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Evening star., 1945-08-24
Lunnpkins Head,
Dc. Program
.ToAid Veterans
l. D. BeIveol Named
To Train Workers at
information Center

Porter M. Lumpkins, chief clerk
of the District Engineer Depart
ment, was named today to head
the Districts services to veterans
and war workers.
: Technically, Mr.. Lumpkins was
appointed director of the Depart
ment of Civilian Defense. which is
now being liquidated except for its
enlarged division of services to
veterans and war workers.
Mr. Lumpkins, who will direct
the veterans work in addition to
his duties in the Engineer Depart
ment, replaces Capt. H. c. White
hurt, director of the Highway De-
partment, as director of civilian de-
fense.
1t. Col. Leonce Legendre, Com
missioner John Russell Youngs ad-
wiser on veterans affairs, said Capt
Whitehurst had been relieved of his
duties as civilian defense director
because of his physical condition
and the increased work of the High
way Department.
Veteran Given Post.
Col, Legendre also announced that
L. Dee Belveal, disabled veteran
of this war who has been in charge
of public relations for the American
University training course for ma
tional service officers, has been Sc
lected as director of training at the
Veterans Information Center.
Mr.. Belveal, who is about Is years
old and saw Navy service in the
Pacific, will train interviewers and
act as liaison man with the repre-
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Dover, N. J. The first thing she in
tends to do when she is a civilian
once more is to drive back home.
After that, she's going to shop for
civilian clothes. Then she's going
to rest for week or two
BY that time, she said, she'll be
ready to go back to her old job at
the Macmillan Publishing Co. in
New York City, where she was in
the college textbook department be-
fore the war. Only now she will
take over as personnel manager for
the firm.
Enlisted in 1912.
1t. Callan entered the WAVES as
an ensign in December, 1912. Her
first nine months were spent as as
sistant selections officer at the
Hunter College training center
Then she was transferred to Wash
ington. She was promoted to the
rank of lieutenant Jg in, April.
1914.
She got into the WAVES in the
first place, she said, to find out how
the Navy intended to make use of
the women it was recruiting. Her
considered judgment, after 81
months, is that the women did ex-
tremely well, During peacetime
she believes, there still will be room
for women in the service, especially
as hospital aides. But some of the
jobs which women have beep han
ding curing the war, she said, might
better be turned back to the men
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D. C.,Private Business
May Employ Twice as
Many as Government

Nearly twice as many persons viii
be employed in private business In
the District as are working for the
Government within the next two
years, the Washington Board OF
Trade estimated today on the basis
of a survey among more than 1,20(
business firms.
Complete results of the survey are
being prepared for publication by
the Opinion Research Corp. oi
Princeton, N. j.. and will be mailed
to District businessmen next week.
About $4,000 persons will have
jobs with private firms in the Dis
trict within the next year or two
according to the survey. The number
Of persons employed by private bust
ness in July. 1914, was 256,00o.
At the same time, Government
staffs are expected to decline from
the July. 1914, level of 287 ,0OC
workers to 10000 within two years
the board said.
This would still be about three
times as many persons as hele
Government jobs in the Distric
during the first three months of tn,
Roosevelt administration. The Low
point in Federal employment here
between the wars was reached il
June, 1888, when only 65,437 per.
sons held Federal jobs. Before Mr.
Roosevelt was inaugurated, ther,
were 66,302 persons serving tn,
Government here.
The total number of persons work,
ing for the Government Throughout
the country and in foreign posts il
June, 1888, was only 499,995.
1t is believed that private EN-.
ployment here will absorb more thar
the $4,000 persons shown in the
survey, inasmuch as no account was
taken in the study of domestic
workers. The 1910 census showed
80, 1868 persons were employed al
domestics. In addition. many new
businesses not reflected in the survey
are expected to be established. .
The figures are consistent with the
established. ratio of prewar years
when the number of private Jobs
always exceeded the total number
of Government workers. The ratio
in 1880, for example, was 80 workers
in private industry to one Govern
ment employe. Today. the ratio is
closer to to /.
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|OIdest Working Barber, 81,
Will Stay on Postwar Job

