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Evening star., 1944-04-19
Vigilunt Care of Pets Uroed
To Spot Rabies SYMPTOMS

tour days later was dead. Labora-
tory analysis disclosed rabies.
Health officials pointed out that
while there is no clear symptom OF
rabies recognizable to the average
person, any sudden change In the
behavior OF pet should be viewed
with suspicion.
In the first stages of the disease
a dog may appear nervous and q
friendly animal often becomes ir-
ritable. Later the animal may ex-
hibit tendency to wander and, as
the furious stage of the disease ap-
proaches, may attack people, other
animals or inanimate objects in his
path. A rabid animal usually dies
in three to seven days after the
first symptoms appear.
Pets showing symptoms of rabies
should be confined Immediately
health officials explained, to pre-
vent spread Of the disease. A rabid
dog in the Silver Spring area re-
Gently was reported to have trav-
eled many miles and is thought to
have infected a large number of
other animals before being cap
tured
This dog, 1t was reported, sud-
denly became irritable and at
tackled his kennel mate. He es-
capped from his pen, bit a neigh
boris dog and other dogs in the
vicinity before being caught and
diagnosed as rabid.
Dogs suspected of having the
disease should not be killed, health
officers emphasized, but should be
confined until the disease can be
diagnosed, particularly In cases
where persons have been exposed.
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<ho dAlu WAL COIL.
munities continued steps to try to
wipe out rabies in the area adjoin-
ing Washington by strict quaran-
tine enforcement and antirabies
inoculations, dog owners were
warned today to keep sharp look
out for symptoms of the disease in
lpets.
Montgomery County (Mdo and
Arlington County (Va) officials
plan a campaign to inoculate all
dogs in the two counties and have
ordered stricter enforcement OF the
dog quarantine laws.
In Prince Georges County police
have been ordered to enforce quar-
antine measures and in Fairfax
County, Va, facilities to care for
stray dogs are expected to be in
operation soon.
Emphasizing the Importance of
keeping pets under close surveil-
lance, particularly those that have
received accidental injuries, health
officials gave this illustration of how
one Washington woman's dog con-
tracted rabies:
This dog, fox terrier, came home
one day with a small cut over the
eye. The injury looked as if it
might have been inflicted by sharp
stick and after treatment by a
veterinarian for 20 days the animal
was returned home cured.
During his stay at the veterinarian
hospital the dog had been handled
freely and appeared to be in excel
lent condition. The day after his
return home, however, he developed
a partial paralysis Of the throat and
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More Car Pools
Sought in Drive
Starting May 9

The District Office of Price Ad-
would like more persons
to share their automobiles and be-
ginning May 9 drive to obtain
better car-sharing in the Metro
politan Area will be launched.
Robert K. Thompson, District OPA
director, said yesterday the record
of car-sharing in this area has been
anything but satisfactory" Recent
checks show that cars driven to
work carry an average load of less
than two and one-half passengers
The OPA wants this increased to
three and one-half passengers.
In view Of the continued critical
situation with regard to tires and
gasoline conservation of our trans
portation facilities must be in
creased" Mr.. Thompson declared.
The program will center around
two central files of prospective
riders, one in Washington to serve
residents of Maryland and the Dis
trict and one in Virginia to serve
that part Of the Metropolitan Area.
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tuberculosis Tests
For Government Job
Applicants Ordered
+ Civil Service Rule Also
Applies to Employees
Seeking Transfers

In an attempt to prevent the
spread of tuberculosis among Fed
eral employees the Civil Service Com
mission has ruled that future ap-
plicants for Government positions
in Washington must undergo an
x-ray chest examination.
Those already in Government
service are not affected unless they
seek transfer from one agency to
another. In these cases the receiv-
ing agency will require the x-ray
examination unless the transferee
has had an examination within six
months Of the date of the transfer.
Cases with positive findings will
be referred to the medical officer of
the appointing agency and to the
medical division of the commission.
Each case will be handled on an
individual basis and ARRANGEMENT
will be made for those found to have
tuberculosis in an infectious stage
to be placed on an inactive status
and receive medical treatment.
DR.. A. Barklie Coulter, director OF
the Bureau of tuberculosis of the
Public Health Service, today hailed
the order as a "step forward in the
right direction" DR.. Coulter previ-
ously had recommended adoption of
the new procedure and also urged
that all Federal employees should be
examined before they leave their
home towns. He expressed hope that
the latter measure would soon be
adopted.
Approximately 600 persons in the
District died from tuberculosis last
year, DR.. Coulter reported.
Most of these deaths were pre-
ventable, DR.. Coulter said. He said
many of the cases were the direct
result of the patients lack of CO.
operation in taking treatments, and
the fact that they refuse to 60 to
sanatoriums or left them too soon.
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Alexandra Reyokes
1axicab Stand Permit

