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Evening star., 1944-12-06
Farley Fails 10 End
Greyhound Strike

A ,walkout of 1865 mechanics and
helpers in the Greyhound Garage
here continued today after a con-
ference between a War Labor Board
official and union heads failed to
obtain any promise that the men
would be sent back to work.
The conference was held in the
office of Ronald Horton of the WLB
staff. 1t was attended by I. B. Pad
way, counsel for the union, Local 108
OF the Street, Electric and Motor
Coach Employees, AFL. Also present
were Clark K. Dorsey, president of
the local, and Frank williams, chair
man of its Executive Board.
The employees were to meet later
today at 523 New Jersey avenue
NV. to hear report on the con-
ference at the War Labor Board.
The men walked out in sympathy
with the discharge of two employees.
Frank Binder and Rieder Haug,
both allegedly released for their
participation in strike at the Grey
hound Terminal last June which
tied up bus operations to the north
of the Capital.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Capt. Thompson Of Star Gives
1t. Butt Code in DoubIetuIk

Bait of the War Production Board.
It was one of those calls that
prove funny later, but not at the
time. College football rivalry en-
tered the combat picture to solve
a very real problem.
Capt. Thompson went to Prince
ton and 1t. Bait went to Harvard.
Neither of them was thinking of
that the other night. 1t. Bait
needed a code signal which Capt.
Thompson knew. Their only con-
tact was the telephone which might
have been tapped by the enemy.
They couldn't say the word so they
had to doubletalk 1t.
Capt. Thompson tried several
methods but none worked. Finally
the captain had an idea.
What would you say if Princeton
beat Harvard In football gamer"
he asked.
II get it, the lieutenant respond
ed promptly.
The prearranged signal was
Lucky Tiger"
Evening star., 1944-12-06
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&Remindery@h

Canned Goods, Etc.-Book No. 4.
blue stamps A-8 through Z-8; AS
through rs and Az and B-2
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. Next stamps to be validated
January /.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Red stamps AS
through Z-8 and AS through SIS
good indefinitely for 10 points
each. Next stamps to be validated,
December 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book No. 4 stamps 80 through
"a valid for S pounds indefinitely.
Book No. stamp 40 good for S
pounds for home canning through
February %, 1945.
Gasoline-A-13 coupons good for 4
gallons each through December
81. ALA coupons valid for 4
gallons each on December %.
B-4, ca, BIS and C-5 coupons
good for S gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps /, 2 and 3
in Book No. good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods No. and S cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through August 81, 1945. Period /,
1944-5 ration, also good for 10
gallons unit. Consumers in this
area should not have used more
than q per cent of their ration as
of December 4.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Miss Amelia |. Johnston,
u. ). ConsuI's Kin, Dies

Miss Amelia L. Johnston, IL, of
1000 Connecticut avenue NV, a life
long resident of the District, died
yesterday at Doctors Hospital after
an illness of several months. She
was the sister of Coldwell Johnston,
American consul in Montreal, Can
ada.
Born in Washington. the daughter
of the late Horace S. and Annie
Smith Johnston, she received her
education in private schools here
and in Sandy Spring, Md. and trav-
eled extensively abroad. She was
member of st. Thomas Episcopal
Church.
Besides her brother, she leaves an
uncle, J. Edgar Smith, Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
noon Friday at st. Thomas Church,
Eighteenth and Church streets NV.
Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Former D. 6. Newsmun
To Be Ordained Here

The Rev Herbert Costain, the
new pastor of st. Andrews Parish,
Leonardtown, Md, and All Saints
Parish, Oakley, will be among min
listers to be ordained by the Right
Rev. Angus Dun. Bishop of Wash
ington, December 81 at the WASH
ington Cathedral.
Mr.. Costain, a former Washing
ton newspaperman, was graduated
July % from the Alexandria Theo-
logical Seminary and has been
serving at the two st. Marys Coun-
ty parishes since that time.
A native of England, Mr.. Costain
came to this country about II years
ago, making his home here. He
served as assistant at the Church
of the Epiphany here until going to
st. MaryS County.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
S7,887 Welfare Grant
Voted in Montgomery
For Months Activity

