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The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01
Selective Board FINDINGS

Mississippi seeetive service i'll its examinations has I'M
covered thousand detectives who attention now
Today there recorded 24O0 white 2O13 negroes
between the OF Is and SO who cannot read write
and understand the English language equivalent fourth
grade grammar school education Very these men are
married and have children Practically all of these be
educated to the fourth grade level in three months
Approximately 1890 white and 1900 negro mer
between the ages OF Is to SO years found have medical
and surgical defects which be corrected in DAYS. which
would make them acceptable for military service.
len percent of the serving the armed forces
from Mississippi have been savaged the group of il
teates and those with venereal disease The Board
Health has treated or treating approximately 10000
for venerea disease OF which than 10000 have been
placed in military service
Every found with healed active tuberculosis has
been the State Tuberculosis Sanaorium Magee
Mississippi for observation treatment advice.
All found with loss of limb deaf blind with other
defects have been referred the Vocational Re
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01

Mobilization Department for vocational training ~
Colonel L. ". Long state director of seective service
stated that he felt the for more funds to- be
applied by all interested and federal departments that
they could more actively the process rehabita
ting these II all these reectees reclaimed very
few, any preear arbor fathers would be required now
and all skilled and experienced tradcsmen could be left in es
sental work. Those who could not be reclaimed for
service the armed forces would be greatly benefited BY
removing handicap and the productive power the state
would be raised.
Local boards Of selecve service now assisting in the
plan OF directing these unfit into work. as well as
retaining for service in the forces The medical
profession the state hospital commission the department OF
education the vocational rehabilitation department. the state
health department. the United States employment service the
department OF agriculture and the elecve service system
OF the state have all worked and planned together this
problem which be solved for the benefit the state and
its citizens.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01
A Man And His Chain Of Dogs

One OF the dependable friendships the friendship
OF dog Many mans life has saved by his dog By
dog faithful his master delights in following
him around and waiting watching for him. They be
trusted with valuabes and will lay down hei lives for the
protection OF the person thing i'll their Today per-
hap than dogs claiming the attention of the
world only the dog lovers and dog trainers but people all
this being attracted by the wonderful stories
OF hero and courage and of vor exhibited by dogs in the
armed services many of them have received medals
adays, would not be alarmed dog hief-To
steal dog would be like stealing precious for
who tell but that ordinary poodle may day rise
great heights.
But alas, my story is really of the type of dogs
have mentioned it is of a chain of faithful hotdogs"The
story this Mr. X invited party. There dancing
and other merrment in which he took active parts The gra
cous hostess had arranged plenty OF eats including kettle
of steamng ot dogs 1t the hostess little tardy
serving the guest Mr. decided just pass kettle
and steal OF the dogs and put them in his pocket
for future use He did but he forgot they to-
gether SO he back the dancing crowd He
suddenly attracted by great of laughter and to his
he dancing around with chain Of hot dogs
faithfully following Yes ags Me fahfuaso your sins will
find you out Believe it this story that
tualy happened in YazodfEAasy.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01
Takes Oath

DR. ames Lowell Hall took oath of office Saturday,
January p superintendent OF Freedmens Hospital Wash
ington d. c. replacing Dr. John W. Lawlah dean OF the
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01

Medical School of HowarN
ed in both capacities, the Fedd
nounced.
DR. Hall, since July, 1910, hass
Freedmens Hospital and head of the p
cine of the Medical School of Howard VI
Graduated from Rush Medical College
took postgraduate training at the UniveI
lQ30-31 after four years of private pract
studies chiefly under Prof Alfred
Elizabeth Sptal in the major branches
and pathology.
From 1881 to 1910, he was associated with II
Hospital in Chicago in various capacities, Tor tn
years serving as director of clinics, head OF the
of Medicine and assistant to the medical director
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01
photographic Exhibit to be Prepared

Ater the Fourth War Loan Campaign closes February
Is the nterraca Section OF the reasuys War Finance
Division will prepare Photographic exhibit covering the
activities OF Negro Bond buseg groups throughout the
ton according DR. William l&ckens, chief OF the Inter
racial Section
The exhibit will beam Illustrated story of the rallies,
parades pageants plays and other special staged by
Negro groups sponsoring Bond sales The nteracia Section
is securing pictures through the courtesy OF leading Negro
newspapers which have covered such i'll their part
c1lar
.
The exhibit will be on Asplay in numerous sections OF
the country stimulus the promotion OF local
sales OF Bonds and stamps Amateur professional photog-
aphers who would like contribute Photographic material
NAV send their work to Dr. Pcken of the Inerracial
Section, Treasury Department, Washington y. {,
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01

