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Evening star., 1944-12-26
Sister N. FredoIin Dies;
IS Years in Schools Here

Sister M. Fredolin elizabeth Hal
beib), u, who spent As years of
service at the Holy Cross Academy
and st. Joseph's Home and School,
died December Is at the Mother
House, st. Mary's Convent, Notre
Dame, Ind, after an illness of five
years, according to word received
here yesterday.
She was received into the Sisters
of the Holy Cross in 1893 and the
following year came to the Holy
Cross Academy as a teacher. In
1888 she went to st. Josephs Home
and School where she was sister
superior for six years. Besides her
teaching duties here she had spent
IA year as stewardess at Mount
Carmel Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
A native of Elizabethtown, Pa,
she is survived by a niece, Mrs.
Bernard A. Gallagher; a grand
nephew, Bernard G. Gallagher, and
four grandnieces, Mrs. John Hazard,
Mrs. Harry E. Keller, Mrs. George
L. Clark and Mrs. Joseph Loveless,
all of Washington
Evening star., 1944-12-26
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Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, blue
stamps KS, Y-5, Us, Az and b.
good for 10 points each. Ali
stamps validated before December
l are Cancelled. Five more blue
stamps will be validated January
l. New processed food items went
on ration list at midnight last
night.
Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book No. 4, red
stamps Q-5, RS and SIS good fol-
10 points each. All stamps vail
dated before December l are can
celed. Five more red stamps will
be validated Sunday, the date new
items 60 on ration list.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points fol
each pound of waste kitchen fat.
you turn in.
Sugar-Sugar stamp "a good fol
pounds. Stamps 80 through 8;
Cancelled. Another will be vail.
dated February l. Book No. 4
stamp 40 good for pounds fol-
home canning through February
%, 1945.
Gasoline-A-14 coupons valid for 4
gallons each through March 81
B-4, ca and C-5 coupons gooo
for gallons each. R-4 and c.
coupons expire Sunday.
Shoes-Alrplane stamps l, 2 and :
in Book No. good indefinitely fol
one pair OF shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one and two cou.
ponS good for 10 gallons each
through heating year. Period three
coupons valid January Is. Ole
period four and five coupons from
last winter good through year
Consumers in this area should not
have used more than 80 per cent
of their ration as of December g
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Ernest N. Parker, GAO
Employe, fatally Stricken

Ernest Mortimer Parker, 68, Gen.
eral Accounting ONCE employe and
former Prince Georges County mer-
chant, died yesterday at his resi-
dence, 3704 Thirty-fifth street NV
He suffered a heart attack Thurs
day
Mr.. Parker, a native of Beltsville
Md, operated general merchandise
stores in Prince Georges County for
q years before moving to the Dis
trict in 1926. Later he was sales
manager for the Eastern branch
of the York & Carey Safe Co, re-
tiring in 1889. He had been in the
Records Division of the Controller
Generals Office since last Decem-
Der. He was a member of st. Paul's
Church.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs.
Emma F. Parker: four daughters,
Mrs. P. H. Coleman. Mrs. Davis
Watts, Mrs. A. A. Klimkieuwicz and
Mrs. Frank Miller. all of Washing
ton; three sons, 1t. Ernest S. Park
er, AAF. Washington, and Corpl.
William H. Parker and Corpl. Lin
naeus M. Parker, both serving with
the Marine Corps in the Pacific; two
sisters, Mrs. Fannie Doing, WASH
ington, and Mrs. Maude Robey,
Beltsville, Md, and two brothers,
George S. Parker. Berwyn, Md, and
Ralph Parker, Washington.
Funeral services win be held at
l1:30 am. tomorrow at the Hines
funeral home. Burial will be in
GlenWOOd Cemetery
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Mrs. Mary Ella HambIy
To Be Buried Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Ella Hambly, who died yesterday at
her home, 5713 Ninth street NV.
will be held at / pm. tomorrow at
Hines funeral home, Fourteenth and
Harvard streets NV.
Services will be conducted by DR.
Clarence w. Crawford, pastor OF
Calvary Baptist Church. in which
Mrs. Hambly had been active for
many years, and by DR.. William S
Abernethy, pastor emeritus, close
friend Of the Hambly family. Burial
will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Born in Chicago. Mrs. Hambly
spent most of her life in Chicago
and Washington AS a nurse, she
served as head of the sick COM
mittee of the Burial Glass at Cal
vary Baptist Church, which at one
time was the largest Bible class in
Washington.
Surviving are her husband, J. st
Clair Hambly, representative of the
Equitable Life Insurance Society;
her stepmother, Mrs. Ottilie
Schwarz, who made her home with
the Hamblys: a nephew. 1t. Jack
Schwarz Brown, U. S. N. r., now or
duty with the Navy, and a niece
Mrs. Rose De Jong Of Chicago.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Auto Association Plans
Exhibit Of Ship Models

