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Evening star., 1944-11-07
so Are Naturalized
AS Voteiess Citizens
OF Washington

Sixty voteless citizens were sworn
in today by Justice James w. Nor
ris in District Court.
Foreign-born men and women,
many of them District residents for
decades, some of them soldiers and
sailors In uniform, they received all
the privileges OF citizenship except
the ballot. Unless there is a change
In the Constitution in their life
time they will not be able to vote
as long as they remain residents of
the District of Columbia. The
scheduling of the ceremony on ma
tional election day was a coinci-
dence.
Mrs. Nellie H. E. Maertens of
the Kennedy-Warren Apartments
thought she was citizen until she
went to work for the Government.
Canadian born, she Is the widow of
Col. Kameil Maertens, U. S. A., who
was killed in an airplane crash.
She has three sons in the service.
Like many alien born women, she
did not realize that marriage to q
male citizen Of the United States
no longer confers citizenship auto
matically. She is q receptionist for
the Once Of Strategic Services.
James r. Kirkland, chairman of
the Americanization Committee of
the District Bar Association, called
attention to the anomalous position
OF the citizens, new and old, of the
District Of Columbia in q brief ad-
dress. John J. Carmody, president
OF the Bar Association, also spoke.
The American Red Cross provided
q color guard. Mrs. Franklin j.
harrington spoke as representative
Of the Red Gross, and Mrs. Frank
p. Litschert, rs representative Of the
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
ton.
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18Th Police Academy
Glass 10 Graduate

Graduation exercises for the 18th
class of the Washington Police
Academy will be held at 8 pm. Fri
day in the Central High School
auditorium.
Inspector John H. Fowler, COM
manding officer Of the academy,
will open the exercises and Mai.
Edward j. Kelly, superintendent of
Metropolitan Police, will present
diplomas.
Taking part in the ceremonies
will be Inspectors Harvey G. CAL
lahan, assistant superintendent and
executive officer; Milton D. Smith,
assistant superintendent, and Robert
j. Barrett, assistant superintendent
and commanding officer of the De-
tective Bureau; 1t. Col. j. A. Casteel,
provost marshal for the Washington
Military District, and Commissioners
John Russell Young, Charles w.
Kutz and Guy Mason.
The invocation and benediction
will be by Pvt. Harley E. Metcalf. A
musical program will be presented
by the Metropolitan Police Band
directed by Capt. Charles Benter.
Graduates fn1lov,.
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Veterans Commanders
To Attend Luncheon

The national commanders Of the
major veterans organizations are
expected to be present at a luncheon
in their honor next Friday noon
in the Mayflower Hotel. Capt. Jean
A. Drummer, Veterans of Foreign
Wars; Capt. Edward H. Scheiber-
ling, American Legion; Milton
Cohen, Disabled American Veterans
and Harold H. Hamilton, Order OF
the Purple Heart, are the COM
manders who have been invited.
Maj. Omer w. Clark, assistant
administrator of the Veterans Ad-
ministration and head of the WASH
ington Chapter of the Military
Order Of the World Wars which
Is giving the luncheon, will preside
L. H. Neville Thompson, COM
mander of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars Of the District; Lee Pen
nington. District Legion com
mander, and r. G. Hendrick, head
of the D. A. v. here, also will be
guests.
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Wilbur s. Finch is the new presi-
dent Of the Federation Of Citizens
Associations. He's a lot of other
things too.
He's an attorney and administra-
tive assistant at the Carnegie En-
dowment for International Peace
The father Of seven children. An
active worker in st. Anthony's
Church. A World War Veteran. An
amateur painter and carpenter
And-the thing that interests him
especially man without q vote.
He compares himself with an en-
thusiastic political party worker-in
one respect anyway. He estimates
that he spends at least one-half his
spare time thinking. studying and
talking about the problems of voting
and government.
Plans Own New Deal
The difference Is, Mr.. Finch says,
he works with and for people who
don't vote. He himself has never
voted. He's sore about 1t. too. That's
why he started his thinking and
studying and talking is years ago.
And he plans to keep 1t up until he
pushes through his own New Deal"
-self-government for the District.
This year. he hopes to take giant
steps in the right direction. AS
Federation president, he wants to
unite every District resident in the
fight for our rights-self govern
ment. and voice in the national
Government"
His eyebrows meet in scowl when
he talks about "the voteless citizens
of the Nations Capital" and he
plnctuates his remarks with short
stabs Of q pointed forefinger. Were
going to plug, and plug, and plug"
he declares, slicing the air with his
finger" and one OF these days. we're
going to wake up with ballot In
our hands"
In the last Is years that he has
been working for District self
government, and taking part in civic
affairs, he has been chairman Of
five different groups fighting for the
vote, and member of two others. He
started OF as chairman Of suffrage
committee in q member clubsof the
Federation-and he still is continu-
ing what he calls "his second re-
ligion" as Federation president.
Foundation Stone.
His fight for the vote is only
part-although the biggest part-of
his interest in civic affairs. I'VE
have to get the vote first. It's the
foundation stone" he maintains.
He first became active in citizens
groups IS years ago. He was then
a member of a citizens association
which covered SO much territory 1t
couldn't take care Of all the prob
lens. 80 We just had a meeting
and formed q new group-the Bur-
roughs association. was made
membership chairman, and I've
been on one committee or another
ever since" he explained.
The time he doesn't spend in
civic activities is parceled out care
fully to spread .over his numerous
other interests.
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ocrat. incumbent. and Walter John.

