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Evening star., 1944-12-08
House Unit Puts Off
Hearings on Subway
Until January

Congressional hearings scheduled
to open next Tuesday on the pro-
posed $50, 100000 streetcar subway
system for Washington were post
poned yesterday until some time in
January and simultaneously spokes-
men for three committees of the
Board Of Trade promised further
studies Of the postwar project.
Representative D'Alesandro, Dem
ocrat, OF Maryland, chairman Of
the Streets and Traffic Subcom-
mittee of the House District Com
mittee, granted a request filed by the
Commissioners that the hearings
be delayed.
Commissioner Young had written
that the District government as
yet had adopted no plan for flnanc-
ing the suggested subways.
He added that so far the District
has received no recommendations or
comments on the report of the con-
sulting engineers. In agreeing to
the postponement, Mr.. DAlesandro
Sdlu AioPC0 SAFiS
and business organizations would
move promptly to crystalline their
views so as to be ready to testify
after the new Congress meets.
Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, director
of highways, discussing the subway
proposal yesterday at a luncheon
session Of the Traffic, Highway and
Utilities Committees of the Board
of Trade. warned that Washington
should not permit its central busi-
ness area to be "decentraliZed. 1t
would be calamity" If it occurred,
he said.
In this he was in agreement with
the consulting engineers, who offered
the subways as means of prevent
ing loss of values of downtown
realty values by overcoming traffic
delays and congestion.
Capt. Whitehurst said District
officials wanted advice as to the best
means of meeting postwar traffic
problems and chairmen of the three
trade body committees pledged
further study and action. They are
Lee D. Butler, Traffic Committee;
Charles M. Upham. Highway Com
mittee, and E. F. Lacey. public
utilities and transportation.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
0'Conor Backs
Plan 10 Improve
School System
Will Ask Legislature
To Roise Teachers
Pay, Add One Grade
ly the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec 8.-An eight
point program backed by Gov
O'Conor and designed to give
Maryland an educational system
second to none in the country"
will be submitted to the 1945 Gen.
eral Assembly.
This was announced last night in a
radio speech by the Governor, who
declared that ''our school system
warrants the best thought and the
most generous attitude which to-
gether we can accord it
The chief points on the proposed
program are those calling for
permanent increase in teachers SAL
aries, a Upgrade public school sys-
tenn throughout the State, and re-
duction in the average number of
pupils per class in elementary
schools to IS.
Sl,500 Minimum Asked.
Gov. O'Conor said he would ask
the Legislature to increase teachers
salary schedule to a minimum OF
$500 year from ST 200 and a max
imum of S2,250, or $3.50 more than
the present top for holders of a de-
gree.
He made no estimate of how much
1t and other proposals would add to
the school budget.
His other proposals for betterment
of the school system were:
Retraining war workers for civilian
Jobs and education courses for re-
turning veterans; additional pro-
visions for physical education and
health programs, courses in agricul-
ture, home economics and industrial
education: expansion of adult train
ing programs, utilization of radio
educational facilities and special ad-
ditional training courses for phys
ically and mentally handicapped
pupils: further study of a proposal
for self-supporting Junior colleges;
extension of planning aid to local
governments for construction and
development of school buildings and
wider use of schools for community
recreational and civic purposes.
Financial Position Favorable.
The proposed program is based
on recommendations of commits
sion headed by Gen. Henry NJ War
field and appointed by the Governor
to make study of the future edu-
cational needs of the State
Fortunately" Gov. O'Conor said,
"Maryland's most favorable financial
position today makes it possible for
the State to do its part towards
achieving the objectives outlined by
the School Survey Commission - =.
Il feel that similarly the local
subdivisions will be ready and willing
to do their part
The Governor added that 'it is
particularly timely to embark on this
program now in preparation for the
postwar period so that our educa-
tional system can offer the opportu-
mites which our people should have
If our democratic principles are to
be maintained
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Jesse Sanders Heads
Potomac Grunqe No.

