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Evening star., 1946-01-11
Major, After Month as Civilian,
Returns to Army as Sergeant
Coils Shift in Rank
Easy; Quits as D. G.
Fireman to Re-enIist

1t took just a little more than one
month of civilian life to convince
an Army major that he'd rather be
a sergeant in the Army than a Dis
trict fireman.
1t wasn't that Maj. (now S/Sergt)
Clarence George, 20, of 1912 Window
place NV, didn't like the fire
department. He made friends and
he thought the organization was
fine, but Il just had the old Army
bug and I couldn't get rid of it."
And there we're other angles,
Sergt. George explained today. He
said he found in no time at all that
a man in the Army can live much
more comfortably on a lot less
money than a man ION the out
side"
Too Many Taxes.
by the time I paid social security
and withholding taxes on my civil
ian salary, I wasn't as well off as I
am in the Army, by any means, u
he said.
He found the change from major
to sergeant easy. For one thing, he
had been an enlisted man for seven
years before he went to officer can
didate school.
when I was major" he added
"I used to salute lieutenant colonies
colonies and generals. Now I salute
lieutenants, captains and majors
too"
After serving a year in the Pacific
on the 9Th Army headquarters staff
Sergt. (then Major George was dis
charged last November 6. On No
vember 27, he went to work for the
Fire Department. On December 81
he was back in the Army again, su.
pervising training under his former
commanding officer, Col. Raymond
Daily, at the War Department Motor
Center in the Pentagon.
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Two Baltimore Flyers
Believed Killed in Crash
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press,
ESSEX, Md, Jan. 1l.-Efforts
were being made today to raise
from Hawthorne Cove a small
monoplane in which two former
Army Air Forces members are be-
leved to have been killed.
The plane plunged into the cove
yesterday about two hours after
taking off from the Curtiss- Wright
Airport in Baltimore.
Essex police said it was occupied
by r. G. Elliott and Ralph Cav
both of Baltimore.
Rescue boats from the Glenn l.
Martin Aircraft Co. recovered the
tail section but were unable to raise
the forward structure.
Relatives of the two men said
they owned the plane jointly and
that both had served with the 9th
Air Force in England.
Evening star., 1946-01-11
GWU Head Suggests
Universities Accept
Veterans and Womer

Limiting enrolment or women
students at universities to make
room for veterans was called "un-
sound and unimaginative today by
DR.. Cloyd H. Marvin, president OF
George Washington University.
There is room for qualined ap-
plicants from all groups if proper
administrative measures are taken
and facilities of small as well as
large institutions are properly en-
ployed," he said in statement.
The University of Maryland is dis
couraging women students from
entering during the next semester
because of a shortage of dormitory
space. The restrictions do not ap-
ply to students who entered in
tprevious terms.
| George Washington University
DIR. Marvin declared, is solving its
problems of veteran registrations
and increasing civilian registration
by utilizing laboratories and class
rooms for longer period each day
and by making temporary appoint
ments to the faculty. Some classes
start at $40 am, an hour earlier
than formerly. Other classes are
being held in the afternoon ano
evening.
Veterans whose previous academic
records "are questionable" are being
given psychological tests and if the
veteran shows promise, he is ad-
mitted Professionally. Veterans who
lack three high school units or less
are admitted without deficiencies il
their scholastic aptitude warrants
those who lack more than three
high school units may. qualify for
admission by taking the education
al development tests produced by
the Armed Forces Institute, >
through which correspondence
courses have been given to troops.
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Montgomery Democrats
To RuIIy at Silver Sprina

Montgomery County Democrats
will hold rally in the Silver Spring
Armory at l pm. tomorrow to in
dorse four men who already have
announced their candidates. in the
approaching primaries.
The candidates are: Gov. O'Conor
candidate for the United States Sen
ate; William Preston Lane, Hagers-
town, for Governor; Joseph A. Can
trel, Chevy Chase, for State Senate,
and Charles Prettyman, Rockville,
for States attorney of Montgomery
County.
All the candidates., it was an
nounced, will be supported at the
meeting subject to the approval of
the Democratic County Congress
and the majority choice Of the
Democratic voters in the June
primary.
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Slogan Contest
Planned in DC.
Suffrage Drive
Campaign Mapped
To Stir Interest in
Senote Unit Meeting

