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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1945-12-07
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Charlie Mccarthy has IS,
sued a bulletin on the CORE !.
spelling Of the last name 4
Edgar Bergen's recent bride
Mrs. Bergen's maiden name
was Frances Westcrman,
but she assumed tho STAG
nama ol Frances Wpstel L
10 further her career as Il
Powers model IN. New Yofl.
! hon when she arrived III Hol-
lYWood, Frances changed her
fanc again. this time to Fran
res Westcott. This is all past
history now, says Charlie.l
Frances last name is now
spelled BERGEN, he states.
WLW, aphich for seperaT
months has been feeding sho,us
b Radio France, is no,u receip-
sa programs By short,cdre from
ste French station, on recip-
local basis. One Of the first Of
i''ese trili be heard on the Wf,5s
Church By the Side of the
aoad" program on Sundau, No
ienber Is. sehen sermon uill
.e shorflnnned By the Rererend
layton Williams, former Gin
aeanata Clergyman. nole pastor
If the american Church III Paris.
Bob Burns says radio is the
,nly thing that ever kept him
9resty. much in one place and
lat he inherited his itchy feet
from his Grandpa Burns. H'The
only way we could keep Grand
"a from tagging along when we.
Flds went blackberry pickin',"
rays Bob, ''was TO wind his
whiskers In the clothes Wringer
and hide the handle
Sid Professor MelIonhead)
Fields. who cavarts with Abbott
and Costello every Thursday, has
heen the victim of some unmer.
rifnl ribbing since the radio
grapevine revealed that he has
become a partner in a new firm
TO make hair resterer. n. s.,
Fields Is as devoid OF pate fur as
the proverhiai billiard ball!
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Evening star., 1945-10-16
$4,000 Is Left 10 Church
By Mrs. Florence Pierce

All Souls Unitarian Church, Six
teenth and Harvard streets NV, is
To receive $4,000 under the terms
of the will of Mrs. Florence L.
Pierce, who died here August % at
the age of II, leaving an estate
valued at approximately $105 900.
The sum is left the church in mem
ory of her husband, the late Rev.
DR.. Ulysses G. B. Pierce, former
minister.
A petition for probate of the will
was filed at the register of wills
office in District Court through At
torney James C. Rogers. The prin-
cipal beneficiary will be Mrs.
Pierce's daughter, Mrs. Fay Pierce
Beij, 3428 Porter street NV, who
is to receive the residue, which in
cludes the greater part of the es-
tate. The will names the daughter
executrix.
Under terms of another will, filed
at District Court, Mrs. Maurine D.
Clark, wife of Gen. Mark w. Clark
is the sole beneficiary of an estate
of more than $4,000 left by her
mother, Mrs. Jessie M. Doran. Mrs.
Doran died July % at the age of 7s.
Mrs. Clark lives here in the Ken
nedy-Warren Apartments.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Rockville Landmark
DESTROYED by Fire

One of Rockville's oldest houses
at 100 w. Montgomery avenue, built
shortly after the Civil War, was de-
stroyed yesterday by fire which
ragged for three hours. Damage was
estimated by fire officials at well
over $4,000"
The flames first were noticed in
the roof of the three-stofy frame
structure by a neighbor. Crowds OF
spectators thronged the streets and
traffic was rerouted during the
blaze.
The house was owned by Miss
Naomi Thompson, who had gathered
a number Of antiques and historical
writings in the house. All were de-
stroyed or damaged, firemen said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Hall and their
two children are present tenants of
the house. No one was at home
when the fire was discovered. Men,
bers Of the Rockville and Sandy
Spring Volunteer Fire Departments
fought the blaze for more than
three hours.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
District Leaders Plan
Dinner in Honor Of
Gems. Kutz and Younq

