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Evening star., 1945-02-25
Wringers Injure
Two More in
Home Accidents

Five deaths from home accidents
last week brought the total since the
first of the year to 81, the District
Red Gross announced yesterday. The
report also noted an unusual num-
ber of accidents this year with laun-
dry wringers.
Washington hospitals last week
treated 80 persons who had been in
jured in their homes, the report said
Twenty-nine were suffering from
falls, II from burns. from acci-
dental poisoning, from the acci-
dental discharge of a firearm, from
foreign bodies in their eyes, 16 from
cuts, 4 from contusions and 13 from
hurts of miscellaneous origin.
Two children, it was noted, in
jured their arms in laundry wringers
bringing to seven the number of
accidents from this cause reported
since the first of the year.
One baby pulled a washtub from
a bench onto her leg, another drank
green ink and one dropped a tele-
phone on her chest.
An 8-year-old boy fell from a
second-f1o window of an apart
ment house, but suffered only q
bruised nose and slight injuries tc
his leg.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Man Critically Burned
As Fire DESTROYS Home

Dwight L. Byrd, AZ, of 531 Second
street Sc, was taken to Providence
Hospital last night in a critical
condition, suffering from burns re-
ceived in a fire at his home. Police
said the fire was started by ciga-
rette.
The blaze destroyed the interior
of the two-story brick building, al
though firemen reported they had
the flames under control within Is
minutes of their arrival.
Mr.. Byrd, a taxicab driver, was
found unconscious in the living
room, firemen said. His wife. Alma
and two daughters, Dolores, Is, and
Jean, IL, were out visiting. neigh
bors said. Mr.. Byrd also has son
Pvt. Morris Byrd, u. S. A., now al
Fort Benning, Ga.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
BiIbo Is Given Draft
Of Bill on RECORDING
Papers for Veterans

The Commissioners yesterday sent
to Chairman Bilbo of the Senate
District Committee a draft of pro-
posed legislation authorizing the
clerk of the District Court to record
without charge the service or dis
charge certificates of Army and
Navy veterans.
Recording of the papers, which
the Army and Navy advises the vet
Grams to do, will enable them to
obtain certified copies of the origi-
mails in case the originals are lost
The Commissioners explained to
Senator Bilbo that under existing
statutes the clerk of the District
Court has no legal authority to
record these documents, and that
even if he should do SO copies OF
them would have no legal efficacy. ,
Frederick S. Weaver, deputy re-
corder of the District Court, said
that daily many veterans see him
in accordance with instructions they
receive from the War and Navy De-
partments to have their discharge
certificates recorded at home town
courthouses.
In most other communities some
court official is empowered to record
such documents, but District laws
provide for the recording only OF
papers relating to real or personal
property.
Before submitting the legislation
to Senator Bilbo, the Commissioners
cleared it with the Budget Bureau
which said it had no objection to
the bill The Commissioners said il
was not yet determined whether the
new service would require additional
personnel in the clerks office.
Evening star., 1945-02-25

gardening as hobby he found that
he had lot to learn.
washington was different" he
said THE soil and other growing
conditions stumped me, as it prob
ably did others from various parts
of the country who thought of gar
dening in terms of their home COM
munities. So I had to learn about
this particular locality"
AS the years went by, Mr.. Young
man experimental with his garden
at his home and Our Victory Gar
den" is the result of his study of
local gardening.
Mr.. Youngman has one all-around
bit of advice for beginners: Plan
your garden. Don't plant every
thing at one time. Put in a little
each week, so you will have a con-
tinuous round of vegetables coming
in fresh all season."
Our Victory Garden" is being
distributed by The Star at Is cents
copy from the business counter
at the main Office, Eleventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV, and
from the 16 branch classified adver-
tising Offices throughout the city.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Search for Lost Flyers
Will Be Extended Today

The search for a Piper Cub In
which two District men have been
missing since Wednesday will be
resumed today through Central
Pennsylvania, Capt. Herman Latt
commander of the Harrisburg (PaD
Civil Air Patrol, said last night.
! The men, Leonard Shade, "a, OF
s5204 G street, Dillon Park, Md, pi-
. lot of the plane, and George B
Bracket, 35, of 1902 Kansas ave-
inue NV, Capital Transit Co. bus
Idriver and student pilot, took of
from an airport near Altoona, Pa.
"Wednesday en- route here.
Capt. Latt, according to an AS.
ssociated Press dispatch from Har-
srisburg, said he and five other pi.
lots covered the entire distance be.
tween Tyrone, Pa, and Washing.
ton yesterday without finding q
trace of the plane.
Capt. Latt said more planes will
,be used today. The search had beer
lhampered by high winds until yes.
.terday.
Mr.. Shade, a pilot at Congress
5sional Airport, is described by air.
sport officials as "a very skillful pi
!lot.' He is married and has
daughter 18 months old.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
ID. {. Baptist Churches
|0pen Crusade Today
For 5000 Members