Announcement of slogan contest
in the Districts drive for national
representation was announced today
by James S. Beattie, chairman OF
the National Representation Sub
committee of the newly formed
Central Suffrage Conference.
Mr.. Beattie's committee plans an
all-out drive to stimulate public in
terest in the session of the Senate
Judiciary Committee February 4
The committee then will vote on the
Sumners-Capper resolution to en-
power Congress to grant the Dis
trict representation in Congress and
among electors for President.
Chairman McCarran of the Sem
ate committee announced yesterday
he had definitely decided on Febru-
ary for the meeting. The date had
been set for January %.
THE slogan should have some
punch and shouldn't be longer than
Is words" Mr.. Beattie said in an
nouncing the contest.
Every citizen who resents the
fact that the District is disenfran.
chised and its citizens deprived o1
their inalienable right to vote should
send in a slogan" Mr.. Beattie de.
clared.
War Bond Is Prize.
Entries should be sent to the Cen.
trail Suffrage Conference, Wood.
ward Building. A $25 War Bond will
be awarded the winner.
Starting Sunday, Mr.. Beattie's
committee will launch a concerted
drive aimed at influencing the Sen
ate Judiciary Committee to vote q
favorable report on the national
representation measure. During the
three-week drive, it is planned to
hold public mass meetings, conduct
speaking campaigns among selected
groups and launch a publicity drive
in the newspapers and on radio sta
tions.
| Meanwhile, plans were being for
mulated today for mass rally late
this month to launch the Central
Suffrage Conference formally.
The green light was given to the
project last night when the Steering
Committee of the newly-formed con-
ference enthusiastically voted to
fight to the bitter end" for District
suffrage.
Not Just Another Drive.
Seton Darr, chairman of the
Steering Committee, declared that
establishment of a permanent suf.
frage organization will make il
clear to Congress that this is not
just another drive for enfranchise-
ment."
"We won't stop fighting until we
achieve our objectives," Mr.. Darr
former president of the District Bal
Association, declared.
A special committee was appointed
to mapysthe agenda for the mas.
rally later this month Of the Centra
Suffrage Conference. The group i!
composed of Wilbur S. Finch, presi.
dent of the Federation of Citizens
Associations; Henry S. Wender
former president Of the federation
and an outstanding civic leader, ant
Judge James A. Cobb.
Evening star., 1946-01-11
0'DanieI Drops Eviction
After Tenant Moves

A suit filed by Senator ODaniel
Democrat, of Texas to evic Mrs
Orpha Wilcox from the apartment
house at lis Second street NE
was dismissed today in Municipal
Court at the request of D. Haywood
Hardy, attorney for the Senator.
Dismissal was requested because
Mrs. Wilcox has moved from the
four-story apartment house which
Senator ODaniel bought and plans
to remodel into a private residence
for his family.
The case was one Of three filec
to obtain possession of the entire
building. The Senator won the
first at jury trial but the de.
fendant, william Wallace Brauer
has appealed the verdict and is still
living there pending the outcome
Of his appeal. Final disposition oi
the second suit is being held in
abeyance because the tenant has
promised to move by January 20.
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Best Sites in Parks
For Veteran Housinq
Taken, Say Officials

Park and Planning officials said
today they are investigating the
possibility of finding more park sites
for temporary dwellings, such as the
600 the District Commissioners hope
to have put up for veterans, but that
the best sites already have been
taken.
Irving c. Root, superintendent of
National Capital Parks, said the
National Capital Housing Authority
already has "combed the parks" for
suitable housing areas and now Is
using those found for housing.
John Nolen, jr., director of plan
ming for the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, said the
question of placing the dwellings on
park land is being studied by the
commission staff.
Two Areas in Use.
A check Of park permits revealed
that two areas are in use for tenn
porary housing, large tract in
Anacostia Park lying along Okla
homa avenue NE. from Benning
road south to c street, and a string
of park reservations in the South
west area extending from Half and
K streets to Second and P streets.
A third area, along Fort drive be-
tween st. Elizabeth's Hospital and
Fort Stanton Park, was transferred
to the Housing Authority prior to
the war.
Yesterday the District Commis-
sioners announced they were con-
sidering requesting temporary use
of park land for the 600 units as a
stop gap" measure to help solve
veterans housing problems.
A check of 200 veterans at the
Veterans .Information Center re-
vealed that 60 per cent felt they do
not have satisfactory housing.
Sees Investment Loss.
Mr.. Nolen said today the Dis
trict's investment in installing
streets, walks, sewers, water lines
and other facilities which the law
requires in such a project would
be lost If the dwellings went on park
land.
Yesterday Assistant Engineer
Commissioner Joseph D. Arthur sug-
gested that use of park strips about
rs feet deep along existing streets
would save the District considerable
expense in providing the dwellings.
The houses themselves would be
built by the Federal Public Housing
Authority through the NCHA.
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Montgomery Doubles
War Bond Sale Quote

