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Evening star., 1945-10-17
Tibbett, Here for Concert, Hits
OARS Ban on Hazel Scott
Coils 1t Dangerous
Precedent Contrary
To Real Amerieunism

Lawrence Tibbett, who will sing
tonight in the OARS Constitution
Hall, considers the denial of the
same privilege to Hazel Scott, col
ored singer, mot at all just and con-
trary to real Americanism.
The famous singer explained that
he was going through with arrange
ments for his concert there at 8:3C
pm. only because it is THE first
class concert hall in Washington. .
He added that the ban on Negroes
set dangerous precedent"
Miss Scott is the wife of Repre-
sentative Powell, Democrat, OF
New York. President Truman con-
demned the denial Of the hall to
her as racial discrimination.
Il agree with our President" Mr.
Tibbett said. "As an artist, / adj
mire talent, no matter what the
color. am happy to be a great
admirer of Hazel Scott.
With that OF his expansive chest
Mr.. Tihbett's press conference ir
the Lawrence Tbbett suite at tht
Raleigh Hotel turned to a COM
parison Of popular versus classical
music, Bing Crosby versus frankie
Sinatra, and his three sons in ths
Army Mr.. Tibbett has three som
OF his own and two Step-sons.
The Tibbetts will have fam.
lily reunion when the fleet arrive;
in New York First 1t. John Tibbett
pilot Of B-25, is on his way back
with 1t after two years in the Pa.
ciflc. Corpl Larry Tibbett. jr., rs
just got home from Guam. Larry,
twin brother, 1st 1t. Richard Tib-
tbett, however, is on his way to ths
Philippines. Then there IS Peter
Is. and Michael, u.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Granville. GUIDE 10 Head
Victory Loan Retail Unit

Granville Guide has been appointed
Victory Loan chairman of the retail
division for the District War Finance
Committee, post he held in the
fifth, sixth and seventh War Loan
drives.
w. j. Waller, chairman of the
District committee, declared the
retail division had adopted an av-
erage quota of $500 for every en-
ploye in the retail business. Sales
of bonds to customers are to be
applied toward the quota.
Retailers were urged to increase
their promotion of Victory Bond
sales. Present at the divisions
meeting were Mrs. George Walker
Earl Campbell. Bryson Rash, Adolph
Siegel, John G. Jund, Para Hall
Miss Marie Tedrow, George Seitz
Henry Ellison, Mark Lansburgh
Richard Harvey, William Johannsen
j. A. Rohrschieb, Randall Bucking-
ham and Reynold Lee.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
ID. c. Heads Buck
Recreation. Request

The Commissioners have backed
the request of the District Recrea-
tion Board that the United States
Engineers Office relinquish part Of
the property it controls on the
Happy Hollow Playground. Eight
zenith and Kalorama road NV.
The property controlled by Army
Engineers is used as a pumping
station. Recreation officials claim
that the station divides the east side
Of the playground and that q smaller
building would suffice.
Meanwhile, the city heads have
agreed with William Xanten, city
refuse director, that 1t would not
be practicable at this time to license
trash haulers, as had been sug-
gested by q police Official. One Of
the complicating factors, he said,
is that q number Of people haul
their own rubbish. IS do ! number
Of business Arms.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Nine Injured as Bus
Rams Into Parked Truck