ocrat, incumbent. and Walter john
son, Republican.
Second district Ralph H. Daueh-
ton. Democrat; Thomas L. Wood
ward, Republican, and w. b. Shafer,
jr., independent.
Fifth district-T. G. Burch, Demo-
|crat, incumbent, and Howard H.
Carwile, independent.
SIXTH district Clifton A. Wood
rum, Democrat. incumbent; John
Strickler, Republican. and Mrs.
Ruby Mae Wilkes. Socialist.
Seventh district-A. Willis Robert
son, Democrat, incumbent, and d
Wampler Earman, Republican.
In the Sd and 4th districts, re-
spectively, Dave E. Satterfield and
p. H. Drewry. both Democrats, are
unopposed.
In both Maryland and Virginia
voters will cast their votes for I
number Of constitutional amend
ments. Marylanders win vote on six
amendments. while Il Virginia twc
are up for passage.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Graduates fOHO'
BiddIe Rups Dewey's
Record as Governor
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSoclatec Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 7.--Minor
league pitchers, even after you warm
them up, have a habit of whiting
when you put them in a major
league box" says Attorney General
Francis Biddle.
The Attorney General, in an
eleventh-hour political address last
night, said the Republican candi-
dates record lis pretty feeble when
compared with the records Of other
Governors-Gov. Lehman and Gov.
Roosevelt and Gov. al Smith"
The Republicans during the cams
paign based their attack on what
they hoped was the short memory
OF the public--the hope that their
own l2-year record would Be for
gotten" he added.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Taxi Drivers Union Quits
cI0 In Protest Against pAC

The United Taxicab Drivers Union
has Withdrawn from the CIO In pro-
test against the activities OF the
Political Action Committee, Edwin
g. Hammerly. secretary-treasurer,
announced today.
Mr.. Hammerly charged the PAC
Is attempting to capture control
Of the Democratic Party" He said
the union decided to resume its in
dependent status because the drivers
refused to contribute 81 per men,
Der to the CIO-PAC fund, ito be
used politically against their indi-
vidual wishes"
Mr.. Hammerly also charged that
the PAC was "communistically con-
trolled." Communist groups in the
District and in Maryland are espe-
cially active in the PAC, Mr.. Ham
merly asserted.
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Civic Group Supports
Silver Spring Hospital

