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Evening star., 1944-08-24
Districts ALLEGATION
A,O39,OOO a Year
Under Road Aid Bill g..
$l0,625. .0o0 for Virginia
And S., ,543, 900 for
Maryland Also Included

The Districts ALLEGATION under the
postwar Federal road aid bill now
pending before the Senate is esti-
mated at $4,039, 900 a year, or $12,-
117,000 for the three-year period
covered by the measure, according
to a formal report from the Senate
Post On1ces and Post Roads Com
mittee.
The bill carries a new formula
under which the Federal Govern
ment would meet 60 per cent of the
project costs where the States and
the District provided 40 per cent.
For Virginia, Maryland and the
District, the total grants on the
matching money basis are estimated
to approximate $63 3,62l 600 during
the three-year period.
Hopes for Early Action.
Approximate apportionments as
listed In the report on the Senate
bill indicate figure of Sl0625, 900
a year for Virginia, for a total of
$3l BIS, 900, and for Maryland, S.
$4,000 or $l9,629, 900 for the three
years.
Senator Hayden, Democrat, of
Arizona, ranking majority member
OF the Senate group and author of
the measure, expressed hope it would
be possible to bring it up in the
Senate for action before the ex-
pected prediction recess which
may start by mid-September.
The committee report emphasizes
that the bill takes into considera-
ton the employment situation which
may exist after the war and Is
mindful of the needs Of men re-
turning from military service"
Federal Aid Principle Retained,
The States acting jointly with the
Federal Government can build up
a shelf of essential road projects"
which can be undertaken during
the reconversion period, the report
adds.
The capacity of the highway
program to provide useful jobs,
both on the site of the improve
ments and in supply industries,
was demonstrated in prewar years
when approximately one-half of
all public works were road i'm
provement projects" it continued.
The report added that the bill
preserves intact the principle of
Federal aid which has characterized
road legislation for nearly three
decades by allocating funds among
the States by formula, matched
by State funds. and administered
by the Public Roads Administration
in a coordinate relationship with
the States.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Escaped Mental Potent,
Former WAVE, Found

Arlington County police last night
picked up 23-year-old former
WAVE who had escaped from the
mental ward of St. Elizabeth's Hos
pital earlier in the day.
She was medically discharged
from the Navy last January and
committed to the institution on
recommendation of authorities at
the Naval Hospital at Bethesda.
Police said she was found wander
ing in Rosslyn, Va.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
WooIworth, Kresqe
Fined on Food Churoe

F. w. Woolworth Co., 900 Sew
enth street NV, and S. S. Kresge
Co., 720 Seventh street NV, both
were fined yesterday in Municipal
Court on charges of health law vio-
lationS.
F. w. Woolworth Co. was fined
$100 on charges of having cookies
and candies infested with reaches
and weevils, and S. S. Kresge Co.
was fined $50 on similar charge.
Michael Lopes, operator of the
Snackery Restaurant, 5000 Rhode
Island avenue NE, forfeited $50 on
charges Of having dirty floors and
shelves.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Two Injured as Fire
Destroys Shore Cunnery
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SNOW HILL, Md. Aug. 24.--Fire
OF undetermined origin which de-
stroyed the Snow Hill Canning Co. s
three buildings within 30 minutes
yesterday resulted in an estimated
$10O, 900 loss and injuries to plant
worker and a volunteer fireman.
States Attorney William G. Ker-
Bin OF Worcester County, the VOL
unteer, suffered an injury to his
right hand and Owen Stanley, COL
ored employe, was burned about the
shoulders. Approximately 100 work.
ers were in the buildings at the
time.
Paul G. Wimbrow, owner of the
company, said his damage estimate
included $4,000 cases of tomatoes
already packed for the armed forces
and valued at So each.
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now is concluding his duties as di-
rector of the Aircraft Resources
Control Office to succeed Charles I
Stanton, whose resignation to be-
come deputy administrator was an
nounced by President Roosevelt
Tuesday.
A native of Illinois and a grad
uate of Knox College and Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology
Mr.. Wright learned to fly with the
Navy during the World War. He
went with Curtiss- Wright on leav-
ing the Navy in 1921.
In 1929 Mr. Wright was in charge
of the development of the Curtiss
Tanager airplane which won a
100000 Guggenheim award in a
safety competition. He is 49 years
old.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Clear, Cool Weather
Forecast for Toduy

