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Evening star., 1946-02-21
Express EmpIoye
Found Shot 10 Death

Robert Paul Young, 81, of 518 A
street Sc, teller in the pay
masters Office of the Railway Ex-
press Co., was found shot. to death
in Rock Greek Park yesterday after
noon. Police said .38-caliber re-
volver was found beside him.
The body was found by four boys
about; 200 yards west of the tennis
courts south Of Morrow drive. Death
was caused by a bullet wound
through the right temple, police
said. Inspection of the revolver dis
closed that the trigger had been
pulled twice with one bullet failing
to be discharged.
Mr.. Young was identified at the
morgue by his stepfather, j. T.
Waple, with whom he lived Mr..
Young had been reported missing
from home since Sunday. DR.. A.
Magruder Macdonald, District cor
oner, said he would issue certificate
of suicide today.
Police said Mr.. Young had been
separated from his wife, Margaret
who lives in the 300 block v street
NE. He was the father of two
daughters, aged IL and 13.
The boys who found the body
were Charles Cochran, II, of 121e
Meridian street NV; James H
Carroll. 8, of 1243 Kennedy street
NV; Louis w. Tucker, II, of 5527
Thirteenth street NV, and Jere-
miah Donovan, 8, of 3508 Thirteenth
street NV.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Offer to Open Home to Children
Brinqs SO Answers to Star Ad

If you don't believe there are
homeless children in Washington,
try advertising an apartment for
rent with note that you have no
objections to them.
Mrs. John w. Hall inserted an
advertisement in The Star yesterday
offering to share her home at 3619
Eighteenth street NE. with another
couple.
"We have no objections to chill
dren," she wrote. "We like them"
Her telephone began to ring at IL
a m, the minute the first edition hit
the street. Mrs. Hall and her hus-
band, an employe of the Govern
ment Printing Office, personally in
terviewed 26 couples. After selecting
the winner they turned down 81
additional requests.
One caller had been interned by
the Japanese. At least, he said, the
Japanese provided sleeping quarters
for his child. The Polish Embassy
called, seeking accommodations for
an attache. An Army captain iden-
titled himself as a Congressional
Medal of Honor winner. The Ger
mans didn't scare him, but the
housing shortage has made him a
nervous wreck, he said.
"We didn't want to turn any one
down" Mrs. Hall said. "They came
with pictures of their children. They
brought them along. At one point
there were 20 persons in our living
room. They all were nice people
and desperate. We wanted to give
every one 4 chance before deciding. !"
Evening star., 1946-02-21

Mrs. Hall knew what they were
up against because she had gone
through a similar experience when
her husband went to work at Wright
Field, Ohio, during the war. The
family finally had to buy house
there. A few months later Mr..
Hall was transferred to California.
Arriving in Sacramento with two
small daughters after eight days
on the road, the Halls couldn't even
get into a tourist camp. They
managed to buy house that after
noon.
She had hard decision to make
yesterday, but finally Mrs. Hall
selected Mr.. and Mrs. Bernice Wood
and their 3-year-old daughter
Mary. The father, a discharged
serviceman, was the first caller and
said he obtained the first copy of
The Star that came out.
Mary sold herself" Mrs. Hall
said. "She had blond ringlets all
over her head. My little girls are
blond, but they don't have any
curls."
Mrs. Halls daughters, Linda, 31a
and Anne Margaret, Al, took one
look at Mary and said:
Mama, you did get us the baby
sister we asked for"
But at 10 pm. the telephone still
was ringing. A distraught father
said his family would be sleeping
on the street If something wasn't
done. Mrs. Hall promised to tell
the story In hopes that other fam
lilies with extra rooms would help
out.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Maryland Getting
~. S. Income Tax
Checks in Error
BY the Associafed Press

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 21.-Many
Marylanders are sending Federal
income tax forms and checks to the
income tax division of the Controller
of Treasury Office here, a tax divi-
sion official disclosed yesterday.
He said that from so to rs Federal
W. forms were being received daily
at the Annapolis Office. Some per-
sons, he added, are sending longer
forms accompanied by checks. All
these must be returned to the
Senders.
The spokesman emphasizes that
only State income tax forms and
payments are to be sent to the
Annapolis Office.
Federal income tax returns should
be sent to the Collector of Internal
Revenue, Baltimore, he said.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Police Await Report
OF Autopsy on Woman

Prince Georges County police to-
day awaited results of an autopsy
on Mrs. Norma Hersey to determine
the cause of death of the 36-year-
old expectant mother whose body
was found yesterday in a remote
wooded section near Silver Hill, Md.
DR.. James I. Boyd, Prince Georges
County deputy medical examiner,
performed the autopsy yesterday,
but said results would not be known
for several days pending further
laboratory tests.
Mrs. Hersey had been reported
missing from her home, at 615 Port
land street Sc, since February 4
after leaving note for her husband,
Rosto, saying, Look for me in the
canal"
Prince Georges police said there
were no signs of violence on Mrs.
Hersey's body other than marks on
the left wrist and hand. They said
however, the marks might have been
made by rodents.
Mr.. Hersey, an automobile me-
chanic, told police his wife had
threatened to kill herself several
times, being upset about her preg-
nancy.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
School Board Asks
Pupil Health Survey
In Answer 10 Wallace

