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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Lessee Of Condemned Hotel
Faces Court Hearing Today

Samuel Klein, lessee of the con-
demned Star Hotel at Ills Ninth
street NV, is scheduled to appear
In Municipal Court today on charges
Of operating an unlicensed rooming
house.
According to the corporation
counsel's office, the building houses
85 Negroes, and contains but four
bathrooms in working order and
only one bathtub.
Klein also is charged with per-
hitting occupancy of a condemned
building. Maximum penalty for this
ofense is 500 for every day the
condition is allowed to exist.
Klein was ordered last August to
make repairs, but the work has been
delayed while the owner and the
lessee argued the question of liability.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Mason Says
Teachers Pay
is Out Of Line
Commissioners Told
$1,000 Minimum
SoIory Is Needed

Commissioner Guy Mason today
agreed with spokesman of the Amer
lean Federation of Teachers Union
that teachers salaries in the District
are way out of line"
Mr.. Mason made his comment
after 1t was pointed out that it Il
possible for clerk to get more than
a starting teacher with a college de-
gree. Mr.. Mason commented that
this situation isn't fair, 1t isn't
equitable.
Miss Mary G. Dent, president OF
the union, and Miss Selma Borchard
head Of the Legislative Committee
of the union, told the Commission
ers that a 2,O00-minimum should
be set for teachers. They said the
present recommendation from the
Board Of Education submitted to the
Commissioners called for $1,000.
Mr.. Mason agreed that the rating
attached to the $1,000 salary CLASH
fication should go to beginning
teachers. He said he felt that too
much attention was being paid to
high schools and not enough to the
elementary school salaries, where
the teachers have the important Job
OF handling children during their
formative period and where the
teachers are having to do certai,
amount Of health and welfare work
during the war.
Budget Officer Walter L. Fowler
maintained that only % teachers
were in the $1,400 classification and
that the majority received over ST.
000-an average exceeded by only
two States, the budget officer said
Spokesman for the union pointed
out, however, that average figures
for States were lowered by the in
clusion of rural areas.
Mr.. Fowler emphasized that the
Board Of Education had not yet SUBJ
mitted to the Commissioners any
final draft for a bill and that the
union still had an opportunity to
present its case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06

A 45-year old German-born staff
sergeant and major generals
daughter teamed up yesterday to
feed 14O service men and women
who frequent the USO Service Club
at 1911 H street NV.
While the clubs regular volun-
teer cooks were attending the fourth
anniversary luncheon of the USO
at the Mayflower Hotel, Sergt. Joe
Hilger scrambled hundreds of eggs
and 18-year-old Mary Ann Swing,
1901 Connecticut avenue NV, but
tered toast-to the satisfaction Of
one, of the Snack Bars largest noon
time crowds. Miss Swings father,
Maj. Gen. Joseph M. Swing, COM
mands the 18th Airborne Division
in the Philippines.
Sergt. Hilger, recently returned
from a year in Africa, Sicily and
Italy, has trained thousands of
doughboys in his former CAPACITY
as chief drill instructor, but has
never fed them before. He cooked
with almost professional ease be
cause my wife housebroke me"
While overseas the only cooking he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Three Boys, 15,. Held
In Robbery That Put
Hacker in Hospital F.,

Three 15-year-old boys, one OF
them recently discharged from the
Coast Guard as underage, today
were being held by police after they
admitted stealing high-powered
coupe, smuggling and robbing a taxi
cab driver Of SIS and then starting
on a train trip to Florida cor as far
as the money would last"
However, police were told that
when one of the boys refused to &C
at train time he was given so cents
as his share of the loot, and his
companions shared the balance ano
called him ''scared-cat."
The police said two Of the boys
were students and the third a dairy
worker who recently was honorably
discharged from the Coast Guarc
when, on return from his fourth
trip across the Atlantic, authorities
learned he was too young for service
The boys come from good families
and have no previous records, &C.
cording to police.
Taxi Driver in Hospital.
| After they are questioned in con-
nection with the theft of the ca,
and the robbery of the taxicat
driver, which occurred Saturday
night, the boys will be turned over
to Juvenile Court authorities, officers
said.
The victim of the robbery was
Harold j. Oliver, As, taxicab driver
of the 1900 block Of Park road NV,
according to police. He suffered a
dislocated shoulder and severe scalp
decorations after being hit on the
head and now is in Gallinger Hos
pital.
One Of the boys hailed the taxicab
at Minnesota and PENNSYLVANIA
avenues Sc, police said, and d.
rected Mr.. Oliver to drive to the $500
block Of Twenty-eighth- street Sc,
where the other two boys were wait
ing in the stolen car and where the
robbery took place
Elude Police Three Times.
At least three times during the
night, the stolen car was chased by
police in scout cars, but each time
its high speed enabled it to get away
The vehicle later was found aban-
doned.
According to the story the boys
told police today, they inflicted the
beating with their fists each hitting
the taxicab driver once. However
one OF the boys told police he pos
sessed pair of pliers wrapped in a
tea towel and may have used it,"
The two boys who started for
Florida were taken in custody by
Raleigh, N. c., authorities after q
lookout was sent by Washington
police, and were returned to the
District this morning. The pair had
been under suspicion, police said,
and one of them wired his parents
here for money to return home.
The third boy was taken in custody
soon afterWard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
RanldoIp|h0rders
Inquiry Into
Business Rents
Chairman Promises
To Hold Hearings
If Gougine' Is Found
BY DON S. WARREN.

