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Evening star., 1945-06-10
By SARAH Finn.


If you're spending Sunday morn
ing taking deep breaths so as to
enjoy every whiff of that juicy roast
beef, or tender young chicken, or
even a meaty veal stew you're hav-
ing for dinner-be sure to thank
your wife twice. She's either patient,
persistent and persuasive, or she
carries a powerful rabbits foot.
1t takes all that-and some
times more-for the Washington
housewife to get meat.
| A reporter from The Star made
the rounds of grocery stores yes
terday. market basket hopefully on
her arm and ration books ready.
She went to approximately 20 stores
waited in lines and smiled at butch
ers. But she's going to have a
vegetable dinner today, just the
same.
/ Meat FOur-Way Chance.
The consensus of housewives and
butchers who gave tips to the shop
per seems to be that there are four
ways of getting meat. None is GER
tain and the more tried. the better
l. Patronize one butcher. See
him enough so he knows you Most
butchers feel they have to protect
their regular customers. Three
stores visited had shelves full OF
meat, but it all was wrapped anc
marked with price, point value ano
the name of the customer who
would call for it, At two others the
butchers were busy filling out theil
charge orders to be delivered, anc
told customers there might be
something left" when the orders
were filled.
This method of getting meat has
two possible drawbacks. A GUS
toner may be overcharged, may get
poor grade meat-or it may take
black market" dealings such as
tipping the butcher with money
liquor or some other persuasive.
At two of the stores which hao
"hold ORDERS" the reporter saw GUS
toners call for their meat and take
it away without looking at it, OF
seeing it weighed. At the other, the
butcher opened each package and
weighed it before giving it to the
customer. The reporter saw no
"black market"-but one housewife
told of getting meat by taking her
butcher a present.
All Depends on the Butcher.
Another woman told of her ex-
perience with a charge account at
grocery store, and said her bill
one month was unaccountably larger
than when she bought her groceries
first hand. She also said she had
received poor meat some of the
time.
1t all depends on the butcher
with a dependable butcher, this
system of buying meat is the most
reliable, the housewives said.
2. Patience. If you know a store
which sells supply of meat every
day-and most of the chain stores
do this-there's the waiting and
watching system. One butcheress
says the housewives begin to gather
in the early morning, pick numbers
from the stack, and then wait. One
Evening star., 1945-06-10
ID. T.. Board 10 Favor
Medical Center Plan
On 1,000.Bed Basis

The District Commissioners have
authorized Commissioner Guy Mason
to appear in behalf of the medical
center plan before Congress only
if proposed Federal aid is provided
for 1000 beds instead of for 1900
as in the present bill
If called by the Fiscal Affairs
Subcommittee Of the House District
Committee, Mr. Mason said he
would support the measure with
the limitation of 1000 beds and the
clear understanding that the project
is to be financed by Federal funds
and District appropriations.
Mr., Mason emphasized that the
Commissioners are opposed to
spending any District funds for pri-
vate hospitals
Support of Bill Urged.
The Commissioners recently con-
ferred with a group of prominent
residents backing the bill, who
urged the city heads to support the
measure as a gesture of community
support. The measure has passed
the Senate.
1t provides advance of necessary
Federal funds for the acquisition d
"a site and construction and equip,
fment of the hospital center, will
one-third of the total cost to be re
paid by participating nonproflt pri
vate hospitals. The hospitals il
the plan are Episcopal, Garfield an
Emergency.
| Mr. Mason said he personally fel
1000 beds were sufficient for tn
center, in view of other private hos
pital construction plans and in
creasing facilities in the Metropoli
tan Area outside the District. Il
the past, he pointed out. as man
as 80 per cent of patients here cam
from Maryland and Virginia.
Suggests One Superintendent.
Saying he understood it was in
tended to have three superinten
dents for the hospitals in the center
Mr., Mason said he felt that ther
ought to be only one in order t.
reduce expenses for patients. H
said there ought to be a common
heating plant and dining room TO
employees.
Those who conferred with tn
Commissioners last month wer
Mrs. Millard Tydings. Mrs. Warrel
Barbour, George A. Garrett, presi
dent of the board of directors O
Emergency; William Montgomery
president of Acacia Mutual Lift
Insurance Co.; G. Thomas Dunlop
vice president of Garfield: William
R. Castle, president of Garfield. ant
H. B. Spencer. also of Garfield.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
Adjustment Board
To Hear II zoninq
Gases Wednesday

