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Evening star., 1945-07-27
Banker Pleads for st. Johns
On Behalf of Son in Service

CHICAGO, Ill, July 27 Op.-A
Chicago banker, the father of a
former st. Johns College student
now plotting a B-29 in the Pacific,
has written letter to Congress
pleading against the Navy's pro-
posed acquisition of the college be-
cause Il know how distressing such
action would be to my son."
Harold Eckhart, addressing Chair
man Walsh of the Senate Naval
Affairs Committee, declared that
even though the seizure of the
college may be more convenient to
the Navy Department than some
other course, such convenience
could not justify the great harm that
would be done"
st. Johns, the writer continued,
was the sole institution he knew
of in the country putting such con
sistent emphasis on teaching men
how to think. AS a business and
professional man of many years
experience I have observed how COM
paratively few people really think,
and therefore every effort
should be made to keep ST. John S
going and unhampered by the con-
slant threat of having its home
taken from it,"
Evening star., 1945-07-27
SuitIand Office
Costing Million
Planned by U. 5
Building Would House
1000 in Census,
photographic Units

Construction Of a new Federal
office building at Suitland, Md, at
cost of more than $1,000,000 will
begin soon, 1t was announced today
by w. E. Reynolds, Public Buildings
Administration commissioner.
The new building. which will be
the third Federal office structure
at Suitland, will house about 1000
Federal workers of the Census Bu-
reau and the Navy photographic
Once and will provide space for a
PBA field office. The Census Bu-
reau and the photographic Office
both have buildings at Suitland.
Mr.. Reynolds said the new build
ing will be located at Suitland
avenue and Silver Hill road and
will be known as building No. A.
A 475-foot tunnel will connect the
new building with building No. 3.
To be of reinforced concrete, fiat
slab construction, the building will
be designed to be used as ware
house if necessary. 1t will be a
three-story, "E"-shaped structure
with a 301-foot frontage and a
depth OF 1872 feet. Each of the wings
will be 81 feet wide and the entire
building will provide a gross floor
area of 233,600 square feet and a
net usable floor space of $4,000
square feet.
There will be eight entrances to
the building. which will be lighted
by semi-indirect incandescent type
flxtures. Roads in the area of the
building will be rerouted and land
scaped.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Gen. Hays Back in D. c.
For New Assignment

Maj. Gen. George p. Hays, COM
mander of the 10th Mountain Diyi-
sion since November, 1944, returned
to Washington late yesterday from
overseats to await new assign
ment.
Holder of the Congressional Medal
OF Honor, Gen. Hays served for two
years as artillery commander of
the I'd Infantry Division, landing
with 1t on the beaches of Nor
mandy in the initial invasion OF
France. He was transferred later
to the 10th Mountain Division in
Italy.
Gen. Hays won his Medal OF
Honor for conspicuous gallantry in
action in France July l4-16, 1918
while serving with the 10th Field
Artillery. He also was awarded the
Silver Star and won high decora-
tions from the French, including
the Cross of the Legion Of Honor
In this war he has been awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal
the Legion Of Merit and the Bra
lillian Mccall Of War.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Two Held for Extorfing
$40 From Woman Hacker

Two men were held for the grand
fury today by United States Com
missioner Needham G.. Turnage on
extortion charges after police ac-
cused them of posing as police Of
ficers in obtaining $40 from woman
cab driver this morning.
The commissioner set bond at $500
each for Julius Rosenberg, IS, of
1921 Georgia avenue NV, said to
be. filling station operator, and
Daniel Iacone, 80, of 6031 Third
street NV, who is a painter, ac-
cording to police. Both pleaded
guilty.
Detective Sergt. Albert Embrey,
one of the arresting officers. said
the men stopped the cab driver,
Elsie Shawn, 40, of 1000 Rittenhouse
street NV, at Georgia avenue and
Kennedy street NV. and accused
her of driving while drunk.
The officer said they then ordered
the woman to enter their car, osten-
sibly to take her to the sixth pre-
cinct. Mrs. Shawn offered the men
$40 to let her go, police said. Her
offer was accepted but she took
down the license number of their
car as they drove away and notified
police, the detective said. The men
did not wear uniforms.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
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Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
K-2 through Pa good through
July 81. Stamps o. through U-2
good through August 81. Stamps
W. through "a good through
September 30. Stamps Al
through Ell good through Octo-
Der 81 Stamps FL through XII
vslid Wednesday and good through
November 30.
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
To through X-2 good through
July 81. Stamps Y-2, "a and
Al through C-1 good through
August 81. Stamps D-1 through
HI good through September 80.
Stamps J-l through Nj good
through october 81. Stamps P-1
through I'll valid Wednesday and
good through November 80.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points for
each pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp No. SO valid for .
pounos through August 81. Next
stamp valid September /.
Shoes-Airplane stamps !. q and >
In Book No 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each. Stamp
4 becomes valid August !.
Gasoline-B-7, CT. B-8 and ca
coupons good for 5 gallons eacn.
A-l6 coupons valid for s gallons
each through September 81.
Fuel Oil-Periods |. 2, 3, 4 and 3
coupons good for 10 gallons per
unit through August 81. Period l
coupons for 1945-46 season now
valid. All curr, ly valid coupons.
except for solj7 III, mbered cou-
pons of de Unite value. will expire
August 81.
Evening star., 1945-07-27