An exhibit of rs detailed ship
models and nautical displays will be
opened Friday morning in the ground
floor windows of the American Auto
mobile Association, Seventeenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue NV
The exhibit, to continue to Janu-
ary 80, is the 18th annual display
sponsored by the Washington Ship
Model Society, whose % members
have made accurate models of
Canadian corvettes, destroyers, PIT
boats, cargo vessels and whale boats
Members of the society will COM
pete for several cups for the best
naval model, the best model from
scrap material, the best from a kit,
and also for the best reproduction
Of nautical scene. A trophy also
will be awarded for the best model
made without previous experience.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
ID. {. Right 10 Site
For School Upheld

When the District government
acquires property, through condem-
nation, for a school site it acquires
absolute possession and delay in
erecting a school does not give a
former owner of the property the
right to repossess it. according to a
Court of Appeals decision handed
down today.
The ruling was made in case in
which James II. O'Hara claimed he
was the owner of condemned prop
erty at 1905 G street Sc, because
the District. after condemnation
proceedings, had not made prepara-
ton to begin erection of a school
on the site. The property was ac-
quired to build an elementary school
to replace the Cranch and Tyler
Schools.
Due to war conditions. however,
construction has been delayed, it
was said
Mr.. O'Hara contended that the
District had acquired an easement
only and that as the property was
not used for school purposes it re-
verted back to the original owner.
This claim was made in a procedure
when the District brought election
action to force him to give up the
property. The District govern
ment, however. was awarded a judg-
ment in District Court and the Ap-
pellate Courts decision today sus-
tanned the lower court.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Polio Patient Sees Children
For Hour on Christmas

Mrs. Frederick w. Russo. jr., Alex
andria, Va, polio victim now in ST.
Louis after a journey from WASH
lngton last week, today looked for
ward to longer periods out of her
iron lung after seeing her two chill
dren yesterday.
Mrs. Russo, 81, wife of Navy lieu
tenant commander stationed here
was permitted to spend an hour out
of the iron lung with her children,
according to the Associated Press
She arrived in st. Louis three days
before Christmas but due to nerv-
BUSINESS and exhaustion resulting
from the trip, was unable to see the
children, Susan, Az, and Frederick
William, III, 4 months, until yes
terday.
Mrs. Russo has spent most of the
last three months in the lung, yir-
tually all of the time as patient
at Gallinger Hospital. She was
stricken at the height of the epi-
demic here after leaving her chill
dren with her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
George c. Mackay, in st. Louis to
protect them from exposure to the
disease,
Evening star., 1944-12-26
District Achieves 1907
I0f lis War Bond Quota

The District has achieved 140 per
cent OF its $94, 100000 quota in the
Sixth War Loan drive, with an
oversubscription of $4,000, 900. the
District War Finance Committee re-
ported today.
Figures recorded through Satur-
day by the Federal Reserve Bank
at Richmond showed that series
bond sales here had reached $28,-
700, 600, or 95.7 Of the $50, ,00O, 900
quota. Committee officials have ex-
pressed confidence the full quota
will be reached and even exceeded
when reports through next Satur-
day are received January 2, the
final accounting day.
Individual sales were reported at
SAC, ,5O0, 600, or 10l.1 per cent of the
SAC, 00.000 quota, and corporation
sales had reached s85, 100 900. OF
177.3 per cent of the $4,000, ,0o0
quota.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Moore Brothers Face
Problem Of Finding
Home After Tragedy