Jesse T. Sanders Of the United
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration has been elected
master Of Potomac Grange No.
for the ensuing year.
Other officers for the farm organi-
zation include: Ralph Cuitt, over
seer; Merrill Sickles. lecturer; j. C.
Folsom, steward; Lawrence Beebe,
assistant steward; Lewetta Cox
chaplain; O. M. Kile, treasurer;
George A.. Billings. secretary, and
Barrow Lyons, gatekeeper. Ofhcers
will be Installed Early next month.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Gets Bor Group Post

Miss Sophronia J. Lasica. 1888
North Upland street, Arlington, in
structor in legal research at South
eastern University Law School. has
been named director for the State
of Virginia in the National Asso-
citation of Women Lawyers.
Evening star., 1944-12-08

raCeQ naval Om-
GERS in this war,
yesterday S h o t
down three Jap
anese pl n e S
over Leyte, in
the Philippines,
for a total score
Of 10 e n e m y
craft, according
to an Associated
p ess dispatch
from that area.
G o m d r. M a c.
Donald was skip
per Of the famed
d e s t r o y e r
0,narpou
Evening star., 1944-12-08
students Plan Bond RuIIy

The Kensington Elementary
school will hold . bond rally at
8 O'Clock tonight at the school. A
costume program will be staged by
the students.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Envoy to Be Speaker

Speaker at the weekly luncheon of
the Harvard Club scheduled for 10
am. tomorrow at the Annapolis
Hotel, will be L. B. Pearson, Cana
dian Minister Plenipotentiary. His
subject will be Canada During and
After the War"
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Sabbath Services Planned

Sabbath services will be observed
at $3.50 o'clock tonight by the Argo
League of B'nai Birth at the B'nai
Israel Synagogue, Fourteenth and
Emerson streets NV. Bernard H.
Fischgrund. vice president Of Argo
Lodge, viii be the speaker.
Evening star., 1944-12-08

Col. Charles H. Macdonald, 34I0
North Fifteenth street, Arlington,
a brother of 1t. Comdr. Donald j.
Macdonald, one of the most deco
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Speech on Lonouooes

Francisco Aguilera, Spanish lee
turer at National University, will
speak on Languages and Inter-,
Americanisin" ut 10 am. tomorrow
at Howard University.
Evening star., 1944-12-08
Ellsworth |. Richmond
Dies Here al Is

Ellsworth L. Richmond, rs. super
intendent of the Seventh-day Ad-
ventist Review and Herald Publish
ing Association plant at Takoma
Evening star., 1944-12-08
II District Men Report
To Armed Forces TODAY

Another group of II District men
have been ordered to report for in
duction into the armed forces in
Baltimore today They are:
Arnone, James Harley, Henry E..
Root, Henry E. Page, Richard
Speakes, Ralph R. Van Storey, Thad,
Mackenzie, Victor c. walker John T.
Henderson. Fred S. Gales, Arthur II
Mead, Rollin p Wallace, Edward
Rogers, Paul B. Bundy, Steven H.
Brown, John Price. Elmer
Galloway, DWyer
Evening star., 1944-12-08

MODEL OF LUXURY HOTEL PLANNED FOR DISTRICT AREA
"A bdseye view the model of proposed $40 hotel
Diplomat which say will constructed the
Corby estate Garrett Park Nd about II miles from
downtown materials available CASTOR
Yauyssen of the Hotel ST. Regis in New York
president and director of the hotel concern
the financing of the structure will be private
already has been purchased and will provide
space golf tennis courts kennels stables
bride paths said the hotel will house theaer and
ballroom that will accommodate 900 couples.
Evening star., 1944-12-08

ENTHUSIAST - Eugene E.
Ricketts,, jr., Navy specialist
photographer first class,
shown reading the overseas
edition Of The Star, sent this
picture from North Africa to
his mother. Mrs. Margaret
Ricketts,, 1904 Potomac avenue
Sc. His wife, Ruth, lives at
II Ridge road Sc. He wrote
that he has made "a good
many friends" through the
little paper.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
SOMETHING FOR THE wHITE-coLLAR BOYS

