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Evening star., 1944-04-16
BY MARION WADE DOYLE.

by MARlON WADE DOYLE.
"Guten morgen, Herr Postmeis-
ter"
That's an American soldier with
the Army of Occupation in postwa,
Germany going into the village post
office to get some German stamps
He knows how to greet the post
master and how to ask for stamps
lin German. s .
That is, he knows how If he took
Ipreinduction German at Central
Eastern, Roosevelt, Wilson or Dun
bar High Schools in Washington
These courses, given since Septem-
ber in all senior high schools where
there is demand, omit the grammar
drill and required reading" They
concentrate instead on teaching
German conversation in everyday
life.
Dozens of boys-especially cadets
who hope to be regular soldiers
marching into Germany in the nea,
future-have enrolled to learn how
to deal with German bank, res
taurant, store, subway, doctor, tele-
phone operator or movie cashier
Similar one semester courses ir
French are given at Western, Nc
Kinley and Dunbar, and in Spanish
lat Central.
A total of only 100 students are
enrolled in the combined preinduc-
ton courses, compared to the nearly
5000 in the regular classes. Yet DR.
Chester w. Holmes, assistant super
intendent in charge of high schools
and Miss Emily Margaret White
head Of the language department
Evening star., 1944-04-16
ice BIames CareIessness
For Fairfax Train Crash
pv tho Assnciotoa pr,e

BY the Associated Press.
Failure to enforce and obey oper-
ating rules caused the rear-end COL
lision between two Chesapeake &
Ohio Railway freight trains on the
Southern Railway line at Sideburn,
Va, in Fairfax County, March 3
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion reported yesterday.
The accident resulted in the death
of five C. & O. employees
THE failure of employees to obey
the rules is result of a lack of
proper supervision, for which oper-
ating officers are responsible" the
report said
IF the rules had been enforced
and obeyed in this case. flag pro-
lection would have been provided
for the preceding train, the follow
ing train would have been operated
in accordance with signal indica-
tions and this accident would have
been averted"
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Most Federal Workers Pay
Bills Promptly, AIthaus SAYS

Credit Bureau records show that
"all but a very slight portion OF
Government employees pay their &C
counts without any particular urg-
ing" John K. Althaus, secretary OF
the Credit Bureau, announced yes
terday.
Mr.. Althaus, representing the AS
sociated Retail Credit Men of Wash
ington, said his organization IA
vored the bill by Representative
Kefauver, Democrat, of Tennessee
which would permit garnishment OF
Government employees salaries. The
bill recently was passed by the House
and awaits Senate action.
There is no reason in the world
why Government employees should
not live under the same rules and
regulations as other people," Mr.
Althaus said. I'VE don't think most
OF the Government employees want
to hide behind such an exemption"
The records indicate, he said that
IN private industry, where salaries
may be garnisheed in the District,
attachments total less than one a
year for each 100 employees.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Mott Nursery School
Will Open Tomorrow

The Mott Nursery School at
Fourth and w streets NV. has
enough teachers to open tomorrow
but both colored and white teachers
still are needed to staff six other
proposed nursery schools. Miss
Katharine Doonan, day care ad-
ministrator for the public schools,
announced yesterday.
A number of teachers have ap-
piled for positions at the six other
schools as the result of newspaper
publicity OH teacher shortages, she
said, but more are needed.
Encouraged by the initial response
Of applicants, Miss Doonan and Mrs.
Edna S. Browne, director for divis-
ions 10 to l3. have scheduled the
following opening dates for the six ::
SyphaX, First and r streets S.W.,
April "a; Parkside, Fortieth street
and KenilWorth avenue N f; Belle
vue, at the Naval Research Labora-
tory, and the Highlands, 400 At
lantic avenue Sc, all around May
|; the Barney Neighborhood House
and the j. F. Cook School. P street
and North Capitol street NV, early
IN May.
Evening star., 1944-04-16

