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Evening star., 1943-03-24
Virginia Ruling Holds
Liquor Raiioninq LEGAL
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, March q. - The
State Liquor Boards entire ration
ing program, including the 25-cent
fee charged for liquor ration books,
has been held to be legal and
reasonable exercise of powers con-
ferred on the board by the General
Assembly in an opinion rendered
yesterday by Attorney General A.
p. Staples.
Concerning the fee for registra-
ton, the attorney general said it
was not a price placed on privilege
but instead a reasonable charge
for service and therefore permis-
sible under "a well-recognized"
principle of Virginia law.
The opinion, officially upholding
all rationing steps taken by the
ABC authorities, was addressed to
members OF Richmond's General AS
sembly delegation, who had asked
IN behalf of the Richmond City
Council for ruling on the 25-cent
fee.
His opinion answered also a re-
quest from Senator Vivian l.. Page
Of Norfolk for rulings on whether
the ABC Board exceeded its powers
in imposing the pint -per-week ra-
ton restrictions
Evening star., 1943-03-24
akoma Park Student
Is War Bond Queen
Catherine SchmoII Wins
Maryland u. Contest

Miss Catherine Schmoll of Ia
koma Park has been elected War
Bond Queen" of the University of
Maryland in a contest which netted
s12,224.65 in sales of bonds and
stamps, it was announced today.
The contest, part of Nation wide
campaign in colleges and UNIVERSE
ties to boost the sale of war bonds
and stamps. was sponsored by the
Diamondback, student newspaper
at the university. and the Associated
Collegiate Press, national scholastic
press association.
Each penny spent for war bond
or stamp entitled the purchaser to
cast vote for his or her favorite.
Miss Schmoll, a junior in the College
OF Home Economics and a member
of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority. received
468, 480 votes. Her closest rival, Miss
Frannie Becker, also of Takoma
Park, received 346,290 votes.
Other candidates were Miss Ruth
Aldrich, Baltimore, 180,455, Miss
Jane Cushman, Cherry Point, N, c.,
44,495; Miss Lucy Jane Stewart
Manhasset. N Y, 8,450; Miss Betsy
Hine, Baltimore. 34,465, and Miss
Betty MacMorris, Takoma Park.
$3.50.
Miss Schmoll's photograph will be
forwarded to the Associated Col
legiate Press and judged with VIM
ners from other colleges. The VIM
ner of the national contest will have
her picture on the cover of the Col
legiate Digest, published by the As
sociated Collegiate Press.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Northwest DWELLING
Badly Damaged by
Movie Film Fire
Two Hurt os They Leop
From Second Story of
BIuzine Rooming House

A lighted match tossed on a pile
Of scraps of motion picture film was
said by firemen today to have start
ed twoalarm fire which last night
extensively damaged three-story
building at 44l7 Iowa avenue NV.
and spread to an adjoining home.
Nineteen pieces of fire-fghting
apparatus responded to the alarms,
and traffic was tied up for more than
two hours.
The blaze began, firemen said,
after Gerald Gold, 16, a roomer,
dropped the lighted match into
pile of film scraps while cleaning
the basement Of the building. The
youth and his roommate, Robert L.
Pike, II, stamped out the fame. A
few minutes later, however, other
film scraps nearby began burning.
Used Blanket to Fight Blaze.
Gold said he tried to fight the
fire with a blanket but it spread too
fast. He cut his hand when he
accidentally thrust it through a
glass pane while trying to close the
basement door. He was released
from Freedmen's Hospital after
treatment.
The flames spread to the porch
and front room of 44l9 Iowa ave-
nue. NV, 10 Ann. l6-mQnth-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs John
Wimmell, who live at that address,
was sleeping when the fire broke
out. but was rushed to safety by her
parents.
In a fire which Quilted a rooming
house at 1923 Tenth street NV,
early today, an 87-year-old colored
man was overcome by smoke and
had to be lowered to safety from a
second-story room by lifeline.
Condition Possibly Serious"
Jumping from the second story,
Nellie Wilkerson. 28 colored. suf-
fered a compound fracture Of the
right leg, fractured wrists and pos
sible internal injuries. Her con-
dition was described as possibly
serious" at Freedmens Hospital.
Elizabeth Chambers, 26, received
cuts and possible internal injuries
when she leaped to safety, but was
released from Freedmen's after first
aid treatment.
The rescued man, Alexander Nor
riSon, was revived by Sergt. j. A.
Briscoe and Pvts. A. w. Jackson and
w. w. Shelton of the Fire Depart
ment.
The blaze. believed to have been
caused by defective wiring. caused
an estimated 81 900 damage. flremen
said. Six persons were asleep in The
house when the fire started, aoout
$50 am.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Alexandria EIks Send
Pacific Troops Smokes