The Montgomery County Board OF
Commissioners yesterday appropri-
ated $7,887 to the County Welfare
Board for December operations.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Kurtz, executive
secretary of the welfare board, re-
ported that the funds will be used
as follows:
Old-age assistance, $1,384; aid to
dependent children, S1,512: aid to
needy blind, s113; general public
assistance, $1,712; boarding home
care for children, $2,387, and ad-
miniStration, $779.
The commissioners voted $12,50O
for the purchase of lot adjoining
the Bethesda County Building from
Mrs. Emma r. Armstrong. The
property, 1910 Montgomery avenue,
will be used to provide space for
anticipated additions to the county
building.
A resolution from the Potomac
Public Health Lay Committee, ask
ing for additional beds in Maryland
State tuberculosis sanatoria and
calling for increased salaries of en-
ployes of these State institutions,
was referred by the commissioners
to the county delegation to the
General Assembly.
The resolution stated that "an
apparent lack of beds in Maryland
State tuberculosis sanatoria is a
detriment to recovery of tubercular
patients, to general public health
and to the tuberculosis control pro-
gram in the State"
The resolution also urged that "in
order to encourage retention and
employment of sufficient number
of properly trained employees, the
salary scales of all Maryland State
tuberculosis sanatoria be revised
upward"
Evening star., 1944-12-06
New Shipments Avert
Gas Shortage Here

Shipments of gasoline into the
Washington area during the past 80
hours have ayerted a gasoline short
age here, it was learned today.
Harry Wainwright, executive d.
rector of the Retail Gasoline Dealers
Association, described the shortage
as purely local situation that has
been cured" He said the shortage
developed over last week end and by
Monday one major supplier and a
smaller supplier were completely out
of gasoline.
Improvement in the supply began
yesterday, he said, as supplies were
rushed in from other areas in the
East.
The official said that similar
shortages develop practically every
month, due to the fact that Wash
ington, like many cities, is operating
on very close inventory.
A District Office OF Price Admin
istration official reported that a few
stations had been out of gasoline in
the last few days, but he said the
shortage was nowhere near as
severe as the August drought"
when one-third of the city's stations
went dry.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Clio Convention Here
Urged 10 Reaffirm
No-Strike Pledge

More than 200 delegates attending
the opening session of the three-day
convention of the Maryland ano
District of Columbia Industrial
Union Council were called on today
by their president, Ulisse de DOM
inicis to reaffirm their no-strike
pledge.
The delegates. meeting in the Will
lard Hotel. spent most Of the morn
ing in preliminary formalities and
in arranging for the presentation of
resolutions during the remaining
sessions.
Mr.. Dominicis pointed out that the
CIO and its afaliates had long since
pledged that our boys fighting all
over the world would not be disap-
pointed" in the labor movement.
I'VE have stood loyal" he said.
I'VE have done our part and will
continue to do so until victory is
finally achieved.
I'VE have a mission to perform in
this world. The community will look
up to us as responsible leaders in
the labor movement"
Greater Cooperation Urged.
The CIO official urged greater CO.
operation between labor and man
agement ION a common-sense basis
as a means of ending the long
struggle that has existed between
the two groups. He also said that
the CIO proved a potent factor in
the last elections and that I'VE are
going to remain in politics to pre-
vent any cheap political boss from
running the major parties
Commissioner Guy Mason invited
CIO union leaders to take a more
active part in District affairs.
After all, we're appointees," he
said, "and we're likely to sit back
and look SNUG unless somebody
prods U.S."
The Commissioner said admins
traitors were too often in touch only
with minority groups because rep
resentatives of majority opinion US
ually were too busy making living
to spend time in civic affairs.
District suffrage, adequate hous-
ing and the elimination of racial
discrimination were listed as princi-
pal goals for local CIO workers by
Henry Beitscher, president of the
District Council, United Federal
Workers of America.
Hatch Act Revision Asked.
Calling for revision of the Hatch
Act forbidding political activity by
Government employees, Mr.. Belt
scher declared 100000 Federal
workers throughout the country
were denied the right to express
themselves fully during the last
Evening star., 1944-12-06
New Trial Is SOUGHT
In Bratcher Case

