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Evening star., 1944-02-09
1t. J. F. Kehoe, Jr., Killed
Graduate Of GEORGETOWN

Second 1t. James F. Kehoe, %
U. S. NJ c., of 1923 Fessenden street
NV, has been killed in action. his
parents were informed yesterday
His mother reported last word from
her son was received from the Gen.
trail Pacific area.
1t. Kehoe, for several years a
sandlot baseball player here, re-
ceived his B. S. degree in social eco
nomics at Georgetown University in
1912. At the university he won his
letter in basket ball and also played
intramural football. Shortly after
graduation he was called to active
service from the Marine Corps Re-
serves.
During his undergraduate days he
was employed for time by the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by three sisters, Miss Mary E. Kehoe
of the WAVES, Miss Ann C. Kehoe
and Miss Edith w. Kehoe, all of this
city.
A requiem mass will be held at
am. Friday at st. Anne's Catholic
Church.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Seven More Fined Here
In BIuckout Violations

Seven more persons who pleaded
guilty to violations of blackout regu-
lations in Sunday nights air raid
test were fined $40 each today in
Municipal Court. They brought to
IA the number of violators fined.
Fined today were Lila Paavola
1400 block N street NV; Marguer-
ite Yancey, 1400 block N street NV;
Carl Berger, 1900 block Fourteenth
street NV; Harriet Wilkinson, 140C
block N street NV; Harry .Wassin
Market space S.W; Sidney Kent
HOO block Eleventh street NV, and
William Bolodin, 1900 block Four
teenth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Montgomery Board
Names New Teacher,
Mrs. English Resigns
As Woodside Trustee

Appointment of eight elementary
school and two high school teachers
was approved by the Montgomery
County Board of Education at It's
meeting yesterday in Rockville.
The elementary teachers are:
Mrs. L. E. Pearson, Glenmont
School; Mrs. Ruth Kremb, Takoma
Park; Dorothy Weller and Clarke
Freeman, Bradley; Mrs. Helen Nc
Kay, Rockville; Virginia M. Farrow,
Four Corners; Helen G. Miller,
Sandy Spring, and Mrs. Alice M.
Burtis, Somerset.
The others are Mrs. Thelma Fin
nefrock, Takoma Park Junior High.
and Ella Mae Scott, Silver Spring
intermediate.
The board also accepted the resig-
nation of Mrs. Beryl R. English as
trustee of the Woodside Elementary
School,
A delegation seeking Improve
ments for the Rockville colored high
and elementary schools was assured
the requests would be taken up in
planning for summer work and
later construction programs. A re-
quest from the Parent Teacher AS
sociation of the Glen Echo-Cabin
John School that the lighting in
the school building be improved was
submitted. The board received a
Federal offer of continued assist
ance in child care activities. The
offer was accepted.
DR.. Edwin w. Broome, county
superintendent of schools, reported
that countrywide age-grade study
conducted by the teachers in No
vember showed that 23.5 per cent
OF the pupils were underage for the
grades they were in; 70.5 per cent
were normal age and 6 per cent
overage. DR.. Broome said that the
percentage of overage pupils has
been greatly reduced in recent
wears
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Ensign Sanders Decorated
By British for Heroism

Ensign Milton Sanders, U. S. N
R., "a, of 1881 Montague street
NV. has been decorated with the
George Medal by the British gov
ernment for heroism displayed
under other than combat condi-
tions, the Navy announced yes
terday.
The medal was presented by Act
ing Air Marshal J. S. c. Slessor
commander in chief of the RAF
coastal command.
While attached to the Royal All
Force Coastal Command in North
ern Ireland in May, 1943, Ensign
Sanders made harmless explosives
which had been hurled from an
aircraft making a crash landing.
The young officer, now on duty at
the Navy Bureau of Ordnance, was
civilian employe of the NavaI
Ordnance Laboratory here from
June, 1941, until January, 1943
when he enrolled in the Naval Re-
serve.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
C|erics Oppose
|Curfew Here,
Blame Parents
Urge Citizen Councils
And ADULT Education
To Curb Delinquency