A clear, cool day with some wind
and the highest temperature in the
upper 7Os is forecast for today by
the Weather Bureau as the cool
spell concludes its first week.
Tonight also will be cool, with a
minimum in the upper SOS forecast.
The lower temperature this morning
was GA degrees at 7:06 am.
Only .04 inch of rain fell during
last nights short shower.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
|1hip Officers Under Bond
In Cigarette Theft Case
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 24-1Jnited
states Commissioner James K
Cullen set a total of IS O0o hail
today for three ship officers CHARGED
oy Federal Bureau of Investigation
onclaS with the theft of approxi-
mately 100000 cigarettes INTENDED
1or the use of American troonx
overseas. p'
John w. Vincent, special FRI
agent, said the officers stole the
cigarettes from the S. S. F. A. a
Muhlenberg last July IL at Au-
gusta, Sicily. Two of the men were
apprehended by an Italian armed
guard in Augusta and a large GUAM
tlty OF the cigarettes. Federal Gov.
ernment property, were found in
their possession, Mr.. Vincent added
Louis ]. Andrews, Baltimore
chief engineer, was held on $4,000
bail and Arthur D. Swift, Carlisle.
Pa, chief mate, and Victor N. Pacor
New York City, acting second mate.
were held in $500 bail each pend
ing a preliminary hearing Septem-
ber I
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Baltimore Junior Bar
Opposes Filling Vacancy

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 24.-The Jun
1or Bar Association of Baltimore
City said yesterday appointment of
successor to Chief Judge Samuel
K. Dennis was unnecessary due to
current marked decline in the
volume of litigation before the su-
preme bench.
Litigation was insufficient to me
cessitate the appointment at the
present time of an additional judge" I"
the association stated in recon-
mending to Gov. O'Conor that the
position, which will be vacated Au-
gust 81 by the retirement of Judge
Dennis, remain untitled.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Army Officers to Attend
Virginia Guard Comm

High-ranking officers of the War
department and the Virginia State
Guard are expected to attend the
two-day encampment of the Guards
llth battalion at Cedar Run Camp
near Warrenton, Saturday and
Sunday.
According to 1t. Col. Everett A.
Hellmuth, commanding officer of
the five Northern Virginia COM
panies, $50 men are expected to
take part in the program of train
ing and maneuvers over the week
end.
Two conveys will leave the Alex
andria Armory early SATURDAY.
morning-Company 112 of Alexan.
dria, commanded by Capt. Roy w.
Keesee, and the headquarters and
medical detachment commanded by
Capt. John P. Strauss. Companies
from Arlington, Berryville, VIM
chester and Warrenton are expected
to reach camp by noon.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Traffic Fatalities
In Maryland Lowest
On Record in July
BY the Associated Press,

~ VAC &hccoSAoeco tCcSs
BALTIMORE, Aug. pa new
safety mark for the Baltimore
Washington boulevard, formerly re-
garded as the most dangerous
stretch of highway in the country,
was disclosed yesterday in State
Traffic Safety Commission report
which showed that there were no
fatal traffic accidents on the high
way in July.
Commission Director Edgar r.
McShane termed the record almost
unbelievable and said it was per-
haps the first such record in Is
years. Traffic fatalities on the high
way formerly averaged approxi-
mately one per mile per year, he
added.
The report disclosed no traffic
fatalities in the entire Waterloo
barracks area of the State police,
which includes the Washington
boulevard, Ritchie boulevard, Co.
lumbia pike and the highways of
Montgomery and Prince Georges
Counties in the Metropolitan Area
OF Washington.
81 Killed In State.
In the Gil accidents reported last
month for the entire State 2l per-
sons were killed and 464 were in
jured. This was the lowest number
OF traffic fatalities in the commits
slon's records, Mr.. McShane re-
ported.
July's traffc accidents represented
"a per cent decrease from the 90
deaths occurring in the 999 reported
accidents In July. 1943.
This record was attained despite
an increase of almost 40 per cent in
Maryland automobile trafic for july.
compared to the corresponding 1913
month.
Traffic Manager George N. Lewis.
Jr., of the State Roads Commission
said that gains ranged from ZIG per
cent on rural Allegany County
road to 1857 per cent on an arteria1
highway to Ocean City.
Traffic Gains 1s Per Cent.
Recordings taken at II photo:
electric counters throughout the
State disclosed a 1885 per cent in
crease in traffic over roads, bridges
and ferries in the first seven months
OF this year over the correspondence
l943 period. Mr.. Lewis said. :
Susquehanna River Bridge trat-
nc jumped 1882 per cent in July, and
the flow over the Potomac River toll
bridge gained 1873 per cent compared
to July, 1943.
Passenger motorcar traffic on the
Chesapeake Bay ferry system was
up l0456 per cent over the figure
for the corresponding month last
year, and commercial vehicle traffic
showed 31.27 per cent increase.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Student Enrolment
Sought at kinderourten

