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Evening star., 1945-01-28

the birthday balls at which they will
appear. Besides their public appear
ances they will squeeze into the two
days lunch at the White House,
dinner with the Presidents Birth
day Celebration Committee, a radio
broadcast, and visits to hospitals
around town.
Meanwhile the other part of the
polio drive-the Mile O. Dimes
continues to draw contributions at
all of the four stands in the city
at the Capitol Theater, the Lincoln
Theater, the National Airport and
Union Station. Contributions over
the week end were particularly
heavy, Bryson Rash, chairman, re-
ports, as the group funds from Gov
ernment agencies began pouring in.
All of these run into the hundreds
of dollars and some into the thou
sands, Mr.. Rash said. The Mile O.
Dimes stands will be open through
Wednesday.
The stars program officially be-
gins at 1890 pm. tomorrow, al
| tiiOdsI UllooC WiiO dilAFC tO0dy WAa
visit the command performance of
Dear Ruth" at the National Thea
ter tonight. At 1890 tomorrow they
will be welcomed by the Commits
sioners and will broadcast over all
Washington stations from the Com
missioners' boardroom.
Will Visit Hospitals.
During the afternoon they will
visit service hospitals and tomor-
row night will attend an official
dinner at the Mayfiower Hotel, fol-
lowed by appearances at the mid
night shows at the Howard, Earle
and Capitol Theaters.
Tuesday, they will have lunch at
the White House, visit hospitals in
the afternoon, and attend the BIRTH
day balls at the Shoreham, Statler
Wardman Park, Washington, May
flower, Willard, Stage Door Canteen
and Lincoln Colonnade.
Ten-year-old Bobby Riggio, an in
fantile paralysis victim from Brook
lyn, made the largest single contri-
button to the Districts fund when he
presented Mrs. Roosevelt with $50
600, representing the donations in
dimes and dollars sent in by radio
audience who heard Bobby's appeal
on program week ago. Bobby
was promised a 1000 War Bond if
the radio audience sent in $4,000
for the polio fund.
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Queues Are Replacing Scramble
For Seats on Capita" S Buses

Civilization has daWned on the
Washington bus-riding public. The
push and shove era is nearly done.
Supporters of the democratic process
soon will outnumber the brute
strength contingent.
What is this gentling influence?
1t is the queue-up system. Rush
hour passengers in dozen of the
heavily used bus stops recently have
begun waiting in single line in
the order of their appearance. First
come, first served. They file into
the bus with order and dignity
When the seats and standing room
are gone, the doors shut and the line
waits patiently for the next bus.
That is, it usually waits patiently
When an occasional relic from the
pre-queue days starts pushing
public opinion comes into play. The
bus starters call this the dirty look"
department. Rare is the passenger
who does not stink to the rear of
the line, murmuring that he only got
to town last week.
Old English Custom.
The queue-up system has been in
effect in England for many years.
According to Capital Transit Co.
employees, it started here a year ago
at Seventh and Constitution avenue
NV. Within the last three weeks
habitues of several more stops have
voluntarily adopted the system.
officials believe it soon will be uni
versal at all stops where there is
room to line up singly. At Thir-
teenth and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, for example, where several
bus routes start and the loading
platform is small, the queue system
Is impractical.
R. A. Chew, traffic manager of
the w. M. & A.. Motor Lines, Inc,
in nearby Maryland, said the queue
up system was put into effect last
April at the Census Bureau N Suit
land and at the company's bus stop
at Seventeenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue S.W. with very good
results" He added that the plan
will be installed next Sunday at the
W. M. & A. terminal, Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Arnold Wants Same System.
Officials of the Arnold-operated
Lines. which serve nearby Virginia
said they will install the system at
Evening star., 1945-01-28
When and Where

Here are the times and places
at which the 20 Hollywood stars
will make public appearances:
Today: Command perform
ance of Dear Ruth" at the
National Theater, $3.50 pm. All
tickets have been sold.
Tomorrow: Midnight shows
at the Earle, Capitol and How
ard Theaters, with stars start
ing their appearances at 1880
pm. A few tickets for the Earle
and Capitol shows still are
available at any Loew's or War
ner Bros. Theater, at a cost of
$3.50 for orchestra and $3.50 for
balcony.
Tuesday: Birthday balls, be-
ginning at 9 pm. at the Shore
ham, Statler, Wardman Park,
Willard, Mayflower and Wash
ington Hotels-tickets available
for So at any of these hotels
will admit guest to one ball
only; at the Lincoln Colonnade
tickets available at Offices of
Lichtman Theaters, 1912 V
street NV, for $3.50 each, and
at the Stage Door Canteen,
where service personnel only
will be admitted.
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Transit Accidents Cut
Sharply Here in 1914,
Safety Drive Cited