Soldiers in Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's forces in the Southwest Pa
cific will soon receive 5000 packs OF
cigarettes as gift from the Alex
andria Lodge of Elks, John r.
Schafe, exalted ruler, said yesterday.
At the monthly meeting of the
lodge Monday night, Mr.. Schafe
read letter from the r. j. Reynolds
Co. offering to ship cigarettes to
troops overseas in large quantities
at a cost of cents pack The
Alexandria Elks voted at once to
raise the money to send 5000 packs
Martin E Greene was elected ex-
allied ruler for the 1884 season.
and will succeed Mr.. Schafe at the
April meeting.
Other officers elected include H. B.
Lemon, esteemed leading knight;
Capt. l.. E. Whitehouse, esteemed
loyal knight; G. Raymond King, es-
teemed lecturing knight, and B. K.
Smith, tiler.
E. w DoWney and Herman Fried
lander were reelected secretary and
treasurer, respectively, and M. C.
Duncan was voted trustee.
In addition to voting a contribu-
tion og $3.50 to the Red Cross War
fund the lodge pledged a $1,000 sub
scription to the Elks Nationa.
Foundation for Crippled Children.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
SilverWare Price Boost
Authorized by 0PA
BY the Associated Press.

6S the Associated Press.
The Office of Price Administra-
ton today authorized nanufac-
turers, wholesalers and retailers of
II specified lines of finished silver
ware and other articles containing
newly-mined domestic silver to in
crease their maximum prices by SO
cents for each troy ounce of fine
silver these articles contain.
The increase at retail will vary,
depending on net silver content, but
OPA estimated the average would be
between 10 and Is per cent.
Substitution of domestic silver has
been made necessary by a WPB Or
der prohibiting use of foreign silver
in many items, The price of foreign
silver was SO cents an ounce lower
than the domestic price.
The price increases will apply to
the following: SilveTware, iewelry,
ecclesiastical wear, jeWeTy findings.
insignia, fountain pens, mechanical
pencils, watch cases, mirrors. tinsel
zippers and eyeglass and spectacle
frames and mountings.
The increase is permitted only on
items containing newly-mined do
mestic silver delivered by the man
ufacturer after today.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
u. S. Payroll Here
Up So, SOC, 900
| In January

The temporary war pay bill
boosted the Federal disbursement
here by approximately s9500,000 in
January, when the rolls for the first
time reflected the increase that went
into effect in December, the monthly
personnel statement of the Civil
Service Commission showed today.
Outside of Washington the increase
was about $4,000 900,
The payroll here was s6I, 1876, ,37l,
and elsewhere. s457 7,835.179
There was a net gain of employ
ment here of approximately 500 per-
sons in January, bringing the total
to 284 $50, but the decentralization
program took 750 employees out of
the General Accounting Office, in
dicating new employment was In
excess of 1900, In the field, employ
ment was up $4,000, to 2.577,635.
The commission said that the report
excludes $4,000 temporary substi-
tutes hired by the Post Office De-
partment for the Christmas rush.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Four Held for Grand Jury
On Lottery Charges

Four persons were held for the
grand jury today on charges of op-
Grating a lottery. United States
Commissioner Needham c. Turnage
set bond at 81 500 each,
The defendants were arrested yes
terday when police, led by Vice
Squad Detective M. NJ. Kite, raided
an apartment in the TOO block of
eighteenth street NV. According
to police, numbers" and race bet
ting slips were found in the apart
ment
Those held were listed by police as
Benjamin Hodge. 81. and Blanche
Hodge, 36, both colored. of the
Eighteenth street address; Theodore
Nichols, 38, of the 700 block of
ONEIDA place NV, and Catherine
Brown, 80 of the 1900 block of
Massachusetts avenue NV The
latter also was charged with setting
up gaming table, All four pleaded
not guilty.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Church Plans Program
For Service Men

a recreational program for ser
vicemen in the Silver Spring Md
area, which includes weekly dances,
is being sponsored by Grace Episco-
pal Church of Woodside
The Rev. Walter w Gale, rector,
said yesterday plans are also under
way to convert a small memorial
room at the church to lounge
where servicemen may drop in to
read.
Dances viii be held on Saturday
night in the parish hall, with young
women associated with the parish
serving as Junior hostesses. Games,
including ping-pong, SWITCHBOARD,
checkers and cards, are available
for the men and light refreshments
Will ne served
Mrs. E. J. Wagg is chairman of
the committee in charge of the
dances. which began Saturday.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
fakoma Park Given Acre
For Victory Gardens

