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Evening star., 1944-05-04
1000 Homes 10 Lose
Water in Benninq
As Mains Are Cleaned
Residents Cautioned
To Boil Drinking Water
Until Further Notice

Water service to approximately
1000 homes in Benning, north OF
Pennsylvania avenue, is to be cut of
during the night hours for several
nights in order to clean mains serv-
ing the area, the Water Division re-
vealed yesterday in urging residents
Of that area to store drinking water
Householders have received no.
tices of the discontinuance of serv-
ice and have been cautioned to boil
all drinking water, once service has
been resumed for five minutes until
further notice. The work will be
done in sections SO as not to affect
the entire area at one time. The
work started last night.
The cut-offs will be from 9 pm
until am. and no home will be
waterless for more than one night
water division officials promised
They expressed the hope that re-
moval of incrustations will double
available water supply without
changing or enlarging pipes.
During the shut-off period, resi-
dents have been advised to keep all
faucets and other fixtures off so as
to prevent flooding when service is
restored. Manually operated water
heaters and other water heaters
without safety devices should not be
operated during the sflut-off period
1t was also warned.
When the water service is re-
stored, boil all water for drinking
and culinary purposes for five min
utes," the notice said. IF water is
muddy or discolored, flush your
house piping until clear water is
available. The water during this
period will contain an unusual
amount of chlorine used for disin-
fectlng purposes. This chlorine will
be removed by boiling the water"
Evening star., 1944-05-04
Funds Lacking
For Decorating
IFnemen' sGroves

The custom of nearly so years
standing in the Fire Department oi
decorating firemen's graves will be
abandoned this Decoration Day fol
lack of funds.
This became known today when
Fire Chief Stephen T. Porter sent
out a memorandum resembling ar
official order of 1888, under which
flremen contributed cents a month
to a fund for decorating graves
The custom, however, officials said
went back many years before 1888
When the price of flowers and
wreaths went up in recent years, it
became necessary to limit decorat.
ing graves to 10 consecutive years
To meet the estimated expense OF
$4OO this year, an assessment of rs
cents In one month was tried among
800 firemen, but only $12 was raised
Of1cias said that very little
was left In the fund and it wal
therefore necessary to abandon the
plans.
Evening star., 1944-05-04

ball and went down the mountain
side.
II was frostbitten," he continued.
Toward the end of the journey
was almost barefoot. My shoes
were really in bad shape" He
looked with appreciation at the tan
mosquito boots he was wearing.
Lost Weight.
"I begged, borrowed and stole
food. I lost Is to IS pounds. !
finally reached safety"
when got back to the United
States I called up my sister, Miss
Vivian White, who did not know
was safe. I almost lost sister.
Then I came to Washington by
train-it's safer that way
1t. White left for Chicago last
night. He hopes to be able to see
his wife before going back to duty
however.
when I located her in New Or
leans I talked to her on the tele-
phone" he said. "She wanted to
come to Washington but told her
I'd try to get down there before I
left for good again. I have talked to
her several times on the telephone. +"
Evening star., 1944-05-04

you can make a good Judge out of
a lazy judge" Justice Groner said.
Other speakers on today's pro-
gram and their subjects include:
Attorneys Paul B. Cromelin and
John j. Carmody on "Demarcation
OF Equity Jurisdiction of District
Court and Municipal Court; Attor-
|ney Russell Bishop, "Integrated
Bar: Attorney John j. Wilson,
Bail in Criminal Gases on Ap-
peal" and Attorney William E.
Leahy, who is to make an introduc-
tory statement regarding rules of
procedure and lead discussion this
afternoon.
Scheduled to speak on subjects
pertaining to rules at the session
this afternoon are Alexander Holtz-
Oh, special assistant to the Attor-
ney General; United States Attor-
ney Edward M. Curran, Assistant
United States Attorneys Cecil r
Hef1in and Charles B. Murray, Jus.
tice Matthew F. Mcclure of District
Court, Attorney James r. Kirkland
ana William H. Collins.
| Session Tomorrow.
AT a session tomorrow morning
Judge John j. Parker of North Car.
olina, senior circuit Judge of ths
Fourth Circuit, is to speak on pre-.
trial procedure. In turn, those tt
speak on various phases of pre-tria
procedure include Justice Bolitha j
Laws and James w. Morris of Dis.
trict Court; Attorneys Alvin L
Newmyer, Lester Wood, Lawrence
Koenigsberger, H. Mason WEIGH. MI
Jones and Mr.. Kane. Judge Parkel
also is to make the closing remarks
Tomorrow afternoon an executive
session is to be held with only
judges attending. The general theme
of this session, 1t was announced
will be Working Relations Between
the Administrative Office, the Dis.
trict and Circuit Courts and the
Conference of Senior Circui
Judges"
At the executive session. Judge
John Biggs of Delaware, senior cir.
cult judge of the third circuit, is tt
discuss Effective Working Rela.
tions Between District and Circuit
Judges"
Evening star., 1944-05-04
Didn't Soy C'est Ia Guerre!
Missing Flyer Returns to Find
Bride Gone, but Reunion Is Neo,
Meets WAVE Instead
Of Wife.When He
Reaches Home