Nine persons were injured early
today on the Baltimore boulevard
at Beltsville when a Washington
bound Greyhound bus collided with
parked truck. All were taken I'd
Leland Memorial Hospital at River
dale, where their injuries were said
to be not serious.
Five were admitted for further
treatment. They are Mrs. Paula
Rhodes, 25, Valley Stream, N. Y.
suffering a. fractured leg; her q
month-old daughter, Virgil, head
bruises; Mrs. Elsie Hillman, %. sis
ter of Mrs. Rhodes; William Sud-
rick, 40, and Mrs Freda Lukk, So
both of the Bronx. N. Y, all with
cuts and leg injuries.
Treated and released from the
hospital were the occupants of the
truck. They are James Persons
90; William MCGEE, As, and Mr.. Nc
Gees sons, Morris, Is, and Hay.
ward, Is, all colored, of Hollister
S. C..
Hyattsville police listed Mr.. Per-
sons as the driver of the truck ano
Gottlieb A. Hartman, 81, of Ber-
wick, Pa, as driver of the bus.
Police said they did not know
the cause of the accident. They
said the bus was damaged to the
extent of S400.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Funeral Scheduled
For Miss Thomas,
Teacher, D. {. Native

Funeral services for Miss Gene
We've E.. Thomas, member of the
research department of the District
public schools, will be held at the
s.. n. Hines funeral home, 2901
Fourteenth street NV, at $3.50 pm
tomorrow Burial will be in Con-
gressional Cemetery.
Miss Thomas died Monday at Gar
field Hospital after an illness of
four months. She lived at 1920
Mount Pleasant street NV.
A native of Washington and a
lifelong resident, she began teach
ing in 1917. She taught at West
Cooke, Brightwood and other ele-
mentary schools before entering the
research department in 1888 as a
remedial and testing instructor for
the elementary schools in George
town.
She worked directly under Miss
Bessie La Sale, assistant superin-
tendent in charge of research for
the District public schools.
She was a graduate of Wilson
Normal School and George Wash
ington University and attended
Maryland University. She was a
member of Chi Omega Sorority.
She also was a member of the
National Education Association, the
Education Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia, the Research
Club and the Calvary Methodist
Church.
She is survived by her mother
Mrs. Jane E. Thomas, Washing
ton; a sister, Mrs. A. Bryant Reavis
Swarthmore, Pa. and a brother
Walter A. Thomas, Washington
She also has niece, WAVE En-
sign Genevieve Reavis, stationed at
San Francisco.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Thatcher Again Heads.
MayfloWer Descendants

Maurice H. Thatcher was elected
governor of the Society of Mayfiower
Descendants in the District of Co.
lumbia for the seventh consecutive
term at the annual meeting last
night al 1927 Sixteenth street NV
Brig. Gen. Bradford G. Chyno-
weth, who served under Maj. Gen
Wainwright on Bataan, told men,
bers of his experiences as Japa
nese prisoner.
Other officers elected were Wales
c. Brewster, deputy governor; Mere.
dith B. Colket, jr,, captain; Mrs
William Theophilus. elder; Miss
Mabel A. Barkley, secretary; DR.
Edison L. Whitney, assistant secre-
tary; Mrs. Georgia T. Reed, treas
Eurer; Mrs. william Sherman Walker
historian; Miss Minnie S. Suther-
land, librarian, and DR.. Harry Ford
Anderson, surgeon.
A Board of Assistants also was
elected including Gen. Chynoweth
Leigh L. Nettleton, Mrs. Mary C
Greathouse, Mrs. Hersey Munroe
Mrs. Harry C. McConaughy, Mrs
Brinkley E. Callicott and Miss Edith
I'M. GRAY,
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Gen. Terry Allen Awarded
Cluster 10 His DSM

Mai. Gen. Terry Allen, comman-
der of the 104th Infantry Climber
wolff Division, has been awarded an
Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of second
Distinguished Service Medal, the
War Department announced today.
The citation for Gen. Allen, now
stationed at Camp San Luis Obispo.
Calf, praised his tactical skill, in
spring leadership and great ca
pacity" His division was relatively
untried in combat, but under his
leadership it became a superb as
sault organization, fully demon
strating its ability to accomplish
the most difficult missions" Gen.
Allen commanded the 1st Division
through the African landings and
in Tunisia, for which he received
the DSM. He won the Legion of
Merit for his command of the 1st
Division in Sicily.
Brig. Gen. Edward w. Smith of
Atlanta, executive for Reserve ana
ROTC affairs, also has been award
ed DSM. A Reserve officer, Gen.
Smith will return shortly to his
former position as general counsel
for the Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Co., Atlanta. He
perfected postwar plans on the Re-
serve and ROTC.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
15% More Visit
US0, Report 10
War; Fund Says
High Attendance
a Is Attributed to
Separation Centers