There is no question in anybody's
mind but that Sergt. Floyd also
earns every cent he makes. He ano
his crew have put nearly 100 ships
over the target since they arrived
overseas in August, 1912, and they
are now on their third combat crew
They know how it feels to say good
bye and stay behind when the
combat crew heads for home at the
end of it's overseas duty.
The technical orders call for
ground crews of to II men fol
a plane which supposedly flies
about once every three days. That
is the theory of the thing but not
the practice. The ground crew
headed by Sergt Floyd consists of
four men and there are many three
man crews. Weather permitting
moreover. these ships fly every day
The men grippe a lot. They're
tired and homesick. They say they
are losing their hair and that 20
months is long enough for any man
to be away from the things and the
people he loves.
But they are doing all right. The
things they say about this war
the bitter things-they say in their
spare time when they're sitting
around in their tents waiting for
the ship to come back from the
days missions. But day after day
they go on doing their unromantic
and vitality important job and doing
it perfectly.
When the ship comes in, they serv-
ice it with gasoline, oil, water, air and
oxygen. They grease and tighten.
They check endlessly to make sure
everything on the ship is soundly
operational and if something has
been damaged or gone wrong during
the flight they work all night by
the light of fiashlight to keep the
ship from being retired to the en-
gineering shop. When they are not
working at night they take their
turns standing by over the plane.
Sergt. Floyd puts it this way:
Sure we grippe all the tSne. Who
wouldn't? But at the same time
we've got enough pride to want to
make that airplane fly. I mean this.
We really are proud of putting those
things over the target"
And they're doing it, too.
Sergt. Floyd enlisted in Washing
ton in 1s4l. A younger brother
Roger, is cadet in training for the
air forces at Duquesne University.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
U. 5. Workers 10 Intensity
Symphony Fund Drive

Arthur S. Flemming. chairman
OF the Civil Service Commission
and head of the Government com
mittee of the National Symphony
Orchestra fund drive, announced
yesterday that next Tuesday hac
been designated for a concerted ef-
fort to finish raising the Federal
employe quota of $4,000 for sus-
tanning the orchestra.
AS of yesterday, Mr.. Flemmine
announced, Government employees
had raised only $6,733, or 27.O9 pei
cent OF their quota. Meanwhile
all sources have subscribed $1O2 ,684
or 30 per cent of the $l30, 900 needed
to carry the orchestra through its
l944-45 summer and winter seasons
Mr.. Flemming said that the or.
chestra had two definite plans tc
increase its value to Federal work
| ers-a series of concerts exclusively
for them at reduced prices, and the
expansion of the National SYM
| phony Forum, which brings to-
gether performer and audience and
enhances enjoyment of the music
Next season, he said, the forum will
be made available free of charge
to many Federal employees.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Home Accident
Deaths Here in
Year Total AZ

One fatal fall, one death from
confiagration caused by smoking in
bed and one death by suffocation
last week brought the total home
accident deaths to At for the year.
the District of Columbia Red Gross
accident prevention service re-
ported yesterday.
Hospitals reported SO home ac-
cident cases during the week. There
were 27 falls. 9 burns, / accidental
poisoning, 2 accidental gunshot
wounds, gas poisoning cases, 6
foreign bodies in eyes, ears and
throat, Is cuts and % miscellaneous.
Two persons were severely in
jured while hanging screen doors,
and three children were given treat
ment for rusty nail puncture wounds
in the feet, There were three falls
from ladders while washing win
dows.
The local Red Gross chapter
warned that home accidents and
drownings take a sharp rise in May
to reach peak for the year in July.
The ages most affected in the high
spring accident rates are fro:I %
"a years.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Briton Will Lecture
On Brain Mechanism

An address on Brain Mechanism -
Will be delivered by DR.. Edgar
Douglas Adrian of the Royal So
clety of London and Trinity College
Cambridge University at $3.50 pm,
April "a, at the National NJ scum,
Constitution avenue and Tenth
street NV.
The second Pilgrim Trust Lecture
TO be delivered in the United States,
1t will be sponsored by the National
Academy of Sciences.
Evening star., 1944-04-16

week, were Romeo w. Horad, rep.
reSentlng the Washington Rea,
Estate Brokers Associa ton; Paul A
Hill, secretary treasurer of the Ar
llngton County Chamber of Com
merce, and James S. McMullen
president of the Glover Park Citi-
zens Association.
Blames SlumS on Deeds.
Mr.. Horad told the subcommittee
that restrictive covenants in land
deeds and community agreements" are
among the primary causes of the
serious slum conditions here.
Mr.. Hill read a resolution passed
BY the Board of Directors of the
Arlington Chamber of Commerce
favoring the slum reclamation plan
proposed by private builders. Under
the builders proposal, public slum
clearance board would be established
to condemn slum areas, clear the
sup-standard dwellings and then sell
the land to private enterprise for
redevelopment.
Mr.. McMullen said slum condi-
tions here offer field for the
NCHA as well as private builders.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Health Officials Seek
LIST Of District Pools
In Drive on Malaria
Peril of Outbreak
Cited as Veterans
Return From Abroad

