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Evening star., 1944-09-17

prayers Of his mother, to whom he
was first reported missing, carried
him through the ordeal.
This much of the story he is
allowed to tell:
Flying PAT fighter over Cher
bourg on D-Day plus one, he was
brought down by fax and suffered
wounds in his back, head and legs
He made his way to French home
where he was later taken prisoner
1t was then the War Depart
ment notified his mother that he
was recorded missing and that her
prayers were started at St. AIMS
Church. He escaped from a Ger
man prison camp and returned to
the Allied lines
1t. Voight is graduate of Will
son High School, He enlisted as
an aviation cadet in June, 1912.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
District Heads Reject
City Maintenance Of
Villa Rosa Museum
Education Department
Does Some Type Of Work
Young Declares

Commissioner John Russell Young
yesterday advised Chairman Ran
doiph of the House District Com
mittee that the city heads def
nitely" disapproved the suggestion
that the Villa Rosa Children's Mu-
scum be maintained by the city gov
ernment or made phase of the
public education systemA
Mr.. Young added: The Commits
sioners are aware of the benefits
which flow to certain class of
children from the activities of the
museum but feel that it should re-
main a private institution.
Citizens Groups Disapprove.
1T may interest you to know that
the Department of Recreation of
the I District has voted its disap-
proval of the Children's Museum
within its framework, and the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations also
has voted its disapproval of ex-
penditure Of public funds for this
project"
He said he had received a letter
from Miss Matilda Young, director
OF the museum, that it was not the
desire of the museum to be incorpo.
rated into either the District Gov.
ernment or the Board of Education
The Villa Rosa property, however
has been sold to private interest
and the museum is facing eviction
At the request of Miss Young and
other museum leaders, Senator
Capper, Republican, of Kansas last
week introduced a bill which would
authorize the District Government
to condemn the Villa Rosa property
and permit the museum corporation
to continue to use it during the
pleasure of the Commissioners"
Randolph Writes Commissioners,
Representative Randolph, after
receiving many letters asking TO,
action to prevent eviction of the
museum, wrote to the Commission
ers asking them if they felt the Dis.
trict Government should establish
or maintain the museum, and if il
should be made part of the public
school system.
Mr.. Young replied: "It is our de.
termination that such a project def.
initely should not be established O,
maintained by the District Govern.
ment. Further, the Commissioner.
do not feel that this type of activity
should be a phase of our municipa,
educational system. Our Education
Department maintains classes ir
natural history and does the type Of
work which is being performed a,
the Children's Museum, perhaps moi
with the voluntary leadership but
according to accepted standards"
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Printing Craftsmen
To Hear John Deyiny

The monthly dinner meeting of
the Washington Club of Printing
House Craftsmen affliated with the
international association will be
held at $50 pm. Tuesday at Hotel
240O, with John J. Deviny, past
international president, as speaker
Mr.. Deviny, United States depu-
ty public printer, will discuss 'P. I.
printing Industry Joe,s Relation
to the Postwar Printing Craft A.
Nelson Wilson, president Of the club,
viii preside at the meeting.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Jewish Holiday, Po|i'
Precaution and Jobs
To Cut School Rolls
First-Doy Attendance
To Be Lowest in Years,
OfficioIs Predict

