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Evening star., 1944-08-27

"Of course, you can't get . pr1-
ority for that" said the next Of
fetal. Why don't you 60 to some
construction job and ask them to
give ycu q piece Of wood.
| The house explained that
clotheSpins had to have certain
iresiliency-just any wood woulda' t
do. She reminded him that the
other WPB ofiicial had said he
could help her. Never heard Of
him, said ofncial No. 2.
The housewives Illustration came
to the attention of The Star which
promptly made survey of the
clothespin situation.
They aren't being made any
more said the first hardware store
salesman and hung up.
I'VE had some made of plastic
but we ran out and we haven't
been able to get any since" re-
ported a second hardware store.
So The Star tried the lumber
dealers. The first out advised that
maple or ash would make a nice
clothespin but we haven't any,"
Lumber must be short II they've
stopped making clothespins. Guess
there won't be any toothpicks
soon," commented a second lumber
man. He agreed that maple could be
carved into clothespins but that s
all frozen" !
The third lumberman tried to
be helpful.
You 60 to WPB and make appli-
cation for a priority and present 1t
to your lumber dealer and maybe
he can get you some wood, but
you'll need a very high priority"
The fourth lumberman advised a
trip to room 1923 in the Municipal
Building, where an application could
be obtained. At room 1923 a clerk
wanted to know whether the wood
was for commercial or residential
purposes. Residential? The re-
porter was referred to the District
OF Columbia Insuring Office, Fede-
raj Housing Administration.
The form was impressive, a four
sided QUESTIONABLE to be filed in
triplicate. Attached, however. was
warning that the application must
contain one of the following rea-
sons as justification for the lumber
requested:
That the damage was caused by
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Body Of Woman, Missing
z Days, Found in Potomac

The body of Mrs. May Ostrow.
49. OF 618 Twenty-third street NV.
who disappeared from her home
early Friday morning, was found
Yesterday in the Potomac River at
the foot of Wisconsin avenue. The
body was removed to the moreue.
The body was identified by Mrs.
Ostrow's son-in-law, william Feller.
OF 37-k Ridge road, Greenbelt, Md.
Meyer Ostrow, the husband. a
special policeman for the War De-
partment,A told police his wife had
been visiting relatives at Green
belt, but he had brought her homo
Thursday evening. She recently
suffered a nervous breakdown. he
said. He sat up with her all night.
he told police, but dozed of about 4
am. and she had gone when he
awakened about an hour later.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
New Overposs
In Arlington to
Open This Week

Construction of the overpass at
the intersection of Washington and
Lee boulevards in Arlington County
is virtually completed and the
bridge will be opened to traffic
Wednesday or Thursday, it was an
nounced yesterday by H. J. Spelman,
Public Roads Administration district
engineer.
The project, which was started in
January, was delayed because of a
priority denial on steel needed for
construction.
Three separate contracts, for the
grading, paving and bridge con-
struction. respectively, combine to
make the project cost $4,000
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Tb Clinic Schedule
Listed for Counties

The Maryland tuberculosis Asso-
citation has announced the Septem-
ber clinic schedule for the nearby
areas:
In Prince Georges County, the
clinic for Upper Marlboro will be at
10 am. Friday at the health depart
ment; for Hyattsville, 10 am. Sep
tember 8 and September is in the
County Service Building: Laurel,
pm. September % in the Police
Court Building.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Dexter M. Bull
lard, Rockville, president of the
Montgomery County tuberculosis
Association, has announced the ap-
pointments Of two chairmen for the
1914 Christmas Seal campaign. Carl
A. Bachschmid of Bethesda has
accepted the Craftsmanship of the
county Seal Sale Committee, and
Mrs. James D. Vail. jr., of Chevy
Chase will be receiving chairman
in charge of returns from the cam
paign.
The following have accepted local
chairmanships: Mrs. James G. Rob-
inson, Chevy Chase; Mrs. c. S
Duvall, jr., Cabin John: Mrs. John
M. Nader, Bethesda; Mrs. Charles
Cramer, Sd, Damascus; Mrs. w. M
Plank, Kensington;. Mrs. Thomas
Somerville, Sd, Kenwood; Mrs. John
M. Wheels, Rockville; Mrs. A, d
Farquhar, Sandy Spring; Mrs.
Arthur M. Harrison, Takoma Park,
and Mrs. j. Forest Walker, Gathers
burg.
In the Christmas Seal campaign
this year it is hoped to increase the
mailing list by IS per cent.
Evening star., 1944-08-27

