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Evening star., 1944-12-01
1900 Students
ToGetHoIidoy
Postal Jobs

About 1900 high school students.
both boys and girls, about the same
number as last year" will be en-
ployed BY the City Post ONCE be-
tween December II and Christmas
to help handle holiday mail, Post
master Vincent Burke announced
today.
The Postmaster said the first
group of holiday workers would be
employed December II and the
number will be increased as the mail
becomes heavier. High school boys
will start day deliveries with regular
carriers December Is and girls will
be on duty as postal clerks during
after school hours. Girls will work
from $50 to $50 pm. and boys will
be employed from $50 to $3.50 pm.
Child labor regulations limit night
working hours for minors, Mr.. Burke
said. Girls must stop working by 7
pm. and boys by 10.
The extra workers will ba. trained
in simple mail handling as they
work The Postmaster said they
would be given a four-day extension
on their Christmas vacation, starting
December 18. If their parents are
willing and they have achieved cer-
tain standards In their studies
Evening star., 1944-12-01

DR.. Francis st. Clair's specially
always has been children-the poor
ones who came to the Gospel Mis-
sion Clinic and the lucky ones
whose parents had him as a family
physician.
For SIS years he has been pulling
them through measles, colds and
mumps. He bound up sprains and
bandaged knees.
Now, at the age of 83. he has
doffed his white physicians coat
for mechanics smock. His instru-
ments are jigsaw and a turning
lathe. He is busy turning out Christ
mas toys for poor children.
Apologies for Sawdust.
Interviewed at his workshop in
the basement of the John Dickson
Home, DR.. St. Clair apologized for
the sawdust scattered on the floor
About all there is to see" he
said, is the machinery-my turning
lathe, jigsaw and so on
All the time he was rummaging
around in cardboard cartons lined
against the wall.
There's a crow" he said. straight
ening himself up. He's all ready to
pull corn
Down in the box were three big
black crows with yellow backs stand
ing side by side with seven Donald
Ducks The ducks were spotless
white and jauntily sported black
top hats.
DR.. ST. Clair, who took up toy
making three years ago, said he
didn't make as many as usual this
Evening star., 1944-12-01
IS Hurt in Collision
OF Streetcars Durinq
Evening Rush Hour

Fltteen persons were injured In q
collision of two streetcars at New
Jersey avenue and H street NV.
during yesterdays evening rush
hour.
Police said northbound car
on New jersey avenue operated by
Thomas V. Fisher, 81. of 829 Fourth
street NE, rammed the right front
side of an eastbound H street car
operated by Samuel E. Wilson, 43,
OF 70l7 Macarthur boulevard NV.
Both cars were derailed.
Traffic was tied up for more than
an hour, and at one time more than
so streetcars were held up behind
the wreck.
Ten OF the injured persons were
removed to Emergency Hospital and
five were taken to Casualty Hospital
Those treated and released at
Emergency Hospital were Bessie
Mayo, 81, of % K street NE, pos
sible fractured shoulder bone, and
Melvin Holmes, 38, of CAT G street
NE, possible torn ligament in left
shoulder. Others treated for con-
tuslons were Rose E. Finney, %, of
5057 Sheriff road NE; Otis Martin,
2l, OF 1903 Third street NV; Ellis
Benjamin, %, of 1920 Eleventh street
NV; Archie Byers. 20, of 225 Sixth
street Sc; Gertrude Fuller, "a, of
1921 Bennett place NE; Helen
Wiseman, 81, Wake Hall, Twenty
first street and Oklahoma avenue
NE; Alma Holmes, 25 of CAT G
street NE; Sally Fuster, 50, of 81
street NE.
Frank Caruso, SO, of l249 L street
NE, was admitted to Casualty Hos
pital, suffering from a back injury
His condition today was described
as good.
Those treated for bruises and re-
leased from Casualty Hospital were
William Antonelli, 40, of 1918 East
Capitol street; James Clements, 40
of 1850 Maryland avenue NE;
George Lum Jou. A, of 1894 H street
NE. and Everett Davies, 36, of 1919
Lewis street NE.
Evening star., 1944-12-01

