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Evening star., 1944-01-30
Wanted More Women Uniform and War Industry

Col Oveta Culp Hobby, WAC direc-
tor, said recent survey showed that
many women who are eligible for mill
tary service but are not engaged in
really essential wartime industries con-
slider their present occuaptions more
essential than service with the military
forces. Twenty per cent of these, she
said, were single women with no jobs
at all.
Government cannot legislate into the
: hearts of women sense of moral re-
sponsibility," she said, "if women seek
to avoid.the unpleasantness of war by
arbitrarily convincing themselves that
their work is essential"
:. Various explanations have been offered
for the lag in WAC recruiting. .a'
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers,
Republican, of Massachusetts,, mother
OF the WAC,"' who introduced the bill
authorizing its foundation, says the
need for women's services has not been
brought adequately home to them.
Reasons for Quitting.
Almost 5000 pulled out Of the service
last July when the auxiliary became a
regular part of the Army. Reasons CIV
en-, the WAC reported, were change
of marital status, illness at home or
other family responsibilities"
Earlier, the most generally offered
reason for the drop in recruiting was
that the Army at first didn't seem to
know what to do with the WACS. The
Army wasn't used to having women
around, and it took time for it to make
proper use of their services, some say.
In the meantime these women felt
they weren't actually needed and there
fore would never be able to release men
for battle duty as they had thought
they were going to do.
Some reasons you may have heard
offered as possibly affecting the re-
cruitment Of women for military serv-
ice include:
Uncertainty and fear of no Jobs after
the war.
Fear Of regimentatdon dislike Of
looking alike, living alike and no pri-
vacy.
Too much routine, strenuous exercise,
discipline, long hours.
Feeling that the uniforms were un-
becoming, lack of feminine frills, none
OF the accustomed softness In their
barracks.
Too little recreation No dates
with officers.
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An Old Political Trick
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England, but professed to be alarmed
at his attitude on the fisheries question.
The unsuspecting Minister replied
that there was every reason to believe
that the President would manifest a
conciliatory spirit. The correspondence,
being published October "a, Cleveland
asked for the Minister'S recall by his
government, and this being refused, he
gave him his passports. The incident
had the effect of alternating not only
part of the Irish vote, but also some of
the best friends Of the administration
and led to Cleveland's defeat.
But the use of code word in political
correspondence such as the word
alamo" in the alleged original letter
bearing Hopkins signature, is far from
new.
One notable Illustration harks back
to 1876. Directors of political cam
paigns are forced to use the utmost care
to prevent the secrets of party strategy
from becoming known; and the need
for secrecy is many times increased if
the measures proposed are of question:
able character. Correspondence has al
ways been safeguarded even to the point
OF sending kilograms in cipher. After the
campaign of 1876, when alleged frauds
were being investigated, certain cipher
dispatches were published showing that
corrupt proposals had been made to
Samuel j. Tilden, Democratic candidate.
But he was able to prove that he had
not accepted them, nor had he counte-
nanced the proposals in any way.
Another old political trick is known as
"the last-minute lie"-a story published
on the eve of an election, when refuta-
ton is impossible.
Trickery of the 'lie" has been used
not only in election but against an indi-
vidual in bitter party feud. A particular
example is the deliberate Qater ad-
mitted lie which unjustly besmirched
the entire subsequent career of one of
Americas greatest statesmen-Henry
Clay Of Kentucky. This grew out of the
so-called scrub race for the presidency"
the unique presidential campaign of
1924. The candidates-John Quincy
Adams, Andrew jackson, william H.
Crawford and Henry Clay-being all of
the same party, the contest was merely
q personal one.
When the election was thrown into
the House-the second to the Jefferson
Burr contest-Clay threw his support to
Adams, thereby defeating Andrew Jack
son. Representative George Kremer of
Pennsylvania wrote latter anonymous
ly to the Columbia Observer, charging
that Clay had made deal with Adams
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as a result of which he became Adams
Secretary of State. Kremer after much
buster admitted he had no evidence to
support his claim.
The poison Of the Kremer letter, how.
ever, led to distrust of Clay. The whip
lash tongue of John Randolph took up
the charge and called the relationship
between Adams and Clay "the coalition
of the Puritan and the blackleg." This
led to bloodless but very real duel just
west of the Capital, across the Chain
Bridge in Virginia, after which Ran
dolph and Clay became devoted friends
but the unjust charges never died out.
Evening star., 1944-01-30
Government Check Racket