Formation of neighborhood coun-
ellis and the education of parents in
child care were urged by religious
leaders today before the special
House subcommittee investigating
juvenile delinquency in the Capital.
Three churchmen were unanimous
in opposing curfew law in the Dis
trict. They also rejected any sug-
gestion of curb on the admission
of children to entertainment places
at night Rather, they sought to
place the responsibility in the home.
The three witnesses-represen
the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant
faiths-Were Rabbi Norman Gersten-
field of the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation, the Rev Thomas E.
Mitchell of Catholic University and
DR.. Fred E. Reissig of the WASH
ington Federation of Churches.
Urges Recreation for Children.
Criticising the Immoral condi-
tions" in some Washington homes.
DR.. Reissig declared that under GER
tain conditions he would rather see
children on the streets than in their
homes. He said proper recreation
should be provided for them outside
their homes.
Rabbi Gerstenfeld asserted that
the parent is the key TO the solution
of juvenile delinquency, and warned
against any tendency to make social
institutions the "scapegoat."
Declaring the average parent "is
extremely complacent and rather
confused he suggested that guid-
ance manual on child problems
would help parents to meet their re-
sponsibilities. He proposed that such
a manual be prepared by school
authorities with the assistance Of
committee of clergymen, and that
it be given to every parent register
ing child in school,
Citizen Councils Proposed.
Father Mitchell, declaring that
neither the church nor social agen-
cies could solve the problem Of
juvenile delinquency alone, proposed
organization of neighborhood coun-
ellis which could work together.
| Need for more funds to permit
expansion of the Districts recrea-
tional program was outlined by Milo
F. Christensen, District recreation
director. He said the War Produc-
ton Board had been holding up a
large portion of the S500,000 play
improvement program because Of
the manpower shortage. He told
the committee an appeal now was
pending for approval of 1921 900 for
Improvements to 10 recreation areas
and said the work would not involve
/ critical materials
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Sedition Jurisdiction
Is Upheld by Eicher

Chief Justice Edward C. Eiche1
OF District Court today ruled the
court has jurisdiction in the indict-
ment here of 30 persons charged
with conspiracy to aid in establish
ing Nazi form of government In
the United States.
The ruling was made In denying
a plea as to jurisdiction made by
Joseph E. McWilliams, New York
and Chicago, organizer Of the Chris
tian Mobilizers.
Yesterday George Sylvester Vie.
reck, already under sentence for VIC.
lation of the Foreign Agents Regis.
tration Act, was arraigned on thu
conspiracy charge and pleaded no
guilty. At the same time he de.
clared the charge against him in tn,
sedition Indictment was fantastic.
Arguments on demurrers in be.
half of William Robert Lyman, jr.
and Prescott F. bennett were begur
yesterday by their attorney.
Trial on the sedition charges prob.
ably will begin sometime next month
and may last two months. o. Johr
Rogge, special assistant to the At.
torney General is prosecutor.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Is ons Of Paper Collected
As Schools Recover Stride

Paper collections in the schools
cooperating in The Evening Sta, i,
PTA Salvage-for- Victory program,
which were slowed somewhat at
the start of the week by mechanical
difficulties, regained momentum
yesterday when another 16 tons were
collected, bringing the total to
2,365, sos pounds.
Jefferson Junior High School add
ed 1886 pounds to its total which
is nearing the 00,0O0-pound mark.
Other high schools totals reported
Yesterday included 1850 pounds
from Syphax, 2,075 pounds from
Woodbridge, 3,165 pounds from
Bunker Hill, 4,415 pounds from
Bell, 3,l55 pounds from Grtnke and
2,700 pounds from Thomson.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Guffey Renews Attack
On Rutland; AssaiIs
Letter Disclosures
Senator Declares Health
Officer Used Notes to
Cover Up Shortcomings

