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Evening star., 1943-07-08
Northeast Businessmen
Give Red Cross $3.50

A check for s2,350 to defray the
cost of mobile blood donor unit
was presented to the District Red
Cross Chapter by the Northeast
Businessmen's Association at a
luncheon meeting today. 1t was ac-
cepted by Mrs. William Leahy,
chairman of the District Red Cross
Motor Corps.
Otto S. Lund. chapter manager.
said the mobile unit since May had
collected more than 5000 pints of
blood which otherwise would not
have been obtained. He also men,
toned that an ambulance donated
by the association to the chapter
has been in constant use since its
arrival year ago.
Two mobile blood donor units
are now in constant service. making
daily trips in and around the Dis
trict Metropolitan Area.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt re-
ceived from Norman Davis, chairman
of the American Red Cross. a report
stating that lin spite of the diff
culties of supply, transport and
establishment of effective control,
more than 32.500 900 people in more
than 80 countries have received
food, clothing. medical supplies and
otner aid" The report covered the
period from July, 1910, through
April, 1943.
Evening star., 1943-07-08

guard the standards under which
they are employed
Tor one thing" she said. we must
avoid long hours of work. I'm
rather proud of the fact that my
State of Massachusetts enacted the
first enforceable hour law for women
and, incidentally, the first minimum
wage legislation.
But coming back to the present,
we can well follow the recommenda-
ton of the eight agencies of Gov
ernment most directly concerned
with the war effort, including the
War, Navy and Labor Departments.
For both men and women the work.
day ought not to exceed eight hours.
A 48-hour week will provide one day
of rest in seven. There should be
meal period of at least 80 minutes
in work shift"
Stating that it would have been
impossible" for this country to have
obtained such tremendous war
production rate without woman
pOWCI, oCildbOl SdIdWdy Sdlu IIic
great majority of American women
today are proving themselves worthy
OF the tradition OF the pioneer
women Of another day"
Field Expands In War.
"It took Pearl Harber," she said.
ito show this country how essential
and extensive part our women have
to take in waging and winning a
war. A week before Pearl Harbor,
there were only 1000 women in air.
craft production. Today there are
100000. Railroading is a new field
for women, but some one had to do
the job-so they are doing it. And
they aren't all Office workers. They
are operating steam hammers, turn
tables and rivet heaters.
They are tractor drivers, crossing
watchmen, locomotive wipers, yard
and crew clerks. stationary firemen.
Almost without exception. where
there is war job to do, women are
doing it.
Their good sense recognizes the
dignity and the urgency of any job
that contributes to the maintenance
of the democratic way of life"
Evening star., 1943-07-08
Steuart Named Treasurer
OF Shrine for 7th Term

Leonard P. Steuart, prominent
Mason and businessman of Wash
ington, has been reelected at Chi
cago to the post of imperial treas
urer of the Shrine of North America
for the seventh successive term, ac-
cording to the Associated Press.
Mr.. Steuart also continues as
treasurer of the Is Shriners' hospi-
tails for crippled children which now
have resources of more than ST.
100000. He is remaining in Chi
cago for several days to meet with
the Shrine hospital committees.
The Shrine in its imperial council
session elected Judge Robert G..
Wilson, jr., of Boston, as imperial
outer guard. post for which there
were five candidates. All other Off
GERS in the promotion line advanced
one step.
Morley E. Mackenzie of Toronto,
Ontario, became imperial potentate,
succeeding Albert H. Fiebach of
Cleveland.
Evening star., 1943-07-08
lsNRshonmg
g @ssRemiinders6o

Blue coupons. Book 2-Stamps let
tered N, and @ are valid until
August Z.
Red coupons, Book 2-These can be
exchanged for meats, fats, etc.
Stamps lettered P and @ are
valid now, will be good until the
end of July. R stamps will be
good from July IL to July 81, in
elusive. S stamps will be valid
July l8 through July 81.
Sugar-Stamps Nos. IS and Is in ra-
ton book No. / may be used to
obtain sugar for home canning.
Each will be good for pounds
through October 81.
Families needing more than 10
pounds of sugar per person for
home canning must make appli-
cation to their ration boards for
all over this amount.
For regular allowances of sugar
for general use coupon No. 13 in
book / is good for S pounds
through August Is.
Coffee-Stamp No. 81 will be good
for / pound until July 81. Stamp
No. % will be good from July % to
august IL.
Gasoline-Pleasure driving is forbid
den to holders of all types of gaso-
line rations.
Existing IT" allowances of gaso-
line must last their holders
through July Is.
No. S A coupons are good for
gallons each through July 81.
B and c coupons, good for 2h
gallons each, expire on dates in
dicated in individual books.
Shoes-Stamp No. 18 is good for one
pair through October 81.
Fuel oil-No coupons are valid for
10 gallons through September 30
Period l coupons in new fuel oil
rations became valid July / and
are good for 10 gallons per unit
through January 4. Applications
properly filled out should be re-
turned to local boards immedi-
ately.
Evening star., 1943-07-08
Concert by Boys Band
Planned for Sylvan Theater