A Frenchman would say, perhaps,
with a shrug Of the shoulders,
"C'est la guerre." But 1t James r.
White of the Army Air Forces,
whose bomber was shot from under
him recently while over Nazi Eu-
rope and who had spent many days
getting back to Washington to join
his wife, just exclaimed, in the salty
American way, We'll, I'll be
damned"
His 22-year-old bride, Mrs.
Frances White, formerly Govern
ment typist, knew only that her
husband was missing in action. She
hadn't heard of his escape, and so
far as her information from the
War Department went, he was a
prisoner in Maitland. Meanwhile,
the talented wife had received an
offer to sing with Will Osborne's
orchestra, and had accepted.
So, when the eager young officer,
planning to surprise his wife,
knocked at the door of her apart
ment at 3100 Connecticutaa avenue,
he was greeted by WAVE.
eYour wife? Oh, think she's in
Kansas City," the WAVE ensign said.
That was the cue for 1t. Whites
"Well, I'll be damned"
But the long distance telephone
was called into play, and the couple
will be reunited soon.
News Story Gives Background.
Mrs. Whites friend, the WAVE,
and reading of The Star filled in
the background that 1t. White
didn't know. Just two days before
Mrs. White was scheduled for an
addition with the orchestra in New
York, the War Department informed
her that her husband was missing.
Friends urged her to steel her nerves
and try out, anyway. She did, and
made good.
When 1t. White read the article
concerning his wife's career that had
been in The Star of March 10, he
smiled.
II can't much blame her." he
said. 1T was something for her to
do. 1t isn't much fun sitting be-
hind typewriter! I can see how it
is. I'll feel that way after the wars
over-bored and restleSs-with no
excitement" the once prospective
lawyer commented. "I guess I'll
just be beachcomber.
On Road Many Days.
While Mrs. White had been tour
ing the United States in her new
job, her husband, too, had been COW
ering plenty of territory-enemy ter
ritory.
1t. White spent many days from
the time he was shot down in get
ting back to greet a wife who wasn't
there.
When his bomber was shot up the
crew bailed out. Then the aban-
doned ship exploded in the air, he
said. 1t was 1t. Whites first para
chute jump. +
Il landed in deep snow" the
pilot said, "up on a mountaintop.
The easiest and quickest way to get
down was to roll"
So 1t. White emulated a snow
Evening star., 1944-05-04
147 Young Men
Lose Defern1ent
In Case Review
Appeals Board Screen
Nets Techniciuns
And Students Here

AS a result of the concentrated
attack by selective service on defer.
ments of men under 26, a total Of
lat younger men either lost theil
deferments on review or had theil
appeals denied by the District Boarc
of Appeal in single week, District
Selective Service headquarters an
nounced today.
Although a few of these men will
60 back into deferred classifcations
after an elaborate screening process
most of them are now on their way
into uniform, it was explained. The
actions announced today were fol-
the week ending March 81.
Included in the group were three
research associates at George Wash.
ington University and IL students
taking courses at George Washing
ton, Georgetown, Howard, Catholic
and American Universities.
Technicians Also Listed.
Also listed were chemists, engi-
neers Of all types, metallurgists, ma.
chinists, physicians, telephone in.
stallers, toolmakers, aircraft weld.
ers, pattern makers, molders, math-
ematicians, geologists and a classi.
fled laborer.
Both Government agencies anc
private industries here were affect.
ed by the boards decisions. Nava
establishments alone were repre-.
sented in SO cases where men los
their deferments. Heaviest civilian
loser was the Chesapeake e. Poto.
mac Telephone Co., where IL mer
whose deferments had been approved
earlier by boards in other areas, los
their deferred classifications. Tht
Federal Bureau Of Investigation alst
was involved in 16 cases wher'
younger men were put in la.
Out Of I'll review cases considered
the appeal board approved defer.
|ments in only Al cases, all of then
older men. For the most part, the
appeal board gave priority to the
cases of the men under 26 in &C.
cordance with instructions to cleal
them up before reviewing the cases
of the older men.
100 Appeal Cases.
The board also acted on 100 ap-
peal cases, including two appeals
brought by District Selective Serv.
ice Director William E. Leahy.
AS a result of Mr.. Leahy's appeals
Martin Hemmerick, IS, owner and
operator of bakery, lost his occu-
pational deferment, and Gaylord H
Kellam, "a, Chesapeake e. Poto.
mac Telephone Co. repairman, lost
his hardship deferment. Both hao
been deferred by Board No. %.
The appeal board granted Is out
of 78 appeals for occupational de-
ferment and two out Of 10 appeals
for deferment on hardship grounds
One man who appealed for classifi.
cation as minister was held in la
Although denied deferment, James
A. Wiley, an attorney, was recon.
rnended for q 60-day stay Of tnduc.
ton. He will be 80 in June.
Also recommended for a 60-day
stay Of induction was another attor-
ney, Maurice r. Weeks, who vii.
reach his 38th birthday in August
Evening star., 1944-05-04
President ProcIaims
June "a as Flag Day