missing. She Immediately reported the
loss to the Treasury.
Soon all five checks, bearing forgery
OF the womans Endorsement, were
cleared by Washington banks and finally
reached the Treasury, where q Secret
Service operative was assigned to the
case. His successful apprehension Of the
thief and forger provides an interesting
study in Secret Service technique.
Starting with virtually no clues, the
agent went to the utility Office and OBJ
tanned the names of five persons who
had paid their bills Immediately after
the woman who lost the checks. Obvious
ly they were standing in line behind her.
OF course, the agent knew, too, the
names of the suburban stores where the
checks had been cashed, and learned
that they were presented by a young
woman. who was known by sight but
not by name to the merchants who
took them.
The agent, after some investigation,
eliminated four of his five names, and
suspicion narrowed down to the one
young woman. He learned that she had
been seeking Government job. Going
to the Civil Service Commission, where
she had filled out papers, he obtained q
sample of her handwriting It cor
responded with the forged Endorsements.
Confronted with this evidence, the
woman admitted her guilt. She now
faces grand jury indictment as q thief
and forger.
Another Washington case:
Pair Worked in Team Here.
Secret Service agents here recently
discovered that man and woman,
working in cooperation, had stolen and
forged the Endorsements on 18 Gov
ernment checks. When caught the
woman had in her handbag tack
hammer and beer-can opener which she
used to Jimmy" mail boxes.
More astounding, the pair had Social
Security cards made out in the names
of each payee of the 18 checks. Which
leads up to the Secret Services advice
to merchants:
Don't take Social Security cards as
Identification.
These can be obtained by any one,
merely on application.
While the Secret Service will not guar
antee any form of Identification, its best
advice to check-cashers is: Require, in
the case of man, selective service
registration card; in the case Of a
Evening star., 1944-01-30
BY Jane Eads,
Associated Press Staff Writer.s

In the face of what the armed serv-
ices and the War Manpower Commits
sion term an "apathetic attitude of
some American women" Uncle Sam is
launching another drive to get addi-
tional thousands into the war.
More than 100000 additional women
in uniform and Hundreds of thou
sands" more in war industry and es-
sential civilian service jobs are critical
ly needed this year, Government agen-
cies declare. @.s. /.
Official estimates show there - are
more than 10000 women wearing the
uniform of the military services, In
cluding $4,000 Army nurses and 1900
Navy nurses. Also, there are some 1000
uniformed Red Cross workers serving
overseas.
Approximate present strength of the
various womens services (officers and
enlisted women:
Women's Army Corps, $4,000;
WAVES, $4,000; Marines, 14,S00;
SPARS, $500; WASP, 1000 (Womens
Airforce Service pilots, now an integral
part of the Army Air Forces and Ground
Forces cooperating in wartime tactics)
The authorized quota of the WAC is
100000, and Army field commanders
have estimated they could use 10000
WACS.
The WAVES have set as their goal
for 1914 a personnel of 92,4OO, but they
are starting out with the idea of re-
cruiting an average of 1900 a week.
The marines aim at total of $1,000
and the SPARS 10000. The recruiting
goal for Army nurses is 1000 month;
for Navy nurses, 500 a month, at least
until June.
Recruitment has been stubbornly
slow, and in some services, especially
the WAC, far below estimates, now,
officials, emphasizing the need for ever
strengthening ranks as the Allies press
the offensive, express belief the spring
campaign will bring results.
The armed services and VINO agree
that indifference on the part of un-
tapped groups of still available women
constitutes the greatest and most diff
cult resistance to overcome"
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lent chance" that the WACS will go
into the European theater after Allied
forces have established their lines there
and take part in rehabilitation.
This, according to recruiting agencies,
Is what many WAC enlistees want.
The question most generally asked by
recruits, however, is, What is WAC life
lke?"
Whether they will see overseas serv-
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woman, ration book bearing her sig
nature. Such things as lodge cards and
drivers licenses are considered virtually
worthless as Identification.
Although the honest person may at
times find it difficult to cash a check,
the Secret Service can cite cases show
ing the amazing gullibility OF some
merchants.
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There is the epic Of the deserter from
the Army who travelled all over the
United States, long eluding operatives,
on money extracted from unsuspecting
merchants. This mans technique was
to buy from 5-and-10 store book
OF perfectly blank checks. In the space
where the name of the bank was to be
written he inscribed "Quartermasters
Evening star., 1944-12-05
War Hospitality Group
Will Meet Tomorrow