Absence due to the Jewish holi-
day. Rosh Hashonah, precaution
against polio and the reluctance of
students to leave their summer jobs
may cause the lowest frst-day en-
rollment in years when District
public schools open tomorrow, off,
cials believe.
I'VE won't know until school has
been in session for some time Just
what the enrolment will be-" Rob-
ert L. Maycock, superintendent of
schools, explained. Registration of
5000 kindergarten pupils and new
students from out-of town may off
set the expected decrease somewhat,
he said, but it probably will be
October Is before the enrolment
rises to its expected level of $1,000.
Written Excuses Necessary.
Written excuses from parents will
be required for those students who
fail to report tomorrow, Mr.. Hay
cock said. About 5000 pupils are
expected to observe Rosh Hashonah.
Heavy registration in schools near
new housing developments in
Southeast Washington, he said, will
force a double shift in the KIM
ball School, Minnesota Avenue and
Ely Place Sc, and possible double
shifts in the Congress Heights,
Ketcham and Patterson Elementary
Schools.
Except for his concern over stu
dents who held summer jobs, Mr..
Haycock said he had no reports of
serious problems arising in the sys-
tenn. Applicants for custodial and
clerical positions would be welcome,
he said, as we'll as for mathematics,
science. printing art and upholster-
ing instruction in the Junior high
schools and vocational senior high
schools.
Changes in System Outlined.
Changes in the school system this
year include elevation of vocational
schools from Junior to senior high
level and conferring vocational
school diplomas for the first time
abolition of attempts to supervise
activity of the high school frater-
mites and sororities, embroidered
insignia on cadet caps instead of
metal, closing of the old Addison
School in Georgetown and new
training of elementary school
teachers at Wilson and Miners
Teachers College to enable them
to teach all six grades instead of
one to three and three to six.
The vocational high schools open
at $50 am, elementary schools at
8 am, Junior and senior high
schools at $50 am. and night
schools at 7:30 pm. Boy patrols
and a few girl patrols at the Ed
monds School, Ninth and D streets
NE, will report to their assigned
intersections at $40 am. to join
police officers in guiding young
pupils across the street. The police
radio will resume its $3.50 am. and
3 pm. warnings to police officers
to double vigilance at all crossings
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Job Applicants Cut
In Capital Area
During August
VINO OfficiuI Sees
indication of Decrease
In Switching Work

Job applicants are on the de-
crease In the Washington area, in
dicating slackening in "job
switching" area War Manpower
Commission officials disclosed last
night in announcing the number OF
persons visiting United States En-
ployment Service Offices in August
dropped to 32,700 compared with
$500 in July.
I'm my opinion this suggests two
things" Area Director Ernest "
Connolly said. First, that employ
ers are beginning to appreciate we
are getting to the bottom of the
barrel and have adjusted their
standards so as to use available
workers.
Second, workers have somewhat
recovered from the optimistic flush
that followed the landings in France
and are becoming stabilized in their
jobs rather than switching about"
Placements Up Sharply.
The number of workers actually
placed in jobs last month was IL, 700,
compared to 9,200 in July. This in
cludes placements in Prince Georges
and Montgomery Counties in Mary
land and Fairfax and Arlington
Counties and Alexandria in Virginia.
Of the 32.700 men and women
visiting USES offices in August, 90
per cent were referred to employers
and 10 per cent of those referred
went to work. Mr.. Connolly said
this showed decided improve
ment" in the operation of the
WINGS priority-referral program
over any other month. The ratio
for July. for instance, was IS re-
ferred and SIS per cent taking jobs.
The increase of about 1900 in
the number of referrals suggests
that those visiting the employment
office now are increasingly serious
job hunters, and the number of Wis
itors and information seekers is
dropping" Mr.. Connolly said.
Wage Changes Reviewed.
Activities of the VINO Priorities
Committee for the first two months
of It's operation showed employers of
SO, 900 workers in essential classifica-
cations have sought manpower pri-
ority or ceiling changes from the
committee. the offlcial reported.
The committee has allowed en-
ployment increases totalling 3,400,
with 80 per cent Of these going to
firms in top priority groups and II
per cent to businesses rated less es-
Sential in the war effort.
Evening star., 1944-09-17
Weather Again Delays
Presentation Of Aida

The National Negro Opera Co.
has postponed for the second time
its presentation of Aida" at the
Water Gate due to the uncertainty
OF the weather and the rising waters
OF the Potomac caused by recent
heavy rains.
The opera, which was first post
poned from July 80 to tonight, will
be presented on October Is at the
Uline Arena instead of the Water
Gate as originally planned.
Ali previously purchased tickets
for the event will be honored at the
October presentation.
Evening star., 1944-09-17

be bona fide District residents for
three years prior to appointment
and during that time must not have
claimed legal residence elsewhere.
And members of the Board OF
Education must be bona fide resi-
dents for five years preceding ap-
pointment.
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dressed up to help that impression.
Easy chair and ottoman are cov-
cred with chintz. Matching dra-
peries hang along one wall. The
mirror above the chest slides back
to reveal cosmetic shelf-space, and
is equipped with light.
Space for the nightly wash of
stockings, ETC., is furnished in the
laundry rooms, and on the sun roof
q corner, carefully latticed from the
public eye, yields sunlight drying
place. Nor are the girls expected to
house out-of-season clothes and
trunks In the Individual closets. A
'blues rooms" IN the basement a
Evening star., 1944-09-17

used to store winter uniforms and
large pieces of luggage. The dormi-
tories also have kitchens. studies
and lounges.
However, all the girls actual liy-
ing equipment is kept in their rooms
And Coast Guard rooms must be
neat.
It's q far cry from the days when
almost any American girl would say
she needed . dozen drawers. two
closets and three mirrors to KEEP
neat and pretty.
| But as one SPAR commented
We're Learning the streamline
now
Evening star., 1944-09-17

