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Evening star., 1945-01-12
Montgomery Delegates
ASSIGNED 10 Committees

Committee assignments for MEM
bers of the Montgomery County
delegation to the Maryland House of
Delegates were announced yesterday
by John S. White, speaker Of the
House.
James w. Gill was named chair
man of the Roads and Highways
Committee and Royal S. Carlock
was named chairman of the Game
and Wildlife Committee. Mr.. Gill
also is a member of the Elections
and Ways and Means Committees,
while Mr.. Carlock holds membership
on the Aviation, Pensions and I'm
migration Committees.
Other committee appointments
include Ulysses S. Griffith III, agri-
culture, fisheries and inspection;
Lee H. Robinson, currency, expiring
laws, insolvency and internal i'm
proyements; Albert w. Walker, civil
service reform, corporations and
Federal relations, and Mrs. Gene
We've H. Wells, civil service reform,
education, entertainment, judiciary,
labor and library.
Evening star., 1945-01-12
Mile O Dimes Stands
Open Tomorrow in
Fight Against Polio

Beginning tomorrow afternoon at
four locations in the District, Ions
tracks the width of a dime will
start receiving the contributions o1
passersby in the fight against in.
fantile paralysis.
Mrs. Roosevelt will insert the first
coin in the Mile o. Dimes campaign
in a ceremony at the stand before
the Capitol Theater. Commissioner
John Russell Young, chairman Of
the committee for the celebration
of the Presidents birthday, of which
the Mile O. Dimes campaign is a
part, will receive her donation. The
ceremony will be broadcast over
all Washington radio stations al
1890 pm.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Commissioner
Young then will go to a stand to
be opened for the first time in front
of the Lincoln Theater, 1915 u
street NV, where Mrs. Roosevelt
also will begin the contributions.
Besides the two. 33-foot long
stands where dimes can be inserted
in the tracks, or dropped into milk
bottles labeled with the names of
ali the States of the Union and
foreign countries, two other stands
will be open. These, smaller than
the two in front of the theaters.
will be located at Union Station,
and the National Airport.
The Mile O. Dimes drive, sponsored
annually by all radio stations here,
will be under the direction of a
committee headed by Bryson Rash
of Station WMAL. Members of his
committee are Merle Jones, VOL;
Carleton D. Smith, WRC; Carl
Burkland, WTOP; John Patrick
Smith, WINK; G. Bennett Larson,
WWDC, and K. H. Berkeley, WMAL.
Cooperating with the committee
are the two theaters before which
stands are located and several Dis
trict concerns. These include Atchi-
son & Keller, plumbing and heating
engineers; George A. Ford Electrical
Co., Washington Shade g. Awning
Co., and the Chestnut Farms Chevy
Chase Dairy. ..
Evening star., 1945-01-12
O'Conor Medical Plan
Backed in Silver Sprino

The Silver Spring Public Health
Lay Committee unanimously in
dorsed Gov. O'Conor's plan for q
State program Of medical care at
its monthly meeting at the Silver
Spring Health Center yesterday
Approval of the plan followed dis
cussion of the program by DR.. v. l.
Ellicott, Montgomery County health
officer.
1t was announced that health ac-
tivities for the Silver Spring dis
trict now include the Fairway
Homes clinic, which IS held the sec
|ond Thursday OF each month under
the supervision Of Mrs. nellie EnloW.
Evening star., 1945-01-12
lsikRst;oniinq
.Rell,iinde,Jep

Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, blue
stamps KS. Y-5. rs, A-2, through
Ga good for 10 points each indefl-
nitely. All stamps validated before
December ! are cancelled. Next
series viii be good February /.
Meats, Fats, Etc.--Book No. 1, red
stamps Q-5 through ks good for
10 points each indefinitely. All
stamps validated before December
! are Cancelled. Next series will be
good January as.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
viii pay two ration points for
each pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn Ia.
Gasolinc-A-14 coupons valid for 1
gallons each through March al.
B-5. C-5, BIS and C-6 coupons
good for s gallons each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one and two cop-
pons good for 10 gallons each
through heating year Period three
coupons. valid Monday for 10 gall
Ions each. Old period four and i've
coupons from last winter good
through year. Consumers in this
\ area should not have used more
than 43 per cent Of their ration
as OF January 8.
Evening star., 1945-01-12
Lack Of Help Curbs
Mental Treatments
By the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Jan. l2.-Dr. George
T. Preston, commissioner Of mental
hygiene, said yesterday that at least
one-third of the daily. requests for
beds In the States two largest men,
tai hospitals are being refused be-
cause Of the help shortage.
Although all the cases refused
were in immediate need Of hospital
ization, conditions have made Il
necessary to set up a system of ad-
mission priorities, Dr.. Preston said.
First to be admitted were the
patients found In general hospital
wards who disturbed other i'll pa
tients. Second were those who were
30 disturbed that their families
could no longer care for them, while
third rating went to younger, curable
patients.
Or. Preston added that the medi-
cal stan has. had to do much Of the
laboratory wUkk usually carried on
by technicians. Springfield Hos
initial, with 5000 patients, has four
graduate nurses, while Spring Grove.
with 1900 patients. has only two.
Evening star., 1945-01-12
Alexandria Blood Donors
Give 10, 900 Pints