Bible In the shadow OF thy wings will make my
refuge until these calanities be overpast.Ps. 81 4.
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01

Those who would give up essential liberty for little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty safety Ben
iamn Franklin
The century voice. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 194?-19??, 1944-02-01
Thought

am not poor. but | proud
OF one nalienabe right
Above the envy of the crowd
Thoughts holy light.
Better it is than gems of gold
And Oh, it cannot die
But thought will grow when
Sun grows cold
Md mix with Deity.
By Ralph Waldo Emerson
Evening star., 1944-04-07
Civilians to Celebrate
Garden Club FOUNDING

The Civitan Club of Washington
will celebrate the 21st annual OPEN
ing Of the Civitan Boys Garden
Club at the intersection of New York
avenue and Bladensburg road NE.
tomorrow at am.
Fred Brenckman, Washington rep
resentative Of the National Grange,
will dedicate the gardens for the
seasons work ahead and the gar
dens will be allocated to the boys.
The club includes 48 boys who are
taught gardening under the super
vision Of William r. Beattie, re-
tired senior horticulturist of the
Agriculture Department. Each boy
is provided with garden plot 40 by
so feet and may keep all the produce
grown in his garden.
Evening star., 1944-04-07
her private mail has been tam

her private mail has been tam
pered with. '''
Censorship of communications be-
tween citizens or non-citizens of this
country and citizens or non-citizens
of foreign countries is not only
desirable but necessary in war time
No possible criticism Is being made
of proper censorship. Violation Of
the integrity of the mail of citizens
not having any relation to the war
effort is quite another thing.
There Is no warrant in law any
where for such violation of the mail
of private citizens"
Described as Nazi Agent.
Mr.. Coffee read on the House floor
week ago excerpts from letters he
said were written by Miss Kellems
to Count Won zedlitz at Buenos
Aires. In describing the count as
"Nazi agent" Mr. Coffee said Miss
Kellems had been in constant con-
tack with him, while at the same
time her plant was engaged In
work for the armed forces of a
highly restricted and confidential
nature"
Miss Kellems denounced Mr..
Coffee's accusations as "lies" and
said Count Won Zedlitz was a friend
who was mot a member of the Nazi
party"
Evening star., 1944-04-07
Reed Issues Call
For Senate Inquiry
lin KeIIems Case
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
Senator Reed, Republican, of
Kansas has called for a Senate in
vestigation into ALLEGATIONS of un-
patriotic conduct" against Miss
Vivien Kellems, 46-year-old West
port Comm war plant operator,
and also into her countercharges
that her mail had been tampered
with.
Senator Reed yesterday an
nounced he would ask that the in
quiry be made by the Senate Post
Office Committee, Of which he is the
ranking Republican members.
Il shall propose that the Senate
Committee on Post Offices and Post
Roads inquire of the Department of
Justice, including the FBI, and of
the Department of State and any or
all other departments of the Gov
ernment, whether or not they have
developed, or have any knowledge of
any Illegal or seditious activities on
the part Of Miss Kellems," Senator
Reed said in statement.
Charges Made In House.
Referring to charges made on
the House floor by Representative
Coffee, Democrat, of Washington,
that Miss Kellems had made "sedi-
tious" speeches criticizing Federal
tax policies and had carried on a
correspondence with Count Fred
erick Karl Won Zedlitz, whom Mr..
Coffee called a "Nazi agent" in Ar
gentina, Senator Reeds statement
continued:
There has been much in the
public press recently about allega-
tions of unpatriotic conduct on the
part of Miss Kellems, a manufact-
urer of Connecticut, whose plant
is largely engaged in production of
war material.
"In turn, Miss Kellems alleges that
Evening star., 1944-04-07
Will Address PTA

w. T. Woodson, superintendent Of
Fairfax County Schools, will address
the Falls Church Parent-Teacher
Association at 8 pm. Wednesday at
the Madison School. His topic will
be Long Range Plans for Educa-
ton in Fairfax County"
Evening star., 1944-04-07