IT'S JUST LIKE HOME-Thas what SPARS are saying about
their like this in Escanaba Hail. dormitory
quarters at independence between Ninth Tenth
streets SW The each houses two
SPARS-complete with easy chair enough the
SPAR legs to stretch. u. S. Coast Guard Photo.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
London Papers See
Victory for Roosevelt
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. Most London
newspapers carried stories today
predicting President Roosevelt's VIC
tory over Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in
today's election.
The Financial Times, asserting
interest in the London stock market
In the election was purely aca-
demic," added that 'it is taken for
granted that President Roosevelt
will again be returned and probably
by handsome surplus"
If Gov. Dewey is elected, the
Times said, there would follow a
boom in American common shares.
Prices would go up with a bound.
We should see the wild excitement
to which Wall Street was accus-
toned in prewar days."
The Communist London Daily
Worker carried a front page edi-
torial which declared American
democracy has made some mistakes.
1t cannot stoop so low as to choose
Dewey today"
The New York correspondent of
the Daily Express in what he termed
'last minute election news-by
ocean phone" said, 'tit looks more
and more like FDR again."
Evening star., 1944-11-07
War Fund Solicitors
Urged 10 Complete
Work by Tomorrow
Residents Not Approached
For Contribution Asked
To Phone Headquarters

Any. Washingtonian who has
not been approached by a CON-
munity War Fund solicitor for a
contribution to the $4,850, ,00O
drive was asked to notify fund
headquarters today. A solicitor
will be sent to him immediat tely
Coleman Jennings, campaign
chairman, said as he urged So
liciting teams to finish canvass
ing the city before the final re-
port luncheon tomorrow.
The solicitors must report 81 1884,
285 tomorrow to reach the campaign
goal, now 1853 per cent contributed
The meeting is scheduled for 1896
pm. in the United States Chamber
Of Commerce.
The telephone number of the
War Fund is Metropolitan 1884. The
Office Is located at 1101 M stree,
NV, where workers are ready tc
answer telephone calls. Mr.. Jen-
nings said that any giver who
wished to increase his pledge also
could notify the fund by telephone
and the details would be arranged
before the report meeting.
Solicitors were asked to redouble
their efforts-despite election day
distractions-to finish reaching theil
assigned group of prospective givers
before tomorrow. Mr.. Jennings
Evening star., 1944-11-07

lean perimeter 4 miles from the
coast.
All were repulsed bloodily, without
denting the American lines.
The Yanks were driving through
Japanese positions in what today's
communique termed Favorable de-
fensive terrain" Long-range artil-
lery, aided the advance, pounding
the japanese along the valley and
in Ormoc.
The southern end of the Ormoc
trap presumably also was closing
tighter, although the communioue
made no mention of the 7th Divi-
sion, which was some IL miles south
OF the port city at last report.
American planes continued heavy
bombardment Of Japanese airdromes
on other Visayan islands, an Of
fensive which the communique said
has sharply reduced the scale oi
enemy air activity over the Leyte
area"
Heavy bombers followed nigh,
harassing attacks on Cebu anc
Negros Islands with a 72-ton bomt
load on Lahub airdrome. Fighter,
battled for 80 minutes with japanese
interceptors over Northwest Negros
shooting down six planes and losing
one
Evening star., 1944-11-07
British Queen S Father
Dies in Scotland
BY the Associated Press.

oy tuc ASSOClhleC FT6SS-
LONDON, Nov. 1.-THE Earl of
Strathmore, SO, father of Queen
Elizabeth of Great Britain, died to-
day at Glamis Castle, his home at
Forfarshire, Scotland.
Lord Strathmore had been i'll for
about q month, but his condition
took a serious turn over the week
end and became critical last night.
His death brought the second be-
reavement to the British royal fam
lily in less than a fortnight. The
court was due to go out of mourning
Thursday for the death of Princess
Beatrice, great-aunt of King George
vi and the last surviving child of
Queen Victoria.
Born Claud George Bowes-L Lyon,
the Earl of Strathmore held knight
hood in the Orders of the Garter
and the Bath. He entered the House
Of Lords under a Scottish title as
Baron Bowes. He was created a
Knight Of the Garter by King
George at the coronation in May,
1887.
He had been made a Knight of the
Thistle three years after his young
est daughter, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-
Lyon, became the bride of the then
Duke Of York in 1923. The Order of
the Thistle to Scotsman is the
equivalent to the Order Of the Garter
for an EngliShman,
Evening star., 1944-11-07
WMAL Election Service 7 onioht

