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Evening star., 1945-09-07
LIS Workers
Positions
AT Navy Yard
l.072 in Loyoff
Are Women; Many
Get Clerical Jobs

Today was the last day of work
at their present jobs for approxi-
mately 1,275 Navy Yard workers
including about 200 men. An addi-
tional group of about 800 Navy Yard
workers will work their last day
September Is, 1t was announced
there today.
A large percentage of those laid
of today have been rehired in
clerical jobs at the Navy Yard, and
over half of them have jobs either
at the yard or in other Govern
ment agencies and private industry,
Navy Yard officials said.
Many of the workers are from
out of town and have indicated
they will return home, it was said
at the Navy Yard.
OF those women who will not
return to their jobs after they leave
work at 4:30 O'Clock today, AIT are
ordnance workers, 562 are ordnance
operatives and SO are machine shop
precision workers. No classical
tions were available on the men
leaving work today.
The workers will be continued
on. the civil service register for
two weeks after their discharge, SO
that those who find other civil
service jobs will not have to break
their civil service continuity record.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Jewish High Holidays
Begin al Sundown

The sounding of the rams horn,
or shofar. in temples and syna-
gogues will summon Jewish resi-
dents of the District to observance
of the Jewish high holidays, which
begin at sundown tonight. The
holidays extend from Rosh Hasho-
nah, the Jewish New Year day-the
coming year is 5706 in the Jewish
calendar-to Yom Kippur, the day
of atonement, on September IT,
The sounding of the rams horn
calls humanity on a day of judg-
ment and self judgment to repent,
Rabbi Solomon H. Metz of the Adas
Israel Congregation explained. =
TT calls to mind" he said, that
salvation is to be attained through
conservation and sacrifice. The
shofar is the rams horn, and it re-
calls that Abraham sacrificed the
ram on Mount Moriah.
. THE sounding of the rams horn
also reminds humanity the way to
find fulfillment is to live in accord
ance with Gods will. The law given
to Israel on Mount Sinai was given
with the sound of the shofar.
1T is reminder that eventually
the human race will find its way
to justice, truth. love and universal
peace, bringing about the Messianic
days. According to tradition. those
days will be ushered in with the
sounding of the shofar"
The Jewish community faces the
holy days this year in a spirit both
thankful and solemn, Rabbi Metz
said, adding, that Jews and others
feel the way Noah felt in leaving
the ark, when he faced an entirely
new world which would be of his
own making"
The reformed temples will OBJ
serve the Rosh Hashonah tonight
and tomorrow, and the orthodox
congregations will extend their OBJ
servance through Sunday.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Bill Asks Central Control
Of u. 5. Agency Printing

Central control over the printing
and binding work of the Federal
agencies is proposed in a bill intro
duced yesterday by Representative
Rees, Republican. of Kansas, ranking
minority member of the House Civil
Service Committee.
The measure, referred to the Com
mittee on Printing, proposes the
creation in the Budget Bureau of a
printing control division, to be
headed by an assistant director of
the bureau, to be named by the
budget director, who would be paid
So 500 year. He would be required
to have at least Is years experience
as printing craftsman.
He would have an advisory COM
mittee of Federal agency officials
and within six months would be
directed to establish uniform stand
ards and policies relating to the
essentiality, formal and amount of
all Government printing.
AL agencies would be required to
order their printing and binding
through the Procurement Division of
the Treasury and if the Government
Printing Ofi1ce were unable to fill all
orders the work could be let out on
contract, under competitive bidding.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
lsiHRst;oniinq
&Remipde.56a

Meats, Fats, Etc. Stamps v-2
through "a good through Sep
tember 80. Stamps Al through
Ell good through October 81.
Stamps FL through XII good
through November 80. Stamps
LII through Q-1 good through
December 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp SO good through De-
cember 81. Next stamp valid
January /.
Shces-Airplane Stamps /, 2, 3 and
4 In Book No. good indefinitely
for one pair OF shoes each.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Five New Polio Cases
Reported in D. {. Area