Attendance at USO centers in
Washington has increased Is per
cent since the surrender of ia
pan, George o. Draper, area rep
resentative, estimated today in
an appeal for support of USO
services through the Community
War Fund.
USO centers report that their
attendance in September was from
10 to 100 per cent higher than for
September, 1914.
Mr.. Draper attributed the in
crease to the large number of sepa-
ration centers in the vicinity. He
also noted that the number of serv-
icemen travelling through Washing
ton is rising steadily. Soldiers visit
ing the USO lounge at Union Sta
: ton rose from 144,29T in July to
l56,010 in September.
Largest Single Share.
The USO will receive the largest
single share among the 162 agencies
to benefit from the S4,970, 600 Com
munity War Fund campaign. AL
though the drive enters its final
week today, contributions reported
to date total only $2,009, ,876.36.
Combat troops on their way home
from overseas will be more in need
of entertainment and hospitality
when they stop in Washington than
servicemen regularly stationed here,
Mr.. Draper observed.
Far from curtailing It's services,
the USO is opening new clubs in the
area, he said. A new USO club soon
will be opened at the United States
Naval Test Center on the Patuxent
River in Maryland.
Halifax Urges Support.
Lord Halifax, the British Ambassa-
dor, urged members of the stats of
the British Embassy and of British
missions in Washington to support
the campaign as they opened one
week campaign today. g.
Despite the fact that British War
Relief for the first time will not
benefit from a Community War
Fund drive, he expressed the hope
that British workers would equal
their record last year when they
raised the largest share of the money
donated by the United Nations
group
Herbert Willett, executive director
of the fund, reported that the
budgets submitted by member
agencies were pruned from S6,200,-
900 to $4,97O,00 to keep the appeal
within the ability of the community
to give.
Coleman Jennings, vice chairman
of the drive, termed it "a labora-
tory example of what living together
really means"
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Capital Transit Wins
Pennunt for Efficiency

The Capital Transit Co. has been
awarded pennant and certificate
Of merit for Outstanding mainte-
nance efficiency" by the Committee
on Awards of Bus Transportation
transit trade publication. 1t was
the third successive year the COM
pany has been adjudged winner in
the class representing American
and Canadian cities where 1000 or
more buses are operated, Capital
Transit officials said.
Nearly 100 transit companies were
entered in all classes of the annual
contest, with more than SO surviv-
ing until final judging. The. award
will be presented to E. d. Merrill,
president of. Capital Transit, at the
executive conference of the Amer
ican Transit Association in Chicago
on November Q.
Evening star., 1945-10-17

alone hundreds of millions of feet
Of Government produced film. nom
copyrighted film and foreign film
which should be kept in the same
manner as books and periodicals for
the benefit of posterity
DR.. Solon j. Buck, archivist of the
United States, said the Government
is estimated to have 10000 900 cubic
feet of records and the Archives
Building, which provides 100000
cubic feet of storage space, will be
crammed in two years.
War Records Can Fill Five.
About Is to 20 per cent of this
Ii, 900 900 cubic feet, he said, is con-
sidered worth preserving.
Dan Lacy. director of archives
operations, testified there are enough
War Department records alone to
fill five buildings the size of the
present archives structure The
Navy could fill two and one-half, he
said.
DR.. Lyman ]. Briggs, director Of
the National Bureau of Standards.
testified in support of $3.50, 900
administration building for the
bureau Administrative offices now
are scattered throughout its lab
oratorieS.
Evening star., 1945-10-17

