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Evening star., 1945-04-24
China Day Observed
In Clothing Campaign

Today Is being observed as United
China Relief day ip the United
National Clothing Collection drive,
Charles Stofberg, director of organ
ization, said yesterday.
Thursday will be known as Philip
pine day and Sunday, one day be-
fore the Nationwide drive closes,
will be French day.
Congestion at Post Ofices, which
are among the places being used as
depots in the drive, has become
acute and one postal clerk said that
ut looks like Christmas around
here, except that it's clothing bum
dies instead of packages"
Commissioner John Russell Young
chairman of the local part of the
drive, said every effort would be
made to relieve congestion at Post
Offices, where storage facilities are
limited. Trucks of the Salvation
Army, Goodwill Industries and the
Volunteers of America are con-
tinuing collection work and a detail
Of soldiers IS helping the work of
sorting and packing at the central
warehouse, 469 C street NV.
A sorting bee" will be held at
the central warehouse from 7 to 10
pm. Thursday, with Mrs. Mary
Rochester, In charge of the ware
house, serving as hostess. Men and
women volunteers have been in
vited to attend.
From now on 1t was said that
collections from apartment houses
will be final, the pickups being made
after collections of clothing in each
building are completed. The truck
making collections from apartments
today is from House of Slower, Inc,
collections tomorrow and Thursday
will be made by trucks of E. Kahn
& Co., Inc.
Persons presenting 5 pounds of
acceptable clothing will be admitted
free to Thursdays matinee at the
Avalon Theater, 5612 Connecticut
avenue NV, it was announced.
The Uptown Washington Lions
Club is sponsoring the project. The
matinee begins at $3.50 pm. Sheets,
blankets, quilts and shoes will be
accepted, as we'll as garments.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Aideto White
backsAutononlv
For District
Suggests Asking
Citizens to Submit
Droft of Charter

The growing sentiment in Con-
gress to give District citizens a
greater voice in their own govern
nent was indorsed today by George
H. E. Smith, research assistant to
Senate Minority Leader White, in
testimony before the Joint Commit
tee to Reorganize Congress.
Mr.. Smith, first nonmember of
Congress to appear before the COM
mittee, added his approval to the
many expressions of opinion for an
autonomous District government
which have been elected before the
joint committee. He pointed out,
as have previous witnesses, that the
burden of District legislation ought
to be lifted from the backs of Con-
gressmen."
Citizens of the District, he said,
should be invited to submit a pro-
posed charter under which they
might assume control of their own
affairs. He suggested, however, that
members of Congress and repre-
sentative of the President continue
to occupy some positions in the local
government to safeguard "the his
torical interest" in Washington.
Hale Urges Change.
Representative Hale, Republican,
OF Maine also recommended some
means of relieving Congress of Dis
trict legislation.
At the same time, Mr.. Hale ad
vanced the drastic proposal that
the President be elected by members
of Congress rather than by the
people. Such a system of choosing
the Chief Executive, he said, would
assure greater harmony between the
executive and legislative branches.
He conceded, however, that major
revisions would have to be made in
the Constitution before such a pro-
posal could be put into effect.
The New Englander supported the
pleas of previous witnesses that
congressional salaries be increased.
He suggested minimum of $4,000
a year and said the question Should
be approached courageously."
Can't Afford to Serve.
IN man with wife and family
responsibilities can afford to serve
in Congress at the present pay,
minus tax deductions" he said. The
few who come here without a private
income, he asserted, manage only by
practicing "the most stringent fru-
galities."
The joint committee, headed by
Senator La Toilette, Progressive, of
Wisconsin, will meet again at 10:30
am Friday.
Evening star., 1945-04-24

was sending his father his Purple
Heart.
Volunteers for Tanks.
1t happened that in the World
War, which no longer mattered
much, that Col. Patton, as he ranked
then, won the Distinguished Service
Cross on September 26, 1918, the
same day Mr.. Calls exploit gained
him the country's highest decora-
ton. But that, Mr.. Call remarked.
was the opening day of the Argonne
"A lot happened that day." he
added.
The father was an actor for a time
before the last war. He enlisted in
the Ambulance Corps, but in France
he volunteered to transfer to the
tanks. Mr. Call remembers the
present general as a stern disciple
marian, but man who always was
ready to share the perils and hard
ships his men faced, and so he was
well liked.
Mr.. Call was one of two men in
tne IaTk corps 10 WIN the mccall
Of Honor. The other was awarded
posthumously.
The citation said I'd 1t. Call, then
a corporal, was in a tank with an
officer when half the turret was
knocked out by a direct artillery
hit. "Choked by gas from the high
explosive shell, he left the tank and
took cover in shellhole 80 yards
away. Seeing that the officer did
not follow and thinking that he
might be alive, 1t. Call returned to
the tank under intense machine gun
and shell fire and carried the officer
over mile under machine-gun fire
and sniper fire to safety"
Mr.. and Mrs. Call live at 6026
Welborn drive, Woodacres, Md.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
May Draft Call Here
Will Affect Few Men
Over 3 Years Old