A concert of patriotic music by
the Boys Club Band and a variety
show will be presented at the Sylvan
Theater this week end by the Dis
trict Recreation Department.
The band concert will be pre-
sented at $3.50 pm. tomorrow. The
band, also known as the Junior
Optimists, is composed OF boys be-
tween 10 and 18 and is directed by
Joseph DUrso.
The variety shown, which will
begin at $50 Saturday, will include
songs by Lola Saunders, soprano
and a demonstration of magic"
by Carl Shumaker. president of the
Washington Assembly of the Society
of American Magicians. Accordion
lists from the Sylvia Kaplowitz group
and dancers from the Phil Hayden
studios also will take part.
The programs are sponsored by
the recreation department in CO.
operation with the War Hospitality
Committee.
Evening star., 1943-07-08
Wife Of Navy Lieutenant
Ends Life With Pistol

Mrs. Katherine Morrow Baldwin,
AZ. of 9 St. Matthews court NV.
was found dead early today on the
first floor of her home with bullet
wound from .3S-caliber automatic
in her head.
Her husband, 1t. Washburn T.
Baldwin, U. S. NJ, who discovered
the body when he arrived home at
2.45 am, is attached to the Wash
ington Navy Yard and son duty with
the shore patrol. Last night. in
connection with his shore patrol
duties, he was assigned to No. II
police precinct.
Two notes were found by the
naval officer, according to police.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
issued a certificate OF suicide. He
reported that Mrs. Baldwin had
been in i'll health.
1t. Baldwin and his wife came
here from Mobile, Ala.
Evening star., 1943-07-08
Nine Of 28 Charged
With Pleasure DRIVING
PenaIized by Boards
10 Defendants Released,
Three Cases Held Open;
Lowers PoneI to Meet

With several thousand pleasure
driving cases still waiting to be
heard. six local boards have handled
an additional % cases, the District
OPA reported today.
In the hearings held by the six
boards in the past few days only
nine drivers were penalized. Charges
against Is motorists we're dismissed,
two were held for further investiga-
ton. One case will be considered
further when the applicant seeks
new gasoline rations.
At Board 10. 1850 Pennsylvania
avenue NV. three cases were dis
missed and four drivers were penal
lied They we're:
Milton O. Graft. 1902 Fourteenth
street NV. two A coupons; Rich
ard E, Dade. 1439 T street NV
one A coupon; Harold Shreeves, 1918
Ninth street NV. one A coupon
and Harry Holt, 1900 Florida avenue
NV, c book revoked
Excuses Accepted.
Board 20. at the Jackson School.
Thirtieth and r streets NV, heard
six cases of which two were dis
missed because the drivers presented
satisfactory excuses, one was dis
missed because the motorist left the
city and turned in his ration book,
another WAS dismissed because the
driver sold his car and turned in
his book and one was held up pend
ing further investigation.
At Board 81, Twenty-ninth and
Calvert streets NV, Harold B.
Austin, 4345 Wisconsin avenue NV.
was penalized six A coupons.
Board 80. Sixteenth and Lamont
streets NV, heard IL cases and
dismissed 8. The three drivers who
we're penalized we're William c.
Harllee. 1883 Lamont street NV,
two A coupons; Ernest L. .Stribling
626 Gresham place NV, two A
coupons. and John J. H. Jones, 1913
Fairmont street NV, 2 D coupons,
issued for motorcycles.
Board AZ, in the Langdon School
at Twentieth and Evarts streets
NE, heard two cases, dismissing one
and holding the other for further
investigation.
At Board so, in the Ketchum
School at Fifteenth street and Good
Hope road Sc, Henry J. Clay, 25l5
Thirty second street Sc, was penal
ized two A coupons.
The first group of violators who
we're given subpoenas during the
extensive campaign conducted by
the OPA over the holiday week end
will be given hearings before the
special panel of attorneys at 8
o'clock tonight at l740 MaSsachu-
sets avenue NV. Another group
of cases will be heard tomorrow
night.
Evening star., 1943-07-08
uses 10 Recruit
vacdtionists for
Farm Work
Director Of Campaign
To Get 'Honds' for
Nearby Area Named