fire, flood, tornado, earthquake
storm or the like "and the damage
is of such nature as to make the
dwelling unit for continued oc.
cupancy" or that , part Of q dwell
ing had deteriorated to 4 point
where life and limb were endangered
and that repair work could not be
delayed for three months.
Clothespins didn't seem to At any
Of these justifications, 30 the re-
porter called the War Production
Board, asked for information and
was referred to the priortties Sec
ton.
How do you get q priority fol
lumber?"
The man asked the operator to
transfer the call to the lumber
division.
"How do you get q priority foY
some lumber to make some clothes
pins?"
Are you engaged in the busi-
ness Of making clothespins?"
mo, I just want some lumber to
make some clothespins for my
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Central Voting System
Urged for Maryland
By the Associated Presa-

BALTIMORE, Aug. 26.-A recon.
mendation that the Maryland reg
istration and election system be
placed under the general admin
istration of central State author
lty" came today from the Commis-
sion on Governmental Efficiency and
Economy.
Following study of the extent to
which Marylanders take part in
State elections, the commission rec
commended improvements Ito obtain
better supervision, more uniform
practice and complete reporting" of
data on registration and elections.
During this study, while the ma
jority of Jurisdictions co-operated
promptly and completely, certain
difficulties and delays were en-
countered. Some differences in local
administration and practice were
apparent, and there also was noted
what seemed to be an incomplete
ness and unavailability Of records
in some cases."
The commission commented that
any revised system would depend
for its effectiveness upon citizens
exercising their right and duty to
register. and then to vote accord
ing to their own decisions"
In the gubernatorial election Of
1912, the commissions report said,
one-sixth of the voting-age popula- =
ton was able to elect a Governor,
"and the vote for air gubernatorial
candidates in that year totaled only
21.8 per cent of the voting age
population according to the United
States census.
almost one-third of Maryland's
population a years Of age and
older was not registered"
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Extra Dairy Feed Fund
Given Maryland Virginia
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The War Food Administration
announced yesterday supplemental
dairy production payments will be
offered milk producers in nearby
Virginia and Maryland drought
areas.
The payments are designed to
help dairymen meet increased pro-
duction costs of feed imported be-
cause of loss of local feed crops
and pastures.
The payments are at the rate of
10 cents per 100 pounds of milk and
l cent pound for butterfat mar
keted. They are in addition to
regular payments which have been
offered since last October.
On August IA, the supplemental
payments were authorized for
drought-affected counties In six
other States.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Disabled Ex-Sergeont Attends
College Under Aid system
BY DON s. WARREN.

A symbol of hope for war-weary
servicemen is ex-Sergt. Douglas
Howard, 26, former laboratory as
sistant at the National Cancer In
stitute in Bethesda and first man to
be drafted into the armed service
from the institute.
Now a student at Tufts College
in Medford, Mass, he is working for
q masters degree in biochemistry
under the Veterans Administration
vocational plan after spending two
years in the Army, most of it in
hospitals. His tuition, books and
supplies are all paid for. With his
disability pension Mr. Howard has
set up a home for his wife and A.
month-old daughter. He intends to
make public health his life work as
research man in cancer, arthritis
and infantile paralysis.
Two years ago Mr.. Howard was
on a cot in Walter Reed Hospital
a. victim Of tubercular pleurisy and
arthritis, contracted in service with
the Army engineers. There he
thought about his premedical career
that was cut short when he was
called into the service.
The Veterans Administration vo.
oaeional plan became for him thu
Evening star., 1944-08-27