A motion for new trial was filed
IN Federal District Court in Alexan
dria yesterday by T. Edward O'Con-
nell, attorney for Everett (Washie)
Bratcher, Washington bandleader.
who was convicted in the court
Thursday of taking drugs to avoid
the draft.
Mr.. O'Connell said he based his
motion on four counts, the first of
which is that his client was de-
pr1ved of fair and impartial judg-
ment because. he said, the foreman
OF the jury, George Keeler, brought
into the jury room on Thursday a
copy of a Washington paper con-
tanning a story of the trial and a
criticism of Mr.. Keeler,
In addition, the motion. states
there is no proof that crime was
committed in Virginia. During the
trial, Mr.. O'Connell tried to prove
that the Fort Myer Hospital is in
the District on the basis of the 1791
line of demarcation.
Mr.. O'Connell also contends that
no evidence was produced at the
trial to indicate the commission of
any crime, and further states that
the rights of the defendant were
hopelessly prejudiced by the courts
action in allowing the jury to 60
home after starting it's deliberations.
The jury went out early Wednes-
day afternoon and by pm. had
reached no decision. Judge Robert
N. Pollard asked if there was any
objection to the jurors going home
and resuming their deliberations the
next day. Since Mr.. O'Connell and
T. Brooke Howard, defense attor-
neys, were absent from the court
at the time, Leslie Garnett, also as
sociated with the defense, was asked
if he had any objections and Of
fered none.
Mr.. Bratcher is scheduled to be
sentenced Monday by Judge Pollard.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
ANA Hears Plan
.ToCombineU.5. 5.
Health Services
Medical Man With
Cabinet Status Would
Head Department

Establishment of a Federal De-
partment of Health, under which all
medical and health functions of the
Government, would be co-ordinated
and administered, was proposed to-
day at meeting of the American
Medical Associations Council on
Medical Service and Public rela-
tions at the Mayf1ower Hotel.
The proposed bureau would be
headed by medical man, according
to the plan, who would have the
status of cabinet officer.
DR.. Louis H. Bauer of Hampstead,
Long Island, member of the Board
of Trustees, said the department
would end the present chaos" in
administration of Government
health agencies. Under the present
setup, he said, Government health
and welfare agencies such as the
United States Public Health Service,
the Children's Bureau, the Food and
Drug Administration, the Veterans
Administration and others, are oper-
ated by different Government bu-
reaus, resulting in confusion and
wasted efforts
Profession Will Cooperate.
John H. Fitzgibbon, chairman of
the conference, said "the medical
profession will welcome an opportu-
nifty to cooperate in efforts for a
proper solution of the problems of
medical care"
1t was stressed that the proposed
bureau would not cover Army and
Navy facilities.
1t was disclosed that the council
has been authorized to appoint
director of insurance to correlate
plans and to assist in developing
new ones to provide the whole coun-
try with feasible health insurance.
The council said that such plans,
including group hospital insurance,
can be made effective at far less
cost and with more satisfactory
service than any compulsory Gov
ernment-controlled plan.
Hospital Insurance Increases.
1t was pointed out that group hos
pital insurance has grown rapidly
and more than 10000, 600 people are
now covered by it. A total of 25,-
900 900 persons are covered, at least
to some degree, by voluntary nom
profit medical, industrial and COM
mercial plans These plans must
be made available to every one de-
string coverage at a cost within his
means to pay" the councils state
ment said.
The council also favored the use
of Federal funds to aid communities
with public health measures, care of
the INDECENT and construction of
necessary hospitals, where the COM
munities are unable to finance them.
The council said these funds
should be administered by the local
community.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
S681,893 for District
Included in Latest
Appropriation Bill

In the first supplemental appro-
priation bill for the fiscal year 1945
the last appropriation measure to
be passed in the present Congress
$681 1885 is included for the Dis
trict. This is the amount recon-
mended in the budget estimates.
OF the total, s417,500 is for the
provision of additional school facili-
ties for colored children and S17O,-
600 is for beginning construction of
a new heating plant at the Home
for the Aged and Infirm, and for
the preparation of plans and specif1-
cations of new and modern facilities
at that establishment at cost not
to exceed s1,250,000.
School Fund Provided.
Other District items are: For
public school construction at Fiji
teenth and Hamlin streets NE,
$167 500: for construction of an ad-
dition to the Kimball School $3.50
900; for the Health Department,
capital outlay at Gallinger Munich
pal Hospital. $38.250; public welfare,
child care, $4,000; District Training
School, $4,000: refuse division,
$4,000; settlement of claims and
suits, $1,664.50; payment of judg-
ments, $222.05, and audited claims
for the fiscal year 1912, $S,257.
Plans for erecting storage build
ing in Suitland, Md, for preserva-
ton of permanent records being
accumulated by about 80 war agen-
cies were revealed during testi-
mony of DR.. Scion j. Buck, archivist
of the United States, and Dan
Lacy, director of operations at Ma
tional Archives, before a House Ap-
preparations Subcommittee.
Mr.. Lacey said request now is
pending before the Public Buildings
Administration for construction of
an inexpensive" building to sup
plement the storage space in the
Archives Building He said it was
his understanding the request would
be presented to Congress as part of
the public buildings bill
New Workers Needed.
OF the voluminous documents be-
ing collected during the present war
by the new agencies, about 80 per
cent would be worth preserving"
DR.. Buck said.
The testimony came during a dis
cussion of the request by National
Archives for an additional appro-
priation of $25,O00 for the fiscal
year 1945 for salaries and expenses.
DR.. Buck explained the salaries
were needed so new members could
be added to the staff to work on
IAN extensive accumulation of non-
current records of war activities
that have been going on now for
about three years"
Evening star., 1944-12-06