Five new cases of infantile par
alysis were reported yesterday by
the Health Department, raising the
total hospitalized in the District this
year to 152.
Three new cases are a 16-year-old
colored girl, 1900 block of Delaware
avenue S.W., a 15-year-old girl of
Capitol Heights. Md, and a l6lyear-
old boy from Woodbridge, Va, all of
whom are at Gallinger Municipal
Hospital.
The other two new cases are a
28-year-old colored man, TOO block
OF Thirteenth street NE. at the
Bethesda Naval Hospital and a
l0-year-old boy of the $500 block
OF Roosevelt street, Bethesda. Md
who is at the Childrens Hospital.
Last year there were 1888 cases
at this time. There are now 80 local
cases. compared with 113 last wear.
and 70 out-of town cases this wear
contraSted with rs last wear
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Two Soldiers Killed
In Maryland Crush

BY tnc Associated Press.
FREDERICK, Md, Sept. Two
soldiers from Camp Detrick were
killed last night in an automobile
accident on Route 40 near Lisbon.
Camp authorities withheld their
names until the next of kin are
notified
The crash of the automobile into
a tree resulted in injuries to Will
liam Kent Burdette, "a, Mount
Airy, discharged last week from
the Army after serving overseas.
and Pvt. George B. Shultz, 20, Bal
timore.
Both suffered fractured skulls.
They were taken to the Camp De-
trick Hospital.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Child Care Unit
Plans New Plea
1oF|enning
Mothers Complain
Commissioner Mason
Is Indifferent

Prodded by working mothers, the
Federal Works Agency admitted to-
day that its order shutting off Fed
eeral funds from child-care centers
by October 81 was not compelled by
the Lanham Act.
A committee of working mothers
said it was the personal decision of
Maj. Gen. Philip Fleming, FWA ad-
ministrator, and announced it would
appeal to Gen. Fleming to change
his mind.
The mothers, who saw District
Commissioners yesterday in an ef-
fort to gain their support for con-
tlnuation of the % centers here,
charged that Commissioner Guy
Mason was indifferent and most
unco-operative."
They said they would need an ex-
tension of Federal sponsorship while
they organized community support
which would compel the Commits
sloners to take action.
Many Protests Received.
District women were not fighting
alone. Gen. Fleming has received
letters, kilograms, protests, resolu-
tions and hundreds of newspaper
clippings from every part of the
country, an FWA spokesman said.
FWA points out that it is not a
public welfare agency. It's only pur-
pose in providing community serv-
ices was to increase war production
1t believes Congress wishes 1t to
terminate its war activities as quick
iy as possible.
The Lanham Act never COM
PEELED Gen. Fleming to sponsor the
centers in the first place 1t doesn't
say anything about child care" the
spokesman said.
Gen. Fleming expects to present
to Congress within two weeks a
survey of the need for the service
and will let Congress decide the
question, he added.
The mothers quoted President
Truman's statement to Congress
that wartime statutes continue to
be effective until formal state of
peace is restored"
FWA Regional Chief Praised.
They argued that the Navy es-
tablished a precedent when it re-
voked an order permitting Navy
personnel to wear civilian clothes
off duty and calmly announced that
1t had made mistake.
Mrs. Clyde Hunt. spokesman for
the mothers, praised Henry j. Sulli-
van, FWA regional director, for CIV
Ing them an understanding" hear
ing yesterday and said the mothers
agreed completely that public well
fare is not the responsibility of FWA.
Their stand is that the working
mothers, many of them the wives
OF servicemen, arranged their cir
cumstances on the help given so that
they could do war work. They feel
the mothers should have time to
make other arrangements.
While local authorities were
warned in time to prepare to take
over the program, the mothers have
never received any notice of its ter
mination, Mrs. Hunt said.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Ampitheater Burial Sought
For This Wars Unknown

One of this wars unknown dead
who fell in overseas service would
be given an honored place of burial
in the memorial amphitheater of
Arlington Cemetery under the terms
of a bill sponsored yesterday by
Representative Price, Democrat, of
Illinois.
The Secretary Of War would be
authorized to make arrangements
for the selection and burial of one
of this Nations unidentified SOL
diers. The measure was referred to
the Military Affairs Committee.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
SchweIIenbach 10 Chance
Living Cost Index Name
By the Associated Press.