Senator Ebert Thomas of Utah has spoken out
once more for the reoI forgotten man Of this war
the white-colIor worker Senator Thomas has been
heard before on the subject since he is chairman Of
the Senate committee which has studied the plight
of these fixed-neone workers. Nothing construct
i've hos yet been done for thenn and probably little
can be done while the debote costof-lvne sto-
tistics roees and no one knows exactly how much
Of beating these 20 million workers have taken.
But it is obvious thot they have taken beot-
ing. Even loyal an administration soldier os Sem
otor Thomas admits thot they have been squeezed
between frozen incomes and rising prices. He hos
recommended thot the War Labor Board OF leost re-.
move controls on wages up to $500 month for
fonnily heods and $50 for single persons.
Even before all the returns ore in it would seem
that this con be solely done. The whe-coIor work.
ers ore paying their share of toxes Their food costs
them as much as it does the highly paid war plant
worker or executive. They ore buying War Bonds,
too. And Senator Thomos' recommendation carries
no threot OF infIotion Eosine the ceiling os for as
~ suggests would be nothing more than common
Justice.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
. BEHIND THE SCENES -
IN WASHINGTON .
BY PETER EDISON


Although existence of clan
destine Nazi radio, stations in
Latin America was known as
early as the spring of l94l, a
full year was to eQapse before
the Department of State could
arrange matters so that us.
technicians, trained in the moni-
toring of the air waves by the
Radio Intelligence Division of
the Fec eral Communications
Commission, could be assigned
TO work with other American
governments in putting these
espionage centers out of bust
ness.
First step was made at the Rio
Conference of Foreign Minis
tiers: resolution recommending
elimination of the clandestine
stations. But it was March before
the State Department was ready
to ask FEC ito supply men and
mobile equipment to conduct
the local monitoring in Brazil
and Chile, the two most active
centers.
Two young Texas engineers
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
i. QUESTIONS
AND
ANSWERS .

Q-Are the Swiss doing any
thing to stave off feared post
war unemployment?
A-They are planning a pro-
gram of public construction. in
Guiding improvement of the
state-owned rail system and wa
terways.
Q-Who was Silas Deane?
A-America's first foreign
represe :ative. A congressman,
he was appointed commercial
and political agent to France
by Congress in March, 1875.
Deane was the first to receive
Lafayette's offer of services.
Q-What is Germany's vi?
A-The one-ton robot bomb:
q W. Of 10 tons is feared.
Q-What famous historical
figure whose name is a bvword
for foppery lived in the last
10 years of his life in Caen,
France, and died there in a luna
tic asylum?
A-Beau Brummel.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
|. SO THEY SAY

A particularly satisfying fca-
ture of the fighting has been
the fine performance of troops
- American, British and Can
adam committed to battle
for the first time.-General Els
enhower.
Since 1900 the world popula-
ton has increased from 4,O0O.-
600 to 2,000,000,00O, or three
fold in about $50 years. All the
best land in the most habitable
parts of the world is already
under cultivation. A vast area
has been ruined for further cul-
tivation. - DR.. Walker c. Low
dermilk, assistant chief u. S.
Soil Conservation Service.
We can no longer regard our
selves as sturdy, healthy ma
ton. The country is ailing. -
Col. Leonard Rowntree, Selec-
tive Service medical director.
These French people cooper
ated with us only when a ma
chine gun was at their backs.
Laborers swung their picks once
and then had to fill their pipes
- German officer captured at
Cnerbourg.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
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but the general preferred to dis
cuss bridge and bridge hands. OF
course we had to tell him about
the hand shown today. which
came up in this years Wander
bilt Cup Tournament.
The bidding was very bullish,
but East and West were 1900
points behind and this was the
last hand of the match for them.
Amazingly, with the help of a
pardonable slip on the part of
South, they made the slam dou-
bled, winning the match by 160
points.
Declarer allowed the spade
eight to hold the first trick.
South studied long time, then
decided that his safest return
was a spade. Dummy's ace won
and now West just ran eight
heart tricks. When the last heart
was lead, there remained in
dummy the ace, ten and nine
of clubs and diamond king,
while South held the spade
queen, diamond ace and king
queen of clubs. The diamond
king was discarded from dunn
my and South discarded the ace
of diamonds. Declarer then led
the diamond jack and South dis
carded the spade queen. The
four of spades in declarer's hand
won the twelfth trick and the
club ace the thirteenth.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
UTILITY MINDED