More than 10000 pints of blood,
double the amount collected by the
alexandria blood donor center in
1913. were donated by Alexandria
residents In 1914, Mrs. John F. War
lick, blood donor chairman, has an
nounced.
The amount actually donated
through the Alexandria blood donor
service was 1858 pints, with 3,o27
more given by residents Of the city
in Washington.
The mobile unit will be at Grace
Church parish hall, 207 South
Patrick street, January 10 for do
nations from residents of Parkfair-
fax and Harrington, with visits
scheduled for January a. and 81 for
residents of other areas.
Evening star., 1945-01-12
Committee Discusse.
Plan 10 Modernize
Maryland Budget
By the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. 18th,
House of Delegates Ways and Mean,
Committee had before it for con.
sideration today a resolution callint
for study and possible improvement
and modernization" of the Stat,
budget system.
The resolution called the presep
system intricate, complex, confused
overlapping and often cumbersome
and "out of line and not in harmony
with the needs and requirements ol
these modern times" :
The Senate Finance and Judicia
Proceedings Committees and the
House Judiciary and Corporations
Committees also scheduled meetings
today prior to the regular assembly
session.
Except for the introduction of the
budget resolution, yesterdays ses-
Sions IN both Houses were routine
with "a bills, all but one local in
character, introduced in the Senate
and seven in the Lower House.
To date 288 bills have been intro
duced. Final action has not beer
taken on any measure, although
Senate vote on more than score
Of bills has been held up only be-
cause Of q printer delay.
The budget study resolution was
introduced by Delegates S. Denmead
Kolb of Wicomico, William F. Stro.
meyer Of Anne Arundel and Harry
West and Charles M. Bandiere OF
Baltimore, all Democrats.
The resolution asked that a join,
Senate-House committee be appoint
ed "to take such action and make
such recommendations as seem best
for the consideration of the State
budget" -
A report on the joint committee
findings would be made not later
than January 81, 1947, If the resolu-
ton were adopted.
The only Statewide bill intro
duced in the Senate would clarity
provisions of the statute on employ
ment of minors in factories. -
Evening star., 1945-01-12
BY the Associated Press.


BALTIMODE, Jan. l2.-An Once
of Price Administration complaint
and information center will be In
stalled in every public market ir
Maryland tomorrow in an effort te
check widespread price violations
State OPA Director Leo II. Nc
Cormick announced today.
The situation in the public mar
kets has caused the State ofice deer
concern for some time," Mr.. Nc
Cormick explained.
"A spot survey Of meat stalls
alone. made by out-of-State experts,
showed overcharges which would
cost citizens of Baltimore over $780,
600 per year. And this was spot
survey-merely an indication OF the
extent Of the price violations being
practiced today" he said.
Mr.. Mccormick said that q COM
Evening star., 1945-01-12
Alexandra WantsU.S
To Share School Cost
|0f Service Children