Plans are beng made to honor
Brig. Gen. Charles w. Kutz, recent
ly retired Engineer Commissioner
of the District, and to welcome his
successor, Brig. Gen. Gordon R.
Young, at a dinner by the citizens
of Washington November Is at the
Mayhower Hotel
Arranged by group of civic, busi-
ness and professional leaders, the
occasion is to be sin appreciation
of Gen. Kutz's excellent record of
achievement and sympathetic and
understanding attitude toward Dis
trict of Columbia problems during
three terms as Engineer Commits
sioner."
John A. Reilly, president of Sec
ond National Bank, has been named
chairman of the Committee on Ar
rangements. Other committee off,
GERS are Charles H. Tompkins,
builder, vice chairman: William H.
Press of the Board of Trade. secre-
tary, and Bruce Baird, president of
the District Bankers Association,
treasurer.
The following persons have been
named to serve on the Executive
Committee: Commissioner John
Russell Young, Commissioner Guy
Mason, Col. Joseph D. Arthur, AS
siStant Engineer Commissioner;
Wilbur S. Finch, Federation of Cit
liens Associations; Forrest H. Mar
tell, Master Builders Association;
S. Dolan Donohoe, Washington Real
Estate Board; Mrs. Arthur C. Wat
kinS, Congress of Parents and
Teachers, John Locher, Central La
Dor Union; Mrs. Gertrude Parks,
Federation of Women's Clubs;
Thomas H. Locraft, District of Co.
lumbia Chapter, American Institute
of Architects, and Edward A. Dent.
assessor of the District of Colum-
bia.
B. M. McKelway, Washington
Board of Trade; Frederick w. l..
Hill, District of Columbia Society
of Professional Engineers; Frank
Weaver, District of Columbia Sec
ton of the American Society of Civil
Engineers; Daniel Holland, Rotary
Club; John G. Scharf; Kiwanis
Club; Robert v. Fleming, John G.
Bell, Merchants and Manufacturers
Association; Clearance E. Kefauver,
District of Columbia Building and
Loan League; Fred A. Smith, J..
Arnold Anderson, National Capital
Optimist Club; Fred A. Wetzel,
washington Section, Reciprocity
Club of America; George Ward,
Lions Club of Washington. and
Maurice r. Colbert, Cosmopolitan
Club.
Charles T. Penn, president of the
Washington Building Congress and
ticket chairman for the event, has
announced that tickets will be
placed on sale within the next few
days at the Washington Board of
Trade, 204 Evening Star Building.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Girl, ;, Saved in Fire
While Father Is Away

A 3-year-old Arlington child was
rescued yesterday from her fathers
radio shop after the building caught
fire, firemen reported today.
Arlington Fire Chief A. C. Sheffel
said the child, Sandra Jean Cheat
ham, was rescued by Howard
Crouch, owner of a gasoline station
near the radio shop at 25l7 Wilson
boulevard after he had been told of
the fire by passing soldier.
Judge Hugh Reed of the Arling-
ton County Court said the child has
been turned over to the welfare de-
partment pending an investigation.
The father, William Cheatham,
said he left his daughter yesterday
because she had cold and could
not accompany him to Rosslyn on
business. He said he had to keep
the child at his shop because her
mother was dead.
The fire was put out by members
of the Clarendon and Ballston Vol
unteer Fire Departments. Damage
was estimated at several hundred
dollars. Chief Sheffel said the
cause was undetermined.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Truman Says He and Rios
Discussed American Unity

The mutual desire of the United
States and Chile to bolster the unity
of the American Republics was dis
cussed by President Truman and
President Juan Antonio Rios of
Chile during Mr.. Rios Washington
visit, Mr.. Truman said today.
The Presidents statement follows:
President Rios of Chile left
Washington yesterday after an Of
fetal visit, during which it was my,
privilege to have him as a guest
at the White House. 1t was a great
pleasure to meet him, not only as
friend and statesman, but also as
the representative of a democratic
people and a functioning democracy.
'We discussed the mutual desire
to strengthen the solidarity of the
republics of the Western Hemi-
sphere on the basis of the ideals for
which the war was fought and won.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Falls Church Publisher
Seeks Rudio Stotion

Richard Eaton, president Of the
United Broadcasting Co. and pub
Usher Of the Falls Church Echo, has
asked permission of the Federal
Communications Commission to OPP
crate q radio station on 670 kilo-
cycles, 1000 watts power, on lin
tied broadcasting basis.
If license Is obtained, Mr.. Eaton
said, the transmitter viii be on
Ocala road between Silver Spring
and Olney and the studio on Persh-
ing Drive, Silver Spring. Programs
win be devoted sentirely to news Of
the Silver Spring community.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
81, ,600-in Jewels Stolen
From Bedroom Chest

Edward Buckoff, 4707 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, reported to police
yesterday that $4,000 in jewelry had
been stolen from a cedar chest in
the bedroom Of his home.
According to police, Mr.. Buckoff
said the last time he looked into the
chest was in August. Police said a
string of pearls with a diamond
clasp valued at $1,000 and brooch
with nine diamonds, also valued at
$1,000, were included among the
items lost.
Evening star., 1945-10-16

