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Evening star., 1946-11-09
a Army Training Units
Near D. T.. 10 Close

Four Army recruit training centers
in Maryland and Virginia will be
closed "at the earliest practicable
date" the Army announced yester-
day.
The action Is part Of the Army's
plan to close seven of 13 such
centers throughout the country as
an economy measure. The four in
the Maryland-Virginia area are the
Ordnance Training Center, Aber-
deem; Engineer Center, Fort Bel
voir; Quartermaster Center, Camp
Lee, and the Transportation Corps
Center, Fort Eustis.
According to the Army announce
ment, Camp Polk, La, will be COM
pletely inactivated by December 81
while training centers at Fort Dix,
N. Y, and Fort Bliss, Tex, will be
closed "as the load slackens."
After the shutdowns training will
be carried on at the following CEN
ters: Fort Bragg. N. c.; Fort Jackson,
s. c.; Fort Mcclellan, Ala; Fort
Knox, KY; Fort Ord, Calf, and
Fort Lewis, Wash.
Evening star., 1946-11-09

To help meet the rapidly increas-
ing need for nursing care here, a
new one-year course in practical
! nursing has been inaugurated at
Doctors Hospital, with IL young
women enrolled as nurses aides.
Believed to be the only one of its
kind in any Washington hospital,
the course will turn out practical
nurses qualified to work not only in
hospitals, but also in homes to care
for the sick who are not Ill enough
to require a graduate nurse.
The girls are being trained under
a carefully prepared course, includ-
ing both instruction by faculty OF
doctors and graduate nurses and
practical work in the clinics and
wards of the hospital. Chairman
of the Hospital Committee on nurses
aides is DR.. Oscar B. Hunter, secre-
tary of Doctors Hospital.
Registration for the first course
has been filled, but a new one will
be opened in February, it was an
nounced.
NEED St1Il Acute.
The need for nursing care in
Washington is just as acute as it was
during the war, according to a
spokesman for the District Gradu-
ate Nurses Association, which well
comes this new venture.
Shortage of nurses here has been
strongly stressed by recent health
and hospital surveys, and by hos
pital superintendents.
The need for nurses has been fur
ther intensified by the building of
two new hospitals which will open
here next year, and by the rapid
falling off of enrolment in the
eight schools for training graduate
nurses. ..sas..- :. .,,..-,..--. +
Only half as many students en-
rolled in the graduate nursing
schools for the current classes as
were expected, despite the great in
crease in demand for their serv-
ices. Recruitment for the spring
classes to start In January and
February now is being opened, and
applicants may apply for enroll
ment at the Graduate Nurses Asso-
citation. Telephone Adams 6060.
The need for both graduates and
practical nurses Is being stressed by
the American Hospital Association
and the American Nurses Associa-
ton.
New Legislation Contemplated.
The course of instruction and
training at Doctors Hospital was
worked out by representatives of
the medical and nursing pro-
fessions. The faculty for train
ing practical nurses consists Of both
doctors and graduate nurses. The
curriculum is understood to meet
the approval of standards for prac-
tical nurses being proposed by the
Graduate Nurses Association.
Meanwhile, it was learned move
is on foot to have introduced in the
new Congress in January bill to
amend the present nursing act, to
require licensing of all schools for
practical nursing, and Of all practi-
cal nurses.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Virginia Truckers Tax
Test Case Continued
BY the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. "a test
case involving the administration OF
Virginia's gross receipts tax on
truckers was continued yesterday
before the State Corporation Com
mission to December II when the
commission will hear argument
from the Savage Truck Line against
a bill rendered for $2,293.71 in road
taxes.
The Savage company contended
that the tax is enormously assessed
through a method of considering
pickup and delivery mileage &C
umuclated by truckers. The out
come of this case is being watched
closely by scores of trucking COM
panies who are also assessed and
taxed by the commission.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
|Dr. Barr 10 Leave
St. John S Dec. 19
>By the Assoeiosed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 9.-Dr. String.
fellow Barr will relinquish the presi.
dency Of st. Johns College here or
December 10, the institutions Boarc
of Visitors and Governors announced
today.
John S. Kieffer, faculty member
will serve as acting president. the
board added. ek.z
Mr.. Kieffer, a native OF Hagers-
town, is a 1926 graduate of Harvard
and received his masters degret
there three years later. He has
been a member of the st. Johns
faculty since 1929, eight years before
the present curriculum-based on 9
study Of the worlds greatest books
was introduced.
DR.. Barr is leaving st. Johns tt
head a liberal arts institution dedi.
Gated to similar educational meth
cd. The colony" of st. Johns was
made possible by a $4,500, 900 dona.
ton by Paul Mellon, son OF the late
Andrew j. Mellon.
Location Of the new college has
not yet been announced.
Evening star., 1946-11-09