Other preventive measures are
discussed at the school although the
instruction deals with major crimes
and not with misdemeanors.
Marine Pfc. Earl Mcfarland now
is awaiting trial on charges of slay-
ing and criminally assaulting Miss
Berrum on the East Potomac Park
golf course. A taxicab driver told
police he took the girl and her
Marine escort to the spot, after pick
ing them up at Tenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. Another
hacker told police that he earlier
refused to transport the pair because
the marine was drunk.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

election campaign. Despite the lack
of suffrage for District residents, he
said, 10000 Federal workers in the
District cast absentee ballots in
their home States through the ef-
forts of the UFWA.
The Rev. Francis McPeek of the
Washington Federation of Churches
warned delegates that certain
forces of reaction and antiquated lib
eralism are on the march"
The clergyman said he had just
finished teaching a Bible class at
the Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church and that he had used the
CIO Political Action Primer as one
of the textbooks.
I'VE translated all the principles
quite easily into good Christian eth
ics," he said
Committee Recommendations.
Meanwhile, the 17-man Executive
Committee paved the way for con-
vention action by working out a
five-point program to be urged on
tllC ICCoOluGlOllS SOIlliIllttCt. 1LGCOlIl-
mendations of the Executive Com
mittee were:
l. To support the committee,
headed by Sidney Hillman, sent to
London by the CIO to work out the
agenda for the projected labor con-
gress.
2. To recommend strengthening
and expansion of the Political Ac-
ton Committee program inaugural
ed in Maryland during the last elec-
ton campaign. 1t also was sug-
gested support be sought from nom
labor sources, with a view toward
forming broad peoples movement.
3. To urge revision of the Little
Steel formula as a necessary factor
in continuing maximum production
of war materials.
4. To urge immediate enactment
of reconversion legislation to assure
there will be no employment decline
after the war.
S. To work for further elimination
of discrimination against Negroes.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Crime Prevention Now Taught
Taxi Drivers at Police School

Taxicab drivers now are attend
ing semiweekly police instruction
classes" designed to prevent such
crimes as the recent Dorothy Berrum
Staying. This was revealed last night
by Inspector Harvey G. Callahan,
assistant superintendent of police, at
meeting of the Police and Fire
Protection Committee of the Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations.
Inspector Callahan said the drivers
are cautioned against accepting as
fares young girls in company with
men whose actions might cause
suspicion. The cab drivers are in
structed either to refuse the fare or
report them to police.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
basiIiko Shifts
10 Guilty Plea
In Ration Case
Sentence Postponed
At Triol of District
Man in New York
BY the Associated Press,

NEW YORK, Dec. Constas
Gus" Basiliko real estate broker of
Washington, D. c., interrupted his
trial today in Federal Court to plead
guilty to charges of conspiracy to
possess, transfer and sell used gaso-
line ration coupons worth about
100000 gallons.
Basiliko. through his attorney.
Charles Ford of Washington, asked
permission to withdraw his plea of
innocent after OPA Agent Edward
Des Verney identified him as the
man who arranged to supply large
quantities of coupons to Daniel j.
Motto, president of the United
Wholesale Bakery and Confection-
cry Employees Union tCIO).
AT the request of Assistant United
States Attorney Martin Klein, Fed
eral Judge Francis G. Caffey post
poned the sentencing of Basiliko,
Motto, and other defendants, in
Guiding Lester E. Miller, Washing
ton, all of whom have pleaded guilty,
until December Is.
Mr.. Klein, outside the courtroom.
said the coupons involved were
turned in by motorists in Washing
ton, Virginia and Maryland to gaso-
line dealers who were supposed to
have returned them to the OPA for
destruction.
"Basiliko acquired the sheets Of
coupons, from where the Govern
ment does not yet know, Mr.. Klein
said, adding that Basiliko turned
them over to Motto and two other
defendants ''for sale to New York
gasoline dealers, on the stipulation
that he was to receive cents a GAL
Ion for them"
Miller, the United States Attorney
said, was used as a messenger by
Basiliko in transporting the coupons
to New York"
He said Basiliko and the other de-
PENDANTS faced a maximum sentence
of two years imprisonment and
fine of $4,000 each.
Constas Gus Basiliko, q. whose
residence was listed as the 1900 block
OF P street Sc, is facing charges Of
violating rationing regulations here.
He was arrested August 13, and DO
lice said he was found in possession
of counterfeit coupons for 112,l80
gallons of gasoline and A 500 pounds
OF sugar. Arraigned before Com
missioner Needham c. Turnage, he
received postponement of the case
under bond.
Evening star., 1944-12-06