Justice Wilbur K. Miller, 53-year-
old Kentuckian, was sworn in today
as an associate justice of the United
States Court of Appeals.
The oath was administered by
Justice Stanley F. Reed Of the Su-
preme Court in simple but i'm
pressive ceremony In Justice Miller's
new chambers in the Court of APP
peals Building
Attorney General Clark presented
Justice Miller's commission. A
number of notables were on hand
to greet the new associate justice.
They included Representatives
Clements, Gregory and May of Ken
lucky, all Democrats; former Gov.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Ex-Servicemon's Family of Six
Lives in One Unheoted Room

A family of six huddled at night
in one living room-three children
sleeping on mattress spread on
the floor, the baby in a crib, the
mother and father on studio couch
this domestic picture was described
to The Star today as typical of the
extreme hardship which lack of
housing for veterans has brought.
The case was investigated by a
Star reporter and found exactly as
depicted. And there are many like
it, say those who should know.
Applications for apartments,
houses and rooms are flooding the
District War Housing Center at the
rate of about 300 daily. and fully
a third are pleas from returning
veterans and their families. Is
Last month about 1000 applica-
tjons were received, approximately
5000 Of which were for apartments
or houses, Mrs. Ellen Harper, area
director of the center, revealed.
No Relief Until Spring.
She estimated that of those, more
than 1000 applications came from
veterans and their families and that
the monthly percentage of veteran
applications will increase as more
men are returned from overseas.
Listing of housing which becomes
available are not increasing, Mrs.
Harper said, and there is no indica-
ton that new building will do much
to relieve the scarcity until spring
or later.
Veterans applying at the center,
located at Fourteenth and Pennsyl-
vania avenue NV, are eligible for
referral to both public and private
housing, it was explained when, and
if, it is available.
An average of $50 dwelling units
have been becoming available
monthly to meet the average of
1000 applications, Mrs. Harper said.
Applications are taken only from
persons who do not have places to
live, Mrs. Harper pointed out, and
thus many persons who are on the
market for larger quarters are not
Evening star., 1945-10-16
The Why Of 1t
War Related Work
Still Needs Funds

(Qnestions and ansDers pro-
Dided by the Community War
Fund.
@. Why continue subsidizing the
operations of clubs for war workers? :?
A. War-related work has not end
ed in Washington. The need for ad-
ditional recreation facilities, created
by crowded war conditions, con-
tinues to exist. This program will be
constantly re-evaluated as long as
the period of war emergency con-
tinues to exist.
@. Why should Boy Scouts, Girl
Scouts and Camp Fire Girls share
In the money?
A. Because 1t saves time and ex-
pense for them to get necessary sup
port through the one campaign of
the Community War Fund instead
Of by separate drives.
Demands on all recreation agen-
cies will increase now that the war
has ended. They will do q large
service for the community by pro-
viding outlets for the postwar rest
lessness of youth. Children kept
busy during the war in salvage
drives and War Bond appeals must
have other constructive activities If
we hope to reduce juvenile delin-
quency.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Parking Agency Revived;
Given $4,000 in Budaef

The Commissioners have decided
to include request for $4,000 in
the 1947 budget for revival of the
motor vehicle parking agency.
The agency's purpose is to plan
for parking facilities, including Off
street and fringe parking.
Inclusion of funds for this agency
was strongly recommended at a re-
cent public budget hearing by auto
mobile clubs and the Commissioner s
traffic advisors. Both groups pointed
out that the parking problem was
growing increasingly serious in the
District.
The Commissioners acted on the
recommendation of Col. Joseph D.
Arthur, jr., Assistant Engineer Com
missioner.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
S2,OOO,OOO Memorial
For Nurses Indorsed
By National Leaders

