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Evening star., 1945-04-12
q Churches SET Services
On Federation Anniversary

Twenty three District churches
will open the 25th anniversary OBJ
servance of the Washington Fedora
ton of Churches Sunday with special
services commemorating founding OF
the organization, Roland Rice,
chairman of the Federation Sunday
Committee, announced today. Other
member churches will observe the
anniversary with appropriate cere-
monies at later dates.
Federation Sunday services will
consist of sermons on the origins
and growth of the federation, the
announcement said. Special ami
versary folders outlining the work
done by the organization will be
distributed.
The federation will hold its ami
versary dinner and annual meeting
at $50 pm. May at the Mayflowel
Hotel. Col. William O.Tufts OF the
Mount Pleasant Congregations
Church is chairman of the 25tf
anniversary dinner committee. 9th
er committee members are Mrs
Howard Stone Anderson, o. B. At
wood, the Rev. Seth R. Brooks, tht
Rev. George Burroughs, the Rev
Edward o. Clark, Mrs. Clarence
Crawford, Larry Day, Walter Gra'
ham, Edwin N. Lewis, Theodore
Martin, c. T. Murray, Mrs. William
Is. Nelson, Theodore Schaefer, the
Rev. L. Ralph Tabor, George Ward
A. Barbara Wiegand and Mrs. Goulc
WickeY
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rs Boys Arrested Others Flee
In ruuncy Drive at Dorsey Show

down the line and many youngsters
fled.
: Oficers began checking the line
around 9:45 am. and they said the
drive against truants would con-
tinue "for some time"
Participating for the Juvenile
Bureau, of which 1t. William T,
Murphy is director, were six plain
clothes men.
Mrs. Lassalle said that one of the
PURPOSES of the drive was to find
out whether children were telling
the truth when they said that
parents 'had given them money to
go to the movies and knew they
were going"
Check Customary"
Capt. Rhoda Millikep of the Wom-
ems Bureau said that it was "cus-
tomary procedure" to check theaters
Fridays, but that today's drive was
the first to center on a theater in
which there was an attraction con-
sidered to be of outstanding interest
to high school children.
Previously, Capt. Milliken said
the Women's Bureau has had con-
siderable trouble" with truancy on
Fridays.
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He was transferred to District
selective service 10 months ago and
promptly started searching for some
place to play his violin in peace
for himself and every one else.
Used silent" Violin.
Meanwhile, just to keep his hand
muscles flexible, he was playing on
silent" violin-the skeleton Of a
fiddle without the sound box.
"All you hear with this is sort
of whine and a wheeze," he said
looking ruefully at the stringed
device. when you go back to a
real fiddle, you're rough and inSensi-
tive to the fine shades of tone"
After he'd tramped all over town
looking for a studio, it occurred to
him one day that he had the perfect
studio right where he worked.
Helps Ex-Servicemen.
In the daytime, he does his soldier
Job in the Veterans Assistance Divi-
sion of Selective Service-helping
ex-servicemen get started again in
civilian life. At highland all day
Sunday-he reverts to his own
civilian career.
He's SO pleased about his studio
that he doesn't even mind when the
telephone rings around midnight
and a registrant wants to know
where to report for induction.
Corpl. Palermo tells him. Their
he goes back to his violin.
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If you stand outside District Sc
lective Service headquarters of a
spring night. you may hear the faint
STRAINS of Bach and Beethoven
echoing from the old red building at
Twenty third and M streets NV.
That's not ghost music. It's Corpl
Joseph Palermo practicing on his
violin.
At night, when the days selectees
have gone on their way to camp,
Corpl. Palermo-a concert violiniSt
in civilian life-takes out his violin.
This is really fine studio" in
sisted Corpl. Palermo. Il can prac-
tice till m. and nobody complains.
Sure, it creaks at night. So what?
If I was in a foxhole, Id hear sniper
bullets instead. Creaks are COM
Portable"
Used Boiler Room Once.
Ever since he entered the Army
two years ago, the 37-year-old
soldier explained, he's wrestled with
the problem of practicing.
"At Camp Pickett he recalled,
Il used to practice in the boiler room
of the barracks
When he was at Walter Reed Hos
pital teaching medical technicians,
he used to go to the medical school
lat am. to get in an hours prac-
ticing before he had to start teach
ing.
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New Council Of AFL
Plans Drive 10 Recruit
Government Workers

