evening star., 1943-10-10

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dent at PenSa
cola, Fla, it was
learned yester-
DAY. =
B orn in ST.
Louis. ( n 5 2 n
Ma gee was grad
uated from ST.
Anne's Gram
mar School and
st. Johns Col
lege here. He
" a S attending
Columbus Uni
VerSlty when he
enlisted as a
Naval cadet in
Evening star., 1943-10-10
P-TA Meeting Set

The Riverdale (Md) Parent
Teacher Association will hold It's
regular monthly meeting at 8 pm.
tomorrow at the Riverdale Elemen-
tary School.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Ensign A. 5. Magee
Dies in Air Crash

Ensign Adlai Stevenson Magee
Jr., 20, son Of Mr. and Mrs. Adlai
S. Magee. 4503 Leland street. Chevy
Chase, Nd, has been killed in an
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
Apple a+ions for
Scholarships
Due Now

Applications for music scholar
ships fOur of which have been Of
fcred b. The Imperial Valley Music
Teachers association, must be in
the hands of either Mrs. Eugene
Waterman. Ell Centre, or Mrs Tilla
M"Campbell cf CalcXico by Satur-
day
Applications may be obtained
from any of the music teachers in
the public schools in the city, and
for the rural schools, from Carmen
Gibson
A years free instruction in music
is offered in piano. voice, violin and
wind instruments. the successful ap-
pIicant being privileged to select his
OF her teacher from the member
ship of the association.
Designed primarily to help and
encourage talented children in
their musical education. these
scholarships offer a real oppor-
tUnity.
No previous musical training is
necessary and all the conditions
relative to applications may be
secured from the public school
music teachers.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18
Acacia Center
Has Ne citing

Making of partial SlipcoVcrS under
the direction of the project leaders
was featured at Wednesdays meet
ing of Acacia home department
held at the home of Mrs. A. c..
Walton with Mrs. N, l.. Wray as
cohosteSS.
In the afternoon Miss Florence
Glenn, home demonstration agent,
tested a number of pressure cook
erS.
The group enjoyed pot luck
luncheon at noon and made plans
tor the next meeting at the home
Of Mrs. Irene Norris with Mrs.
Lewrence LIONS as cohosteSS.
Mrs. Harvey Co;fman won the
door prize.
f">~So rreSent were: MeSdameS
Leslie Mcconnell, Lawrence Lyons,
Lydia Lehman, Ruby Lehman,
Irene Norris, George Whitcher,
Jessie Littrell. Sweden, Danny
Marhado. Gladys Halves, Harvey
Co;fman, Ruby Osborn, a. c. Wal
ton, Ruby Wray.
Imperial Valley press., 1943-03-18

and hope to work out some con-
certed plan which may be valley
vide.
This problem was discussed at
Wednesdays meeting of the valley
ministerial association, breakfast
session at the California hotel, Ell
Centre.
Various speakers, including minis
ters and guests, of whom there were
number present, discussed the
problem of juvenile delinquency
and possible solutions, and it was
finally decided that the president,
the Rev. Mr.. Carlton c. Buck of
the Holtville Christian church, ap-
cont committee to study the
situation, to work out plans and to
report at the April Ia meeting.
Members of this committee arc:
Dr. H. d. HelWig of the First Bap-
tiSt church. FL Centre; the Rev. Mr..
John Jordan of the CaleXico First
Methodist church, the Rev. Mr.. Earl
G. Reeves of Calvary Baptist church.
Blawley. with the Rev. Mr.. Buck as
q member eX-officio.
The remainder of the meeting was
devoted to routine reports and
business.