police career he received so many
concentrations that his efficient
and outstanding work as a police
man" was recognized in 1881 by the
payment of an additional IS a
month.
1t. Lineburg also has been active
in American Legion circles and was
commander of the District depart
ment in 1887.
He came to the District in April,
1917, from his home in Middletown
Va, to join the police force. He
resigned five months later to enter
the Navy, and served during the
World War as a coxswain aboard
the battleships Minnesota and Penn
sylvania
Returned to Capital.
When he left the Navy in Septem-
ber, 1919, he came back to Washing
ton and was reappointed to the
police force. At that time, he was
mounted on a bicycle and three years
later he was transferred to a motor
cycle.
1t. Lineburg seems to have had
considerable difficulty staying on
these two wheeled contraptions. He
fell of his bicycle twice in 1921 and
had to be hospitalized on each
occasion. Between 1922 and 1924, he
fell off his motorcycle four times.
He was first commended in No.
vember, 1920, for a rescue in a fire
in Georgetown. The commentator
is on the record, but the lieutenant
doesn't remember the details.
In 1928, he was cited for arresting
a "firebug" who had been terrorizing
the city to such an extent that the
Fire Department found it necessary
to call on Baltimore officials for help
The "firebug," by the way, turned
out to be a former Washington
policeman.
The same year he was commended
for capturing two gangs of safe
crackers, a gang OF houSebreakers
and man later convicted of GRIM
inal assault. 1t was following these
PNAASA AAoAAtSo ti1ot 3O q lllOllU1l W dS
added to his salary for efficiency.
Authority on Subversive Acts.
1t Lineburg probably knows more
about local people classed as Com
munists or suspected of subversive
activity than any one else in town.
He has established an exhaustive
file, and the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation as well as Army and
Navy intelligence services have
made extensive use of this material
1t. Lineburg helped establish the
Police and Fire Post of the Amer
lean Legion soon after his dis
charge from the Navy. He was
commander of the post in 1888 and
1884. He was also instrumental
in getting the Legion's clubhouse
built at 2437 Fifteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
78O-Pound Deer
GoresHorse
ToDeuth
Special Dispatch to The Star.
WINCHESTER Va n

SSSeS'oi b'epotSh W 1hs StdT
WINCHESTER, Va. Dec. IA
valuable work horse was killed in
an attack by a 180-pound buck
Wednesday on farm near here.
Mrs. Henry Seldom, wife of a
farmer near Highview, West Va,
was near her barn and witnessed
the attack .4
Mrs. Seldom said the buck ran out
of nearby woods and charged the
horse, which was grazing near the
barn. She said the horse was gored
and knocked down three times be-
fore she finally drove the buck away
with a pitchfork.
Mr.. Seldom, who was at the village
store at the time, called in about Is
friends to hunt down the buck, and
the animal was killed in the woods
a short distance from the barn.
West Virginia officials said that,
while the Seldons wouldn't be al
lowed damages for the loss of their
horse. they wouldn't be prosecuted
for killing a deer out of season.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Col. GorreII Reelected
Head Of Air Transport

Reelection of Col. Edgar S. Cor
reil as president of the Air Trans
port Association was announced yes
terday along with appointment of
these directors to serve for the next
year:
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker. presi-
dent of Eastern Air Lines; Jack
Frye, president of Transcontinental
& Western Air; o. M. Mosier. vice
president OF American Airlines;
Croil Hunter, president of North
west Airlines; T. E. Braniff, presi-
dent of Braniff Airways; C. Bedell
Monro, president of Pennsylvania
Central Airlines, and Paul F. Col
Inns, president of Northeast Airlines.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Clio Council Arranges
Convention Agenda
By Ihe Associated Press.

By Me Associated Press.
Speedy defeat OF Germany and Ja-
pan, insurance Of jobs in the pest
war era and provisions for returning
servicemen will be prime detectives
OF the annual convention of the
Maryland and District of Columbia
Industrial Union Council (CIO,, De-
cember 6. and 8 here.
Council President Ulisse de Domi-
nicis announced these objectives yes
terday along with convention
agenda which includes addresses by
Maryland's Gov. Herbert R. O'Conor
and District Commissioner John
Russell Young.
Resolutions listed for consideration
included one which would call for
equal pay for women in war indus
try and another which would make
it criminal offenSe in the District
for any one to discriminate against
any one in public place because of
race, color or creed"
Another would call for abolition of
that part of the Hatch Act which
prohibits activity Of Federal Gov
ernment workers in politics.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Stolen Truck, Laden With Sugar, Crashes
Into House as Climax of Police Chase