Save your waste kitchen fats.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Cromwell 10 Press Plea
For Limited Divorce
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
PERTH AMBOY, N. j., Feb. 49,
The next scheduled move in the
James H. R. Cromwell VS.. Doris
Duke divorce proceedings in New
Jersey Chancery Court is request
by counsel for the former Minister
to Canada for assignment of an ad-
visory master to decide whether his
petition for limited divorce should
be granted.
After yesterdays deadline passed
without the tobacco heiress answer
ing Mr. Cromwell's complaint, the
plaintiffs counsel, State Senator
John E. Toolan, announced his plans
at his home here last night.
The heiress has been granted an
absolute divorce in Nevada, ano
William Woodburn, her counsel at
Reno, said she would not recognize
the New Jersey proceedings. Unde,
terms of limited divorce decree in
New Jersey, as sought by Mr.. Crom-
we'll neither party would be allowed
to remarry. The Nevada decree
however, imposes no such restriction
Mr.. Cromwell challenges the va
lidity of the Nevada decree, contend
ing his wife was a resident of New
Jersey, not Nevada.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Charging D. {. With Care
OF Mentally III Held Unfair

IL is unfair that District taxpayers
should have to pay for the treat
ment OF "transferee" patients now
IN st. Elizabeth's Hospital. Mrs
owe G. Faircloth, representative OF
the Commission on Mental Health.
told members of the Glover Park
Citizens Association last night
"As the situation now stands ;,
she said, "the District is resnon-
slole for the welfare, including de-
portatlon costs to their States of
all non District patients, transferred
from Gallinger Hospital, a District
institution, to st. Elizabeth,s a
Federal institution"
Making a plea to the association
Mrs. Faircloth asked "why there
s9ould not be some legislation tn
provide for the admitting Of men
tally sick patients directly to ST.
IEnzapeths. which would relieve the
District Of the cost involved in
keeping them in the Federal in
stitution."
preceding Mrs. Faircloth's talk
the association members, who met at
the Stoddert School, Thirty-ninth
ana, Calvert streets NV, discussed
general civic problems. No action was
taken. In the absence Of James n
MCMILLAN, association president.
Jesse L. Coen presided.
entertainment for the evening
wax provided by the Gordon Junior
Hish Girls Glee Club. and Faye
CASlSon, accordionist,
Evening star., 1944-02-19
First Results of a Napkin Vote

soldier stationed nearby and being
close to him meant more than any
thing in the world.
Next day, however, she had 9
change OF heart. The executive got
a call saying she would go to Holly
wood. Her boy, friend had beer
suddenly transferred to q camp In
North Carolina.
The beauty arrived here, was
signed to a contract and given q
role In picture. But she is ter
ribly unhappy and wants to get
away as quickly as possible.
II understood the States were To-
Gated alphabetically" she explained
to her astounded employers. when
Joe got his call to Carolina, I
thought I would be close to him by
coming to California"
Close-ups: See Here, Private
Hargrove," just previewed, Bob
Walker. in the title role, demon
strates further that he can't be re-
ferred to as Mr.. Jennifer Jones
Since You Went Away" will have
at least IL names worthy Of marquee
billing, but some of the roles are
mere flashes. Charles Coburn fin
ished his chore in "A hours-and COL
lected $25 600! That represents his
minimum fee.
Ruth Tobey, one of the many
pretty youngsters in JAMIE" was
the victim of a freak accident. She
collided with a davenport during a
shot and knocked herself out. Had
to be taken to the Warner studio
hospital for first aid Starting
last January !, Cecil B. De Mile
inserted new clause in his personal
talent contracts. 1t demands that
party Of the second part notify him
Immediately of any domestic
trouble. Purpose is to forestall any
such headaches as the Jennifer
Jones Robert Walker Ideal married
couple" stories, which broke recently
with such disastrous effect for David
o. Selznick, 20th Century-Fox and
MGM. .
CSeleased by the North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-02-19
CAA Engineer Among "a
Aboard Plane Lost al Sea

Py the Associated Press.
A military plane, carrying IA per.
sons, including a crew of five ane
five naval personnel. is overdue ane
presumed to have crashed at sea
en- route from Seattle to Alaska, the
Navy has announced.
Operated under contract for the
Navy by Pan American Always
Inc. the aircraft has been missing
"a hours. Searching planes, the
Navy said yesterday. have sighted
wreckage and floating life raft ir
the vicinity where the plane is be-
lieved to have gone down
However" the Navy added, nc
trace of survivors has been dis
covered"
Among the planes passengers was
Davis r. Rolston, Civil Aeronautics
Administration engineer, whose wife
Mrs. Ellen S. Rolston, lives at Staun-
ton, Va.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Play Tournament
"Opens March 20