The Alexandra Trafic Board has
revoked the permit of the yellow
Cab Co. for Its stand in the 100
block OF North st. Asaph street,
effective May l, and has instructed
the city's three taxicab companies
to work out plan for decentraliza.
tion Of stands.
Capt. Edgar Sims, chief Of police
and a member of the Trafiic Board.
said yesterday that the installation
OF P. B. K. telephone system win
make 1t possible for the Yellow Cab
Co. to place its 20 cabs in seven
different locations. thereby elimi-
mating the nuisance" caused by a
central stand, speeding service, and
reducing the rates in outlying sec
tions. -.
For the time being, the company's
cabs will be located at Union Sta.
tion, Potomac Yards and the st.
Asaph street stand.
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lsWRstoniing
&Remiinde.y@a

Canned Foods, Etc.-Book No. 4.
blue stamps AS through K-8 good
indefinitely. Blue stamps LIS
through Q-8 valid May and good
indefinitely. Each stamp worth 10
points. Blue tokens are being used
as change.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 4, red
stamps A-s through Ms good in
definitely. Red stamps N-s, P-s
and Q-8 valid April %. Each
stamp worth 10 points. Red tokens
are being used as change.
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, stamp 80 valid
for pounds indefinitely. Book
No. 4, stamp 40 good for S pounds
for home canning through Febru-
ary 28, 1945. Stamp No. 81 good
for S pounds indefinitely.
Gasoline-No. ga coupons good for
gallons through May 8. BE-,
CO, B-3 and C-3 coupons good
for S gallons each.
Fuel Oil-PeriodS No. 4 and 5 cou-
pons good for 10 gallons per unit
through September 80. Consum-
ers in this area should not have
used more than "a per cent Of
their total yearly fuel oil ration ~
Of April II. -,
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Sergt. McAuliffe said the grand
mother told police that the older
boy was known to the Walker FAM
lily, She said he had come by the
house and requested permission to
PICK wild flowers along a path lead
Ing to the spring in the woods
about a block and a half from the
house.
The grandmother said Willard
was playing outside the house and
probably followed the youth down
the path. 1t was not unusual, she
explained. for him to play along the
path to the spring, where the
Walkers get their water.
Mrs. Walker told police she ran
down the path when she heard the
child scream and found him in the
pushes. His clothing was wet, and
he was covered with slime.
Sergt. McAuliffe said full report
OF the beating would be made today
to States Attorney Joseph B. Simp-
son, jr. He added that the boy was
not attending school and could not
be called normal.
Mr. Simpson said he could not
determine what action would be
taken in the case until he has
studied full police report. He said
he will decide after reading the re-
port whether the older boy will be
placed In a mental institution for
observation.
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Boy, 3, Is Critically Injured
In Beating by Youth, ID

Three-year-old Willard Walker is
in a critical condition in Suburban
Hospital in Bethesda. Md, today,
suffering from a skull fracture and
other injuries inflicted by 14-year-
old youth who, Montgomery County
police said, has admitted he beat
the child about the head with a
stone, ducked him in spring sew
eral times and then left him lying
unconscious in a clump of bushes
late yesterday.
The child, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Walker, Route 3, Be-
thesda, in the Potomac section of
the county, was found after his
screams attracted his grandmother,
Mrs. Emma Walker.
Detective Sergt. James McAuliffe e
said the older boy, found later at
a neighbor's home about mile from
the Walker house, told police he
lost his temper when the child
knocked his hat off.
Hospital physicians said the child S
skull was fractured in five places
and that his face was badly bruised
Physicians said he had regained
consciousness this morning but that
his condition was still critical.
The older boy, whose name was
withheld pending the outcome of
the child's injuries, is being held in
the detention room in Rockville.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
O'Conor Hopes 10 Renew
Ferry Service
BY the Associated press