he was surprised. The queries wert
so involved he did not even want
to start on them, he said, but he
did say that research now being
done at Walter Reed promises tc
cut down the number of daily in
jections from a maximum of eight
to possibly two. Perhaps this car
be done by combining the drug with
peanut oil, he said, to reduce the
rate at which the human body
eliminates the curative.
Sir Alexander said penicillin coulc
be put in toothpaste If no water
an unstable inf1uence-waS used ir
the manufacture of the paste.
The veterans clapped loud anc
long when Sir Alexander finished
An officer asked how many Of them
had been treated with penicillin
Nearly every hand went up. The
doctor looked over the roomful OF
raised hands and smiled.
From the front row, Sergt. Edwin
Jenkinson, %, of Springfield. N. j..
who was treated with penicillin for
jungle disease in the Netherlands
East Indies, shouted
There's your answer, doctor
Thank YOU"
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Dogs Bite Two Here;
Police Told 10 Enforce
New Leash Law

Police and personnel OF the
poundmaster's Office were under in
structions today from the District
Commissioners to enforce strictly
the recent dog-leashing procla-
nation.
Other developments in the cam
paign to restrain and control dogs
included an incident in which a
child was bitten by a leashed dog,
and another incident in which a
dog owner elected to forfeit $40
after her unleashed dog bit youth.
The leashed dog bit William
Schmidt, 6, of 1922 Twentieth street
NE, on the arm and shoulder, ac-
cording to police. The child was
playing ball at the Taft School
playground, Eighteenth and Quincy
streets NE, and had run into the
street near the dog which was held
on a leash by the owner. Police
identified the dogs master as
Austin Cusack. 1907 Monroe street
They directed him to keep
the animal confined pending ex-
animation by the Health Depart
ment.
Collateral Forfeited.
The $40 collateral was forfeited by
Mrs. Margaret Ridgeway, 4217
Twelfth place NE, whose unleashed
dog, police said, bit Robert Drye
Is, of 1920 Michigan avenue NE.
The Commissioners order on the
enforcement of the dog-leashine
proclamation, issued yesterday, was
coupled with the caution that un-
leashed dogs may be impounded
only when they do not carry on
their collar q current license tag.
Acting on the recommendation oi
Corporation Counsel Richmond B.
Keech, they issued the instructions
in an effort to clarity the problem
of enforcement of the leashins
proclamation which went into effect
Monday.
The Commissioners told police "to
have commanding officers instruct
members of their precincts to pay
particular attention to dogs on their
beats"
when any dog is running loose
in violation of the provisions OF the
proclamation, any policeman has
the right to and should, when prac-
ticable, obtain the license number o1
the dog, ascertain from the superin-
tendent of licenses the name AND
address of the owner, and cause pa.
pers to be filed tfor warranO," the
statement said.
Enforcement Important.
"It is vitality important that this
proclamation be strictly enforced,
they added.
The Commissioners informed
Poundmaster Frank Marks that un-
! der existing law he was authorized
ito impound any dog running al
large without a current license tae
attached to his collar or harness
any female dog in heat running o.
large, and any dog, even though Il
be licensed, II the license tag is moi
attached to him."
Evening star., 1945-07-27
|GaI|inger Studies
Decision That Gives
Employees Overtime