~ 'he AssoclateE Press.
Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach
Yesterday agreed with labor leaders
tnat the Bureau of Labor Statistics
cost OF living index should be
changed to measure only consumer
prices.
The name of the index is being
changed to Consumers price index
ior moderate income families in
large cities" Mr.. Schwellenbach
said this should end the Confusion
and controversy. caused by misun-
derstanding of what the index is de-
signed to measure and by the use of
the index for purposes for which it
it not adapted"
The CIO and AFL for the last two
years have contended the cost of
living index was not an accurate
yardstick OF the relationship between
wages and actual living costs,
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Man Injured Seriously
By Auto; Boy Hurt in
uck-BicycIe Mishap

Clarence Herman, 49, of 1867 Park
road NV, suffered serious head in
juries last night when, police said,
he apparently fell against the rear
bumper of moving automobile at
Fourteenth street and Park road
NV. Police said there were no wit
neSSes.
Mr.. Herman was removed to
Emergency Hospital and later trans
ferred to Gallinger Hospital where
his condition today was described as
critical. The driver of the car was
Aaron Sternberg, 20. of 6216 Georgia
avenue NV, police reported.
In another accident last night.
Harry Eggleston. 8, of 648 Hamilton
street NV, suffered a possible skull
fracture, when his bicycle colided
with a truck in the $500 block of
Seventh street NV, according to
police.
Admitted to Hospital.
He was admitted to Emergency
Hospital and was in good condition
today, attaches said. He also was
treated for a broken wrist and head
decorations. The truck was driven
by James Brooks, jr., %, of 1882
Providence street NE, according to
police
Samuel Bew, SO, of GIG Fifteenth
street Sc, and Edward S. Carter,
so, of Gainesville, Va, were ad-
mitted to Georgetown Hospital last
night with possible chest injuries
suffered when their automobile
struck light pole at Wisconsin
avenue and Calvert street NV, ac-
cording to police.
Their condition is good today, at
tendants reported. Mr.. Bew was
named by police as the driver.
Woman Hit by Car.
In another accident yesterday,
Gerard Middleton, S. OF 1912 South
ern avenue Sc. suffered a broken
leg. He was struck by an auto
mobile while walking on Alabama
avenue Sc. near Fort Dupont drive,
police said. He was in good condi-
ton today in Providence Hospital.
Mrs. Myrtle Nelson, 80, of 345
Cedar street NV. was admitted to
Emergency Hospital for observation
last night after, police said, she fell
on a streetcar loading platform in
the 800 block Of Fourteenth street
NV. into the side of an automobile.
The automobile was driven by
Capt. Donald S. Mcmahon, 81, of
2737 South Veitch street, Arling-
ton. Mrs. Nelson's condition was
undetermined today pending full
examination, but police said they did
not believe she was hurt seriously.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
ngChangesUrged
For Montgomery 10
Safeguard Health

An amendment to Montgomery
County zoning regulations, designed
to safeguard health in view of an
anticipated building boom in the
county, has been drafted by the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, it was
announced today.
The amendment calls for a larger
minimum lot area and greater
minimum lot frontage in the Mary
land-Washington regional district
not now served by water or sewerage
facilities.
The commission will hold a public
hearing on October in the Wood
side Elementary School, Silver
Spring, for consideration of the pro-
posal.
The proposed amendment was
adopted this week at a meeting of
the commission following a survey
made at the request of the Mont
gomery County Advisory Committee
on Postwar and County Planning in
July.
In making the study, opinions were
obtained from the Montgomery
County health officer and the County
Health Once of Prince Georges
County, as we'll as the State Health
Department and the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission, 1t
was generally recommended that an
increase in minimum lot frontage is
necessary in areas not served by
water and sewerage facilities to
protect the health, safety and well
fare of residents.
The proposed amendment stipu-
lates that the present regulation,
fixing a minimum frontage of SO
feet at the building line for resi-
Dental lots, and a minimum area
OF 5000 square feet, shall apply only
to locations where the water or
sewer services of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary district are
available.
Where the proposed subdivision
is not served by public water or
sewerage facilities, the minimum
Wv AAioa5S oii a PuDliC StItcJ OF
road shall be 100 feet and the mini
mum lot area 10000 square feet.
the proposed amendment provides.
1t adds, however, that If the COM
mission can be satisfied that public
water or sewerage facilities can be
made available within a wear, or
the public health authorities certify
that adequate private water or sew
erage facilities are available, the
commission may approve a plan
for lots with less area.
The resolution also provides that
no portion of proposed residential
structure shall be nearer than 100
feet to the center of a State high
way. which was dedicated before
January /, l945, or nearer than rs
feet from the center of a county
road.
1t also would require that such a
parcel not have frontage of less
than 100 feet along the State high
way or county road on which it
faces and shall not have a plot
area of less. than 10000 square
feet
Evening star., 1945-09-07
WPB Drops All Controls
On Highway Construction