Eighty-four -year-old Nick Bithi-
kas, believed to be the oldest work.
ing barber in the District, has no
intentions of retiring because the
war is over and younger BARRIERS will
be coming back from, the armed
forces.
Seeing that Washington men have
that well-groomed look despite the
shortage of BARRIERS has kept him
busy and happy.
I'm afraid if I stop, I'll die
quicker" he grinned.
Tony Durso, secretary of the
Board of BARRIERS Examiners, said he
believes Nick is the oldest barber
actually working at a chair here.
A barber for 54 years, Nick
operated his own shop at 924 Ninth
street NV. until year ago. Now
he works for his old friend, Henry
Stephenson, at 437 Ninth street
NV. Barbering is his career, his
art and his hobby.
Doesn't Discuss Age.
Few of his customers know his
age. He doesn't act his age. He
doesn't look it and he doesn't talk
about it.
In fact, Nick is one of those rare
BARRIERS who seldom talks to his
customers. 1t takes his mind of
his work. The war has made his
customers more nervous They've
got troubles"-and they relax when
he keeps quiet. Besides, he doesn't
speak English very well.
Nick learned the tonSorial art as
an apprentice in Patras, Greece.
First he sharpened razors, then he
shaved necks and finally he ad-
vanced to giving the long haircut
in vogue then. Nick landed in New
York in 1907 without knowing a
word of English. He arrived in
Washington on July 4, 1910.
1T was hot and noisy" he re-
called. But I liked it."
A bachelor, Nick lives alone at
703 Sixth street NV. He says he
has never been sick and gives credit
for his health to the fact that he
goes to bed at pm. and gets up
at I'm. He still smokes five cigars
a day and likes "a couple of drinks
once in while"
Never Misses Day.
Nick never misses a day at work.
The steady stream of wartime Gus
toners gives him few breathers.
Barriers are versatile characters,
and many have taken war jobs that
Evening star., 1945-08-24
Lifting Of Bus Curbs
TO Have No Immediate
Effect on D. T.. Lines

The Office of Defense Transporta-
tion order lifting certain wartime
restrictions on service given by the
Capital Transit Co. and the Wash
ington, Maryland & Virginia Coach
Co., Arnold Line will have no i'm
mediate effect here, spokesmen for
both companies said today,
Lifting of the order, effective
September /, clears the way fol
Capital Transit to inaugurate a
new service along Loughboro road
and other streets between Tenley
Circle and Macarthur boulevard
but the company said it probably
would be several months before
buses could be put on this line.
Until the present lines are getting
full service, transit officials said, nc
new line will be started. The line
along Loughboro road was planned
before the war, but not put into
effect because of the war.
The company said at present an
average of $50 street cars and buses
are idle for lack of manpower and
the company is short of TOO full
time operators.
BY revoking previous order
ODT gave permission to the Arnold
Line to operate all of their buses
from Virginia over the Key Bridge
to their regular terminal points at
Eleventh and E streets and Ninth
street and Constitution avenue NV
instead of requiring one-third OF
the weekday buses to stop at Fiji
teenth and X streets NV.
A spokesman for the line said
however. that the company planned
to continue Fifteenth and K streets
NV. as terminal point for some
of its buses during the rush hour
as a means of giving better service
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lsiHRst;oniing i
&Remiinde.y@a

Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
G-2 through U-2 good through
August 81. Stamps W. through
z-2 good through September 80.
Stamps Al through Ell good
through October 81. Stamps FL
through XII good through No.
vember 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. S6 valid for 5
pounds through August 81. Next
stamp valid September l..
Shoes-Airplane stamps, l, 2, 8 ana
in Book No. 8 good indefinitely
fol one pair of shoes each.
Evening star., 1945-08-24
Man Run Down and Hurt
By Car He Just Parked

Run down by his own car, John E.
Barrett, 60, of 1916 Queen street
NE, was in Providence Hospital to-
day with a fractured left arm and
injuries Of the head, elbows and
hands, police reported.
Mr.. Barrett said he received the
injuries last night in attempting to
prevent bis car from rolling back
ward after he parked it in the $500
block Of Twelfth street NE, police
said.
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pay more money. he said. Some of
those left. he complained. simply
don't have the art.
"Suiting customers is easy, If you
have the knack," he said. You
either have it or you don't"
In the early days, customers came
to his shop two or three times a
week. Their own razors and fancy
mugs were waiting for them. Now
the majority shave themselves with
safety razors and drop by twice a
month, he said.
A dapper little man, who doesn't
have much hair himself, Nick will
tell you that his customers have
from $4,000 to 100000 hairs. They
keep wearing their hair shorter and
shorter. Nick is glad many men
stopped wearing mustaches. 1t is
easier to give a clean shave.
Despite his own age, he would
rather work on young men.
They aren't so fussy," he said.
Evening star., 1945-08-24

