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Evening star., 1943-03-19
Fathers Called by Draft Boards
As Single Men Walk Streets
LocoI Board Members Torget of Criticisms
As Washington FoiIs to Ad just VoriobIes

boarGS in. for instance rooming
mouse areas, would still have plenty
Of single men waiting to go.
Now pending in Congress is the
Kilday bill, which is designed to
eliminate variations between boards
by putting all calls on a Statewide
basis.
IN addition to relying on States to
ADJUST calls to local conditions, ma
tional headquarters admits other
variahleS. Once a call is issued, it
is administratlvely impossible, it
was said to adult it. A directive
deferring large segment of the
population may force a local board
to scratch off the names of almost
every man it had counted as IA
material shortly before it must fill
a call.
For instance. in rural Western
Oklahoma, where chilsless married
men have been going into the serv-
ice for many months, the recent
War MaEpoWer Commission order
providing wide deferments for farm
ers emphasized an already serious
scarcity Of available draft elgibles.
Time Often Big Factor.
OF course, draft boards sometimes
fail to fll calls simply because there
Is not SUFFICIENT time to process an
other group to pour into a suddenly
dralned pool of manpoWer. but civic
pride or State pride is inclined to
force them TO meet all demands
made upon them without protest.
Just what that means in terms of
bringing the draft of fathers closer
III some States than in others Is
graphically demonstrated BY the
latest Of1ice of War Information
draft figures. released at the re-
que / Of Congress.
Nationally, 50.2l per cent of the
Graft regiStrarts were deferred, as
cf January !. because of dependency,
ana Of this group. ALSO per cent
were fathers, the remaining 9 per
cent being c'1ildlcsS or with COL
lateral dependents. In some States.
/ there was a difference as high as
10 per cent between the fathers and
non-tatherS deferred for depend
enc|. But in other States, there
was less than per cent difference,
indicating that most of the States
married men without children had
already been taken out of ga and
CLASSIFIED as available for service.
National draft spokesmen point
out taat though two States may
actually be only few weeks apart,
the influx Of single men from a new
registration may make them appear
10 be months apart.
In other words. both States may
Evening star., 1943-03-19
Gen. HoIdr;dge Says WAACS
At Fort Washington Are TOPS
Company Stationed There Two Weeks Wins
Praise for Its Enthusiasm, Determination

Holderidge's chauffeur. When wait
ing outside for the general she reads
and catches up on her correspond
ence.
In the evenings WAACS attend
picture shows on the post, go to the
post exchange, have company meet
lngs, study, write letters home and
wash their Government issue under
things in the laundry. Auxiliaries
may date soldiers and officers of
equal rank
Fort Washington was built on
George Washington's recommends
ton IN 1908. In January a year ago
1t was taken over by the War De-
partment as the site for the Adju-
tant Generals School. There off,
GERS, officer candidates, enlisted men
are trained in administrative pro-
cedures, classification technioues
and machine records and postal
service. There are nearly 375 Off
GERS IN the present class and 1900
officer candidates. Commissioned
and enlisted personnel under the
direction of Gen. Holdridge numbers
$4,000. A total of $500 WAACS are
being trained in Army administra-
ton schools throughout the country.
Evening star., 1943-03-19
THIRD OF q SerieS.J
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG.

Inc women OF Connecticut town
protest because their husbands are
going into uniform while single men
working in the town but registered
with PENNSYLVANIA draft boards still
wear civilian clothes
One Virginia city may start calling
chiIdleSs married men in a few
months while another city in the
same State has been filling almost
its entire call this month with mar
ried men.
Several boards in New York are
reported ready to ask Washington
for permission to draft bona fde
fathers while Wisconsin doesn't eX-
pect to levy a call on fathers until
fall
When the difference between
States or local boards was merely a
matter of numbers Of single men
the variation wasn't so obvious to
those most concerned as now when
the choice lies between single men
and married men or between child
less married men and fathers
LbCcl EOdFuS DTd" T1Tt.
Since both National and State
draft headquarters are lar removed
from the men who are oelng drafted
the brunt of the criticism for these
variations falls on the men who have
TO account to their neighborS-the
local boards. They can only say,
We have to meet our calls"
Theoretically, these calls for men
are supposed to insure a uniform
withdrawal of physically fit men
from all over the country. Actually.
a number of variables appear to be
making uniformity impossible.
National headquarters levleS its
calls on the States on the basis of
the number Of men III each Stat
who are expected to be available for
service within the next several
months. Deducted from the call are
the number from State now in the
armed forces, those with occupa-
.l0nal Gcterments, men with children
and those IN any Of the subdivisions
Of class 4 Its calculations are
based on reports from the $500 local
boards
Rely on States.
Each State is then supposed tC
follow The same procedure in allOt.
ting the State wide call to loca
boards, Boards with large pools OF
single men theoretically would ge,
the blsgest order, If State head
quarters doesn't make this adjust
ment some boards IN largely family
communities would be deep INTO the
ranks of married men while othe,
Evening star., 1943-03-19