plication OF year ago for an apart
ment.
Some Drop Waiting Lists.
He wrote that he might now be
able to do with one bedroom rather
than the two he really needed if
this change would speed his obtain
ing living quarters in the building.
Most apartment buildings do
maintain waiting lists, but you are
never invited and in many cases are
not allowed to place your name on
them. Some have discontinued TAX
ing names until the situation eases
up a little" and others have thrown
out the list entirely because of the
few and far between vacancies.
These lists take up a great deal
of time because few persons bother
to notify an apartment manager
when they are settled, leaving him
with the chore Of checking up and
wedding out the list constantly. In
the interest of fair treatment, how
ever, the average concern observes
the "first-come, first-served" policy
with desirable tenants by means of
surh list.
The manager Of Washington
Properties, Inc, with $50 units in
several apartment houses of the
slips on nearly $50 desirable pro-
spective tenants, but he can hold
out no hope for the majority of
them
Even in war housing projects
which call for certificates of eligi-
bility from applicants, the waiting
lists run into hundreds. While the
turnover is little greater in this
type of housing. at Naylor Gar
dens, for example, occupancy was
100 per cent in the 720 units last
September, and next month $50 ten
ants will have been there one year.
Real estate concerns do not need
to consult their files when a rental
client calls. 1t is no tax on the
memory to keep in mind the rare
listings. Most agents do not en-
courage taking a persons name for
waiting lists but ask him to call
back from time to time if he does
not find something,
Evening star., 1944-08-27

rainbow at the end of the storm
when he was discharged from the
Army for 100 per cent disability.
Mr.. Howard praised the treatment
he received from the Government
and paid tribute to the Red Cross
for the speedy handling of his claim
when he returned home.
Mr.. Howard says he has two am
billions. One is to provide well for
his family and the other to repay
the Government, as a public health
research man, for the help given
him.
During his employment at the
National Cancer Institute here, Mr.
Howard was associated with DR.
Harold p. Morris, senior nutrition
chemist. Together they received
credit for two experiments which
appeared in the August, 1941, issue
of the Journal of the National Can.
Ger Institute. The treatises dealt
with the effect of pantothenic acid
a component of vitamin B-1, or
normal and cancerous animals.
A student at the night school o1
George Washington University dur
ing his three-year stay in Bethesda
Mr.. Howard had formerly attended
Massachusetts, State College,
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Danvi|Ie Woman SIays
Sister and Wounds Self
BY the Associated Press.

oy the Associated Press.
DANvILLE, Va, Aug. 26.-Police
Chief Ural w. Watson of Danyille
said today that Mrs. Winnie Ball
Holt, wife Of Danville city fireman,
shot and killed an invalid sister,
Miss Lottie Ball, and then attempted
to take her own life at their North
Danville home early today.
Chief Watson said Mrs. Holt told
him her sister had been i'll for
about three and one-half years and
not out Of the house in months"
MY own health has been bad"
Mr. Watson quoted Mrs. Holt as say
Ing, and felt that If anything hap
pened to me there would be no one
to take care Of her. She had a
nervous crying spell last night and ]
just couldn't stand it any longer. ]
didn't talk 1t over with her, / lust
got the gun and shot her"
City Coroner H. A. Wiseman de-
ferred entering q verdict pending q
fuller inquiry. Chief Watson said
no charges had been brought
against Mrs. Holt until DR.. Wisemau
enters . verdict. She was In serious
condition ut hospital here.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
18 Rockville Draftee,
Sent 10 Baltimore
10 Start Training
Contracts for School
Additions Expected to Be
Awarded at EorIy Dote
Special Dispatch to The Star.

ROCKVILLE. Md, Aug. 26.-
Eighteen registrants of Selective
Board No. / of Rockville reported
at the induction center in Baltimore
yesterday to start military training.
They were:
Robert E. Allnutt, Lester D. Clagett,
Forrest P. Connolly, Erwin I. Eisen-
hover, Joseph A. Federline, William
E. Foster, Luther E. Johnson, CAME
B. Ltton, James Kobayshi, Raymond
L. Luhn, James P. Maddox, Charles
M. Musgrove, George w. Pearre,
Roger L. Purdum, Philip Sapir. Well
stood w. Upton, Jack w. Thomp-
son, Charles p. Waddel.
Pre-School Farley.
The annual pre- school workshop"
Of the Montgomery County public
school system will be held in the
Rockville Elementary School tomor-
row through Friday, it was an
nounced by DR.. Edwin N. Brown,
county school superintendent, who
will be in general charge. Princi-
pals, vice principals and supervisors
will work on production of course
Of study materials for the school
year.
Study School Bids.
Contracts for construction of a
two-room addition and one-room
agricultural shop at Sherwood High
School. Sandy Spring: q two-room
and basement addition to Lincoln
Colored High School, Rockville, and
a one-room addition at Westbrook
School, Massachusetts, avenue, ex-
tended, are expected to be awarded
at the next meeting of the County
Educational Board, it was indicat-
ed today by DR.. Broome. The bids
have been received and opened and
are now being considered by q COM
mittee Of board members.
Red Cross to Benefit.
All profits of the 18th annual
horse and pony show of the Mont
gomery County Horse Show Asso-
citation, to be staged on the farm
OF T. A. Barnsley, near Olney, Sep
tember 9, will be turned over to the
Home Service Branch of the Mont
gomery County Red Cross Chapter,
it was stated today by the secre-
tary, Robert H. Miller. E
Nineteen classes are scheduled and
approximately $50 horses, mules
and ponies from Montgomery and
Howard Counties and the District
are expected to be entered.
Dance Postponed.
Because Of the infantile paralysis
situation, q square dance, scheduled
for Rockville High School last night,
was postponed and the story hour
at the Rockville Library has been
temporarily discontinued.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Dr.. Byrd 10 Investigate
Forgery in Seeking Gas
By the Associated Press

