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Evening star., 1944-02-02
Dr.. Pu|Ien Lays trouble
In Schools 10 Apathy

BY the Associated Press.
Maryland's public school troubles
are rooted in the general apathy
toward the educational system, the
superintendent of State schools be-
lieves.
Speaking to the education de.
partment of the University of Mary
land at College Park yesterday, DR.
Thomas G. Pullen, jr., declared the
only aid he could foresee for the
school program was heightened
public interest in it.
He said that out of all high school,
students in the State only about
one-half were graduated. In the
past, he added, school planning in
Maryland has not been good and
the system will need alterations to
keep up with the efficient education
offered by the Army.
Increasing teachers salaries and
diversion of larger portion OF taxes
to. schools were suggestions DR.
Pullen offered to combat the short
age of teachers.
Both teachers and students in
secondary schools suffer because
classes are entirely too large, DR.
Earl T. Hawkins, State supervisor
Of high schools, said.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Pony 10 Be Aktioned
lin Silver Spring Drive

A novel money-raising auction for
the Fourth War Loan drive will take
place tonight on the stage Of the
Silver Theater in Silver Spring when
a pony will be sold to the highest
bidder in War Bonds.
AS an added feature, Andy Farkas,
Redskin football player. will auction
off an autographed football bearing
the signatures of Redskin stars
Farkas IS making the rounds OF
theaters in the Washington area
selling bonds in memory Of Maj
Keith Birlem, bomber pilot and
the first Redskin player to lose his
life in the war. He was killed in
one of the first 9Th Air Force raids
over Europe.
Russ Hodges, sports commentator,
will act as auctioneer of the pony
and will introduce Farkas. Other
novel stunts to sell War Bonds also
will be staged.
The Montgomery County theater
quota, of which Fred D. Mcmillan is
chairman, Is $150,000.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Mrs. McCorty's Rites
At Hamilton, Va, Today

HAMILTON, Va, Feb. 2.-Funeral
services will be held from st. Paul's
Episcopal Church at 2 pm. today
for Mrs. Robert E. McCarty, IA, who
died Monday night at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Fenton Mercer
Love, Sd, here after a long illness.
The services will be conducted by
the Rev. Paul T. Schultz, rector of
the church. Burial will be in Lake
view Cemetery here.
Mrs. McCarty is the daughter of
the late Robert Singleton Rust and
Mary Turner Rust. She was a
member of the Waterford Book
Club, United Daughters of the Con-
federacy and st. Paul's Church.
She is survived, in addition to her
husband, by three daughters, Mrs
Love, Miss Mary c. McCarty, Lees
burg, and Mrs. Richard Bentley
Thomas, jr., Sandy Spring, Md, and
one son, James Turner McCarty
u, S, N,
Evening star., 1944-02-02
1850 in Montgomery Gel
.x-Rays for tuberculosis

More than $500 X-rays were
taken and nearly 900 persons visited
weekly tuberculosis clinics in Mont
gomery County during the last year
DR.. v. L. Ellicott, county health
officer, reported yesterday.
In addition to clinical work. DR..
Ellicott said the public health nurses
made 1924 visits during the year in
connection with the tuberculosis
program. These figures indicate real
progress in the war against tuber-
culosis, he added.
An X-ray clinic, it was announced,
will be held in the Public Health
Center at the new Suburban Hos
pital on Georgetown road in Be-
thesda February II. County regis
trants who are interested are urged
to telephone the Health Depart
ment, Rockville 428, for further in
formation and registration. These
clinics are part of the program of
the Montgomery County Tubercu-
losis Association which co-operates
with the County Health Department.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
State Sales Tax
Rises
In Arlington
Mass Meeting Hears
Business Would Be
Driven'Into District

