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Evening star., 1944-08-24
Afraid Sirens
To Sound Only
On SATURDAYS

Starting next week the daily noon
time AFRAID signal will be discon-
tinued except on Saturdays, the
Commissioners announced today.
Although Army regulations set
forth that AFRAID warning devices
need not be tested except on Satur-
urday, the Commissioners In the
past have requested that the daily
noon test be continued in order to
determine possible mechanical de-
fects.
Following a report by H. c.
Whitehurst, director of civilian de-
fense, that the possibility of an air
raid here is remote. the Commis-
sioners decided to limit the tests to
one day a week. The sirens have
been tested daily except Sunday
since early in 1912.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Woman With D. T.. Address
Dies in New York Fall

A young woman who was registered
as Mrs. Betty Burr, 20l7 N street
NV. Washington, fell to her death
last night from the 18th-floor room
which she shared with her husband
at the Hotel New Weston in New
York, according to the Associated
Press.
The husband, Lemuel Gwynne
Burr, told police his wife was the
former Betty Ann Frink, Fort Lup-
ton, Colo, and that they were mar
ried in New York July 1.
The Washington address is the
home of Julian Chetwynd, admins
trative officer of the British Raw
Materials Mission. He said he had
never heard of either Mr.. or Mrs.
Burr.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Red Cross to Sponsor
Home Nursing Course

A special six-lesson course in home
nursing. sponsored by the Red Cross
Nursing Service, will begin at 10
m. Monday at the Walsh House,
2020 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
The course will provide instruc-
ton in care and protection of pa
tients and families in cases of con-
tagious diseases. Persons interested
In registering for the class are asked
to call Hobart $500. extension 5, for
further information.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Promotion of Gen. Patch
Confirmed by Senote
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The promotion Of Maj Gen. Alex
ander M. Patch, jr., to the temporary
rank of lieutenant general was con.
firmed 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
Districts ALLEGATION
$4,o39,o00 a Year
Under Road Aid Bill
Slo,625.0oo for Virginia
And Sc, SAB 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,-
ll7,000 for the three-year period
covered by the measure, according
to formal report from the Senate
Post Ofices and Post Roads Com
mittee.
The bill carries q 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, ,621 900 during
the three-year period.
Hopes for Early Action.
Approximate appointments as
listed in the report on the Senate
bill indicate figure of $1O,625 900
a year for Virginia, for a total of
$31 ,875, 900, and for Maryland, So
$4,000 or $l9, 9,629 900 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-haif of
all public works were road i'm
provement projects" 1t 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
{ Fast-Riding Police
Arrest Six Youths
For Ho|dup, Robbery
Gang Quits Car, Hides
In Park After Race
Around Walter Reed

A half-hours chase at high speed
by Montgomery County and District
police early today. beginning in Sill
yer Spring and ending at Sixteenth
and Madison streets NV, resulted
in the arrest of six Baltimore
youths ranging in age from 16 to
23, after a night of holdup and rob-
berry.
Montgomery police began the pur-
suit at the Silver Spring traffic
light after Miss Jane Baston, 20, a
Rockville County courthouse en-
ploye, and companion, Mehrle F.
Mayne, had been held up and rob-
bed near Mr.. Mayne's home in Glen
mont. They told police black Sc
dan occupied by seven white men
drew up beside their car and two
OF the men stepped out with drawn
guns and demanded money. I'm
able tU find cash in Miss Baston's
purse, they took SO from Mr.. Mayne
and fed toward the District.
Notified by Montgomery police to
be on the lookout, two District
scout cars joined the chase at the
District line and other scout cars, a
robbery squad cruiser and motor
cycles were added IS speedometers
went up as high as 80 miles an hour,
according to 1t. Frank Lane of the
Montgomery ss,'ssan County Detective
i The runaways sped up and down
Georgia avenue, Blair road, Alaska
'A41nue, Sixteenth street and twice
Atnnnd Walter Reed Hospital before
jumping the curb and hitting guy
wire at Sixteenth and Madison
streets NV. The youths abandoned
the car and ran into Rock Creek
Park.
Stationed at Connecticut avenue
and the East-West highway. Sergt.
Frank Soper OF Montgomery County
police and a companion later ar
rested three of the fugitives. Three
others were arrested by District po-
lice as they attempted to cross the
District line at 7:3O am, police said.
A seventh man is still at large.
1t. Lane said the youths would be
charged with holdup and robbery
in Montgomery County and held for
Baltimore authorities. They began
their crimes in Baltimore. he said.
where they allegedly stole two purses.
the automobile and a set of auto
tags.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
RomuniunMove Indicates
NuziWeukness, HuIISuys