The problem of finding a home
faced the Moore brothers today, fol-
lowing a Christmas which saw play
mates, neighbors and new-found
friends rallylng to help the boys
with gifts and condolences over the
death of their parents, sister and
brother in a fire which swept their
home Sunday morning.
Spending the holidays with a
neighbor, Mrs. Maude Dentz. $40
Roxboro place NV, the boys still
were too stunned by the tragedy to
study their problems. Clinton, IS,
and William, IA, did say, however,
that they would prefer to remain in
the neighborhood, where they carry
paper routes, attend classes at Paul
Junior High School and where they
have lived most of their lives.
Their dead fathers uncle, Leonard
H. Sinclair of Arlington, said last
night that decision on their future
still is to be made.
The Dentz home, not far from the
ruins of their home, at 618 Sheridan
street NV, yesterday was filled with
gifts for the youths. Strangers who
had read of the tragedy visited the
Dentz home to deliver gifts, and
neighbors, schoolmates and play
mates of Clint and Bill took up COL
lections to buy the boys presents
The boys were touched particularly
when Police Sergt Louis H. Petersen
of the sixth precinct dropped by with
a silver dollar found in the ruins OF
their home. Before leaving, Sergt
Petersen added few dollars of his
own.
The two boys attended midnight
mass Christmas eve at the Church
Of the Nativity. After the service &
few Of their playmates returned with
them to the Dentz home for a waf
fle supper.
Funeral services for the four vic.
Tins, Mr.. and Mrs. j. William Dewitt
Moore. Bobby. u, and Marjorie. 8
have been set for / pm. Thursday
at the Lee funeral home, Fourth
street and Massachusetts, avenue
NE Burial will be in Manassas,
Va, where Mrs. Moore was born.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
The Job in Brief

Qualifications: For Red Cross
Canteen Corps recruits, women
between the ages of 18 and 60
in good health, available for
daytime volunteer work.
Training: A 2O-hour course
for those who have taken the
prerequisite Red Cross nutrition
course. Next class starts jan
uary S and ends January 80,
two hours a day, two days a
week. For those who haven't
taken nutrition, an accelerated
canteen-nutrition course starts
January 8 and ends February
10, three hours a day, two days
a week.
Hours of work after training:
Yearly minimum of $50 hours,
one regularly scheduled day
each week with choice of day
to serve as far as possible.
Where to register: Red Cross
Canteen Office, Memorial Conti-
mental Hall, Seventeenth be-
tween G and D streets NV,
Monday through Friday be-
teen 10 am. and 4 pm. Dead
line for registration, January
3. For additional information,
call Republic $500. extension 266.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Man Found Unconscious
On RoiIroud Tracks

An Unidentified colored man about
70 years old was found unconscious
on the railroad tracks near Seventh
and D streets just west of the
Seventh street overpass this morn
ing.
Police said physicians at Casualty
Hospital. where the man was taken
expressed the belief he had suffered
an epileptic seizure. At the hospital
1t was said there were several
scratches on the mans face and he
was semiconscious.
Evening star., 1944-12-26

The District Medical Society Is
making plans now for the day when
Col. Jones" will be "Dr. Jones'
again.
DR.. Jones will find his patients be-
ing cared for by the doctors who
didn't 60 to war. He'll find Office
space at premium and no one able
to tell him just how large Wash
ington's population will be-and a
doctors practice obviously varies
with the population.
With about 260 Medical Society
members in the armed forces and
hundreds more as one-time internes
residents or not practicing before
they entered the services, the num-
ber OF doctors expected to return to
Washington is 1000. Theodore o
Wiprud, secretary of the society
estimates.
Map to Show Distribution.
A committee headed by 1t. Col
Stuart Foster, before he left Wash
ington. and now by Col. A. c. Gray
has developed tentative plans to ease
the problems of the returning men
A pin map showing where doctors
now are located will be set up to
indicate In what sections of the city
physicians are needed
An arrangement has been pro-
posed whereby the telephone ex-
change, which gives names of doc
tors to patients who do not have
their own physicians, would be
turned over to the group. Doctors
support the exchange but veterans
would be given the service for six
months without charge.
In an effort to set up postgraduate
medical courses for the doctors, Mr.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Former Prisoner of japanese
Contrasts Two Christmuses

This year: Dinner with wife and
friends at a downtown restaurant.
Last year: two teaspoons of rice
plus a special treat--a prune. One
of the prisoners had some prunes.
He gave the others a surprise by
putting one on each little helping of
rice. They ate the prune, broke the
pit and ate the kernel-joking about
finishing their Christmas dinner
with nuts.
Prof. Winter, who is 30, was head
of the science department at the
junior college at Hong Kong main
tanned by American Adventists. His
wife came home before Pearl Harbor
They have no children. After more
than year as a prisoner, he came
home early this year on the first
"trip Of the prisoner-exchange ship,
the Gripsholm.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Medical Society Plans to Aid
Members Returning From War