Calling on the Virginia General
Assembly to find other sources of
revenue. representatives of Arling-
ton civil, business and service organ
izations last night opposed a per
cent sales tax as means of increas-
ing teachers salaries.
At a Board of Trade mass meet
ing at Washington-Lee High School
county business leaders pointed out
that imposition of a sales tax will
add a bookkeeping burden on V4r-
ginia merchants already short
handed due to the war.
They added that the tax also
would tend to drive business out of
Northern Virginia counties into the
District, thus causing a revenue loss
to the State and counties, as we'll as
an inconvenience to the citizens.
Businessmen added that while the
general welfare of the State de-
mands that teachers salaries be
substantially increased, it is believed
the General Assembly can find other
sources of revenue to meet these
needs.
Clarke Explains Bill.
State Senator Andrew w. Clarke
Of the Goth Virginia district, who
explained the 3 per cent tax bill
introduced in the Senate by Senator
Y. Melvin Hodges, said the measure
would raise an estimated $22, 600, 900
annually, which would be earmarked
for educational purposes. He said
this additional revenue might de-
crease the school levies in various
localities.
Senator Clarke said as a repre-
sentative Of Northern Virginia he
was opposed to the sales tax. He
added that while he would favor in
principle national sales tax, he
would oppose such a tax at this
time because of the added burden
it would place on business.
Senator Clarke said that In his
opinion the sales tax question in
Virginia should be taken before the
people, as Gov. Darden advised, and
the Hodges bill would never get to
lne moor OF either mouse.
William P. Ames, Arlington lum-
Der dealer, said the sales tax measure
must be stopped now or it will ruin
the county. He said retail sales in
Arlington in 1943 were $35 900 900
and that a 3 per cent sales tax
would cost the people of Arlington
County $l,050,000 in added taxes.
Mr.. Ames added that on the basis
Of taxes on sales less than 81, the
tax actually would amount to or S
per cent. This would men, he said
that Arlington residents would be
paying S1,750,000 in added taxes.
The result, he warned, would be that
Arlington business firms would be
unable to pay any taxes and the
county would soon find itself facing
financial ruin.
Charles A. Toone, president of the
Board of Trade, said that passage
OF the 3 per cent sales tax law In
Virginia might force Arlington
County businesses into the District
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Colmar Manor Council
Seeks zoning 10 Open
Land 10 Natural Uses
Warrant Against Mayor
On Building Charges
Called IsoIuted'
"A. P. Photo.

A demand that the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission revise its zoning ordi-
nances in accordance with natural
uses" OF land is contained in a
resolution adopted last night by the
Colmar Manor Town Council.
The council charged that the COM
mission issued an isolated" warrant
against Mayor John N. Torvested on
charge of violating the Prince
Georges County zoning law, although
hundreds of home owners in the
county have committed the same
violation in order to alleviate the
war housing shortage, as requested
by the Federal Government.
Jury to Hear Case in Spring.
Mr.. Torvestad was arrested in De-
cember after a warrant was sworn
out by Perce Wolfe, commission zon-
ing officer. Mr.. Wolfe charged that
the Mayor had converted his home
into an apartment house, although
the building is in a residential A
zone and that he constructed an
addition to his home without OBJ
tanning building permit. The
charges will be heard this spring
before Circuit Court jury.
In its resolution the council re-
quested the commission to send a
representative to the next meeting
OF the group, at pm. March 7, to
discuss rezoning in Colmar Manor
in line with property uses and popu-
lar needs.
Wholesale Arrests Feared.
Persons owning property along the
boulevard in the town and using
the property for purposes "incon-
sistent with zoning ordinances also
were invited to attend.
Fear that wholesale arrests of
Colmar Manor home owners may
be the sequel to the charges placed
against the Mayor was expressed
in recent letter to Irwin I. Main,
chairman of the Park and Plan
ming Commission, from the Colmar
Manor-Cottage City Mems Club.
Mr.. Main said the letter will be
discussed at meeting of the COM
mission next Wednesday in Silver
Spring.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
lsWRahoniinq
@Remiinders@o

Canned and Frozen Foods. Etc
Book No. 4, green stamps G, II,
and j valid through February 40.
Stamps K, L and M valid through
March 20.
Meats, Fats, Etc. Book No. :,
stamps v and w valid through
February rs.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
every pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4. Stamp 80 valid
for S pounds through March 81.
Book No. 4, stamp 40 good for
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
Shoes-Stamp No. 18 in Book No. /
and stamp ! on the "airplane"
sheet of Book No. valid for an
indefinite period.
Gasoline-No. G 8 A coupons good for
3 gallons each until February 8.
B, B-1, G and C-1 coupons good
for 2 gallons each. These coupons
will expire on date indicated on
individual books. B-2 and ca
coupons in books issued since De-
cember l are good for 5 gallons
each.
Tire Inspection Deadlines-For A
coupon holders, March 81. For B
coupon holders, February %.
Fuel Oil-Period No. 2 coupons good
through February Z. Period No. 3
coupons good through March IA.
No. 2 and 3 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 rs Of Janu.
ary 81,
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Six D. {. Leaders Asked
To Testify on Juveniles