Secretary of State Hull today in
terpreted the capitulation of Ro-
mania as meaning that Germany
was losing its hold on the Balkans,
a fact which must be evident even
to Hitler.
The Romanians, he added, faced
by an overwhelming Allied superior
ity, are abandoning their inglorious
war at Hitler's side.
They can. he continued. now turn
to the repentant task of helping to
drive the Nazis from their country.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
New Fire Rules
For Use of Tents
GiivenAppro'va|
Commissioned Seek
To Prevent Disasters
Like Circus Fire

Acting to prevent conflagrations
like the Ringing Bros. circus fire
July 6 In Hartford which claimed
1877 lives, the Commissioners today
approved new fire safety recon-
mendations for the use of tents by
circuses, carnivals, church meetings
and other public assemblies.
The recommendations were SUBJ
mitted by Col. John w. Oehmann,
inspector Of buildings; R. C. Roberts,
fire marshal, and Maj. Edward J.
Kelly, superintendent OF police.
The new regulations provide that
fabrics used in all tents shall be
made of flameproof material or
thoroughly treated with flame
proofing solution in a manner to
meet prescribed Fire Department
tests.
Smoking is prohibited within
tented Enclosures and suitable mo
SMOKING" signs must be promi-
nently displayed and an announce
ment made at the beginning of each
performance that smoking is not
permitted.
Hay, straw, wood shavings, dried
grass or any other combustible ma
terial must not be used for ground
or floor covering within the tent or
within 10 feet Of the outside of the
tent in which the public may as
ssmble. Sawdust, however, may be
used If kept damp. In tents used to
house and feed animals, hay and
straw used for food and bedding
will be permitted.
Other safeguards provide that
tents be separated by a clear un-
covered space of not less than Is
feet. This, however, does not apply
to small tents such as may be used
at carnivals and circuses in which
the public does not assemble. Only
electric lights may be used within
the tent. No heating or cooking ap-
piances are permitted within tents
in which the public may assemble.
Evening star., 1944-08-24

NAA. " II u "Is "EIbhL
now is concluding his duties as di-
rector of the Aircraft Resources
Control Once 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 - years
old.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Clear, Cool Weather
Forecast for Todoy

A clear, cool day with some wind
and the highest temperature in the
upper 70s is forecast for today by
the. Weather Bureau as the cool
spell concludes its first week.
Tonight also will be cool, with q
minimum in the upper SOS forecast.
The lower temperature this morning
was "a degrees at 7:06 am.
Only .W inch Of rain fell during
last nights short shower.
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 intercession 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
o. Wedel, August Is, 20, 80 and Sep
tember l, and Canon F. j. Bohanan,
August 26, 20, 81 and September 2.
Evening star., 1944-08-24

This is going to be sad reminder
to the youthful element, but one
must be at least 18 years old to be
eligible to carry bean shooter.
And there is also an unpleasant
reminder for some of their elders.
There will be no kicking the gong
around in the barrooms about town.
Bells, horns, whistles and other
noisemakers used by merrymakers
on festive occasions are strictly
taboo.
Copies for Sale.
The new edition of the police reg
ulations reiterates the doleful rules
covering list of subjects ranging
from abattoirs to zones of quiet. The
260-page copy contains some eye
brow-lifting information. Those in
terested in learning the finer points
OF the law may purchase an edition
in Room 527 of the District Building
starting today. The price is $50
per copy, or s. If one desires the
five-year revision service.
The regulations are strict as far
Evening star., 1944-08-24