The wife of a Washington Army
officer was one of the young women
who planned last weeks protest in
Caxton Hall. London, against their
inability to rejoin their husbands in
this country. She is Mrs. Terry
Sink, wife of 1t. William Sink, 1915
Clifton street NV. An Associated
Press photographer took her picture
at a meeting planning the event.
The picture arrived here today.
1t. Sink is now on terminal leave
here and will resume his work in the
Geological Survey of the Interior
Department sometime next month.
He was a photographer in the 9th
Air Force in England when he mar
ried in August, 1914. Permit for his
wife to come to this country was OBJ
tanned year ago, 1t. Sinks mother
said. The only thing holding up her
coming here, as in the case of other
British wives of American soldiers,
is inability to get transportation.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Archives Nearly
Full, House
Group Hears
Government Film
Storage to Require
z New Buildings
BY RUDOLPH KAUFFMANN u.

~ ASoD0ASA - AAhOC + MANN H.
The House Public Buildings and
Grounds Committee today heard
testimony from the librarian OF
Congress and the archivist of the
United States that tho Archives
Building will be full in two years
and that only handful of vaults.
mostly rented, are available for
film storage.
This condition faces the Federal
Government at the same time it is
graphing with the gigantic problem
OF storing its hundreds of millions
OF feet of film and millions of cubic
feet of Government records which
the depression, followed by the war,
have produced.
Two Buildings Proposed.
The testimony was given in sup
port of two film and records storage
buildings proposed in the admin
istration's 1914 900 900 postwar build
ing bill for Suitland, Md. The
buildings would cost $5,0o0,000 and
Sc, 900 900, respectively.
DR.. Luther H. Evans, librarian Of
Congress, testified the Library is un-
able to store copyrighted films, let
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Truman Halls Creation
tOf World Food Group
Meeting in Quebec
Isl DC Associa tes. Press.

QUEBEC. Oct. l7.-President Tru-
man today hailed the creation OF the
International Food and Agriculture
Organization as offering the United
Nations a way to begin to cultivate,
if not yet to gather, the fruits of
victory"
In a message to the first confer
ence of the food organization, which
was formally set up here yesterday
the President lauded the goals of
the agency and said it could dc
much to set the pattern for inter-
national cooperation in other fields
Without victory over the Axis
powers, the United Nations would
not now be able, he said, to set up
an international organization dedi-
Gated ito these two simple PROPOSE
tions::"
First, that people in all parts of
the world can and should have
plenty of food and of other products
of the farm;
Second, that the worlds people
who draw wealth from the earth
land sea can and should enjoy their
fair share of the good things of
| life"
United States Eager to Take Part.
Mr.. Truman's message was de-
livered to Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson, the American delegate,
for reading before the conference.
Mr.. Truman said the United
States sis eager and proud to take
its full part in the efforts of the
FAC.
l. The goals of the organization will
take time to achieve, he said. Crea-
ton OF the agency itself, he added,
will not be enough
I'VE must look to the patient CO.
operation of the family of nations
through FAC and other means. But
the work you are beginning at Que
bee is an essential step forward, and
a long one"
Pointing out that the FAC is the
first of the proposed new permanent
world organizations to grow out of
wartime cooperation of the United
Nations, the Chief Executive said
the agency's ''early stages, for good
or i'll, will do much to set the pattern
for the other world organizations
that must follow if we are to sue
ceed in building foundation for
world peace and prosperity"
Major Victory Can Be Won.
Mr.. Truman said it was particu-
larly fortunate that the FAC was
meeting at this time-when war
created problems are "felt so keenly :
The tasks of repairing the raw
ages of war and building for a
saner future are tremendous. /.
One of the major victories can be
won at. Quebec"
Prior to the reading of Mr.. Tru-
mans message, the conference
elected L. P. Pearson, Canadiaf,
Ambassador to the United States
as its permanent chairman and
as head of the important steering
committee.
Mr.. Pearson had served as chair
man of the commission which
drafted the constitution of the or
ganization The constitution was
signed by 80 members of.the United
Nations yesterday.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
400 Directors Are Due
For Release by Jan. |