Frank S. Pohanka, president of
the Takoma Park Horticulturist
Club, announced today that ar
rangemer had been made with
owners O. out an acre Of land
in the Shepherd Park civilian de-
Tense area for its use as COM
munity Victory garden. The tract
lies between Eastern avenue and
Locust drive, west of Thirteenth
street NV.
Twenty five prospective gardeners
50 far have requested lots, which
will average about 30x50 feet. Plow-
ing and narrowing will be a COM
munity responsibility. according to
an announcement by the District
Civilian Defense Department.
Planting, cultivating and harvesting
will be the responsibilities of the
individual gardeners.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
House Passes Bill Aimed
At HaItIng Ship Deserfions
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Informed that a shortage of sea
men within the preceding "a hours
had delayed departure of a ship
bearing troops and supplies, the
House yesterday approved legisla-
ton aimed at preventing wholesale
deserlons Of foreign seamen in
United States ports.
II provides for the deportation Of
deserting seamen either TO the Al
lied nation under whose flag they
shipped or to the country in which
their nation. if it is a government
IN exile. has headquarters. The
measure now goes to the Senate.
Within the last 10 months, Rep
resentatIve Dickstein, Democrat, of
New York told the House. 10000
seamen who signed for round trips
from foreign ports Jumped ship in
the United States.
A bill providing for deporting un-
desirable aliens whose countries are
now under enemy occupation was
introduced yesterday by Senator
Russell, Democrat Of Georgia.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
ManyRooming House!
Reported Violating
Fire Escape Act
inspectors Here Order
Corrective Measures
To Protect Residents

Continued progress is being made
by District officials to bring hun
dreds of boarding and rooming
houses, apartments and places of
public assembly into compliance
with District fire regulations and
other rules, Col. Joseph D. Arthur,
jr, Assistant Engineer Commits
missioner, said today.
Inspections are continuing at the
rate of about 400 week. with 81
inspectors now detailed to the work,
he said
Many Faults Shown.
A report late yesterday on the
results of inspections made during
January and February showed high
percentages of various classes of
buildings were found in compliance
with the Fire Escape Act. Faults
in facilities ranged from major to
minor matters, he said. Many cor
rections already have been made
and others are being made, he
added.
During the two months, SAB
apartment houses were inspected
and about half were found failing
in some respect to comply with
rules, Col Arthur said. OF 2,169
rooming houses inspected, 655. or
nearly one-third. were not comply
ing Violations, he said, ranged
from Improperly swinging doors
and absence Of exit signs to lack of
fire escapes.
In many cases a reduction in oc-
cupancy to less than 10 above the
first floor was made subsequent to
first reports, thereby making in
stallation of fire escapes unneces-
saIy, he added,
Night Clubs Inspected.
Col Arthur said inspectors had ex-
amined l02 places of public assem-
bly,, including 13 hotels, So restau-
rants. u night clubs and 9 public
halls. All but two were found to be
lacking in some respect, and orders
were issued for changes in facilities,
but most Of such violations were of
a minor nature, he said Thirty
per cent of the work ordered has
been completed and work is in
progress in the cases of half of the
remainder of the cases, he added.
AS result of inspection of places
of public assembly, Col Arthur said.
owners have been disected to install
II new exit stairs, 2l4 new exit
lights and signs and IA additional
exits Also, breproofng was ordered
for Z stairs and 9 doors and III doors
were changed to swing in the dlrec-
rion of exit travel.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Medical Group Finds
Oil Rationing Caused
No Harm 10 Health
Planned Porenthood'
Urged by'North Carolina
Medical Officer