be about to take married men. One
State does go into that pool. The
other State has enough single men
to hold out a few weeks longer. In
the meantime, new group of single
men becomes available and neither
State has to dip into its pool of mar
ried men again for months. But
actually, one State has taken mar
ried men months ahead Of the other
That explanation, however, does
not account for the fact that in
New York City married men with
out children made up so per cent
of the clty's December call while no
married men were being taken in
the District in December.
Once the calls get out of adjust
ment throughout the country. it
takes months to straighen them out
again. Such factors AS the capacity
OF induction stations, the number
of physicians on hand to give eX-
amlnatlonS and transportation fa-
cllltles all have TO be taken into
conSldera ton.
MeanWnle, draft board members
have to face their neighbors and
some of them are becoming vocal
about 1t, The chairman of one of
them wrote:
This board is certainly one that
is going to insist upon an account
ing before we induct married men
with children and the time is not
far in the future
4 predict that when it comes TO
calling married men with children
the allotment is going to look small
er and smaller and there certainly
Is going to be trouble IN getting
boards to call these men until all
other boards have brought their
conditions up to that of the better
boards and have furnished nearer
their proper proportion of men"
Evening star., 1943-03-19
0PA 10 Start
Issuing Extra
Gas Monday
Those Using A Cards
To Drive to Work
Are Affected
Bv ALFRED TOOMBS.

The Office Of Price Administration
plans to begin on Monday issuing
supplemental B gasoline ratons to
motorists who have been using A
cards for occupational driving, The
Star learned today.
The A cards are to be considered
as the basic ration due all drivers
to use for personal purposes. Any
occupational driving will be covered
by the new B cards, it was said.
During the ration period which
comes to an end on Sunday, A cards
have had value of three gallons
per coupon. All A card holders had
enough coupons to use four per
month.
Must Stretch Allotment.
Starting with the new ration
period, the A card holders will be
required to stretch their three
gallon allotment over a two-week
period
Since many persons living close
to their place Of work had been
using A cards for occupational pur-
poses, the OPA had announced that
some special arrangement would be
made to give such persons enough
gasoline for occupa tional purposes
after the devaluation which starts
Monday.
The A cards under the old value
OF three gallons week would have
allowed about As miles of driving
per week. A motorist who can show
his ration board that he has been
using his A card for As miles a week
of occupational driving may in the
future apply for B card to give him
gasoline to cover that distance.
Flood of Applications Expected.
Local boards are expected to be
sWamped with applications for ad-
dtional rations beginning Monday.
Most of the requests for more gaso-
line are expected to come from the
$4,000 drivers who, toward the end
OF last year, carried books only.
The cut for such drivers amounts
to so per cent. The District S
$4,000 B and C book drivers will
suffer smaller cuts since the value
of supplemental coupons has not
been lowered.
A local OPA official today pointed
out that no action was being con-
templated here to enforce the ma
tional OPA order refusing supple
mental rations to drivers who can
mass transportation facilities, re-
gardless of the existence of car
sharing pools.
1t was pointed out that enforce
ment was left to the discretion of
the regional directors and that the
national OPA did not have cities
like Washington in mind when it
issued the directive.
Evening star., 1943-03-19
BY MANNING CLAGETT.