Grams who have left the service
decorated heroes whose exploits are
written indelibly in the archives of
American valor-will be rounded up
to be honored afresh on Victory day.
There may be special sections in the
parades for these veterans. Or they
may march with their old outfits.
For example, the famed 29th Divi-
sion-most of whose original men,
bers came from the District, Mary
land and Virginia-is being broken
up to allow hundreds of high-point
men to come home. 1t is remain
ing in Germany indefinitely, with
requirements made up of men with
shorter foreign service from other
divisions. The 29th, which has been
in Europe nearly three years and
fought it's way from the Normandy
beachheads to the Rhine, may or
may not be available when Victory
day is held, but many of it's vet
Grams certainly will be.
All these complications are mere
details to be worked out and will
not detract from the mammoth
celebration which is being talked
about increasingly.
Warm Response Felt.
The Stars suggestion that the
Capital begin thinking about
Victory day celebration and perhaps
preliminary plans, even
though it may not be feasible to
hold it for some time, is finding
a warm response on Capitol Hill,
in the executive branches of the
Government and among citizens
generally.
The end of the war in complete
victory for America and the United
Nations should be commemorated in
one huge observance, with all the
lighting men, admiral and general
and private alike, honored at the
same time, officials feel.
Leaders in both houses of Con-
gress who are beginning to gather
for the resumption of legislative
business have indorsed the plan and
probably will express their feeling
IN an official way soon.
Evening star., 1945-08-24
Breaking Up of Fighter Units
WiNNot Block Victory Day Fete

Breaking up of combat divisions
and naval forces, in Europe and in
the Pacific, to allow high-point men
to leave the service, may delay but
will not interfere with the holding
of a national Victory day celebra-
tion. with parades and ceremonies
in the Capital and all over the
country, officials pointed out today
Crack outfits that fought from
ships and on beachheads and bat
tlefields across the world will be
reconstructed, with many replace
ments, by the time they are back
for grand reviews. But this factor
was encountered in victory parades
after past wars and never has de-
tracted from the mass bestowal of
honors, it was pointed out at the
War Department.
Pershing March Recalled.
When Gen. Pershing led the sea-
soned and heroic 1st Division up
Pennsylvania avenue September II,
1919, it was a far different outfit
from that which formed the van
guard of the AEF soon after Amer
lea entered the World War. Casual
ties had been heavy from Chateau
Thierry to the Argonne, and many
members went home after the
armistice, to be replaced by recruits
from the United States. But the
division had made history, and its
name was borne proudly by the
troops who marched. Then there
we're other veterans of heavy fight
ing in France who formed special
contingent in the parade.
Undoubtedly when divisions, ships
crews and air squadrons which won
fresh glory for American arms in
the Pacific and across the Atlantic
march here and in New York and
other cities, they will contain many
comparatively new to their rosters.
Many others will be absent at roll
call Some were left forever at sea
or on battlefields. Others will be
still recovering from their wounds
in hospitals. Others will have re-
turned to civil life.
Beyond doubt, however, many vet
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holics treated by the clinic thus far
are no longer problem cases"
About go per cent have quit drinking
altogether since their clinical treat
ment, and an additional 80 per cent
have cut their drinking down to
where it no longer presents a real
problem, he said.
Status at Clinic Undecided.
Exactly what effect DR.. Miller's
hospital dismissal will have on the
alcoholic clinic has not been decided.
DR.. Miller has stated he is "vitally
Interested in the problem of alco-
holic,'' and would like to continue
that type of work.
Dr.. George H. Ruhland, District
health officer, did not comment on
whether DR.. Miller would be asked
to stop his voluntary work with the
clinic. If Dr. Miller does leave the
clinic, the Health Department will
attempt to replace him, DR.. Rutland
said.
The alcoholic clinic will be a part
of the job of the director of the
recently created Mental Hygiene
Clinic when that position is filled.
DR.. John F.. Owen was appointed
to the position. but resigned be-
cause he said he lacked facilities
to carry on. The alcoholic clinic
then was organized on a voluntary
basis
DR.. Rutland said that DR.. Miller
was not being considered for the
job as director of the mental hy-
giene clinic. DR.. Rutland would not
comment on whether DR.. Miller
would be offered a job in the new
mental hygiene clinic in some ca
pacity other than director.
Until we get man to head the
clinic I cannot say who will be
asked to serve under him." DR.. Ruh-
land said
The only other positions available
in the clinic for psychiatrists are
part-time jobs, he said.
Evening star., 1945-08-24
Merit Awurds Given
Three Navy Employees

