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Evening star., 1944-09-08
DAV to rain Veterans
As Advisers to Servicemen

Working on the theory that the
person who can best understand the
problems q wounded veteran and
his family must face is another
wounded veteran, the Disabled
American Veterans have set up a
program to train veterans to aid
other veterans, it was announced
today.
Disabled veterans who have an
honorable discharge and the neces-
sary educational background will be
able to qualify under the program
as DAV national service officers, and
after being trained will spend their
time helping their own wounded
comrades and their families to
straighten out the complicated prob
lens OF adjustment.
Veterans who qualify will take, q
five-month course at American Uni
versity, with the first classes start.
ing October !, and then viii have
Evening star., 1944-09-08

up to 10 months of training on
the job, under the supervision of
full-f1edged national service officers.
Those who complete the course are
promised jobs as service officers.
While they are in training, the
veterans will receive $92 q month
maintenance, as well as cost Of
books, tuition and transportation to
school and from school to their
training jobs in the field, from the
United States Veterans Administra-
ton, which is sponsoring the pro-
gram with the DAV. In addition to
this, the DAv will pay each trainee
a salary beginning at $25 a month,
and increasing periodically through
out the course.
The primary job of the veterans
after they begin work is to assist
wounded veterans, their dependents,
and their survivors In their rela-
tionships with the Veterans Admin
istration and other Federal fgencies.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
State Park Attendance
Off Sharply in Virginia
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 8.-The
four State parks which operated
this summer closed the season on
Labor Day with figures for the
season showing an average drop in
attendance of about 81 per cent un-
der. the 1941 figure, according to
Randolph Odell, State parks di-
rector.
Until the wave of infantile paral-
ysis swept Virginia this summer,
attendance had held up well, Mr..
Odell reported.
Douthat Park reported an esti-
mated attendance of 1879, COM
pared to 39,660 in 194l: Fairy Stone,
Al, $50, compared to 1890; Hungry
Mother, 1881, compared to lis, ,480,
and Westmoreland, 1o,98o, compared
to $3.50.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Farmers Advised
To Insure Hay Supply

Maryland farmers in communities
which suffered from the summer
drought have been advised by DR..
T. B. Symons, director of the State
Extensicn Service, to make imme-
date plans for obtaining hay
through co-operatives or private
agencies IN order to insure q supply
for the normal feeding period.
In letter to county agents, DR..
Symons said the Federal Govern
ment has announced an expanded
hay subsidy program TO relieve dairy
and other farmers in drought
stricken areas.
In addition to the regular subsidy
program, representing payments Of
10 cents per 100 pounds of milk pro-
duced and 10 cents per pound Of
butterfat, DR.. Symons said the ex-
panded program calls for additional
payments Of 10 cents per 100 pounds
of milk produced and ! cent per
pound Of butterfat.
Maryland counties in which the
extra subsidies may be collected by
farmers include Montgomery, How
ard, Washington. Frederick, Carroll,
Baltimore, Garrett and Allegany.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Trial Set for Thursday
In Rent Churqe Case

Thomas j. Broyhill, real estate
man, of 280l Wilson boulevard, Ar
lington, will face trial in the Fed
eral Court at Alexandria Thursday
on charges Of violating rent control
regulations.
Mr.. Broyhill was brought before
United States commissioner Stanley
King IN Alexandria on March 10 by
Lansford L. Loving, acting OPA
rent attorney. and on March &C
posted $1,000 bond.
He was charged with making ex-
cessive charges for war housing In
Arlington.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Man Caught Robbing Shop.
Bars Taken From Window