Approximately 400 conscientious
objectors out of about $500 per-
forming work of national import
ance under civilian supervision will
be released by the first of the year
under a plan announced yesterday
by Selective service.
Men serving in civilian public
service who have attained the age
of 38 will be released. within the
next SO days, regardless of length of
service.
Those IS years or older who have
had more than two years service
are to be released by January /.
Selective service emphasized no
point scores will be computed in
determining persons to be released
Evening star., 1945-10-17

E. Barrett Prettyman, 81, promi-
nent Washington attorney, was
sworn in today as associate justice
OF the United States Court of Ap-
peals. He is the first local mar
named to the appellate bench
since the late Justice William Hitz
was appointed in February. 1881.
The oath was administered by
Chief Justice D. Lawrence Gronel
of the Court of Appeals. The eere-
mony, witnessed by prominent men,
bers of the bench and bar, was held
in the conference room of the Court
of Appeals Building.
Justice Prettyman Immediately
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Fourth Of Students
In High Schools Still
Hold Part-time Jobs

About orie-fourth Of the 22,00C
white junior and senior high school
students have part-time jobs, public
school officials announced today.
Mrs. Mildred S. Percy, head OF
the guidance and placement de-
partment, said that an expected
drop in student employment had
not taken place. Instead, the num-
ber of students working has re-
slained at the high level reached a
year ago, Mrs. Percy said.
The guidance expert predicted II
would be another year before de-
mand slackens for student workers
in department stores, gas stations
and Offices.
Figures on the numbers of work
ing students among the $4,000 col
ored Junior and senior high pupils
are not available.
Some of the students have beer
working 20 hours.ta week or more
Mrs. Percy said. The department
tries to keep pupils from working
if their records begin to show health
or scholarship is suffering, Mrs
Percy said. On the other hand
employment counselors are mind.
full of the contributions students
are making toward relieving the
manpower shortage" and encourage
students to render this patriotic
service when it did not interfere
with their education" she said.
The work permit Office said the
number of students leaving schoc
to take full-tine jobs had showr
some decrease however. About 81
pupils IA or Is years of age left
school this September, in contrast
to SO in September last year.
/ Figures are not kept on the num-
ber Of is and II year olds leav-
ing school.
The total school enrolment now
has risen to 1868, which is an IN.
crease of 1,345 over the enrolment
at this time last year.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
lsiHRsi;o,,iipq
&Remiinde,Jeh

Meats, Fass, Etc. = Stamps Al
through Ell good through October
3 81 Stamps FL through XII good
through November 80 Stamps
Lei through Q-1 good through
December 81 Stamps Ri through
vi good through January 81.
Points for Fats Your mea. dealer
will pay four red ration points for
each pound Of waste kitchen fats
you turn in
Sugar-Stanp 38 good through De-
cemher 81. Next stamp valid
January /.
SHOES Airplane Stamps |, 3, 8 and
4 In Book No. 5 good indefinitely
for one pair Of shoes each.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Ten Wdrships
OF Pacific Fleet
Reach New York
Vanguard Of
Navy Day Group
Given Big Welcome