A group Of 30 medical and public
health authorities has found no
evidence whatsoever that the health
Of the people in the fuel oil rationed
areas has suffered as a result of ra-
tioning.
Joel Dean, director Of fuel ration
ing in the Office of Price Admins
tration, who supplied the report,
said today that many Of the authori-
ties believed that the desperate
shortage of fuel oil would have
doubtless resulted in much suffering
and injury if its distribution had
been left to favoritism and Oh ence, "
instead of rationing.
Meantime, DR.. Carl " Reynolds,
North Carolina State health officer,
who addressed the morning session
today of the 4lst Conference of
State and Territorial Health Officers
with the United States Public
Health Service, said last night that
as a means of checking the Incl
dence of mental illness IAN effective
program for planned parenthood fol
the healthy. and the sterilization oi
the degenerates should be forth
coming"
Need MAY Be Intensified.
Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran TOLD
the conference that If the Govern
ment finds it necessary to move q
large number of farm workers into
certain areas this year, the need foi
rurai health and medical services
will oe intensified.
Until the scope and organiza ton
OF such a plan are clearly defined it
is impossible TO say just what it will
entail" he said but we obviously
must be prepared to assume re-
sponsibility in whatever program is
evolved"
In opening the conference in the
auditorium of the District Medical
Society Building, DR. Parran report
ed that, despite difficulties in obtain
ing critical materials for the con-
struction of community health facil-
tiles recommended by the Public
Health Service, 1853 hospitals and
health center projects and 372 sani-
tation projects were completed or
were nearing completion by last Feb
ruary IS.
Urges Granting of Funds.
Assistant Surgeon General Joseph
w Mountin, in charge of the States
Relations Division, told the confer
ence that the Public Health Service
has recommended to the Budget
Bureau the appropriation of Fed
eral funds totaling S34, ,399,521 for
Federal-State cooperative health
work in the fiscal year 1884 He
called for greater financial partici-
patton by State and local govern
mentS in protection Of the public
health during the emergency,
DR.. Mountin warned that State
and local health departments may
expect to lose more personnel as
the needs of the armed forces in
crease. The departments of North
Carolina and Tennessee were cited
by him as the only ones which an
ticipated this contingency by or
ganizing Statewide programs to re-
cruit and train new personnel as
substitutes for permanent employees
who have left.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Wood Fire Solves
Problem Of Heating
Offices Denied Oil
D. c. Monpower Stoff
Is Back at Work in
K Street Building

The District Office of the War
Manpower Commission was doing
business at sos K street NV. again
today while roaring wood fire in
what used to be the oil burner kept
everybody cozy.
The lightning change from fuel
oil to wood was made by the owner
of the two-story building yesterday
after further oil rations were refused
by the local OPA because of the
failure to convert to the use of coal.
Nearly 200 employees of the United
States Employment Center were
forced to remain away from their
jobs for two days because of the
cold.
The use of wood is strictly tenn
porary-until CRATES for burning coal
are available A sufficient supply of
wood TO get through the remaining
cold weather has been laid in and
the balance of the conversion lob
probably will not be taken care of
until warm weather has set in to
stay. Anyway. it may take weeks
or months before the CRATES are OBJ
tanned. And when they arrive. it
will take several days before the
plant can be converted.
An engineer sent over by the Pub
lie Buildings Administration said
the wood fire would be satisfactory
so long as there was no excessively
cold weather. He pointed out. how
ever that the wood was being
burned on the bottom of the fire
pot and that no draft was provided
He estimated it would take about a
cord OF wood day to keep the place
warm under present weather con-
ditions.
The building is owned by the Him.
melfarb Properties, Inc, and leased
to the Government The Employ
ment Center has occupied the sec
ond floor since 1888, and last No
vember the entire building was
taken over to house all activities of
the service.
One official explained that the
place had been out Of oil about halt
~ "ACE@'Ai ttLiiIS kIiltS otdobii anu LJldt
even before rationing began it was
a common experience to arrive at
work and find the Offices cold. Until
this year, she said, it was possible to
shift workers from the K street Of
flee to the Employment Center Of
fees at 808 Z street NV. and at 92a
Fifth street NV. But since all the
divisions OF the service have been
consolidated in one building, there
is nothing to do but leave when the
place is cold.
This official said it was understood
that the OPA was making a test
case on the conversion order, since
this is the first instance reported in
which oil has actually been denied
for failure to convert to coal. It was
regretted, it was said that the test
had 10 be made at the expense Of an
agency as important to the war ef-
fort as the War ManpoWer Commits
SlOns EMPLOYMENT Service.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
us. Plans toUse
Schools 10 Train
Clerical Help
McNutt Approves Plan,
House Hearing on
Personnel Is Told
BY j. A. FOX.