In response to an increased num-
Der OF complaints of commercial
rent increases here, Chairman Ran.
dolph Of the House District Commit
tee today requested the National
Defense Subcommittee of the group
to investigate the situation and to
hold hearings II justified by its find
ingS.
Some reports of commercial rent
increases ranging as high as 200 per
cent and of small business concerns
having their loing- established loca-
tons rented out from under them"
already have been turned over to the
committee.
Murphy Is Chairman.
The subcommittee is headed by
Representative Murphy, Democrat,
Of Pennsylvania and included Rep
resentative Combs of Texas and
Healy of California, Democrats,
and Beall of Maryland, and LIE Fevre
of New York, Republicans. This
group already has before it for study
a bill proposed more than a year
ago by Representative Crawford,
Republican. of Michigan.
Mr.. Randolph is following a new
policy in the present survey, of not
making public the identities of COM
planning commercial tenants, at
least until the time comes for public
hearings. Late last year, when some
complaints were heard, he asked
aggrieved tenants to write to the
District Committee, but few did. He
said today he thought this might
have been because not many tenants
wished their landlords to know they
had complained to Congress, while
rent negotiations were underway.
Mr.. Randolph said: 1--WE have re-
ceived several complaints which
tend to indicate that there is an
unfair hiking of rents on COM
Imercial tenants.
Asks for Facts.
Il personally have talked within
the last "a hours with three such
business and professional complain
ants. I have requested that they
gather the facts Immediately. It is
probable that Representative Muir
ply and other members of the Ma
tional Defense Subcommittee will
want to hear testimony from own
ers as well as tenants in an effort
to get to the overall picture of
what may be an alarming rental
situation.
The Rent Control Act has beer
of real value during the war emer.
gency in our National Capital. II
does not, however, cover CONNER.
cial properties and it may be neces.
sary now to strengthen the law 81
as to give proper protection II
tenants"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
Nurse Shortage
To 0ut|ast War;.
Dr.. Parran Says
Surgeon General
Tells House Group Of
Greater Needs Ahead
BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.