Citing the danger of malaria from
troops returning from abroad, the
Health . department. yesterday
launched its malaria evention
campaign by calling for registra-
ton OF all ornamental pools. Such
pools are breeding places of mos
qultoes which carry the disease. If
was pointed out.
Health Officer George c. Rutland
SAID the seasons first adult mos
qultoes in the District have been
reported during the last few davs
oy the departments entomologist
IL N. E. Goode, Mosquito wig
glers" were seen this year as early
as March Is, two weeks in advance
of last year.
DR.. Rutland urged owners of
pools to report their location to the
malaria prevention office in the New
Municipal Building, National 5000
extension 2167. He warned that
last year seevral malaria-carryine
mosquitoes were found in orna
mental pools in the Northwest ano
Northeast sections of the city.
Complete List Sought.
The goal" the department said
is to have a complete register OF
these pools within the next few
weeks so that all of them may b.
inspected by midsummer. Last fal
field inspections by the depart.
ment's staff brought about $50 pool.
to the attention of the department
1t Is estimated that an additiona
l750 are not registered"
The department said that of tn,
pools registered one in 25 is breed
ing place of the malaria mosquitoe
most common in this area. Official
denied the "public's general impres
sion that malaria mosquitoes alway
breed in foul, stagnant water"
Like Sunlit Pools.
"As matter of fact" they warned
the type of mosquito that carrie
malaria usually breeds in sunli
pools or ponds where the water i
fairly clear and where there i
aquatic vegetation in or under which
the malaria larvae can hide"
Fish, especially top minnows O
the Gambusia group and even gold
fish will help keep the pools free o
malaria larvae. There must b
plenty of fish and the aquatic plant
should not be so dense that it pre-
vents the fish from swimming freel
about, it was added.
Evening star., 1944-04-16

the runway In front OF them II ne
cracked up.
-Four men waited anxiously by
the crash truck onto which they
had just loaded a spare wheel.
They were the ground crew of the
crippled ship.
IF only we don't crack up" said
the crew chief, I'VE can get that
wheel changed in 10 minutes and
she'll be o. K. for tomorrow
morning."
The plane, a tiny dot in the sky,
circled wide and made a long circle
in an agonizingly low approach to
the runway. The crew chief bit
his lip.
"If we drag the tail, we'll be all
right" he said. But if we use the
brakes and she rides up on the
nose wheel, then we're going to be
In for lot of trouble"
The wheels brushed the ground
and the great ship roared down the
runway, slowing as it came. 1t
seemed to sit back on it's launches
like a dog that does not want to
be pulled along on a leash. The
nose wheel did not touch the ground
Look at that man drag the TAIL"
shouted the crew chief, pounding
the backs of everybody in sight.
Hes my boy"
That typif1es the relationship of
the ground crews who take care of
these ships to the combat crews who
fly them. They're all on the same
team and they know it. The two
crews usually see a good deal of each
other and almost always get along
well.S The airmen are aware that
their success and their lives may
depend on the competence of the
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Z 10 Be Arraigned
Tomorrow in Union
Funds Theft Case
20 Overt Acts Alleged
In Choree; Lorry Kelly
Is Still at Large

Twelve persons, including present
and former union officials, indicted
March "a on a charged of conspiracy
to steal and embezzle union funds.
to receive stolen property and to vio-
late the liquor floor tax laws. are
scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow
before Justice Matthew F. Mcclure
in District Court.
Some of those named on the con-
spiracy charge, which alleges some
20 overt acts, were included in a
total of Is other indictments. Three
of these allege liquor floor tax law
violations, one perjury and the re-
naming IL grand larceny, larceny
after trust and embezzlement.
Larry Kelly, former treasurer of
the Building Committee of Local No.
"a of the Building Laborers' Union
and former president of the District
council of the union, was named ir
all II indictments.
. Kelly is still at large and is the
only one who has not posted bond.
Others Listed in Indictment.
Besides Kelly, others named ir
the conspiracy indictment include
Joseph v. Moreschi, president of the
international Hod Carriers, Building
and Common Laborers Union OF
america; Achilles Persion, secretary
and treasurer of the internationa
union; John w. Garvey, genera
representative and organizer of the
international union; Faust Moreschi
president of the District Council
of the Union; Joseph Speed
who was member of the Building
Committee of Local No. IA and helc
the office of vice president of tht
District Council.
Also George Morgan, who was s
member of the Building Committe,
of Local No. IA and held other of
fees; Evans H. Hamilton, who wa!
a member of the Building Commit
tee and held Office as secretary O.
the local; George w. Plummer, wht
was member of the Building Com.
mittee and former president o
Local No. IA: Matthias Kiesgen. VIII,
was clerk of the District Council.
The other two named on the con.
spiracy charge are Mrs. Dorothy B
Kelly, wife Of Larry Kelly, and Isaac
Weiner, described as builder ane
contractor of Leonardtown, Md.
Five Face Perjury Charge.
One indictment charges all five o
the building committee with perjury
alleging that Hamilton gave falls,
testimony regarding the Ell Patti,
Restaurant, where liquor was seized
The other members of the Buildin,
Committee allegedly advised Ham
ilion to give false testimony.
, a thirteenth person, who was no
. ned in the conspiracy indictmen
, VS. John Longo, who is charged
Tith Kelly with having 290 cases 0
l@uor at the Ell Patio on which foo
tex allegedly had not been paid
. Kelly and Longo allegedly were for
merly in partnership in running tn
FL Patio.
Many prominent attorneys hav
been chosen to defend the person
charged. Joseph B. keenan,, forme
Assistant Attorney General, will rep
resent Joseph " Moreschi, interna
tlonal president, 1t was learned.
! Assistant United States Attorne
John w. Fihelly, in charge of tn
investigation. announced that evi
dence Will be introduced to show
total OF some $500,000 in union fund
was mlSappropriated since l941.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
NonresidentiuI Users
Con Ask for Extra Oil