Wiprud has been instructed to find
out what type of courses the men
want.
An information center also has
been considered to give doctors data
on group clinics. Mr. Wiprud said
Younger doctors are interested in
working together where they may
have more facilities.
In an attempt to locate office
space, the society circularized its
300 members to ask how many would
share their Offices with veterans. Oi
the rs who responded, 25 said they
would be willing to do so and an
other % said they were holding
space for doctors with whom they
previously were associated Mr.
Wiprud said the response was dis
couraging. but that more work
would be put into finding Office space
later.
The society's secretary predicted
| it would not be easy for some men
to build practices again, although
hospitals are holding staff positions
open for the doctors.
Veterans to Decide Plan.
A few still in civilian practice, he
said, are listing the names Of physi-
clans from whom they acquired pa
tients Mr.. Wiprud added, however
that patients didn't care to volun-
teer the information and some may
be reluctant to return to former
doctors.
The plans will be altered by the
attitude of the veterans. he said
Now, he added, they are too busy
caring for wounded men to go into
details about what they want wher
| the fighting is ended.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Man Fatally HurI
when Struck
by Streetcdr
Holiday Accidents
In District lnjure
5 Other Persons

Luther Calvin Moss, about 68, an
elevator operator in the Senate Office
Building, was fatally injured when
struck by streetcar at First and 3
streets NE. this morning. He died
an hour later at Casualty Hospital
Mr.. Moss lived at 204 Maryland ave-
nue. NE.
The streetcar, going north on First
street, was operated by E. H. Han
back, 500 Twenty street NV,
according to police accident investi-
cation unit. This brought to 81
the number of traffic fatalities so
for this year as compared to 96 to
tbis date last year.
Woman Hit by Taxicab.
Mrs. Mary A. Harrington, 10, of
1424 Belmont street NV, mother
of Leo w. Harrington, Washington
attorney, was seriously injured when
struck by taxicab yesterday as
she crossed Fourteenth street near
Clifton street NV. She was taken
to Emergency Hospital
Police charged John M. Garrison
SO, of 1909 Twenty-first street NV
with leaving after colliding and
having faulty brakes on his cab
He was arrested some time after
the accident when a witness gave
police a description of the cab
which struck Mrs. Harrington.
Walter Knott, 81, OF 1895 Ste
phenson place NV. was taken to
Emergency Hospital last night in
an unconscious condition when an
automobile in which he was a pas
senger ran into parked car in the
1900 block of Park road NV. Police
said the driver of the car was Willie
B. Williams, SIS, of 1904 Lamont
street NV. who was treated at
Emergency for minor injuries and
released. Mr.. Knott is suffering
from head injuries and a possible
fractured rib.
Injured by Army Car.
John Henry Deal, 80, colored. of
8 M street SW. was struck by an
oto44 SuL ldSU iliSilt at M StI6El
and Carrolburg street S.W. Police
say he was attempting to hail a
taxicab and stepped into the path
Of the Army car, which was driven
by Pvt. Howard H. Slaughter, "a,
assigned to Boiling Field. The VIC
tim was admitted at Casualty Hos
pital. where he is said to be recover
ing from his injuries.
Another accident victim Yesterday
was Naomi Woods, 81. colored, of
107 I street NV. struck in the 900
block of New Jersey avenue NV.
by hit-and-run automobile. She
is under treatment at Casualty Hos
pital for back and hip injuries.
In nearby Maryland an unidenti-
fed elderly colored man was killed
last night when he stepped in front
of an auto on the Baltimore boule-
ward near Beltsville, Md, State
police reported.
Police did not know the identity
of the driver.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Filling Station
Sells Gas Only
To Servicemen

A gas station on New York ave-
nue., one of the few open yesterday.
had its own method of selling gas
oline to the hundreds of customers
beseiging it.
Only servicemen got gas. A col
ored attendant stood at the en-
trance to the station, peering in
side each car as 1t drove up.
Civilian" ne roareo, "go away"
The next car was driven by a sailor,
a row Of ribbons on his blouse.
Drive up, mister" said the at
tendant. Taxi drivers also got no
mercy. "Servicemen only" ex-
planned an attendant-"gas to the
guys who are fi>6ting for U.s."
Evening star., 1944-12-26

Although it wasn't white Christ
mas, it was no disappointment to
Charles Winter, youthful professor
of science at the Seventh day Ad-
ventist Washington Missionary Col
lege, Takoma Park. Md. He con-
trasted it with his Christmas of last
year.
This year: Home with his wife-a
Christmas tree in the corner and
packages with Christmas wrappings
underneath. One Of them contained
"a new topcoat, another held choco-
lates.
Last year: On a Stockade of a
japanese prison camp-a scrap OF
paper with a Christmas scene drawn
with charcoal by one of the prison
ers. He and the others gazed hun
grily at 1t for hourA
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Unfinished Project Used
To LODGE 1874 Servicemen