Two policemen on routine patrol
last night looked in a window Of the
Mack Truck Corp, 212l West Vir-
ginia avenue, from which iron bars
had been forcibly removed and saw
a colored man hard at work on q
safe with a chisel, hacksaw and
hammer.
The man was so engrossed in his
work he failed to observe their ap-
proach. Pvts. John E. Southard and
Edward H. Plumb said today. He
had left his shoes outside the build.
ing.
At the police station the police
men booked James Beasley of the
900 block of New Hampshire avenue
for housebreaking. He was told
there was less than 500 in the
strong box.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Effect Of Cutbacks
Already Noticeable,
Federal Reserve SAYS
Report Declares Released
Workers Are Absorbed
EosiIy in Other Areas
3y the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. S.-War
contract cutbacks already are be-
coming noticeable to some extent
in their effects on employment
levels, in the 5th Federal Reserve
district, according to the monthly
review of financial and business
conditions published by the Federal
Reserve Bank here.
While the cutback effects have
not been noticed to a considerable
extent yet, they are already shown
in some localities, it pointed out.
so far any workers released as a
result of contract cutbacks or termi-
nations can readily be absorbed in
other areas throughout the district, -
the report stated.
A number of communities in the
district are becoming conscious of
the problem of contract termination
and reconversion, as we'll as postwar
employment problems, it was pointed
out. "A considerable amount of
effort is being expended on these
problems in a number Of areas,
while the city of Anderson, S. c.,
and Augusta County. Va, are in
process of surveying their areas re-
garding the postwar business and
employment outlook.
Despite the fact that the pro-
duction of merchant ships in the
districts yards has been in a grad
ual downward trend for about a
year, the Maritime Commission has
not relaxed its efforts to secure a
larger output. No contracts have
been terminated, in fact, some new
ones have been made. There is no
intention on the part of the Mari
time Commission to terminate con-
tracts prior to the defeat of Ger
many, but at the present rate of war
progress the time when ship con-
tracts will be terminated may not
be too distant"
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Poll Tax Abolition
Urged by Collins
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. Sept. s.-The
poll tax has mo relation whatsoever
to a dignity of citizenship worthy of
participating in the carrying on of
Government L. Preston Collins,
member of the House of Delegates
from Smyth County, said yesterday
in a stand for abolition of the poll
tax as prerequisite to voting.
Mr.. Collins. manager of the Vir-
ginia campaign for President. in
1910 and keynote speaker at the
State Democratic convention this
year, said voting requirements
should be fixed by law so that no
individual would have discretion to
grant the right of suffrage to any,
one unqualified or to withhold it
from any qualified person. He added,
however:
Il do not think the abolition of
the poll tax as a prerequisite to
voting will do away with corrup-
ton in government.
Mr.. Collins suggested that nom
inal poll or capitation tax be i'm
posed for the privilege of citizen
ship, "but, such a nominal poll tax
should have nothing to do with the
right to vote"
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Maryland Man Hurvests
Commercial Hops Crop
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JARRETTSVILLE, Md. Sept. g.
The first crop Of commercially
grown Maryland hops was harvested
this week o. the farm of Carl
Kreitler.
The crop, which Mr.. Kreitler plans
to use in brewing tests, was the
result of four years of experiments
with the vines in soil which agri-
culturists said possessed the neces-
sary qualities.
Mr.. Kreitler claimed the hops
would be superior to those raised in
New York, California, Oregon and
washington. as well as those for
merly on European markets.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Maryland Truck Crops
Harvest in Final STAGE
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Maryland's truck crops were in the
final stages of harvesting today with
the cantaloupe crop about done" u
all sections of the State, the Bureau
Of Agricultural Economics of the
Agriculture Department reported.
Some damage to late snap beans
resulted from the dry and rather
warm weather of the last two weeks
OF August. and beans in the Balti-
more area were in poor condition,
the Truck Crop News stated.
The late canning crop of snap
beans on the Eastern Shore also suf-
fered from the weather and their
progress was poor.
In Somerset and Wicomico Coun-
ties few late lima beans were still
moving to markets.
Marketing of tomatoes around
Baltimore will continue until frost
with canning tomatoes now moving
in volume throughout the rest of the
State, the publication reported.
Marylands watermelon crop has
been completely harvested, with the
exception of a few for local con-
sumption.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Silver Spring Groups
Plan v.Day Ceremony
Near Guard Armory
Finol Plons Coll
For Rites Two Hours
After Nuxis Surrender