Joining forces with other groups
in the Silver Spring area, which are
supporting the drive to raise $780,
600 for the Silver Spring General
Hospital, Leonard Nelson, president
OF the Rock Greek Forest Civic As
sociation, today announced the ap-
pointment OF Mrs. Elizabeth Beach
as precinct captain.
Mrs. Beach will organize a group
of volunteer workers to begin the
door-to-door canvass. The proposed
hospital Is in the Rock Creek For
est area. Impetus to the drive was
given in q talk by Stanley H. Slime,
executive director of the Silver
Spring Hospital Association, before
the Rock Creek Forest Civic Asso-
|ciation.
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He finds time to write a letter a
week to each of his three sons over
seas-Storekeeper Second Glass;
John Wilbur, %, in the Pacific;
Gmner's Mate Fourth Class Ed
ward Bernard, 20, and Seaman
(First Glass; James David, 10, both
In the Atlantic. He also answers
questioAe and finds math mistakes
for his four school girl daughters
Marie. is; Helen, IS; Dolores, 13
and Loretta Ann, 8.
General Handyman.
In his basement he has a chest of
tools, and whenever can find any
thing to Ak, fix it. Just a general
handyman," he says.
He reads all four Washington
newspapers every day and reads
magazine news articles. And /
listen to the news commentators
those like, and those I don't like,
religiously," he says. When there
isn't civic meeting-which is about
three or four nights a week-and
when he has no tinkering, or home
work help to do-he likes to tune in
on Bob Hope, Fibber MCGEE and
Molly-"any Of the funny ones"
But that's only when I can," he
explained. He used to play football
and baseball, when he was a student
at Gonzaga School, and was an
ardent fan when he took his law
course at Georgetown. But my
sports now are limited to civic ac-
tivities. Except for my fooling
around at home, the same is true of
my hobbies"
It's Washington's community
problems he likes to talk about
best. He gets so interested in the
story he knows so well that he for
gets to smoke the big cigars he
begins three to six times a day
In an hour he let one go out five
times. He didn't have time to
smoke. He had toe much to say.
81 Wants Paid Federation staff.
I'm going to call a meeting of
the Executive Committee of the
federation next week, and we'll
get started on a membership cam
paign. Another thing, I want us
to do, is work for that permanent
federation office and paid staff.
The federation is the only group
in Washington that really speaks
for the people. I want to get them
in there. let them speak and fight
for the vote and the other things
We need around here"
Mr.. Finch thinks he's too much
OF a lawyer to be an effective
speaker. I've made dozens of
speeches, but I'm too technical" he
says. He thinks anything he tried
to write would have the same
fault.
Nevertheless, not satisfied with
his other jobs, he has one other
big thing he wants to accomplish.
He has "a secret ambition to write
a book about this town, telling
about its government and what we
need done. And maybe-someday
I'll have the time to write It,"
he said, smiling doubtfully.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Alumni to Honor Hornbeck

Stanley K. Hornbeck viii be hon.
ored at an informal gathering OF
the Beta Theta ri Alumni Asso-
citation Of Washington before he
leaves to take up his new duties as
Ambassador to the Netherlands
All washington members OF the
fraternity are invited to the Ham
ilton Hotel between $50 and I pm
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Commissioners
Return Veteran
10 Police Duty
Another Discharged
Seryicemun to Get
Old Job on Force

The District Commissioners TODAY
ordered the reinstatement Of Walter
J. Wyatt, jr, 80, one of three Dis
trtct policemen whose cases have
been pending since their discharge
from the armed forces months ago.
The action was taken on the rec
ommendation Of Maj. Edward j.
Kelly, superintendent Of police, who
said he did not think Mr.. Wyatt's
ailment was suf1cient to disqualify
him for active police duty. The
Board Of Police and Fire Surgeons
had recommended against his re-
turn to duty.
The Commissioners also an
nounced the reinstatement OF Sey-
mour Raboy, who was discharged
from the Navy September %. Un-
like Mr. Wyatt and the two other
policemen whose cases have been
pending for months, Mr.. Raboy was
recommended for restoration to
duty by the Board OF Police and
Fire Surgeons. The Commissioners
pointed out Mr.. Raboy will get a
500 increase in pay, the raise he
would have gotten had he remained
on the force instead of taking mill
tary leave.
Will Appear Before Board.
Lewis 0. Rogers, 81, second of the
three policemen whose reinstate-
ment has been delayed, has been
ordered by Maj. Kelly to appear
before the Police Retirement Board
on Thursday. The police superin-
tendent said today his investigation
Of the Rogers case had convinced
him that his disqualifying ailment
was incurred in line of duty before
he entered the Marine Corps.
The third Of the three policemen
whose reinstatement dificulties
were first disclosed In The Star Is
now employed in the West, q spokes-
man for the Commissioners said.
Must Work Out Formula.
After meeting with Commissioner
Young yesterday, District Selective
Service spokesmen said they had
been assured the policemen would
get square break" but added that
additional meetings with the Com
missioners and the District Agency
Committee now handling veterans
would be necessary to work out q
formula for dealing with future re-
employment cases.
Turning his attention to District
veterans generally, Commissioner
Young scheduled a meeting today
with the representatives of the Com
mittee on Services to Veterans and
War Workers to discuss funds and
space for q proposed information
center.
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GAAlCi 6CAlSy AOc.
pital after a
brief illness. His
wife, Mrs. Mar
tina Nu t t / n e
B r i S coe, died
here in June.
They were mar
ried more than
so years.
A native Of
Bristol, Ten n,
M r. B r S c o e
worked for the
Weather Bureau
at Gal v e S t on,
Tex and New
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Dr.. Synemon Rhee to Speak