Alexandria must provide educa-
tional and other facilities for the
families Of thousands of servicemen
living in the city, although per-
sonal property taxes estimated at
$35. 900 cannot be collected from
them because of exemptions under
the Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act,
City Manager Carl Budwesky told
members Of the Kiwanis Club yes
terday.
While the Federal Government
makes these exemptions, Mr.. Bud
wesky said, it fails to provide funds
to pay for the education of the
children of service families. At the
same time, State law requires the
city to provide schooling and other
| facilities.
The service families even refuse
to purchase city automobile licenses,
the city manager said.
Wants Lanham Act Aid.
He cited the fact that a Federal
grant of $4,000 for school main
tenance in Alexandria made in 1943
was denied in 1914 and said he felt
the. city had justifiable complaint
when Lanham Act funds we're not
allotted to help care for the many
families brought to the city by
the war.
He told the meeting that the city
has twice as many housing units
today as in June, 1910, but that the
bulk of the building was done when
there was a ceiling on what could
be spent for housing, and COM
munity projects such as Lynhaven
do not pay their way in taxes, while
the city actually loses money If
there Is as much as one school-age
child In q unit.
Although the city gained by the
construction of apartments where
incinerators eliminated the neces-
sity of garbage and trash collection,
loss Is incurred in a project such
as Parkfairfax where 80 per cent of
the 3,40O units are rented to service
families who are exempt from per-
sonal property taxes.
Only Half of Expenditures Taxed.
Mr.. Budwesky stated that of the
$4,000, 600 spent in the city last year
for improvements only about 81 0O0,-
600 can be taxed, and this brings in
only about $25, 1000.
Mr.. Budwesky listed physical i'm
provements completed during 1914
and for this year predicted more
stringent Health Department regu-
lations governing operation of res
taurants, grocery stores, barber
shops and similar establishments
and curbing of the rat menace
through cooperation of residents.
On the subject of postwar plan
ming, Mr.. Budwesky revealed that
bids are being received for the engi-
neering survey incidental to the con-
structjpn of sewage disposal plant,
that the Alexandria Planning Com
mission is planning to improve the
water front and that the report of
the National Recreation Association
for the development of play areas
has been presented to the City
Council and is under consideration
Evening star., 1945-01-12

ryman, Paul ]. Burrows, the Rev
Hartwell F. Chandler, j. M. Duna.
way, Sidney B. Hall, Richard l.
Tombly, G. E. Pitt and G. w. Nc
Claim.
Marty Wiegand, district governo,
of Kawanis, and DR.. John w. Rus
tin, pastor of the Mount Vernon
Methodist Church were guesi
speakers.
The new group will hold weekly
luncheon meetings.
Evening star., 1945-01-12

donovan, I r S I
vice e president;
Emory Bogley,
S e c on d vic e
president; Ches-
ter McC Call, Sec
ary-treasurer,
and M a I'm
Scates and VIII
ton w all a c e,
board members.
Othe ers who
make UP the 16
charter members
are DR.. Howard
Church, F. M a =
rion Clark ,
Charles H. Mer-
Evening star., 1945-01-12
Navy Dentists Develop Method
To Halt Decay and oothoches

anead OF them IN this DEVELOPMENT
and we are very encouraged by thu
way 1t Is going"
After the lecture, Comdr. Murphey
who comes from Dallas, Tex, tols
how he started work on the method
He was an orthodontist, kept busy
wiring the buck teeth of the chill.
dren of the well-to-do. Carries arr
likely to occur under the wires. Dur.
ing year in Vienna, where he
studied histology Tissue structurel
he tried to find out why.
Work in Orphanages.
Back in Dallas he had charge oi
the dental work for four orphan
ages. There were more children thar
q practicing dentist could possibly
take care Of in his Institutions
rounds, so he did everything he
could to reduce tooth decay.
I'VE stuffed the kids with cal.
cium," he said. That didn't do any
good. We gave them all manner Of
things provided by the pharmaceu-
Hcal houses, with no effect.
Seven years ago we began work
ing with nitrate of silver. I. an
not going to give any statistics be-
cause there was no control Car
equal number of children livine
under the same conditions without
the treatment) to measure by. But
I can say it worked very we'll"
The Navy Is soon going to under.
take four-year study with controls
he said.
AZ for fiuorine, he said, its effect
Is on the enamel, not the cementum
the bony tissue underneath. Thu,
f1uorine's beneficial effect is largely
with children not with adults
whose enamel Is often worn away II
places.
10-Year Fluofine Study,
The Public Health Service is abou,
to begin . 10-year study of tn.
effect Of fluorine by adding 1t Il
the drinking water Of several cities
Interest in fluorine began II
Texas. The former Dallas dentis1
told how 1t started:
School dentists reports Of ex.
animation Of children's teeth ar,
sent to Austin, the capital. Some
one noticed that the children II
Deaf Smith County had a remark.
ably low carries count. The county
has unusually heavy fluorine de.
DOSitS in the soil which Shour ,,y
In the well water. People thought
q dental Utopia had been found.
Il went there. The children.
teeth were remarkable. But W.
found adults OF Is with teeth rottet
down to the stumps and other.
with complete dentures false teeth
because Of decay.
Il don't think fluoyine is thu
answer. Nor Is this nitrate of silvel
an absolute preventive. But l,
does suppress decay
Evening star., 1945-01-12
D. {. Draft Call
Raised 10 Catch
Job Jumpers
Maryland Planning
To Tuke 2-AMen From
Domestic Industries