The District United States En-
ployment Service today launched q
drive to recruit thousands OF Wash
ington vacationists to serve between
now and November l on nearby
Maryland and Virginia farms-in a
move designed to alleviate short
age OF farm hands.
simultaneously, X. Vernon Banta,
director Of the local USES, an
nounced the appointment of John
Jones, former Pennsylvania farmer
and one time Agriculture Depart
ment employe, to head the cam
paign.
One of the first developments will
be a meeting tomorrow of nearby
county agents with USES and War
Manpower Commission officials
when specific labor needs of farm
ers will be outlined and the total
number of recruits to be sought
from Government and other busi-
nesses will be established.
Mr.. Banta said the campaign will
attempt to provide workers prin-
cipally for harvesting in Mont
gomery and Prince Georges Counties
in Maryland, and Fairfax. Prince
William and Loudoun Counties In
Virginia. If the need arises, he said,
workers also may be sent as far as
the Eastern Shore in Maryland. one
Of the States principal truck farm
areas.
To Contact Agencies.
Mr.. Jones, 1t was said. will work
closely with the personnel depart
ments of Government agencies and
will sign up all employees who are
willing to work on farms during
vacations. In this manner, it was
pointed out, a supply Of harvest
hands" will be available for place
ment on farms through all the
harvest season.
Mr.. Banta said workers will be
placed on farms as requests are
received by the USES from county
agents. who will aid in the alioca-
ton of workers in the various coun-
ties. Workers will be paid the pre-
vailing rate for farm hands in the
areas to which they have been sent.
Some Of the vacationing workers
may be housed in labor camps, Mr.
Banta said, while the greater pro-
portion probably will remain at their
homes in the District. being trans
ported to farms each morning.
May Organize Pools.
The transportation of these work
ers, he said. probably will be left
up to the farmers, although some
counties may organize transporta-
ton pools whereby all workers
coming into the county would be
distributed by means of a central
transportation system.
Recruiting will be open to both
men and women. and their place.
ment Will depend on the needs Tor
agricultural workers in the two
States.
Persons interested In the program
may apply at the District USES
office, Sol K street NV.
Mr.. Banta said Mr.. Jones will be
paid with funds provided by the Ex-
tension Service to employ a director
and clerical worker for the CAM
paign.
Evening star., 1943-07-08

woman couldn't do as well as I did
The most trouble I had was with
the paper work, but that came easy
after 1 understood just why all the
entries were made.
When I finally took bus on a
route I was little nervous at first.
The passengers were so nice, how
ever. that was quite at home in
no time. I think the most exciting
thing about being a woman bus
driver is the way people stop and
look at you. They can't believe their
eyes at first, especially on country
routes"
Miss Mills, who uses her maiden
name, said her husband had been
a bus operator between Boston and
New York and was killed in bus
accident l3 years ago. She said she
hadn't thought much about driving
bus until the opportunity opened
up for women.
Il suppose the fact that my hus-
band had driven bus made me
conscious of the opportunity when
it came along" she said.
Evening star., 1943-07-08
Navy Identifies Eight
Killed in Florida Crash
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DELAND, Fla. July .8.-Names OF
eight men, four of them officers,
who died in the crash OF their
plane at the Deland Naval Air Sta
ton Monday, were released yester-
day by naval officials
The crash occurred as the plane
was taking off on a routine flight.
All occupants perished in flames.
The dead are: 1t. Richard Rapp
Barnes, pilot, Kansas City, Mo;
1t. q. g. Howard Thomas Feeley,
co-pilot, Franklin, Mass. Ensign
Norman Eugene Sheftel, Brooklyn,
N. Y; Ensign Frederick Leonard
Webster, Lowell, Mass; Herbert
William Kennett. aviation ma
chinist's mate, third class, Bronx,
N. Y; Norris Ambrose Lovette, avia-
ton ordnance man, second class,
Lumberton. N. c.; High King Nc
Clenahan, jr.. aviation machinist's
mate, third class. Sharon, Pa, and
Frank Edward Piasecki aviation
radioman, third class, Rockland,
Mass.
Evening star., 1943-07-08
Crop Report Expected
To Show Few Gains
Since Last Survey
BY MALCOLM LAMBORNE. Jr.