Thirty-three Baptist churches of
the District will open their 1945
spiritual crusade at $3.50 pm: today
at First Baptist Church, Sixteenth
and o streets NV Chester Swor
Baptist youth leader of Clinton, Mo,
will be the principal speaker at the
mass meeting.
The campaign to win 5000 persons
to Christ this year will be held
from March 18 through April l at
the local Baptist churches. 1t will
be preceded by meetings on March
4 at Calvary Baptist Church, Eighth
and H streets NV, and by rally
in Constitution Hall on March II.
DR.. r. G.. Lee of Memphis, Tenn,
will be the principal speaker at the
latter gathering. He will be intro
duced by Representative Percy
Priest, Democrat, of Tennessee The
Rev. DR.. E. H. Pruden, pastor of
First Baptist Church, will preside
The youth meeting today will have
as its theme Young People Win
ming Young People to Christ.
Among those participating in the
services will be Glenn Lashley
James Perry Clyde Holt. the Rev
A. Ray Petty. the Rev. Wilson Hol-
der and the Rev. James P. Rodgers
The Rev. Howard Haworth, Chris
tian Education secretary of the Dis
trict Baptist Convention, will pre-
side.
Howard Rees, local youth leader,
will make a two-minute talk to
the meeting about pm. today from
his hospital bed, where he has been
confined since Labor Day as the re-
suit of an auto accident. He will
speak over telephone and two loud
speakers in the auditorium of the
First Baptist Church will amplify
his message.
Mr.. Swor is scheduled to speak
again at o'clock tonight at Foun-
tain Memorial Baptist Church,
Naylor road and Q street Sc. He
will talk at o'clock each evening
through Friday, the announcement
said.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Star Radio Program
To Feature StandIey

Admiral William H. Standley,
U. S. N, retired, former Ambas-
sador to Russia, will speak about
his impressions of the Russian peo-
pie in a program over Radio Station
WMAL at 2:30 pm. tomorrow. The
talk will be one of the series, IN
Producing the Peoples of Asia and
the Far East" sponsored by The
Star in cooperation with the Radio
Committee of the public schools.
Admiral Standley will be intro
duced by DR.. Chester w. Holmes,
assistant superintendent of schools
He will answer questions asked by
Dolores Jones of Banneker Junior
High School and Paul Gothard of
Randall Junior High School. Stu
dents from Mckinley High School
and Calvin Coolidge High School
also will be on the program.
Other agencies sponsoring the
series with The Star and the School
Committee include Wilson Teachers
College, Miner Teachers College, the
Education Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia, the Columbian
Educational Association. the United
States Office Of Education and the
Public Library.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Mrs, N. ". Frederick
Dies in Hospital

Mrs. Margaret Whelan Frederick,
SO, wife of William A. Frederick,
died yesterday at the Washington
Sanitarium Hospital after a short
illness. Mr.. Frederick is landscape
architect for the Capitol grounds
and director of the Botanic Garden.
Mrs. Frederick, native of Phila-
delphia, had been resident Of
Washington for the last 80 years.
The Frederick home is at 1906 Ken
nedy street NV. She received her
education at Our Mother of Sorrows
Convent in Philadelphia.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by a brother, william Whelan,
and three sisters, Mrs. Wendell
Trentzel, Mrs. Daniel Frye and Mrs.
John Woods, all of Philadelphia,
and q nephew and grandnephew in
the service.
Requiem mass will be celebrated
at 9 am. Tuesday at the Church
Of the Nativity. Burial will be in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1945-02-25

permit children to continue IN
school as long as possible.
A majority of the boys and girls
are employed in retail trades. If a
child must aid his familys income,
part-time employment has proven
satisfactory in many cases, she
added, pointing out that 28,24O
work permits were issued to public
school students during the past
year and 1,045 were issued this jan
uary.
The day after a recent Supreme
Court ruling which had the effect
of permitting minors to be em-
-ployed as telegraph messengers
there were 10 applications for such
part-time work. Part time employ
ment is desirable, as contrasted with
early permanent employment, from
a health standpoint, she said. No
permits for part-time work are given
until after physical examination.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Pupils of Ia and IS Leuvinq
Capital Schools to Get Jobs