Three employees of the Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics have beer
presented with the Meritorious Ci-
villain Service Award for outstand-
ing work. They are: Gladys B
Fricker, 1750 Sixteenth street NV;
Escellyn E. Pelton, 2211 H street
NV, and Philip A. Clark, colored
1924 w street NV.
Each OF the employees received q
certificate and gold pin from Rear
Admiral H. B. Sallada, bureau chief
Evening star., 1945-08-24
|WMC OfficiuI Released
On Bond in Hit-Run Case

Homer Greenfield, 500 Surry
street, Chevy Chase, Md, an ad-
ministrative officer in the War
Manpower Commission, was released
under $500 bond today in Arlington
County Court on charges of driving
while drunk and hit-and-run driv-
ing. The case was continued to
August 81.
Police said Mr.. Greenfield was
arrested yesterday after an 80-mile-
an-hour chase on Lee boulevard.
during which his car struck the
rear OF an automobile driven by
Miss Blanche l.. Gibson, 200 Cam
eron road Falls Church
Evening star., 1945-08-24
Thieves GET 3 Tires
And S2,042i Cash

Thieves last night broke into a
gasoline station and a grocery and
removed % tires from the. station
and 500-pound safe containing
$2,042' from the grocery, police re-
port today.
Clyde H. Booth, manager of the
Food Fair Market, 30l4 Naylor road
Sc, this morning found that his
store had been entered by thieves
who forced rear door and removed
the safe containing receipts for sew
eral days, he told police.
Ellis E. Moubayed, owner OF a
gas station at SIG K street NV,
told police that his station had been
entered by thieves who forced the
side door and took % popular
grade" tires worth 1912.
Evening star., 1945-08-24
Judge Disqua|ifies
Self in Vice Trial;
Successor Sought

The vagrancy trial of 24-year-old
Deloris Nieto, arrested July l3. in
police raid on massage parlor"
in the 1700 block of Pennsylvania
avenue NV, which police said was
house of prostitution, will begin
all over again at 1:30 pm today
this time before a new judge.
Municipal Court Judge Aubrey
FenneIl late yesterday disqualified
himself from hearing the case upon
the suggestion of Defense Attorneys
T. Edward O'Connell and Michael
Colbert after he had conferred with
Government prosecutors in the alb
sence of the defense. The confer
ence took place in the judges cham
bers with Assistant Corporation
Counsels Henry Wixon and Robert
Wise. The Nieto case was discussed,
it was said, but only in connection
with points of law and not on its
merits.
Calls Judge Impartial.
Mr. O'Connel said he was con-
vinced of Judge Fennell's imparti-
ality in the matter, but that he
deemed it proper that the iurist re-
move himself from the case in view
of the private talk he had with the
prosecutors.
Court attaches believed there
might be some difficulty in arrang-
ing for another judge to take over
the trial in view of the shortage
on the Municipal Court bench owing
to the vacation period. An attempt
was made yesterday afternoon to
find another judge who would be
able to accept the case immediate
ly, but none could be found.
Under the circumstances, much
of the testimony that was presented
on Wednesday will have to be re-
peated today. Defense counsel stipu-
lated willingness to accept the testi-
mony of the Government first two
witnesses relating to rents paid on
the Pennsylvania avenue establish
ment and licenses granted for the
operation of massage parior.
Veteran to Retell Story.
The story of Edmund Holmes
Potter, 49-year- -old disabled war vet
eran, who previously testified he
had tipped off police about the
place, will have to be told again.
Mr.. Potter, who said he had visited
the massage parlor" about once
month for more than a year,
said he told 1t Roy Blick, chief
of the vice squad, that he thought
the place was "gyp joint" after
he received what he considered to
be unfair treatment.
The trials of four other women
arrested in the raid and charged
| with vagrancy will come later. The
others are Carmen Beach, %; Judy
Hunt, 27, and Mary Karikas, "a,
and Mrs. Margaret Locke, 81.
Police say the latter woman op-
Grated the establishment.
Mrs. Locke also awaits trial in
District Court on two indictments
growing out of the raid charging
her with procuring a woman for
prostitution and with accepting fees
from prostitutes and arranging for
women to engage in prostitution.
The Beach woman is named with
Ms. Locke in the first indict-
ment accusing her of procuring.
Evening star., 1945-08-24
Escaped Prisoner Couoht