Residents of Hampshire Knolls,
Nd, who wish to enroll their chill
dren in a kindergarten to be estab-
lshed at the J. Enos Ray School
nave been asked to call Mrs. SILVIA
Schllt, Silver Spring 0471, who is
sponsoring the project.
Mrs. Schilt said she helped organ
lze kindergarten last year with
an enrolment of approximately IS
children. Whether the project will
ne repeated this year will depend on
the number of children enrolled.
she explained. Children from other
areas also will be accepted, she said
Evening star., 1944-08-24
PUG Denies Petition
For Change in Ruling
On Pepco Rates
FWA and Treasury Unit
Are Believed Considering
PIons for Court Test

The Public Utilities Commission
late yesterday denied the petitions
OF the Federal Works Agency and
the Ireasury's Procurement Divi-
sion Tor a reconsideration of the
PUG decision reducing rates of the
Potomac Electric Power Co. by ST..
037, ,189.
Counsel for both agencies had
sought at least a $1,000 900 reduce
ton IN rates. Pepco also has ex.
pressed dissatisfaction with the rul-
ing, though from the opposite view.
point.
The utility company has peti.
tioned District Court asking that
the PUG order be vacated, declaring
the order was illegal and invalid
ana sought to establish, by unilat-
eral action and without their con.
sent, a new sliding scale arrange
ment for the determination of peti.
toners rates of charge"
Next Move Undisclosed.
Inc next move by the Govern.
menu agencies was not Immediately
disclosed, although there is the nos.
slb1lity that they, too. would take
the case to District Court. Attor-
neys for the FWA and the Treasury
procurement Division last night
said they had not definitely de.
clded' what action to take.
In the Treasury's petition, coun-
sci asserted that Pepco owed its
profitable record almost entirely
to the Government" and showed
poor grace" in appealing the. de-
clsion to District Court.
"Pepco has had, as the record
SHOWS, one of the most profitable
records OF any public utility in the
country" Thurman Hill. general
counsel for Procurement, and Harry
Il. Booth, special counsel, stated in
their brief. 49,
Inc attorneys contended that the
FuC order reducing rates, ordering
a reduction in the rate of return
from 8 per cent to SIS, and altering
tne rate base from an undepre.
clated to a deprecated rate base
was extremely LIBERAL to the com,
pany.
Contention of FWA.
Inc FWA petition requested a re-.
ouctlon Of at least s3,S6O 900, charg.
Ing Pepco with excessive and un.
considerable" earnings. Counsel for
the agency said the utility company
should not be permitted to earn
pronts on investments made by the
company with moneys representing
excessive earnings involuntarilv con.
trlbuted by rate payers.
Where the company's excess re-.
turn has been invested in new nron.
erty," the petition stated. the con.
sumers have actually paid for the
property, and to require them tn
pay return on its cost makes them
pay twice"
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Missing Officer Honored

SAN DIEGO, Calf, Aug. "a R.-
Comdr, Finley E. Hall, listed by the
Navy as missing in action, has been
awarded the Silver Star for conspic-
uouS gallantry aboard the escort
carrier Liscombe Bay. Comdr. Hall,
a native of Tupelo, Miss, was execu-
tive off1cer of the craft. which was
torpedoed last November OF Maxim
Island.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
District Woman Held
In HyuttsviIIe Stubbinu

Florence M. Banks, 20, colored
Of the $500 block of Rhode Island
avenue NE, was being held to-
day under $2,500 bond in Hyatts-
vile Jail on a charge Of assault with
intent to kill,
Hyattsville police said the woman
stabbed Mrs. Florence Holt, colored,
%, of the first block of Fourteenth
street NE, last night in a Hyatts-
vile restaurant, where both are en-
ployed.
Mrs. Holt was taken to Leland
Memorial Hospital, Riverdale, where
her condition was described as fair
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Northern Virginia Cofe
Conference Postponed

The meeting of Northern Virginia
Restaurant Owners and Employees,
called by the food price panel of
the Alexandria Ration Board for to-
morrow night, has been postponed.
Mrs. Mary Gueuow, price clerk of
the Alexandria board, said that
personnel from the Roanoke Once
of Price Administration were un-
able to attend.
Restaurant owners will be in
formed when the meeting will be
held and they will not be required
to post the prices of 40 basic food
items until after the meeting.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Salisbury Stores Plan
To Close on V-Doy
By the Associated Press.