During the last month more boys
and girls between the ages of IA
and Is left school to work than
during an entire normal peacetime
year, school official said yesterday
Mrs. Alice Sheldon, head of the
department of school attendance
and work permits, expressed the
fear that pupils who have given up
their school books for duration jobs
will find it difficult to ''get a fair
place in the labor market" after the
war.
There were 81 Withdrawals from
school in January and $50 last year.
She said there was no record of
the number of boys and girls 16
years of age and over who left
school for work. Mrs. Sheldon ex-
pressed the view that 16 was a de-
sirable minimum age for full-time
employment and urged parents to
Evening star., 1945-02-25

played on the basket ball team at
Bethesda Chevy Chase High School
and was employed for a short time
in the State Department before en-
tering the Air Forces in July, 1943.
Commissioned at Stuttgart, Ark,
last December, 1t. Garvin had been
stationed at the CORTLAND Army
Air Field for the last month. Be-
sides his parents he is survived by
a brother, James F. Garvin, a stu
dent at Union Seminary, and two
sisters, Miss Marian Garvin, a cadet
nurse at John Hopkins University
and Miss Louise Garvin, Bethesda
Pvt. CASTOR P. Whitsey is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Whitsey
Both of his parents are out of the
city.
Also killed in the crash was First
1t. Anthony G. Yenalavage, King
ston, Pa. The names of two addi-
tional soldiers were withheld pend
ing completion of an investigation
Evening star., 1945-02-25
GaI|inger's S Facilities
For Rheumatic Fever
Are Near Peak Load

The rheumatic fever ward at the
Handicapped Children's Unit of
Gallinger Hospital is near capacity
load for the first time since its estab-
lishment in 1912, and an increase in
personnel and facilities may become
necessary if the number of cases
continue to rise.
DR.. Ella Oppenheimer, director of
maternal and child welfare for the
Health Department, would not spec
ulate on whether there has been any
general increase in what has been
described as one of the most danger
Gus of all children's diseases. or
whether the case load is higher be-
cause of the public availing itself
of Gallinger's facilities.
The unit last year provided treat
ment for more than 200 children
stricken with rheumatic fever, a
disease said by the department to
be the largest single cause known
for handicapping children.
20 Per Cent There Afflicted.
The work of the clinic is to try
and save children from cardiac Grip
pling and death. In this connection
Dr. Oppenheimer reported that more
than 20 per cent of the crippled
children at Gallinger were victims
of the disease.
A careful check is being made to
determine whether or not facilities
are adequate to meet the needs of
the next few months and review
of the work done at the clinic for
the last three years is under way
Hospital treatment varies, it was
said, from three months to two years
and continued observation is neces-
sary to prevent recurrence.
The unit, it was explained, gives
sanitorium treatment in an effort
to prevent crippling of children and
young people who have passed
through the acute stages of rheu-
matte fever.
Admits Increase in Cases.
DR.. Bernard Walsh, director of the
departments rheumatic fever pro-
gram, said there were 80 patients
in the Gallinger ward and that five
more were slated to be transferred
from Children's Hospital. While he
agreed there had been a distinct
increase in cases" this year, he said
it was difficult to determine the
actual incidences because the dis
ease is sometimes confused with
other ailments and increased public
knowledge has resulted in parents
consulting doctors about symptoms
| formerly ignored
Cautioning against alarm, Dr.
Walsh said parents should seek
medical advice when a child fails to
recover from cold or sore throat
or suffers pains in legs or joints.
Evening star., 1945-02-25

The 1945 edition of Our Victory
Garden" The Stars garden book
will be ready for distribution to-
morrow.
Containing 64 pages, with 48 de-
voted to vegetables and 16 to flowers
the book was written by Wilbur H
Youngman, garden editor of The
Star. 1t is revised annually by Mr.
Youngman in the light of his ex-
periences and those of other garden
ers in the Washington area. Mr.
Youngman, graduate in farm
management, received his B. S. de-
gree from the University of Illinois
and his masters degree from Iowa
State College.
This is the third edition Of The
Stars garden book and it contains
a section on flowers for the first
time.
I'VE found a lively demand fol-
information on flowers, particularly
among returning veterans" Mr..
Youngman said. 1--WE also revised
and added new charts on pests and
sprays"
Mr.. Youngman came here Ia
years ago and when he took up
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Brazil 10 Be Given Spotlight
On Pan-American PROGRAM