District selective service has re-
ceived supplementary call amount
ing to is per cent over Its regular
call to scoop up all job-jumpers who
can't pass the regular physical
standards Of the Army, 1t was
learned today.
Local draft officials said, however.
they did not expect they would have
to make use of the entire call. It
was set large presumably to draft all
the deferred men who leave essen
tial jobs without draft board per-
mission, regardless Of their physical
condition, 1t was explained.
Meanwhile, the latest threat to
younger deferred men-Secretary Of
War Stimsons announcement yes
terday that all fit men under 80 In
factories and Government would
have to be drafted-today drew from
District Fire Chief Stephen T. Por-
ter the prediction that If the Fire
Department lost any more of its
younger men it would Jeopardize
the safety of our city"
'Lifelines Are Thin"
Chief Porter reported that SO men
under 80 have been deferred in the
Fire Department, which already has
143 vacancies in its assigned strength
of $40 men.
Our lifelines are already very
thin," he said. II pray they don't
take any more Of our men,"
And in Maryland, Col. Henry C.
Stanwood, State selective service
director, announced that cab
drivers, transit operators, other
public utilities employees and house.
to-house deliverers of milk, bread
and eggs who have been deferred
on occupational grounds may be
reclassified into la In the near
future.
For the present, however, Col.
Stanwood added, men working in
actual war production and holding
2-B classifications will retain their
deferred status.
Men Up to 81 May Be Called.
All those now holding ga ratings,
even though they have dependents
and are 81 years old, may be re-
classified and inducted, depending
on the practice of the various Mary
land boards, the Maryland director
said.
While the men in the $3.50 age
bracket now classed in IA will be
drawn as long as they last, Col.
Stanwood said, it is certain that
to fill calls the boards win have
to draw on men right up to the
draft age limit of 81 years.
Col. Stanwood'S statement ap-
peared to point up a conflict that
draft ohicials admit has arisen out
Of the recent announcements by
Secretary Stimson and War Mobil-
zation Director Byrnes.
On one hand, draft officials point
ed out, they are being told to call
the deferred men who are not max
ing a direct contribution to war
production, while on the other hand
the emphasis is being laid on call
ing men under 30.
In the District, 1t was emphasized,
draft boards have not been liberal
in deferring men in the 26-29 age
bracket. More of the IA men--
those in war supporting rather than
direct war production activities
are in the over-30 group. Secretary
Stimson, however, made it clear that
the Army wants men under 80 to
fill its needs for combat replace
mentS.
Evening star., 1945-01-12
80 From HYattsviIIe Area
Report 10 Services

Twenty EIGHT white and two col
ored inductees from the Hyattsville
area, who have passed their pre-
induction physical examinations
reported yesterday to the Baltimore
induction station for duty with the
armed forces, Mrs. G. B. Killing, chief
Z clerk OF Prince Georges County
Draft Board No. at Hyattsville,
announced today.
81 The % urlaito ,,.o..
Evening star., 1945-01-12
William P. Allen Heads
Bethesda Kiwanis Club

William Prescott Allen was elected
president of the Bethesda Kiwanis
Club at an organization meeting
yesterday. Other officers are DR.. Leo
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-12
COMMENT
REGENCY FOR GREECE

Believed to have American support it looks
as if Greece is moving toward regency with
the noted Archbishop Damaskinos slated to
be named regent
This move came soon after Mr.. Churchill
and Mr.. Eden got back from Athens and went
into cabinet meeting, followed by an inter-
view with King George II of Greece. This
plan was suggested to the King, who favored
it, and indicated that he might early accept
the plan and name Damaskinos.
In the meantime, the British forces fighting
in Greece were adding new conquests in their
advances. Combining their efforts with those
of the Greek Government they launched what
was described as "a gloves off, offensive
against the ELIAS stand in Southeastern Athens.
Already at nightfall, over half OF the city was
in the hands Of the British and their allies.
Unless quicker action is taken, the bloodshed
incident to this civil strife will continue. There
seems little hope that bloodless agreement
may be reached. That's the tragedy Of it all.
With the establishment of new government,
the hope is, of course, that both the ELIAS and
the Greek Government will submit to an arm
istice, and the future developments will iron
out their difficulties.-The Durham Herald.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-12
Gambling In War

