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Evening star., 1944-08-25
10 Obtain
10000 War Workers
| launched by VINO
District Quote Is 1000
For Must Plants in a.
Four-Stute Region

An intensive 20-day recruiting
campaign to provide 10000 addi-
tional workers from this region for
must war programs was launched
here today on orders from Regional
War Manpower Director Henry E.
Treide.
The District, which is participating
IN the campaign with MARYLAND.
Virginia, West Virginia and North
Carolina. has been directed to fur
nlsh 1000 additional workers, Area
VINO Director Ernest v. Connolly
said.
Some Of these workers will be
asked to take jobs outside WASH
lngton, but the campaign is also
to provide needed workers for three
local Establishments - the Navv
Yard, Naval Torpedo Station at
alexandria, Va, and the Jorss Iron
Works, 1924 Twenty-fourth street
NV, which has been assigned the
only No. l priority for workers in
this area.
Mr.. Connolly said other Washing
ton plants probably will benefit
IRON the recruiting campaign be-
cause men who cannot leave town
because of financial responsibilities
out apply to the United States En-
ployment Service during the cam
palgn can be referred to essential
work here.
Mr.. Treide pointed out that area
and State manpower directors have
the authority to reduce employment
ceilings and to suggest to less essen
tial plants that they agree to trans
Ter certain number of their en-
ployes to critical war plants in
emergencies.
Mr.. Trelde said he had been as
sured by the area and State VINO
directors that they will not hesi-
tate to act vigorously if the need
arises" Mr.. Connolly said, however,
that he didn't think drastic meas
ures would be necessary to meet
the 1.000-warker quota mere.
The regional director instructed
VINO offices throughout the region
to put this emergency recruiting
campaign ahead of all other activi-
ties for the next 20 days to fill the
needs of 38 must plants where
war production authorities say pro-
duction of critically needed items is
tagging or where schedules must be
stepped up.
Arthur l.. Schoenthal, deputy
regional director, has been placed in
charge of the campaign with author
lty to use the entire regional staff
for recruiting purposes, Mr.. Treide
announced. Mr.. Schoenthal already
has sent all but two employees of the
regional Office to the field to help
local recruiting teams.
Plants producing duck for hous-
ing, tire cord and ships definitely
are behind schedule due to man.
power shortages in this region, Mr..
Ireide reported, adding that q "bie
increase" in the production of heavy
artillery ammunition has been or
dered at the Radford Ordnance
Works (Hercules Powder Plant) at
Radford, Va.
USES interviewers we're instructed
to offer job applicants the top
must" jobs In the order Of their
urgency in the war production pro-
gram regardless of the location of
the plant.
Underlining the need for the
1reide order, national manpower
officials announced today that
transfer OF workers from one region
to another for critical war jobs has
taken a sharp upturn, but has little
chance of reaching the July-August
goal OF $4,000. Manpower ofiicials
estimated the number of inter-
regional hires" for the two months
will total about 10000.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Adg. 25.-Two COL
ored babies, a boy and a girl, were
thriving at the City Hospitals today
after twin birth which physicians
said may be uniuqe in medical his
tory.
The twins, one of which had never
been in the mothers womb, were
delivered Monday. one normally and
the other nearly five hours later by
surgery from the mothers abdominal
cavity.
Three leading obstetricians said
they had never encountered q ST.
milar case, nor reports of one In
medical history. One Of them said,
however, that such birth was re-
ported here more, than so years ago,
although there was no existing rec
ord Of it.
Both babies were delivered by DR..
Harry Donahoe, resident obstetrician
at City Hospitals. The mother is
critically Ill but may recover.
The girl, weighing pounds 2
ounces. was born normally at 10:45
am. Monday after X-rays had dis
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Twin, Never in Mothers Womb,
Is Born in Baltimore

closed the presence of twins. When
the second failed to arrive, DR..
Donahoe called in DR.. Marius p.
johnson and at about $3.50 pm. the
physicians performed a Caesarian
operation, which produced the boy,
who weighed s pounds liz ounces.
The children were born two weeks
prematurely.
DR.. johnson said 1t was not un-
common fora pregnancy in the fall
lopian tube to accompany q normal
pregnancy, but that normally q
rupture ended the tube pregnancy.
DR.. ]. M. Reese, visiting obste-
trician at city hospitals, who aided
In the operation, said Baltimore
hospital records showed ~ cases
Of abnormal pregnancy, but not q
single case Of one normally placed
twin and another in the abdomen.
Other city physicians said they
knew Of no like cases and DR.. Nich-
olson ]. Eastman, obstetrician In
chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital,
said the case certainly represents
one Of the rareSt obstetrical alb
normalities on record"
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Police Bond to Give
Park Concert TONIGHT