IWenty-SeVen cases are Scheduled
to be heard at 10 am. Wednesday
by the Board of Zoning Adjustment
including one case previously heard
by the Zoning Commission.
Last month the zoning Commits
sion denied a request of the Safe
way Stores for commercial zoning
at Fourteenth and Kennedy streets
NV, The store now has appealed
to the adjustment board for a va
rance" from the residential zonine
to permit a store.
School Would Expand.
A heated debate took place be-
fore the commission over the pro.
opsal to rezone the property for g
store. and board officials expected
a similar controversy this week. The
store presented petition of 885
persons favoring the store, while 6
number of other residents protest
ed that rezoning the land woulc
be an opening wedge for CONNER
cial zoning in the area.
Other cases include:
Appeal of the Citizens Nationa
Committee for permission to estab.
lish "a nonprofit institution O.
higher learning or culture devoted
exclusively to the arts and science
at 2633 Sixteenth street NV
Headed by John w. Hanes, formel
Undersecretary of the Treasury, th'
committee is engaged on research
on the Federal Government.
Appeal of Holton-A School
2115-2125 S street NV, for permis.
sion to extend the school to 2129 s
street.
Power Station Pending.
Appeal of the District govern.
ment on behalf of the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Co. for permission tc
erect transformer station at For.
ty-fourth and Macomb streets NV
to supply power to residential users
Request of the Remedial Educa-
ton Center for permission to estab-
lish private school at 1921 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Appeal of the trustees of the
Guildfield Baptist Church for per.
mission to build a one-story side
addition to the church at 800 "
street NV. and of the National AS.
sociation Broadcasters for permis-
sion to build a third-foor addition
to their property at 176O N street
NV.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
Discarded Bullet Blamed
For Bows Powder Burns

George Scott, T. colored, 9l5 G
street NV. was treated at Emerg-
ency Hospital yesterday for powder
burns he suffered, police said. when
a blank 80 caliber machine gun
bullet exploded under his right arm.
The boy told police he obtained
the bullet from an ammunition belt
which had been temporarily dis
carded by soldiers in the Army
Show at the Polo Grounds. Police
said the belt had been cast aside
in the belief it contained only ex-
ploded blanks.
However, the blank which the boy
found may have been one which the
machine guns mechanism failed to
explode, the police said.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
Finding Meat Is Away Gamble
And No System Is Certain

woman brings her darning down
to the store to keep her occupied
| the clerk said.
| Hunters in Table Game.
The trouble with this method is
that the butchers don't like it-by
mid-morning half the numbers are
gone from the stack, or the store is
janmed with women. If the meat
goes on sale early, some of the
number-holders have left the store
with their numbers, hoping to get
back before the sale One meat
hungry husband tells how he waited
with his number for an hour and
then the butcher announced the
numbers were so mixed up, he would
start all over again. There was a
general scramble for new numbers
and another hours wait.
3. The hunt and peck system
Some housewives believe the best
way to get enough meat to keep
their husbands happy is to start out
in the early morning and trot from
one store TO another until you hit
one with meat to sell.
The obvious drawback here is
that it's purely matter of luck
1t might be that the first store you
visit will begin selling meat while
you're scurrying from store five to
store six. The butchers seem willing
to tell when they'd have meat COM
ing in-but some of them don t
know.
I'VE hope to have some veal at 8
But we're just as likely just to get
hamburger at 5-or nothing at all, y
said one.
The Smile Wins-Maybe.
mo meat until Tuesday," read a
sign in one shop. The butcher ex-
planned that most meat dealers did
not deliver between Friday noon
and Tuesday, and that unless a
butcher rationed it, he had nothing
to sell Saturday or Monday.
4. Siniling-at-the-butcher. In one
store yesterday young girl pleaded
with the butcher, But my hus-
bands getting back from overseas
tomorrow-he's been gone two
years." The butcher reflected
awhile and finally told her to re-
turn at 4 and he'd have some lamb
chops for her.
However, another woman told the
butcher, my husband is in the Navy
and he needs meat
Lady" the butcher said, slowly
and quietly. "If your husband was
Admiral Nimitz himself, and he
kneeled in his white dress uni
form-I still couldn't sell him any
thing but cheese"
Sob Stories Are All Out.
Most butchers will do a person a
favor in an emergency. But as one
butcher said. "If I believed all the
hard luck stories, or if l took to
heart all the compliments-I'd be
crying half the time and bursting
the' buttons off my vest the other
half"
Another point against this sys-
tenn is it doesn't work all the time.
A butcher might have soft spot
in his heart for you Monday. But
not Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Friday and Saturday. too.
One store had pointed sugges-
Evening star., 1945-06-10
SCOTS Hotel to Observe
Anniversary With Dance

