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gates representing 80 States.
There is plenty Of work to keer
all 1000, 900 occupied, Mrs. Colt an
nounced. All chapters now are
making surveys Of peacetime COM
munity needs and will cooperate
with other welfare agencies In meet
ing them, she said. ~
Mrs. Colt denied charges published
recently that socialites run the Red
Gross and that the Red Cross has
refused to cooperate with other
welfare workers.
with 1000, 900 volunteers you are
bound to have pretty representa-
tive group" she said. 1--WE do CO.
operate with local agencies in every
way we can"
She reported, however, that dele
gates were advised to investigate
the situation in their own local
communities and to make special
efforts to fit their work into the
community picture.
She described in general the typt
WUIh WAL Wv
Nurses aides will continue theil
work in hospitals until trained
nurses can replace them. Then they
will move to health clinics. Blooc
bank workers viii serve In mobile
tubercular, eye and teeth clinics.
Canteen workers at Army all
bases will move, when they close
to separation centers. Later they
will inaugurate school lunch pro-
grams and community canning
projects.
Production workers, who turned
out 10000 900 bandages for military
hospitals, now are making surgica
dressings only for local hospitals
They will sponsor hospital comfort
programs in unsupported institu-
tions, Mrs. Colt said, providing
everything hospital or its patients
need which they cannot get through
commercial channels.
The home service department
with an ambitious program for aic
to veterans, will absorb many dis.
placed volunteers, she added. Vol.
unteers with clerical talent will re.
place paid personnel in Red Gross
Offices and will offer their services
to other welfare agencies.
Evening star., 1945-11-10

A dollar saved is dollar earned.
Dollars saved through the purchase
of Victory Loan Bonds will return
profit dollars at maturity.
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certificate that she was too lame to
make the trip by train, Mrs. Keyes
said she was going to New Hamp-
shire to supervise harvesting and
canning of crops.
The local board was upheld by
the regional OPA office, and Mrs
Keyes left from Union Station in a
wheel chair. She has not made her
home in Alexandria since that time
Evening star., 1945-11-10
Teachers 10 Get Paw
tuesday; 400 Must
Wait Week or More

The District auditor today an
trounced that teachers scheduled to
receive their pay today will be paid
Tuesday and that the pay of about
400 library and recreation workers
will be one and two weeks late.
At the same time he pleaded for
a Commissioners investigation of
the difficulties in his Office.
The remedy for constant delay in
District employees checks, A. r.
Pilkerton, auditor, said, is twice the
number of clerks and Capitalization
of all pay roll records in his Of
flee.
The auditor warned that unless
pressure on his Office is relieved,
the $4,000 District employees will not
receive their tax return certificates
m--due January 31-until "at least
March" These certificates are nee
Eessary for the filing of income tax
@returns on March Is.
Board Seeks Solution.
The Board of Education made a
B similar request for Commission
Ners' conference on pay problems
last Wednesday.
The 5000 teachers were scheduled
kto receive their pay checks today.
Since neither Saturday, Sunday nor
MONDAY is working day, they will
Kreceive the checks at pm. Tues
day, Mr.. Pilkerton said He said an
official agreement with school
heads provided that pay due on a
. nonworking day would not be con-
sidered late" if paid on the next
possible working day.
About. ITO recreation workers
whose Gay was due October 80 will
be paid November is, Mr.. Pilkerton
said. About 253 library employees
whose pay is due Wednesday, will
be paid November 81, he said.
He xaid blame for the late recre-
alton checks on the Recreation De-
partment. The pay period involved
ended en- October 20. The payroll
was not sent by the department to
Mr.. Pilkerton until November 5,
he said. With Saturdays, Sundays
and Armistice Day intervening, a
two-week delay in the checks was
not avoidable, he said.
Blames Lack of Clerks.
The library payroll was received
yesterday after the end of the pay
period for November 3. But his lack
of clerks will force him to postpone
this payroll till November 81, Mr..
Pilkerton said.
The auditor has addressed an
official memorandum to the Com
missioners, asking for 20 more clerks.
g He has. Is now and an addreSSo-
graph operator. Government de-
partments with much fewer than the
;. Districts $4,000 employees have as
many as 66 clerks, he said.
The present system of each de-
partment's preparing its rolls and
then sending them to the auditor
for checking and payment is a
cumbersome procedure" Mr.. Pilker-
ton wrote to the Commissioners
This duplication" could be avoided
by handling both the preparation
of rolls and writing the checks in
his Office, Mr.. Pilkerton believes.
Acting Supt. of Schools Carroll
r. Reed is opposed to this. He
says the schools must have pay
records in their Offices and another
set at the auditors would be 'dupli-
cation.": +.sE - sJE5
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Dr.. Hollis to Speak