DR.. Syngman Rhee, chairman Of
the Committee of Korean Independ-
ence in Washington, will speak be-
fore the Collectors Club, Branch S,
s. P. A., at 8 O'Clock tonight in the
Thomson School auditorium, Twelfth
and L streets NV.
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Community Group to Meet

The Parkfairfax Wa0 Community
Association will meet at $50 pm.
Friday at the Charles Barrett School
on Valley drive. A representative of
the Federal Bureau Of Investigation
will be guest speaker.
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Church PIuns Dinner

The Women's Society of Wilson
Memorial Methodist Church, 756
Eleventh street Sc, win serve q
roast beef dinner tomorrow from
5 to pm.
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H. {. Briscoe, Retired
U. 5. Emp|oye, Dies

Henry c. Briscoe, 72, of 2Ol9 I
street NV, for 40 years an en-
ploye of the Weather Bureau until
he retired in 1912, died Sunday at
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-16
Peck Mans
Leg Broken;
Hit by Car

George Fisher, IA. of Fort Peck
suffered a double compoLnd break
in his leg Sunday morning about
2:30 when he was struck by a car
driven by c. p. Funk of Park Grove
on the Fort Peck highway about a
half-mile inside the project reser-
walton. it was reported by Highway
Patrolman William Wolden.
Fisher and Theodore Kolstad we're
returning from Wheeler in Fishers
car, which was being driven by Kol-
Stad. The left rear tire on the ma
chine blew out and they stopped.
Kolstad said that, as soon as he
got out, he noticed the tail light
was not functioning. He then got a
flaShlight from the car t. warn ap-
preaching drivers while he began TO
work on the tire.
Fisher, meanwhile, had become
cold and started to enter the a
just as Funk, also coming from
Wheeler. approached. Funk told the
he did not see the car
until he was about 40 feet from it.
He attempted to drive around the
right side of it. but as he did so his
machine struck Fisher just as he was
stepping into his a and threw HIM
about is feet, causing the injury.
Fisher was brought to Glasgow
and is now a Deaconess hospital
patient.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-16
CHOIRS WILL
JOIN SUNDAY
IN PROGRAM
Massed Groups, Kiltie Band
Will Be Featured at
Civic Center

A community sacred Thanksgiv-
ing song festival to be held at the
civic center Sunday night at 7:45
will include two numbers by a mass
choir made up of members of sew
eral church choirs, directed by Clint
Halliday. The chorus will sing JOY
full, Joyful, We Adore Thee" and
"All Hail the Power of Jesus Name"
The high school band, directed by
Miss Betty Thompson, will open the
program by playing Dream Pan
tomine," and close it by playing
Oriental Sunset" The high school
chorus will sing My Task" and
Beautiful Savior"
The program will include songs by
choirs and special groups as fol-
lows: Praise We the Father" and
'Jesu, Joy of Mems Desire" Luth-
eran choir; The Lord Is My Shop
herd,' Christian Fellowship choir;
Glorious Calvary" Christian Fell
lowship woman's quartet; Find
Your Way Home" Nazarene church
trio; God So Loved the World"
Methodist choir; medley of Gospel
songs, Assembly of God chorus, and
Send Out the Light Baptist choir.
The Rev. Grant S. Moore will pre-
side, the Rev. H. F.. Widen will give
a Scripture reading and the Rev.
Martin Arneson the invocation. The
Rev. C. A. Wall will tell a hymn
story, and the Rev. w. c. Mckay
will give the benediction.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-16
Serg. Keil Back
From II Months
With Bomb Unit
Bv Courier CORRESPONDENT

NASHUA - Staff Serg. Roy NJ.
Keil. son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Keil. arrived Thursday morning
from Italy. He has been in the army
since october, 1871, and overseas 81
months.
He is a sheet metal worker with a
Flying Fortress group and has been
given a blue ribbon decoration sig
nifying that his unit. the oldest
heavy bombardment group in the
European theatre, has been cited
for heroic performance against the
enemy. He has also a good coduct
medal and wears four battle stars
on his European-African-Middl
East campaign ribbon.
While in italy he met both Lieut..
Oliver Cole and Henry GoSSlier,
both of whom have completed so
missions and have been returned to
the United States.
Sergeant Keil was graduated from
the Nashua high school in 1898. He
attended an army sheet metal
school at Chanute Field. III.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-16
Allotment Made
of $4,000 to
Build REA Line