BY the Associated Press
Eligibility for hardship rations of
fuel Oil was extended by the Office
of Price Administration yesterday
to include nonresidential users
such as churches, schools, war
plants and Office buildings.
The extra rations will be granted
in cases where, despite efforts to
conserve, supplies of oil for heating
and hot water have been exhausted
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Trade Board 10 Name
10 New Directors al
Meeting Thursday
Commissioner Young
Will Be Chief Speaker;
Medals to Be Awarded

Ten directors of the Washington
Board Of Trade will be elected at its
meeting at 8 pm Thursday at the
Mayflower Hotel, it was announced
yeseerdAys Ihe injecting will be the
final one held under the administra-
ton Of President Granville Guide.
Polls will be open in the Chinese
room of the Mayflower at pm
and remain open until 8 pm. for the
benefit OF those who cannot attend
the evening meeting.
Commissioner j. Russell Young
will be the principal speaker at
the meeting and will discuss District
affairs. Commissioners Guy Mason
and Charles w. Kutz also will be
present.
Medals to Be Awarded.
One feature OF the program will
be the awarding of distinguished
service medals for 1914 to firemen
and policemen. Robert v. Fleming
chairman of the Commissioners
Committee of Award for Valor, Po-
lice and Fire Departments, will read
the citations and make the awards,
assisted by Maj. Edward j. Kelly of
the Police Department and Chief
Stephen Porter of the Fire Depart
ment.
Rear Admiral Clark H. Wood
ward, chief of the incentive division
OF the Navy Department, will re-
view the significance of the cita-
tions of six Washington firms which
have received the Army and Navy
"E" awards.
The Metropolitan Police Band, un-
der the direction of Capt. Charles
Benter, will play. The meeting will
be followed by a buffet supper.
Water Survey Urged.
At meeting Friday the Rivers
and Harbors Committee of the
board, foreseeing the possibility
that Washington may become the
terminus for an overseas airline
after the war. renewed a recon-
mendation that Congress authorize
a long-term survey of nearby waters.
IF Washington is going to be
among the first to take advantage
of the manpower and materials
which will become available after
the war, we must be prepared" g"
said John A. Remon, chairman of
the committee.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Artists Reflect Lyon

Rowland Lyon was reelected
president at the annual meeting OF
the Society of Washington Artists
it was announced yesterday. Off,
GERS serving with him will be: Ken
meth Stubbs, vice president: Garnet
w. Jex, secretary; Eleanor Mulliken
treasurer; Eugene Weisz, Sheffield
Kagy, William Walter, o. r. Car
rington and Russell A. Houston
! Executive Committee members.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Silver Spring Gardeners
To Hear Mrs. McHenry

Mrs. Donald Edward McHenry
will give an illustrated lecture on
Birds in Your Garden" at a meet
ing of the Silver Spring Garden
Club at 8 pm. tomorrow In Jesup
Blair Community House.
Persons attending the meeting
may bring specimen daffodils or an
arrangement of daffodils with other
foliage or flowers. They will be
judged and prizes awarded to the
best in both classes. The club will
discuss plans for its annual spring
mart and plant sale early next
month. Questions on Victory gar
den problems will be answered.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
ToIks on CyeIoeroph Set