A0oeA AL Cll4S
country.
He was q vice
president a n d
C h / e f engineer
for ur tt ss-
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 rers
expanding pro-
duction of mill
tary planes.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Senator Byrd's Cor 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 Office Building. The Senator
told police he left the ignition keys
In the lock of the car.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
New Chief Of CAA
Grew Up WihAviation

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
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
nation have been ordered to report
Tor induction at Fort Myer today.
Evening star., 1944-08-24
Save 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 IL needed. Notify some
school child in your block to
have your paper picked up.
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
1870.
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
DlavorO,ypds fo1Iou,s.
Evening star., 1944-08-24

NEW POLIO MACHINE PRESENTED-To speed treatment of
infantie paralysis cases. device for steamng
wrnging out hot wooen cloths shown at its
Chdren Hospital by the Junior Board OF
Zella Dorsey pulls hot pack out Of the machine the IL
yearod convalescen patient Harry Becker 1882
Bethesda, Md. John Anderson Gight shown
accepting the machine from Jack Norton president
Junior Board of Commerce. Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1944-08-24
They are:

Aucy AIc.
Hernsndex. Carlos
Levy, Jerome 8.
Miller, Lawrence Z.
Mooty. Frank T., jr
Moskowity, Karl H.
Patton, Nicholas
9tolar, Sidney I.
vAkas, James
Yanuucci, Frank T.
Connoly, Games B.
Cooper. Bernard p,
Farmer. A. q.
Fierce, Carlos Z.
Wentxel. Robert +.
America, Francis O.
Canter, HoWard n.
Jenkins, v. n.
Maize, joseph ",
Ao03uDA ". ".
Evening star., 1944-08-24

Terry, Norman L.
Spaulding, M. w.
Barbour, Russell C,
Beveridge, John L,
Brown, Hazel e.
Campbell, Alan r.
Clark, Neil
Ciarkson, Henry N.
Crane, Thomas r.
Ounevay, Robert Z.
Ellis, Robert =.
Frost. Albert L.
Mock, LANA L.
Murphy, George W,
Murphy. Henry r.
WatteNon, c. c.
Ufeen. Franklin W.
notxhauSh q. a.
Evening star., 1944-01-19
War II Permits
of Little Time
For Hit Tunes
By H0ward Heyn.
HOLLYWOOD.


Why aren't there more rousing
war songs?
Well. an ex-plumber's apprentice
is authority for this answer:
There's no lift to this war, no
jollity. The last war was, in many
respects, regarded as something OF
"a picnic. Bands blared and
marching soldiers sang about smiles,
Katy at the kitchen gate, MIR. Zip
Zip, Zip the Barber, and how they
hated to get up in the morning.
"This time it's pretty grim busi-
ness: They're singing their pray
ers."
The former wrench -forgetter Is
Jimmy McHugh. He wrote that
lifting Comm in on a Wing and
a Prayer" Then he turned out
Say Prayer for the Boys Over
There" which is on the same popu-
larity path that took the wing
prayer combination to a sales smash
of 100000 copies.
Too Early for Effect.
"The war Is going better now
but not we'll enough to reflect its
trend musically," says Jimmy.
Maybe later, when the atmosphere
is a little lighter, you'll see some
of those martial tunes like Irving
Berlin wrote Is years ago."
McHugh has watched popular
Evening star., 1944-01-19