The American Federation OF
Labor plans an intensive organiza-
tional drive among Federal workers
through the new Government En-
ployes' Council, which it established
yesterday.
The council will coordinate ac-
tivities of all Federal worker unions
within the federation. 1t will in
clude at first representatives OF 13
unions, although others are ex-
pected to come in later.
An immediate objective Of the
council will be to push legislation in
Congress to increase the pay and
overtime be6efits of Government
employees to a point commensurate
with increased living costs and war
time gains of organized workers in
private employment.
An AFL spokesman said reports
Of raiding Of their union by the CIC
United Federal Workers had been
received. The council, he said
would act to offset such activity.
The federation executive council
approved creation OF the Federal
council in February.
Leo E. George, president Of the
National Federation of Post Oftlce
Clerks, was elected chairman Of the
council; William C. Doherty, presi-
dent of the National Association OF
Letter Carriers, was named vice
chairman, and Foster J. Pratt, head
of the International Technical En-
gineers' Union, secretary-treasurer
Trustees elected are John Nc
Curry, John B. Haggerty. Stephen
Grattan and Chester Harvey. A per-
manent director will be selected
later, probably from outside the
AFL.
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Helen Devereux, Niece of Wake Island Hero,
Joins Marines; Has Three Brothers in Service
2O-Yeur-Old Boot
Has 6 Other UncIes
In Armed Forces

Being a girl-and a small, quiet
one-makes no difference to men,
ber of the fighting Devereux family.
Just like her famous uncle, 1t.
Col. James Patrick Sinnott Deve-
reux, leader Of the handful Of Ma
rines who held off the Jap attack
on Wake Island for three weeks
after Pearl Harbor, and just like
her three brothers-and her six
other uncles and her cousin-Miss
Helen Devereux enlisted today for
military service. And like most OF
her kin, she enlisted in the Marines.
Miss Devereux Is 20. The average
Marine cap comes low over her
head. She speaks so softly you
could hardly hear her repeat her
oath.
But I think it's the spirit that
counts in making good Marine,
she said this morning after she had
been sworn into the United States
Women's Marine Corps Reserve, at
the Marine recruitment center, l4OC
Pennsylvania avenue NV.
She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Devereaux, West
Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md, and
was graduated from the Sacred
Heart Convent last June. Since then
she was worked in the Public Ii
brary.
Her three brothers-Sergt. John
Ryan, III, U. S. M. c. r.; Naval All
Cadets Joseph, jr., and Kemp (both
of whom hope to get into the Marine
Air Corps when they finish theil
training) told her they could do hei
share of the fighting. But she didn't
agree.
Il just wanted to be in there, too,
she said. Daddy (who was a SER
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Coulter Criticized
By Commissioners
For Leaving Court

The Commissioners today vigor-
ously criticized DR.. A. Barkie
Coulter, director of the Bureau of
tuberculosis, for not waiting in
court last month long enough to
testify against a tuberculous man
arrested for not remaining isolated
Dr. Coulter informed the assist
ant corporation counsel handling
the case at the time that he was
unable to remain in court because
Of an appointment with Health Of
ficer George C. Rutland.
DR.. Ruhland's memorandum trans
mitting the report of DR.. Coulter
on the incident has not yet been
made public
1T is difficult" the Commission
Iers informed DR.. Rutland. for the
Commissioners to believe that, had
DR.. Coulter acquainted you with
the fact that he had case in court
involving a man that had been in
carcerated as mence to the COM
munity, you would have failed tc
release him from your meeting ir
order that he could attend the court
appointment.
"It would apear from your letter
that he did not so advise you, anc
| it further appears of record that
no adequate arrangement was made
whereby the court could be advised
of the information necessary fol-
proper determination Of the case.
In reviewing the case. the Com.
missioners said they believed the
course pursued by DR.. Coulter wa:
without justification and against
public policy" They warned the
Health Department that in future
court cases representatives of the
Health Department should remair
in court long enough to support
charges made by them or at least
arrange for competent substitute
witnesses.
The trial last month was delayed
while other cases were heard in Mu.
nicipal Court. Assistant Corporation
Counsel Henry E. WiXon said DR.
Coulter declined to return to court
after the noon recess.
Evening star., 1945-04-12
| William Green
|Gets His Hotels,
unions Mixed
BY the Associated Press.

oS the hsSOCldleQ fIeSS.
AFL President William Green got
mixed up with the CIO-supported
World Trade Union Congress move
ment last night-but quickly re-
treated red-faced.
He walked into the wrong inter
national labor gathering. Due h
speak at meeting ct the MayfloWel
Hotel, the head of the American
Federation OF Labor, which has re-
fused to join with the CIO in it:
world labor movement, got his hotels
mixed and showed up at the Statler
Checking his hat, he entered the
CLOS gathering, where Soviet, Brit.
ish, French, Mexican and other la.
Dor delegates were to be feted in the
presence Of high cabinet and Army
officials.
Mr.. Green shook hands with GIG
President Philip Murray and Secre-
tary of Labor Perkins and made a
quick getaway.
Evening star., 1945-04-12