Montgomery County more than
doubled its quota of $500 900 in the
Victory Loan Drive, selling s5,006,-
1875 worth of bonds, according to
final sales figures of the Federal Re-
serve Bank OF Richmond, it was an
nounced today by Fred l.. Lutes,
county chairman.
MIR. Lutes said the sale of e Bonds
amounted to 1872 per cent of the
quota, or $1,304, ,294.75.
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Pedestrian, Hit by Auto
Suffers Broken Arm

Lawrence A. Hoffman, ~, of 1736
Church street NV, a mapmaker
employed by the War Department,
suffered a possible fracture of the
left arm today when he was struck
by an automobile while crossing
Massachusetts, avenue at Eighteenth
street NV.
Police reported the automobile
was driven by Lawrence F. Fowler,
1912 Cleveland street, Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Gerald Smith Called
By Un-Americun Probe
Ey the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
The House Committee on Un-
American Activities has called Ger
aid L. K. Smith, national director
of the America First party, for tes-
timony on January 30.
Ernest Adamson, committee coun-
sci, told newsmen today that Smith
would be examined "to the same
extent" as representatives of the
joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Commit
tee and the Committee for Soviet
American Friendship. Officials of
the latter two groups have been
asked to testify before the commit
tee January %.
Mr.. Adamson said the committee
would question Smith particularly
about the financing of his political
group.
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Parking Areas Needed
To Prevent D. {. Tax
Boost, Architects Say

Washington architects and traffic
engineers believe that unless Dis
trict residents want their real estate
taxes raised or their school and pub
lie health facilities reduced, they
must see to it that of street parking
facilities are provided in the down
town shopping district.
This position was taken last night
at a special joint meeting of the
District Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects and the
Washington Section of the American
Institute of Traffic Engineers held
at ALA national headquarters, 174l
New York avenue NV.
At the meeting the local chapter
of the ALA joined its protest to that
of the ITE over what was termed by
Julian E. Berla, ALA chapter preSi-
dent, "lack of any workable metro
politan plan for Washington
Depend on Business Taxes.
The ITE made its protest in q
report made public nearly two weeks
ago.
Taxes collected on business prop
erty invariably are counted heavily
upon to offset deficits in revenues
from residential property, Mr.. Berla
and others concluded last night. II
a city's business district becomes
blighted and less valuable, they said
taxes must be increased or educa-
ton, public health and similar public
services reduced.
The value of downtown business
property rests in large part, the
meeting determined, on the ease
in which customers can reach bust.
ness houses. More and more, this
has become problem Of parking
it was said.
Urges Permanent Facilities.
AS a remedy to threats Of lower
values and increased Residential
taxes, the meeting recommended
that permanent off-street parking
facilities be constructed and rates
arranged to encourage parking by
shoppers and not all-day parkers.
Private enterprise should be given
chance to provide such facilities
up to a point, it was said. After
that, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS facili-
ties must take over.
Experience in other cities shows
the meeting decided, that private
enterprise has not provided sufficient
space and will not unless so required
by zoning regulations, Mr.. Berla
and others said.
The parking problem will not be
fully solved before parking relief
proposals are fitted into a metro.
politan area master plan such as
that proposed by the ITE in its re.
port two weeks ago, they agreed.
Opposed by Whitehurst.
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District
highway director, said at the time
the ITE report was made public
that such a plan was not neces.
sary, that the District now has
sufficient plans to go ahead with
its highway transit and parking
program and that he felt the Ma.
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission is doing a good job" Of
creating any master plan which
would be required.
Mr.. Berla, asked today if the
planners were not capable of pre-.
pairing such plan, said that in his
opinion and that of his associates
the commission lacks the authority
and the staff to make such a study
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Hospital Officials to Meet