A struggle between policeman
and the driver of a milk truck which
ended in the latter being seriously
wounded early today climaxed po-
lice pursuit of truck stolen from
the Wakefield Dairy.
The chase ended with the truck
smashing into a building at Is D
street Sc.
Policeman Donald Downs had
leaped aboard the truck when its
driver had refused a command to
halt. He and the driver both jumped
clear few seconds before the crash
and continued their fight. When the
driver pulled knife, Pvt. Downs
said. he drew his gun and shot him
in the small of the back.
A 15-year-old colored boy, Leroy
Jerry, one Of the house occupants,
was injured by showering glass and
plaster when the truck crashed
through the wall, damaging the
structural beams. Thomas Malone,
IS, colored, owner of the house, was
not injured.
Later. police said, sixteen 100
pound bags of sugar, stolen from
the dairy, were found In the truck.
According to Pvt. Downs, who was
not injured, he and his partner,
Pvt. Paul Minick were cruising in
their scout car at l:45 am. when
they observed the truck pulling out
of the dairy. Suspicious because the
truck was on the street before the
hour milk trucks usually start out,
the officers called to the driver to
halt. Instead, the driver, Willie
Mcfarland, 20. colored, bottle
capper at the dairy, sought to pull
away, Pvt. Downs said.
Pvt. Downs jumped on the back
OF the truck, while his partner
followed In the cruiser.
Mcfarland was removed to Gal
linger Hospital where his condition
was said to be serious.
Meanwhile, the truck remained
embedded in the house pending a
survey by Building Department in
spectors to see whether the house is
in danger OF collapse. The area
around the structure was roped of
by police.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Civic Committee
Backs Randolph
Stadium Bill
Revision Will Speed
Action in Congress,
Akers Believes

Approval by the National Stadium
Committee of the Randolph bill with
proposed amendments was an
nounced today by Floyd D. Akers,
committee chairman.
The amendments cover points
raised Tuesday when q House Dis
trlct subcommittee, headed by Rep
resentative Harris. Democrat, Of
Arkansas, held a hearing on the
legislation introduced by Chairman
Randolph of the House District
Committee.
Mr. Akers said the Executive Com
mlttee Of the Stadium COMMITTEES
met last night and approved the
measure with the proposed amend
ments. He said he believed accent
ance of these amendments would
make 1t possible ito get speedy ac-
ton on the bill by Congress"
Amendments to Bill.
The amendments to the Randolph
bill are:
Provision for part of the stadium
to be set aside as a museum for
records, pictures and busts Of
notable athletes.
Establishment of nine-man
commission to select plans for the
stadium. Three members would be
appointed by the President of the
Senate, three by the Speaker of
the House and three by the Presi-
dent. This provision embraces in
principle the content of the bill
introduced by Chairman Bilbo of
the Senate District Committee.
Management of the stadium would
be vested in a seven-man board of
governors, all to be appointed by
the President. All would serve
without compensation. The chair
man and two members would be
named for 10-year terms and the
remaining four members for five
year terms. All the members must
be engaged in business or profess
sional practice in the District and
at least four must have lived here
at least three years.
The project shall be self -liouidat-
ing within IS years, except for the
memorial features
Provision for an appropriation Of
s25 900 to cover the immediate cost
Of plans, designs and estimates.
Cost Would Exceed Five Million.
In letter to Mr. Harris, Mr.. Akers
said the Stadium Committee had
learned that the cost of the Cleve-
land Stadium Is years ago was s34
per seat, and that now it would be
more than S45 seat.
1T is obvious" Mr.. Akers said,
that we will have to consider a cost
ranging between $50 and $50 a seat"
The cost for stadium seating 10o.-
300 would run between s5 900 900 and
Sc 900 900, exclusive of the memorial
features, he pointed out.
| Acting Secretary of the Treasury
Daniel w. Bell yesterday suggested
to the House District Committee
that one of the national stadium
bills under consideration be amend
ed to provide that any profits or
earnings be paid into the Treasury.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
PUG Authorizes
Capital Transit
To oRefinance
IN Million in Bonds
And ~ Million in
Bank Loans Approved