Six District officials and two lead
ers in the social work field have
been asked by Representative
D'Alesandro, Democrat, of Mary
land, to testify at a public hearing
Friday night on the Districts juve-
nile delinquency problem.
The group includes Commissioners
Young, Mason and Kutz, Corpora
ton Counsel Richmond B. Keech,
Robert L. Haycock, superintendent
of schools, Welfare Director Ray L..
Huff, Miss Lillian Dodson of the
Southwest Settlement House, and
Ray Everett of the Social Hygiene
Society.
The hearing will be held in the
House District Committee Room,
old House Once Building, begin
ming at 7 pm.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
0'Conor Announces
Five More Postwar
Building Projects
$1,095.660 to Be Spent
On State Hospitals and
Housing for DeIinquents
BY the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 2.-Addi-
tional housing facilities at five State
institutions for juvenile delinquents
and hospital cases are provided for
in a 81 ,095 $50 building construction
program announced yesterday by
Gov. O'Conor.
With the assignment of architects
the Governor said the five approved
projects would raise to IS 5,493,810 the
value of the States postwar pro-
gram, which had moved to the
work" stage.
Previously he had announced
architectural work on projects total
ing $4,398,150.
S326,O00 for Sanitoria.
New construction and the esti-
mated value approved for the five
institution was:
Eastern Shore State Hospital
$l83 200; Maryland tuberculosis
Sanitoria, 1926, 900; Maryland Schoo
for Boys, s271 500; Maryland Train
ing School for Colored Girls, $685.
260; Montrose School for Girls
s129,7
Gov. O'Conor said that a new cot.
tage for inmates, a combination
gymnasium and chapel, and repair.
to the refrigeration plant were
planned for the Maryland Schoo
for Boys, while additions to the
School for Colored Girls included
a. cottage for SO persons, a farm
center group of buildings and ar
addition to the administration build.
ing.
Dormitory Planned at Montrose.
AT Montrose School the proposed
improvements include a dormitory
and equipment, additions to schoo
buildings and equipment and Other
replacements.
Additions for the tuberculosis san.
itoria include new quarters for 1O(
additional patients at Sabillasville
while so extra rooms are planned
for Henryton.
The outlay at the Eastern Shore
State Hospital, Gov. OConor con.
tinued. includes a building for al.
coholics to house 80 patients, a re.
arrangement of employees quarter.
for so patients. construction O,
frame cottages for 80 employees, 6
new Gamer with equipment, laun.
dry equipment, additional dairy ia.
cilities and other farm supplies anc
equipment.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
7 Policemen Inducted
As IS Alexandra Men
Go Into Armed Forces
II Fathers Are Included
In List; Draft Board
To Discuss New Procedure

Two members Of the Alexandria
police force were among the group
OF rs men accepted by the armed
forces from Alexandria last week,
the Alexandria Selective Service
Board said today. Andrew S. Ben
arick and Thomas N. Scripture were
accepted In the Army and will re-
port for duty February II. They
are the first members of the force
to be inducted. One other patrol
man, George Gilmore, enlisted in
the Navy several months ago.
Twelve of the so white men were
pre-Pearl Harbor fathers and seven
were inducted as transfers from
other boards Their status as fathers
is not known. Twenty-six of the
selectees were colored.
Miss Virginia Jefferson, clerk of
the board. said officials of Northern
Virginia boards will meet Monday
at the George Mason Hotel in Alex
andria for discussion of the new
form of induction which the per-
sonnel of the board is daily called
on to explain to registrants.
Miss Jefferson said that it is her
belief that no Alexandria men will
actually enter the service in Feb
ruary, but will be called for the new
preinduction physical examination,
and will build up backlog of men
to be inducted in March.
The following white men were in
Quoted on January 27. "F' desig-
mates pre-Pearl Harbor fathers.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
S inducted by Board
Police Identify Man, 70.
Killed by Automobile

A 70-year-old man killed Monday
night when struck by an automobile
on Suitland road opposite the Gen.
sus Bureau Building was identified
today by Prince George County
police as James C. Gillespie, no fixed
address.
Police said Mr.. Gillespie hay have
been pushed into the path of the car
by the strong wing. ~~-~-
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Fire Burns so Acres
OF Gorrett Park Woods

A cigarette thrown from an auto
mobile Is believed to have started
a brush fire that spread over so
acres of woodland in Garrett Park,
Md, yesterday before being brought
under control.
Members of the Kensington and
Chevy Chase Fire Departments
fought the blaze for almost two
hours before extinguishing it. No
estimate Of the damage could b.
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Evening star., 1944-02-02
Bond Rally to Be Held
In Rockville Tonioht