President Roosevelt today issued
a proclamation designating June IA
as Flag Day and calling for the dis
play of "our flag, and the flags OF
all the United Nations which fight
beside us, to symbolic our joint
brotherhood, our joint dedication
under God, to the cause of unity
and the freedom of men,
The proclamation declared that
the "unfaltering devotion to ou1
national ideals" by the men and
women of the armed forces has
given the Nations flag a new and
hopeful meaning for those strug-
Cling against oppression in lands
still held by our enemies"
Evening star., 1944-05-04

was happy and-what was all the
fuss about?
A few said they hadn't heard
about the meats becoming point
free, but that it was very interesting
and could they be excused to 60
back to cake in the oven.
One young housewife was trifle
sad about the whole thing.
Il suppose" she said, that some
people feel it's a great relief, but
I don't feel that way. I've really
enjoyed rationing It's made my
meal planning more important and
has helped me work out my budget -
There Also Are Skeptics.
There were also thekskeptics.
Does this mean," asked one lady
that everybody's going to rush to
the meat counter and that wei
have to go back to the system OF
having the butcher slip his friends
a. pork loin or pair of veal chops
on the sly?"
The fact that red points will have
10 laSJ TWICE aS long IOT the IOOOs
that are still rationed, such as the
beef cuts, cheese, butter and canned
milk, didn't seem to worry the
housewives very much. They felt
that the savings on points for other
meats would just about even up the
fact that the red points have been
cut in half.
Some husbands got a lot more ex-
cited about the OPA announcement
yesterday than their wives did
Take the man who was downtown
when the first papers came out with
the news. He knew his wife wouldn'
hear about it until that night, ane
he also knew that his wife went OF
a shopping excursion every Wed
nesday to buy the family's food sup
ply for the week.
The gentleman envisioned his wifi,
spending handful of red points OF
meats which would be point-fre,
today, so he dashed to telephone
booth to call her. It was too late
Evening star., 1944-05-04
Expectont Mother Hurt
In Auto-Tuxi Collision

Mrs. Lorraine Hoppke, Is, of 438
Tenth street NE. was injured yes
terday when an automobile in which
she was a passenger was in collision
with a taxicab at Second and East
Capitol streets. police reported.
Mrs. Hoppke. said by police to
be an expectant mother, was treated
for shock and bruises at the Bellevue
Naval Dispensary. Police reported
the driver of the car in which she
war riding was John w. French, "a,
of $40 D street NE. The taxi was
said by police to have been driven
by Raymond M. Moore, As, of 2l20
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Evening star., 1944-05-04
Lawyer Calls Women
Poor Jurors at
Judicial Conference
Three District judges
Defend General Quality
Of Tolesmen Here