The rural identification adj
ministration has made an allot-
ment Of S195 900 to the Valley
Electric Coop, Inc, according
to a telegram received from the
REA headquarters at st. Louis
by Secretary Fred Rusher this
morning.
The allotment means immedi-
ate service TO Oswego, Frazer
and a few rural sci near
those towns who are able to
comply with WPB utilities pro-
prities, il was stated by Frede-
rick Miller of Spokane, REA
regional representative, who is
here.
The allotment represents cost
of constructing the entire rural
identification system from
Beaverton to OswegO. However,
WIPE clearance has been given
the portion mentioned and
construction of the remainder
of the system will be under
taken just as soon a. materials
become available.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-16

How education must develop and
advance in an increasingly complex
world was outlined by teacher
speakers in an outstanding National
Education week program in Glasgow
high school Friday night. Superin-
tendent r. l.. Irle presided.
Speaking on Kindergarten Miss
Roene Coffin stressed that pre-
school training is valuable for child
rem to help make the sometimes
painful transition from home to
school. BY teaching citizenship and
the operation of a small community,
it helps the small child to under
stand the larger world.
Glasgow high school is now rec
ognized as one Of four state voca-
tional training centers. T. d. Keat-
ing said in speaking of Vocational
Education" Expansion may be X
pected particularly in training of
war veterans. Vocational training
in the school is in four departments
agriculture and shop, trade train
ing, office practice and part-time
cooperative.
Citizenship also means learning
privileges and obligations as citizens
of a world community, Miss Doro-
thy Kimball said in speaking on that
subject. Through history. geography
and social studies classes, the pupil
is encouraged to learn about his
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-16
Lieut.. Cross
Helps Take
Leyte Bridge

How Lieut.. Robert Cross of Glas-
gov helped take the biggest bridge
on Leyte island in the PHILIPPINES is
told in a clipping from the Chicago
Tribune received by his parents, MI.
and Mrs. A. H. Cross.
The Mainit river bridge. taken in
tact, is the only crossing of the
Mainit river, the Mississippi of
the Leyte valley.
"A group of foot soldiers ap-
preached the bridge. They waited
for Lieut.. Cross of Glasgow. Mont,
to come up with the first tank. The
tank drove onto the approach and
stopped" the article relates.
Just as a navy mine expert
stepped on the bridge to examine it,
Cross shouted, Look out! There's
pillboX." He swung the tank tur-
ret forward, toward a log covered
dugout up river from the bridge
and fired point blank with the
tanks IS nm. annon That started
the battle for the bridge, a sharp
fight that ended with success for
the Americans of the oath division,
to which Cross is attached.
The Glasgow officer left here in
l94l with the local national guard
company. His was among the first
units to arrive in Australia. 1t was
it participated in the lower
New Guinea campaign that he was
sent to officers candidate school
and earned his commission.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1944-11-16
Teachers Outline Our School
Needs for Future at Program

country and its government. Quail
ties OF tolerance, curiosity and ap-
probation are stressed.
Our New Technology bringing
better houses, cars and "gadgets,'
will require a wider basic knowledge
of science and mechanical skills,
Howard Nelson declared in his talk.
lie also stressed the need for par
ents to guide and encourage child
rem who show aptitude for or
interest in scientific subjects.
There is no point now more than
so flying hours from Glasgow, Miss
Gladys Gaines said in talking on
world Brotherhood" Our world will
be many times smaller after this
shoulders, also elbows she COM
melted. To avoid conflicts with
other nations, we must learn to UNI
derstand them and their religions
ana cultures. Thus education has a
very vital part in world security.
Inc program opened with an
ture by the Glasgow Kiltie band,
directed by Miss Betty Thompson.
A clarinet trio, Mary Lou Alley,
Betty Malunet and Betty Watson
played, accompanied by Miss john
son. High school pupils presented a
play, "Cavalcade of Freedom" di-
rected by Miss Julia Barker, as
sisted by Miss Gaines and Miss Helen
Oktabec. Sixth graders appeared in
a health demonstration supervised
by Mrs. Cloris Schanders. Pupils OF
the fourth grade extended an anus
ing invitation to inspect the build