BY CARTER BROOKE JONES.
In urging today selective service
draft for nurses, DR.. Thomas Parran
Surgeon General of the United States
Public Health Service, told the
House Military Affairs COMMITTEES
that the nursing needs Of the armed
forces is bound to continue beyond
the close of the war"
1.-THE number of wounded needing
care is cumulative" he said. "It
will not reach its peak until the
fighting stops"
DR.. Parran also warned that as
the war goes on toward victory
public psychology will assume that
peace Is closer at hand than 1t
actually may prove to be-" He point
ed out that I'VE had such an expert
ence last autumn" and added:
I'm fact, the current nurse short
age is due largely to that peace
psychology"
Speaks as Draft Supporter.
The Surgeon General, explaining
that he appeared in support of the
general purpose of two bills pend
ing before the committee, told the
group:
To-day. there is a greater num-
Der of American wounded to be
cared for than in any previous war"
Urging a selective service system
placing each nurse where she is most
essential, whether it be in a military
or civilian position, DR.. Parran said:
To-day there is a greater number
of civilian patients in hospitals than
ever before. The national health
and safety demand that our limited
nursing skills be budgeted wisely so
that our sick and injured may have
the best opportunity for life and
health
DR.. Parran said he favored selec-
tive service for graduate nurses up
to the age of As because he was
convinced that this is the only
way to meet the military needs as
quickly as they must be met"
There are those who say that this
bill is discriminatory in singing out
this one profession for selective
service" he said. "On the contrary,
I feel that it gives merited recogni-
ton to the essentially of the pro-
fessicn Of nursing"
Volunteering No Solution.
DR.. Parran expressed the opinion
that even if the Army got its neces-
sary quotas Of nurses by the present
volunteer plan, this would not solve
the serious situation affecting the
armed forces and civilians alike
There still would be no effective
control of nursing in this country,
he pointed out.
military needs" DR.. Parran said,
ALREADY have drained the medical
manpower of the country to the
danger point. In many communities
the lack of medical care is serious"
He warned the committee that
the major civilian health problems
still are ahead.
I'VE shall see," he said, 'the
cumulative effects of fatigue, long
hours OF work, worry, anxiety and
grief. In other words, there is
bound to be lower level, of civilian
health and greater susceptibility to
disease. We have been fortunate
up to now in not having had any
serious epidemics. It is we'll within
the realm of possibility that We
may have repetition of the 1918
Influenza endemic before this war
is over. If this or any other dis
aster were to occur there would be
no time to pass a law which would
mobilize nurse power where needed. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06
National Symptoms Drive
For $750,OOO Opens Today

Campaign Chairman Lee D. But
Ter was scheduled to preside, and
lit. Comdr. G. Leslie Glenn, u. s
N. R., peacetime rector Of st. Johns
Episcopal Church, was the princi-
pal speaker
Mr.. Butler said he hoped to raise
q considerable proportion Of the
fund by mail from music support
ers who do not wait to be person
ally solicited.
I'VE will have about as many
personal workers as in other year,
and would have more Il people were
not so busy with their Jobs and
with volunteer war work. he said
"As It is, we are asking Is many
people as win do 30 to send theil
contributions without delay by mai
- that We may not fall short Of the
necessary funds to support . full
orchestra season.
sss' Concerts for Children.
The unhappy fact Is that If we
should fall short the features Of
the annual program which must
be eliminated are among the most
worthy ones, such as some OF the
concerts for school children.
These perform the finest service
because an appreciation Of good
music is lifetime gift to q young
person, but bring In the least reye-
nue.. We hope no reduction In this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06

The American way is the way they
pay, SO buy more War Bonds and
buy today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-02-06

Degree days-Total for month, 1877;
total for season to date, 3,026:
normal for season to date, abs.
Evening star., 1945-11-29
After Dark
News and Comment OF the Night Clubs
Trade Marx Rsgistersd O. Patent

| he could think of, for real sleighbells
from Q real farm. .. After last Mon
days "Stardust Night" contest ut
the 400, Joe Moss found himself with
three winners instead Of one to pay
for a weeks engagement at his
cocktail lounge. Winning trio was
composed Of Betty and Rosita Ell
lingson and Betty Wilkens. Not bad,
either. :. :. A song you'll be hearing
around, being played now by Sasha
Lukas at the Sazerac Room, is TITS
Alright" Composed by Mary Adena,
secretary to local businessman.
4 4 \
The Showbill ;. Sharon De Vries
the comedienne, headlines the new
show at the Troika, starting tonight
! Talia. the pretty girl who dances SC
pertly, remains and the other new
corners are Keith Clark, magician
and Juanita Rios, billed as the
Latin bombshell." You know what
Latin bombshells are. ;. The Stat
ler's Embassy Room breaks out with
some special entertainment come
Monday night, headlined by Gene
Shelton and including scads OF
dancing girls. f. Monday also /,
the night that Pianist Carl Sands
brings his orchestra to the Congo
Evening star., 1945-11-29
Dunbar High 10 Present
Historical PAGEANT Toniqhi

More than $50 students Of Dunbar
High School will present = pageant
at sis O'Clock tonight to commem-
crate the schools 10th anniversary.
The pageant will depict the start
Of the school in 4 church basement,
the first public high school for col
|ored children in the United States,
and trace Its development.
The episodes were written by Miss
Evening star., 1945-11-29