The Government is preparing to
use private and public schools TO
train clerical help in areas where
there is a shortage Of skilled person.
mel, it was disclosed today at the
House inquiry into Federal person.
mel practices.
The plan was outlined to the House
Civil Service Committee by Arthur
S. Flemming civil service commits
sioner. who read letter from Chair
man McNutt of the War Manpower
Commission approving the step,
which contemplates the use of de-
fense training funds OF the Office of
Education. The funds previously
have been used only for training
workers in the crafts and the en-
iargenent of the field was suggested
by the Civil Service Commission.
Speaks for Schools.
How extensive the program will
be has not yet been determined. Mr..
Flemmings announcement Of the
contemplated plan followed tes-
timony by J. S. Noffsinger, Wash
ington representative of the Emer-
gency Council of Private Business
Schools, who urged that the facilities
of these institutions be used, de-
elaring that they would make for
more efficiency than is possible now
under the system by which the Gov
ernment is doing the training within
It's own agencies.
At one time in his testimony Mr..
Noffsinger said that many students
we're leaving business schools be-
cause other fields of employment
offered more attractive salaries than
did clerical occupations. and Chair
man Ramspeck asked if this trend
would not be continued even thuogh
the Government was providing the
business training.
Sl00 Cost of Training.
Mr. Noffsinger replied that this
would not be true in the smaller
communities. where there is no war
industry competition Mr., Noff-
singer estimated that the cost per
trainee would be about sl00.
The committee also went into the
question of conditions that had de-
veloped as the result of the Civil
Service Commission's having re-
laXed its control over intra-a agency
promotions, Mr.. Flemming said
that there had been "a few abuses"
discovered in study Of nearly 1874
900 promotions, and that in such
cases the commission had required
that the individuals be returned to
their former positions.
Chairman Ramspeck said that
when the hearing is resumed tomor-
row he will ask for a detailed ac-
count as to what action had been
taken with regard to the officers re-
sponsible.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Police Pay Bill.
Waits Signing
By President
Congress Expected
To Rush Funds for
Wage Increases

Legislation granting wartime
pay increase of $500 a year to Dis
trict police, firemen and public
school teachers rested today on
President Roosevelt's desk.
If he signs Franklin D. Roose-
velt" on the bill, which was passed
unanimously by the House Monday
and approved by the Senate late
yesterday without objection, the
higher pay checks will be passed
out as soon as Congress appropri-
ates the money.
Surplus in Budget.
This procedure is not expected to
take long. The Commissioners have
already informed House Appropri-
ations Subcommittee now reviewing
the 1914 District budget that the
municipal treasury has a surplus
fund of $4,000 900, more than enough
to take care of the pay rises. And
Congress, it was said, probably will
rush through supplemental appro-
priation to provide the salary in
creases in the present fiscal year,
which ends June 80. It has been es-
timated the salary increase would
add about $1,000 900 a year to the
cost of operating the District gov
ernment.
Action in the Senate came at the
request of Chairman McCarran of
the District Committee.
Senator McCarran was guided in
his move by q poll he took earlier in
the day of the District Committee
which showed that 10 of the Is
members favored acceptance of the
House bill, rather than similar one
passed by the Senate several weeks
ago.
No Debate on Request.
There was no debate on Senator
McCarran's request. and the Senate
approved it without record vote.
His move saved the legislation
from going to conference and the
resultant potential delays over final
enactment.
Specifically. the bill as finally ap-
proved will provide a pay rise of s25
month, or tfor accounting pur-
poses $500 a year, for police, fire.
men, school teachers and other Dis
trict government employees who now
receive no benefits under Federal
legislation for overtime work. Per
diem workers, however, will receive
fiat 10 per cent increase.
The increase will be retroactive to
December /, which virtually amounts
to a bonus Of 500, and will continue
in effect until April 30, 1914.
Evening star., 1943-03-24
Is 10 Leave Alexandria
Tomorrow for Induction

Twenty EIGHT colored men will
leave Alexandra tomorrow for the
Richmond induction center, the
Selective Service Board announced
yesterday.
Miss Virginia Jefferson, clerk Of
the board, said that the numbers
Of colored men inducted from Alex
andria have been so small that the
first registration has not even been
exhausted as yet.
The two April calls for white men
have to be filled with married men.
Miss Jefferson said.
The following men will leave to-
morrow