BY the Associated Press,
ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 1s.-Gov
O'Conor hopes for renewal of the
Romancoke- Claiborne ferry servi~a :
suspended several weeks ago bv the
State Roads Commission, as soon as
the Romancoke wharf can be re-
constructed according to plans which
must be approved by the commits
sion.
The Governor said yesterday he
had requested Commission Chair
man Ezra B. Whitman to give con-
sideration to the proposal for re-
pairing the wharf at an estimated
cost of $18,195.
When the commission announced
the line would be discontinued be-
cause the Romancoke terminal was
in danger of collapsing, a group OF
residents OF the affected section OF
the Eastern Shore protested.
The reconstruction plan proposes
virtually rebuilding the ferry slip
renewing piles, constructing about
ITO feet of bulkhead along the front
and side of the pier, plus 1O4 feet OF
facing on the bulkhead to the real
OF the wharf, Gov. OConor said
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Mrs. NJ Arthur Freed
Of Drunk Driving by
Alexandra Court.
Wife Of Generals Nephew
Fined $40 on Reckless
Charge After Collision !

Mrs. Bowman McCalla Macarthur
SO, Of 1900 Connecticut avenue NV.
wife Of q nephew Of Gen. Douglas
Macarthur. was cleared of charges
OF driving while under the influence
of liquor, but fined SO on a charge
of reckless driving by Judge James
r. Duncan in Alexandria Police
Court yesterday.
Mrs. MacArthur's car collided with
one driven by an Alexandria police
man March 20 at King and Pitt
streets less than an hour after she
had seen her husband of to Fort
George G. Meade following his in
duction into the Army.
Policemen Jack Varney, Jack
Rush and Robert Brenner testified
that Mrs. Macarthur was unsteady
on her feet and had alcohol on her
breath when she was brought to the
police station after the accident.
Mrs. Macarthur testified she had
had only one and a half cocktails
at about Ills p.m.-almost three
hours before the accidental the
home of her mother, Mrs. w. C..
Littlefield, 416 South Fairfax street.
She said that she did not have
anything to eat that day and had
taken several sedatives because she
was under treatment for a nervous
disorder and was upset as a result
of her husbands induction.
DR.. Roy Case, Alexandria chiro-
practor, and the Rev. Norman
Roberts, both of whom were at the
station when Mr.. Macarthur left,
testified that Mrs. Macarthur ap-
peared sober at the time.
Her physician, DR.. Hill Carter,
2121 LIE Roy place NV, told Judge
Duncan that the symptoms de-
scribed by police could have been
the result of the sedatives and that
the effect of liquor taken at Ills
pm. could not possibly have been
obvious" at the time of the acci-
dent.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Harrington Fire Company,
Joins Arlington Association

The darlington Fire Company.
organized in the large Defense
Homes Corp. community on the
Alexandria Fairfax County border
OF Arlington County, last night was
admitted into the Arlington Volun.
teer Firemen's Association.
The darlington unit will become
No. Z company of the Arlington firs
fighters.
President M. p. Devine of the
Arlington Association welcomed the
new company into membership at
the associations monthly meeting in
the Jefferson Fire House, South
Twenty third street.
Of1cers Of the darlington COM
pany are Wilbur B. Reed, chief.
Frank S. Smith, jr., assistant chief,
and Arnold P. Lewis, captain. The
company has nine volunteers and
five paid operators,
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responsibility to them and to him.

