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Evening star., 1945-02-16
Potomac Program
Details Amplified
By Army Engineers

The cost of the Potomac River
flood control, water publication,
power and recreational facilities
program, calling for postwar con-
lStruction over a 20-year period,
would be S235, ,720 900, it was revealed
by Army engineers today. as they
Iamplified details of tie project pub
lished in The Star on January 3.
Details have been sent to in
terested parties who will testify at
the forthcoming hearings of the
Board of Engineers for Rivers and
Harbors. Should the report meet
the boards approval, the program
will be sent to Congress.
The report. which is now being
studied by the Army Board of En-
gineers for Rivers and Harbors, also
stated that benefits to navigation
would result from the retention of
silt in the storage reservoirs, thereby
eliminating the periodic dredging of
silt now deposited in the Washing
ton Harbor
Power Benefits Seen.
In addition, it was stated that
water power benefits would result
from the sale of electrical energy to
contiguous market areas in the vi
cinity of Philadelphia and Balti-
more as well as the District and
vicinity and in the Potomac River
Basin.
Plans call for an extensive net
work of IA dams and reservoirs to
be built during the 20-year period
The average annual benefits of such
a program would be SIS, ,712 900 or an
approximate So outlay for SO gain
according to the War Departments
Office of Division Engineer, Middle
Atlantic division. The annual cost
of the long-range construction pro-
gram is estimated at $11 100000.
The yearly benefits are listed as
follows: s573,000 in pollution abate-
ment. s253,000 saving in flood de-
struction, S289 900 in recreation fa-
cilities, $4,000 in additional water
supply. $4,000 in improved high
way facilities, $4,000 ir navigation
i'm llrovements and $l4,345 600 in
hyo 'oelectric power.
Ia Reservoirs Planned. IA
The plan calls for the IA multiple
purpose reservoirs to be constructed
in sections of the watershed, includ-
ing the Riverbend site on the Po-
tomac above Great Falls, the Chain
Bridge site on the river near the up
per limits of the District and the
Bear Island site on the Potomac in
the vicinity of Great Falls.
The Chain Bridge project calls for
shore boundary acquisition. as well
as construction of navigation locks
Army engineers said the locks would
allow recreation craft to proceed
from Washington to Harpers Ferry
through the three lower reservoirs
and parts of the Chesapeake & Ohio
Canal. The engineers also gave as
Surance that special study had been
made so that construction of the
project would not detract from the
scenic attractions and historical
landmarks there.
The report estimated that the
flow of water over Great Falls be-
tween the proposed Chain Bridge
and Riverbend dams will be at least
equal to. if not greater than, the
present natural flow 70 per cent of
the time. During the summer and
fall months. when visitors enjoy
viewing Great Falls, the regulated
flows during the daylight hours
would be about one-third greater, y
the report said.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Hershey Report
On DeferInents
Called Unfair
Puryeor Says Only
6,770 u. S. Workers
Under 30 Got Stuys

Edgar F. Puryear, Government de-
ferment chairman, charged today
that Selective Service Director Her.
shey's report to Congress yesterday
on the number of deferred Federal
workers gives an unfair and dis
torted picture" of the Governments
actual deferment record.
Citing Gen. Hershey's report that
265, 800 Government jobholders
qualified for military service were
deferred as of December /, 1914
Mr.. Puryear said that, excluding
the War and Navy Departments
only 6,770 Federal workers under
80 now held occupational defer
ments.
Majority Over 30.
Gen. Hershey's statement" Mr.
Puryear said, fails to make clear
that all except $4,000 of these de-
ferred workers are over 80 and re-
classified because of that fact and
in many instances at the special
request Of the Selective Service Sys-
tenn ITSELF"
"Out of the 5000 under 80, only
6.770 are in the 73 Government
agencies and the remainder are in
the War and Navy Departments
where they are employed in arse
mails, navy yards and other direct
war production.
Among the 6,770 are Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation agents. whose
work in protecting and safeguarding
the Nation is critical, as well as
physicists, chemists and aeronauti-
cal engineers"
Few Given Deferments.
Mr.. Puryear said his Regional
Committee on Deferment of Gov
ernment Employees is constantly
turning down applications for defer.
ment and in the near future, prac-
tically no one will be left in the
Government under 30 who is physi-
cally qualified for combat"
AS for the men over 30. he said
their agencies asked for their defer
ment at the insistence of the Selec-
tive Service System to bring the
Government in line with private in
dustry.
Gen. Hershey has given an un-
fair statement in that it presents a
distorted picture of what is actually
happening in the Government" de-
clared Mr.. Puryear. The Govern
ment's deferment record actually is
far better than that of private in
dustry."
Evening star., 1945-02-16
5,O0O-Bed Hospital
Al Camp Pickett Opens
By the Associated Press,