The quarterly meeting of the
Hospital Service Plan Commission
of the American Hospital Associa-
ton will be held tomorrow and
Sunday at the Hotel Statler, C.
Rufus Rorern, commission director,
announced today. John r. Mannix,
commission chairman and director
of the Chicago Blue Cross Plan,
will preside.
Evening star., 1946-01-11

With II years of Army life behind
him, he explained, he can retire at
80 at half-pay under the Army's new
enlistment policy. AS he puts it,
Il can retire before life begins"
He firmly believes that any young
man who doesn't have a definite
profession in mind should seriously
consider re-enlisting. BY the time a
man had served his 20 years, he ex-
planned, he would "still be young
enough to decide what he wants to
do with his life"
AS for young officers like himself
Sergt. George believes they would
find the transition to the enlisted
ranks no obstacle to a good life.
"Of course, if the officer considers
himself a highbrow he'll never
change" grinned Sergt. George, "but
If he's an ordinary kind of individ-
ual he'll have no trouble at all
After all, good noncommissioned
officer is just as important to the
good of the Army as any officer"
Evening star., 1946-01-11
Two Virginia Hospitals
For Veterans to Close
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 1.-THE Sd
Service Command announced yes
terday that Mcclure General Hos
pital at Richmond and the Wood
row Wilson Hospital at Staunton
Va, would be closed March 81.
Maj. Gen. H. S. Eddy, command
head, said MCGUIRE and Woodrow
Wilson were Q of IS hospitals and :
annexes ordered closed by the War
Department. He said they would be
offered to the Veterans Administra-
ton or reported to the Surplus
Property administration for disposal
Evening star., 1946-01-11

BIRDS BEAT STRIKEThese two carrier pigeons Klo and
Mega Cycle get final "brieng" in the Willard Hotel before
2O-hour flight to Louisville Ky, with important messages
which would have been phoned if it weren't for the telephone
strike w. Lee Couson Neville Miller and Orrin w. Townern
Cleft to rgh officials of Station WHAS in Louisville brought
the birds here to from Federal Communications
Commission hearing station why aplanes
trains wouldn't be quicker of communication with
wasn't Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1946-01-11


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I'M a
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13

she will be burned by the fierce
fires of Hollywood into a nervous,
anxious, jealous watcher of others
success, and a fighter to maintain
her own against losing odds.
Norma, make yourself beloved at
home, by service. unselfshness,
understanding. Watch your lam
guage, prune it of the vulgarities
and catch-phrases that pass for con-
versation in your set. Go easy on
cigarettes and alcohol, because, while
you may become a Hollywood star
overnight, you can't become a gen.
tlewoman overnight. That takes
time.
Try to be fine. Whether it's a
question of too many my gawds"
in your conversation, gum chewing,
crossed almost-naked legs, over
much cheap makeup, cheap per-
fume, hair-dye, rotten stories, loud
laughter in public - whether it's
any one of these, think seriously
before you adopt it as habit.
know pretty girls, of decent fam
lilies, too, who do all these things.
and are proud of themselves for
their daring and independence.
Worthwhile Detectives.
Suppose you hitch your wagon to
some such star as this: ''In IA years,
when am 30, l would like to be a
lovely and cultivated woman.
would like to speak one other Ian
guage well. would like to be hap
PLY married to a professional man
and have some children. I'd like to
have just one of the many comfort
able American homes of which the
suburbs of our big cities are filled;
garden, garage, sewing-room, nur-
sery, glassed breakfast-room. I'd
like to have country club men,
bership and a little cabin some
where in the mountains for hol-
days. And I'd like an avocation that
gave me chance for self-expres-
sion, and that brought me some
money, some fame, some friends,
whether it was jam making, poetry,
interior decorating, book binding.
Start today on this order. Thou
sands of happy American women
have achieved its fulfllment. In IA
years you may do it, if you will.
In IA years not one name in the
Hollywood armament, incidentally,
will have any meaning for the new
generation.
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BEST IS YET TO BE

adolescence is trying period,
full of vague ambitions, frustra-
tions, hopes and fears. Many girls,
like THE one Wbom Miss Norris
tells about in this article, are nn-
happy although they bare every
thing they need for eontentment.
Girls in other countries, wbo
bave endured the fear and misery
Of war, are thankful for simple
comforts and a little security. They
have no bope of ever reaching
the standard of living that the
Disconnected american girl takes
for granted. Miss Norris con-
tends that a certain degree of in
security and difficulty are ,vbole-
some elements in life. The strug-
gle to overcome these obstacles to
happiness gipes meaning and bnr-
pose to life, she says.
For the middle class american
girl Wbo has so much of epery-
thing and yet is "siek OF it aH,"
Miss Norris points out Vay to
attain happiness in the present
and to prepare for a bright future.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13
Risky High Heels