responsibility to them and to him.
self.
No More Turnbacks.
That boy is still flying and now
there are no turnbacks.
"Of course there are many you
can't treat that way" Capt. Dugan
added.
For instance, there was bonn
bardier, a good man, very eager.
During his training back in the
States he had made a parachute
jump in which his chute had ripped
on the way down. He came through
it all right, but 1 think he was
shaken up a good deal mentally.
Shortly after he came here his
cheek was cut by flying glass when
some shrapnel hit his ship. I
grounded him for a day. That day
his plane was shot down. He was
assigned to new crew and flew
a few days with them. Then he got
an upset stomach. I grounded him
a second time and again the crew
that he would have been with was
shot down.
From that day he became pro-
gressively nervous. He smoked about
80 cigarettes day, chewed his nails
to the quick and took up serious
drinking. talked it over with him,
and we tried giving him a months
rest. 1t was no good He was so
uncontrollably nervous. when he
came back that it scared the rest of
his crew. He never complained at
all, never asked to be taken off fly
ing. But we had to send him home. I"
Flight Surgeon Highly Regarded.
This squadron thinks highly of it's
flight surgeon. They know that he
is no coddler, no dispenser of pink
pills to soothe their troubled spirits.
But they know that he will fight to
get them time off when they need
it. They know that last August,
attempting to extricate a trapped
crew, he rushed into a Liberator
which had crashed in flames and
which was in the process of ex-
ploding. For this he wears the
Soldiers Medal. They know, too,
that he is at the runway each time
his squadron takes off or lands.
Il think it makes the boys feel
a little better to know I'm there"
he said.
Capt. Dugan was born in WASH
ington and attended st. Johns Col
lege. He was graduated from
Catholic University in 1887 and
from Georgetown University medi-
cal school in 1941. He interned for
a year at Georgetown Hospital, en-
tering the Army as a fist lieutenant
in July, 1912. He got his flight sur
geon's wings at the School of Avia-
ton Medicine, Randolph Field,
Texas.
Before entering the Army he lived
with his sister, Mrs. J. Burton
Morris, 4312 South Dakota avenue
NE. His brother, John j. Dugan,
lives in Silver Snrinr Md
Evening star., 1944-04-19

Among those urging action was
Justice Thurman Arnold of the
United States Court of Appeals.
Justice Arnold is a resident Of
Alexandria. Several members of
the Colonial Danes of America in
dicated they would appeal to the
national organization to see if it
would intervene.
1t has been suggested that the res
toration be attempted by the city
as q bicentennial project, looking
forward to 1948, when Alexandria
will be 200 years old.
The old house has been vacant
since it was damaged by fire last
year. 1t was then being used as a
tavern. The cost of It's purchase
and restoration has been estimated
at $4,000.
George Washington, second
cousin Of Mrs. Ramsay, was a fire.
quent visitor at the home.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
AIexondrions Fight to Save
106-Yeur-OId Ramsey House

Alexandria Va) residents pre-
pared today to fight to save the
196-year-old Ramsay House, the
oldest structure in the city, which
is threatened with demolition to
make way for a modern Office build
ing.
The two-and-one-half story, brick
and-wood building, located at King
and Fairfax streets, was constructed
in 1748 by William Ramsay, a Scot
tish merchant who was one of the
founders of Alexandria and its first
Lord Mayor.
A group of civic leaders appealed
to the City Council at its regular
meeting last night to purchase the
building and convert it to a museum.
The Council agreed to discuss the
matter in executive session and to
determine If its present owner is
willing to sell the property.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Irwin N. Hufford Heads
Alexandra Ration Board

Irwin M. Hufford has been ap-
pointed chairman of the Alexandria
Ration Board by Bernard Goodwin,
director of the regional Once of
Price Administration at Roanoke.
He succeeds Judge William S. Snow,
who resigned because of i'll health.
Judge Snow has expressed appre-
ciation for cooperation of panel
members and Office personnel. Mr.
Hufford, manager of Shumans
Bakery & Ice Cream Co., SIG King
street, has been serving as chairman
of the food panel of the ration
board since the start of food ration
ing. The members of the panel will
elect a new chairman to succeed
him at their next meeting.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Two Maryland Youths
Returned 10 Reformatory

Two 19-year-old Maryland youth,
are back in the State House of Cor.
rection at Waterloo after their cap
ture in Montgomery County by Capt
D. l.. Snyder, head of the Silve,
Spring police substation, it was
learned today.
Police said the youths, Samuel
Beall Via and Jackson Dempsey
both serving terms for larceny, fled
from the institution Monday.
On his way to his home at Bur-
louisville, Capt. Snyder spotted the
youths, who were walking along the
road, and took them to the Silver
Spring station. They were identi-
fed and turned over to State au-
thorities.
Via was convicted in Montgomery
County Circuit Court several weeks
ago and given a years sentence
Jackson was serving an 18-month
sentence after being convicted in
Frederick, Md. The youths said
they were on their way to West
Virginia.
Evening star., 1944-04-19
Service Aid Council
Headquarters Opened
In Silver Spring
Wives and Families
Of 1000 in Forces
Offered Advice and Aid