Gallinger Hospital officials today
were studying the effect of the de-
cision Of Corporation Counsel Rich
mond B. Keech that las studen.
nurses and interns were entitled te
all the overtime-pay benefits and
leaves of regular District employees.
DR.. Alvin r. Sweeney, superin-
tendent, said he did not know what
effect the order would have on the
three-year training period of stu
dent nurses. He pointed out that
leaves would cut into the present
study periods and that it raised q
question of policy whether the course
would have to be extended.
The Commissioners yesterday ap.
proved Mr.. Keech's report, which
had the backing of District Auditor
Arthur r. Pilkerton.
The question of whether student
nurses and interns were entitled IL
all the benefits of overtime pay.
ments, sick and annual leave wa.
raised in January by DR.. Daniel L
Seckinger, acting health officer, whe
was then acting superintendent o,
Gallinger.
DR.. Seckinger said most interni
and nurses worked IL to IA hours /;
day and frequently seven days (
week. He said it would be impos
sible to render patients adequat,
service and at the same time Sticl
to the 8-hour day, 44-hour weel
without tremendous increase IL
both personnel and money"
DR.. Sweeney said 33 interns ane
50 resident physicians will be place.
on an 86-hour week and that they
will receive time and half for work
over 40 hours week. The superin.
tendent said Commissioner Gu,
Mason has agreed to the hours.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Navy Soon Will Open
Negotiations 10 Buy
ST. Johns College
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Navy plans to open actual
negotiations for purchase of St.
Johns College at Annapolis, Md,
in about month.
Capt. Andrew j. Murphy, head
of the real estate division of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks, said
today that talks with officials of
the college will start as soon as
appraisal information is at hand
Appraisers have been chosen, he
told a reporter, and will probably
have finished their task in four or
five weeks.
I'VE will take no definite action
until Congress has acted" Capt.
Murphy said.
Women to Make Protest.
Meanwhile, Gov. O'Conor said
yesterday that he had arranged a
conference with Vice Admiral Ben
Moreell, chief of the Bureau Of
Yards and Docks for five of the
women who appeared at the execu-
tive Offices to protest Navy acquisi-
ton of st. Johns College.
Mrs. Morden Riggs, Annapolis,
who headed the delegation of near
ly 100 which protested the planned
purchase of the Nations third oldest
campus for expansion of the Naval
Academy, also will head the Com
mittee of Five at the conference
in Washington on Monday.
The governor also related he had
conferred with Navy officers here
and presented the viewpoint of
Marylanders opposed to the pur-
chase of st. Johns. 1t was made
clear" to him, the governor added,
that the Navy considered st. Johns
campus absolutely necessary" for
expansion Of the academy.
Congress Must Approve.
Approval by the Naval Affairs
Committees of both Senate and
House is required for purchase of
land by the Navy. The House Com
fIllGtSC Olu hui act DC1OIC IicllUcIe
left for their homes last week end,
and an aide of the Senate group
said today that I'VE do not antic-
ipate any action until after the
recess"
Chairman Vinson OF the House
Committee said last week that the
Navy would proceed with negotia-
tions looking toward acquisition of
the 32-acre campus, subject to later
approval by the committees.
Navy officials told the Congress
sional groups that additional dor
mitories for Naval Academy mid
shipmen will be erected on the cam
pus. If acquired. The department
declined yesterday to disclose fur
ther details on building plans.
Congress will be asked this fall
to approve plans to increase size of
the academy from its present 3,400
to between 5000 and $500 midship-
men.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
By JULIA EDWARDS.

War is bringing semblance of
peace to the alimony battlefield,
although at first it threatened to do
the reverse.
The number of men committed to
the District Jail for failure to pay
alimony reached a new peak during
the year ending July, 1943.
Today one lonely man resides on
what once was "Alimony Row." The
number of commitments dropped to
new low in the fiscal year 1945.
While the divorce rate continues
to rise, the number of women haul
ing former husbands into District
Court for failure to keep up their
alimony payments is decreasing.
THE problem has practically dis
appeared" said Jean Boardman
attorney.
Less Demanding.
Few women without children are
getting alimony these days, he re-
ported. When women can get jobs
they are less apt to demand enforce
ment of an alimony order.
Men always fiat broke" In front
of the Judge more frequently find
the money before the jail gates
clang behind them, added another
attorney, John j. O'Brien.
The draft also has reduced ALI
mony squabbles, he said. When a
divorced wife qualities for an allot-
ment the Army takes the money out
of a soldiers pay before he can
spend it. Women who never col
lected on alimony orders have
caught up with their husbands In
the armed forces.
The number of men jailed for
contempt of court jumped from 4s
in 1910 to 81 in 1943 and fell to SO in
1945. Howard B. Gill, superin-
tendent of penal institutions, esti-
mates that 80 per cent Of the cases
involved nonpayment of alimony.
Calls Them "ShiftIess."
Prior to July, 1943, the population
and the number of divorces here
were increasing before either war
time prosperity or the draft had
fully affected these men, Mr.. Gill
pointed out. oe
"Shiftless" Is his word for the
majority of men on alimony row
They drink too much, spend toe
freely, cannot accept responsibility
Others prefer jail to supporting
their ex-wives, he said.
Great love can turn into great
hate"
Like one robust inmate, with tat
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Mrs. {. Mildred Hill Held
For Grand Jury in Fraud