Senator Guffev, Democrat, of
Pennsylvania last night renewed
his attack on Health Officer George
C. Rutland for refusing certain
hospital privileges to the Sena-
tors personal physician and de-
|nounced him for the unauthorized
disclosure" of the 1912 Guf1ey
threat letters.
In July and December OF 1912
in letters to Commissioners Young
and Mason, Senator Guffey pro-
tested the refusal of the health
officer to list Dr. Eugene De Savitsch
for chest surgery work at a District
Government hospital and had
threatened Senate investigation
as a way to get action" out of the
Health Department.
Denies Releasing Copies.
DR.. Rutland has stated he hao
photostatic copies made of the CUT.
fey letters but this he did not give
them out for publication. Copies
were given reporters on Capitol Hill
by one of Washingtons civic
workers.
Senator Guffey declared his let
ters about DR.. De Savitsch had ne
connection with the later investi-
cation of Gallinger Hospital by a
subcommittee of the Senate Dis
trict Committee, which produced
last September, report calling fol-
the custer Of Health Officer Ruh-
land and others.
They did, however, seem to hin
to provide red herring to distract
attention from his own shortcom-
ings, which the Senate COMMITTEES
had brought to light" said Senator
Guffey. In fact. DIR. Rutland was
attempting to save himself from his
just deserts by carrying out an inn
proper action, namely, what Com
missioner Mason has termed 'un-
authorized disclosure of official rec
ords.
Calls Attack Reprehensible.
There are some who have stepped
into this controversy without in any
way investigating the professional
record and ability of Dr. De Saw.
itsch. In doing so they have at
tackled the reputation of profes.
sional man about whom they know
nothing. I call that reprehensible.
At the outset of his statement
Senator Guffey explained he hae
not sought to get the physician {
"job"-that he has large practice
and doesn't need to get on a public
payroll" The 1912 controversy, h,
added, stemmed from the fact that
although DR.. De Savitsch had beer
appointed a consulting surgeon il
the field of chest surgery. "he wa
given nothing to do" at the Glenr
Dale tuberculosis Sanatorium.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
II Reelected Directors
Of Visiting Nurse Society

Eleven members of the Board of
directors OF the Instructive Visiting
nurse Society were reelected for a
term OF three years yesterday at a
board meeting in the Albee Building
They were Mrs. Henry Grattan
Doyle, Mrs. James L. Houghteling
Miss Anne Carter Greene. Mrs
Emory S. Land, Mark Lansburgh
Harold N. Marsh, Mrs. Cresson New
bold. Mrs. John M. Sternhagen, Mrs
Harlan F. Stone. Mrs. Ellen S
woodward and Mrs. John Marvin
Wright
Miss Gertrude H. Bowling, execu-
tive director of the society, reported
the staff had given care to 2.917
patients in January, 1,274 of them
new patients, and had made 1854
visits to these patients in their
homes.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Real Estate Tax
Revenue Rise
Set at $4,000
Assessment Increase
Estimated at
$6,400, 900

An increase of $4,000 a year in
District tax revenue was foreseen
by officials today as result of esti-
mates that the taxable value of real
estate in Washington has increased
by $6,400.000 since July.
Largely responsible for the raised
estimate was survey of 500 build
ings in Georgetown, whose total
assessed value was increased
$2,36O, $50.
This survey was made necessary
by reason of the low assessments
previously carried in relation to the
actual value Of the properties" said
Edward A. Dent, District tax asses
sor. No general increase in the
valuation of the land in the George
town section was made"
Mr.. Dent said the revaluation
work required measurements of the
buildings to determine the cubic
content. Complaints in regard to
the assessments for the fiscal year
l945, he said, can be made with the
Board OF Equalization and Review
before the first Monday in April.
Mr.. Dent urged property owners
who wish information on their as
sessmentS to call at the Assessors
Office at the District Building or to
write a letter rather than call by
telephone. Complaints may be filed
in writing on forms prescribed by
the assessor, he added.
Mr.. Dent said increases in assess
mentS have not been general
throughout the city, but have been
limited principally to those sec
tlons where land values have in
creased by reason of extensive de-
velopment."
The taxable property of the Dis
trict rose from 1854 ,348 900 on last
July to 81 1853, ,469,616 on January /,
Mr.. Dent Said. The January figure.
however, does not include the in
creases in Georgetown, and, he said,
the final figure would not be known
until around July l because of
changes that may be made by the
Review Board.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Capper Expects
Early Action 10
Clear DC. 5|um,
Kunsun Believes
Congress Is Ready
To Approve Plan