The strange story of a 65-year- old
hermit cobbler who hated banks
was unfolded to police yesterday
when they diScovered-just a few
hours after the man was found dead
nearly $4,000 hidden in the tiny,
barricaded shop at Oil Eighth street
Sc
The old shoe repairer, Frank
Salmieri, was found dead late We'd
nesday afternoon when customers,
concerned over his absence and
smelling gas seeping from the store
notified police.
Policemen Robert Redding and
Wallace Rollins climbed over 10
foot stone wall which the cobbler
had built, broke down the rear door
and found the man on a cot in the
rear of the shop. Doctors said he
had been dead for two weeks.
Gas fumes from tiny stove filled
the entire building.
Found Money in Attic.
Told yesterday by friends OF the
dead man that lots of money might
be hidden in the store" Policeman
Charles Scott began his search of
the dirt-ridden rooms.
He climbed to the attic where the
ceiling had been covered with Slen-
der strips of cardboard. nailed to
the roof beams. Noticing that the
end of one of the strips was not
the policeman pulled 1t open.
A shower of money, wrapped in
small rags and pillow cases fell
upon him Most Of the money
some $4,000 was found here.
A search with fellow policeman,
Steve Cox, brought to light more
bills and change hidden in a dozen
out of -theway places throughout
the building In a cabinet on the
second floor 20-penny nail had
been driven into a drawer. Prying
the drawer open. Pvt. Scott discov-
cred nearly $500 packed into sew
eral envelopes and seWed tightly
into bits Of cloth.
Was Afraid of Questions.
In cigar box under the counter.
where the cobbler had done his
work, the policemen found SAT in
Evening star., 1943-03-19
Goering Orders No Limit
On Nozi Factory Hours
BY The Associated Press


STOCKHOLM, March l9-Reichs-
marshal Goering, acting in his ca
pacity as Germany's supreme war
economic authority, has decreed
there shall be no limit on the num-
ber of hours which German factory
workers may be required to labor
daily, dispatches from Berlin re-
ported today.
IN issuing the decree under the
new Nazi program for total mobili-
zatlon of labor, Goering was said
to have declared there were no lim-
itations on the services demanded
of the troops and that the same
principle should apply on the home
front.
Goering also directed that all war
plants maintain their working
schedules on Saturdays and Sun
days, the dispatches said.
Evening star., 1943-03-19
Message From Nelson
To Be Given at Concert

Joseph H. Liston, chief OF the
Speakers Bureau Of the War Pro-
duction Board, will talk in an
interim Of the program to be pre-
sented by the WPB Symphony Or
chestra at $50 o'clock tonight and
tomorrow night at the Social Sc
curity Auditorium.
MI. Liston will bring a special
message from WPB Chairman DON
aid Nelson commencing the work
being done by the orchestra.
Conducted by Van Lier Lanning,
the orchestra is one of several muSi-
cal groups sponsored by the WPB
Division Of Personnel Management.
through its recreation unit directed
by Miss E. Perle Eddy.
Evening star., 1943-03-19
Biggest Bull Sold
Ey the Assoclalec Press

Ey ne ASSoclajtc Press
ORANGE, Va, March 10 A pure
bred HolStein bull weighing 2.5lO
pounds, consigned by the Meadow
Farm Of Orange, brought sl4 per
hunored pounds Wednesday at the
weekly auction Of the Orange live
stock market. The bull was the
largest ever seen here. c. 3. Dc Barr.
manager Of the market, said.
Evening star., 1943-03-19
Flyer Dies as Planes Crash

LEESBURG, Fla, March 10 (P).-
One Army pilot was killed and an
other received minor injuries We'd
nesday when their fighter planes
collided near Homosassa. The name
of the dead pilot was withheld
peEding notification of next of kin.
The airman who bailed out was
First 1t. Charles E. Mosse, Phoenix.
AriZ.
Evening star., 1943-03-19
March Income Taxes
Reach S1,835,353,71O
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
March income tax collections have
reached s1,S35, ,353,7lo, the Treasury
reported today. forging we'll ahead
OF last years corresponding period.
The figures in the Treasury's daily
statement for March IT, which COM
pare with March l8 of last year,
showed collections for the day OF
s452 1896 1856. which was drop OF
approximately s6O,000,OOO from the
peak Of March Is.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-29
Dies Enroute To Hospital

Richard McCabe, &C, of Kingwood,
W. Va, died Friday evening while
cnroutc to a Fairmont hospital. He
had been residing at the home of his
son, Mervin McCabe, of Kingwood,
and had been in poor health for sew
cral months.
Born in Crellin, he was a son of
the late Jackson and Harriet Kisncr
McCabc. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Minnie McCabc and eleven chill
drcn, as follows:
Mrs. Ellen Ringer, Mrs. Pearl
Ringer, Mrs. Bertha Crawford and
Mrs. Loretta Mctheny, all of Terra
Alta; Elmer McCabe, Arthur McCabc
and Mrs Gladys Parsons, all of Tun-
melton; Mcrvin McCabe, Kingwood;
Carl McCabe, Mrs. Myrtle Christie
phcr Morgantown; and Dale McCabc,
who is stationed with the Army in
California.
Funeral services arc incomplete,
pending the arrival of the son in the
armed forces Burial will be made in
the cemetery at Crellin.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-29
Ration Deadlines