The number of collisions involving
Capital Transit vehicles during 1914
dropped 25.86 per cent from 1943
S. E. Emmons, transportation man.
ager of the company, reported yes
terday to the Public Utilities Com
mission.
Similarly the number of collisions
with pedestrians declined 32.82 per
cent compared with 1884, collisions
other than with pedestrians fell
25.04 per cent and passenger acci-
dents declined 26.06 per cent.
In terms of the accident rate per
100000 miles of operation, all types
Of collisions fell 20.78 per cent in
1914 compared with 1943, collisions
with pedestrians declined 1895 per
cent, other collisions fell 1881 per
cent and passenger accidents drop
ped PLOT per cent.
Mr.. Emmons informed the PUG
that "the disciplinary rate per 100
men decreased from 1874 in Decem-
Der, l943. to 11.73 in December,
1914. Referring to the company's
weekly safety message 10 their Oper-
ators, Mr.. Emmons said:
We have noticed such an inter-
est in these messages that We are
now printing sufficient copies to
issue to the men individually instead
OF posting them on the bulletin
boards. These are given to the men
along with their transfers, passes,
tokens and change. We believe it
is a good sign that the vast ma
jority of the men keep these safety
messages and do not throw them
away after one quick glance"
Mr.. Emmons also reported that
the Capital Transit Co. has notified
the American Transit Association
that 1t will enter the latter's acci-
dent reduction contest for 1914. The
local transit company won the con-
test in 1943.
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Bi|bo Prepares List
OF 0bjectives Facing
District Committee

Saying he wished to get a little
better acquainted with the six new
members of his committee before
organizing for action on a long list
of pending measures, Chairman
Bilbo of the Senate District Com
mittee yesterday temporarily with
held a call for a full committee
session.
He is expected to act soon, how
ever, for he drafted list yesterday
Of some of the more important COM
mittee objectives for this year.
He placed in the No. l spot the
Tydings -Bilbo proposal for develop
ment of modern hospital center
and followed this with proposals for
settlement of the Districts slum
clearance and rehousing program
He also scheduled action on plans
to relieve the traffic congestion by
construction of a tunnel under the
Potomac River, or of new bridges
and building of subways for street
cars, as other means of speeding
traffic.
Construction in Washington of a
stadium that would be the biggest
and best" in the country, also is
on the list.
He believes such program can be
perfected by the committee which,
he has pointed out not only includes
the greatest number of former
State Governors recently assembled
on one congressional group-nine of
them-but also includes: a former
chief justice of the Nevada Supreme
Court, Senator McCarran, Demo-
crat; former Secretary, of the
Treasury, Senator Glass, Democrat.
Iof Virginia, former Mayor of
Cleveland, Senator Burton, Repub-
lican, of Ohio; former majority
leader and president pro tempore
of the Missouri State Legislature
Senator Briggs, Democrat; a man
who enlisted in the World War and
rose to lieutenant colonel, was cited
by Gen. Pershing and won the Dis
tinguished Service Medal and Dis
tinguished Service Cross, Senator
Tydings, Democrat, of Maryland
and an international lawyer and
college professor, who served in the
Hoover Food Administration, Sena-
tor Smith, Republican, of New
! JerSev.
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Meat Outlook
In DC. Dismal;
Stocks Off so %
Packing House Survey
Shows Practically
No Beef on Hand