The Instruments Society of Wash
lngton will hear Dr.. Paul S. Chris
taldi, chief engineer. and DR.. f. r
Mann, research physicist, of the
Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc,
at 8 pm. Tuesday. They will dis
cuss THE Cyclograph and Other
Special Application of the Cathode
Ray Oscilloscope" at the organiza-
tons first meeting at the Interior
Department auditorium, r. C. Dar-
nell, co-ordinator announced yester-
day.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Fires Cause Sl8,155 Loss

Arlington County Fire Chief A. c.
Schef1el yesterday reported 146 fires
resulting in s18,l55 damages during
March. Thirty-four were house
fires, SO grass, nine autos, two busi-
ness and two sheds. The report
listed BAL men responding to fire
calls. Ambulance calls totaled 50.
Evening star., 1944-04-16

3 I o u n q crew.
The mechanics,
on the other
hand, rarely
envy the combat
crew, which lives
here in a build
ing instead of in
q tent, gets the
extra pay and
inevitably takes
all the bows.
"T h ey can
h ave all tn e
m o n ey tn e y
want-they earn
IL +" So Sa " 6
M a S t er Sergt.
Evening star., 1944-04-16
BY NEWBOLD MOVES, Jr.,
Star War Correspondent

AMERICAN BOMBER BASE italy April 15In the sky this
field
Taking morning blown the front wheel
landing
coming in landing
Evening star., 1944-04-16
Over There With Men From Here
AIR CREWS ARE OUR BOYS
TO THEIR MECHANICS

This Is OF stories by
Maryland Virginia soldiers
Evening star., 1944-04-16

Stuart L. Floyd, 25, of 125 Tennes-
see avenue NE, crew chef of one
of the big Liberators at this field.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-04
DEFERMENT FOR
L0CCERS ASKED

New Hanover draft boards were
urged Monday to consider for oc-
occupational deferment loggers
and lumbermen between the ages
of 26 and 80, whether skilled or
unskilled, whose removal would
cause any lessening in the effec-
tiveness of the activity, providing
they are giving a full measure
of time and effort to the job and
requirements are not available.
This action followed the place
ment of logging and numbering
upon the general production ur-
gency list as critical.
State Draft Director J. Van B.
Nets likewise notified local boards
that the restriction that not more
than rs per. cent of the minimum
number of war units required fen
an agricultural deferment could be
made by production of lumber
products, has been modified to
permit thirty three and one-third
per cent, or 5.3 units, to be so
made.
Statistics, he said, reveal that IS
per cent of the lumber production
in North Carolina is made by per-
sons engaged in agriculture.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-04


Under and by virtue of the power of
sale contained in a judgment of the
Superior Court of New Hanover County.
in a cause therein pending entitled
NEW Hanover County, and C. R.
Morse, City-County Tax Collector, versus
V. Swami, Jr. (Widowerl", the under
signed Commissioner will. as provided in
said Judgment at u o'clock Noon. on
Monday, the oath day of April, 1914, at
the Court House door of New Hanover
County, expose to public sale to the
last and highest bidder. for cash. to
Hanover, the following described land
situate, lying and being in Masonboro
Township, County of New Hanover and
State of North Carolina, described as
follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at a stone marked "10-A''
eral Point Road, about miles south of
the City of Wilmington, N. c. and 1888
feet north of the old Four Mile Bat
terry, the measurement being made along
the center of the Old Federal Point
Road from the center of said Battery,
and running thence North "a degrees ,G IS IS
minutes West along said western line OF
said Road 400 feet to stone marked
"10-A'', thence South II degrees west
1850 feet to another stone marked
"10-A'. thence South "a degrees As min
utes East 420 feet to another stone mark
East 1850 feet to the point of beginning,
containing ten G0) acres, and also to-
gether with a perpetual easement and
right-of way over the thirty 1907 foot
road extending from the new to the
Old Federal Point Road. according to
map or plan of record in the Registry
of New Hanover County in Map Book
at page 90
This goth day of March, 1914
C. C. MCINTYRE. Commissioner.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-04
E. B. Gore Announces
For The County Board

C. B. Gore, Atlantic Coast Line
railroad employe, has filed for
the New Hanover county board Of
commissioners, it was announced
Monday by H. G. Carney, chair
man of the Board of Elections.
Carney said Claude O'Shields of
the local radio station was the
first man to announce his candi-
dacy for one of the three positions
on the county board.
Candidates must file their APP.
plications by April Is, Carney re-
ported.