| Dawson, whose
D ersis S t e n C e
finally paid off
when he was
elected Repub-
lican States At
torney for Mont
gonery County.
| Mr.. Dawson, who
Is county chair
man for the Re-
| publican State
Central Co M
mittee, admits
he still is a
| trihe "dazed"
by the over
Wheln1inQ VIC
Evening star., 1946-11-09

There were other good attempts.
There was a festoon Of balloons.
There was a collection of ivy and
other greenery. Even a box of
granulated soap was passed of as a
hat.
The minister, the Rev. DR.. Ed
ward g.. Latch. entered into the
spirit Of the occasion and tried on
one for laughs.
There were prizes for other dis
tinctions among those at the break
fast. Mr.. Lizzie w. Wise, IS, of
1921 Forty-sixth street NV, re-
ceived an orchid because she was
the Oldest guest.
Mike Hunnicutt reminded her a
kiss should accompany the bloom.
"Well?" Mrs. Wise inquired.
The kiss followed to the accom-
paniment of applause and gleeful
shrieks.
The program included singing, a
quiz game and the making of a tape
recording for broadcast Monday.
Every one said the food was good
and the breakfast one of the most
successful church functions in many
a day. Mrs. George McLain, presi-
dent, and the other members OF
Circle No. we're very proud.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
BY Harold B. Rogers

This measure is being put into
final shape by the Graduate Nurses
Association, cooperating with the
new District Association of Under
graduate and Practical Nurses.
It would put authority for such
licensing Of practical nurses and
practical nursing schools in the
hands Of the present Nurses Ex-
amining Board for the District
Twenty-Five States now have laws
requiring licensing of practical
nurses, it was said.
Girls who complete their course
as nurses aides at Doctors Hospital
will receive a certificate at the end
Of a years training. This will show
they have completed their courses
and have qualified.
Distinctive Uniform.
While in training, the aides wear
a distinctive uniform, of blue and
white stripe, white apron, and a
head band on which is embroidered
in blue the word Aide"
The student aides are spending
the first four months in preclinical
work, including 22a hours each
week in class and 251s hours week
in the hospital department.
During the succeeding seven
months, they will be engaged in
actual care Of patients, under super
vision.
The last month will be devoted
to review, including three hours a
day in class and five hours daily In
departments of their own selection
in which they may wish to special
ize.
When they receive their certifi-
Gates, they will be eligible for many
opportunities for employment, ir
general and special hospitals, pri.
vate homes, medical clinics in in.
dustrial plants and doctors Offices
They will not be qualified as
graduate nurses and are not ex-
pected to serve in cases of seriously
i'll patients. But, 1t was explained
they will be qualified to step in
when the job of the trained nurse
during a more critical period OF
illness has been completed. They
also will be prepared to care for a
mother and new baby after return
from the hospital, to care for well
children, and do necessary light
housework during the absence of a
mother.
Paid During Training.
During training, the nurses aides
are not allowed to assist in operat-
ing rooms or delivery rooms at the
hospital, nor can they make baby
formulas or give medicines. They
can give hypodermic injections un-
der supervision of registered
nurse.
During training, the aides receive
$50 month, free meals, uniforms
and uniform laundry, but must pro-
vide their own lodging. To qualify
for the course, they must pass both
physical and mental examinations
for personal fitness" They must
be between 18 and IS years of age.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Firms Along James River
| |Auree 10 Cut Pollution
Nv ,hs Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. ga 20
per cent reduction in the volume OF
pollution in the James River be-
tween Covington and Lynchburg has
been agreed upon by a number OF
manufacturers along the river, Gov.
Tuck said.
The chief executive returned to
his Office yesterday after week OF
travelling which included a personal
inspection of pollution in the James.
The Governor said he expects to
confer with members of the Water
Control Board to pass along his
observations and recommendations.
although he appeared satisfied with
progress made by the board under
the new pollution control law.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Spinach Crop in Virginia
To Reach Market Soon
BY the Asseeiassd Press