The outlook for the Districts
meat supply in the coming week was
described as dismal in a report te
Commissioner John Russell Young
yesterday as the Commissioners anc
other District officials discussed fooc
supply problems arising from the
railroad freight embargo.
Commissioner Young received q
report from j. Thomas Kennedy
superintendents of weights, meas.
ures and. markets, that a survey oi
large meat packing houses in the
last several days indicated the sup
ply was only 40 per cent of normal
The low supply, and the city's in
creased population, led Mr.. Kennedy
to his prediction.
Practically No Beef.
In his report to Mr.. Young, Mr.
Kennedy termed the meat situation
very bad" and said his survey
started before the present freight
embargo-showed there was "prac-
tically no beef" of any grade or
hand. However, he found fair
amount of lamb and veal and an
adequate supply of fish.
Mr.. Kennedy also found the sup
ply of live hogs entering the city
has been less in the last several
months than in any period for II
years.
There was one report to a District
official indicating housewives are
having to get along on hotdogs and
scrapple, while steaks are available
in restaurants. The explanation ad-
vanced by one dealer, according to
this official, is that it does not pas
to sell to retail markets when the
ceiling prices for hotels and restau-
rants are higher.
Sell to First Customers.
Chain grocery stores, it was added
put everything on their counters to
sell to the first customers who arrive
Where some checks were made in
other stores it was found that under
the-counter sales were being made
to regular customers.
III the food situation becomes
highly critical, District officials said
municipal trucks could be used to
go to such southern points as Rich
mond, beyond the limits of the
freight embargo. The Sanitary En-
gineering Department has volun-
teered the use of trucks If District
officials decide the step is necessary
This was brought out after Roland
M. Brennan, District purchasing
officer, reported local commission
merchants dealing in fruits and
vegetables were we'll supplied yester-
DAY. However, fear had been ex-
pressed their stocks would fall.
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Trial Of Mcfarland
To Open Tomorrow;
Jury by Noon Is Seen

Trial of Marine Pfc. Earl Nc
Farland on charge of Staying 18-
year-old Dorothy M. Berrum will
open in District Court tomorrow
before Justice James M. Proctor.
Accused of criminally assaulting
and strangling the Government
clerk in East Potomac Park on
October S, the 24-year- -old Guadal-
canal veteran will hear friends of
the victim as well as fellow marines
testify for the Government.
The prosecution is in the hands
Of United States Attorney Edward
M. Curran and Assistant United
States Attorney John w. Fihelly
They have announced plans to call
more than rs witnesses. Attorneys
P. Bateman Ennis and George A.
Cassidy, jr., will defend Mcfarland.
To Trace Activities.
Mr.. Fihelly said last night he ex-
pected the jury to be completed by
noon. In the afternoon preliminary
evidence of a murder will be fol-
lowed by evidence tracing the move
ments of Mcfarland and Miss Ber-
rum prior to their meeting, which
police say took place at Tenth and
D streets NV.
In this regard, Mr.. Fihelly re-
vealed strange trick of fate. Miss
Berrum, he said, had come into
town from Maine Hall at Arlington
Farms, Va, to meet Miss Elinor
Courtright, "a, also resident of
Maine Hall, at the Tenth street
corner.
Miss Courtright, according to Mr..
Fihelly, failed to keep the date be-
cause her roommate was i'll and
needed her. There was no way to
get in touch with Miss Berrum who
still was waiting on the corner when
she was allegedly picked up"
Coming Ffrom Scranton.
Scheduled to testify early in the
trial are Coroner A. Magruder Mac
Donald, Deputy Coroner Christie
pher Murphy, who performed the
autopsy; DR.. John H. White OF
Emergency Hospital. who answered
the ambulance call to East Potomac
Park, and the colored park en-
ployes who found the victim with
her snood tied tightly around her
neck.
Miss Courtright and Miss Viola
Compton, who identified Miss Ber-
runs body at the Morgue, also will
be called to the stand. Mr.. Fihelly
said Miss Courtright now was living
in Scranton, but would come here
for the trial.
Then the prosecution will call In
spector Robert j. Barrett, chief OF
detectives; 1t jeremiah Flaherty
head of the homicide squad, and
Sergt. Robert Murray in fashioning
their chain of evidence against Nc
| Farland. Exhibits will include a
switch blade knife, dropped in a
taxicab en- route to the death scene
and leather uniform belt found
near the body.
Evening star., 1945-01-28