Completion Of plans by the silver
Spring Board of Trade for q com.
munity celebration OF v-day were
announced today by John r. Pagan.
president.
Mr.. Pagan said Anal arrangements
were made this week at q meeting OF
representatives Of the Silver Spring
clergy, the Montgomery County Po-
ice Department, the Silver Spring
Volunteer Fire Department, the
American Legion, civic groups and
Board of Trade directors. A repre-
sentative Of the Montgomery County
Board of Education attended and
pledged cooperation.
The group unanimously voted to
stage the celebration two hours after
the ofdcial announcement OF the
close OF hostihties in Europe at the
rear of the Silver Spring Armory,
which had been offered for the DEM
onstration by the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Local cGlebrants, 1t was announced,
are to march to or gather at the
field. Children will be released from
school and will be led to the gath
ering by teachers or an older student.
Cissel-Saxon Post, American Legion,
has announced it will meet at the
memorial stone in front of the
armory and march to the scene.
Representatives of groups taking
part in planning the community cell
ebration we're Mrs. Edith Halpering
of the Board of Education, Bernard
Postal. B'Nai Birth; Walter S. Davis
and Thomas B. Foster, Cissel- Saxon
Post, American Legion; Charles
Barnes, Police Department; Mrs.
Ralph A. Wells. deputy clerk to the
Montgomery County Commissioners;
the Rev. Joseph A. Hauber, Silver
Spring clergy, and Mr.. Pagan.
Other members of the merchant
group participating were William
Wright, William Sawyer, P. M. VIII
hanson, DR.. w. B. Buhring, M. E.
Sherer and Charles H. Kopeland.
The Rev. Walter Gale heads the
committee OF Silver Spring clergy.
men and is assisted by the Rev.
Carl A. Koerber, the Rev. J. Wesley
Lofts, the Rev. John J. McCelland,
the Rev. Lee J. Mccormick, the Rev.
Edward B. Lewis, the Rev. r. c.
Sorrick, the Rev. Philip c. Edwards
and the Rev. Mr.. Hauber.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
0PA Takes
Legal Action in 2R
OF 3,199 Violations
II Treble Damage Claims
Settled TotoIine $296, ,907;
846 Cos Dealers PenoIized
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 8.-Daniel B
Leonard, chief enforcement attorney
for the Maryland Once of Price Ad-
ministration, disclosed yesterday
that formal enforcement action had
been taken in 246 cases out of 3,199
investigated so far this year for sus-
pected violations of OPA rules.
Such action brought II settle
ments of treble damage claims
against wholesalers and manufac-
turers, 80 administrative suspension
proceedings before OPA hearing
commissioners, 80 civil suits and n
criminal proceedings instituted by
the United States attorney.
Treble damage settlements totaled
$296, GOT, with the largest single
amount $4,000, Mr.. Leonard re-
ported.
He said 846 gasoline dealers had
been debited total of 378,980 gall
Ions "for accepting invalid coupons,
mostly counterfeit" and local ra-
tioning boards had revoked or sus-
pended the rations of 1881 motorists,
principally for exceeding the 35-
mile speed limit.
All funds collected by the oPA
were paid into the United States
Mr.. Leonard explained that GRIM
inal prosecution dealt mainly with
violations Of gasoline regulations.
The treble damage settlements and
the civil htigations involved viola
tions of price regulations, principally
In food and clothing. The suspen-
sion proceedings related to violations
of regulations covering such items as
meat, processed foods, gasoline and
fuel oil
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Arlington Is Seeking
New Hospital Chief

No appointment has been made
YET to I'LL the vacancy left by the
resignation of Charles H. Dabbs,
Arlington Hospital administrator,
1t was announced today by Mrs. Mae
Jacobs, vice chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee Of the Hospital
Board.
A number of applications have
been received, Mrs. Jacobs said, and
they have been studied thoroughly,
The committee has interviewed sew
eral applicants, she added, and sew
eral more are scheduled. Applca.
tions are still being accepted and
may be filed with members Of the
Executive Committee, it was said.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Queens Chapel Citizens
Told of Road Project Bon