Frank c. Walker and William F.
Rodgers, vice president of Loew's,
Inc.
Indicative Of the prodigous tasks
for which the industry is volunteer
ing in connection with the war
effort. Mr.. Rodgers pointed out that
the current war bond campaign of
the industry involves a program to
sell a bond for every motion picture
house seat in the country.
That will be 11,500,000 bonds If
the campaign Is success.
ITS huge job, but it can be
DONE" Mr.. Rodgers told his audience
Of public ofiicials. motion picture
exhibitors and members Of the press.
Employment department: Dean
Murphy, the man who can mimic
you more realistically than you can
do 1t yourself, has been snatched
from Hollywood by the Earle The
ater to perform as master Of cere-
monies at the midnight show, fea-
ture Of the Presidents Birthday Gel
ebration. Among his other distinc-
tions, Murphy rates near the top
among the Presidents own enter
tainers, especially in his F. D. r.
impersonation.
Memory department.: The ano-
nymity Of uniform, Army or
Navy, is not anonymous where the
Capitol Theater's current headliner,
Patricia Morrison, is concerned.
When sailor stopped her at the
stage entrance on the deadline Of
her performance the other day,
Miss Morrison stayed stopped until
the last second.
They were reminiscing of the days
when Miss Morrison was making
her jittery debut in the movies at
Paramount studios, and the sailor
was the gent who was making her
up for the camera.
K -
Fuller information department:
'Rodeo," prominently programmed
by the Ballet Russo de Monte Carlo
in its engagement here February 2
and 3, can be regarded as a sort of
compensation for those who cannot
get tickets to Oklahoma. In it, in
case you did not know. is the
nucleus Of the famous ballet which
Agnes DeMille devised for the The
ater Guilds hit musical.
4 4 X
Yearning department.: Jimmy
Cagney will give the guild a lot OF
money If 1t will let him make the
picture version Of "Oklahoma" with
himself in the major role.
Evening star., 1944-01-19

picture will not be made for some
time until the several companies
exhaust the possibilities of the
comedy on Broadway and elsewhere.
Needless to say, the penny in
volved was very pretty one which
will find its name in the news before
long. In their artistic ways, people
of the stage and screen find it hard
not to talk about money eventually.
incidentally. F. Hugh Herbert,
who wrote the agreeable charade,
is reputedly on the verge of handing
Mr.. Abbott a new script dealing
with life among the adolescents and
their harassed parents. AS a father,
Mr.. Herbert takes an extremely
amiable view of adolescence and his
new play definitely is comic in
flavor.
Honors department.: Americas
critics, voting in Film Daily's annual
poll, have come to the conclusion
that Random Harvest" was the
outstanding motion picture of 1943.
And, correlatively, that Ronald
Colman's performance was the best
contribution to male acting of the
season. Strangely. the picture is
not rated as strong contender for
the Academy Award, nor did it
figure prominently in the balloting
in which the New York Critics
Circle decided that Watch on the
Rhine" was their award picture.
The Sign, national Catholic mag
azine, which conducts one OF the
most intelligent departments OF
stage and screen comment and
criticism to be found among periodi-
Gals, has conferred its 1943 award
upon 'The Song of Bernadette.
The picture makes its Eastern
debut this week, but has not yet
been booked for Washington show
ing.
Policy department.: That the mo-
ton picture industry has reached a
point where it should stand up and
slug it out with its critics (not us
boys and girls, but the ones who
denounce its policies without know
ing whereof they speak, was the
substance of two speeches delivered
yesterday at Statler luncheon.
Speakers were Postmaster General
Evening star., 1944-01-19

music move through many q cycle
In the Is years since his II Can't
Give You Anything But Love,
Baby" swept the country. He has
seen the public taste undulate from
sweet to hot and back to saccharine
again. He has had a hand in
Broadway hits almost annually,
with such tunes as Exactly Like
You," "On the Sunny Side of the
Street" go Home and Tell Your
Mother" Lovely to Look At" II
Won't Dance" South American
Way" Touch of Texas" and a
score Of others that sing themselves
when the titles are mentioned.
Since 1882 Broadway has shared
Evening star., 1944-01-19
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage.
National-"Kiss and Tell":: 2:3O
and $50 pm.
Screen.
Capitol-"Cry Havoc: 1O:45 am,
1:30, AIS, 7:05 and 10 pm. Stage
shows: 1885, $40, 6:15 and 9:O5 pm.
Columbia - Thousands Cheer:
1880 am, 2. 4::30, 7 and $50 pm.
Earle-"What a Woman: II am,
lao, 4:20, ITO and. $50 pm. Stage
shows: l, 3:45, $50 and 9:15 pm.
Keith's-"Flesh and Fantasy:
11:25 am, 1:25, $3.50, 5:35, 7::35 and
$40 pm.
Little-"Jeannie":: II am, 1880,
2:35, 4:20, 6:05, 7:50 and $50 pm.
Metropolitan-"Women TN Bond
age: 11:45 am, las, 3:45, 7:45.
Palace-"Madame Curie":: 11:25
am, 2, 4:30, Z and 9:35 pm.
Pix-"Return of the Vampire:
$40, 5:25, 7:45 and 1905 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts:
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1944-01-19
Prosperity for Ann?