The Agriculture Department will
release tomorrow its most compre-
hensive crop report of the year.
Indications are that it will show
little improvement over month
ago. At that time consumers were
told that food production would fall
short of goals set last winter.
Covering the major food and feed
crops, the report will give the first
acreage figures of the year and esti-
mated production expected at
harvest.
One source in the department
said that while weather conditions
have improved generally since early
spring-through most of June-one
month of good weather would not
necessarily permit farmers to recoup
earlier setbacks resulting from heavy
rains and subnormal temperatures.
In the June report, department
crop experts estimated livestock
production higher than in 1912, but
with food and feed crops below last
years output last month indications
were that total food production
would be about equal to last year,
though the War Food Administra-
ton had hoped for approximately
an per cent increase this year
Tomorrow's report. compiled from
surveys of some 250,00o field agents
and farmer volunteers, will give
acreage figures on the following
crops:
Corn winter wheat, spring wheat,
oats, barley, rye, f1axseed, rice,
sorghums, cotton. hay, dry beans,
dry peas. soybeans. peanuts, pota-
toes, sweet potatoes, sugar cane,
sugar beets, commercial crop apples,
peaches. pears and grapes.
Evening star., 1943-07-08

Miss Mary Mills of West Falls
Church. the first woman bus opera
tor to be employed by the Arnold
Operated bus line. believes any
woman who can drive passenger
car can qualify easily as bus opera
tor.
Furthermore, she says. 1T beats
many job open to women at a
time when the feminine sex is re-
placing men in almost all profess
sions. 1t beats the job as cashier
I formerly had. especially since it
keeps me in touch with all kinds of
people
Miss Mills became full-f1edged
bus operator this week after l2-
day training course In which she
learned how to handle 32-passen-
ger bus properly and became ac-
ouainted with all routes covered by
the Arnold system.
There was nothing to it, she
said. Il went through the course
in II days. although it had been
laid out as a 2l-day course for
women. There is no reason why any
Evening star., 1943-07-08
Horse Taken From Team BuIks
Until Mate Is Brouqht Back

point, he said, the horse stopped
The animal refused to bulge despite
his cajoling, he said.
Police finally arrived and charged
Turner with cruelty. Police said the
horse was forced to pull too heavy
load and that the defendant poured
turpentine on the animal in an
effort to move it. Turner denied
this.
Police admitted, that even when
the load was removed, the horse
refused to pull the wagon.
Police finally hit on the idea of
bringing the horses teammate to
the scene. This proved successful
and both horses trotted back to the
stable, once more a two-horse team.
Evening star., 1943-07-08
BY JOSEPH YOUNG.

The folly Of attempting to sepa-
rate successful two-horse team
was demonstrated in Municipal
Court when Theodore r. Turner,
colored, of the first block of Vir-
ginia avenue S.W., appeared on a
cruelty of animals charge.
Turner, who Is scrap metal COL
lector, explained that when his own
horse pulled up lame. he rented
another from a stable to pull his
wagon. 1t was not explained to
him, he said, that the horse worked
as part of a team.
He said that all went well for
three blocks until the 200 block of
T street NE. was reached. At this
Evening star., 1943-07-08
Servicemen Urged
To GET Receipts at
S1-and-Up Hotels
Rent-ControI Chief Says
PIon Will Help Stop
Weekend Overchorqes

Guests at small, so-called hotels
in the downtown area featuring
rooms 81 and up" will be asked to
obtain receipts when paying for
lodgings in an effort to break up the
practice of overcharging servicemen
on week ends, the District Rent
Control Administration announced
today.
I'VE already have obtained re-
funds for several men who were
overcharged," said District Rent
Control Administrator Robert F..
Cogswell, but most of them can't
remember their room number or its
location and unless We have that
information we can't help them.
But If they get receipts the in
formation contained in them will
help us prosecute the case
Must Post List.
Mr.. Cogswel said such lodging
houses. also will be required to post
list of room rates where guests can
see them when registering.
1--WE hope this will put an end to
the old excuses these places always
give to the effect that new clerk
was on duty. or that the overcharge
was mistake. We want to make
sure there is no mistake and we
want TO make sure we have the
evidence against these people when
they are guilty of viola tionS."
Rent control investigators have
had these places under observation
for some weeks, Mr. Cogswell said,
but that his Office had discovered
that many newcomers to Washing
ton. most of them of foreign ex-
traction, had gained a virtual mo-
nopoly on the business and kept
one another informed of the investi-
gators movements by grapevine
methods.
Hope to End Gouging.
There is nothing the Rent Con-
troll Administration can do about
signs advertising the 81 rooms ai
long as the place has two or three
rooms at such price. That is an
old gag and racket. the admins
traitor said. A guest seeking mex
pensive accommodations naturally
finds the 81 rooms gone and usually
is willing to pay higher price for
some place to sleep.
1T isn't until the following Tues
day or Wednesday that these serv-
icemen suddenly discover all their
money gone and begin to figure out
how they spent it," Mr.. Cogswell
said. Then they remember the
price they paid for cheap hotel
room and it makes them pretty mad
I'VE hope to put stop to that"
Evening star., 1943-07-08
D. {. judges Confirmation
Expected in Senate Today