BY the Associated Press.
All controls over highway con-
-struction were lifted last night by
the War Production Board, which
also relaxed its general construc-
ton limitation order.
The agency, however, did not
ease its controls over the construc-
ton of new housing.
WPB revoked outright its order
limiting highway construction. An
amendment to the general con-
struction order removed from con-
troll alterations and repairs to ex-
isting buildings. construction of
transportation facilities and con-
struction of farm buildings other
than houses.
Transportation facilities now per-
mitted without WPB authorization
include airports or airway facili-
Ties, bridges, railroad tracks, sta
lions and repair shops; bus and
truck terminals, oil and gas pipe
mes, including terminal, loading
ana unloading facilities.
Alterations and repair work, ex-
cept exterior additions, now are per-
mltted without authorization re-
sardless of the type of work or cost.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Needy Schools Moy Get
Surplus Army Films

Surplus motion picture equipment
and films Of the Army and Navy
may be made available soon to
needy" schools, Senator Magnuson,
Democrat, Of Washington said yes
terday.
Members of Congress who agree
that such equipment would be of
great advantage to the schools in
visual education are joining with
him in urging the Surplus Property
Board to announce such policy, he
said.
He added that schools financially
able to buy equipment would not be
given projectors or Aims and that
1t was not yet known how much
would be considered surplus. He an
ticipated the supply would be less
than the demand.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
500 Disabled Veterans
10 Be Taken for Cruise

Nearly 500 disabled servicemen
from Walter Reed Hospital, Forest
Glen and Bethesda Naval Hospital,
including IS amputees, will be guests
OF D. G. Taxi Post No. 81, American
Legion, on moonlight cruise at
$3.50 pm. Tuesday, September 18.
The Taxi Post has chartered the
S. S. Mount Vernon for the cruise,
and post members will contribute
the tickets for the servicemen.
Fifty taxi drivers, all members of
the post. will pick up the servicemen
at the hospitals and return them
after the cruise ends. There will be
entertainment, gang-plank prizes
and dancing.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
New Regulations Bar
Redraftine Of Young
Discharged Veterans

New Selective Service rules now
insure that a youth DISCHARGED
from the armed forces under hon.
orable conditions cannot be re-
drafted unless he volunteers or the
Selective Service director passes
personally on the case.
Particularly affected are the
young men who, under the previous
system, faced drafting after they
were let out of Navy Viz programs,
Army specialized training programs
or student aviation training.
A Selective Service spokesman
said that under the old system the
Navy gave men released from Viz
programs a l5-day period to en-
list In the Regular Navy or to re-
port back to their draft board for
possible induction. He said this pro.
cedure now has been abandoned.
The imminent end of the Viz
program has prompted a number of
people to call The Star to find out
If the former students would be
drafted.
kilograms were sent to draft
boards last night notifying them
that any person discharged under
honorable conditions after any serv-
Ice whatsoever was to 60 into Glass
1-C-the class reserved for service
men and veterans-and was to be
kept there unless he volunteered or
his induction was ordered by the
selective service director.
A draft spokesman said re-draft-
ing would be ordered only in rare
individual cases.
Under the old system, draft boards
had to determine whether a man
had completed service" and whether
he had made a sufficient contribu-
ton to the war effort.
Under the new system, the draft
spokesman said. when a man is
discharged, he stays discharged" re-
gardless of how long he served. If
his service was honorable.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
JudgeshipsDue
For Prettyman
And Ho|tzoff
Ex-senator Clark
Also Mentioned for
Appellate Bench