The Metropolitan Police Depart
ment Band, directed by 1t. Charles
Benter, U. S. NJ, retired, will present
a concert for the District Commis-
sioners at 8 O'Clock tonight in the
upper terrace Of Meridian Hill Park,
Sixteenth and Euclid streets NV.
Pvt. .OAn D. Maxfleld will play
Atlantic Zephyr's" as q trombone
solo, and the program will include q
march, "shipmates," written by the
director.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
More Blood Donors
Sought In AIexondriu

An appeal for blood. donors from
Alexandria TO rive blood for plasma
to replace whole blood being ship
ped by the Warrington Blood Donor
Center was made today BY Mrs.
Lester +. Rice, chairman Of the
Alexandria Red Cross chapter,s
blood donor service.
The need for plasma continues
to grow" Mrs. Rice said, "and IN
creased quotas will Ne given each
Red Cross chapter which Is served
by the mobile unit.
The unit viii be In Alexandria at
Grace Church parish hall, 207 South
Patrick street. tomorrow, and again
on August 80. Appointments may
b made By calling the. chapter
house, Alexandria Sa0o.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
New B-32 Superbomber
To Be Named Dominutor

by lIle ASSOClaLeu FTeSS.
SAN DIEGO, Calf, Aug. 49,
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp. s
new superbomber, the B-32, will be
known as the Dominator, company
officials said yesterday, adding the
designation has the approval of the
Joint Aircraft Naming Board in
Washington.
The name for the future COM
panion of the Boeing B-29 Super
Fortress, was suggested by Tom M.
Girdler, Convair board chairman,
after noticing photograph of a
fierce bull on the wall of Camp
Pendleton's officers club with the
caption, Dominator.
Evening star., 1944-08-25

Several hundred Washington chill
dren this summer learned how to
take bits of trash and by using their
fingers create something useful or
beautiful. The results of their work
are being shown now in the Trash
Craft Exhibit in the main Office of
the District recreation Department,
3l49 Sixteenth street NV.
Under the guidance of city play
ground supervisors, the boys and
girls collected watermelon seeds,
cantaloupe seeds, scraps of cotton
and silk, wool ravelings, old buttons,
jars, boxes, twigs, wood, string,
paper, thread, grass, peanut hulls,
egg shells, coffee grinders, sHools,
cork and rocks. The department
added to the collection paint, glue,
plaster of paris, reeds, cotton, pins
and working instruments.
The children then worked all sum-
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Sign inFronce
| Points Way to
| |HuqerstoWn
: the Associated Press.

FREDERICK. Md, Aug. 25.-A
signpost in France brought vivid
memories Of home to 1t. q. g. Ed
ward D. Storm of Frederick. The
sign, evidently the handiwork of one
OF the Maryland boys of the 18th
Division, read: "Hagerstown, Md.
1882 mi; Frederick, Md, 1926 NIL
In a letter to the Frederick News,
1t. Storm mentioned that he had
attended the world premiere of q
movie, afterward inspected air.
fields and backgrounds in France
and then had tea 'in 1t. James
Petrie's unusually attractive foxhole
into which he moved on Tuesday y
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Divorce Asked
IS Years After
Mate Departs

Thirteen years ago, David H.
Lambert left his home in Franklin,
w. Va, to do some work on a house
about Is miles away.
He never returned, according to
his wife, Mrs. Cynthia Lambert, Of
the 500 block of Decatur street NV.
So yesterday she filed suit for di-
vorce in District Court on grounds
of desertion.
Mrs. Lambert said in her suit
that they were married in 1914 and
lived together until 1881. There are
five children, according to the suit.
Mrs. Lambert asks custody of the
youngest, 13-year-old girl.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
District Mon Arroigned
|ln Cos Coupon Cuse

Otis DArl Murphy, 500 block of
Newccmh street Sc, was arraigned
Yesterday before United States Com
missioner Stanley King In Alex
andria on : charge Of illegal pos
session Of n" gasoline coupons. He
waived preliminary hearing and was
released IN $500 bond.
Murphy was arrested on complaint
OF Thomas p. Jones, jr., Investigator
for the Once Of Price Administra-
ton. The coupons. It Is charged,
were not Originally Issued to Murphy
Evening star., 1944-08-25