PHILADELPHIA-Mrs. c. S.
Robbins canned fruit exploded
and she wrote a letter to the
editor:
To me nylons and girdles
don't matter. All ask is, give
us ladies good glass gar"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
SEEKS FREEDOM

AKRON, OHIO - A rubber
worker, an ex-doughboy of this
war, quit his war job to go back
to the coal mines after being
fined for wrestling on a down
town street with his brother, on
leave from an Alaskan army
post.
We're going back to Penn
eylvania where we can have a
couple of beers and wrestle
around if we want to-" the dis
contented youth proclaimed. Il
don't like these big cities where
they take S24 away from you
for having a little fun"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
BRAVE NEW BOOK

Eric Johnston, president Of the United Stotes
Chamber of Commerce, is brave man who hos
written q brave book called "Anerico Unlimited"
His courage lies in the foct that he hos dared to be
leverage" and unorieino without apology
Mr. Johnston confesses thot his book is the out.
growth of hundreds of conversations with oil sorts
of Americans in the lost few years. He has dared
to put down his dstiIIoton Of these average thoughts
of an average man in defence Of the bes and an
oer which it is bound to draw from the for right ond
left Of public opinion
One does not often find writer on present-doy
economics who will admit to being on optimist who
will "peod guilty Of being Kwonon, sharing oil
the sins of extrovert good fellowship, sef-improve-
nent, and community spirit which the so-coled in
teIIectuoIs love to Iompoon;" who will speak OF
private enterprise and initiotive and capitalism
without quote marks, without sneers or smugness
Mr. Johnston does all these things and more. He
even dores to defend the Horotio Aeer soeos OF Tit
tie tykes who grow into big tycoons" He finds them
to be synboIicoy if not literally true And he feels
that they ore deeply American, "os near os any,
thing we have to O body Of folklore"
He surveys unbIushiney and with pride the boy
Who travelled the road from log cabin to White
House. He happily notes that the American boats Of
being self made" where the European boosts Of
his forebeors In both he finds proof that "Ameri-
cons have not yet become accustomed to looking
upon poverty insuperobIe, or even serious, OBJ
stocle"
Now, thot is not O fashionable way Of thinking
or of writing But unquestionobly it happens to erys
toIIze the thinking Of millions Of independent
minded moderate income, small town Tor city,
formers and workers and business men people
who ore reasonably inorticuIote and not given to
writing books, but who WELD influence and decide
elections and come to mind when someone speaks
Of the backbone Of America" They ore people at
once progressive (snce they do not think this coun-
try perfect or brstle at recent social and economic
reforms) and conservative (snce they do not feel
thot improvement demands complete scroppine Of
the American way Of doing thnes).
To these people we commend Mr.. Johnston's
book, as we commend Mr.. Johnston for having d.
eested their best thinking SO clearly and persuos-
iveIy
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
UNFORGOTTEN SOLDIER

NEW YORK-Pvt. John K.
Doe, APO 900 is getting mail.
The New York port of en-
barkation reports that some let
ters bearing that address, a sam
pie printed to show how mail to
service men should be address
ed, have been received.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
GANGWAY!

ELKHART, IND.-Police Of
ficer John Geerts, arresting a
17-year-old driver, said he shoo-
ed pedestrians off sidewalk,
drove his car up over the curb,
and bought a sack of popcorn
at a stand without getting out
of the automobile.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
MCKINNEY ON
BRIDGE
By WILLIAM Z. MCKINNEY
Americas Card Authority

Maj.-Gen. Alfred M. Gruen-
Their, chief of staff of the Fifth
Army, was in town long enough
to drop in for a visit with some
of his old friends. General
Gruenther is a member of the
executive committee of the
American Contract Bridge Lea
que. During his visit we all
wanted to talk about the war,
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22

wore a bathing suit at the studio.
It was the same suit she wore at
Atlantic City.
The director looked at her,
said, oh no, You won't do. You
should never wear a bathing
suit"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON
NEA Staff CORRESPONDENT