DR.. Ernest v. Hollis of the United
States Office of Education will ad-
dress the discussion group Of the All
Souls Unitarian Church at Gas
m. tomorrow at the church, Six
teenth and Harvard streets NV He
will speak on whats Wrong With
the Phi. D. Degree"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
Italians Fare Badly
In Libyon Campaign

Il receive a message from Gam
bara NiStri (Who brought it,
adds the information that Gambara
did not wish to write. Exhaustion
of our. forces is noticeable. Enemy
infiltrations reach every point in
Libya. We are in no condition to
Withstand another British offensive.
Our men die gloriously, he con-
cludeS. which does not change the
fact that they die"
December 5-"A night interrupted
by Ribbentrop's nervousness. After
two days of delay, he now hasn't a
moment to spare in answering the
Japanese. AT o'clock in the morn
ing he sent Mackensen to my house
to submit a plan for three-power
agreement to Japanese action and
a promise not to make a separate
peace.
December Ozark news from
Libya. Cavallero (Chief of the
general staff is vague and believes
the future requires concessions from
the French for the port of Bizerte.
. During the evening Mackensen
arrives to tell me in the name of
Ribbentrop that I must start no
such negotiations with the French
This is the will of Hitler, conveyed
to Mussolini through Rintelen (head
of the German military mission to
italy,.
Hitler is right. Tunisia is De
Gaullist 101 per cent. Any unwel-
come pressure might hasten the split
between the French empire and the
government in Vichy."
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King Voices Satisfaction
With Pearl Horbor Attack

December 8-"A night telephone
call from Ribbentrop. He is joyous
about the japanese attack on the
United States. He is so happy that
I can't help but wish him well, even
though I am less certain of the adj
vantageS.
"One thing is sure: America will
enter the conflict, and the fighting
will be long enough to permit her to
put into action all her potential
strength. That's what 1 said to the
King this morning when he, too, eX-
pressed his satisfaction about the
event"
December 10-"I took notes on my
meeting lin Turin with Darlan
Daval's successor and French Vice
Premier) = He is military man,
who is enjoying politics. Is he
sincere? I can't say, except for one
thing. He hates the British.
Results of yesterdays meeting
None, except a clearing in the at
mosphere.
News of the amazing japanese
naval victories continues to arrive.
Against this, the land fighting in
Libya and in Russia is less for
tunate'
December 11-"Mussolini is little
interested in my discussions with
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Writ Served on Sunday Ruled
Invalid Under Ancient D. c. Law

Revolution as common law in Mary
land statutes and later adopted by
the District, invalidates the process
serving and removes the case from
the jurisdiction of the court that
orders it. MIR. Derricotte contended.
Despite the objection of Assistant
Corporation Counsel Henry Wixon
that it was mot good law" Judge
Nelson ordered the service quashed
The old statute never has been re-
pealed.
Future developments were in
doubt. Mr.. Wixon said that a
weekday summons would be served
on Mr.. Derricotte. Mr.. Derricotte
announced he would sue the Dis
trict, since the old law, in invali-
dating the process-service, reduced
the server to the status of a pri-
vate individual and possibly public
nuisance. Mr. Wixon doubted that
this particular case would be carried
to the Municipal Court of Appeals,
since kindred cases already were
docketed for that body's considera-
ton.
Congress will have to take note
Iof this" Judge Nelson commented.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
DsiHRshoniinq