Y ~ z w Y " ~ z !
C a m p a ign to
raise $4,850,0 1000.
Forrest D. Van
Valin W a S ap-
poi n t e d vice
chairman.
Mr.. Shaw has
been actively as
sociated wit n
the Community
War Fund since
it's organization.
He is president
of the Bureau of
r e h a bilitation
and is on the
boards of the
Evening star., 1944-08-25

force TO produce realistic picture
Of booming mill business during the
1800's for Washington sightseers.
Last week the old wooden water
wheel again turned over, but for
the previous three weeks it had been
dry as bone. This was the longest
period during the summer that
the grinding Of wheat and corn for
historic and educational purposes
had come to standstill, according
to Raymond Watt, who runs the
mill. Enough water usually trickles
down the mill race to operate the
mill three or four days a week, he
added.
Mr.. Watt holds little faith that
the current project will increase
the flow Of water to his mill. 1T
won't help much unless they put
a new dam in at Blagden Ford -
he commented.
Lack Materials.
The possibility of this new dam
has been considered, but, as Mr.
Watt said, there is a shortage OF
materials "and this really isn't es.
sential." So far, no priorities have
been required to dredge the stream
dump the sediment on the banks
and flat-surface them. And with
the Commissions natural-appear.
method OF grading banks, no priori
ties are in sight.
As for manpower involved. !.
foreman and an average OF i've Ia.
bofers a day are employed. Ter
years ago the Public Works Admin.
istration, with Harold I. Ickes' au.
thorization, remodeled the mill ane
built the stone dam and mill race
Since then, no work has been don.
on the site, except for q minor iot
OF cleaning out rocks on the NORTH
side OF Blagden Ford, three year.
ago.
There are 40 similar locations, Mr.
Gillem said. where we should tr,
TO keep the stream in its Original
bed, rather than let it meander. ;
At present the Commission is tryin,
to justify its expenditure of money
IN the fight against erosion.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Pluy Vote Modernized

Children who use Dublin mu-
nicipal Fairgrounds elect captains
among themselves by the proper
tional representation system used
in Fire parliamentary elections. and
the lord mayor wants other youth
organizations to adopt the idea to
teach them how to vote.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Alexandra Sergeant
Wins Soldiers Medal

Sergt. Henry Kerr, Route 2, Alex
andria, was one of II officers and
enlisted men of 9Th Air Force Ma
rauder and Havoc Bomber groups
who have been awarded the Soldiers
Medal in ceremonies in France.
The awards were made by Brig.
Gen. Samuel Anderson, 9th Bomber
Command chief, it was reported by
the Associated Press.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Will Attend Conference

DR.. Paul F. Douglass, president
Of American University. will open
the three-day faculty planning con-
ference and workshop Of Cornell
College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, on
September s. During the second
week In September, American UNI
versity win direct church planning
conferences In 2S counties In Iowa.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
PUC Soon will Hold
Hearings on Bus and
Sfreeicar Fares
Conference Called Sept. !
To Marrow the Scope Of
Valuation Problems

For the first time in six years
public hearings soon will be held
by the Public Utilities Commission
to determine possible rate adjust
ments of District streetcar and bus
fares, it was revealed today.
A pre-hearing conference has been
set for September II, at which time
an effort will be made to narrow
the number and scope of the prob
lens in connection with the valua-
tion of Capital Transit Co. property
for rate-making purposes. The COM
pany's entire rate structure-cash
fares, price Of tokens, weekly passes
and transfer arrangements-is in
volved.
To Determine Rate Base.
The commission will eventually
determine rate base, proper an
nual charge of depreciation of prop
erty, and rate to constitute "rea-
sonable return on fair value" Based
on these three factors, they will de-
eide reasonable. just and dis
criminatory" rates Of streetcar and
bus fare.
Since June IA, 1943, the commits
sions technical staff has been in
vestigating these factors. Presum-
ably the company's experts also
have been preparing figures.
The commission already has
called attention to need for revision
Of the company's capital structure.
AS a result. the transit firm last
year eliminated $8,00O,0O0 from its
property account, using reserve
funds for the retirement. It is now
setting aside 100000 year out of
its earnings as reserve in case
further retirements should be re-
quired. A total of $250,OO0 is also
being set aside to retire bonds, of
which $5,000,000 worth will mature
In 1947.
Fares Unchanged Since 1888.
Streetcar and bus fares have not
changed since 1888 when the COM
pany's rate base was assessed at
$24 100000 as of December 81, 1885.
A considerable amount of money
has been spent since then for prop
erty, and many retirements of
property value have been made.
The present depreciation reserve
amounts to $16,500,000. According
to the company's books, the prop
erty account now amounts to SOL
939.669. This figure, however, is
much in excess of valuation for
rate purposes.
Last year, the Maryland and Dis
trict Industrial Union Council
tCIO) petitioned for immediate
fare reductions and expressed the
opinion that maximum rate base
would be $32,0O0,000.
The labor organization may ask
to intervene at the forthcoming
hearings as an interested party. The
Federation of Citizens Associations
may also file such petition. Date
of the final hearings has not yet
been announced.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Sove This Newspaper