Ninth street and Constitution ave-
nue. as soon as they obtain permis-
sion from the District to cut the
iron railing along Ninth street.
Officials of the A. B. & w. Transit
Co. and the Arlington e. Fairfax
Motor Transportation Co., which
also serve nearby Virginia, could not
be reached Neither has the queue
up system in effect at present.
The chief proponent of the queue
in the District is Lowell Carver
veteran of 25 years bus experience
and now supervisor of street forces
for the Transit company. He had
found it effective three years age
when the Peotagon had not yet in
stalled its own bus terminal. He
personally has supervised-with the
consent of the regular passengers
the start of the queue at all but two
stops, Second and Third streets ano
Constitution avenue NV. anc
Fourth and P streets SW.
Nobody helped those start" he
said. THE idea just jelled one day.
Complaints All Alike.
The democracy of it all delights
Mr.. Carver. The few complaints
he gets are identical, he said:
Just Nike Germany" a passen-
ger mutters.
RECOMMENDATION they don't like >
Mr.. Carver said. But when you ex-
plain it's self rule, they get right
into line" Usually only three days
is required to train the passengers,
he said. The Lafayette Park,
Georgia and Alaska avenues, Eighth
and Market space NV. stops, how
ever, have signs asking riders to
wait in line. The others-Fifth and
Dahlia streets, Chevy Chase Circle
Twenty-third and Constitution ave-
nue., Tenth and Eleventh and Penn
sylvania avenues, Laurel and East
ern avenues - depend on regular
riders and the infrequent appear
ances of starters to keep the sys-
tenn alive. The longest lines are
estimated to be at Ninth and Con-
stitution avenue, Mr.. Carver said
The bus riders say the queue i.
fair. The transit company says il
is efficient and safe. The squir.
rels in Lafayette Park apparently
find it amusing. A regular rider
there claims they gather in row
every evening at SOB pm. to watch
self lf-government function.
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Philippine Commissioner
To Speak at GEORGETOWN j

Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo.
Philippine Commissioner to the
United States, will be a guest speak
er at Georgetown University We'd
nesday night.
Faculty, student body and friends
of the university have been invited
to hear Gen. Romulo discuss the
Philippine campaign at pm. in
CASTOR Hall on the campus. A
former aide to Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, he won a Pulitzer school of
Journalism award in 1941 for his
articles on the Far East.
Since the start of the war, George
town University has invited promi-
nent persons connected with the
war effort to address the student
body. The late President Manuel
Quezon of the Philippines was an
honorary alumnus of the university
Evening star., 1945-01-28
University City Proposed
As Name for College Park

The Incorporation Committee of
the General Committee for the I'M
provement Of College Park last night
recommended that the College Park
area. if incorporated, be named
University City.
A tentative charter also was
drafted, providing for the election
of mayor, a treasurer and five
councilmen with two councilmen to
be elected at large. The proposals
will be submitted at mass meet
ing of residents of the area Thurs
day night at the University of
Maryland Agriculture Building audi
torium,
Evening star., 1945-01-28
White House Is Silent
On Ordering Of Dogs Trip
a. The Asson,atsa nras

By the Associated Press.
The White House has refused
comment on an Air ! Transport
Command officers assertion that a
call from there got Col. Elliott
Rcosevelt's dog Blaze his air ride
from here to Hollywood.
The officer, who did not wish to
be quoted by name. said the White
House told the ATC they wanted
this dog shipped West"
He made it clear that the White
House did not ask the priority that
kept the dog on the plane while
three servicemen were elected to
make way for high priority freight.
Evening star., 1945-01-28
War Hospitality Group
To Present PIuy Twice

Two performances of "I Came
Home have been scheduled by the
War Hospitality Committee for a
large number of volunteers who have
not completed their required train
ing program, The play will be pre-
sented in the Social Security Build
ing auditorium at $3.50 pm. tomor-
row and Tuesday.
Presented by the "FooNighters,"
Government drama group, the play
will present the correct psychological
approach to the returned service
men
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Ducks Unlimited 10 Hold
Annual Dinner in February

The District Committee of Ducks
Unlimited, Inc, will hold its annual
dinner at the Mayf1ower Hotel at
$50 pm. on February 9. The or
ganization is interested in wildlife
restoration.
Glenn L. Martin, Baltimore air
plane manufacturer and chairman
Iof the organizations Maryland
Committee, will speak. Tom Main
general managersof Ducks Unlimited
in Canada, will show motion pic
lures on Canadian ducks.
Evening star., 1945-01-28

his orchestra, 2:30 pm, Union Sta
ton, and Joe E. Brown, 4:05 pm,
National Airport. Time of arrival
has not been given to Alan Ladd,
Margaret O'Brien, Myrna 10y and
Ella Logan.
Plan IL Appearances.
The stars schedules call for II
public appearances where they will
sing, dance and just talk to the
crowds who have bought out most
of the tickets for the command per-
formance, the midnight shows, and
Evening star., 1945-01-28
Church Plans Benefit