Brooke Johns, local entertainer,
will be master of ceremonies and
auctioneer at War Bond rally at
8 o'clock tonight at the Richard
Montgomery High School, Rock
vile, Md.
Elementary and high school stu
dents also will participate in a@quiz
program. Judge Charles w. Wood
iward is chairman of the committee,
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Funeral Services Held
For Mrs. Lula Crawford

Funeral services for Mrs. Lula M
Crawford, widow of Henry w
Crawford, who died Sunday at the
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, after
a long illness, were held today at
the funeral home of w. Reuben
Pumphrey, Bethesda. The Rev. H
F. Chandler, pastor of the Bethesda
Methodist Church, officiated and
burial was in the cemetery adjoin-
ing Mount Zion Baptist Church,
near Alta Vista.
Mrs. Crawford is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Hazel G. Crawford,
Bethesda. She was a native OF
Troupsville, Pa, and had lived in
Bethesda about 16 years.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Cafe Owner Faces Arrest
In Sale Of Beer 10 Minor

The Colmar Manor Town Council
last night ordered Henry Caspare,
jr, town police chief, to swear out
warrants against Max Pircus, owner
of the Pincus Grill, on a charge of
permitting the sale of beer to minors.
William Redman, IS, Cottage City,
an employe of the restaurant, which
is in the $500 block of Bladensburg
road, was fined 500 in Hyattsville
Police Court Monday on a charge
OF selling beer to 16-year-old youth.
Redman was arrested January Is,
shortly after a meeting held by the
council to discuss charges Of liquor
and gambling violations in the town.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Arlington Soldier Listed
As Killed in Crash

Sergt. William G. Hagy, 26, whose
address was given as Arlington, Va,
was one of three men killed In an
Army plane crash Sunday near
Santa Barbara. Calf, according to
an Associated Press dispatch.
Two brothers also were killed in
the crash. They were Second 1t.
Clarence D. Lambert, ~, the pilot,
OF Ventura, Calf, who was married
two weeks ago, and Sergt. r. C.
Lambert, also of Ventura,
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Hospital Offers
Arlington Site
For Sanatoriiunl
Lund Is Available
Without Cost to
Treat TubercuIor

DR.. I. A. Booker, vice president
of the Arlington County Tubercu-
losis Association, last night told
County Civic Federation members
thata site for Northern Virginia
sanatorium on the grounds of the
new hospital and health depart
ment, North Sixteenth and Emerson
streets, Arlington, had been offered
without cost by the hospital Board
of Trustees.
He said the County Medical
Association had Endorsed unani-
mously such plan and denied
there that could be any communi-
cation of the disease to adjacent
buildings.
There is a known need of care
for $3.50 tuberculosis patients in the
State, Dr. Booker said, although
State and local sanatoria can care
for only 1850. Arlington County
has 240 active cases Of the dis
ease, Alexandria, IT'S, and Fairfax
County, 1.32, he said.
"Open House" at Hospital.
Mrs. Dean Rose, chairman of the
federation Committee on Santa
tion and Health, proposed indorse-
ment of the associations plan and
the motion was adopted unani-
mously.
Gilbert Hall, president of the
Hospital Association, announced
open house at the institution Feb
ruary 13. He said he hoped the
hospital would be ready for service
the following week Arrival of
equipment is the only delay, he
said, as the nursing staff is COM
plete.
He said practically every Airing
ton doctor was on the staff and
eligible to practice in the hospital
A motion was adopted on proposal
by A. A. Carretta, chairman of the
Legislative and Legal Action Com
mittee, that county legislators be
asked not to request postponement
of the 1914 land assessments.
The Arlington County Board voted
yesterday to ask amendment of the
McCandlish reassessment bill so as
to postpone Arlington assessments
until 1916.
Want Soldiers to Vote.
Another motion offered by Mr..
Carretta was adopted asking the
Federal Government and county leg
islators to indorse legislation per-
mitting members of the armed forces
to vote
The federation also went on record
as opposing a 3-per-cent State sales
tax.
To activate the qualifying and
registering of new county voters
the federation instructed the chair
man of the Welfare Committee, Mrs.
Florence Arnheim, to contact po-
litical, civic and fraternal organiza-
tions to call conference to plan
for higher voting registration.
Mrs. Arnheim, summarizing her
committees report on child study
centers, moved that the county board
be asked to appoint a committee to
make detailed study of conditions
relative to the establishment of a
child study center in the Arlington
area. The motion was adopted
The Federation voted to award
the Merit Medal to Mrs Florence
Cannon, long active in Federation
affairs and president for the last
three years.
A committee of five, under the
craftsmanship of E. Lester Ben
nett, was elected to choose The
Star Cup award Members are Mr.
Carretta, Alvin F. Seebode, Clement
Johnston and S. A. Woods.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Bill Allowing Garnishmeni
Of j. 5. Salaries @. KID
BY the Associated Press