Many paper mills are shut
ting down for lack of waste
paper to convert into cartons
for Army and Navy supplies
shipped overseas. Every pound
OF old newspapers and maga-
zines Is needed. Notify some
school child In your block to
have your paper picked up.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
War Fund Looted

South Africa has branded as the
worlds meanest wartime thief the
person who stole $50 checks from
the Governor Generals National
War Fund Office in johannesburg.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Girl Born to JUDY Cunovo

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. Is R.-A
girl weighing eight pounds was born
last night to Film Actress Judy Ca
nova, wife of Pvt. Chester England,
stationed at Camp Ritchie, Md.
Evening star., 1944-08-25
Rowland Shaw Heads Fund
Drive in State Department

Assistant Secretary of State G.
HoWland Shaw today was named
chairman of the Community War
Fund in the State Department for
Evening star., 1944-08-25
36 District Men Report
Today 10 Armed Forces

Ordered to report for induction
into the armed forces today are 36
washington men. Names of the
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-08
Minor Association Head
Saws No Post War Bangles
By ROMNEY WHEELER

VALDOSTA, Ga, Jan. 7.-R-
There'n be no postwar bangles for
baseball - you can take the word
of planner George Trautman on
that - but the peace-time changes
may give fans greater game.
Trautman, president of the Am
erican Association and chairman
of the minor leagues postwar
planning committee, said today he
hoped to assemble suggestions for
discussion when his group meets
a similar committee representing
the major leagues. But, he added:
Baseball has gotten along pref
ty well for 100 years, and I don't
look for any radical changes. I
don't share the fear that profess
sional football will displace base
ball as the national game. But I
do think baseball needs to be alert,
and should get its house in order.
Il think some changes may in
clude new geographical alignment
of leagues, cutting down unnec-
essary travel and promoting play
between natural rivals. We owe
great consideration to baseball's
customers. They're entitled to it.
I'm the next couple of days my
committee plans to initiate sur.
yey of minor leagues, both active
and inactive. We hope to obtain
suggestions from operators, man.
ayers, sports writers, friends Of
baseball - perhaps even from the
umpires with their ideas of a
postwar planning program. We'll
ask that these be submitted nc
later than Jan. 20.
Some will be practical, and
many, probably, impractical. With
them, however, the committee
hopes to go into the joint meeting
with the major leagues with some
idea of a program"
Trautman said although many
established stars might not return
to organized baseball after wa,
service, he believed many more
stars OF the future were develop.
ing now in army camps.
"All over the world millions OIL
our boys are playing and watch.
ing the game" he said. "We hope
to keep the game going at home
here, with whatever we've got
until they come back"
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-08
SPORTS TRAIL

ture of Marshall huddled there in
the very nest of the enemy as in
nocently as if he had wandered
into the wrong subway, was in
triguing, to say the least.
1t really would not have been
reciprocal of public confidence
had no effort been made to eject
him from his listening post, and
to chasten Brizzolara for that at
tempt doesn't seem just right. If
Marshall had been permitted to
sit there unmolested the fans
would have had reason to take a
ooh, Ho, so that's how it is?" at
titude.
The very fact there was an ar
gument over his presence shows
the boys were playing for keeps
and wanted no amiable truck with
the opposition during businenss
hours.
The whole thing seems to be
mole
hill affair, as it would have benn
forgotten by the fans except when
recalling humorous anecdotes. A
$50 fine for Marshall just on gen.
eral principles would not have
seemed amiss as, after all, des-
pite his explanation that he was
just paying a social call under
the impression that the half had
ended, too many people think he
might have been doing a little
gumshoe work not strictly in keep
ing with the ethics of the game.
AS matter of fact, the half
hadn't ended as far as he was
concerned. At least, he hadn't
heard the half of it. The $500 was
the other half, and he really went
baIlooning when he heard that.
That means a lot of shirts, with
collars attached, and wet wash.
At any rate he has one conso-
lation, he probably had the most
expensive seat any one ever had
at football game.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-08
FORTY-TWO NAZI
FIGHTERS DOWNED
Continued from Page One)