COFFEE-Last day for use of No.
% stamp in War Ration Book No l.
May 30, good for one pound.
CANNED GOODS-Last day for
d, E and F blue coupons-April 80.
G, H and became valid April "a and
will remain good until May 81.
MEAT, BUTTER, OILS-Last day
for A, B, c and D red coupons-April
30. e stamps valid through May 81.
E, April 25 to May 81; F, May 2 to
May 81; G, May 9 to May 81; H, May
Is to May 81; J, May % to May 81
SUGAR-Last day for use of No.
II stamp in War Ration Book No. l.
May 81, good for five pounds.
GASOLINE-Last day for use of
No. 5 gasoline rationing-July 81.
TIRES--Last day for second in
spection of "B' cards, June 30; for
&C" cards, May 81.
SHOES-Last day for use of No.
II stamp in War Ration Book No. L
June 15
WAR RATION BOOK NO. 3-War
Ration Book No. will be distributed
through the mails to more than 120.-
100000 individuals beginning late in
June and ending July 81, the OPA has
announced, Mailmen will leave post
card application forms at every home
between May 20 and June 5. The post
card, properly filled out by the head
of the house and mailed to OPA, will
bring Ration Book No. 8. Prentiss
NJ. Brown, Price Administrator, en-
phasized that Book No. 3 is a replace
mcnt book only, containing a new
supply Of stamps to take the place of
those now being used up. He said if
any more rationing programs were
necessary, there would be official
notice by the government.
NO LIMIT ON RECAPPING-
After May ! there will be no rcstric-
tons on the number of certificates
that may be issued for rccapping
truck tires. Because rccapping takes
only one-siXth as much crude rubber
as new tire, the OPA has removed
quota restrictions so that the tires will
not be driven beyond the recapping
point.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-29
Mountain Democrat
Will Not Puiflish
Paper This Week

The Mountain Democrat, in an adj
vertisement published this week in
The Republican, is announcing that
due to matters beyond control it was
not possible to publish this week s
issue
This is the first time such a step
has been necessary and the owners in
expressing their regrets, also ask that
subscribers and advertisers under
stand the situation brought on by war
conditions, scarcity of labor, etc
Efforts are being made to continue
the publication of the paper next
week. Edwin Lancer, employee in the
office of the Mt. Democrat for several
years has given up his position and
has gone to Baltimore, where he is
being employed in war defense
plant, W. 0. Davis, editor, was con-
fined to his bed by illness part of this
week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-29
Lions Club Hears of
Railroad Activities
Of World War No. II

The story of the tremendous Job
that the railroads are accomplishing
during the second world war was out
lined before members of the Oakland
Lions club and a number of guests at
the clubs meeting at the Fike board
ing house on Monday evening.
The speaker was c. Vernon Thomas,
of the public relations department of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad COM
pany, Baltimore, who gave interest
ing facts and figures on the amount
of traffic over the railroad system,
and comparing them with the activity
during the first world war
The club at its business meeting
voted to give the dairy committee the
go-ahead signal on plans for improv-
ing the dairy industry by the spon-
soring Of two local projects.
A number of guests were present,
including Delbert Davis, Arthur Nay
lor, D. E. Offutt, Wiley yelling, L. NJ.
Fraley, Rev. Garrett Evans, L. B,
Shaffer, Jimmie Kelley, A. c. Stan
ton, Jonas Sines, w. w, Dewitt,
George H. Hanst and Hugh Teets, all
Of Oakland and Mt. Lake Park. NJ.
Cassell, member of the Lions club Of
Fairmont, also attended.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-29
U. S. Army Troops
Guard Railroad Here

A contingent of United States Army
troops with full equipment from Fort
George G. Meade, near Baltimore
were dropped off here yesterday and
at various points along the railroad,
and guards were placed on all the
bridges, culverts and crossings in the
entire area.
Those from Fort Meade were sta
toned as far west as Hutton, and
from there to Tunnelton and farther
west the duties were assumed by
troops from some West Virginia camp.
Whether for the purpose of guard
ing special train movements, or in
anticipation of trouble as a result of
the coming mine strike, or whether
just special training maneuvers, was
not divulged by officers in charge who
declared they were authorized to
make no statements or to divuIge any
information" Headquarters for this
particular area was the B. and O. de-
pot, in charge Of Capt Mccain.
All troops were withdrawn this
morning around 7 o'clock
1t was also reported troops were
stationed in various mines along the
Western Maryland and in various
other areas, but this was not con-
firmed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-29
Po4tuan S4a4e4' Rl9hA :.