The annual One-Act Play Tourna-
ment presented by the District OF
Columbia Recreation Department
will be held starting at pm. during
the week of March 20 in the Arm
strong High School auditorium.
Preliminaries are scheduled for the
nights of the goth, 22d and oath.
Among the groups which will
participate are the Hearthstone War
Workers Dramatic Players, the
Women's Battalion Drama Guild
Office Fiscal Director Players, Wake
Hall Dramatic Guild, Fort Myer
Players Guild, the Shiloh Players,
Community Dramatic Club, the
MaSkers. the Romarden Players and
the Dramatic Workshop Players.
Entries will be received until
March l through Joseph H. Cole at
the Recreation Department Office.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Lonergan' S Lawyer Hints
Another Killed Wife

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Feb ia hint that
the defense might try to prove that
some one other than Wayne Loner-
gan killed his heiress wife, Patricia,
was given yesterday by Edward V.
Broderick, defense counsel, as he
demanded the autopsy report from
the district attorney.
Mr.. Broderick said in General
Sessions Court he wanted the report
to determine whether the 22-year-
old brunette died as a result of
criminal means applied by Wayne
Lonergan, or another. or others, or
as result of natural causes"
The lawyer was asked after the
court session whether he meant to
imply that others were in the room
of her fashionable apartment at the
time of her death last October.
The affidavit speaks for itself" "
was the reply
In addition to asking for the
autopsy report, Mr.. Broderick also
asked Judge John J. Freschi to COM
pei the district attorneys office to
give him copy of a draft board
psychiatric report on the 26-year-
old defendant
Evening star., 1944-02-19
approach to the subjects Of love and
marriage.

X
In support of Miss Manning and
Morgan, the studio was almost as
lavish in casting the picture as it
was In providing the setting. In
addition to Cabot, whose imper-
sonation of willy, unscrupulous
French colonel is a stilted perform
ance, the subordinate players in
clude Victor Francen, Gene Lock-
hart, Faye Emerson, Curt Bois and
a number of others of the more
swart villains in the Hollywood set
up. Francen, as the nefarious Caid
with power complex, and Lock-
hart, as an old Foreign Legionnaire
suddenly in the night club business,
are the outstanding performers in
the lower area Of the cast.
X X
Harry Anglers stage show at the
Earle this week is at its best in those
portions of it occupied by the
houses talented ballet, the Rox-
yettes, and its mistress of cere-
monies, Eileen Ritter.
Between them, they make two
routines, a march number and a
fan dance, very fine compensations
for a bill which we found unin-
spired. The chief reason for this
feeling is the presence on the pro-
gram OF Eddie White, the most de-
pressing comedian in the whole pro-
,fession of vaudeville. The other
acts include the Albins, q dance
team which satirizes dance teams
but not as the Hartmans do 1t, and
the dog act of Carlton Emmy.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showino

Stage.
National."Life With Father:
2:30 and $50 pm.
Catholic University Theater-"Se-
cret Service: $3.50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Song of Russia: 10
am, 12:40, 800. 6, $40 and 1925
pm. Stage shows: 11:55 am, 2::35
Sis, 7:55 and 1926 pm.
Columbia-"Riding High: Has
am. lao, $40, $40, TAO and 9:4O
pm.
Earle-"The Desert Song: 1o:l5
am, 1885, 3, 5:25, 7:5O and 1915
pm, 12:45 am. Stage shows: 11:55
am, 2:l5. 4:40, 7:05 and 9::35 pm.
II midnight. s..a. q. ,..'
Keith's-"Tender Comrade":: IS
am, 1885, 3:35, 5:35, 7:35 and a:35
Little-"Abe Lincoln in Illinois"
II am, Ito, 3:l5, $40, 7:3O anc
$40 pm.
Metropolitan-"Miracle of Nor.
gan's Creek: l1:15 am, 1:20, 1925
$50, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Palace-"Jane Eyre'I II am, LOS
3:15, 500. 7:30 and 9:40 pm.
Pix-"Souls at Sea-: 2:1O, 5, 7:4s
and 10:40 pm, lis am.
Trans-Lux News and shorts
Continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Theater Bond Drive
Will Continue

Despite the attainment of tn.
War Bond drive goal in Washing
ton, theaters managers, pledged tc
sell bond for every seat, will con-
tinue their campaign through this
month until their own goal is
Added support to their individual
campaigns will be given in the form
lof War Bond Premieres" by some
theaters. These include Wednesday
showings by the Apex "Standing
Room Only"), the Atlas cRiding
High'D, Village t"His Buffers
SisterD; on Thursday the Kennedy
("Madame Curie'), and on Friday
the Highland ('The Fighting
SeabeesD.
Sponsored by the District of
Columbia Motion Picture Theater
Owners and the War Activities Com
mittee. the premiere" will be con-
Quoted In the same manner as those
of the downtown houses. Purchase
of War Bonds in any denomination
entities the purchaser to admission
until individual theater capacity is
reached. Theaters in the immediate
vicinity Of those listed above will
serve as bond issuing agents for
admissions to the premieres.
Evening star., 1944-02-19