New members of the War Hospi-
tality Committee will be introduced
by Commissioner John Russell
Young at the monthly meeting of
the committee at 6 pm. tomorrow
at the YWCA, Seventeenth and K
streets NV.
New members include Harry
Anger, War Activities Committee,
Motion Picture Industry: Mrs.
Luther Gulick, chairman, Nursery
Committee, United Nations Service
Center; Mrs. Stuart Godfrey, chair
man, music for the services; Lee R.
Pennington, American Legion de-
partment commander; Walter Was
son, Federation of Citizens ASsocia-
tions: Nat Wilson, manager, District
Red Cross Chapter, and Albert At
wood, chairman, District Travellers
Aid Society.
Winfree johnson. chairman of the
Lodging Subcommittee, will report
on the new George Washington Gen.
ter, Twenty-third and G streets
NV, scheduled to open by
Christmas.
Evening star., 1944-12-05
Zoo Gets KIIing Antelope,
Weird Spiny- allied Lizards

New arrivals at the Zoo yesterday
included several weird, spiny tailed
lizards from North Africa and pair
of rare antelope, the orax beatrix,
gifts of the government and ruling
house Of Saudi Arabia.
The small antelope are the first
of their kind ever seen in WASH
ington and are seldom found in
geological collections.
They were presented to James M
Lands, foreign economic admins
traitor in Egypt, by Sheikh Hamid
Suleiman in behalf of the govern
ment and ruling family.
The antelope were brought to
Baltimore in a freighter and held in
quarantine there before being re-
leased for shipment to Washington.
Although small, they are one of the
few species of antelope known to
have killed lions in a fair fight.
They can use their long, pointed
horns like rapiers.
The little animals inhabit arid
desert regions and have wide
bottomed feet. like those of the
camel. to enable them to run over
loose sand.
The spiny-tailed lizards, known to
the Arabs as "dabs," also inhabit
the desert. They develop brilliant
colors and are vegetarians. The
lizards were presented to the Zoo by
the Baltimore Zoo.
Evening star., 1944-12-05
Christmas Comes Weeks Early
To Rockville Sailor on Leave

II thought about that train last
Christmas aboard ship" Jack said,
when all we fellows were talking
about past Christmases at home. I
could remember Day saying, Watch
out now, look what you're doing
THE fellows kidded the dickens
out of me about my train. but I
didn't care. I knew some of them
had 'em, too
Sure they do" said Mrs. Reed,
looking at her son. And since
you've been overseas fighting your
father decided you were old enough
to run that train without any help
from him this Christmas"
Jack gave presents, too, the ones
he brought home from all parts of
the world. Among them was a box
OF Brazilian cigars for his father
which he half smoked" before he
finally arrived Neighbors brought
in all kinds OF homemade food and
with the suitcase he received from
his mother and father, Jack is going
to carry off some of that food
when he leaves"
Mrs. Reed gave her son little
wooden dog whom Jack named
Doug after his ship, the Douglas
L. Howard. Jack is going to take
Doug" with him on his next trip
Evening star., 1944-12-05
S5,000,000 Agency
Proposed 10 Handle
Aid 10 Handicapped

Establishment of a single Federal
agency to supervise assistance to all
types of handicapped persons, with
a $4,000, 900 revolving loan fund, was
urged today before a House Labor
Subcommittee investigating aid to
the physically handicapped.
Mrs. Agnes Schnaus, st. Louis,
chairman of the Committee of
Amputees, American Federation of
Physically Handicapped, told the
House group that such an agency
should provide medical treatment,
education, job training and employ
ment placement services to those
disabled persons needing them.
The $5,000,000 revolving fund she
proposed would be used for loans to
allow the disabled in financial
straits to buy such equipment as
artificial legs or arms, hearing aids
or eyeglasses to make gainful work
possible.
Lewis G. Hines, legislative repre-
sentative, American Federation of
Labor, urged creation of a national
committee representing all groups
interested in the problems of the
handicapped to check on an ex-
tended assistance program to make
sure that politics is kept out" and
to coordinate all efforts for re-es-
tablishing the usefulness of dis
abled persons.
Evening star., 1944-12-05
Theft Of Clothing Brings
Sentences Of 20 Months