OF four-star general in the banks
bond army contest. All employees
entered the contest with the rank of
private and advancement was con-
ferred with sales increases. To win
the rank of four-star general, en-
ployes had to sell $5O00OO in bonds.
Miss Fisher sold 81 1865 900 and Miss
White, 100000.
The bond-selling caravan, spon-
sored by theaters, stationed at
Eleventh and F streets NV. during
the day and in front of the Earle,
Capitol or Palace Theaters in the
evening, yesterday sold over 5000 In
bonds. To spur sales, boxes of
Kleenex and packages of popular
brand cigarettes were given away
with bond purchases. Each pur-
chaser also was allowed to make a
voice-recording to send overseas.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
ParoIee Gets Jail Term
On -Four Traffic Charqes

James F. Cotrell, colored, %, was
sentenced to 73 days in Jail in Mu-
nicipal Court yesterday on traffic
charges after a mile-a-minute chase
and also was held for grand jury
action on an additional charge of
unauthorized use of an automobile
The defendant, who was out on
parole from Lorton Reformatory for
a similar offense involving the un-
authorized use of a car, was caught
after a chase which ended in the
200 block of @ street NV. The auto
belonged to Miss Rosie O'Bier of
Village. Va, who parked the car in
the 1900 block of H street NE,
police said.
Cotrell was given the Jail sentence
after he was unable to pay fine
of $68 for passing three stop signs,
driving without lights and without a
permit, and for speeding.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Donors May Designate
Blood Gifts in Honor
Of Service People

A donor now may give blood in
honor of some one in the armed
services and sign his or her name
and that of the serviceman on labels
pasted on plasma packages, the Red
Gross Blood Donor Service an
nounced today. The plan goes into
effect tomorrow.
Lee D. Butler, chairman of the
service, said donors all over the
country had been asking for an op-
portunity to designate the men and
women whose service inspired them
to donate blood. A new label has
been devised, he said, on which the
donor writes his name and then that
OF the service man or woman.
Tomorrow - Pearl Harbor Day -
was chosen for the start of the plan
because blood plasma first saved
hundreds of lives during that attack
Mr.. Butler said. More than 75O
pints were used in the first "a hours
Now the need is greater than
ever before" Mr.. Butler said. What
finer Christmas present than a do
nation of blood In honor of a mar
spending his Christmas fighting
overseas?"
Mr.. Butler emphasized that tn,
package on which the label is place.
may not necessarily contain tn,
actual plasma donated. He als<
emphasized that he could not guar.
antee the plasma's reaching the
same theater of war, or the par
ticular man for whom it was given
But each label will be pasted on
plasma and seen somewhere by men
desperately in need of the blood
Mr.. Butler said.
More donors are needed" he
said. Please call District $500 for
an appointment
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Bond Funds Indorsed

Inclusion of funds for the Police
Department Band in the District
appropriation bill has been indorsed
by the directors of the Washington
Board of Trade, it was learned to-
day. The Endorsement was on the
recommendation of the boards Pub
lie Order Committee, of which Odell
S. Smith is chairman.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Envoy to Be Honored

DR.. Hector David Castro, retiring
Ell Salvador Ambassador. will be
guest of honor at a Knights of Co.
lumbus banquet tonight at the Hotel
Statler. DR.. Castro joined the
Knights of Columbus during his To-
year stay here.
Evening star., 1944-12-06
Voters League to Meet

The future program of the Fair
fax County Voters League will be
discussed at meeting OF the group
at 4 pm. Friday at the home OF
Mrs. Eugene Duffield on Great
Falls street. All interested persons
have been invited.