Meats, Fats, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
W.. W., X-2, Y-2 and 70 re-
main valid through September
80. Stamps K-2 through P-2 good
through July 81. Stamps O.
through U-2 valid through August
81. Stamps Al, B-1, CT, d.
and Ell valid through october 81
Canned Goods, Etc.-Book 4, stamps
D-l, Ell, FL, GIL and HI re-
main valid through September
80. Stamps To- through X:
good through July 81. Stamp:
Y-2, z-2, Al, B-1 and CT valic
through August 81. Stamps J-1
XII, LII, MI and NJ valic
through October 81.
Points for Fats-Your meat dealer
will pay two red ration points fol
each pound of waste kitchen fat,
you turn in.
Sugar-Stamp No. So valid for
pounds through August 81. Mex
stamp valid September /.
Gasoline-B-7, CT, B-S and C-t
coupons good for gallons each
Ais coupons valid for 6 gallon!
each through September 81.
Shoes-Airplane stamps l, and
in Book No. good indefinitely fol
one pair of shoes each. An as-yet.
unnumbered shoe stamp becomes
valid August l.
Fuel Oil-Periods l, 2, 8, and
coupons good for 10 gallons PEI
unit through August 81. Period
coupons for 1856 season nov
valid. All currently valid coupons
except for serially-numbered cou
pons of definite value. will expir,
August 81.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
Decision on Radio Tower
May Be Reached Today

The Board of zoning Adjustment
may reach decision at its meeting
today on the controversial issue of
whether the Bamberger Broadcast
ing Service, Inc, can locate its tele-
vision transmitting station and 300
foot tower at Thirty-ninth and Fes-
sender streets NV.
Only three members of the five
man board heard the case and a
majority vote of the entire board is
necessary for decision.
The two absent from the hearing
were John Nolen, jr., planner for
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and Samuel Scriv-
ener, jr.. now out of this country
with the Office of Strategic Services.
Bamberger proposes to construct
300-foot tower on 390-foot eleva-
ton. Residents of the area were
unanimous in their protest against
the tower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13

worker uses token at three for Is
cents, transfer must be obtained
to present to the operator of the
o. or R-2 bus.
However, if a District resident
wants to go to the Pentagon out
side of the rush hours and the o.
or R-2 buses are not running, ne
either uses the 160 book of tickets
making the single trip cost 1875
cents, or he buys three tickets
for Is cents on the Virginia lines
and three Capital Transit tokens
for Is cents, making the trip cost
1873 cents, or he pays 10 cents or
the Virginia lines. This example
assumes the bus rider must use both
the Capital Transit facilities in
Washington and the Virginia lines
Different Colors on Books.
The bus rider will find the ticket
books for combined use of Capital
Transit and A., B. & w. have REQ
cover; those for Capital Transit and
A. e. F. an orange cover and those
for Capital Transit and Arnold
Lines a green cover. In addition
the Virginia line portion Of the
ticket has cross bars of the same
color as the cover
There are six pages of interline
tickets in the books, two trips to
a page. Two tickets are required
for each trip, one for the Capital
Transit and one for the Virginia
line. The tickets win be good for
so days from the date of purchase,
and that time limit will be indi-
Gated by punching a date printed
in table on the inside of the
cover.
The tickets will be valid only
on the Virginia bus routes operating
via the Highway and Memorial
Bridges to the Government installa-
lions.
The Capital Transit ticket in the
books will be accepted with trans
fer privileges on any of the Capital
Transit vehicles presented on Vir-
GINA hound trips anywhere In the
District fare limit.
On trips bound from Virginia
points the tickets will be accepted
for transfer only at stops within
the area bound by E street NV.
on the north; Ninth street NV.
and S.W., on the east; c street
S.W., on the south, and Twenty
third street NV. on the west.
The tickets will not be valid for
fare trips bound from the Virginia
points at any stop outside this area,
nor will they be accepted at any
point in either direction on the
buses of routes OF o. or R-2.
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II Duce's Mistress
In League With Potter