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 9.-An
early harvest of Virginia's fall
spinach crop will send the crop to
market between November is and
December 20, the Virginia Co-opera-
tive Crop Reporting Service reported
yesterday.
Favorable moisture conditions and
mild temperatures have greatly
benefited the spinach crop, and
cutting Of scattered early paintings
already have started in the Norfolk
area. Very little insect damage has
been noted this season and the
quality Of the crop is expected to be
excellent, the service reported.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Arlington Bus Service
Will Be Improved by
Merger, Officials Say

Representatives Of two Arlington
bus lines yesterday testified in al
Interstate Commerce Commission
hearing that their proposed merger
would bring improved, more eco
nomical service.
The hearing was called when ths
Washington, Virginia g. Maryland
Coach Co. sought ICC approval o1
its proposed acquisition Of contro
of the Arlington g. Fairfax Motol
Transportation Co.
Howard H. England, general man.
ager of the former concern, said
merger =. would create ., q single
strong" company from '"two weak
companies each rendering made.
quate service"
He said he shared the opinion
expressed by Everett B. Coxen, Sec
retary-treasurer of the A. 81 F., and
Franklin K. Lane, active head OF
that company, that continued sepa-
rate operation of the two companies
in the Arlington territory was i'm
practicable.
A. & F. Revenue Declines.
Mr.. Coxen testified that although
the A. & F., had operated at q
profit during the war years, Its
gross revenue was now declining
while expenses mounted.
Mr.. England said unification OF
the two companies would permit
savings in operating costs through
elimination Of paralleled and duph-
cate service.
1--WE will maintain all rush-hou1
service" he specified, however.
Among the advantages to the
public to be derived from the
merger, Mr.. England asserted
would be the establishment ol
through service, eliminating trans.
fers between several routes now ir
operation. Among these, he said
was that linking Rosslyn and the
Pentagon.
Route Study Under Way.
He said a study of routes ir
Washington and Virginia was moi
yet completed, and he could make
no definite statement about pro.
posed changes in routes, but hi
indicated he felt the present service
was, in general, adequate" 1t wa.
learned, however, that the re-rout'
ing of Virginia buses from George.
town to Fourteenth street wa.
among the steps being planned.
Mr.. England said the proposed
merger had received unanimous
support from the citizens of nearby
Virginia he had contacted.
Charles S. Cobbins, past presi.
dent of the Arlington County Civic
Federation and chairman of thai
groups Public Utilities Committee
testified in support of the merger
He said the federation represented
10000 bus commuters and theil
families.
ICC Examiner Curtis r. Engel.
hart requested the A. & F. to fur.
nish within 10 days a complete
breakdown Of its financial obliga.
tions. He said he would seek t
establish why the company wa.
operating at a loss.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Silver Hill Man Killed
In Fall Down Well