It's too early yet to determine, but the Ger
man gamble on the Western Front may turn
out to be the decisive action bringing down
the German nation the forerunne- of defeat.
The German assault in March, 1918, reaching
its fullest force at Amiens, was violent, almost
smothering. It was the darkest period for Allied
arms. But that checked, the ball started slowly
rolling the other way, steadily gathering mo-
mentum until November H. 1918
Gambling is costly business in war, as in
everything else. Lee gambled at Gettysburg,
and the South could never get going again.
There it was the South lost. The japanese
gambled on knocking out the United States in a
day by trying to destroy her navy at Pearl
Harbor, and the gamble failed.
Won Rundstedt's throw of the dice when, in
the long run, all the odds were against him
can easily be the last big effort of Germany
to delay the Allied victory and bring ne
gotiated peace.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-12
Looking Ahead

Carolina Beach, which has grown to be one
of North Cardinals largest seaside resorts in
recent years, is to be congratulated on ap-
pointment Of a postwar planning committee
to start arrangements for an even greater
place when peace comes.
A. L. Mansfield, whose identity with civic
undertakings at the resort extends over a
period of many years, has been appointed
chairman of an unusually strong group Of
citizens. The committee, charged with formu-
lating program for presentation to the board
Of aldermen, is open for suggestions. Many
should be forthcoming from residents and Wis
itors interested in greater development OF
the beach.
The beach's alertness in preparing for the
future may well be an example for other sim.
liar communities Recreation will become a
great business again, when the war is over,
and those resorts making early plans, will,
of course, realize the greatest material bene.
fits
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-12
Action, Not Talk

North Caroaina's legislature is really getting
down to work-night sessions within less than
a week after converting. The boys evidently
mean to get through and come home without
loafng on the job.
After all, their task although great is SIM
rae 1t is practically all concerned with bust
preparations, disposition Of the surplus, well
fare measure, adoption of budgets and re-
lated matters. Plans for postwar days will be
outlined
Our General Assemblies have generally been
characterized by a few strong leaders and a
lot Of followers. That means minimum of
talk and maxium of action. It's good sys-
tenn.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-12
Already Settled

Poor King Zog Of Albania comes to life
again with the proposal for Balkan bloc
after the war, a confederation for maintain
ing peace and unity in Southeastern Europe.
He forgets that Russia has already beat him
to the idea. She is busily constructing the Bal
kan bloc, which Russia will dominate.
Call it power, politics or by any other name,
the Balkans will be united, with the strongest
hand in Europe-that Of Joseph Stalin-holding
the unhappy, troubled little states together.
strongly gripped King Zog will play no part
in it.
1t may seem wrong but in way it may
be right The Balkans were called the "pow-
der key of Europe for hundreds of years.
The First World war started in Serbia. Per-
haps what they need is strong hand to pre-
vent more wars. Certainly the United States
could not be expected to maintain troops and
fight wars for hundred years in the Balkans.
America is rich, mighty, with unrivalled re-
sources, but not sufficiently so to handle Eur
ope and her problems from now on. If we
can win the war, help effect roughly right
eous peace and CO operate in efforts to bring
about sufficient world unity to prevent another
world conflagration we will be doing well.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-01-12
That's Gratitude

Pravda is peeved. This Russian organ rarely
misses an issue without taking crack at
America or Americans. The last blast was a
denumciation of the "reactionary press" OF
America, and American democracy.
Pravda's tune changes. There was nothing of
this while American so called democracy
and reactonaries were sending food tanks.
trucks planes. munitions Of all sorts and other
aid to Russia. It was material America could
very well have sent to Their own soldiers,
who needed it. Great conveys carried this,
many ships being sunk by German bom5ers
and submarines while the vessels were the
way to Murmansk. Many brave men gave
their lives in doing this This was called Lend
Lease. We just gave it to Russia.
Ingratitude, in addition to being one of the
meanest of mans falings, seems one OF his
most deeply rooted.
Pravda ignores the fact that without ire
dictionary" weapons, without American DEM
ocracy, Hitler would be in Moscow now.