oS tHe ASSoCIdted Press.
SALISBURY, Md. Aug. a.
Salisbury stores will close within Is
minutes Of the announcement of
Germany's surrender, the Retail
Merchants Association announced
today.
The group said that if the an
nouncement came before noon dur
ing a business day, the stores would
close for the remainder of the day.
II the news broke after noon the
stores also would remain closed the
following day.
II the announcement is made over
a week end, stores will remain closed
on Monday.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Daily Prayers Said
For PorIey's Success

Daily prayers for the success of
the postwar conference at Dunn
barton Oaks are being said at the
MONDAY mtercession services held
in the War Shrine Chapel of Wash
ington Cathedral, it was announced
today.
Clergymen leading the services,
and the dates on which they are
conducting them, are the Rev. Oscar
F. Green, today; Canon Theodore
0. Wedel, August Is, %, 80 and Sep
tember l, and Canon F. j. Bohanan,
August 26, 20, 81 and September 2
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Promotion of Gen. Patch
Confirmed by Senate

By the Associated Press.
The promotion of Maj. Gen. Alex
ander M. Patch, jr., to the temporary
rank of lieutenant general was con-
flrmed by the Senate yesterday.
Gen. Patch, commanding the
American 7th Army in Southern
France, is a native of Fort Huachuca.
Ariz.
The Senate also confirmed promo
tions Of 10 officers to major general
and % to brigadier general.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
=. Save This Newspaper

e. Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
tor Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
of old newspapers and maga-
6nes Is needed. Notify some
school child In your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-08-24

duStry IN this
country.
He was a vice
president a n d
C h i e f engineer
for Curtis i S s.
Wright W h e n
asked to come to
Washington in
1910 to act as a
liaison man be-
tween the Gov
ernment a n d
manufactu ers
expanding pro-
duction of mill
tary planes.
Evening star., 1944-08-24

collected by school children in
Washington and nearby areas, and
brought the summer figure to 6,740,-
1872 pounds.
Several large collections were re-
corded, with Bancroft School lead
ing with 2,756 pounds. Park View,
which has been consistently produc-
tive throughout the summer, had
1920.
Among Fairgrounds there were
three which contributed a ton or
more. Columbia led with $4,000
pounds. Raymond and Happy Hol-
low each turned in an even 1000
pounds, while Rudolph almost
equaled its entire July collections
with LAS pounds.
The schedule in the fifth district
tomorrow, with the five leading
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Senator Byrd's Car Stolen

Police today were seeking the au-
tomobile Of Senator Byrd, Demo-
crat, of Virginia, which was stolen
from its parking space outside the
Senate Once Building. The Senator
told police he left the ignition keys
IN the lock Of the car.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
81. District Men Report
For Military Induction

A total of 81 District men who
were found qualified for the armed
forces on their pre-induction exam
lnation have been ordered to report
for induction at Fort Myer today.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
New Chief Of CAA
Grew Up With Aviation

Theodore P. Wright. who is to
assume his new duties as civil aero
nautics administrator about Septem-
Der l, grew up with the aviation in
Evening star., 1944-08-24
TheY are.

-
Hernandez. Carlos
Levy, Jerome s.
Miller, Lawrence E.
Mooty, Frank T., jr
MoskowitZ, Karl H.
Patton, Nicholas
Stolar, Sidney I.
Vakas, James
YannucCi, Frank T.
Connoly. Games B.
Cooper, Bernard F.
Farmer, A. G.
Pierce. Carlos E.
Wentzel. Robert T.
America, Francis o.
Canter, Toward r.
jenkins. V. H.
Maize, Joseph w.
MoIingo. w. W
Evening star., 1944-08-24

NEW POLIO MACHINE PREsENTED-To speed treatment of
infantle paralysis device for steaming and
wringng out hot wooen cloths presentation to
Chldrens Hospital by Board of Commerce Nurse
zela Dorsey pulls hot pack out of the machine
year-od convaescent patient Harry of 1882 Corde
avenue, Bethesda, Md. John j. Anderson rght shown
accepting the machine from Norton president the
Junior Board of Commerce. tstory on page AID
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1944-08-24