Guggenheim School of Aeronautics
College of Engineering at New York
University, Miss Taylor was among
the February graduates whom the
dean described as combining per
sonal pulchritude with professional
proficiency
Tossing about such technical
terms as equations of motion.
stresses and deflections, Miss Tay-
lor. vino lives at 1915 r street NV.
and who attended the school on a
Vought scholarship. in an interview
yesterday told how the intensive
eight months course prepared the
10 graduates for position as engi-
neers in detailed design, drafting
and stress analysis of planes.
Mathematical Bent Needed.
If you have a certain amount of
mathematical background there's
nothing to it," she laughed. ,-a /
The professors didn't know quite
how to take the girls at first" she
added. by the end of the course
one made a wager that the girls
would come out with Is per cent
higher grades than the men in a
test on differential equations-and
we did"
While Miss Taylor was a Western
High School student her mechanical
bent followed the line of aiding a
cousin in repairing a Model A Ford
which fell apart every mile" and
building model airplanes with a
younger brother.
Although she never has flown
Miss Taylor comes from an air.
minded family. Her 17-year-old
brother Richard is in the Air Cadet
Reserve at Haverford College in
pennsylvania. Her mother. Mrs
Hazel Taylor, in the Public Rela-
lions Division of the War Depart
ment works closely with Jacoueline
Goehran, director of the WASPS.
Long Hours No Worry.
After the months course at the
trade school, Miss Taylor hopes to
END up in either stress ANALYSIS or
detailed designing. The prospect
OF working from am. to $50 pm.
I1ve days a week, with half a day
on Saturday. leaves her undaunted
AT Randolph-Mac College in
Georgia, which she entered on a
scholarship at 16, she worked part
tlme as secretary to the vocational
guidance counselor and as a table
waitress three days a week.
Two months before her gradua-
tlon in June she was a major in
economics and sociology with a def
mite idea that she wanted to 20 into
industrial engineering.
To supply the increasing demand
for planes, the Chance vought Di-
vision, like other airplane builders
Is dipping down into the reserve of
Womanpower by Offering scholar
ships for women to the Guggenheim
school. The first class of which
Miss Taylor was member was Sc
lected from colleges and universities
on the Eastern Seahoard
Evening star., 1944-02-19
BY HAROLD HEFFERNAN.
JOI .VWOOn

Tablecloths and menus are taking
a beating these days and nights In
Hollywood restaurants. Every. one
has the Academy Award voting bug
In every group somebody pops the
question and soon out come the
pencils and all are engaged in max
ing personal states for comparison
with the final vote to be announced
March 2 at the Chinese Theater.
In the Brown Derby one noon this
week some so executives and actors,
most of them bona fide Academy
voting members, conducted straw
ballot. Here was the result:
Best picture-"The Song of Ber-
nadette."
Best actor-Walter Pidgeon in
Madame Curie."
Best actress-Ingrid Bergman in
For Whom the Bell Tolls"
Best supporting actor - Charles
Coburn in THE More the Merrier. "
Best supporting actress-Katina
Paxinou in For Whom the Bell
Tolls"
Best director-Henry King, for
THE Song of Bernadette."
Keep an eye on that slate. II
could be the Winner-in all six lead
ing departments. But it would take
long odds to make it a worth while
bet. .
After the poll was tabled one pro-
ducer offered $1,000 at odds of 10
to l that it wouldn't match the Of
fetal result. He got no takers.
With 1000 film colony members
voting, many without seeing the
pictures or performances they
chose, anything can and does
They still come beautiful and
they still come dumb-awfully dumb
to Hollywood. as witness:
| An. MGM executive stopping of
in Chicago met a gorgeous young
creature in a restaurant and i'm
mediately tabled her as red-hot
glamour material. The girl wasn't
interested. She was In love with q
Evening star., 1944-02-19
Safecrackers Enter Store
Through Chute, Get $500

Knocking the dial off a>safe in the
w. r. Winslow Paint Co store at
1922 New York avenue NV. last night
thieves who entered through a coal
chute in the rear of the premises
stole $500, police reported today.
The robbery was the second one
this week by burglars specializing
in safe-cracking, according to po-
lice records. Earlier this week a 500
pound safe containing $500 and val
liable papers was removed intact
from a real estate Office on Rhode
Island avenue NE, police said.