Justice James NJ. Proctor of Dis
trict Court yesterday sentenced two
colored men to serve from 20 months
to five years each on charges of
stealing nearly $500 worth of men s
and women's clothing from the
Raleigh Haberdasher and also for
taking a truck in which the cloth
ing was loaded. The truck belonged
to the Sterrett Operating Service.
The men sentenced were Eugene
Hill, 27, of the 1900 block of Fiji
teenth street NV. and Sherman
Brandon, 81, of the 1900 block of
Twelfth street NV, both of whom
the court was told are drug addicts.
They were prosecuted by Assist
ant United States Attorney T. Peter
Ansberry and the sentence was i'm
posed Immediately after jury had
returned guilty verdict on grand
larceny charges after celebrating
less than an hour.
The truck was stolen from an
alley in the rear of the haberdasher
store in the 1900 block of F street
NV. last January. It later was re-
covered by police after having been
abandoned with 400 pairs of socks
in it.
Additional criminal charges are
pending against each defendant.
Evening star., 1944-12-05
Citizens Group to Study
Police Personnel Needs

The personnel shortage in the
Metropolitan Police Department will
be discussed at 8:15 o'clock tonight
at meeting of the Police and Fire
Protection Committee of the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations in
Room 727 of the Bond Building
New York avenue and Fourteenth
street NV.
The committee will seek to de-
termine If the most efficient use is
being made of available manpower.
Perciyal j. Ableman, committee
chairman, said a representative of
the department and representatives
of the Park Police will answer uues-
tions. The meeting is open to the
public.
Other meetings to discuss the
policing problems of areas outside
District jurisdiction will be held
later, Mr.. Ableman said.
Evening star., 1944-12-05
Parolee Held in Car Theft
After Capture in Chase

Captured after a mile minute
chase early today, James F. Cotrell,
%, colored. of the 500 block Forty
ninth street NE. was charged with
unauthorized use of an automobile
the same type of offense for which
he was serving sentence at Lorton
Reformatory until his release several
months ago on condition that he
enter the Army, police said. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation is
looking into this phase of the case.
Pvts. Robert P. Weaver and Mel
win M. Conner of No. 13 precinct
said they were cruising in the vicin-
ity of Seventh and T streets NV. to-
day when they observed Cotrell pass
at 60 miles an hour. The officers
caught up with Cotrell in the 200
block Of @ street NV. and put him
under arrest.
The auto, police said, is owned by
Rosie M. O'Bier of Village, Va, who
is visiting friends at 2248 First street
NV. and who parked the car last
night in the 1900 block of H street
NE. In addition to the auto theft
charge, Cotrell also was booked on
eight traffic offenses, incurred dur
ing the pursuit,
Evening star., 1944-12-05
Senators Dead|ocked
On New Apartment

After three hours Of heated debate
among witnesses and committee
members, the Senate District Com
mittee today reached stalemate as
to action on bill to ban an apart
ment at Sixteenth and Shepard
streets NV, and was called to meet
at 10 am. tomorrow to try again.
The case has gone from the Zoning
Commission all the way up to the
Supreme Court and now is back
before the United States District
Court for another hearing, but even
now, todays hearing revealed, there
is a tangle over how much of the
older legal battle will be reheard by
the trial court.
Senator Tydings, Democrat, of
MARYLAND today championed the
rights OF the Machen estate, of the
owners OF the tract, and of Harry
Poretsky, contract purchaser of the
apartment house site. The cause of
owners of detached dwellings in the
area was pleaded by several resi-
dents OF Crestwood, supported by H.
Wlnship Wheatley, an attorney, and
some members of the District Com
mittee.
AT one point, Senator Tydings said
he could understand the views of
the homeowners, but that they had
slept on their rights, both as to the
zoning of the tract in question and
as to the trial of the case in District
Court"
He said one possible way to handle
the situation so that no one would
be injured, would be for the District
to buy the apartment house site as
an addition to Rock Greek Park.
Evening star., 1944-12-05
lsWRahonmiq
@Remindery@a