A card party sponsored by the
Blessed Virgin Sodality of st. Agnes
Catholic Church, Cherrydale, will
be held at $3.50 pm. Tuesday at the
church. Proceeds will 60 to the
church building fund.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-11-26

Come obeombng Federos thrift quality
whit Of bness quilting CIoy-tued henIes
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The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19

the draft board in Wyandotte.
Leroy Pearson, State director of
Selective Service has ordered that
Board No. SO be moved to River
Rouge on July % for consolidation
with the Rouge and Lincoln Park
Boards.
Efforts to stop the transfer are
being made by the Office Of Veter-
ans Affairs, civic groups, and this
newspaper.
The move would require more
than 1000 Wyandotters, now in
service to travel to River Rouge.
with induction and rehabilitation
problems. A tentative suggestion of
having River Rouge and Lincoln
Park boards consolidated here was
made By councilmen since this is
the largest city.
Reports that the transfer was
ordered as an economy measure
were hit by Councilman H. Rouse
who stated that the local board paid
the lowest rental, SS5 month. COM
pared to sl25 monthly for River
Rouge and $40 for Lincoln Park.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19

quid and Is placed in cylinders
around, between and below the shell
storage magazines In light and me-
dunn tanks. 1t was selected by u. S.
Army Ordnance because of its re-
markedly high wetting power, the
fact that 1t does not freeze even
at IS degrees below zero, because
it does not corrode metal, and be-
cause the advantages of wyandotte
Ammudamp do not lessen with age.
Many fires in tanks, with result
tant casualties, were caused by enc
my projectiles ripping open brass
shell cases, and exposing their ig-
nitable charges. Fire In a single
shell case may quickly spread un-
less the powder Is immediately
dampened. When U. 8. tank forces
were first landed on D-Day, Ger
man anti-tank defenses made Inn
provement In our fire prevention
measures imperative. Result-Wy-
andotte Ammudamp which pre-
vented fires In many tanks which
would otherwise have burned both
the crew and the tank itself.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
Woman
Injured In
Harmonic Fire
Mrs. Marie Moede
Suffers Rope Burns
in Lake Steamer Fire

Mrs. Marie Moede, 1898 Seven
teenth street, was among passengers
of the pleasure steamer Harmonic
treated for injuries in the fire that
destroyed the lake liner. Tuesday.
The 225 passengers on the liner
all escaped death in the flames
which spread to the top deck of the
vessel from a Canadian Railway
shed at Point Edward, near Sarnia,
Ontario.
Passengers were treated at Sarnia
hospital for burns received during
the fire and for injuries suffered as
many slid down ropes to the water
to escape the flames that spread
throughout the ship. Clothing and
personal effects of the passengers
were destroyed in the fire which
burned the ship, second largest in
the Canada Steamship lines, which
was built in 1909.
Mrs. Moede, who with her hus-
band, Frederick, a city employee,
was enjoying a vacation cruise, re-
ceived burns on the hand as she
slid down rope to safety. She was
released from Sarnia hospital fol-
lowing treatment.
More than half of the passengers
came off the bow on to dry land
and about 100 were taken off in a
coal derrick.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-07-19
Youth Loses
First Paycheck

Friday was one Of the greatest
days in the life Of Gerald Fisher,
17-year-old son of Police Sgt. Gene
Fisher. 1t was day he had always
dreamed about-the day when he
would bring home his pay for his
first job.
Gerry, a high school senior, got a
job for the summer as open-hearth
man at Great Lakes Steel corpora
ton In Ecorse and on Friday was
given his first paycheck. amounting
to more than $40. Cashing the check
at an Ecorse Bank, he put the
money in pocket of his jacket and
took a bus for Wyandotte.
During the ride home. he put
his hand in his pocket every so
often to feel the crackle of the
money that represented the first he
had ever earned for himself. Happily,
he got off the bus at the Superior
boulevard stop-and then it hap
pened.
When he reached home. he found
the money missing. 1t had been lost
between Superior boulevard on
Biddle and Fourth and Superior.
Gerry's offering a reward to the
finder, who may make a boy happy
by taking the lost money to the
Fisher home at ola VineWood.