Gen. John j. Pershing, Justice
Frank Murphy and other notables
have joined in support of the pro-
posed 100000 Nurses National
Memorial to be built here, 1t was
announced today at headquarters
of the project in the Woodward
Building.
Those backing the memorial
structure to be used for a home and
social center for nurses of the armed
forces-a tribute to the heroic
of this war-include Mrs. Henry
Ford, sr.; Admiral Chester w, MINI
itz, Mrs. Ralph A. Bard, wife of the
former Undersecretary OF the Navy.
and Glenn L. Martin, airplane de-
signer and manufacturer.
The memorial was conceived and
first announced by Mrs. Norman T.
Kirk, wife of the surgeon general of
the Army and she reported today
encouraging progress in the Nation
wide campaign to raise the fund
and launch the project.
I'VE realize" said Mrs. Kirk, ''this
purely volunteer effort to raise at
least $2,000,000 is a difficult task.
We know, however, that this is a
worthy cause.
There are 10000 war nurses and
medical women of the Army, Navy
and Air Forces who gave their all
to help our wounded and sick dur
ing the war just closed They ask
nothing. Thousands of them are
serving in Army and Navy hospitals
and will continue to serve until
they die or are forced to retire.
"It long has been recognized that
these patriotic women need a social
center and home in Washington
which they can call their own. They
cannot afford to stay in high-priced
hotels. They will be proud to avail
themselves of the privileges of the
Nurses National Memorial"
Mrs. Kirk served as an Army
nurse during the First World War.
The Nurses National Memorial is
to have guest accommodations for
at least 800 women, with dining
room facilities. library. lounges and
other comforts. The service Is to
be furnished at extremely low cost
under an endowment raised in con-
nection with the cost of construc-
ton.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Annapolis Memorial
Proposed by Navy
For Pacific Heroes

Plans for memorial at Annapo-
lis to the Navy men lost in the Pa
cific were disclosed by Col. Robert P.
Harbold, director of the memorial
division Of the Quartermaster Gen.
erals Office, to a House military
affairs subcommittee, which had
national cemetery legislation under
consideration today.
A Senate bill, among others,
would authorize the Government to
acquire sites for rs new national
cemeteries scattered over the coun-
try. Each would have a memorial
building to house Gold Star tablets,
trophies and other memorials of the
war.
The proposed memorial at the
Naval Academy, Col. Harbold ex-
planned, would have a miniature fig
ure of every ship lost in battle and
beside it tablet bearing the names
of the men who went down on it.
Col. Harbold explained that only
about IA of the 80 existing national
cemeteries could be enlarged. The
others already had been inactivi-
tated or soon would be, he said, be-
cause towns had grown up around
them, or for other reasons, it was
not feasible to expand them. Ar
lington Cemetery is one of those
which can be greatly enlarge, he
said.
The memorial structures planned
for the new cemeteries, he told the
subcommittee, would be of marble or
granite, designed to last thousand
year" They would be of different de-
signs, conforming probably to the
historic traditions of each section of
the country. For example. colonial
architecture along the Eastern Sea-
board and Spanish type in Cali
fornia. and the Southwest.
Warren H. Atherton of Stockton,
Calf, a past national commander
of the American Legion, opposed
the proposed national network of
cemeteries, contending most of the
space would not be needed.
Evening star., 1945-10-16

Keen Johnson of Kentucky, former
Senator A. o. Stanley, one-time
Governor of Kentucky, and Neville
Miller, former Mayor of Louisville.
Congratulations also were ex-
tended by Chief Justice D. Lawrence
Groner and Associate Justice Henry
w. Edgerton and Harold M.
Stephens, all of the Court of Ap-
peals.
Tomorrow morning, E. Barrett
Prettyman, second of three asso-
ciate justices recently named to the
Court of Appeals, is scheduled to be
sworn in. The third new associate
justice, Bennett Champ Clark, is
expected to be sworn in soon.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Funeral Services Held
For Miss Myrtle Bowling

Funeral services for Miss Myrtle
o. Bowling, 81, were held this after
noon at the S. H. Hines funeral
home. 2901 Fourteenth street NV
Burial followed in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Miss Bowling, a resident of WASH.
ington for more than 40 years and
clerk for the Red Cross for the
last several years, died Sunday at
her home, 101 Rhode Island avenue
NE. She was native of Fred
ericksburg, Va.
She is survived by two sisters
Mrs. James A. La Fontaine and
Mrs. Eva Hale, and brother, Eddie
Bowling, all of Washington.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Glenn Dale Sanatorium Gets
Heat Despite Lack Of Valves

Patients at Glenn Dale Sana-
torium had heat today after engi-
neers of the District began manual
operation of the heating system
pending arrival of two valves from
the factory.
Near-freezing weather yesterday
repeatedly caused some discomfort
among patients. Officials still hoped
for an early arrival of the valves.
The Weather Bureau, meanwhile,
promised warmer weather today and
tomorrow. The thermometer failed
to drop to IS degrees this morning,
but instead the low was 40 at 1908
am. No rain is, In sight.
Evening star., 1945-10-16