The Queens Chapel Citizens As
sociation was informed at q meeting
this week that the proposed project
to widen and straighten Queens
Chapel and Ager roads has been
temporarily rejected by the War
Production Board.
Charles Luebner, Evening Star
Civic Award winner, praised the
work of volunteer fire departments
in the area.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Conference 10 Seek
Greenridge Hunting
Solution
Maryland Forester,
Come Warden at Odds
Over Sportsmon's Bon
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. 8.-Per-
mission to hunt In the 10000 acre
Greenridge State Forest this fall
hinged today on q scheduled con-
ference between heads Of the game
and forestry departments.
State Forester Joseph F. Kaylor
an. State Game Warden e. Lee lie
Compte agreed to meet In Annapo-
lis Monday in an attempt to resolve
the situation which brought about
a sharp verbal clash between the
two.
Mr.. Kaylor yesterday reiterated
a recent announcement that the
Greenridge Forest would be closed to
hunting this fall and winter and
added that he would mot retract
the statement" as requested by Mr..
lie Compte.
Mr.. LIE Cofnpte said that the Game
and Inland Fish Commission had
not approved the move nor had the
commission ever "been requested to
close the forest"
Mr.. Kaylor stated last week that
the ban had been imposed with the
agreement of the game commission
but he explained that the use of the
word commission was his mistake
and that instead he had made the
request of the State Game Depart
ment, which Mr.. LIE Compte heads.
Army Wary Of Hunters.
The State forester further de-
clared that the Army refuses to
work prisoners of war if firearms
are permitted in the hands OF any
one other than guards in the area.
"The production of pulpwood
undertaken within the use of some
prisoners Of war on that area helps
win the war and I do not believe
any Maryland sportsman worthy of
the name wishes to impede this es-
sential war project" Mr.. Kaylor said.
Mr.. LIE Complies statement fol-
lowed his disclosure that he had
written letter Of protest to Mr..
Kaylor September S. copies Of which
we're sent to Gov. O'Conor and other
State ofncials.
Mr.. Kaylor said he received the let
ter at 10 am. yesterday and noted
that Mr.. lie Compte had carried the
story ito the Associated Press al
most before I had a chance to see
the letter."
Letter Made Public.
(The letter was made public by
another person in Cumberland We'd
nesday and the Associated Press in
Baltimore asked Mr.. lie Compte for
his comment. leading to disclosure
that the game commission had not
approved the hunting banD
The State forester declared that
Greenridge amounts to only 10000
acres, while Allegany County has
l63, 1872 acres of forest land open to
hunters, as we'll as 274,o00 acres in
Garrett County. where, he said,
there Is an abundant crop Of deer,
grouse and other game"
Mr.. Kaylor said that in addition to
the present need for war prisoners
to harvest pulpwood at Greenridge,
he felt that since his department
was intrusted with the management
Of State forests and parks he should
have the right to open or close such
State property at any time without
concurrence by the game commits
sion,
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Falls Church Theuter
Giving PIuy Tomorrow

A one-act fantasy, ''The Weather.
vane Elopes," will be presented to-
morrow at the first meeting of the
season OF the Falls Church Cons
munity Theater.
Director of the play Is J.O. Mars
tin and the cast includes Jennie
Hill, Ann Young, Roger Blake and
Michael Rowan. The meeting viii
be in the garden at the home OF
Mrs. Margaret vosbury, on Columbia
street,
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Two Injured Seriously
When Sedan Strikes
Rear Of Parked Truck
Three Others Released
After Treatment at
Casualty Hospital

Robert A. johnson, 81, of 5000
Patterson street NV. and Miss Vir-
ginia Haggard, %, of 4813 Twenty
seventh road. south. Arlington, Va,
were injured seriously last night
when the sedan in which they were
riding hit the rear end of a parked
truck on Central avenue near Bell
haven avenue, Seat Pleasant, Md,
police reported today.
Mr.. johnson, who had been rid
ing in the rear seat, police reported,
was said to have regained conscious
ness and to be in an improved
condition at Prince Georges General
Hospital, where he was admitted
with a fractured skull.
Miss Haggard. who was trapped
in the front seat, was scheduled to
undergo X-rays at Casualty Hospital
to determine the extent Of her in
juries. Firemen of the Seat Pleasant
and Capitol Heights fire depart
ments worked 40 minutes with
acetylene torches and crowbars to
free her from the wreckage.
Frederick Forbes. "a. colored, of
304 G street NV, listed as driver Of
the truck; Jack Farmer, %, Of 507
Norwood street. North. arlington,
Va, said to have been driver of the
sedan, and Miss Vivian Fell, 23, of
2510 Cliffbourne place NV, were
released after treatment at Casualty
Hospital.
Stanley Freeman, 80, colored, Of
At M street NE. Is in critical
conditioned at Gallinger Hospital
with a broken neck received early
today when the automobile in which
he was riding was hit from behind
by a truck and overturned on De-
fense Highway, miles west Of
Bowie, Md, Prince Georges County
police reported.
Mrs. Naomi Robinson, 20, colored,
of 1713 H street NE, a passenger
in the car, was treated for a lacerat-
ed scalp at Gallinger and released.
The car was driven by Donnie Free
man, Is, colored, also of alt M street
NE. The name of the truck driver
was not listed. Police said no ar
rests were made.
Charles P. Jones, SO, a taxi driver,
of Colmar Manor, Md, was treated
at Emergency Hospital yesterday for
q Iacerated arm, injured when a
streetcar pulled alongside his cab,
catching his extended elbow. The
accident occurred at Ninth and G
streets NV.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Charter Committee
Criiicizes Letter Sent
To Armed Services
Proponents Point Out
Thot Opponents FoiIed
To Give True Picture