Headquarters Of the newly or
ganized Service Aid Council for
Montgomery County Draft Board
No. 2 have been opened in room
204, 1884 Colesville road, Silver
Spring, it was announced today.
Mrs. Eva Guide Brandt, in charge
of the ONCE, said the council is
prepared to give advice and assist
ance to the wives and families Of
the approximately 1000 men In
Quoted into the armed forces from
the Takoma Park, Silver Spring,
Forest Glen, Kensington, Garrett
Park and Colesville areas.
Files and chairs for the office,
which Is open from to 5 pm.
daily and may be reached by calling
Sligo 1857, were donated by the
Washington Sanitarium through j.
H. Mics, a member of the Executive
Committee Of the council.
Among problems. to be handled BY
the ONCE are the drawing UP q
Legal papers pertaining ) to red
estate, life insurance, home sharing
and medical attention. The council
also will act as liaison agent be-
tween persons seeking aid and the
War and Navy Departments, Red
Cross, USO and other service groups
William r. Carlin is president Of
the council. Other officers are: Capt
Ronah Mcdonald, vice president:
George T. Day, secretary treasurer,
and Lillian Greenspan, assistant
secretary treasurer. -.1--s
The officers, together with Win
ship I. Green, p. M. Williamson, Al
bert Noyes and Mr.. Niles, constitute
the directors Of the council. The
following have been named COM
mittee chairmen:
Mrs. Robert Shaw, Red Cross:
John Cofiman, Takoma Park busi-
nessmen: Admiral A. Station, Silver
Spring businessmen; Richard Bur-
bank, Kensington businessmen; Mrs.
H. H. Hewlett, Silver Spring women;
Mrs. Albert Denham, Forest Glen
women, and Mrs. E. Brooke Fetty,
Takoma Park women.
The Rev. Ralph D. Smith, clergy;
Robert H. Lohr, real estate; Robert
M. Conroy, legal: DR.. Read N. CAL
vert, doctors, and Stephen James,
selective service.
Other committees are:
L. v. Lamson, George Smith and
Paul Coughlan, life insurance;
Chester Naumowicz, James Cham
berlain and Francis Fitzgerald, Vet
erans' Administration, and Warren
Lawson, o. w. Youngblood, Richard
Green. Russell Mizell, j. H. Carr,
Roy Amick and Bernard Postel,
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Maryland and Virginia
Will Need 10000
Volunteer ' Farm Aides
Workers Urged to Arrange
Vacations to Provide
Help in Peck Period

Between 10000 and $4,000 men
and women employed in Govern
ment agencies and other businesses
here must volunteer during their
vacations this summer for agricul-
turai work If the Governments
food program in Virginia and Mary
land is to be a success, John Jones,
head of the extension service farm
labor recruitment campaign for the
District. said today.
Mr.. Jones said that while the
need for volunteers will not become
acute until June and July, employees
are being impressed with the i'm
portance of volunteering for farm
work. Washington workers are
being asked to arrange their vaca-
tons so as to provide a flow Of
labor during the peak harvesting
seasons.
Early truck crops are harvested
beginning In June, he said, with the
peak for other crops coming in July,
August and continuing to Novem-
ber /.
Need Is Greatest Yet.
Pointing out that the number of
farm laborers has decreased per
cent throughout the Nation. Mr..
Jones said the picture today indi-
Gates a greater need than ever be-
fore for city dwellers to spend a
few days helping out on farms.
Without their aid, he added, the
Nation may be confronted with a
serious food shortage.
Mr.. Jones explained that while
the actual number of farm workers
now needed in Virginia and Mary
land amounts to only about 10000.
II VIII be necessary to recruit about
2o,OO volunteers because of the
snort periods each can contribute,
z,489 Volunteered Last Year.
Last year, Mr.. Jones said. more
than 2,48S Washington volunteers
picked more than 200,940 bushels of
apples, 40,440 bushels of tomatoes
20220 bushels of peaches as well as
performing other farm chores in
nearby Virginia and Maryland
This was accomplished, he said, in
the face of the fact that the re-
cruiting program was not started
until just before the harvesting sea
son.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Jones was cred
ited by War Manpower Commission
ofncials with conducting last year
the most successful farm recruit
nent program in the Nation"
VINO officials said Mr.. Jones, a
former baseball player, believed in
getting things done without becom-
ing entangled in red tape" Where
another person might have failed
they added, he managed the best
campaign in the country.