A temporary building at Twenty
third and G streets NV. was used
for the first time to provide over
night lodging for 1874 men Saturday
and Sunday nights. Recreation
Services, Inc, reported today.
The unit of temporary structures
being erected to help relieve the
shortage of beds for servicemen on
leave was said to be half completed.
The usable portion was rushed into
operation ahead of a formal open
| ing.
The entire project is to be COM
pleted in 10 DAYS.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
DAV Commander to Give
Report on Wounded Soon

Milton D. Cohn, national corr
mander of the Disabled American
Veterans, has returned from a two
month survey of treatment given
battle wounded in Europe and is
preparing to report to President
Roosevelt that the wounded are get
ting the best of medical care.
In an interview at the National
Airport, he said air evacuation was
among the finest phases Of the medi-
cal work he saw. He was impressed
by the rapidity with which the
wounded are given all forms of medi-
cal care. He has returned to his
hcme in Buffalo and. will report to
the President after the holidays.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
'Anteuters' Are Invited
To Elk Feast at Zoo

Members of the "Anteaters Club
who last week dined on buffalo
meat imported from a Federal
reservation in the West, have been
invited to return to the National
Geological Park restaurant tomor-
row to feast on elk roasts and
steaks.
L. Gordon Leech, operator of the
restaurant. has been able to get
game meat when herds at wild
life refuge at Cache, Okla, had to
be reduced.
Throughout the week, buffalo and
elk meat is sold to the public while
1t lasts, and on Wednesdays tables
are reserved for the "Anteaters'
from 1880 am. to 3 pm.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Gas Shortage
Due 10 Be Edsed
In Few Days
Situation Already
Definitely improved
AAA Officials Soy

Che gasoline supply shortage here
was expected to be alleviated during
:Ee next few days as the large pc.
s"oleum companies continued emer.
gency deliveries to empty servic,
station tanks begun over the holida,
week end.
Although automobile officials here
said the situation was definitely
improved" today, they expressed
concern over how long adequate de.
liveries could be kept up.
1t isn't the gasoline they're wor.
ried about-an emergency allotmen
of more than 1,125,000 gallons wa
released by the petroleum admin.
istrator for war to Washington ares
service stations last week-but tn,
problem of transporting it.
J. D. Ryan, director of service o.
the American Automobile Associa.
ton, said a shortage of tank truck.
and available manpower prevent.
full delivery from petroleum tanks
to service stations. Some of the
large oil company - Standard
Amoco and Texaco-pressed theil
men into action over the holiday
week end to make as many emer-
gency deliveries as they could.
Can't Build Up Reserves.
Another problem facing station
dealers is the run on supplies when
they are fortunate enough to get
deliveries. Many dealers are sold
out less than a day after they re-
ceive gasoline. This prevents them
from building reserves for times
when deliveries are impossible, &C
cording to John Waters, assistant
director of service at the AAA.
Many Motorists Stranded.
The auto associations were
swamped with phone calls of motor
lists stranded on highways and un-
able to get gasoline over the week
end. Help was sent only to doctors
and others who needed the gas to
make emergency trips.
Meanwhile drastically curtailed
taxicab service for the final week of
the year faced the District today
as taxicab companies reported that
difficulty in getting gasoline during
the last week has forced many
cabs off the streets.
Spokesman for the companies
predicted that only a fraction OF
the regular fleets will be in service
until the first of the year, when
new gasoline allotments are avail
able.
Many hackers and most motorists
found service stations unable to
fill their tanks over the week end.
The result was that thousands of
cars were off the streets.
Evening star., 1944-12-26
Army Cos Hoods Offered
To Replace Roin Hats

By the Associated Press.
If you can't find a rain hat or
the market, how about trying ar
Army gas hood?
The Office of Price Administra-
ton, while refusing to put price
ceilings on the surplus gas hoods
said today prices asked would moi
be unreasonable or inf1ationary."
About 100000 of the hoods pur-
chased by the Chemical Warfare
Service are available. They are
made of chemically treated cloth tc
make them water and gas repellent
Olive drab in color, they have elas-
tic drawstrings and metal SNAP
clasps
Evening star., 1944-12-26
John vandegrift Named
To Wage, Safety Board

The Commissioners today an
nounced the appointment of John
L. Vandegrift, secretary of the En-
ployes Benefit Committee of the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co, as the employer member of the
Minimum Wage and Industrial
. Safety Board.
Mr.. Vandergrift, who will take up
his duties the first of next year,
succeeds P Y. K Howat, who began
his services on the board in June
of last year. The appointment is
for three-year term.
Mr.. Howat is in the concrete bust
ness and has served as chief OF
public works in the local civilian
defense organization. The other
members of the board are Fred S
Walker, representing labor, and
Mrs. Albert Atwood, chairman and
representative of the public.