Senator Capper. Republican, of
Kansas, declared today there are
good prospects" of early action by
Congress charting new financing
and a new program for slum clear
ance and provision of decent dwell
ing for those now inhabiting sub
standard housing.
Commenting on the McCarran
bill to authorize the District to bor-
row $20,000,00O from the United
States for the purposes, Senator
Capper said I'VE have got to clean
out these slums. 1t ought to have
been done a long time ago.
Il can't see where we have been
making any real headWay and I
have reached the conclusion the
main trouble is these properties are
profitable to their owners who get
good return and want to hang on
to them.
I'VE will have to work out a sys-
tenn to provide decent homes for
these people living in alley dwell
ings and other substandard housing. .
Referring to the tours of inspec-
ton and public hearings conducted
by a Senate subcommittee headed
by Senator Burton, Republican, of
Ohio, and of which he is a member,
Senator Capper said he felt these
studies had brought good results by
centering the attention of Congress
and the public on the problems.
Chairman Bilbo of the Senate
District Committee yesterday prom
ised to throw his support to the
McCarran measure, and later Chair
man Randolph of the House District
Committee issued the statement:
Certainly, there should be an
orderly improvement in housing
conditions in the National Capital.
Slums should be eliminated inso-
far as possible by concerted Con-
gressional action and civic CO.
operation. The House District Com
mittee will give proper study and
attention to any we'll formulated
plan toward the desired goal of a
more beautiful Washington. where
the well-being of the residents is
paramount"
Senator BilboS will refer the bill
to the Burton Subcommittee to
avoid any possible delay in having
1t subjected. to hearings, Senator
Burton said today. AS soon as the
measure is presented to his sub
committee. Senator Burton added
he will announce that the current
exhaustive hearings on the work of
the NCHA will be broadened to in
clude study of the McCarran bill.
President Roosevelt yesterday for
Warded to Congress a request-for a
supplemental appropriation of S14,-
600 for the National Capital Housing
Authority for the maintenance and
operation of 112 dwelling units
erected about six years ago at a cost
of more than $55O,0OO.
The Governments investment.
the President was advised by the
Budget Bureau, definitely is being
jeopardized' by inability to do
maintenance and repair work, due
to insufficient funds. In the past
fiscal year. Congress eliminated
permission for the NCHA to use its
receipts and unobligated balance
to carry on its work and NCHA
revenues now are turned into the
Treasury. This is one of the issues
being considered in the Senate
hearings
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Katherine Anne Porter
Appointed to Library

Katherine Anne Porter, author OF
"Flowering Judas" and other short
stories, has become member of
the staff of the Library of Congress
as fellow in regional American liter
ature, Librarian Archibald Mac
Leish announced today.
Miss Porter, who held Guggen-
helm fellowship in 1881 for study
abroad, will survey the Library's col
lections on the oldt Southwestern
frontier.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
District Marine Officer
Killed in Action in Pacific

First 1t William R. West, 2939
Macomb street NV. an officer Of
the 4th Marine Division, has been
killed in action in the Pacific. the
Navy Department has announced.
His unit played an important part
in the invasion of the Marshall
Islands.
Word of 1t. Vests death was re-
ceived by his father-in-law, Eugene
P. Lacy, War Department attor-
ney, Monday night shortly after
Mrs. West had left Washington to
visit her husbands family in IN
dianola, Miss. She has been notified.
1t West, "a, is native of In
dianola and graduate of the Uni
versity of Alabama He did post
graduate work at the University OF
Mississippi before joining the ma
rines in August, 1912. He and Mrs.
West were married February II.
l943. Before her husband left this
country Mrs. West spent some time
with him in California. Afterward
she Joined her parents here.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
lsHRahoniinq
.RemiinderyRo