I, A Latin American program will be
given on Brazil Night" at $50 pm.
tomorrow at the Agriculture Depart
ment auditorium, sponsored by the
Pan-American Club of the YMCA
and the Washington Welcomes
You Project" in cooperation with
The Star.
The speaker will be Aluizio Ma
poleao, representing the Brazilian
Ambassador. A motion picture will
be shown and the Washington Civic
Orchestra, under the direction OF
Kurt Hetzel, will present selections.
Entrance to the auditorium is on
Independence avenue, between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets
S.W. Admission is free.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
District Issues
100000 Blanks
For Income Tax
April IS Is DeodIine
For Filing; at Least
Half of Tax Due

An estimated 100000 District 1914
income tax blanks, which must be
filed by April Is, with at least a
so per cent payment of taxes, have
been distributed by the income tax
division of the Assessors Once.
During the fiscal year 1914 the
income tax division levied $3,455 ,435
on individuals and $5,176,4 ,423 on cor
porations. an increase over 1943 of
$581 ,49l in the case OF individual
taxes and $267,96 IN corporate
taxes. Estimated revenues this year,
as reflected in the 1946 budget esti-
mates, are $500, 900 for individual
income taxes and 100000 for cor
porations.
Half Of Tax Due.
Tax returns must be filed by
April Is and accompanied with at
least half of the tax due, with the
balance payable October IS. The
District levies interest of one per
cent month on delinquent taxes.
An estimated 10000 forms were
sent to residents by mail and 10000
were distributed in banks and Gov
ernment departments and agencies.
Although the income division has
several people on hand to assist
taxpayers fill out their tax forms,
division officials pointed out that
no changes have been made in this
years requirements and those who
received help last year probably can
prepare their own blanks. Those
who do need assistance are urged to
come to the District Building before
the last-minute rush in April. when
long lines of taxpayers fill the
corridors.
Tax officials, who said that many
residents had incorrectly deducted
Federal tax payments last year,
warned that no deductions may be
made in the District for income
taxes paid to the Federal Govern
ment, to the District or to any
other jurisdiction. In contrast to
Federal tax laws, the District has
no provision for deduction of medi-
cal payments or personal casualty
losses unless the losses were in
Cured in business.
All Residents Included.
The District income tax is i'm
posed on the taxable income of
every individual domiciled in the
District on the last day of the tax
able year. Persons who entered
the military service while domiciled
in the District must file returns
while on duty within the continental
United States, even though pay
ment is to be deferred because of
inability to pay.
A single person, or a married per-
son not living with husband or wife,
is entitled to personal exemption
OF 81 900. A husband and wife living
together receive one personal ex-
emption of S2,500, and a credit of
$400 may be claimed for children
only under Is, unless they are In
capable of support because of q
physical or mental deficiency.
Tax officials said persons residing
in the District on December 81,
1914, should either file returns and
pay the tax or submit to the As
SCISSORS Once evidence of domicile
elsewhere. The District has about
15o, 1000 taxpayers.
Of1cials believe that 300 or 400
returns have already been filed.
A Is per cent penalty is levied on
those who fail to file by April Is.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Dinner to Commemorate
St. Duvid's Day Friday

The Washington st. David's So
ciety will commemorate st. David's
Day, in honor of the patron saint
Of Wales, with dinner at $50 pm.
next Friday, at the Eastern Star
chapter house, 1900 Sixteenth street
NV. st. Dayid's Day is Thursday
Capt. Bertram Croker, a native
OF Tonypandy, Wales, will speak on
"The History of Wales" and Repre-
sentative Tibbott, Republican, OF
Pennsylvania, will sing. Representa-
tive Fenton, Republican, of Penn
sylvania and Representative Rees
Republican. of Kansas, will be
guests. Mrs. Margaret B. Gealy
will lead group singing of Welsh
songs.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Brooktand Civic Group
Backs D. {. Suffrage Plan

The Brookland Civic Association
has adopted a resolution supporting
the Sumners-Capper joint resolu-
ton providing for a constitutional
amendment to empower Congress. to
grant the District national repre-
sentation.
The association also has indorsed
a salary increase for District teach
ers and appointed committee to
confer with the Recreation Board
about the possibility of securing
recreational facilities for the Brook
land area. A committee also was
named to study the feasibility Of
establishing q junior citizens corps
for the area.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Inheritance Tux Shows
Knox Left $1,308,785
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Feb. 24.-The estate of
the late Secretary of the Navy
Knox totaled $1,308,785 after pay
ment of $859. .451 in debts and ad-
ministrator's expenses, an inheri-
tance tax return filed today in Cook
County Court said.
Federal estate tax was estimated
at $598,000 and State inheritance
tax at $l46,4 Mr.. Knox's chief
beneficiary was his widow.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Paul West to Address
| ADVERTISING Club