Griffis was named Red Cross COM
missioner for the Pacific and in Oc-
tober he was joined by Mr.. Poteat
in Honolulu as deputy commits
sioner.
The new Red Cross executive
practiced law in South Carolina for
10 years. In 1896 he became profess
sor of law at Duke University. After
Pearl Harbor, the university gave
him leave to serve as assistant gen.
eral counsel for the Board of Eco
nomic Warfare, now the Foreign
Economic Administration. Mr.. Po-
teat later was in charge of various
missions to foreign countries for
BEW. He also was deputy minister
of the economic warfare division of
the United States Embassy in
London.
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Papertroopers GET
1860 Pounds in
Sd District Collection

Third district Papertroopers
turning in the best one-day COL
lection of waste paper since March
Is, yesterday practically equaled the
total of the first two days of this
week, collecting 73,060 pounds to
bring the grand total of The Eve
ming Star-PTA Salvage-for-Victory
program to 1898 ,269 pounds.
Takoma School, at Piney Branch
road and Dahlia street NV, re-
turned to the drive yesterday with
collection of 7,247 pounds.
Other collections of half ton
or more included Takoma Park
11.011 pounds; Mott, 4,670; Gage
1881; Petworth, 4,871; Whittier
1865; Raymond. 3,6lO; Shepherd
1888; Kensington, 1855; Adams
6,78O; H. D. Cooke, $500 Morgan
1,740: Sumner Magruder, 2,411;
Macfarland, 1889; w. B. Powell
4.547; Bancroft, 5,104; Barnard
4,259.
Collections in the fifth district
tomorrow, together with the leaders
will be as follows:
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Is Patriotic GROUPS
Pledge Support 10
Veterans Shrine Bill

Twenty-Five District veterans and
patriotic organizations have pledged
their support to the bill introduced
in the Senate last month by Senator
Pepper, Democrat, of Florida pro-
viding a S5OOO,000 auditorium here
as national shrine to veterans of
World Wars 1 and II.
The organizations also will inves-
tigate the possibility of erecting,
through public contribution, sim
pie monument to District veterans
of World War II.
Delegates of the organizations
met last night at the American Le-
gion Club to discuss the memorials
and to plan the eleventh annual
commemorative observance for
World War I veterans at 4:30 pm,
May 13, at the District World War
Memorial in Potomac Park. The
United States Marine Band will play
from 4:30 to pm. Frank B. Noyes,
chairman of the memorial commits
sion, will be introduced.
Wreaths to Be Placed.
"lCoCllo WILL NC kJldSCu NY lCpi c
Sentatives of all the organiza tions.
Names of the speaker and of the
Arrangements Committee will be an
nounced later.
George Keyser, representing the
Catholic War Veterans, moved that
the group back the bill for a ma
tional shrine here after William G..
Rose, Samuel Barrow and Milton
Groome of the 29th Division Asso-
citation, and Patrick Campbell and
Nevil Thompson of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars had stressed need for
permanent, useful auditorium
such as suggested by Senator Pepper.
The delegates decided, however,
not to abandon the suggestion for
separate memorial to District vet
Grams of World War II to be erected
near the District World War Me-
mortal in Potomac Park. At a pre-
vious meeting in February the group
had studied plans for an $4,000
marble ''exedra" type of monument,
drawn by Frederick H. Brooke ,archi-
tect.
William H. Hargrave, chairman of
the meeting, announced that Mai.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, chairman of
the National Park and Planning
Commission, had later indicated the
proposed monument might dwarf
the existing one and that Mr.. Brooke
is now working on other plans.
To Check Last Details.
Several of the organizations al
ready have voted formally for the
District monument and all of them
will attempt to take a vote before
another meeting May II to discuss
the memorials again and to check
last details of the commemorative
observance May 13, it was decided.
Mrs. H. H. McCarteney, represent
ing the Blue Star Mothers of World
War II, added that the returning
District veterans should have a
chance to decide the type of monu-
ment they would like for their
fallen comrades" Mrs. Mary B.
Corwin,' representing L'Aumonier
Rationale. ct 40, emphasized that
plans for the District monument
should be carried through to provide
a simple solemnity" that the audi
torium, echoing with meetings and
music, could never provide, no mat
ter how useful it will be.
Haywood N. Saunders, past de-
partment commander of the American
Legion. said the organizations must
decide what they wished to do about
the District monument and then
stick to their decision without "fric-
ton" Unity, he said, is the groups
only chance to get both the national
shrine auditorium and the District
monument,
Evening star., 1945-04-12