os tHe A1coclzt&d ffeSk. -
CAMP PICKETT, Va, Feb. 16-
An undisclosed number of the first
patients for Camp Pickett's new S.
o00-bed convalescent hospital ar
rived yesterday and formally opened
one Of the largest institutions Of its
kind in the Nation, Col. Frank B.
Lannon's, commanding officer Of
the camp, has announced.
The patients who have improved
sufficiently to be released from an
Army general hospital will remain
here on an average of five weeks
and will undergo a gradually in
creased program of physical and
educational reconditioning designed
to speed their return to full strength
and full duty.
A large section of the contonment
area of the camp, formerly used for
housing troops in training here, has
been turned over to the hospital,
which will have complement of as
officers and 1900 enlisted and civil
ian personnel. An Army band will
be assigned there, along with other
facilities for providing recreational
and training activities.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Taverns Get WARNING
On Midnight Closing
In Prince Georges

Prince Georges County's taverns
today were on notice by the County
Liquor Board to close their estab-
lishments at midnight on Satur-
days or run the risk of being de-
clared out of bounds by military and
naval authorities.
The request to institute the mid
night closing hour was made by the
board at a meeting with the
licensees yesterday in the Upper
Marlboro Courthouse.
Assurances that taverns would
comply with the request were given
in an announcement after the
meeting by Lawrence Whalen. pres
ident of the County Hotel and Res
taurant Association, that members
of his organization would put the
plan into effect beginning tomor-
row. Holders of off-sale liquor
licenses already are closed by mid
night every night under the terms
of their licenses and the ma jority
of these close at 10 pm.
Close Here at 2 AM.
At present liquor establishments
holding on-sale licenses close at 2
am. every night, while Washington
taverns close at 2 am. on weekdays
and midnight on Saturdays
Declaring that several tayerns in
the county are in Imminent dam
ger" of being placed off limits by
Military District OF Washington
authorities. william H. Brooke, q
member Of the Liquor Board, quoted
military authorities as saying they
may place all taverns in certain
sections Of the county out Of bounds
unless conditions are corrected.
Mr.. Brooke said military author
tiles told the board last week that
most Of the conditions about which
they complained arose out Of the
two-hour differential in the Sat
urday night closing hours of tay-
erns in the District and Prince
Georges County.
While admitting that the request
to close at midnight Saturdays was
put on q voluntary basis. Mrs. Mary
Browning, board chairman, declared
that if any complaints are made
concerning an establishment which
refuses to institute the midnight
closing hour, "it will be taken into
consideration when the owner of the
tavern is brought before U.s."
Owners Held Responsible.
Mrs. Browning also warned the
dealers that the board will use its
power to suspend or revoke licenses
to force licensees to comply with the
law in maintaining orderly estab-
ishments. Ill
1.-THE owner of each liquor estab-
ishment will be held responsible
for the operation of his or her
place, and excuses that the bar
tender has violated the law with
out the knowledge of the owner
will not be accepted" Mrs. Browning
asserted.
Mrs. Browning also said that ''by
closing at midnight, we mean just
that and not merely closing the
doors and continuing to do business
on the inside"
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Green Meadows-Brookside
Charter Bill Beinq Drafted

A bill to incorporate Green
Meadows and Brookside Manor of
Prince Georges County under a
charter government is being drafted
by the Green Meadows and Brook
side Manor Citizens Associa ton, M
Beale Porter, president of the as
sociation, announced today.
Mr.. Porter said Delegate Perry
o. Wilkinson of Hyattsville is ex-
pecteG to introduce such meas
IRE in this session of the Maryland
Legislature. The bill would provide
for a three-man commission form of
government and the community
would be called Sligo Park.
The proposed charter would be
submitted to the people at a special
election May l.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Sutes Tox Opposed
By AIexundriu PTA

The Alexandria Council Of Par.
ent- Teacher Associations yesterday
went on record as opposing State
retail sales and use tax as means
LOT obtaining needed funds for
schools.
The council said its members
realize the need for school improve.
ment, since Alexandra alone should
spend $2,0o0,000 on Its public school
plant. They feel, however, that adj
justment Of the system Of taxation
lis preferable to . sales tax, and
have joined other local groups in
agreeing to hight the matter ii il
Is once again introduced In the
State Legislature.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
lsiHRshonmiq
.Remiindery@a