Paul West, president of the Asso.
citation of National Advertisers ano
vice chairman of the War Adver-
stising Council. will be the guest
ispeaker at the regular luncheon o1
! the Washington Advertising Clut
Tuesday at the Statler Hotel.
I MIR. West also is secretary of the
Advertising Research Foundation
first vice chairman of the Bureau
sof Broadcast Measurement and 8
director of the Point of Purchase
Advertising Institute.
Evening star., 1945-02-25

among t n r e e
ere W members
killed in t h e
crash of a four
engined Army
bomber Friday
near Hartsville,
Ala, the Asso-
ciated Press re-
ported.
1t. Garvin Is
the son of Nor
man Garvin, an
engineer W | t h
the N a t | o n a !
I n S t / t u e o t
Health. and Mrs.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Koppo Sigma Luncheon

Representative Kefauver, Demo-
crat, Of Tennessee, who recently re-
turned from tour OF the Western
front, will address the Washington
alumni chapter Of the Kappa Sigma
Fraternity at q luncheon meeting
at l pm. next Saturday In the
Pan American room OF the May
flower Hotel.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
D. E. Red Cross Drive
To Raise S2,700, 900
Will Open Thursday

An official proclamation desig-
mating March as the period for the
District Red Cross drive to raise
S2,700, 900 in the Metropolitan
Area was issued last night by the
Commissioners.
The drive, beginning Thursday,
is keynoted this year by the slogan,
Keep Your Red Cross at His Side"
The campaign for the area will in
clude the District, Alexandria, Ar
lington and Fairfax Counties in
Virginia, and Montgomery and
Prince Georges Counties in Mary
land.
Samuel H. Kaufman is general
chairman of the drive in this area.
Proclamation Urges Aid.
The Commissioners proclamation
follows:
Whereas, the Honorable Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, President of the
United States and president of the
American National Red Cross, has
proclaimed and directed that dur
ing the month of March, l945, a
national Red Cross War Fund
campaign be held throughout
these United States of America .
and
Whereas, American fighting men
in every theater of war are giving
to the last ounce of their strength
in the effort to create a free world,
and
whereas, the American home
front Is striving through its war
industries. its manpower and its
moral support to stand firmly be-
hind the armed forces; and
Whereas, young men and women
of this city are serving, fighting and
dying at their battle stations on
land, at sea and in the air, ir all
parts of the world; and
Help to Fighting Men.
Whereas, the American Red
Cross is serving our fighting men
overseas and at home with recrea-
tional facilities, communications,
friendly counsel and helping hand
in emergencies, and
Whereas, the American people
through the Red Cross have sent
over 10000, 900 pints of blood to our
wounded, thus forming a veritable
lifeline between us and them,
Now, therefore, we, the Board Of
Commissioners of the District Of
Columbia, do hereby proclaim that
from March to April /, 1945, shall
be the period of the 1945 Red Cross
War Fund Campaign Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Chapter Of the
American Reid Cross, and do call
upon and urge citizens of the Dis
trict to support the Red Cross War
Fund to the extent of their abilities
by contributions to the Red Cross
through its District of Columbia
Chapter. to enable the Red Cross
to continue and to expand its great
service to humanity"
The proclamation was signed by
all three Commissioners.
Schedule for This Week.
Precampaign events scheduled fol
this week include:
A rally of Alexandria campaign
workers at pm. tomorrow in the
Cameron Street USO, to be ad-
dressed by Robert Sandberg, Red
Cross War Fund director for the
Eastern area.
A meeting of the special gifts
division, headed by Paul E. Shorb
at 1890 pm. Tuesday in the United
States Chamber of Commerce Build
ing.
A rally of Government division
leaders, headed by Charles B. Hen
derson, at noon Wednesday in the
Interdepartmental Auditorium.
A General Business Division rally
at 1890 pm. Thursday, in the
United States Chamber of Com
merce Building.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
John S. White to Speak

John S. White, speaker of the
Maryland House of Delegates, will
address the Prince Georges County
Chamber of Commerce at s pm.
Tuesday at the Hyattsville Masonic
Temple.
Evening star., 1945-02-25
Two From D. {. Area
Die in Alabama Crash

Second 1t. Robert Hill Garvin, 10,
of Glib Georgetown road. Bethesda,
Md, and Pvt. CASTOR P. Whitsey,
85l Van Buren, street NV, were