supporting formations which COW
cred the withdrawal.
Soon after the heavy bombers
of the Eighth Air Force had re-
turned Vichy and German long
range radio stations went off the
air, usually an indication of an
Raj night attack on the CONT
nent.
Today's bombers, with extensive
fighter escort, described their
raid as "a good show and said
fighter opposition was light and
anti-aircraft moderate.
American PAT Thunderbolts
and P-38 Lightnings, making their
thirteenth mission flew the 800-mile
round-trip with the heavy bomb
ers. Led by Major George R.
Bucket, former Wall street clerk
from Nutley, N j., they were un-
challenged by the Germans.
On their return the raiders were
supported by Raj, Dominion and
Allied fighter sweeps intended to
siphon off German fighter pursuit.
Losses were not reported, but the
Swiss said one bomber landed
near Duebendorf after being chas-
ed by Swiss planes and that sever
al planes flew over Engadin.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-08

The regular income tax filing
period will begin at the local in
ternal revenue office about Feb
March Is, Raymond D. Christ
man, chief zone deputy for sew
eral counties in eastern North Car
DINA stated Friday.
Deputies will be on hand for
the purpose of assisting taxpayers
with their returns if such service
is desired, said Mr.. Christman'
Mr.. Christman added that he
hoped to utilize the services OF
several trained deputies during
the income tax filing period, be-
cause the. time required in pre-.
pairing returns for the year Of
l943 will be longer than that re-
quired for any previous year since
the beginning of the income tax
in 1913.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-08
MONEY STOLEN

Complaint was made to city po-
lice Friday that William Wooten'
Negro, of SeabreeZe, caught d
Carolina taxi between l and a.
m. Friday at the Manhattan cafe
on So. 18th street between Wooster
and Dawson streets, and paid the
driver six dollars to take him to
Seabreeze. \
Two white soldiers on their way
10 Fort Fisher shared the cab with
WOoten.
According to Wooten's story
When the cab arrived at the
beach he was hit, and he knew
nothing further until he was
brought to the hospital.
He stated that he had in his pos
session at the time, three twenty
dollar bills, three two-dollar bills
and several ones. His wife saio
mat Wooten had over $500 in his
possession when he had left fol
town.
The case was turned over to the
county police.
"ooten has been admitted to the
hospital with a possible fractured
"a" and liberation of the face.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-08
DUKE L0OPSTERS
TO PLAY MARINES

DURHAM, Jan. T. R-After
having had more than they could
handle on Wednesday in the Nor
fol Naval Air Station, the Duke
Rose. former University of North
University Blue Devils will take on
another powerful service team to-
morrow night in the Cherry Point
marines.
Among the marines is Robert
Rose, former University of North
Carolina eager. Other leatherneck
loopsters are Bill Gates of Xavier,
Carl Kaiser of St. Mary's, Hal
Savage and Pete Rafferty, of Ford
ham; Neil Mosser of St. Josephs,
and Bill Vanbredakolff of Prince.
ton.
The game will start at 7:3(
o'clock.
In his last two Comes Gordon
Carver has pulled within two
points of the Devils top scorer
Bill Wright. Wright still leads with
1873 points, but Carver's A point:
against Long Island university ane
the Naval Air Station have jumped
him up to 1876.
Three Duke athletic teams will
be in action tomorrow. The wres
tiers will meet the Tar Heels a
Chapel Hill to open their mat sea
son, and the Carolina tankers will
come here for meet in the Dew
lis pool.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-08
Jimmy Hines Claims
Lead In West Coast
Open Golf Contest

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 7.-R-
Jimmy Hines of New York took
the lead among the first round
early finishers in the $12,5OO Los
Angeles open golf tournament to.
day with a SO, two under par. Els
worth Vines, former world tennis
champ, and Leo Diegel, Tucson,
Ariz., had 70's, as did w. A.
Stackhouse, Texas pro.
Joe Kirkwood, ST., trick shot ar.
fist, also turned in 70. His son,
Joe, Jr., arrived today after be-
ing indicted into the army al
Philadelphia but was refused per
mission to enter the tournament.