William H. Baker, IS, of 4315 Silver
Hill road, Silver Hill, Md, was killed
yesterday when he fell down q
35-foot well he was inspecting at
his home.
Prince Georges County police said
members Of the District Heights
Rescue Squad unsuccessfully applied
artificial respiration.
A neighbor, william A. Hessler,
descended into the well and held
Mr.. Baker out of the water until the
rescue squad arrived.
Mr.. Baker was pronounced dead
on arrival at Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
|0'Conor Lead Grows
|By 200 Due 10 Error;
Markey Still Hopeful
BY the Assoeioied Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 9-Campaign
strategists for D. John Markey, Re-
publican candidate for the United
States Senate, still refused today to
|concede the election of Gov. O'Conor
although an error uncovered In the
official canvass of Baltimore polling
places boosted the Democratic cam
didate's lead by 200 votes--to 1888.
The 2O0-vote change in Gov.
|O'Conor's favor came when election
officials unlocked two voting ma
chimes in one precinct and found
clerks there had reported 200 more
votes than were cast. The error
was in the vote reported for Mr..
Markey.
The correction, together with an
unofficial tabulation of canvassed
results in all % Maryland counties
and unofficial returns from Balti-
more City, gave Gov. O'Conor 236, ,18s
and Mr.. Markey 234,550.
Four Precincts Still Missing.
City election supervisors, working
on the long job of opening official
reports from All polling places, still
had not reached the four precincts
missing from the unofficial count.
Election supervisors hope to COM
Eplete the canvass today, and cam
|paign managers of both candidates
agreed Gov. O'Conor would increaSe
his lead still further. &
Gov. O'Conor's aides predicted tie
canvass would give him an add
tional 500 votes.
May Ask Recount.
Republicans have not yet disclosed
any intention of asking recount,
although some have said unofficially
that course might be followed IN
counties Gov. O'Conor took by small
margins. 81
The slow uphill fight by Mr.. Mar
key to overcome the unofficial H.
998 deficit with which he came out
of Baltimore City was stalled yes
terday when the counties where his
predicted strength lay completed
their canvass and he was still be-
hind.
Mr.. Markey won out in 13 of the
% counties where he picked UP
$3.50 votes. OF this gain, 3, ,499
came from Baltimore County and
the remainder from Allegany, Anne
Arundel, Calvert, Carroll, Charles,
Dorchester, Frederick, Garrett, Har-
ford, Somerset, Talbot and Wash
ington. -f0
Beall Reelected by 15,469. .
Meanwhile, official returns from
the f, 9th Maryland district showed
Representative Beall, Republican,
reelected by a margin of 15,469
votes over Radio Announcer Arch
Mcdonald, Montgomery County
Democrat
The table:
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Huber, Bolton Renamed
To House From Ohio

(Fron, Yesterdays Last Edition.
Representatives Huber, Democrat,
and Bolton, Republican, of Ohio,
both were reelected to their seats
in the House. inadvertently their
names were ommitted from the
roster of the new House printed in
Thursdays Star.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
13 Phi Beto Koppos
Named at w. and M.
BY the Associated Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Nov g.
Thirteen members of the senior class
at the college of William and Mary
have been elected to membership
in Phi Beta Kappa, honor fraternity
founded here in 1776.
DR.. Donald w. Davis, head of the
biology department and recording
secretary of the Alpha Chapter o1
Phi Beta Kappa, announced the
election at the 18th annual honors
convocation here yesterday.
The members-elect include Evelyn
June Haller, Herndon; Frances
Wyatt Isbell, Arlington, and Marilyn
Eaddy Woodberry, Washington, D. G.
Evening star., 1946-11-09

tory Of the county Republican ticket
Tuesday.
II thought we might win few
Offices" he said, but I never ex-
Fpected anything like this"
Republican by Heritage.
Being a Republican is a heritage
with Mr.. Dawson. He recalled that
his grandfather, the late Lawrence
A. Dawson, was arrested In Rock
vile during the Civil War because he
was Northern sympathizer.
Born As years ago on q South
Dakota Indian reservation, Mr..
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Hospital Head Replaced