COLLEGE PARK, Md, Aug. 26.-
DR.. H. c. Byrd, president of the
University Of Maryland, said today
he would investigate the case OF q
university student who was placed
on probation in Baltimore Federal
Court for forging the deans name
and misrepresenting the number OF
passengers in an application for
supplemental gasoline.
DR.. Byrd said he would write
ONCE of Price Administration off,
cials requesting information con-
corning Joseph ]. Gurinskas, 81, who
commutes from Baltimore to the
school at College Park.
The president indicated there was
possibility that Gurinskas might
be suspended from the university.
Leo H. Mccormick, State OPA di-
rector, announced yesterday that an
investigation would be made to de-
termine whether students were
making a practice of forging the
deans name in applying for extra
gasoline.
The student said In court it was
common practice" to forge the
deans name on the applications for
extra gasoline on a share -the-ride
basis rather than bother officials
there.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Yonk Mustang Group
Gets Presidential Award
By the Associated Press

By thr Associated Press.
NINTH UNITED STATES AIR
FORCE HEADQUARTERS, Aug.
pa pioneer Mustang group com.
manded by Col. George r. Bickell
of Nutley, N. j., which has destroyed
All German planes in less than 10
months. was awarded a Presidential
Unit Citation today by Maj. Gen.
Hoyt S. vandenberg, 9th Ar Force
commander.
The commander also presented 60
Distinguished Flying Crosses and
Silver Stars to pilots Of the 18th
Tactical Air Command In cere.
monies at handing strips IA France.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Admiral Kirk Wins DSM
For Services on D-Day

Rear Admiral Alan G. Kirk, who
directed the planning and execution
OF the naval phases of the NORMANDY
landings, has been presented the
Distinguished Service Medal for his
services in connection with those
successful operations.
The citation said the award was
Tor exceptionally meritorious and
distinguished service in position
OF great responsibility" Admiral
Kirk co-ordinated the operations Of
the assault and support forces, de-
termlning the naval part in beach
organization and directing the SUP
port of ground operations by gun
fire up to and including the capture
Of Cherbourg.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
ent-Contro| Act
Revisions Explained
FOR Nearby Counties
Two Conditions Must
Exist Before Increase
Will Be Allowable

Amendments to the Rent Contro
Act providing for rent adjustments
to landlords suffering substantial,
hardship were explained yesterday
by James w. Woogerd, area rent di.
rector for Montgomery, Prince
Georges st. Marys, Charles and
Calvert Counties.
Under the new amendments. the
OPA has set up two conditions
which must exist before a findinp
OF substantial hardship can be
made, MIR. Woogerd said.
First, a substantial decrease in
the net income of a particular prop
erty before interest must be shown
Second, there must be a substantial
and unavoidable increase in Drop.
erty taxes or operating costs.
In general, the rent director as.
serted, no decrease in net income
before taxes or increase in costs
Will be considered substantial un.
less 1t amounts to at least S per
cent OF the scheduled yearly maxi
mum rent for the property.
In addition, petitions for rent ad.
Justments will not be considered
where the property has been under
rent control for less than IL months
In determining whether adjust
ments will be made, Mr.. Woogero
said, net income before interest and
current operating costs will be com
pared with figures of a representa-.
tive period prior to the maximum
rent date-January /, 1941. A rep
resentative period. he explained
usually will consist of three wears
prior to the maximum rent date
Housing accommodations rented
for the first time after the maxi.
mum rent date for q particular area
will not be eligible for rent adjust
ment.
Landlords may obtain rent ad-
justment forms at Mr.. Wooperd,s
ONCE, 1884 Colesville road, Silver
Spring.
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Women's COP Club
To Meet in Bethesda