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Heraldine
approach of the largest force OF
fighting ships ever to visit New
York, 10 Navy ships, led by the
10,000-ton aircraft carrier Monterey
ploughed into port today and Vice
Admiral Frederick C. Sherman re-
marked.
Ships OF the greatest fleet, in the
world have dropped anchor in the
greatest city in the world"
Behind the Monterey came the
carrier Enterprise. The flat-top flew
flag signals which told of that famed
vessels record of 500 Japanese
planes shot down and at least five
enemy warships sunk.
Big Harbor Welcome.
Then came the carrier Bataan,
tht heavy cruiser Portland, and the
destroyers Foote, Young, Zellers,
Aulick, Douglas H. Fox and Sterett.
Forty-two more warships are ex-
pected in port before Navy Day,
October 81.
Two blimps and many Navy war
planes circled overhead. The har-
Dor resounded with the shrek of
industrial and steamship whistles,
and the s.louts Of waving crowds
ashore. PIT torpedo boats scooted
in and out of the majestic line of
warships, circling the larger ones
in dizzy yhirls.
Admiral Sees Newsmen.
After the Enterprise and the
Monterey nosed into Pier 26. of
Lower Manhattan, Admiral Sher-
man received newsmen aboard the
Enterprise as he sat at breakfast,
his faithful black cocker spaniel,
Admiral Wags, beside him.
Il am numbly prcrd to have the
honor of bringing this unit of the
United States Fleet to New York, +"
he said.
American blood has been shed
on virtually every ship . - that
this day OF victory might lave been
possible. All Americans can be
proud OF the job accomplished by
the carrier task forces of the Paci-
fic. They spearheaded every drive
and blazed the way into Tokyo. We
are glad to be home among our own
people"
The Portland, Bataan and Sterett
will leave for Navy Day celebrat lions
in other ports.
Truman to Review Units.
On Navy Day, October q, some so
warships of the victorious fieet-in-
Guiding the battleship Missouri, scene
Of the Japanese surrender signature
will line up in New York Harbor
and the Hudson River for a review
by President Truman.
More than 100 fighter planes and
torpedo bombers from the Enterprise
zoomed over the city IN formation
yesterday. They left the ship at sea
and flew to a nearby airfield.
The 10 ships arriving today carry
a complement Of $500 officers and
men, and are bringing back nearly
$500 Pacific veterans. including
prisoners of war. F'
Evening star., 1945-10-17
Bureau of Standards
Wins One House Vote
With Moth-FreeWooI

The Bureau of Standards has
developed a method of chang
ing the molecular arrangement
of wool so that it does not ap-
peal to moths.
This was revealed in testi-
mony today by DR.. Lyman ].
Briggs, bureau director, before
the House Public Buildings and
Grounds Committee in support
of a $3,650,0 900 administration
building proposed for the
bureau. y
Say no more" Representa-
tive Gwinn, Republican, of New
York said. "I'll vote for the
building"
Evening star., 1945-10-17
) New Polio Cases Raise
D. {. Total 10 III for Year

Three new cases of infantile
paralysis were reported today by
the Health Department. bringing
the number hospitalized in the Dis
trict this year to .2l7, compared
with BOT last year.
The new cases are a l2-year-old
girl from the 4500 block of Fifth
street NV, at Children's Hospi-
tai; 20-year-old soldier from
Camp Lee, Va, at Walter Reed Hos
pital and another 24-year -old man
at Walter Reed, who was trans
ferred from hospital at Butler, Pa.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
|Kensington PTA to Study
|Areu's S School Needs

The Kensington Elementary Scfoo
Parent Teacher Association will dis
cuss the present condition of the
school building and future require
ments at its first meeting Of the
year at 8 o'clock tonight at thu
school,
Fl. w. McGinniss and Fayette
Warner, school trustees, viii speak
on both present and future schoo
needs of the community. The
county school situation will be dis
cussed by F. X. Metzger, presiden,
Of the Montgomery County Board
Of Education.
Evening star., 1945-10-17
jameson Heads Section
OF Bur Association

Guilford S. Jameson was elected
chairman of the administrative law
section Of the District Bar Associa-
tion last night at a meeting of the
section in the home of Louis G.
Caldwell.
Mr.. Jameson is a former COM
missioner of the Court of Claims
and served as clerk OF the House
Judiciary Committee.
Other officers elected were Eliot
20. Lovett. vice president. Percy, H,
Russell, jr.. secretary and treas
|urer, and H. Donal Kister, member
OF council.