The SCOTS Hotel will celebrate its
third anniversary with an officers
dance at $3.50 pm. Friday in the
ballroom. Residents of the hotel are
invited as we'll as officers of the
United Nations. Refreshments and
entertainment will be provided.
Dances are held by the hotel resi-
dents the first and third Fridays OF
the month at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
Three Selected
ToMakeHea|th
Survey Here
Experts Will Study
Facilities Throughout
Metropolitan Area

The Washington METROPOLITAN
Health Council last night announced
appointment of three-man board
OF surveyors" to direct the health
and hospital survey of the Metro
politan area, beginning September /.
The experts are Prof. C. E. A.
Winslow of New Haven, who is re-
tiring as professor of public health
at Yale Medical School; Col. Ira
V. Hiscock of New Haven, who will
succeed Prof. Winslow at Yale, and
DR.. Claude w. Munger, hospital
consultant and director of St. Luke's
Hospital, New York City.
The survey will be conducted
under supervision of a Survey Com
mittee of the Health Council, headed
by Vice Admiral Ross T. Mcintyre.
surgeon general of the Navy, who
SAID last night he hoped to COM
plete the membership of his COM
mlttee in few days.
Will Take Four Months.
Work is expected to be completed
within about four months. 1t will
involve study of facilities and ac-
tlVlties OF health agencies, hospitals
and clinics, both public and private.
In the Metropolitan Area. This
area to be surveyed includes not
only the District of Columbia, but
also Montgomery County and
Prince Georges County in Mary
land and Arlington County, Fairfax
County and Alexandria City in Vir-
ginia.
Cooperating in the overall plan
ming for the survey is the so-called
co-ordinating board of the Wash.
lngton Metropolitan Health Coun-
Gil which is made up of prominent
citizens of the District area, under
Craftsmanship of DR.. Herbert p.
Ramsey, Health Council president.
The survey, DR.. Ramsey said. is
lndorsed by the Community War
Fund, the Washington Board of
Trade, the District Medical Society.
the six health officers of the area
and the State commissioners of
health of both Maryland and Vir-
ginia
Oppose Inspection Transfer.
Taking other action on health
matters here, the Health Council
through its executive committee
WILL ask reconsideration of the de-
clslon OF the District Commissioners
to transfer function of rooming
house inspection from the Health
Department to the office of the
Building Inspector.
The committee supported fuller
appropriations for the Mental Hy-
, glene Bureau in the Health De-
partment, and "deplored" the lack
OF space for functioning of the bu-
!. reau. DR.. John F. Owen, newly
appointed head of the bureau, has
: resigned charging there was in
= sufficient space to operate the new
agency.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
Teachers Pay
Boost May Get
Speedy Action
Hearings Tuesday
To Pave Way for
Committee Report

Hope for speedy action on the
Randolph bill to grant basic pay
boosts to teachers and other en-
ployes of the public schools here was
voiced yesterday by spokesmen for
the House District Committee.
Hearings on the teacher pay bill,
which has the approval of both the
Commissioners and school authori-
ties, are to be opened at 10 am.
Tuesday before members of the
Educational and Fiscal affairs sub
committees of the District group.
Chairman Randolph yesterday,
tentatively scheduled meeting OF
the full committee for Thursday to
act on a half dozen other measures.
The teacher pay bill may be added
to the agenda, if the subcommittee
find it possible to conclude hearings
and reach an agreement on details
of the bill in time.
Witnesses to Be Heard.
Witnesses scheduled to be heard
at the Tuesday hearings are to in
clude the Commissioners and Budget
Officer Walter L. Fowler, represent
atives of the Board of Education
Representative Curtis, Republican,
of Nebraska and spokesman for
the Congress of Parents and Teach
ers.
Others on the witness list include
Miss Sue Brett for an organization
of high school teachers, Mrs. Louise
r. Grover for Wilson High School,
Dr. E. S. Newton, William j. Wallis
and a representative of the Legis-
lative Committee of Western High
School.
Bills scheduled for action by the
District Committee this week in
clude:
To grant a basic pay increase to
members of the Fire Department,
the Metropolitan, White House and
United States Park Police, In keep
ing with the scales in the Federal
pay-raise bill. Mr.. Randolph was
notified, however, the Commission
erS would oppose the bill if it were
not amended to prevent a retro
active increase in the pensions of
police and firemen already retired
oy the District.
Auto Tag Curb Up.
To extend for one year from July
l the ban on occupancy of alley
dwellings in the District
To ban use of the special Congress
sional automobile tags 80 days after
the end of sessions of Congress for
which they are issued. This bill, al
ready passed by the House was
amended slightly by the Senate.
To authorize the Commissioners
to require vaccination of any or all
dogs against rabies when an cpl
demic is imminent. AS revised in
the subcommittee, the costs of dog
vaccination would be paid by the
District and to cover this expense,
the annual dog tag fee would be
raised from 81 to 50.
Mental Tests Sought.
To permit juvenile defendants in
criminal cases as well as older de-
PENDANTS to be sent to Gallinger
Hospital for psychiatric examination
when the court has reason to be-
lieve they may be of unsound mind.
To permit a retired officer OF
the United States Public Health
Service to become superintendent of
Gallinger Hospital without losing
retirement rights and to provide a
$500 rental allowance pending
construction of a superintendent S
residence.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
Red Cross OfficioI to Speak