Meats, Fats, Etc. Book I, red
stamps Q-5 through SIS good
through March 81; stamps T-5
through KS good through April
%: stamps Y-5, rs, Az through
d. good through June 2. Each
stamp worth 10 points. Next series
to be validated ABOUT March 4.
Canned Goods, Esc.-Book 4, blue
stamps KS through Us, Az and
b. good through March 81;
stamps CO through G-2 good
through April %; stamps H.
through M-2 good through june
2. Each stamp worth 10 points
Next series to be validated about
March l.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two ration points for
each pound of waste kitchen fats
you turn in.
Sugar-Book 4. sugar stamp "a good
for pounds through February 28
Stamp 35 valid for 5 pounds
through June 2.
Gasoline-A-14 coupons valid for 4
gallons each through March 81
B-5, C-5, BE- and CO coupons
good for gallons each.
Shoes-Airplane stamps l, Q and
in Book No. 3 good indefinitely for
one pair of shoes each.
Fuel Oil-Periods one. two, three
and four coupons good for 10 gal
Ions per unit through heating
year. Period five coupons become
valid March /. Old period -four
and five coupons from last win
ter good through year. Consunl-
ers in this area should not have
used more than II per cent OF
their ration as of today.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
backers 10 Put Plan
For Regional Jail Up
To Arlington Board

A proposal that Arlington County
study the possibility of obtaining
construction of a regional Jail to
serve Arlington and Fairfax Coun-
ties and Alexandria will be offered
at the Arlington County Board
meeting tomorrow.
Board member Edmund D. Camp
bell said that in asking the board
to take the initiative in the project
he also would ask that Maj. Rice M
YoueH, Virginia commissioner OF
correction, be invited to attend q
conference, in. the county. -
Mr.. Campbell said he would re-
quest the board to invite members
of the Fairfax County Board OF
Supervisors and the Alexandria
Council to attend the meeting, since
these communities probably would
cooperate In securing the institu-
ton.
Officials interested.
Mr.. Campbell said he discussed
the regional Jail proposal with Gov.
Darden Wednesday following con-
ference in Richmond between the
Governor and representatives from
Arlington and Fairfax Counties and
Alexandria on tuberculosis sanatoria
facilities for the area. He disclosed
that both Gov. Darden and Mai.
Youell expressed interest in the Jail
proposal, and Maj. Youen promised
to attend conference In Arlington
when q meeting could be arranged.
Mr.. Campbell said the Governor
expressed interest in additional
sanatoria facilities for the area, but
suggested that another conference
be held before the preparation OF
the State budget next summer. He
said the Governor pointed out that
increased facilities was not SO much
a problem of funds as one Of finding
adequate nursing personnel.
Funds insufficient.
Wednesdays conference grew out
Of program to provide tuberculosis
care in the area, begun last year by
representatives of the three North
ern Virginia communities. Early
plans called for construction with
local funds of 4 40-bed tuberculosis
sanatorium, and when local funds
were found inadequate a commit
tee was appointed to seek State aid
Members Of the committee who
conferred with the Governor vert
F. Freeland Chew, chairman, and
Mr. Campbell OF the Arlington
board; Arlington County Manager
Frank c. Hanrahan, G. Wallace
Carper, chairman, and Maurice w
Fox Of the Fairfax County Board
Of Supervisors, and Alexandria City
Manager Carl Budwesky and Mayor
William T. wilkins.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
SegregdtionLaw
Repeater Given
House
Stute Senate Votes,
20 to 9, to End
Jim Crow Rule
By the Associated Press.