The Public Utilities Commission
today granted the Capital Transit
Co. authority to issue $12,50O, 900 in
bonds and to borrow $2,50O, 900 from
banks in order to refinance the
company.
The Securities and Exchange
Commission and the Interstate
Commerce Commission, however,
have not yet issued their decisions
in the case.
At the request Of the PUG. the
company submitted a stipulation
that pending rate hearing in the
near future it will not increase its
present common stock dividend of
81 a share and will set aside $500 900
a year in reserve for possible adjust
ment of property accounts.
viii Retire Debts.
The amount raised by bonds and
borrowing will be used, with cash on
hand, to retire almost 5000, 900 in
long-term debts The ref1nancing
program will eliminate large cash
requirements for debt retirements
now scheduled in 1947 and 1851. The
PUG commented:
Testimony has been offered to
the effect that, in order to meet the
amount of debts matur-
ing in l947. the company would be
required to conserve all possible cash
by deferring the purchase of new
streetcars, by modifying its bus pur-
chase program and by eliminating
on its capital stock.
However, according to the record,
even these drastic expedients would
not place the company in a position
to meet its 1851 debt maturities."
Deficit Cited at Hearing.
During a public hearing several
weeks ago. j. Edward Heberle, vice
president and controller of the COM
pany, told the commission that on
the basis OF its present debt obliga-
tions, plus dividends and purchasing
program, the company would have a
deficit Of Sc, 1868, 900 in 1851 IL it were
not allowed to reflnance itself.
The bond issue sought by the
company would mature on Decem-
Der l, 1864, and bear 4 per cent in
terest. 1t is proposed to borrow 81
100000 from II banks in the District
and two in Maryland and to borrow
$4,000 from the Chase National
Bank Of New York City.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Federal Agencies Ac1
To Stop Loss Of Time
In Cigarette Lines

Several Government agencies
have taken steps to halt loss of time
by Government workers who take
informal leave during their Office
hours to form in long lines to buy
cigarettes at cafeterias and news
stands, it was learned today.
At the same time, the District
Office of Price Administration served
notice that consumer complaints of
tie-in sales of cigarettes will be sub
mitted to the enforcement division
for action.
A spokesman for the Welfare and
Recreational Association. which op-
crates more than 100 cafeterias and
stands in Government buildings,
said the Navy Department had in
augurated a compulsory rationing
system in one of its smaller build
ings. Slips which serve as ration
coupons have been issued and no one
can buy smokes in the building with
out slip.
Authority in Doubt.
At the huge Interior Department
cafeteria, also run by the aSSocia-
ton, an order was issued today to
stop the long lines of workers from
wasting time during Office hours to
buy cigarettes. How it will work re-
mains to be seen. One official said
the slip system probably will be put
into effect. But the long lines dur
ing office hours will be stopped to-
day, it was emphasized.
Some differences of opinion ap-
parently exists as to who has au-
thority in the problem. Some de-
partment officials claim the Welfare
and Recreational Association con-
trolls the cafeteria and newsstands,
while an association spokesman said
his organization runs the outlets, but
the problem of control rests with the
departments.
In a few places, it was explained,
no cigarettes are sold during Office
hours. The association, through its
outlets all over the METROPOLITAN
Area, has sold an average of 25,8OO
packs a day for the last month.
OPA Warns Dealers.
AT the direction of Chief Enforce
ment Attorney John L. Laskey the
OPA price division has sent the fol-
lowing letter to all retail establish
ments selling cigarettes:
I'VE have received manv COM
plants from customers that in order
to buy cigarettes they were forced to
buy merchandise they did not want
This Is tie-in sale, prohibited by
law.
Because of the epidemic nature
OF these complaints, they will not be
handled by our local boards, but will
be submitted directly to the enforce.
ment division"
Mr.. Laskey on Saturday an.
nounced the launching of drive to
avert a black market in cigarettes
and said investigators would con-
centrate on the wholesale field. To.
days announcement was the first
indication the OPA was moving into
the retail field.
Because of lack of personnel, the
OPA is unable to cover the latter
field adequately, and Mr.. Laskey
has asked consumers to notify the
OPA of any apparent violations o1
the price regulations in connection
with cigarettes.
The agency also plans to call or
local and national OPA employees te
make surveys of stores in which
they regularly deal, gathering data
on the supply situation and methods
employed in any scheme of self
rationing.
Mr.. Laskey told the trade Satur-
day that any program of self
rationing that dealers work oui
would be approved so long as it die
! not conflict with the law.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Opening Gun is Fired
In Grocer-Consumer
Anti-Inhation Battle