The modern girls high heels, fril-
ly clothes and doodads are accident
hazards, warns John M. Roche.
National Safety council director.
High heels are a real peril.
They cause women to lose their bal
ance, to fall and suffer sprained
ankles or broken legs. Women
should wear low heels"
Rings and bracelets, he adds,
cause accidents in factories and
homes by catching on machinery
and typewriters. So do lacy bits of
clothing.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13
By KATHLEEN NORRIS
Bell syndicats.-wNu Features.

|@N MY desk this morning
IL lies a letter from a furi-
~ Gus little girl of 16. She
sends me a snapshot of herself,
too; a slender bright-looking
creature in bathing-suit, with
the fluffy aureole of dark hair
that goes so far to make every
girl pretty nowadays.
Norma's quarrel is with the uni
verse. Though 16 years old and liv-
ing in an unusually pleasant Cali
fornia college town, Norma has
small use for life. School makes her
sick; people make her sick; Nom
and Dad and the family make her
sick.
Poor little thing, she pours out
confused story of resentments and
desires and Illustrations and all the
other ills that aff1ict our rising gen.
Grafton so terribly. And it isn't fun
ny. Norma, with a sweet fresh little
chintzy room of her own, lots of
clothes-not expensive clothes, but
lots of them, devoted parents,
younger sister, an older brother,
friends, family car, health, movies,
school dances, theatricals but
what's the use? Why capitulate all
this? 1t isn't enough to keep Norma
happy, so what use is it?
Hardships Give Balance.
Norma's life hasn't the saving ele-
ment of hard work, necessary work.
She hasn't the wholesome element
of fear, fear of hunger, of dispos-
session, of being separated from
her people, her country. If she were
wearing dress that belonged to her
aunt 10 years ago, and were glad
enough to get it, if she were helping
her father and mother run little
roadside restaurant, and still
speeches. over the miracle of be-
ing able to get potatoes and tea and
bread and carrots and milk enough
to keep it open, if she we're thank
ing God on her knees every night
for the grace that spared her out
rage from enemy troopers, or physi-
cal disablement from long months Of
starving and cold, then Norma
would look at herself with different
eyes. Then realities and not en-
chanting dreams would possess her,
and sufficient meals, warm clothes,
a bed to sleep in, and family 70
serve and love would seem to Norma
the miracles of life. as indeed they
are.
Well, we can't set our little dis
contented American Normas to
work, we can't make life real to
them, and except for an occasional
gift of old sweaters or spare coat,
we can't help the Normas of China,
Poland, Italy, Germany, Belgium
the Normas of more than half the
world 1t only irritates our girls
when we point this moral If there
is anything maddening in this world,
it is the gentle elderly voice that
says, "Just be patient, dear Your
happy time will come, when you'll
have all the things you want"
Prepare for Future.
And yet it's true. Character
is fate. What Norma makes herself
fit for now is what Norma will be,
10 years from now. or 20 years from
now. Twenty years sounds an eter-
nifty to her. Yet, 36 is the very
cream of life, and even 10 years
more than SO finds useful and be-
loved woman at the very zenith of
her power.
Norma, forget the story of the
movie girl who was whirled over
night from the job of waitress in a
drive-in to stardom. In a year or
two she will be whirled back, or
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1946-12-13

Jean Sablon, the Gallo baritone
is getting Sinatra type buildup
to take him out of the highbrou
department and endear him to the
other folks. His new CHS show is
piling up good Hooperating, i'm
pressing the radio world.
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Top Income

The largest personal income in
the United States in 1915 was
S1,113, 035, reported by the film di-
rector and writer, Leo McCarey,
most of which came from his per-
centage of the years profits on
Going My Way.
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