Morris Watkins, colored, %, an es.
capped prisoner from State Camp No
II, Culpeper, Va, was arrested by
Arlington police early today in Ross.
lyn. He told police he escaped late
Yesterday from farm near Warren
ton. stole clothes in Manassas and
caught . ride to Rosslyn.
Evening star., 1945-08-24

. sentatives of seven interested Gov
ernment agencies, Col Legendre said
Maj. Ennalis Waggaman, who has
operated the center since it started
six months ago, will no longer be
connected with it, Col. Legendre
said. Volunteers now serving at the
center will leave with Maj. Wagga-
man, he added Maj. Waggaman,
volunteer, is now on vacation and
was not notified of the changes
before he left, workers at the CEN
ter said.
Col. Legendre said that the in
terested agencies would install their
representatives at the center and
Mr.. Belveal would train them.
Agencies which. Col. Legendre
said would have representatives at
the center include American Red
Cross, Selective Service. Veterans
Administration, United States En-
ployment Service. Civil Service
Commission, Railroad Retirement
Board and Vocational Education Di-
vision of the Federal Security
Agency.
Spokesman for the Veterans Ad-
ministration and the Civil Service
Commission asked about the ar
srangements to have their represent
atives at the center, said they had
not yet agreed to the plan.
Will Talk to Bradley.
. Howard Dickensheets, regional
Veterans Administration director
said he would be glad to take up the
question with Gen. Omar N. Brad
ley, administrator of veterans af-
fairs, whenever the center appears
to justify the use of full-time
Veterans Administration employe.
In addition to these representa-
tives and Mr.. Belveal, Col Legendre
said, two more paid employees will
be added to the center staff.
Earlier Col. Legendre told The
Star that Everything will be diff
ferent" at the center starting next
month and that "the Commission
ers are making arrangements about
appropriations"
When the Volunteer Office moves
out of it's half of the cottage at
1850 Pennsylvania avenue NV, Col
Legendre said, the center will ex-
Il pand. The move is expected next
q Thursday.
The reorganization was announced
by Col. Legendre soon after being
informer of complaints that workers
at the center feel like forgotten
men" and have been very much
afraid the veterans felt the same
way.
In the past, much Of the inter-
viewing the veterans at the center
has been done by volunteers who
say they lust grew up with the
center" and have had no special
trainin.
"It would be wonderful" Mrs
Ruth Yates, one of the workers, said
yesterday, IF we could get repre-
sentatives here from the Veterans
Administration, Civil Service Com
mission and the United States En-
ployment Service. Those are the
three agencies we use most, and it
would save the men so much time
and running around"
= She cited the record for one day
ssthis week as an example of the
amount Of referring that has to be
dome. There were 70 Clients" in.
sctuding 10 who telephoned theil
queries. They asked 104 questions
seventeen of the questions were an.
sssWered at the center. To get the
answers to the remaining 81 ques.
sttons the men had to 60 to other
Aagencies. OF these referrals, sever
We're to the Civil Service Commis.
sssaon, rs to the Veterans Admins.
4fation and 10 to the USES
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SS<C3 OtFxz1E2eSxE11.
Mr.. Hoover, a native of Washing
ton, has been general manager and
secretary of Government Services,
Inc. formerly the Welfare and Rec
reation Association), since Febru-
ary, 1929. He is graduate of the
George. Washington and Georgetown
Universities law schools and served
as captain with the Army Engi-
neers during the World War.
Evening star., 1945-08-24
Welfare Aide Named

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. "a (P).-
Miss May o. Hankins, commissioner
of public welfare, yesterday an
nounced the appointment of Miss
Eula Jane Armstrong as assistant
director of the Bureau of Field
Service. She will assist w. L.
Painter. bureau director, in develop
ing and maintaining programs in
the local public welfare departments