December 24-"Attention is con-
centrated on the case of Serena
Fascist party secretary, who for
two days has not been received by
II Duce. Serena insists it is a plot
by Buffarini Zone of the councillors
of state) who now has II Duce in
his grip and acts through indirect
and disloyal channels. They say
that Buffarini, on a pretext of COM
pensating her, gives more than
100, 900 lire (about $4,000 a month
to the Petacci woman (Mussolini's
mistress) and influences her through
a certain Donadio, whose role is not
clear"
December 25-"Alfieri (Ambassa-
dor to Berlin) writes that the dis
asters on the Russian front have
gone beyond the point where they
might be useful to us.
1.-THE Pope has delivered Christ.
mas address which did not please
Mussolini because of five points il
contains, four are against the die.
tatorships. Isabella Colonns
told me yesterday she had spoken
with Cardinal Maglione (papal Sec
rotary of state), who told her the
Russians were preferred to the Nazis
at the Vatican"
December 27-"Gambara in let
ter assured me that Tripolitania car
be saved, and takes it out on Rom
mel, who as leader, is a beast
December 28-"Indelli commune
Gates from Tokyo that the Prime
Minister (Tojo) has made discreet
illusions about the possibility of 9
separate peace between the Axis anc
the Soviet Union. 49, 1 DOM
believe it is possible"
Tomorrow: Goering and his
diansonds.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
Chinese Colonel Freed
OF Attempted Assault
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July 13.-Col. Men
Chat of the Chinese Army, now sta
toned at Edgewood Arsenal, was
acquitted in Criminal Court yester-
day of charge of attempted GRIM
inal assault of a 21-year-old unmar-
ried woman in a Baltimore hotel
last July 2.
Judge Joseph Sherbow, in &C.
quitting the officer, said that "the
court doesn't believe the testimony
of the prosecuting witness to be a
truthful story of what happened. "
The woman said that early in the
morning of July 2, Col. Chat en-
tered her room through an unlocked
door and attempted to assault her.
She said she asked him to leave
the room and he did, but returned
about an hour later by way of a
fire escape from his room on the
floor above.
The. woman admitted she made no
outcry and said she did not notify
hotel authorities until the next
morning, nor police until late aft
ernoon.
Testifying in his own behalf, Col
Chat said he entered the woman's
room by mistake, thinking it was his
own. He denied returning to the
room. He testified he had been
drinking at a night club until late
and was "drowsy' when he entered
the hotel.
The colonel, teacher at the Chi
neSe military academy, has been in
this country for the last seven
months. He recently completed a
course in chemical warfare at the
Edgewood Arsenal.
LIT. Col. John r. Ernerich, director
of the chemical warfare school, and
wives of three American Army off,
GERS who served with Col. Chat in
Burma testified that Col. Chats
character was excellent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
Mistaken Veterans
Seek Walter Reed Aid
Instead Of Mi. Alto

Half a dozen servicemen day are
demanding treatment or admission
to Walter Reed Hospital despite the
fact that most of them know vet
Grams are supposed to go to Mount
Alto Hospital for medical care,
Walter Reed official said today.
The men flash their discharge
papers and do their darnedest" to
gain admission to the hospital, where
many were treated before their dis
charge, the official said.
Veterans Administration represent
atives at the Army hospital said that
former Walter Reed patients have
the idea that the doctors know all
about their cases They forget that
the Veterans Administration now
has their medical records and that
they can receive just as good atten-
ton at Mount Alto" is was said.
More of them come to the hospital
at night for attention. The Walter
Reed official said all are examined
and emergency cases are given
treatment. Those who don't require
immediate attention are referred to
the proper enthusiastically Mount
Alto.
! If the case warrants hoSpitaliza-
ton, the man might be admitted to
Walter Reed, but through chan
lnels." Five beds are allotted to Vet
lerans' Administration use, but the
men must be sent to Walter Reed by
| the Veterans Administration. At
present, II ex-servicemen are hos
pitalized in Walter Reed, the hospi-
tai official said.
Some of the men may come to
Walter Reed simply because they
are misdirected, but most of them
feel somehow that they can come
here" said a Veterans Administra-
ton representative at the hospital
"They seem to forget this is an
Army installation and that they are
no longer in the Army"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13