The Star and Radio Station
WMAL. in cooperation with the
Associated Press and the. Blue
Network, will give Capital area
residents fast and comprehensive
election news by radio, telephone
and loud-speaker systems tonight.
From 7 pm. on, WMAL will
broadcast up to : the minute
summaries of the election results,
including those of special local
interest in nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
Reports on the count Of ballots
will be interspersed with timely
and expert analyses Of the trend
Of the voting by Gould Lincoln,
The Stars chief political writer,
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Dewey 81, Roosevelt A.,
Cope Cod Town Reports
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MASHPEE, Mass, Nov. This
small Cape Cod town, often first in
the State to complete its counting
of votes, reported the first block of
IS ballots today was divided 81 for
Gov. Dewey and A for President
Roosevelt.
In 1910, Wendell Willkie received
81 to President Roosevelt's SO votes
in the town complete.
Across the State in the Berkshire
hills, Mount Washington shortly
afterward completed its tabulation.
The total cast was 81, compared
with 50 in 1910. Gov. Dewey re-
ceived 70 ballots and President
Roosevelt 8.
Mount Washington gave Wendell
Willkie 80 votes and Roosevelt 10.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Yonks Push to Within Is Miles
Of Jop's Last Leyte Stronghold
Enemy Reinforcements in Ormoc Valley
May Launch Fierce lost-Stond' Attack
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines, Nov. 7.
American battle veterans, al
ready 4 miles south of Carigara
Bay, today continued an un-
checked advance through Japa-
nese mountain defenSes on the
twisting highway toward Ormoc
and the finale of the Leyte cam
Ipaign.
Ormoc, last Japanese stronghold
on the island, was 16 miles away
after the determined oath Division
beat of three night counterattacks
and punched beyond Limon, on the
mountain pass road.
Well-equipped japanese reinforce
ments were somewhere along the
shell-raked highway through Ormoe
Valley. waiting perhaps to launch q
final attack which is expected tc
produce some of the campaign's
fiercest battling.
While these fresh troops waited
infantrymen of the original Japa-
nese garrison swarmed from strong
hill positions in three fanatical
banzai charges against the Amer
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Two Camp Springs Flyers
Killed in Plane Crash

Two Army airmen were killed in
stantly today when their training
plane crashed shortly after taking
OIL from the Camp Springs Army
AirbaSe.
The men were on q combat
training mission. They crashed
near the Southern Maryland pike
about i've miles southwest OF Camp
Springs at 9::35 am.
Identity Of the men was withheld
pending notification Of next Of kin
Evening star., 1944-11-07