Few men over 80 will be called
for induction by District draft
boards in May, a District draft
spokesman predicted today.
He based his prediction on the
number of men under 80 who have
become available for induction be-
cause they were not certified for
deferment by Government agency.
For the last month, he said, boards
have been taking a substantial
number of men from the pool of
older draft eligibles. For the rest
of this month, however, and during
May, men under 80 will fill most
of the calls.
Men in the 1898 age group, how
ever, are considered extremely vul-
nerable" and will be called for in
duction as the pool of younger men
Is exhausted.
Pool Not Large.
The District draft spokesmen ad-
mitted the pool of available 18-to-
29-year-olds was not as large as
District draft headquarters had as
sumed it would be when the order
went out that only 80 per cent of
the men under 80 could be certi-
fed for deferment.
One of the largest reservoirs of men
under 30, he explained, is in the
naval establishments here which
have greatly exceeded" the 80 per
cent ceiling. 1t was possible, he said,
that the Navy went over 30 per cent
here with the idea of making up
the difference in naval establish
ments elsewhere. but in any case
the ma jority of younger men at the
Navy Yard were not made available
for induction.
In June a substantial number of
18-year-olds who were deferred to
finish the last half of their aca-
denaic year will be available to fill
calls-if they haven't already en-
listed in the Navy.
Older Men After June.
After June, however, the District
draft official predicted, If calls con-
tinue as they are now going, the
majority of men summoned for
service by District boards will be
the older registrants.
The draft spokesman said, how
ever, that the District has been per-
mitted to allocate more of its call
to the foreign board, which has reg
istrants throughout the world.
These men finally are becoming
available for induction. which will
relieve other District boards
slightly.
Asked how District boards are
following the Government agency
recommendations on deferring men
under 80 in private industry, he
said that some boards are putting
a considerable number of men with
Government agency certification in
IA while others are giving occupa-
tional deferments to men who have
not been certified.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Report Bo|sters
i. 5. Employees
for Raise
House Probers Find
1,250, 900 Receive
Same Pay as in 1923
BY JOSEPH YOUNG.

Hopes of Government employees
for wage adjustments were boil
stored today by a report of the
House Civil Service Committees
investigating unit which showed
glaring inequities in the salaries
of thousands of Federal en-
ployes.
The report, which will be submit
ted to Congress sometime this week,
showed that approximately 1,250,000
Government workers are in positions
which carry the same salary they
did in 1923 when the wages we're
fixed under the Classification Act.
No Wage Boosts.
Despite increases in the cost of
living since the war, there have been
no wage boosts for these workers.
Time-and-a-twelfth provisions for
overtime are now in effect, but the
Civil Service Commission as we'll as
various Federal unions have asked
for regular time -and-a half provi-
sions.
Chairman Downey of the Senate
Civil Service Committee has intro
duced legislation calling for IS per
cent base wage increases for Federal
workers in addition to the time
and-a-half provisions. Hearings on
the proposed legislation start to-
morrow.
In contrast to workers coming
under the Classification Act, those
working on a per diem basis have
had several wage adjustments.
Importance of the special investi-
eating units report is stressed by
the emphasis placed on it by
Chairman Ramspeck of the House
Civil Service Committee, and Rep
resentative Jackson, Democrat, of
Washington, who is chairman of the
special House subcommittee which
starts hearings next month on pro-
posed pay boosts for Federal work.
ers.
Both Representatives felt that 1t
was essential for Congress to get a
clear picture of the Federal wage
structure before it could consider
legislation.
The investigating unit has drawn
no conclusions for Congress, pre-
ferring to let the facts speak for
themselves. Statistics taken from
the report will be closely studied by
both Civil Service Committees of
Congress.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Voluntary Rationing
0fCIothing by Stores
Authorized by WPB