Miss Helen L. Thompson, assistant
director of clubs for the American
Red Cross, will address the weekly
luncheon of the Optimist Club Tues
day at the Mayflower Hotel. Miss
Thompson has just returned from
duty which took her around the
world.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
House Military Committee
Approves Weapons Study
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A permanent program of scien-
tifc research for national security
was approved yesterday by the
House Military Affairs Committee.
Under the proposed legislation,
s80OO,000 would be spent annually
for research looking toward i'm
proved weapons.
The program would be handled
by the National Academy of Sciences
through research board composed
Of Army and Navy representatives
and civilian scientists.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
Nuv1 Band to PIuy

An all-American program will be
played by the Navy Band at the
east front of the Capitol at pm.
tomorrow. 1t. Charles Brendler is
the leader Of the band.
Evening star., 1945-06-10
There's Always Fish"

There's Always Fish,"
The catch was, the clerk admitted
she had no eggs to sell either-as
most of the other stores. However,
like most of the butchers, this one
seemed to take the demanding, ca
joling, threatening, pleading women
in her stride.
"I'll tell you like I tell the Others %
she said smiling. There's always
fish. There are always restaurants.
And you can always become a vege-
tartan"
OF course, too, if your wife wasn't
one of the lucky ones and all you
can smell is cabbage-you can al
ways try spending your Sunday
morning with the windows up,
smelling the meat aromas from
your neighbor's house.
Evening star., 1945-06-10

ton painted on a sign at the front
of its empty meat counter-"Have
you tried a cheese souffle lately?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Ethel HamlpSOt1
 To Wed Today

The Mill Plain Union church will be the scene of the wedding of Miss Ethel Esther HampSon, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Joseph Hamo- son, Alma street, and Robert Si- bold, son of MT. and Mrs. Otto Si- bold, Lawlor street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The ceremony will be performed in Q setting of mixed flowers by the pastor. Rev. 1vey Snuff. Miss Dorothy Chrisman, So- loist, will sing Because" and "At Dawning," accompanied by Miss Ruth Worden at the organ.
 The bride-elect, who will be given in marriage by her father, will have as her Inatron of honor, Mrs. Wil- liam Tchakirides. Miss Olive Sibold, sister of the bridegroom, and Evelyn Bakmazian will serve as brides- maids. John Phelan will act as best man and Joseph Goodson and Fred erick Stokes will usher. Guests will be present from Utica, N. Y, Hart ford, New Jersey, New Haven, Meri- den, Washington, D. C., Seattle, Wash, and New York City.
 Following a reception at the church parlors for 150 guests, the couple will depart on an unan- nounced wedding trip.
 Miss Hampson is graduate of Wilby High school MT. Sibold IS an alumnus of Crosby High school and Brown University, Providence, R. l., where he was member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
New Cream Camouflage.
 Birthmarks And Boosts Child's Confidence
BY ALICIA HART NEA Staff Writer

Keeping birthmarkS and other irradicable blemishes which handi- cap children a secret from the world as they grow up-thus saving from the thoughtlessly cruel curiosity Of other children-is the concern of e maker of a special complexion cream
 This opaque covering, which can be exactly matched to & child's skin tone ard even can be applied to a baby'S face, Is blended over and around the mark, Is dried down with tale, and because 1t Is waterproof is resistant to tears and hard play.
 Little children who are brought into the Fifth Avenue Salon to have the cream applied are taught how to use 1t themselves and in as routine . manner as brushing their teeth or combin their hair.
 There could be no more hearten- ing all experience than to watch [ little child lose her apolOgetic habtl --of hanging her head or covering her face with her hand -Once she sees in the mirror that she hai nothing to hide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Natalie R010bOtt0m To
 WedLt. MerYin1an Today