Encouraging in these days Of increasing Capitalization
thOrity Washington bureaus the
state conference on postwar problems.
Here, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York together
with Governor Herbert OConor of Maryland and Governor j.
Howard Mcrath of Rhode Island demanded that the powers
granted the Federal the prosecution Of the
be returned to the States when peace
AS Governor Dewey pointed out powers essential to the
freedom of the people, be endangered if polluted by the
exercise of control essentially local matters"
Demonstrating the dangers and difficulties resulting from
the direction of local problems from the central seat of
ment Governor Dewey cited Federal handling of the food problem
lie said that although the States had foreseen the catastrophe
for many MONTHS the Federal government never the
probem-never acted until few weeks agonever even
reversed its crop restriction program in time
Other speakers at the meeting looking quarey at the post
situation the opinion that free industry will be the
chief of jobs after the and that government help
industry its task by adopting constructive fiscal and monetary
policies and establishing climate which free enterprise
flourish"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-29
MRS. ROBERT T. HOFFMAN
TO RESUME H.D.A. WORK
Miss Mariana Lee Long To Go
To Queen Anne's County To
Relieve Shortage There

Miss Mariana Lee Long, home
demonstration agent for Garrett
county for the past fourteen months,
is leaving this area to assume home
demonstration work in Queen Anne's
county, with headquarters in Center
Vile She will begin her duties on
May 9Th,
Mrs. Robert T. Hoffman, former
home demonstration agent here from
June, 1886 to May, 1912, will succeed
Miss Long in the work in the county
and will begin her work on May TO-
The change was effected by Miss
Nenia NJ Keller, assistant director of
Extension, University of Maryland, to
relieve a shortage in Queen Anne's
county. Mrs. Hoffman will probably
continue with the work here during
the war emergency.
The program as set up at the be-
ginning of the year will be carried
through by Mrs Hoffman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-29
More Individuals
Urged to Purchase
War Savings Bonds

Report of the war bond sales in the
county this week in the second war
loan drive does not indicate much
activity on the part of individuals, it
was stated this morning.
Although the total amount pur-
chased reaches well above 100000
this total includes purchases by
banks, which is not included in the
quota assigned to this county, ac-
cording to H. c, Riggs, county chair
man. The total of individual purchases
does not amount to more than $780,
600, it was stated, while the quota
assigned is $237,5OO
Only few more days remain be-
fore the campaign closes, and more
individuals were urged by the COM
mittee members to buy more bonds.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-29
OPA Officials Plan
Meeting for Friday
Will Meet in Oakland High Audi
forum Tomorrow Evening
At s O'clock

Business men, retailers, wholesalers
and institutional operators will have
an opportunity to meet with officials
of the State office of Price Admins
tration on Friday evening, when a
conference will be held in the Oakland
High school auditorium, beginning at
s o'clock, according to Maurice S.
Brookhart, chief clerk.
Leo H. Mccormick, State director
of the PA and several of his assist
ants from the Baltimore state office
will be here for the purpose of work
ing out many controlling factors re-
garding rationing in this county.
Mr.. Brookhart urged people again
to come prepared to offer suggestions
and complaints that might help the
program.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1943-04-29

The letter was received Monday
morning, April 26, almost two months
after she had been notified by the
government on March 6, that her son
was missing.
The letter was on regulation form
made available to prisoners by the
German government, and although he
did not actually state he was a
prisoner, the wording on the outside
Of the envelope was ample proof.
He said that he was we'll and pre-
sumcd his mother had been worried
not to have heard from him sooner.
He said, Don't worry and I'll write as
often as possible | can receive a
package once every three months,
weighing ten pounds, containing
cigarettes and candy" He advised
seeing the Red Cross about what else
to send and how to send it.
Jordan, indicted July IA, 1871, is
% years old. He has four other
brothers in the service.