The War Production Board has
authorized voluntary rationing Of
clothing by retailers, effective to-
day, in a move to spread among
consumers the available supplies of
textile products as equitably as pos
sible. Many stores here have oper-
ated under such a system for over
a year.
Today's action was coupled with
reiteration of long standing
WPB ban on scarce" and buy now"
forms of advertising. ,
While without machinery to en-
force voluntary rationing program,
the WPB would have those estab-
lishments not yet operating under
the system begin the practice imme-
diately.
Suggested by Industry.
The recommendations were con-
tanned in a declaration OF policy"
along the lines suggested by the
Wholesale and Retail Soft Lines In
dustry Advisory Committee.
Each retailer, WPB said, should
treat, as far as possible, all his
customers alike. BY way Of illus
tration, the agency suggested the
following limitations: Sheets, two to
a customer; undershirts and shorts,
two of each to customer; infants
and children's underwear, two gar
ments per child.
oIuorficir,r ~ oru cnrf uDn
frowns on such words as "anniver-
sary," birthday" or founders" in
connection with sales. The use OF
the words sale" and sale prices" is
limited to bona f1de clearance sales.
Meanwhile divergent views within
the WPB over the best method
Of increasing the manufacture of
clothing came to
light at a House committee hearing.
WPB Officials disagree.
Kenneth w. Mariner, director
of WPB's Textile, Clothing and
Leather Bureau, upheld an order
issued February 10 requiring manu-
facturers to use specified per-
centages of their fabrics for making
essential civilian items.
He contended that If WPB had
proceeded under an earlier order
empowering it to direct manufac-
turers to turn out certain goods at
fixed prices action would have been
delayed until July for preparation
of company directives."
One of his subordinates, Joseph F.
Gleitsman, maintained, however,
that use of the early order would
have worked more successfully and
with less confusion than the present
priority and quota controls.
Mr.. Gleitsman, head of the Chill
dren's Clothing, Knitgoods and
Equipage Division, likewise asserted
that amendment of the February
order to eliminate an equitable
distribution clause" was a mistake.
He said the change might force
small manufacturers out of business
by leaving them without aid in OBJ
tanning fabrics.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
By CARTER BROOKE JONES.

By CARTER BROOKE JONES.
Donald M. Call, a landscape archi-
tect with the Defense Homes Corp
wondered why anybody would want
to write about him.
His son, 1t. Donald M. Call, jr
had been reported wounded in Ger
many and was recovering at a hos
pital in England. The boy was get
ting along fine, thanks. Just heard
from him. Write about Don, jr
certainly. But what was there to
write about his father?
Well, there was the last war. 1t
just happens that the senior Mr.
Call was conspicuous even among
the heroes who emerged from that
war. For an act of extraordinary
valor, the Congressional Medal of
Honor was bestowed on him per-
sonally by Gen. Pershing at CHG
Chaumont, France.
I'D much rather you'd write about
the boy" said the tall, athletic, still
youthful looking Mr.. Call as he went
about one of his tours of inspection
which had taken him for the mo-
ment to Mclean Gardens.
With Patton Also.
There was another boy In the
service. too, Mr.. Call pointed out
Pvt. John Call, who is with the
Army Air Forces in North Africa;
The father had letter from Don
jr 1t was an unusual letter, too
surely worth recording. 1t developed
that 1t. Call is in Gen. George S.
Patton, jr.'s, Sd Army.
Its funny" said the father, "but
I served under Patton, too. He was
a colonel then. You see, he organ
lied the first American tank outfit
in France. We used French tanks
We didn't have any of our own
But about Don-I started to tell
you-"
The son had written about how
the Germans would hoist white
flags in a town and then hide SOL
diers to blast treacherously at them
1t was tough going, but somehow
this fighting thrilled them. Prob
ably dad would understand. Prob
ably he does.
Don was describing swift ad-
vance.
White Flags Meaningless.
after months of bitter going, ano
the terrible reverses of the bulge
we were finally in Germany and 60
ing fast, and we wanted to keep on
going till we reached Berlin. I got
hit in one of the quick street fights
in town some Is or so miles from
The Rhine. I had been firing at one
Jerry and another one hit me from
about so yards down the road, just
as I jumped off the jeep.
Il tried to get to the machine gun
on the jeep, but he caught me three
more times, and then I took cover in
an alley where the rest of. the men
that had come in with me were
They waited for some reinforce
ments, then mopped up the ferries
you might be interested to know
that the town I was hit in was full
of white flags, and the civilians
waved them at us as we rode
through and all the while there were
soldiers waiting for us at the other
end of the town where the bridge
that We wanted was. That is typical
of the ferries. They are no damn
good, not any of them, and they
have to be beaten so that they will
never rise again. If not, my chill
dren will be fighting them"
Just as his father was.
A postscript advised that Don
Evening star., 1945-04-24
|Wyeth's BucoIic Painting Wins
Popular Prize at Corcorun