Miss Natalie Smith RoWbottom, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Archer Rowbottom. Columbia boulevard, will be married this afternoon at 4:3O to It. Heminway Merriman, U. s. N. R., son of Dr. and Mrs. M. Heminway Merriman, Water town, at St. Johns Episcopal church. The rector, Rev. Francis O. Ayres, will perform the ceremony.
 The bride-el will be attended by Mrs. Guerin B. Oarmody, sister of the bridegroom, as matron of honor. The bridesmaids will be Miss Mary Louise Goss, daughter of Ed- ward Wheeler Goss, Washington, b. C., formerly of this city, Miss Susan Maltby Smith, New York city, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Julius s. Smith, Buckingham street, and Miss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Miss Mary HeGly
 Feted At ShO0er

Miss Mary Healy. Spencer ave- nue, who will be married Feb. l2 to Victor Lamontagne, Dixie ave- nue, was honored recently at sur prise miscellaneous shower at Mc- Grath'S Pine Room.
 Among those present were: Mrs. Edward IAmontagne, Mrs. Uric Roy. Mrs Philip Plourde, Mrs. Ern- est Lamontagne, Mrs. Theodore Roy, Mrs. A. IAmontagne, Mrs. William Carpenter. Mrs. Joseph Lamon- tagne, Mrs Henry Bernier, Mrs. Mary Healy. Mrs. Raymond Oliver, Mrs. Martha Smith. Mrs. Josephine Hartigan, Mrs John Donahue, Mrs, James Pronovost, Mrs. Mary Wal lace, Mrs. Michael McNamara, Mrs. Joseph Phelan, Mrs. James Hayes, Mrs. William Heady, Mrs Edward McAvoy, Mrs. Fred Carey, Mrs. Adolphus Bedore, Mrs. William Goodall, Mrs. Joseph Cantin, Mrs. Ernest Barbieri, Mrs. John LOy, Mrs. Warren Alderman and Mrs. Dixie Donnelly.
 Also: Misses: Jennie Tutolo, Claire Bernier, Geraldine Wallace, Julia Wallace, Florence Boisvert. Clementlne Paoletti, Peg McLough- lin, Rose Mary Lamontagne and Mary Jane Donnelly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
POPULAR COUPLE
 OBSERVE JUBILEE

Open house will be held at the home of MT. and Mrs. John Tarella of 85 Vernon street tomorrow af- ternoon in observance of their golden wedding anniversary. The couples three children, their three grandchildren, and scores of older residents of the city will be among these present to extend their feli- citations to the well-knoWn couple.
 MT. Tareila. prominent business man of the Brooklyn section and veteran court interpreter in this city, has been Active in scores of Lithuanian organizations. both lo- cally and nationally. The couple was married at St. Joseph's church, February 2, 1885.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
Father Hutchinson
 Assumes Final VoUVs

Misses Mary and Gertrude Hutch inson, sisters of Rev. Gerald Hutch inson, and Miss Julia Sullivan, Wa terville street, a cousin, yesterday attended ceremonies in Portland, Me, at which Father Hutchinson assumed his final VOWS into the Jesuit Order. Most Rev. Joseph E. Mccarthy, Archbishop of Portland, a native of Waterbury, was also present at the ceremonies.
 Father Hutchinson is the son or MT. and Mrs. James Hutchinson, Hillside avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
WE. THE WOMEN
----WET THE EWOMEN----- Wives Are Pin-up Girls
 Of Men Serving Overseas


 Those are big news stories and make exciting reading. But 1t isn't news when wife is her husbands s pin up girl. Except, of course, to war wives. And to them the story of the lieutenant who recognized Q tent mates wife because he knew her as her husbands pin-up girl makes better reading than all the wartime marriage mix-ups put together. Copyright, 1945, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03
McKENNEY
 ON BRIDGE
BY WILLIAM E. MCKINNEY America'S ard Authority

Today's hand came to me from Henry M. MillhouEer of Cumber- land, Md. He claims I never pulp fish any good hands from his neck of the woods and he certainly did come through with . very nice one for today.
 The four and five no trump bids, of course, were BlackWood. Vests double of the diamond responses Was simply asking for lead of that suit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-03

Jean Philips, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Rowley Phillips, New York city, formerly of Waterbury. Dr. Meri- man will serve as best man for his son.
 A reception at the Country Club of Waterbury will follow the cere- mony.
 Miss Rowbottom is a graduate of Saint Margaret's school and at tended the Gardner school of New York and Tuxedo Park. It. Merri- man is graduate of Taft school, Yale university, class of 1884. and the Yale law school, class of 1897. He returned last week after two years service in London. He was associat- ed with the law firm of Carmody,