Plans looking toward the CO.
ordination Of the work of the
Dewey-Bricker-Randall-Beal clubs
Will be discussed at the meeting of
the Montgomery County Women's
Republican Club at noon Thursday
at the home Of Mrs. Leslie Aries,
1924 Charlocote road, Bethesda.
Members are asked TO bring their
own lunch. The hostess should be
notified Of reservations not later
than Tuesday.
Evening star., 1944-08-27

home" said the reporter, speaking
for the frustrated housewife.
There was a shocked laugh, a
long silence.
Have you tried to buy some
clothespins in the store?
There aren't any"
well, just go to lumberman and
buy some wood"
They say you have to have a
priority"
well, you can only obtain lumber
in emergency cases."
This is an emergency"
I'm sorry but there doesn't seem
to be any provision for clothespins.
You'll have to find a substitute"
He hung up before the reporter
could ask what he would suggest as
a substitute for clothespins.
Evening star., 1944-08-27

imitation hay stacks, stubble fields,
hedgerows, orchards, barns, homes
and woodlots.
Early models fashioned at the
Army Service Forces Training Cen
ter near here were used as opera
tional guides to brief" invading
ground troops. Most of the present
work, however, is to train model
makers for service overseas.
-Four training sections, each COM
posed OF about q score of officers
and enlisted men, include land
scape artists, portrait painters
sculptors, theatrical scene painters
lndustrie' designers and craftsmen
drawn from many trades.
Expert Staff Available.
To name a few, Macmillan Elm
horn, commercial illustrator, stu
died art in Holland and Germany;
Bernard j. Rosenthal was a sue
cessful Chicago sculptor before en-
tering the Army; 1t. Robert P. Mac
Neil was New York industrial de-
signer; Frederick C. Shrady was a
White Plains IN. " portrait
painter, and Theodore Fuchs,
helped design some of the spec
tacular exhibits at the New York
Worlds Fair.
Speed with accuracy are the es-
sentials OF the new art, and the
artisans work with all manner of
materials improvised on the spot
plaster. rubber, paint, metals, paper
and cardboard. wood and plastics.
Trees and shrubbery are repro-
duced realistically and to scale with
moss imported from the sNbtropics
Over the exhibit was the groups
motto:.
"A picture is worth 10000 words:
| q terrA1n model is worth n fNnd E,,.k I,
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Housewife Symied in Dizzy Round With WPB;
Cont Buy CIothespins Nor Make Her Own

II you think you can get clothes
pins by the simple expedient OF
making your own, harken to the
story-told by Washington house.
wife who tried.
With IL persons In her home and
only 20 clothespins left in the bas-
ket, this housewife had been trying
for three months to buy some pihs.
Finally she hit upon the idea of
getting little wood and carving
her own. 1t seemed simple. Her
daughter had friend whose father
Is in the lumber business.
Wood from a linden tree would
be ideal, said the lumberman. Yes,
he had some linden, but she'd need
Evening star., 1944-08-27
Plan
bdckers Asked
For Platform
Montgomery Group
Says Reasons for
Change Are Lacking

The Citizens Committee to De-
feat Charter last night challenged
proponents Of . charter form OF
government for Montgomery County
to cite reasons that would justify a
change from the present county
setup to something which has been
"untried in any other county in the
United States"
The committee charged that no
case against the efficiency or hon.
esty Of the present county admin.
istration has ever been made or
even attempted by charter sup
porters.
They have not described any
existing service Of the county as in
adequate or out Of date" the COM
mittee declared, nor have they
shown how county residents would
benefit from such a radical change. /"
The group declared that 1t is the
prevailing American custom that
there be platform on which any
movement for a change of admin
istration is based.
The committee said such a plat
form usually includes a bill of par
ticulars concerning alleged def
ctencies Of the administration
whose defeat is sought, as well as
a bill Of particulars concerning pro-
posed improvements.
This time honored" custom has
not been followed by proponents
Of a charter form Of government,
the committee declared, thus leav.
Ing the voters "in thu dark" as to
any reason for such a radical
change in form of government.
The committee added that this
Is particularly bad time" to pro-
pose such a change, since 1000
service men and women of the
county are serving in the armed
forces and will not have an op-
portunity to study the question.