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. 9 (P)-
The Emergency Hospital Board an
nounced yesterday that Loran S.
Messick, former superintendent, had
left the institution and is being
temporarily replaced by Marie Stein,
directress of nurses.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Do You Know That

One night recently, between
4 pm. and 8 am, Children's
Hospital treated IS emergency
cases?
The building fund campaign:
Amount needed 81 800 900 90
Received through Thurs
day -- 1864, 1852. 40
Contributed yesterday, 226.35
TO be raised --------- 235,021 Is
Contributions should be sent
to the Children,s Hospital New
Building Fund, Thirteenth nlid
v streets NV, Washington Q,
D. G.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
School Press Tourney Called

The Maryland Scholastic Press
Association, sponsored by the Uni
versity of Maryland, will hold one
day press tournament at College
Park November %. Miss Veronica
Kompanek, Washington newspaper
woman, will be the principal
speaker.
Evening star., 1946-11-09
Student Auto Bon Removed

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov.
R.-The Board of Visitors of the
University of Virginia yesterday re-
moved the band on ownership and
operation of automobiles by first
year. students,
Evening star., 1946-11-09
By ]. B. zotmou

(This is the second OF d series of
articles on 7eD officials elected In
Montgomery County,
By J. B. Zotmon
Two successive defeats at the polls
and an inforced three-year vaca-
ton from politics when he was in
the Army didn't feaze Walter w.
Evening star., 1946-11-09

Circuit Court Clerk Clayton K.
Watkins and Surveyor Robert K,
Evening star., 1946-11-09

Totals -----2S0 4
Evening star., 1946-11-28
THE EVENING STAR, Washington. d e.
THURSDAY NovEMbEk a. 1915
Eisenhower Wants
No Political Office,
Newspaper Asserts
By the Asseeie..d pre.s

NEW YORK, NOV. IS. The New
York Herald Tribune said today that
Gen. Eisenhower, Army Chief Of
Stan. has become another public
figure who "has been embarrassed
by having political maneuyerings
unjustly attributed to him and has
been helpless to reply to those who
have embarrassed him. /"
Gen. Eisenhower's appearances at
conventions or his talks to gather
irgs have been interpreted by col
umnists, news writers and radio
commentators, the paper said In .
Washington dispatch, as meaning
"he is running for either the Re-
Democratic nomination
The paper added:
The one big flaw in al that has
been written and said Is that none
of the writer's or takers has any
Evening star., 1946-11-28

idea Of what Is In Gen. Eisenhower's
mind, And he isn't free to tell
them.
The paper said that while Gen.
Eisenhower Is not free to speak his
mind on such topics as domestic
politics, because 1t would violate
the practice he has pursued ever
since he has been In the Army I
men who know him well are at
liberty to say what they think his
views are and that the situation Is
this:
Il. No individual or group has
been authorized, directly or BY Inn
plication, to urge Gen. Eisenhower S
suitability for any political ONCE or
to connect him with any political
group.
4 %. There Is no doubt that to his
intimate associates Gen. Eisenhower
has expressed himself emphatically
and even violently In opposition to
any connection Of his name with
any political Office whatsoever.
Gen. Eisenhower's sole desire
and ambition. once he has ended
his duties as Chief OF Stan. is to
retire to private life and to the
freedom and rest he has earned.
4. AS Of November ~, 1886, he
cannot picture any set OF circum-
stances that could ever induce him
TO abandon that purpose. 2
Evening star., 1946-11-28
Church Unit Sponsors Film

The religious film, King Of
kings. win be shown at 7:30 pm.
tomorrow at the Town Hall, East
Windsor avenue, Alexandria. under
the sponsorship Of the Visual Educa-
ton Committee OF the Del ray
Baptist Church.
Evening star., 1946-11-28