An ancient District statute aimed
at keeping the Sabbath yesterday
furnished a colored lawyer with
means for a legal counteroffensive
against charges of tax evasion and
license law violations.
J. Flipper Derricotte, 604 D street
NV, attorney and corporation head
of Derricottes Shoe Repair g. Valet
Shop, lib Florida avenue NV, was
served with a writ at his home at
8:15 am. Sunday, June 3. 1t was
charged that he had failed to take
out a corporation license to operate
the shoe repair and valet shop in
1914 and 1945. 1t was further al
legged the corporation had not filed
it's District income tax returns for
1912 and 1943.
Balancing a massive statute book
before Judge George D. Nelson in
Municipal Court yesterday, Mr.. Der
ricotte read a law dating back to
King Charles / which forbade the
serving of writs on Sunday except
in cases of treason. felonies Oh
breaking the peace.
The act, incorporated after the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
Grand Jury Hears Case
OF Boy, 9, Killed by Car

Joseph F. Lawless, assistant United
States attorney, today presented to
the District grand jury the case of
James T. Connell, 81, an accountant
charged with manslaughter and
with driving while drunk in connec-
ton with the traffic death of
Donald De Vol, 9, of 4423 Harrison
street NV, on June 3d.
The grand jury probably will
make return in the case Monday
morning, according to Mr.. Lawless,
who is in charge of the panel.
Donald was killed as he sat on a
grass plot at River road and Ellicott
street NV folding newspapers for
his 12-year-old brother, Robert, to
deliver Robert has a delivery
route for The Star. Donald was
the son of Harry D. De Vol, analyst
in the ONCE of Supply, War Food
Administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13
.Duce Felt Rommel
Was Too Reckless

December 17-"MuSSolini is very
skeptical about the progress in Gro
alta. He is happy, though, since the
Germans have asked us to assume
military control over the whole
country. This is certainly due to the
fact that the Germans have to
withdraw their divisions because the
winter promises to be hard in Rus
STA, and Serbia gives them too much
trouble. Things are not going
we'll in Libya. Mussolinl
blames Rommel, who spoiled the
situation with his recklesSness, L
Duce believes"
December 19-"NewS continues Il
be bad in Libya in spite of ths
official optimism of our genera
headquarters. May God damn al
servile optimists! They have ruined
| us. Rommel announces that he anC
his armor will break into Tunisis
CFrench) to avoid falling prisoner
to the British
December 21-"BiSmarck COM
municateS that Brauchitsch Ger.
man commander in chief has beer
dismissed. It's a sign of a serious
crisis. = Messages from Goeb.
bells and Hitler have not made {
good impression. The humble ane
urgent request for warm clothing
for the soldiers on the eastern from
is in direct contrast to the arrogant
tone that has characterized theil
speeches until now"
December 22-''MuSSolini agar
has attacked Christmas. He is sur.
prised that the Germans haven
yet abolished this holiday, which
reminds only one of the birth o.
Jew who gave facilitating anc
devitalizing theories to the world
and who especially weakened Italy
through the disintegrating power Of
the Popes.' He has prohibited news.
papers from mentioning Christmas
yet all you have to do is look from
the window to see that people re-
~, o,,oI1or opd lovo II -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-07-13

On the home front MuSSOllnlS
mistress, Claretta Petacci, was re-
ported to be receiving $4,000 a
month from a political leader, eager
to influence II Duce.
Ciano wrote:
December 3-"An aX-blow by the
Japanese. The Ambassador (Shira-
tori asked to be received by II
Duce. He read a long declaration
about the progress of negotiations
with America, and concluded that
they had reached dead end.
Then invoking the pertinent clause
of the Tripartite pact Berlin
Rome Tokyo alliance, he asked
that Italy declare war on the United
States as soon as the conflict begins
He proposed also that we sign a
pact with Japan to make no sepa-
rate peace.
The interpreter who was taking
down these requests was trembling
like a leaf. II Duce gave general
assurances, reserving the right to
confer with Berlin. II Duce was
pleased by the communication, and
said: Thus We arrive at the war
between continents which I have
foreseen since September, 1889.
What does this new event mean,
now that Roosevelt has succeeded
in his maneuvering? Unable to en-
ter the war quickly and directly, he
proceeded by an indirect route, fore
ing the japanese to attack"
December 4-"Berlin reaction to
the japanese step is extremely eau
tious. Maybe they will go ahead.
They can't do otherwise. But the
idea of provoking American inter-
vention is liked less and less by the
Germans,