MA Stdil correspondents
The Form looked mighty pref
ty in a pair of Stacks and one of
those tight sweaters which Mr..
Hays says the girls must not
wear on the screen. She was sit
ting on a bench on the Some
thing for the Boys" set. She was
-Mmmm!
We had looked her up, we
said, because we wanted to find
out what happens to a Miss
America after all the shouting
dies down.
The Form-brunet Jo-Carroll
Dennison, a small town stenog-
rapher-won the title at Allan
tic City in 1912. There was the
usual big fuss which eventually
resulted in a film contract. But
SO far, Jo-Carroll said, she's an
actress who seldom acts.
I've done very little acting"
she said. Three small roles in a
year. C'Pin-Up Girl" Ladies in
Washington" Something for
the Boys."D You can say I'm not
doing so we'll. AS a matter Of
fact, you can say that being Miss
America isn't all that it's crack
ed up TO be. It's a drawback. in
Hollywood. Winning the title
changes a girl life too much too
fast"
There was, for example, the
$1,000 month she was supposed
to be making on a personal APP
pearance tour after she won the
title. That's what | thought
was making she said. But the
Atlantic City Pageant took 80
per cent, an agent got another 10
per cent, and the income tax
people got some more. | was 9e.-
ting only about 50 per cent"
II MEAN EXPERIENCED
A lot of her relatives also
popped up for loans. They
thought l was making a lot of
money" she said. Il thought so,
too. l spent more than | should
have. was a $25 a week secre-
tary from Tyler, Texas, on a
spree: / got taken for a lot of
money. BY the time l got back TO
Tyler all l had was $4,000 and a
lot of experience. And brother, |
mean experience"
Before she returned to Tyler,
Jo-Carroll turned down several
radio and stage offers in New
York. Il always kept thinking
something better would turn
up" she said, but nothing did.
One of the plays she turned
down was Oklahoma"
Returning TO the old home
town was an experience, too.
The Form said. They sort of
resented me coming back. They
got TO liking all the publicity |
was getting for the town. | had
decided TO go back to work as
secretary honest. Then 10th
Century-Fox offered me a con-
tract. But don't really want to
be an actress. | want to get mar
ried and have children.
But all the eligible men she
knows. The Form said, are in
the Army.
Then there was the attitude
everybody seems TO take towards
a Miss America. The chorus girl
attitude" Jo-Carroll said. You
know, you're introduced as
Miss American and everybody
thinks of line of girls with
peroxide in their hair. Or they
sheer and say, Miss America?
Hmm. She's not so pretty Or
they say, i bet she's a stinkcr.'
THE FORM LAYS AN EGG
It's like that in Hollywood,
too, The Form said. The Miss
America title is a drawback. You
are introduced as Jo-Carroll
Dennison and directors might
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22

Six-ton blockbusters dropped
by Allied planes now create ar
tificial tidal waves that have a
devastating effect on boats
when dropped in enclosed har-
bors, tidal basins and boat pens.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
V-MAIL OF THE SPECIES

INDIANAPOLIS--Mrs. Milton
r. Rubin said today that her
four-year-old son Michael, ad-
apting technology TO nature,
came home with the report that
a neighbours dog has three boy
puppies and one V-Mail."
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
. FLASHES
OF
LIFE .
ny the Associated Press
loved TO ACTION

GARY, IND. - Mrs. Evelyn
Wise, literally moved to sue for
divorce, charged today in a COM
plant filed in superior court
that she and her husband, John,
and their two children, have
had ID different addresses in
the last three years.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
JUMPS OUT OF SHOES

PHILADELPHIA boy thief
surprised while looting the west
side Presbyterian church, grabb-
ed a woman employees pocket
book and fled - without his
shoes left in a corridor.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
CARTOONING OUR TINES

The cartoon has for years re.
Elected the public opinion OF
the time. II has been used TO
mold thought and ideas, influ-
ence political trends, and has
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-08-22
Q IN HOLLYWOOD

give you a break. You're intro
duced as Miss American and the
immediate reaction is: She can't
act-she's just beauty contest
winner
Jo-Carroll Dennison can still
chuckle over the first time she