Room Of the Carlton, to replace
Stephen Kisley. Marcella Hen
Dirk, who sang at the Maydower
Lounge for q considerable stretch
awhile back, headlines the new show
at the Trade Winds. Not only sings
but she's q handsome lass, too.
4 X \
Maybe the manpower shortage
finally is easing in the musical field
A local orchestra leader was boast
ing the other night that ION Friday
we'll have the same men on the
stand for three nights in row for
the first time In three years" =
4 +
You would think, offhand, that q
cellist trying to operate in 4 room
with a marble floor would resemble
rodeo performer, chasing that
cello all over the place. Well, he
might II he were not inventive. In
ventive. for. instance, like Leo EN-
manuel of Johnny Shaw's' trio at
Evening star., 1945-11-29

Lillian S. Brown, English teacher,
and Mrs. Maud B. Alien. dramatics
teacher.
The four-day observance, which
began Tuesday, will close tomorrow
with = social reunion" At 8:l5 pm
Dunbar is located at First and N
streets NV
Evening star., 1945-11-29

Costin's. who has, with piece Of
wood and . couple Of lengths Of
cord, rigged Z device that keeps the
cello right where he wants 1t.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
Strike Idle
Cut Sharply
1900 Return
to Cor Wood PIont

nETROIT. Aug. % - (P) -
Detroit's strike situation i'm
proved today as $500 workers
at four Garwood industries
plants returned to their jobs and
two-month strike at the De-
troit Steel Products Co. plant
was scheduled TO end tomorrow.
The Garwood workers, mem
bers of local $50 of the United
Automobile Workers (ClO),
struck Monday in a dispute over
seniority grievances.
The Steel Products stoppage
involved employees in the sash
and spring departments and
caused layoff of $500 workers
in three Chrysler plants.
Meanwhile new dispute
flared at the Russell plant Of
the Murray Corp. of America
when 500 members of Local 2
of the United Automobile Work.
ers (CIO) walked off their jobs
yesterday. TIE workers were
protesting a return to pre-war
pay levels, which Union officials
said meant 10 to Is per cent
cut.
A strike of $500 employees of
the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co.
idled 1900 workers at the Ford
Rouge plant, Monday. The Ford
workers were sent home when
the Kelsey-Hayes strike, begun
last week, prevented the flow
of wheels and brake drums to
the Ford plant.
Permission was obtained in
Windsor from the International
UAW-CIO to call a strike vote
among 10000 employees of the
Ford Motor Co. of Canada.
Some 700 workers remained
idle at Solvay Process Co. and
900 at Bundy Tubing Co. in I'M
settled strikes.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
Hold Negro
i'm Staying
of Aged Woman

BATON ROUTE, La, Aug. %
-(P)-District Attorney Dewey
Sanchez said he would file a
charge of murder today against
! 17-year-old Negro who had
confessed leaving a 70-year-old
white woman to burn in her
home after slashing her throat,
shooting her, and robbing 'her
of 81 cents.
Kindness In lending IS to the
Negro, lister as Henry Riley, as
apparently brough death TO
Mrs. Tai Cheatham Stanley.
Sanchez said, adding that the
youths confession mentioned
several arguments with the eld-
erly aristocratic clubwoman over
the money.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
Salvage Effort
Must BE Pushed

The War Production Board
has informed all Salvage Com
mittees to continue their salvage
efforts to build reserve stock of
tin for the production of civilian
goods. Now that hostilities have
ceased, the home front should
carry on salvage collections of
prepared tin cans until the ma
tons stock pile can be- replen-
ished with tin from thet Pacific
area now being occupied by the
Allies.
The next collection of pre-
pared tin cans in Macomb Coun-
ty will be Monday, Sept. II.
"Save and prepare every tin
can for this collection. Every
home should participate and
make this a record breaking col
lection" is the appeal of Harry
w. Mcmillan, Macomb County
tin unit chairman.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
5anilat Burglary
Suspects abbed Here

Two brothers, sought by San
lilac county law enforcement
agencies. for a breaking and en-
tering two months ago were ar
rested by Macomb County Sher-
ifs deputies over the week END
Deputies Richard De Ketlaere
and Frank Ballor, who conduct
ed the investigation said that the
two men were Herman Helm, 25,
of 23l5l Chambers, East De-
troit. and his brother, William,
26, of 1922 Ferry Parkway, De-
troit.
The two men and a third who
was taken into custody a short
while ago were allegedly in
volved in the theft of a radio,
electric clock, washing machine
and bicycle from a WEIGH resi-
dence. They had sold the stolen
goods in Detroit.
Both men have been turned
over to Sanilac county officers.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28