Because they let their hearts run
away with their minds, women are
"notoriously poor jurors" Edmund
l.. Jones, Washington attorney, to-
day told the opening session of the
fourth annual Judicial Circuit Con-
ference in the District of Columbia
circuit. It met in the Court of Ap-
peals Building.
Mr.. Jones observation was made
during a general discussion of the
quality OF present-day juries, a sub
1ect upon which there was wide dis
agreement among the attorneys and
judges participating.
Attorney AL Philip Kane, speak.
Ing on Selection of Jurors" de.
clared the jury commissioners have
great deal of discretion in the
selection of prospective jurors, ano
suggested system to insure the
choice of more intelligent persons.
For one thing, Mr.. Kane sug.
gested that the jury commissioners
ascertain that each prospective
juror has filled out a QUESTIONABLE
himself, declaring there had beer
instances of prospective jurors goine
to court who could neither reac
nor write.
Qualifications Disputed.
Mr.. Kane also said that persons
actually living in the District should
not be disqualified from serving or
a jury here because they vote else.
where. Under the law juror must
be resident of the District.
Mr.. Jones during his talk declared
the people have lost faith in juries
rendering intelligent decisions and
urged that the qualifications and
intelligence of prospective jurors be
looked into further.
Three justices of District Court
Immediately came to the defense OF
the general quality of District
jurors. Justice James w. Morris
said he had never had any fault to
find with jurieS in his court. Justice
David A. Pine declared he thought
the quality Of local juries is very
high"
Karl Fenning, president of the
American Patent Law Association
spoke on the size of District Court
and the Court of Appeals, declaring
the space in the two buildings occu-
pied by the courts is inadequate
He urged that a building be erected
on the site of the Old Pension
ONCE Building, not far from the
present court structures, to house
both District Court and the Court
Of Appeals.
Groner Speaks.
The conference was opened with
q brief address by Chief Justice D
Lawrence Groner of the Court of
Appeals, who stressed the impor-
tance Of fairness in the study and
presentation of cases.
you can't make . good lawyer
out of lazy lawyer any more than
Evening star., 1944-05-04
lsWRshioniinq
&Reminders@o

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4,
blue stamps A-8 through Q-8 good
indefinitely. Each stamp worth 10
points.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-All meats except
beef steaks and roast beef now
point free. Red stamps A-a
through Q-8 continue good indefi-
nitely for 10 points each. Red
stamps Rs, S-8 and T-8 become
valid Sunday, but no new red
stamps will be validated until
June 8. After Sunday 30 red
stamps will be validated every
four weeks instead Of every two
weeks.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for each
pound of waste kitchen fats you
turn in. The fact that lard, short
ening and cooking oils have been
removed from the ration list does
not mean fat collection is less
essential.
Shoes-Airplane stamps / and 2 in
DUN No. soOo llQeIlnltely 10r
one pair of shoes each.
Sugar-Book No. stamps 80 and 81
valid for pounds indefinitely.
Book No. 4, stamp 40 good for
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
GasOline-No. ga coupons good for
3 gallons through May 8. No. 10-A
coupons become valid May 9. b.,
CO, B-3 and C-3 coupons good
for gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. 4 and S cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81. Consum-
ers in this area should not have
used more than 81 per cent Of
their total yearly fuel oil ration az
Of May l.
Evening star., 1944-05-04
7 Nozi Trains Reported
DESTROYED Near Paris
V the Associated prssc

bS tiie ASSoclateu ffeSS.
LONDON, May Am Allied aeria
attack about month ago on a rail-
road station at Vaires, near Paris
was credited today by a spokesman
Tor the Ministry of Economic War
fare with destroying seven Naz
trains and killing more than 1,OOC
German soldiers.
Two of the trains were loaded
with ammunition and another was
filled with Nazt troops, the spokes-
man said.
Evening star., 1944-05-04
Thieves Take 100 Cases
Of Whisky Worth So, 700

Thieves ripped steel bars from the
window of warehouse occupied by
the Middle Atlantic Distributing Co.
at 1125 Second street NE. and stole
approximately 100 cases of whisky,
valued at $4,700, police reported yes
terday
David Rubin. manager of the firm.
said an inventory of stock was being
taken and that the loss might pos
sibiy run ~ high as $4,000.
Evening star., 1944-05-04
Huge Catches Overload
Jersey MockereI Boats
? the Associated Pros,

BY the ASSOCIATED Press.
WILDWOOD, N. j., May 4.-Fish-
ermen returning from trips to sea
reported yesterday they were forced
to throw back huge quantities of
mackerel because record catches off
the New Jersey shore threatened to
dangerously overload their boats.
Meanwhile, in New York the
Fishery Council reported that met
ropolitan markets were flooded by
the large hauls off New York, New
Jersey, Connecticut, Virginia and
Maryland. They predicted the total
amount of saltwater fish on hand
would exceed Mondays record figure
Of more than 100000 pounds.
Evening star., 1944-05-04