Soyer, New York City, for a self -por-
trait, In the Studio"
The exhibition closes Sunday. In
this competition the public has q
chance to express its opinion after a
jury of experts has awarded 5000
IN w. A. Clark prizes at the opening.
The popular favorite this time shows
a farmer pouring milk in his spring.
house.
Mr.. Wyeth won fourth prize in the
Corcoran's 18th biennial exhibition
in 1888. He painted a mural over
the altar in the Chapel OF the Holy
Spirit at the National Cathedral
here. He also has illustrated many
children's books
Evening star., 1945-04-24

N. c. Wyeth, artist, Of Chadds
Ford, Pa, won the 5000 Popular
Prize today for his painting, "The
Springhouse," voted by the public
as its favorite among the 219 pic
lures in the 10Th biennial exhibition
Of contemporary American oil paint
ings at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
The gallery announced that among
the hundreds Of votes cast by per
sons who visited the exhibition, Mr..
Wyeth's work received nearly 800
votes Second prize winner was
Luigi Lucioni, New York City, for
his Design for Color; third, Ho-
bart Nichols. Bronxville, N. Y, for
Moonlight and fourth, Raphael
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Battle Is Started
For Woodward Estate
In District Court

The weird case of the woodward
mother and daughter came up in
District Court today in legal battle
over the estate.
Mrs. Anna A. Holtz, formerly OF
Connecticut, now residing here, petit
toned the court as next of kin" to
be appointed administrative and
collector" of the estate, instead of
Isaac R. Hit, former Police Court
judge here.
In her petition filed in the Office
OF register of wills, by Attorney
Samuel w. McCart, Mrs. Holtz asked
the court to defer appointment Of
an oficial administrator until the
collector appointed has opportunity
to examine the home at 3405 Hol-
mead place NV, where the daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mary Eva Woodward, had
kept the mummif1ed body of her
mother. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth H.
woodward. for years. Mrs. Holtz
wants to make an effort to locate
any will, insurance policies, or other
assets" The mother and daughter
were buried last Saturday at Glen
wood Cemetery here.
Carbon Of Will Filed.
A carbon copy of the will OF the
daughter was filed in court Satur-
day. naming Mr.. Hit as executor.
The petition for probate also asked
that Mr.. Hit be collector of the as
sets, and that the carbon copy of
the will be accepted as the legal
will. Judge Hit is represented by
Attorney r. B. Washington, a former
associate.
Mrs. Holtz petitioned the court
on behalf of herself as nearest kin, u
and on behalf Of two half-sisters,
Mrs. Margaret Bearse of Rocky
River, Ohio, and Marion Austin of
Weathersfield, Conn. The petition
said Baroness Katherine Won Rosen-
berg. 2400 Sixteenth street NV,
is relative but more distant
than the petitioner"
Mrs. Holtz objected to appoint
ment Of Mr.. Hit as collector "for
the reason that he has shown an
unwillingness to work with petit
toners attorney"
Wants VIII Produced.
Mr.. Hit had ample opportunity
to locate the will, having examined
Mrs. Woodward's papers, and was
unable to produce the WILL" Mrs.
Holtz charged.
Mrs. Holtz told the court she "be-
lieves that there are many family
heirlooms in the premises of the
deceased, and she has the right to
make examination of decedent's
home to discover what assets may
be there"
The petition not only asks that
the request of Mr.. Hit to be COL
lector be denied, but that she be
appointed collector" and be au-
thorized ito expend any sum reason
ably necessary to fumigate deced-
ents' premises and make them safe
to work in.
Evening star., 1945-04-24