Canned Goods, Etc.-Book No. 4.
blue stamps A-8 through z-8; AS
through rs and Az and b.
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. Next stamps to be validated
January l.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps A-8
through z-8 and AS through SIS
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. Next stamps to be validated
December 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. stamps 80 through
"a valid for 5 pounds indefinitely.
Book No. stamp 40 good for 5
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
Gasoline-A-13 coupons good for 4
. gallons each through December
81. Ala coupons valid for 4
gallons each on December %.
B-4, ca, B-5 and C-5 coupons
good for gallons each.
Si'oes-Airplane stamps l, 2 and 3
in Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. and 5 cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, 1945. Period /,
1944-5 ration, also good for 10
gallons unit. Consumers in this
area should not have used more
than 81 per cent of their ration as
of December l.
Evening star., 1944-12-05

Christmas came early this year
for one sailor out Rockville way.
He's expecting to be overseas on the
regular Christmas, so this year
Christmas had to come on Decem-
ber 3.
He is Seaman (First Class Jack
w. Reed, 20, just back from over
seas and ready to go again after
a short furlough. Yesterday when
a reporter visited his home. the
Yuletide celebration that began Sun
day was still in full swing.
The lighted cedar tree was still
in the corner choked with presents,
the fire was blazing behind the
empty red stocking which Mrs. Reed
said had been "bumpy with filing
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Reed said
they were playing White Christ
mas" on the Victrola and were
waiting for their son to return from
a date" His surprise Christmas
was all ready.
When Jack got home at 80 am
Sunday friends from Maryland and
Virginia were there to help cele-
brate, Mr.. Reed said.
Even his electric train, given to
him when he was IA, was racing
around the track" the father con-
tinued.
Evening star., 1944-12-05
Capt. Albert {. Reed Dies;
Former Patent Examiner

Capt. Albert E. Reed, A, former
examiner in the Patent ONCE, died
of heart attack Saturday at New
Cumberland, Pa, where he was sta
toned at the Army reception CEN
ter.
Son of Mrs. Armitage Reed and
the late Charles Evans Reed, an
Agriculture Department employe. he
was born in this city. Shortly after
graduation from the University of
Delaware he entered the Patent
Office, where he was employed for
more than Is years. A member of
the Reserves. he was called to ac-
tive duty before Pearl Harbor.
Besides his mother, who lives at
505 East Capitol street, he is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs John r..
Palmer: two brothers, George E..
and Charles Evans Reed; an aunt,
Miss Lena Evans, and two nieces,
Miss Ellen Reed Palmer and Miss
Mary Evans Palmer, all OF WASH
ington.
Funeral services will be held at
2:30 pm. tomorrow at the Lee
funeral home. Burial will be In
Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-12-05
Government Girls Club
To Discuss Clubhouse

The Government Girls Club will
meet at 8 pm. tomorrow at st.
Johns parish hall to discuss a pro-
posal by one of its members, Mrs,
Lenora Haag, that a huge down
town dinner and recreation club
be built for use of Government girls
only. Meanwhile Mrs. Roosevelt
said at her press conference yes
teroay she had asked cabinet wives
to find out if their husbands de-
partments are interested in the
idea.
Mrs. Haag, employed in the Office
OF William H. McReynolds, presi-
dental assistant. told Mrs. Roose-
velt about the plan before the clup
had discussed it generally, Mrs.
Alaine Kuss, president of the club,
said. If the membership of the
club approves, she said, the pro-
posal will be formally sponsored.
Mrs. Roosevelt asked whether the
departments were interested. she
said, only to "air" the proposal,
not to back it herself,
Evening star., 1944-12-05
FBI Investigates 426,762
Draft Evasions in 4 Years

Investigation of 426,762 draft de-
linquency cases by the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation since the draft
began four years ago was reported
yesterday by selective service head
quarters.
Now pending are 22,342 cases, as
compared with $1,000 a year ago,
selective service reported. Convic-
tions have been obtained in l0,743
cases, as compared with 1911 con-
victions in the World War. Thou
sands of other men eventually were
inducted into the armed forces or
assigned to work of national i'm
portance as conscientious obiectors.
Reviewing some of the more spec
tacular draft evasion cases, selective
service said two draft evaders faxed
a drowning, another attempted to
hide out in the deep woods and still
another posed as a woman after
burving his draft card.