Mrs. c. Mildred Hill, 65-year-old
Washington woman charged with
using the mails to defraud In a
matrimonial correspondence scheme
today was held for grand jury action
after waving preliminary examina-
ton before United States Commits
sioner Needham C. Turnage.
At her arraignment last week, Mrs
Hill through her attorneys, Harry
and Reuben Bonnet, entered a not
guilty plea. Bond of $4,000, posted
for Mrs. Hill by Bondsman William
j. O'Neill, remained the same.
Mrs. Hill, former resident at 41e
Irving street NV, and mother of
10 children, was brought here a
week ago from Chicago, where she
was arrested after Henry Heslick. a
war plant carpenter in that city and
one of her alleged victims, COM
planned to police.
According to Post Office inspec-
tors, Mrs. Hill had obtained more
than $4,000 from men all over the
country. w. T. Quay, Post Ofice
Department inspector, has said he
has "a bushel basket of letters" for
use as evidence against Mrs. Hill.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Court Denies Rehearinq
OF Mcfarland AppeaI

The United States Court of Ap-
peals has denied rehearing OF the
appeal of former Marine Pfc. Earl
j. Mcfarland, "a, whose District
Court conviction for the murder of
Dorothy M. Berrum, Is, in East Po-
tomac Park last October was affirmed
by the appellate court July 2.
AT the time the Court of Appeals
affirmed the conviction, p. Bateman
Ennis, attorney for Mcfarland, an
nounced he would seek rehearine
and said that If the appellate court
refused to rehear the appeal that
he would seek a review of the case
in the Supreme Court.
Mcfarland is scheduled to be elec-
trocuted August 81.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Army Decorafes DR.. Wright
For Optical Glass PROGRAM

DR.. Frederick E. Wright of 2l34
Wyoming avenue NV, geophysic.
authority. has been awarded the
Civilian Award for Exceptiona,
Service for his work for the Army
since January, 1912. the War De.
partment announced today.
The citation outlined the services
rendered by DR.. Wright in estab.
fishing an effective program for the
production of optical glass and op.
t1cal elements to meet urgent mill.
tary needs. Brig. Gen. H. C. Minton
director of the production division
Army Service Forces, made the
presentation this week.
DR.. Wright is on leave from the
Carnegie Institution of Washington
as technical adviser to the joint
Army-Navy Optics Committee. He
is a graduate of the University O,
Heidelberg and holds an honorar,
doctor of science degree from the
University of. Michigan.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Federal Taxes Rise =
S144,934,799 in As
In Maryland and D. {.

Federal taxes in the Maryland in
ternal revenue district, including the
District of Columbia, increased from
81 ,113, ,376, ,488 in the fiscal year end
ing June 80, 1914, to 81 ,258, ,311 ,287 in
the succeeding fiscal year, gain of
$144, 4,934,799, according to prelimi-
nary figures released by the Inter-
nal Revenue Bureau.
Internal revenue receipts for the
entire country increased to s43, ,793,-
339, 1897, a gain of S3,674,519,5 ,579 over
the previous year.
In the Maryland district corpora
tion taxes rose from $79,199, ,973 in
the fiscal year 1914 to $118,577 ,29O
in 1945. Individual taxes fell of
during the same period from $685.
SOB 1886 to $3.50, 1852 800 and excess
profits taxes rose from s143, ,430, ,8o2
to $3.50, ,377,273.
There was no breakdown of figures
separating the District of Columbia
from the rest of the Maryland COL
lection district.
Collections from States in this
area, showing totals and the princi-
pal breakdown of sources of revenue
for 1945 and 1914, respectively, in
clude the following:
Virginia, $500, ,703, ,oS3 and $685.
129 $50, including corporation, S62,-
188,657 and $59,77S,0 ,0o3; individual,
$220, 0,914,176 and 1922, Ala, ,180; excess
profits, s15o,006, ,46o and s132, ,076, SIT.
West Virginia, S190,055, ,957 and
s177 ,880,370, including corporation
s24, ,459, AL and $24, TOT ,02o; individ-
ual, $92 2,939 ,569 and s91 BOT 1855; ex-
cess profits, $40, TAT ,339 and s34, $780,
278.
For the Nation as whole a
breakdown of the. sources of the
revenue for 1945 and 1914. respec-
GiYelv. inc"-Ce.
Corporation, $4,950, ,282, ,087 and S.
248, ,847,309; individual $18,989, ,315 ,112
and $18,257, ,180,877; excess profits
$40 ,966, ,816,070 and 1886, ,829 ,079
total employment taxes, $l,779 ,245, :
l66 and $1,737 1868 1886; total all other
taxes, $7,1o7, ,680,95o and $3.50 ,09s, :
l55.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
New Polio Case Here
Boosts Total 10 49