oS eAAe AsoOCiALeo treSS.
Government employees could be
called into court to answer debt
charges against them under pro-
visions of bill by Representative
Kefauver, Democrat, of Tennessee,
reported favorably by the House Ju-
dietary Committee yesterday.
The bill would make salaries of
Government officers and employees
subject to garnishment, execution
and trustee processes on the same
basis as employees Of private busi-
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Evening star., 1944-02-02
w 10 Report Soon
From Prince GEORGES

F1fty-six men from the Hyatts-
vile area, including 81 pre-Pearl
Harbor fathers. will report soon for
duty with the armed forces after
their induction last Wednesday by
Prince Georges County Draft Board
No. l at Hyattsville.
AT the same time, Draft Board
NO. 2 at Upper Marlboro announced
that 43 men, including 20 fathers,
Will report soon for military or
naval training after their induction
last week.
The 81 fathers indicted by Board
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Save This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
OF old newspapers and maga-
zines is needed. Telephone your
nearest school or notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-02-02
Col. Burrows Decorated

Col. Ralph G. Barrows, former
Bethesda resident, has been awarded
the Legion of Merit for "excep-
tionally meritorious" service in
Army engineering work, the War
Department announced today. =
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26
As the Others
Walked On,
Suddenly the
Roof of an
Abandoned
Shaft Gave
Way and
Little julie
Plunged
Downward I'm
a Smothering
Mass of
Bubble.

The fight went on. In 1919
school in West Scranton was
partially destroyed by cave-in Public indigna
ton brought a State law which compelled coal
companies 10 file maps in advance of any new
operations underground There another bill
evying tax anthracite and refunding half the
money to the undermined cities, but the Supreme
Court declared il unconstitutional.
Individual tragedies kept attention focused on
the constant menace. Robert Warburton II, was
playing marbles with two boys in front of his
Scranton home on Jan. 7, 1919. lie leaned forward
to aim his agate. A hole opened up. Before the
eyes of his playmates, he topped into it and died.
The Glen Alden Coal Company had been min
ing there Two of its officials were indicted for
manSlaughter but jury acquitted them.
Pressure from the mining communities two
years later brought passage of the Kohler-Fowler
bill. designed to make the coal companies
sponsibe for any surface damage. The United
States Supreme Court, however, ruled in favor
of the mining companies, holding that the waiver
clause valid.
As If in answer TO the ruling, ten blocks of
busy Main Boulevard in Scranton collapsed in
1915. Homes by the hundreds, churches. business
establishments, even cemeteries went down.
But in the meantime Old King Coal is his
throne again The black stuff that feeds the
stoves and furnaces of the nation is scarcer and
more precious than ever Scavengers and boot
leggers are picking away at everthnnng sup.
ports. Above them life goes on and the dwellers
of the coai country tread on the edge of death.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-26

contract not even the permission OF the mine
owner He works secretly. usually at night and
his cyery-lastlump efforts are the most dangerous
OF all Hell rob the pillars 5nd not even b0ttcr
with wooden requirements.
You've got 10 be mighty old man in the coal
fields 20 remember when all this trouble started
In lS7n-Sitpnn- Jones WAS reading a newspaper
one evening in the living room of his home in
Scranton Pa, when he and the room dropped
several feet into vein of a mine operated by
the Wagner Coal Company
Jones sued for DAMAGES and won,-but not
until the case was taken 20 the State Supreme
Court 1t ruled that, in the absence of any agree
ment TO the contrary, the mine owner was liable
for any damage his operations might cause over.
head
After that most coal companies in selling
ground insisted ClauSe-later known as
the "cutthroat waiver'-which absolved the com
papY of liability due 10 surface subsistence
The Calvinist Methodist Church OF Scranton
signed waiver and erected solid edifite on its
new site on Sunday in 1880 while the congrega.
ton was at prayer, the church wallis spfttWith a
roar that sounded like the crack of doom There
was panic but no injuries The congregation
sued the coal company but lost
The City of Scranton carried the suit TO the
State Supreme Court. bat in a ruling called the
bred Scott decision of the coal Industry the court
held that surface owner had few if any claims
when a waiver was in his deed.