Canned and Frozen Foods, Etc
Book No. 4, green stamps G, H,
and valid through February 20.
Stamps K, l. and M valid through
March 20.
Meats. Fats, Etc. - Book No. 3,
stamps V, w and x valid through
February 26. Stamps Y, which be-
comes valid February 13, and z.
good February 20, both expire on
March 20.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
every pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No.. Stamp 30 valid
for S pounds through March 81.
Book No. 4, stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
Shoes-Stamp No. 18 in Book No. l
and stamp on the "airplane"
sheet of Book No. valid for an
indefinite period.
GasOline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May s, B, B-1, G
and C-1 coupons good for gall
longs each. These coupons will
expire on date indicated on indi-
vidual books. B-2 and CO cou-
pons in books issued since De-
cember l are good for gallons
each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders, March 81. For B
coupon holders. February 20.
Fpel Oil-Period No. 8 coupons good
through March IA. Period No. 4
coupons valid through September
80. Nos. and coupons good for 10
gallons per unit. According to the
District OPA, consumers in this
area should not have used more
than 81 per cent of their total
yearly fuel oil rAtion as of Feb
rllary 4. -
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Kerensky to Address
Forum Here Sunduy

r. Alexander Kerensky, Premier o1
Russia between the Czarist anc
Bolshevik regimes in 1917, will lee
ture on Russia and the Inter
national Situation" at pm. Sun
day, at the Willard Hotel, under
The sponsorship of the Charles Car
roll Forum.
After his escape from Russia ir
1913, Mr.. Kerensky lived in Eng
land, Czechoslovakia, Germany anc
France, barely escaping capture by
the Nazis when they invaded the
latter country. AS head of the exileo
Republican-Democratic bloc of Rus
kia, he edited the groups bimonthly
magazine. New Russia, in Paris.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Postwar Work Is VitoI.
Red Cross Unit Told

An appeal to Red Cross volunteers
to stick to their jobs and hold them
selves ready for postwar rehabilita-
ton work was made yesterday by
Mrs. Richard Bissel, national direc-
tor OF volunteer special services of
the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Bissell, addressing about 300
women at Staff Assistance Corps
meeting in the Interior Department
auditorium, under auspices of the
District Red Cross Chapter, warned
that peace rumors cause apathy on
the home front. The greatest work
of a humanitarian organizatio tion such
as the Red Cross still lies ahea6i
She declared.
Evening star., 1944-02-09
$1,000 Fine Imposed
In Rent Act Violation
Hailed by Cogswen
Judge MoreoId Warns
Others in Sentencing
Maryland Mon

Rent Administrator Robert F.
Cogswell today hailed the fining of
"a real estate operator $1,000 for
violating the Emergency Rent Act
as a sign that the act cannot be
"trifled with"
Mr.. Cogswell made his statement
after Judge Nathan D. Margold OF
Municipal Court yesterday fined
Charles M. Nash of the $500 block
of Wriley road, West Haven, Md
the maximum for charging s33 for
an apartment at 2443 Shows court
NV, when the ceiling price was
sl2. He was found guilty by a Jury
December II.
Judge Margold said that because
this defendant, aside from this con-
viction, has led an estimable life
and because he is the first to be
convicted of an offense of this kind
l Will impose the maximum fine
without Imprisonment. Let others
take warning, however. The next
offender will go to jail"
Mr.. Cogswell said that where
purely technical violations of the
rent act have been brought to the
attention of this Office, it has been
the policy to give the person in
volved the benefit of the doubt. and
attempt to settle the matter am
icably.
But II any landlords have been
so reckless as to assume that this
Office will not enforce to the limit
the criminal provisions of this act
when investigation develops that it
has been violated with impunity
this case should put them on notice
that they are likely to find them
selves in the same situation as the
defendant in this case"
Mr.. Cogswell said that If a land
lord has any doubt about whether
he is violating the law "it behooves
hlm promptly to put all the facts
In writing and submit the matter
TO this Office for decision
Evening star., 1944-02-09
Wallet Containing $56e
Lost in Barber Shop

Clarence N. Packs, 705 Eighteenth
street NV, reported to police that
wallet containing $685. disap-
peared from the washroom of a
barber shop in the 900 block OF Fiji
teenth street NV. when he left it
there after changing his clothes
yesterday.
Mr.. Packs said he left the wallet
on the window sill and returned
for it few minutes after he dis
covered the loss, but it had van
ished.