The number of infantile paralysis
cases in the Metropolitan Area this
year reached 40 today as the Health
Department reported another polio
victim.
The new case involves 2-year-
old boy of the 2700 block of Nichols
avenue Sc. Three other victims,
all of whom are at Children's Hos
pital, were reported yesterday. They
are an 8-year-old girl from Arling-
ton, a 6h-year- -old boy from Alex
andria and an 18-month- boy
from the 2700 block of Knox terrace
Sc.
District cases now total "a out-of-
town cases hospitalized in the Dis
trict total 25. Last year at this time
there. we're % cases. from out of
town and IA local.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Boy Admits Stealing $1,000
In Theaters, Police Say

A 15-year-old boy who police said
confessed many thefts of pocket
books from theater-goers by using
the "seat-tipping" method, today
was in custody of juvenile authori-
ties following his arrest last night
in the Capitol Theater.
The who, who lives in the 1700
block of Third street NV, would
enter theater, police said, and sit
behind woman who had placed
her purse on an empty seat. Then
the. officers added, he would tip
the empty seat with his foot, caus-
ing the purse to slide out of the
back and on the floor before him.
Police said the boy admitted using
the system over a period of one
year and told them 1t netted him
over $1,000 during that time.
Evening star., 1945-07-27
IWMC TackIesProb
I0f Jobs for Officers
Who Lack Experience

At the request of the Army, the
War Manpower Commission is now
graphing with the problem of
peacetime jobs for young officers
who never held a job before they
went to war, Robert Goodwin,
VINO executive director, said today.
He emphasized VINO does not in
tend to give priority on job oppor-
tunities to officers over enlisted men
but is only trying to do for the Off
GERS what it has already done-by
Army resquest-for the enlisted
men.
Mr.. Goodwin explained that when
the Army originally requested VINO
to study the skills acquired by men
in the armed forces and match
them against the requirements for
civilian jobs, no mention was made
of officers.
Training and Skills Studied.
Later, he said, the Army started
worrying about the special problems
of the young men who left high
school or college to go into the
armed forces and became leaders.
VINO. he said, has compiled the
information on what it takes to be
an officer and is now surveying ex-
ecutive, supervisory and technical
fields, and others, to find out how
young officers can make use of their
Army training.
AS part of the survey, he revealed,
United States Employment Service
Offices here have been asked to give
case reports on discharged officers
who have been successfully placed
on civilian jobs. This information
will be circulated to VINO analysts
and job counselors throughout the
country to give clues in the place
ment of other returning officers.
Develop Special Talents.
The directive emphasized that
the officers responsibility in the
armed forces was not exclusively in
leading men into battle, but in
volved training, supervision and
control of groups of men and care
of servicing of extremely important
material.
"Tt is extremely difficult to meas
ure the value of such experience, -
the director said. Without doubt in
many cases, it has developed quail
fications which could not be ap-
proximated during normal work.
ing career covering a much longer
period,
"In many instances, training or
retraining for civilian occupation
will be necessary, or because the
job of an average officer does not
train him in any specific vocational
skill which can readily be utilized In
any competitive labor market"
The directive also pointed out that
many of the young officers have
married since they went into the
armed forces and they and their
families are accustomed to living
on an officers income and UNDER
standably they do not want to alter
their standards of living"
Local officers were told 1t was
their responsibility ito assist these
young officers to the greatest degree
possible to find suitable employ
ment."
Evening star., 1945-07-27
Permit to Wear Uniform
Given Discharged Airmen

Honorably discharged personnel
of the Army Air Forces will be per-
mitted to wear the uniforms on Air
Force Day next Wednesday, the
War Department has announced.
The ruling was made to permit
them to share in the tribute that
will be paid airnen on that day.
Uniforms may be worn complete
with insignia and decorations.