The Senate probably will confirm
Judge Almond w. Scott and Thomas
D. Quinn for places on the Munich
pal Court of the District today.
The Senate Judiciary Committee
reported both men favorably yester-
day afternoon, indicating it regard
ed Mr.. Quinn's legal service in the
Department of Justice complied
with the requirement in the Munich
pal Court Act that judges must have
practiced law in the District for five
years.
Judge Scott is being reappointed.
and Mr.. Quinn is succeeding Judge
HOBART Newman.
Evening star., 1943-07-08
Man Held by Police
In FutuI Stubbinq

Selena E. Butler, 81. colored. 1904
Ninth street NV, was being held
by police for appearance before a
coroner's inquest today in connec-
ton with the fatal stabbing yester-
day of Sylvan M. Brock, l8, colored
1102 T street NV.
Brock was stabbed in the chest
with knife during an alteration
in shoe repair shop in the 1900
block of Ninth street NV.
Evening star., 1943-07-08
District Schools
Plan Fight for
NYA Machines
U. S. Agencies Have
Priority Under
Conference Report

District school officials will fight
to obtain use Of idle National Youth
Administration machinery here, al
though Federal agencies have prior
ity under terms of a compromise
conference report scheduled to be
acted on by Congress today.
This machinery throughout the
country valued at $4,000, 900, Is
available to any Federal agency ex-
cept the Lease-lend Administration.
and to vocational schools for the
duration and six months thereafter.
The director of procurement of the
Treasury Department would be Gus
todian Of NYA real and personal
property and would decide auoca-
ton of the machinery.
Informed that application for the
machinery's use would have to be
made within 80 days OF the meas
ures enactment, Asst. Supt. Of
Schools Lawson j. Cantrell said the
District would apply.
Could Outfit Four Shops.
I'VE will apply in 80 minutes" he
said. Il inspected the NYA shop
here yesterday. There is splendid
machinery there we need badly. In
fact, we have requests now for six
additional machine shops this fall.
and the NYA equipment could outfit
four new shops, 1 am confident"
With NYA's life ended by act OF
Congress, save for a small sum to
permit orderly liquidation of assets
within six months, Congress was
scheduled to act today on confer
ence compromise report. enabling
vocational schools to utilize NYA
machinery without compensation.
Under this proposal, application
would be made to the Procurement
Division of the Treasury Depart
ment.
Mr.. Cantrell said he had been
advised that the NYA shop at
Thirteenth and S streets NV. has
machinery valued at 5000, 900.
District schools where vocational
training shops would be greatly
benefited through the addition of
NYA machinery, Mr.. Cantrell
pointed out, are Abbott, Phelps, Nc
Kinley and Armstrong.
Badly Needed Here.
with this machinery badly needed
here, and our school system unable
to oco,,iro pro ctico1lu rou, ma
chinery from other sources. I cannot
conceive of a situation whereby the
NYA machinery here would be sent
outside the District" Mr.. Cantrell
stated. 81 feel certain our needs
will be given favorable considera-
ton. once the formula for disposing
of the machinery is set up
ALLEGATION of NYA machinery to
District schools would be determined,
Mr.. Cantrell emphasized. after
survey of school needs. Until we
have gone thoroughly into the situa-
ton, any comment would be su-
perfluous," he added
Approximately 1000 District boys
and girls attended vocational classes
here during the last school year.
Until its official life was ended by
act of Congress. the local NYA shop
Expended s165 $50 for the last fiscal
year. and trained 1000 students
yearly since the agency began op-
erations in 1885. More than half of
those trained in the District center,
Project Manager Edward R. Rodri-
quez said, have entered war indus
tries. The Washington Navy Yard
alone, he added. had been calling for
so trained workers a month,
Evening star., 1943-07-08
Electriciun Injured

Richard Weller. AZ, a PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad electrician. was knocked
from a tower onto the tracks of the
Fourteenth Street Railroad Bridge
today by l0,000-volt charge of elec-
tricity, park police reported. He was
taken to Emergency Hospital, where
his condition was said to be unde-
termined.