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Feb. 16.-The
final disposition of a bill to repeal a
Maryland law requiring segregation
of Negroes on public conveyances
rested with the House of Delegates
today after passage by the Senate,
20 to 9.
Senate Endorsement had been vir-
tually assured for several days, so
that Yesterdays action was little
more than a formality, but opposi-
ton in the House was expected to
be stronger.
Gov. O'Conor recently called for
enactment of the repeater.
Ia the final roll call in the Sen
ate, there was no debate. One lone
Senator, James w. Hughes, Repub-
lican, of Cecil, rose to explain his
AYE" vote.
He questioned whether this ac-
tion will prove to be an advance
of which Maryland will be proud or
a retrogression from which we
shall all taste grief. ="
Warns Against Friction.
'If this bill is passed, as now
seems probable, it will be most i'm
portant for all of us to use
that self discipline which so we'll
lubricstes the points of friction
which inevitably exist"
Meanwhile, Gov. O'Conor dis
closed that he planned to sign 35 to
40 legislative measures today, most
ly minor in nature.
At the session, the General As
sembly sped through quantities of
minor bills. Thirty-six new bills
came into the House, while % were
passed. The Senate received 18
new ones and passed 19 others.
Among those approved in the
Senate and sent to the Governor
were bills which would make uni
form throughout the State impris-
onment in default of fines and
establish a Bureau of Revenue Esti-
mates in the State Budget and Pro-
curement Department.
The Senate passed q uniform
vehicle parking bill for areas having
no specific local codes and sent it
to the Governor. 1t would apply on
all State, county and municipal
roads and streets not otherwise
covered by law.
Bills passed and sent to the House
included those to license and super
wise well drillers and extend the
period of service of the State Plan
ming Commission.
Senate Bills Mostly Local.
Almost all the new Senate bills
were local.
New House bills would provide
overtime compensation for State
employees and raise salaries of judges
of the Court of Appeals, the Balti-
more Supreme bench and Circuit
Courts.
The salary of the chief judge of
the Court of Appeals would be
made $4,000 a year and those of
other appeals judges $4,000, while
the Supreme bench and Circuit
Court judges would receive $4,000.
Under the old scale, the salaries
ranged from $500 to $11, 800.
The Senate roll call on the So
called Jim Grow law found all %
Senators present and voting Those
listed as against the measure, all
Democrats, were: Senators Earl Ben
nett, Dorchester: Wilbur R. Dulin,
Anne Arundel; Joseph M. George
Queen Annes; A. Raymond Marvel,
Talbot; Clarence Newsome. Kent; L.
Harold Sothoron. Prince Georges;
Joshua N. Warfleld, jr., Howard. R.
Fulton Waller, icomico. and
Thomas F. johnson, Worcester.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
BIunk Column Blamed
On inefficient Stuff
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Feb
16.-College Topics, student news
paper at the University Of Virginia,
has one blank column in the current
issue headed by this editors note:
Due to the ineficiency Of the
business staf1, we are unable to run
the theater ads" $3.50.
Evening star., 1945-02-16
Two Days of War Debute

LONDON, Feb. is tP).-Arrange-
ments are being made for q two
day war debate in Commons when
Prime Minister Churchill reports on
the Crimea Conference.
Evening star., 1945-02-16

Degree days-Total for month, 427;
total for season to date, 1886;
normal for season to date, 1922.
Evening star., 1945-02-16


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Munitions Output Rises
MEebruary, WPB Claims

strikes, he added, 1--WE are max
ing substantial progress on a long,
hard road"
He said no further squeeze" on
the essential civilian economy
would increase total munitions
output, but probably would reduce
it. He said it is becoming increas.
insly necessary to adjust the ma
tons total consumption to current
production because of shrinking
reserves GAS the war goes on, it
becomes less and less possible to
supplement current production by
living on our fat" he added.
He said that military production
schedules for coming months call
for increases, ranging from mod
est" to 100 per cent or more. In
the face of manpower shortages,
the low level of reserves, and loss
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and difficult products, the in.
creases will be difficult to achieve.
He revealed that the winter-long
shortage in high capacity Navy
ammunition and tenting material
have been overcome. The serious
deficiency in production Of cotton
duck now is limited to only the
heavier types.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-24
Confirmation Service
Will Be Held Sunday
At Lutheran Church

St. PauPs Lutheran church will
be scene Of a Confirmation serv-
ice, Palm Sunday morning at II
o'clock.
The following Catechumens will
present themselves for confirma-
ton: Anita Lillis Anderson, Charles
Benjamin Bordeaux, Larry Jones
|Dagenhart, Betty Lee Fryer, Rose
Marie Hatchell. Alvin Louis Kneis-
Ter, William Pleasant McGlaug-
hon, III, Mildred Emily Spillman,
Florence Jane Stone, Adrian Rich
ard Verzaal.
The pastor, the Rev. Walter B.
Freed, will speak to the Catechu-
mems and the congregation on the
subject, How Sincere Are Your
Hos
As a musical setting for the
Palm Sunday Confirmation serv-
ice, Edwin Linz will play Palms
by J. Failure, as a violin prelude.
And the choir will sing as an Of
fertory Anthem, Jerusalem" by
Henry Parker.