E. Barrett Prettyman, former cor
poration counsel of the District and
former presidents of the Beard of
Trade, is to be appointed to one Of
the three vacancies on the United
States Court of Appeals here, and
Alexander Holtzoff, executive assist
ant to the Attorney General, will be
named to District Court, according
to informed sources.
The District Court Post is that for
which the Senate failed to confirm
Municipal Judge Nathan r. Mar
gold.
1t was also reported reliably to-
day that former Senator Bennett
Champ Clark of Missouri is a strong
possibility for appointment to the
Court of Appeals.
Report Is Interesting"
President Truman is expected to
send the nominations to the Senate
early next week, but at his news
conference yesterday when asked
about the Clark report, the Presi-
dent said only that it was interest,"
ing. He added that when he was
ready to make appointments they
would be announced to the press at
conference.
Mr.. Truman also withheld COM
ment on published reports that Gov.
Ellis Arnall of Georgia had been Of
fered the position of solicitor gen.
eral
Asked about the reports that
Undersecretary of War Patterson
would be appointed to the Supreme
Court, the President said those re-
sponsible for the reports knew more
about the matter than he did. He
said he had not made up his mind
yet on this appointment which
would fill the vacancy created by
the resignation of Justice Owen j.
Roberts.
Indianians Back Bland.
In the same connection yesterday.
Republican members of Congress
from Indiana recommended for the
Supreme Court a former House
colleague, Judge Oscar E. Bland, who
has served on the Court of Customs
and Patent Appeals since 1923.
The Prettyman appointment would
put on the appellate bench District
man who long has been active in
legal and civic affairs. He is 81 and
a member of the firm of Hewes,
Prettyman, Await g. Smiddy.
Mr.. Holtzoff is So and has been
in the Justice Department since 1924.
Prior to that he practiced law in
New York.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Fec 10 Widen Sales PIan.
On Radio Station Licenses
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Federal Communications
Commission has announced a plan
TO permit all interested persons to
apply for radio station licenses Of
fered for sale. Hearings will be
held at a date yet to be announced,
before the plan is put into effect.
Under the plan the commission
would grant the license transfer to
the applicant best qualified to op-
crate the station in the public in
terest.
The outline was included in an
opinion issued on the commissions
approval August 2 of the sale of
the Crosley Corp. radio interests
to Aviation Corp. of America.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Memorial Rites Planned
For CorpI. R. E. Michel

Memorial services for Corpl.
Ralph Emerson Michel, jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Michel, ST., 1861 Me-
ridian place NV, who died in a
Japanese prison camp on the
Philippine Islands three years ago,
shortly after the fail of Corregidor,
will be held at pm. Sunday in
the Francis Asbury ME-. Church,
Sixteenth and Lamont streets NV.
His brother, Pvt. Albert Kenneth
Michel. now stationed at Indian
town Gap, Pa, will be among those
attending. Mr.. and Mrs. Michel
learned of their sons death in July
of this veor
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Restaurants Pay $3.50
In 0ver-CeiIinq Cases

The District OPA announced to-
day it had collected $3.50 in voiun-
tary settlements from two restau-
rants 1t had accused of charging
overceiling prices.
The OPA said it collected $3.50
from Benny Bortnick. operator of a
restaurant at 1923 r street S.W.,
charged with $7l7 in price ceiling
overcharges.
A settlement of 5000 was collected
from William and George Draco-
poulos. operators Of q restaurant at
516 Ninth street NV. The restau-
rant was accused Of price ceiling
overcharges amounting to 1887.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
False Alarm Costs Man
Fine of $1OO or 30 Doys

Armando Biasella. 81, said to be
from Boston, was arraigned today
before Municipal Court Judge Ar
mond w. Scott and fined 500, with
the alternative Of 80 days in jail,
on charge of turning in a false
alarm. Pending final disposition
the case was referred to the proba-
ton Office.
Biasella was arrested shortly after
midnight today at Thirteenth and
F streets NV. by Motorcycle Po-
liceman Robert G. Russell, who said
he saw Biasella turn In the alarm.
Evening star., 1945-09-07

Italy. That decoration was awarded
in November, 1914.
The next month, he received the
DISC for heroism in Italy. The
citation said he made personal
reconnaissance to determine hostile
positions far in advance of the
foremost elements of his command
under heavy enemy machine gun
and artillery fire" prior to an attack.
His constant presence under
enemy fire. forward of his troops,
proved an inspiration to Them the
said.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Charged With FoIse AJorm

Armando Biasella. 81, who said he
was from Boston, was arrested
shortly after midnight today at
Thirteenth and F streets NV. by
Motorcycle Policeman Robert G..
Russell, trafic division, who charged
Biasella turned in q false fire
alarm.
Evening star., 1945-09-07
Bill Would Keep 5-Stor Rank

The generals Of the Army and the
Meet admirals who held those ranks
during the war would continue to
hold them for life under a bill in
troduced yesterday by Senator
Thomas. Democrat, OF Utah.