Ribbentrop's war against Eng
land
Emmy is exasperated because
so many have committed sui
eide who, she believes, if alive
would contribute to her hus-
bands defense. This applies with
extreme bitterness to Himmler.
That Himmler!" she exclaim-
ed. That scoundrel! He lied to
us about everything.
"How often did Hermann beg
him to spare a certain person.
Hermann would say: Please,
Himmler, do it for my sake
Himmler would answer: Sure
I'll burn the dossier.' But later
we would learn that the person
in question had been executed. !"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28
Giant Ammunition Dump
Is Army's White Elephant

way and ST miles of railway
track.
The stores range from rifle
ammunition TO 4,000-pound
blockbuster bombs - every
thing but atomic bombs" There
are $4,000 land mines, $4,000
tons of aerial bombs and 10000
steel-cased Howitzer shells.
I'VE have 100 days supply of
all ammunition needed in the
heater." Constable said. 1--WE
learned in Europe in the battle
OF the Bulge that IL costs lives
to find out at the last minute
that We have plenty of most mu-
nitions but a shortage of 9TH
ers."
In the four and one-half years
it has been in operation there
have been no deaths or injuries
from accidental explosions at
the depot, Constable said. The
place is stated by a Negro bat
talon.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28

tons Frau Goering told me that
her husband still believes that
Communists set the Reichstag
fire that gave the Nazis their
real boost into power Che, him.
self, has said recently that he
no longer believes this): and that
he never approved of any atroci-
ties.
Its true that Hermann or
gained the first concentration
camps" she admitted, but he
only wanted to detain dangerous
persons. have overheard how
outraged he was when he learn
ed that people were beaten
there, and that he ordered pun
ishment of those who did it. Lat
er Himmler took charge, and
Hermann knew no more what
went on in the camps than did
any other Germans. He was hor-
rified when, during the last
years, ne learned some detallS.
Eyes, Hermann did organize
the Gestapo, but for the year he
was in charge the Gestapo was
very small. II only became big
- that horrible instrument that
Hermann, too, feared - when
Himmler took over.
Hermann always was strict
ly against war. In 1888, when
he went to Munich, he promised
me: I'll bring you back peace.
In 1899, with war approaching,
he shouted so at Ribbentrop,
who wanted war, that Hitler
intervened: 'Goering, you must
moderate yourself To which,
his wife says, the Reichsmarshal
retorted: 1 don't want to fight
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28

CALCUTTA, Aug. % - Up
A giant ammunition depot sup
plying all the Allied forces in
China, Burma and India stands
somewhere in India as a veri-
table monument to wars waste.
The 1919, 564 tons of explosives
it contains were a priceless asset
of the fighting forces until ia
pans surrender. Overnight they
became worth only small frac-
ton Of their original cost. which
had been estimated informally
by military authorities at be-
tween S50,000,000 and $4,000
900.
Like all stores OF American
ammunition on foreign soil. this
dump has now become a vexing
problem to Army authorities
who must decide upon its dispo-
sition.
1t. Col. Raymond c. Consta-
bile Of Chicago, ammunition
supply officer in charge, declin-
ed an interview TO speculate on
the salvage possibilities. Pre-
sumably some Of the explosives
might be returned 10 the United
States for use in training troops.
Much of the explosives, how
ever, probably will be dumped
into the ocean where they can
do no harm. Constable estimated
it would take six years TO deto-
nate the contents of the entire
dump bit by bit inconformity
with safety.
LARGEST IN WORLD
The depot sprawls over 81
square miles of land, and is des-
cribed by Constable as one of
the largest in the world. That
probably is why the exact loca.
ton still cannot be disclosed for
publication. Built by the British,
it has 81 miles Of concrete high
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-08-28

admitted he NO longer believes
would argue that his crews were
too tired to 90 out again, or that
the weather was unfavorable,
but Hitler would insist on more
raids.
1.-THE Fuehrer wants me to
send my men into certain death, y
Goering would lament. And Oft
en- he would ask, as Allied planes
increasingly devastate d the
Reich:
What can I tell the German
people?"
The naive explanations and
excuses made by Emmy, how
ever unconvincing to others,
seem worth repeating because
they probably foreshadow the
defense that her husband will
make when he goes on trial as
a war criminal.
IF the Allies kill Hermann
they must kill all of their own
soldiers" she cried. He did
only what they did-obeyed or
ders."
In response to q series of ques-