Terry, Norman L.
Spaulding, NJ. w.
Barbour, Russell c.
Beveridge, John L.
Brown, Hazel E.
Campbell, Alan T.
Clark. Neil
ClarkSon. Henry N.
Crane. Thomas R,
Dunaway, Robert E.
Ellis, Robert E.
Frost, Albert L.
Mock. Lana L.
Murphy, George w.
Murphy. Henry r.
Wa atterson. c. c.
Ursem, Franklin w.
Klotzbaugh G. A.
Evening star., 1944-12-10

wives, war workers, students and
secretaries who must keep on the job,
even on "those inevitable days" OF
the month. Designed by a doctor
to be worninierndHy, Tampaxismade
Of fsurgical cotton compressed in dainty
applicators. No belts or pins are re-
CURED. No external pads no bulk to
dshow." Handy to carry and speedy
to change. No odor can form. No dis
posal difficulties. Sold at drug
stores, notion counters. A whole
month S supply will go into your purse.
Economy box contains4 4 months sup
ply average J. Tampax Incorporated,
Palmer, Mass.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Brenda will
You Step Out
With Me Tonight?

know I've been an awful Crouch not TAX
ing you any place lately. But after standing
all day at my new job, my feet darn near
killed me with callouses and burning. Now
I've reformed - or rather my feet have -
thanks TO the Ice Mint you advised. Never
tried anything that seemed to draw the
pain and fire right out 30 fast - and the
way it helps soften callouses 10 nobody s
businessi Been able to get some extra over
time money - so what do you say. let's 60
dancing tonight You can step on my 1ee-
Mint feet all you want.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
The Way Out

FEDERAL regulations do not allow
the mutilation or casual use oil
authentic coins of any country.
Thus, 10 coins being needed in a
hurry, Perrin unearthed a long
forgotten collection of defunct
mazuma. That did the trick.
In this, picture. George Raft,
nightclub owner, has to throw gold
coins to his audience. The request
for several hundred of these was
startler. Charlie solved it by gid
ing poker chips.
And that wasn't all: Raft also
pays off a fight bet that was enor-
nous, even for those Barbary
Coast days. At the same time,
Carmen Miranda and 20 girls need
ed costumes made of banknotes;
hundreds of extras had to pay
their way through turnstiles into a
ball game. Perrin thought ne was
finally broke.
So he hoped the border to Mex
ico and bought all the old-time
bills he could lay his hands on.
Cost: two cents each. I'VE couldn't
print them for that" he said.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Why not plan
to use Tampax
this very month?
millions Of women have already
made this decision. Whynotyou?

Every day more
women are dis
covering Tampax
and spreading the
news among their
friends. This mod
ern met hod OF
sanitary protec-
tion is rapidly
sweeping the coun-
try. appealing as
il does to house
Evening star., 1944-12-10

Call for lots of milk, fruit, and
Wheaties, Breakfast of Cham
pions." You'll get real whole
grain nourishment in those crisp
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Charles Perrin has
rooms full of money
but cannot spend it

Tx-BANK teller Charles Perrin
E has spent the last IS years
gathering the country's largest
collection of phony money - and
passing it off as real. At Twentieth
Century-Fox, where he is known
as the Movie Morgenthau, Perrin
is master of the mint, and some
thing of counterfeiter to boot.
He has enough money to finance
several Barbary Coast gambling
saloons. large bank. eight pari-
mutuel booths and a dozen GI
crap games. He has enough slugs
to burn out lights of 20 pinball
machines, run 10 juke boxes
steadily for three days, and fill
500 pay phones to capacity.
Assigning the counterfeit dollar
for use in over 1000 movies has
placed MIR. Perrin in many a spot.
Currently. the production OF mob
Hill" had more problems than
usual. There was the floor in the
Barbary Coast saloon studded
with coins from the four corners OF
the earth.
Evening star., 1944-12-10

toasted flakes. And lots of rich
nut-sweet flavor. Have 'em often,
too. Wheaties are mighty good
eating-morning, noon, or night.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
Who Owed Which?

PROBABLY his most amusing ex-
perience was the time when two
stars, Anne Baxter and William
Eythe, turned up to settle moot
point: They had been playing gin
rummy in Anne's dressing room,
using money of four nations. and
didn't know who owed which.
81 had to unravel the finan-
cial status of the parties con-
cerned," said Perrin. ut seemed
Miss Baxter owed Mr.. Eythe four
hundred rupees, less the sixty
reichsmarks he had given her for
eleven hundred Belgian francs she
put up as collateral for the four
hundred Swedish kronor which she
had borrowed to start the game.
Perrin solved the problem. And
that's one reason they call him
the Movie Morgenthau.
Evening star., 1944-12-10
HUNTERS oct ssf for minor evts with
N,ity suLFA- -thio-zoe HANDi-TAPE


Some trifiing little cut
or scratch could mess
up a swell hunting
trip if it became
infected. And remem-
ber-any skin break,
no matter how small,
is an open door to
dangerous and pain
full infection un-
less you protect it
right away and keep
it protected!