The opening gun in the Districts s
grocer consumer anti-inf1a ton cam
paign to hold down food prices for
the remainder of the war and during
the immediate postwar period was
fired last night as capacity crowd
of grocers, OPA officials and con-
sumers attended rally in the
United States Chamber of Commerce
Auditorium.
More than 900 persons enthusi-
astically applauded speeches by
Representative Jennings Randolph.
chairman of the House District
Committee; Robert K. Thompson,
director of the local OPA; Aaron
Levin, executive secretary of the
Districts Independent Food Dis
tributors, and others who urged
whole-hearted support of the cam
paign.
A message also was received from
District Commissioner John Russell
Young, who heartily indorsed" the
objectives of the drive. TT is equally
important as winning the war to see
to it that we do not have imitation
after the war" Mr.. Young said. I'VE
must see to it that prices don't run
away as they did in the last war"
Warns of Tragic Situation.
Mr. Randolph told the audience
that 1T would be tragic situation
and ruinous to American economy
should prices spiral out of control
as a result of imitation.
1T is only proper that the District
the Capital of the Nation-should
take the lead in conducting this
grocer consumer campaign as ar
experiment for the rest of the coun-
try to follow Mr.. Randolph
declared.
Details of the campaign were out
lined by Mr.. Levin, who exhibited
various posters issued by the OPA
to be used in the drive. Grocers
and other food handlers were urged
to prominently display, in addition
to their ceiling lists, the poster:
urging grocer consumer co-opera
ton. The official poster, with 9
red white blue motif, shows 6
handclasp of grocer and consumer
above the official slogan of the cam
paign: I'VE are pledged to keeI
prices down"
Mr.. Levin also urged the food
handlers to discuss with their GUS
toners any misunderstanding
which might arise over ceiling
prices of various food commodities
Preceding Mr.. Levin. Mrs. Daniel
H. Silberberg, chairman of the Dis
trict Consumers Committee OF
Civilian War Services, called for q
friendlier attitude on sthe part OF
some grocers when customers ques-
ton certain listed ceiling prices.
| Mrs. Silberberg said a successful
campaign would cement a friend
lier feeling" between grocer and
customer and would achieve the
goal of keeping prices down for the
sake of Americas future"
Mr.. Thompson said the OPA was
"wholeheartedly" in support of the
campaign. ''It is because your ef-
forts in the District have been so
good" he told the grocers, that you
are entitled to prompt action
against the few who won't play the
game as you want to see 1t played" ]"
Other speakers included Pfc. John
Evening star., 1944-12-01

year. His ledger, however, shows
los all told" Itemized are 3 hens,
4 ducks, 3 wagons, rabbits, 3
roosters, cradles, 36 baby chicks,
3 crows, Donald Ducks, Dutch
boy, l8 turkeys and II ring games.
He seemed to like the cradles best
They'll rock perfectly" he said
with pride. He set one on a level
and gave it push. 1t rocked back
and forth vigorously.
Asked where he got his designs,
he answered, up here" And he
tapped his head with a forefinger
I've never taken time to 60 around
to the stores and look at the toys
he explained.
Priorities don't bother DR.. ST.
Clair. He gets his wood from old
crates, sands it down and marks
out the designs. When the toy is
finished, it gets three coats of paint
Like Toy Department.
About the middle of December
the physicians workshop will look
like toy department. The animals
will be spread out on a nice white
sheet for his friends to see. Then
the superintendent of the home will
distribute them to orphanages ard
needy families.
DR.. st. Clair's thoughts were on
Christmas toys the day Of the in
tervlew. ButM had just come In
from the Gospel Mission Clinic
where he goes three days a week.
He said he used to be president
OF the District Genealogical Society
and for 26 years was on the surgica
dispensary staff at Emergency Hos
pital.
I've always been very fond OF
children he said reminiscently
and they apparently were of me. :
1t is not hard to see why.
Evening star., 1944-12-01
Alarm c lock S Ringing at 5 AN,
Saves Family From Coal Gas

An alarm clock that went OFF at 5
o'clock this morning saved a family
Of six from asphyxiation in their
home at 1858 Holmead street NV.
The clock reused Joseph E. Smith,
"A, chief electrician at the Statler
Hotel. He found his wife, Kath-
crime, AZ, unconscious beside him
from the effects of coal gas which
had escaped from faulty flue in a
coal-burning furnace.
Mr.. Smith quickly awakened their
four children and called firemen.
Both Mrs. Smith and an. Law
Evening star., 1944-12-01

mended member,
retired today be-
c use of i'll
health.
1t. Lineburg
had been with
the department
for IS years.
During the past
IL ye ars he
headed the spe-
cial investiga-
tions and miss
ing ers o n S
squad, formerly
k n o W n as the
subversive squad.