ana by Blue Network commen-
tators.
Those who wish detailed in
formation on returns In par
ticular State may obtain special
service by telephoning National
5000 and asking to be connected
with The Star reporter giving
personal attention to that State,
High lights of the WMAL elec-
ton news broadcast will be heard
over loud : speaker systems in
seven downtown theaters and
scores OF hotels and restaurants.
Clip the election score card"
printed on Page Al Of this issue
Of The Star and keep your own
tabulation OF the election results
as you hear them over WMAL.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Record High Of SO Million Votes
Is Indicted in Rush to Polls,
Both in Cities and Rural Areas
Six Seized in New. York
On Charge Of illegal
Registration
Nearby voting heavy; record seen In
Virginia. Story on Page B-1.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Fast and furious voting the
country over pulled up a record
total of ballots by early after
noon today and pointed toward
an all-time high of 50,000,000.
AS never before, the men and
women who had the final say-so on
the argument over fourth term for
President Roosevelt or a first for
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, hurried to
the polls to register their decision.
Between 40 aud As per cent of
registered voters got their ballots in
before noon in New York City's
Bronx and Manhattan districts.
And 1t was much the same in
other big cities and rural districts
as well, with few exceptions.
Six Arrested in New York.
Despite the emotions stirred by
the first wartime election since 1864,
voting was orderly on the whole
Six persons were arrested in New
York on charges of illegal registra-
tion. They were among 400 indicted
last week on that charge.
Senator Truman, running mate
Of President Roosevelt, cast his
ballot early at Independence, Mo.
1t was Hi, Harry" and Hello,
Harry" as the Senator and his wife
passed their neighbors to enter the
balloting place
Gov. John w. Bricker, No. man
on the Republican ticket, also got
his vote in early to the accompani-
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Only New Hampshire
Has Weather Hazard
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Some New Hampshire voters had
to slog through heavy snow to get
to the polls today, but elsewhere
over the Nation the weather ap-
peared to favor heavy turnout.
The Weather Bureau here reported
clear skies in the Atlantic anc
Southern States and in populous
Detroit. largely surrounded by gen.
eral but light rains.
Most of New England was clear
and cold, as was vote-heavy Penn
sylvania. Illinois was partly cloudy
with temperatures moderate.
Showers were widespread in the
Mississippi Valley from Texas north
ward through Oklahoma, Kansas
Missouri and Nebraska. Rain was
falling in the Dakotas, Wisconsin
most Of Michigan, Nevada, Idaho
and Utah, with light showers re-
ported in Oregon and Washington
Northern California expected rain
later in the day.
The local forecast was for sunny
and warmer weather tomorrow. The
temperature was to 60 up to the
middle SOS this afternoon. Last
night the lowest was 80. 1t will be
about the same tonight.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Packard Plant Employing
$4,000 Closed by Wal kc;s;'' ccs'
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Nov. 7.-The/ Packard
Motor Car Co. said tory it has
closed its entire plant, which en-
ploys some $4,000 workers, because a
dispute involving several hundred
polishers had produced an 'unbal-
anced material condition" which
made impossible the production OF
aircraft and marine engines.
The United Automobile Workers
(CIO), has been attempting to settle
the dispute ever since the polishers
walked off their jobs Friday night,
a company spokesman said.
No work was scheduled for Satur-
day, the spokesman said, but on the
night shift Monday the same group
OF polishers again walked out.
He said it would be impossible to
operate the plant until the polishers
return.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
First Election Results
In Texas Announced
BY the Associated Press.


DALLAS, Nov. Reports from
over the State indicated Texans
today were exercising their voting
privilege in record numbers. but
only from populous Harris County
came any inkling as to how they
were casting their ballots for Fed
eral and State ofiicials.
The Houston Chronicle said early
scattered unofficial returns gave
Democratic presidential electors 736
votes to Isl for the Republicans and
308 for the Texas regulars, the anti
Roosevelt Democrats.
The Texas Secretary of State an
nounced the States service vote
totaled 1885,
Evening star., 1944-11-07
|Americons Win Back
Il own Below Auchen
In Seesow Fighting
Fight on Flying Bombs
Lights Up Sky in England
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne ASSoclateo Press.
LONDON, Nov. THE sky over
the English east coast was lit up
during the night by a tremendous
barrage of antiaircraft fire and ex-
ploding robots as the Germans flung
flying bombs in from the North Sea
for the third night in a row.
With the loss of their Channel
robot roosts, the Germans have
switched almost entirely now to
launching the flying bombs from
aircraft over the North Sea.
Leaflets fluttered down after a
vivid fash had been seen in the sky.
A metal container filled with some
fell on village.
The four-page pamphlets con-
tanned photographs of war scenes
and one of dead children said to
have been killed by phosphorus in
Hamburg.
Evening star., 1944-11-07
Wallace, Honnegon,
Bricker, BrowneN
Issue Victory Claims
BY the Associated Press,


Election predictions from Re-
publican and Der ocra a I'll c
leaders:
vice President Wallace
President Roosevelt will carry
two-thirds of the States, attain
a hundred more electoral votes
than the 266 he needs and a
margin of at least 5000, 900 in
the popular vote.
Gov. John w. Bricker of
Ohio-My considered judg-
ment Is that Thomas E. Dewey
will be elected President.
Democratic Chairman Robert
E. Hannegan-Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey will carry fewer States"
than Wendell Willlkie four
years ago. CMr. Willkie won 10
States with an electoral vote
of b.
Republican Chairman Her
bert Brownell-Everything con-
firms my Sunday statement
that we can not concede a
single State outside the solid
South because of the trend to
the Dewey Bricker ticket.