reflected in the demand shown by
the housing center's figures.
Many Hardship Cases.
Many cases of extreme hardship
involving health hazard are indi-
Gated in the War Housing Center's
files. Typical. Mr.. Harper said, is
the problem faced by Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph P. Matthews and their four
children. temporarily quartered
with Mrs. Matthews sister and
brother n-law, Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Knight, 1923 Benning road NE.
Mrs. Matthews called, her families
plight to the attention of The Star
today. Her husband was discharged
from the Navy August "A, she said
She and the children returned to
the District last May from Gulfport,
Miss, where the husband had been
stationed. Since that time she has
vainly sought to rent house or
apartment, she said.
Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs. Mat
thews and their children have been
obliged to sleep in the unheated
living room-three children on a
mattress spread out on the floor.
the baby in crib and the two
adults on studio couch.
Children Have Colds.
A visit to the house revealed that
the 13xl4-foot living room was
crowded with the family's possess
sions and the baby's crib, and that
the only available unused space was
occupied at night by the mattress
on which the three children slept.
Every one of these children has a
cold and I'm just at a point I don't
know what to do" Mrs. Matthews
said. The children are Mary Mar
garet. z; Shirley Ann, 4; Rose Ellen.
2, and John William, /.
The small home is also occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Knight, their two
children, Rita Mary, 13, and James,
2, and Mrs. Knights brother, Joseph
Essex, 15-a total of IL persons.
Mr.. Matthews served as a seaman.
first class, for 18 months. Both he
and his wife are natives of the
District.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
D. c. Board to Study
Ruise in JobIess Puy

The District Unemployment Com
pensation Board at meeting next
week is expected to take up the
question of liberalizing the District
Unemployment Compensation Act
to bring it in line with President
,Truman's proposal for weekly pay
ments OF $25 for 26 weeks.
The present act provides for $40
payments for 20 weeks.
Last night the Central Labor
Union of the AFL expressed ap-
proval of liberalizing the act after
John Lecher, CLU president and
labor member of the District board,
introduced q resolution to that
effect.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Y OfficiuI to Speak

G. A. Duran of New York, mem-
Der of the National Council of the
YMCA. will address the second re-
port dinner meeting of the Y's
membership campaign committee at
6 o'clock this evening in the as
sembly hall at the Central Branch;
1876 G street NV. The solicitors
will report on their drive for 1900
new members for the Central
Branch. Is
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Amoto to Speak Tonight

David Amato, chief Of the Dis
trtct Rehabilitation Service Of the
Federal Security Agency. will speak
tonight on Postwar Rehabilitation
OF the Handicapped" at q meeting
OF the Association for the Educa-
ton Of Handicapped Shut-in Chill
dren OF the District. The meet
ing will be at 8 pm. in the audi
torium Of Central High School,
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Six Cent Overchorqe
Cost Meat Dealer $50

An alleged six-cent oyercharge
on a purchase Of veal outlets cost
Bernard Thompkins, trading as the
Reservoir Market, First and u streets
NV, $50 penalty yesterday in
Small Claims Court.
Judge Aubrey Fennell awarded
the Judgment to Geraldine Beaver,
las u street NV, on her claim she
was charged s. cents for Is ounces
OF double A grade veal outlets Sep
teinber ~, when the ceiling price
wis so cents q pound.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Dr.. Roberts to Address
D. C. Medical Society

Dr.. Joseph Thomas Roberts Of
IGallinger Hospital will deliver the
annual Davidson lecture to the Dis
|trict Medical Society at its head
quarters tomorrow night.
He will discuss the role Of the
small vessels and nerves Of the heart
in heart failure and cardiac pain.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
psHRstioniinq
&1emiinde5el.

Meats, Fats, Etc. - Stamps Al
through Ell good through October
81. Stamps FL through XII good
through November 80. Stamps
Lei through al good through
December 81. Stamps Ri through
vi good through January 81.
Points for Fats Your meat dealer
will pay four red ration points for.
each pound OF waste kitchen fats
you turn in. E.
Sugar-Stamp 38 good through De-
cember 81. Next stamp valid
January !.
Shoes-Airplane Stamps /. 2, 8 and
4 In Book No. 8 good indefinitely
for one pair Of shoes each.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Lutheran Synod Meets

The Rev. Francis. McPeek, direc-
tor of the department Of social well
fare of the Washington Federation
OF Churches, yesterday addressed
the meeting of the Western Confer
ence Of the Maryland Synod of the.
United Lutheran Church of Amer
lea at Boonesboro, Md.
Evening star., 1945-10-16
Red Cross Branch to Meet

The Annie M. Wilson Branch of
the American Red Cross will hold its
quarterly meeting at 2:30 pm. to-
morrow at the Kensington Armory.