The dealers seem to think house
wives won't buy much more meat
than they've been doing under
rationing. But, If they do, 1t will
mean raid on their stocks which
are based on turnover during the
rationing of the past few months.
In that case the housewife might
find when she goes shopping that
the point-free meats are tempo
rarily nonexistent.
Some Housewives Bitter.
Some of the housewives inter.
viewed by The Star felt pretty bittel
about being able to go to a market
again and spend nothing but money
on everything but beefsteaks ane
roasts. Others were merely indif.
ferent. They said they've been get.
ting along fine all along, everybod,
Evening star., 1944-05-04

of this hosiery. he said, may be
made from nylon yarn which has
been stolen, perhaps by hi-jacking
the trucks while en- route to plants
where 1t is to be made into para
chutes."
Such parachute hosiery often sells
for more than $40 a pair in the
black market. Phony nylons, Mr..
Emerson said, has made an appear
ance in Memphis, Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh.
The top ceiling price for best
nylon hosiery Is $3.50 a pair. But
Just try to locate q pair. They are
more scarce than good bourbon.
Evening star., 1944-05-04

Also, the dealers don't expect any
particular rush among housewives to
buy the point-free meats.
why should they?" one dealer
asked. They're going to be point
free tomorrow and tie next day
too"
Wholesalers supplying hotels
clubs and institutions were the only
ones reporting an immediate and
clamorous increase in business.
"Everybody's buying" one mer-
chant exulted. They really want
to get some meat out to their Gus
toners"
Evening star., 1944-05-04
Chemically reotedRoyonHose
Sold as Black Market NyIons

Black market operators are treat
ing $l,75-a- pair rayon hosiery with
a chemical solution and then ped
ding them for IS pair as genuine
nylons, the Office of Price Admins
tration disclosed today.
In the first washing the "nylons"
not only lose their deceptive sheen
but generally go to pieces because
of the chemicals, Thomas Emerson,
OPA deputy administrator of en-
forcement. warned.
Mr. Emerson said there was a
small amount Of genuine nylon
hosiery IA the black market. Some
Evening star., 1944-05-04
CED Speaker Urges
Woman Workers 10
Drop Jobs After War
Officer Tells Institute
Training Will Aid
WACS Make Good Wive:

| nope tnat many women now In
war industries will stop working
after the war and become home
makers, was expressed today by
John Fennelly, executive director of
the Committee of Economic De-
velopment, although he said his
group would never be so stupid" as
to try to force women out of jobs.
He spoke before the Institute Of
Women's Professional Relations,
which opened two-day session at
the Mayflower Hotel.
The assembled women also heard
1t. Col. Walter H. e. Jaeger Of
the Army Industrial College de-
clare that WACS will make better
wives than women without military
training.
Mr.. Fennelly said the major post
war shock to American economy will
come just after the war ends in
Europe, and not at some later date
after Japan has been defeated.
Stressing that powerful business
enterprise must assume leadership
in the battle against mass unem-
ployment after the War, Mr.. Fen
nelly pointed to Commerce Depart
ment estimates that jobs for ap-
proximately SIS million persons
will be a satisfactory employment
goal.
Cites Need for Greater Output.
"If we assume that $500 900 men
will remain in the armed service,
we arrive at goal Of SIS 900 900 Jobs
or some 100000 more than were
employed in 1940," he said. Mr..
Fennelly suggested that the only
solution to virtually all specific post
war problems would be rapid attain
ment of higher production levels
than ever have been known.
Husbands and prospective hus-
bands will have been subject to mill
tary discipline and will throughout
their lives have something of the
military about them," Col. Jaeger
said.
I'm the broadest sense the woman
who has had the benefits of military
training will return to her home and
to her community better fitted and
equipped to assume her civic duties. I"
| A tribute to the women who have
served in the Navy was paid by an
other speaker, 1t. Comdr. Ralph A.
Sentman, assistant director of de-
mobilization and postwar planning
of the Bureau of Naval Personnel,
who outlined the Navy's program
OF aid for civil readjustment of naval
personnel.
when I have used the word
men in speaking of the planning
under way" he remarked, "let me
asure you 1t covers both sexes. So
successfully have women performed
| jobs which we used to think of as
exclusively the, work of<men that
the Navy thinks one word adequate
to cover both"
Sees Fewer Jobs in Government.
A prediction that the postwar de-
mand for employment in services
trade and other nonmanufacturing
activities will be greater than the
present demand was made by DR..
Hugh Klllough, Bureau of Labor
Statistics economist He suggested,
however, there will be fewer oppor-
tunities in Government after the
war.
Other speakers at the opening ses-
sion OF the conference, which is
being attended by placement officers
IN colleges and universities and out
standing educators, included Miss
Mary SWltzer, assistant to the social
security administrator, and MARQUIS
Childs, newspaper writer. Mrs.
Jouett Shouse, board chairman of
1.-THE sponsoring institute, presided.