The Montgomery County Charter
Committee today criticized q letter
which 1t said has been mailed by
the Citizens Committee Against the
Charter to residents in the armed
services.
Charter proponents said the letter
called the proposed council IMAM
ager system of government "un-
tried" The Charter Committee
charged that the letter failed to
mention that this system of gov
ernment is successfully employed
In more than 500 cities, towns and
counties throughout the United
States"
Denies Blow at Party.
The committee also denied an
allegation that charter provision
prohibiting use of Democratic and
Republican party labels would
abolish the two-party system.
If the party system is abolished
1t will be by the authors of that
letter and not by the Charter Com
mittee, since the only purpose Of
the provision Is to direct the atten-
ton of voters solely to the qualifi-
cations of candidates to prevent
election of county officials wholly
on a partisan basis" the Charter
Committee statement read.
Charter sponsors said they were
amused" at an assertion that by
moving the local legislating power
from Annapolis to Rockville they
were moving local government
farther away" from the people.
Major purpose Of the charter move
ment, they contend, is to give the
county more power to make its
own laws.
Deny Job Filling.
Also criticized was the letters
assertion to servicemen that all
civil service jobs would be filled
before they returned home.
"The letter fails to point out"
the committee charged, that the
charters merit system would for the
first time protect county employees
from the whims of a political boss,
and give them job security with real
opportunities for advancement on
. merit basis"
Meanwhile, H. King Mularkey,
president of the Bethesda Civitan
Club, was elected county chairman
of the Citizens Committee to Defeat
the Charter. at meeting of the
group held in the Rockville Court
house. Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson of
Chevy Chase was named vice chair
man and Judge Albert E. Brault
continued as executive secretary and
treasurer.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Arlington State Guards
Sign Up 70 Recruits

1t. N. A. Williams, commanding
omcer OF the Arlington County State
Guard Company, said today that 20
recruits had been signed up by the
organization during its August cam
paig9.
1t. Williams said that, although
the campaign ended September /,
recruits still may join the company
by applying before September 13.
The recruits, he said, will begin
training Immediately under 1t. H. B.
lie Roy. After a six-week course
they will become part of the regu-
lar company.
Evening star., 1944-09-08

one they took to get into the Army.
They relinquish all their Army
supplies, but complete uniform
and their shoes. They're given gen.
eral advice about their rights and
responsibilities at two "orientation"
talks and they're paid off.
The departing men are even taken
to the railroad station to buy their
ticket home Cat reduced rates. and
finally, armed with a lot of good
advice and vail their souvenirs ex-
cept enemy arms, they are given
bus ride to the camp gate.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
USO at Silver Spring
Seeks Junior Hostesses

Registration for junior hostesses
at the Silver Spring USO will begin
tomorrow and last through Septem-
ber IS, Mrs. John c. Keele, club d.
rector, announced.
Junior hostesses must be 18 to 30
years of age. residents of Silver
Spring and able to furnish refer
ences, Mrs. Keele said.
The first formal rance of the sea-
son will be held 1t the Masonic
Temple September l6 with music by
the Navy Band. 4
Evening star., 1944-09-08

Only minors, men guilty of mis-
conduct or unable to adapt them
selves to the Army or needed at
home because of extreme depend
ency, and older officers no longer
required by the Army, are being
released through Fort Dix now.
Approximately 100 of these men
are leaving here for civilian life
daily, but Brig. Gen. Madison Pear
son, post commander, estimates the
total can be stepped up to 1000 men
a day from this center alone, with
each man still getting an individual
farewell from the Army.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Police Continue Probe
Of Kidnapping Story

Prince Georges County police to-
day were continuing their investi-
cation of a report by a marine
sergeant that he saw two feet pro-
truding from sheet in the rear
OF a car in which he had been
kidnapped Wednesday night.
Sergt. Claude B. Siler, 26, River
dale, Md, told police he saw the
feet protruding from the sheet when
he turned around after the car STOP
ped during . four hour drive In
the vicinity OF Annapolis.
Evening star., 1944-09-08
Maryland U. Doirymen
Invited to Show CottIe

University of Maryland extension
dairymen have been invited to par.
ticipate in the Maryland Jersey Cat
tie Club show tomorrow at the Nc.
Donogh School In Baltimore, r.
Henry Jones, chairman of the Show
Committee, announced today.
Mr.. Jones, who lives at 230l s
street NV. and is owner Of the Ayr.
lawn Farms, near Bethesda, Nd,
said breeders from all sections Of the
State are expected to exhibit Their
prize animals at the show.