You wont get rich quick by In
vesting In E Bonds but you'll have
them when needed.
Evening star., 1946-11-28
4 Bors for 2.29

Apupose soop mode Government specifications BY fomous
soap manufacturers soop that will do clean foundry for
with its wonderful lother hard soft voter II you don't
bor- form just oroe It into foxes You'll use i il the
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vide and inches Deep
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Evening star., 1946-04-12
Bancroft Teachers,
Nett|ed by PTA, Halt
Classes, Resign Jobs

Feeling they did not have the
unqualified support of parents in
the community, the teaching staff OF
the Bancroft School, Arlington, yes
terday closed classes and sent $50
children home. They returned to
work today, however.
Mrs. Evelyn Lynn, principal, and
her staff of five, have submitted
their designations, orally, to School
Supt. Fletcher Kemp to become ef-
fective Monday after Easter. Mr.
Kemp has urged them to withhold
their decision, however, and mass
meeting of parents tonight at the
school has been called to act on a
resolution giving vote OF conf
dence to the instructors.
The teachers decision is the re-
suit of The failure of the Bancroft
Parent Teacher Association to adopt
a resolution at its March and April
meetings condemning a series of
newspaper stories critical to the Ar
lington school system. A resolution
backing the teachers 100 per cent
was adopted but only after II had
mounted soap box and practically
rammed it down their throats," Mrs.
Lynn said.
The third grade was dismissed as
soon as 1t reported yesterday be-
cause the teacher. Mrs. Goodwin
Sweat. was upset by the failure of
the PTA ID act the previous night,
Mrs. Lynn explained. The other
four teachers and the principal, who
also instructs, sent their children
home at II
Evening star., 1946-04-12
Baird 10 Head Unit
In Cathedral Drive

Bruce Baird, president of the Ma
tional Savings & Trust Co., has
been appointed chairman of the
Special Gifts Committee of "a per-
sons of the Washington Committee
of the Washington Cathedral Ma
tional Building Fund, L. Corrin
Strong, Washington Committee
chairman, announced yesterday.
Aid will be sought in raising the
local quota of a s5,O000o0 fund to
finish the south transept in Cathe-
dral. Gifts Committee members will
receive assignment in about 10 days.
Members are: Mrs. Clarence As
pinwall Albert w, Atwood. John H.
Bayless. Mrs. Frederick Brooke
Bruce S. Cotton. G. BoWdoin Craig
hill. Joshua Evans, jr.. Waldror
Faulkner E. r. Finkenstaedt. Mrs
Meade Fletcher, George A. Garrett
Mrs. James L. Houghteling, Rear
Admiral Herbert S. Howard. Macgill
James. Coleman Jennings. Also Will
liam Mackall, Holt L. Marchant.
Donald H McKnew. Edgar Morris.
Col. F. Granville MunSon, Robert
Lee O'Brien, jr Col. Chamcey G.
Parker, jr.. Thomas E. Robertson,
c. G. Sheffield, Frederick P. H.
Siddons, Marcy L. Sperry, Mrs. Ru-
dolph Stanley-Brown. Ernest Stock
ton, Mrs, Strong, Max Truitt. Will
mer j. Waller. Herman w. Williams.
Charles F. Wilson, and Robert w.
Wilson.
Evening star., 1946-04-12
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Clearing
this afternoon with highest temper
ature in the lower sos. Clear and
cooler tonight; lowest temperature
about IS with frost or freezing tenn
perature in the suburbs. Tomorrow
fair and somewhat warmer.
Maryland - Clearing and colder
with frost tonight and freezing tenn
perature likely north portion. To-
morrow fair and little warmer
misunderstanding and little
colder tonight with scattered frost
IN the interior and possible freezing
temperature west and north Dor
tlons. Tomorrow fair and a little
warmer.
River Report
From United States Ergineersp
Potomac River clear at Hsrpers Ferry
and Great Falls: Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Temperature and Humidity