War Loan through the payroll saw
ings plan of bond purchasing" Mr..
Waller said. Under his leadership,
the District of Columbia Bankers
Association raised in excess of SAL
600 for the recent Red Gross drive" !"
Mr.. Miller lives at 3701 Massachu-
sets avenue NV. He is vice chair
man of the Columbia Country Club,
past master of the Acacia Lodge of
Masons and a member of the Mid
City Citizens Association and the
Washington Board of Trade.
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Father of Injured Child
Found Dead Near Rails

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, April 12.-The body
of Roy j. Turner, 80, who left his
home yesterday to investigate an
accident in which his 8-year-old
daughter, Marie, was struck by a
truck, was found near railroad
tunnel by a track foreman.
The manner in which Mr.. Turner
met his death is a mystery, police
said.
The child is being treated at St
Joseph's Hospital, where she was
taken by the operator of the truck
which struck her.
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chairman of the
organization was
announced today
by Basil O'Con-
nor, n a t / o n a ]
chairman.
Last spring Mr..
p o t e a t, W ! t h
Stanton Grims,
represented the
United S t a t e s
Government in
successful nego-
tiations to halt
ball = b e a r in 6
shipments from
Sweden to Ger
many. Later, Mr.,
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geant in the last war; said he was
proud of me, and think my BROTH
ers are pleased really"
Her uncle, now prisoner Of the
japanese, hasn't heard the news yet
The last letter they had received
from him was in February when he
wrote that he had received several
packages through the Red Cross.
Col. Devereux was awarded the
Navy Cross for his action on Wake,
and also won the Marine Corps
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Man Gets 80 Days, $l00 Fine

Carlton A. Smith, "a, of 1923
Eleventh street NV, yesterday was
fined 500 and costs and sentenced
to serve 80 days in Jail by Arlington
County Court Judge Hugh Reid,
after being convicted of driving
while intoxicated. Smith had
pleaded not guilty.
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Fun Night Arranged

The April meeting of the Pleas
ant Plains Citizens Association will
be held at Monroe School, Colum-
bia road, between Sherman and
Georgia avenues NV, at pm. to-
morrow. The annual fun night will
be observed.
Evening star., 1945-04-12

League Medal as the outstanding
Marine of l941. Helen thinks he
would approve of her going in.
And even Helen's soft voice
wouldn't fool any one into thinking
she's not as much a Marine as the
other fighting Devereuxs. She
doesn't want an easy job, and says
"of course, I'll do whatever they
want me to-but I hope l can be a
grease monkey. They really do
things"
Evening star., 1945-04-12

:ings division, of
the District War
Finance Com
!mittee, it was
ANNOUNCED yes
:terday by w. j
waller. chair
imam of the COM
.mittee.
"Mr. Miller's
"a p poin t ment
carries the re-
ot
enlisting all per-
sonnel of District
financial inStitu-
tions in support
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Benefit Purty PIunned

The Mothers Club of the Rock
vile Elementary School will give a
benefit party at pm. tomorrow in
the Rockville High School cafeteria.
Evening star., 1945-04-12
:. William Miller Heads
Bank Section in Bond Drive

S. William Miller, vice president
of the Union Trust Co. and second
vice president of the District of Co.
lumbia Bankers Association, has
been named chairman of the bank
ing and finance section, payroll saw
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Douglass Poteat Named
Red Cross Vice Chairman

Appointment of Douglass Poteat,
until recently deputy commissioner
of the American Red Cross for the
Pacific Ocean area, as executive vice
Evening star., 1945-04-12
Weather Report

District of Columbia and vicin-
ity-Mostly sunny with tempera-
lures in the middle 7Os this after
noon; considerable cloudiness and
mild tonight and tomorrow.
Maryland and Virginia-Consid-
erable cloudiness and mild tonight
and tomorrow; possibly few scat
tered showers tomorrow afternoon
River Report
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear al
Harpers Ferry Potomac slightly muddy al
Great Falls today.
for "a ~
Evening star., 1945-04-12