" L y u ~ 1 n u IL
street S.W., re-
ceived a letter
from him last
Wednesday say
ing he had been
Ii b e r a t e d on
April 2. He wrote
that he had lost
so pounds in
W e 1 g h t. Mrs.
Croson said he
W e / G h e d 1874
pounds when he
e n t ere d tn e
Army last June.
Pvt. roS on
w enf nuerSeas
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Politics Proves Useful

HAMILTON, Mo. P.-A Hamil-
ton lad heard his mother lament her
lack of carpet tacks and inability
to get any at the store. A few
minutes later he presented her with
handful. Got 'em off the tele-
phone poles, where the candidates
pictures were tackled up. Millions
of EN-" he explained.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
E Awarded War Plant

The American Instrument Co.
plant No. / at Silver Spring, Md,
has been awarded the Army Navy
"E" for excellence in the manufac-
ture of war materials. It was among
Is firms receiving the award.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
cloudy with mild temperature this
afternoon, tonight and tomorrow;
some chance of a shower or two;
highest temperature this afternoon
in the Cos.
Virginia and Maryland-Mostly
cloudy with mild temperature to-
night and tomorrow. probably a few
scattered showers.
Five-Day Forecast.
District of Columbia - Mostly
cloudy, occasional rain, and rising
temperature trend for remainder of
week; clearing and cooler weather
likely by Sunday. Temperature will
average above normal; rainfall will
be considerable.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry. Potomac clear at
Great Falls.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Coils Daily at 70

LAKELAND, Fla. P. Seventy
year -old Arthur G.. Parker has
played lat consecutive days without
a miss over the Cleveland Heights
golf course here. All were 18-hole
rounds except one, a rainy day linn
iting him to nine holes.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
ProwIer Chunqes Furniture

ALBUQUERQUE (P.-Siro Chi
ordi, the owner Of an Albuquerque
bar, reported that prowler entered
his place of business three times in
three weeks. Nothing was taken, he
said, but on each occasion the in
truder rearranged the furniture.
Evening star., 1945-04-24

January l. Mrs. Croson did not
hear from him until April when
she received card from him at
Stalag l2-A saying he had been
taken prisoner January "a.
The Croson's have a son, James
S., jr., 2 years old.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Ex-District Policeman
Liberated From Germans

Pvt. James S. Croson, 25. former
policeman stationed at the second
precinct, has been liberated from
imprisonment by the Germans.
His wife. Mrs. Melba R. Croson,
Evening star., 1945-04-24

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 65, $50 pm. Year ago. 55.
Lowest, 80, 1850 am. Year ago, Al.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, SO, on March 30.
Lowest, IL. on January 25.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
A Job To Be Done Re- ;ss &c.; s:;!: s:s'

Ih0se VINO Want Sincerely to Aid the
bers of the motor corps in their
home towns and have since come to
Evening star., 1945-04-24

Report for Last "a Hours.
Evening star., 1945-04-24
Humidity Report

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital area (current month to date):
Detroit evening times., 1945-12-16

turn, you'll never want for volunteer
press agents.
1t wasn't long after Or. Fralick
had fixed up ReichS brittle mttt that
plague of pugs descended on him,
Erudite Gene Tunney went to him,
quoting Shakespeare: Cursed be ne
that moves my bones"-and then.
ad libbing a line OF his own, but
thrice blessed, he who makes them
knit" This was before Tunney had
met Jack Dempsey for the first time,
in Philadelphia. DR. Fralick did such
a good job OF strengthening Genes
brittle dukes through an operation
that they stood up like mailed fists
for him that rainy September night
at the ScsquiC Stadium
when he startled the boxing world
by winning the heavyweight title.
DR.. Fralick's artful use Of his Spc.
cial bandagiug technique gave old
Mike McTiguc a new boxing career
several years after he had been rcle.
gated to boNinE.s boncyard.
Jack Delaney the courtly Canuck,
owes his ring fame - Or. Frd!lck.
AT the height Of his career, Jack
broke one of his knucklcS on his right
hand. Repeated aEgravation Of the
injury practically made Dclancy'S
right OF Knockout weapon useless
When Dr. Fraljck looked AT the
hand he didn't say yes and he didn't
say no and ne didn't even say maybe.
Being q man OF few words he spoke
through his scalpcl and when il had
done talking. Jack found himself
with new knucklc Or Frailck' s
masterpiece received its baptism Of
fire ON Paul Bcrlcnbach's jaw and
the rite WIS such success for the
night that paul was counted out and
Jack lp'. tie ring as the now hight
hcavywc ght champion.