10okS1 1S 1O1 AH111s
Most publicized romance in Hol-
lywood is that Of Ann Sheridan and
Steve flanagan who, by q peculiar
coincidence, Is a publicity man.
Evening star., 1944-01-19
Unlikely as 1t Seems,
1sh Gets Laughs
Over the Radio
By James Lindslev.
HOLLYWOOD.

AAOA11 NSOo1s
Mr.. Merwin Bogue is very
funny man, or else thousands of
people are wasting lot of laughter
every week-but what makes him
funny Is question on which no
one would like to risk a guess, least
Of all Mr.. Merwin Bogue.
In case you never heard of Mr..
Bogue, which is a good even money
bet, his alias is Ish Kabibble, and
he's the lad who, with Kay Kyser
as an accomplice, weekly spouts
absurd poems, essays and assorted
inanities and insanities. uttered in
tone Of Whitney self-assertiveness
which Is like nothing else on the
radio. Example: IAN Essay on
Radio"
Worry is stuff that if nobody
did any there'd be nothing to about.
Worry is also stuff that If I was
married to a beautiful blond she
wouldn't about me but I would
about her. But I amt, so why?"
Not very funny, you say? Well, it
got a big laugh on the radio pro-
gram.
The Voice Does 1t.
It's easy enough to say it's his
voice that makes such drivel funny.
but Ish (no one ever calls him any
thing else) swears he uses his nor
NAL speaking tones when he faces
the microphone, and his normal
speaking tones are much like any
ones, and not funny at all.
Ish was a musician before he was
q comedian, and still is He's played
the trumpet in Kyser's band for l;
years. 1t was about 10 years age
that he accidentally became a
comedian. For years, 1sh had
yearned to be a singer and finally
Kyser reluctantly permitted him to
try out before an audience.
"The song wasn't supposed to be
funny" he says, but I was scared
stiff, and guess I was no Crosby
Anyway, the audience roared. scar
ing me some more. Kay let me try
It again next night. Same result
So Kay said, Well, If they think
you're that funny maybe you're a
comedian. Go ahead and be funny.
He well remembers, too, how he
came by his nickname, Ish Kabibble,
I'VE were appearing In a San
Francisco night club in 1884" he re-
calls, "and I used to do a singing
number, The Man on the Flying
Trapeze.' Remember it?
Pepetition Of n Song.
"Weu, the audiences liked 1t SO
well that they'd bring me gack again
and again and we couldn't get on
with the show. So Kay told me to
work up a song for finale that was
so bad, so corny. SO all around lousy
that they wouldn't awnt be back.
It thumbed through piles of old
sheet music, and I found this thing
called 'Ish Kabibble,' published years
and years ago. Boy, it was terrible,
but darned If the customers didn't
20 for 1t and I sang 'Ish Kabible'
every program for five years. 1t not
only became my trademark, but my
nickname. Plenty Of my acquaint-
ances haven't the faintest idea what
my legal name is"
Ish receives many Of his absurdi-
ties, particularly his ''pomes," from
contributors-radio listeners who
apparently regard him as a fellow
lunatic. Like this lode to q Hen:
TN she came
"Aand down she sot.
"She laid an egg
"And up she got"
Ish Is tall. slim, 36 years old, mar
ried. the father of three, was born in
Erie, Pa, and educated at the Uni
versity Of West Virginia. Next to his
radio work he likes to play slap
stick roles in the films, which he
does every now and then.