Record for Last 81 Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon todayD
Highest, 20, pm Year ago, ~.
Lowest, so. 4:24 am. Year ago, "A.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, SO, on March %.
Lowest, IL, on January %.
Humidity Report.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 100 per cent. at am.
Lowest, 81 per cent, at 5 pm.
Evening star., 1945-04-12

Report for Last "a Hours
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-02

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. up
One Of President Truman's closest
friends i'll THE senate Thursday chal-
-enged the constitutionality Of the
presidential succession plan that MT
Truman l3o asked congress to enact
Sen cam Hatch ID New Mexico.
said ne had given the plan consider
ob,e study 3nd that he believed 1e
hud conclusive legal evidence that
il was unconstitutional
Under .nt present succession stat
lte passed HI 1885 Secretary oi
State James T. Byrnes is first IN
line tor th- presidency and Secre-
tary ot the Treasury Fred M VIM
son IN second.
President Truman. however. has
cnt congress 4 special message IN
which he Mild The speaker Of the
house should oe first in line and
+he President pro tempore Of the
senate second. The house passed
enabling legislation, but it never
lrft the senate Oil privileges and
elections.
Hatch. 4 member Of that commit
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-02
Japs Cut Off
In Burma Race

CALCUTTA, Aug 2. tUP)-Jap-
anese troops have failed III renewed
attempts to escape across the Sit
tang river IL southeastern Burma
4 Southeast Asia command commu-
nlque said Thursday.
The enemy attempted the cross
lily iii the area east W Pyu. which
\, 80 miles south of Toungoo, but
Allied troops drove them back.
Other Allied patrols maintained
an aggressive search for scattered
Japanese units. still attempting to
flee eastward in the sector between
the Rangoon-Mandalay road and
the Sittang river.
A large group Of japanese cross
I'd the road but were trapped and
surrounded in 4 gully by Allied
troops, and many were killed.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-02
Aussie Patrols
Flank Japs
In Borneo Area

MANILA. Aug. 2. CJP)-Austral-
ian patrols knitted behind Japanese
rearguard units Thursday. threaten
ing them with isolation in the Bal
ikpapan and Brunei bay areas 0t
BOrneo.
Thirteenth airforce bombers and
Australian fighters aided the adj
vancing Australian seventh and
ninth division ground forces by at
tacking enemy airdromes and install
lationS along BOrneo's coastal areas.
In New Guinea Australian Goth
division units captured Alama,
village approximately six miles
south Of the huge enemy troop con-
centrati0n round Kaboibus.
Alama's fall gives the Australians
control OF three other villages. Au-
aui. Kumiche, and GWalip which
were strongly held by the Japan
eSe
The japanese still hold the east
en- bank Of the Miyo river III south
ern Bougainville First Australian
attempts To cross brought heavy
fire from enemy machineguns. TIL
troops were forced to abandon the
attempt.
Australian naval vessels lombard
ed the eastern side Of Buka island
destroying 80 buildings or huts and
hammering four enemy troop con-
centratiOns.
Gen Douglas Macarthur am
nounced in a communique that enc
my planes had attacked the Mir
and Brunei bay areas but caused
no damage.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-02
Coloroclo Senator Raps
Army On Discharges
fNEf Icic Dh1tOy

monstrOsity which could not work
but which was created, he said, Ito
stall and confuse ana beWiidtr"
Johnson asserted that the United
States could not use an army Of H.
900 900 or 8.000000 against Japan.
The maximum number that could br
transported, supplied and used on
the Japanese front. he said. would be
100000 by the end Of 1916
Then why in the name Of COM
mon sense" he demanded, must we
maintain an army Of 5000 600?
demand that it Cthe army cut the
jacket to fit the cloth
GREATEST TASK
The job Of returning $4,000 900
service men and women TO civilian
life, Johnson told the senate. is the
most difficult task the United
States ever faced"
Because Of its unprecedented
magnitude it is going to be terrific, II
he continued, and the army's utter
lack Of cooperation in helping to
solve it is blind and stupid and crim-
inal."
Johnson said SalectiVe Service
should continue To draft 18-yeuI-
olds for replacement purposes rs
long as the Japanese war lasts
Imperial Valley press., 1945-08-02
State Farm Bureau
Head TO Attend
Directors MeetinQ

Ray Wiser, president Of the Cali
fornia Farm Bureau federation. viii
be in Fl Centro from Sacramento
Saturday to attend the August
meeting OF the county farm bureau
board OF directors. Scott B. Foulds-
secretary. announced Thursday.
The meeting will take place III
the court house at 80 p NJ. anO
directors and alternates were eX-
pected to have a number Of suggeS-
tions and requests to make 70 th
state organization through Wiser.