The Board of Education has
asked Health Officer George c..
Rutland to make thorough in
vestigation" of public school chill
dren's health in answer to a recent
charge by Secretary Of Commerce
Wallace that one-third of WASH
ington children are more under
nourished than the average pig.
DR.. Rutland already has denied
the charge, but the board, spurred
at meeting yesterday by DR.. James
A. Cannon, physician member, asked
that he make a formal survey. A
comparison with other cities should
be included, DR.. Cannon said.
Does Mr.. Wallace mean those
healthy pigs he plowed under in
1934?" DR.. Cannon inquired.
Praises Haycock.
Mr.. Wallace's statement, made in
Des Moines, Iowa, last Saturday,
''maligned" both parents and teach
ers Of Washington, DR.. Cannon said.
He added that while some flaws
exist, the school system is doing
all it can to keep its children in
good health.
The board voted a formal state
ment of praise to its retiring super
intendent, Robert L. Haycock, to be
succeeded March l by DR.. Hobart
M. Corning, now superintendent at
Omaha, Nebr.
May you enjoy the reward of a
kindly, thoughtful man who has
never spared himself to help
another" Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
president, said to Mr.. Haycock.
The retiring superintendent
thanked the board, his officers and
the teachers for their support. He
asked for the same cooperation
for his successor.
Lack Personnel for Census.
The board also informed the Dis
trict Commissioners that it cannot
take census of the entire city
of Washington, as the city heads
requested, unless it gets many more
clerks and machines in its school
attendance office.
Another message to the District
Building asked that hereafter all
new elementary schools be planned
with cafeterias. Jere ]. Crane, as
sistant superintendent in charge of
buildings, also asked that the city
architects return to the Colonial
design Of prewar school buildings
instead of the modern design used
in wartime construction.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Shane Mace arfhY Named
To Refraining Post

Shane MacCarthy has been ap-
pointed assistant administrator in
charge of the Retraining and Re-
employment Administration of the
Labor Department, it was an
npunced today by Maj. Gen. Graves
B. Erskine, U. S. M. c., in charge
of the administration.
From 1888 to 1910 Mr.. MacCarthy
was with the Soil Conservation Serv-
ice. Later he served in the Ma
tional Defense Commission and as
assistant director of the Office of
Emergency Management.
He entered the Navy in 1943 and
served in the Bureau of Yards and
Docks. Earlier this month he was
placed on the inactive reserve with
the rank of lieutenant commander.
A native of County Cork, Ireland,
Mr.. MacCarthy came to the United
States in 1925. He is a graduate
Of Catholic University. He and
Mrs. MacCarthy and their three
sons live at 1920 Legation street
NV
Evening star., 1946-02-21
CheverIy Woman, Found
Unconscious in Car, Dies

Mrs. Gladys G. Nelson, AZ, of 5713
Forest road, Cheverly, bookkeeper
at the Air-Tract Manufacturing
Corp, College Park, was found un-
conscious last night in her car about
500 feet from the entrance to the
plant.
She was taken to Leland Me-
n.orial Hospital. Riverdale, where
she was pronounced dead. Hospital
officials attributed death to stroke.
She was the wife-of Policeman A.
r. Nelson, stationed at No. / pre-
cinct.
Corpl. Boyd A. Hamilton of the
Prince Georges County police, said
he found Mrs. Nelson after her hus-
band had reported that she had
failed to arrive home after she left
work about 5 pm. He said Police
man Nelson told him his wife had
ben Ill for some time.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Mrs. DouqIus to Speak

Representative Helen Gahagan
Douglas, Democrat, of California
will speak on "The People at the
Back" at rally at 8 o'clock tonight,
sponsored by the Montgomery
County Independent Voters Organ
ization at Leland Junior High
School, Bethesda. DR.. Leroy Halbert,
chairman Of the organization, will
preside.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Marines Cut Points
For Women to 16
BY the Asseeioisd Pres.

bf TFe NSSotfuftu FTSSk
The discharge score for women
Marines will be reduced from II to
l6 on March l, making about 1,250
more eligible for release.
The Marine Corps announced this
yesterday and said that up to Feb
ruary Is, 11,073 women Marines
had been released, leaving about
$500 on duty.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Fairfax Weekly Newspaper
BEGINS Publication Friday

Publication of the Fairfax Stand
ard, a weekly newspaper in Fairfax
County, will begin Friday.
OF tabloid size, the newspaper will
be edited by w. Embry Smith, Alex
andria. Business manager is j. W.
Biggers. Members of the editorial
board are Omer L. Hirst, Clarence
F. Rothenberg and Holden S. Har-
rison.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Congressional Move Develops
To Delay Surplus Housing Sole

ana the nVe otner surplus war nous
ing projects in the District area.
Denying a statement made in a
newspaper advertisement by Mrs.
Evalyn Walsh Mclean that the Gov
ernment has 100000 publicly owned
homes now declared surplus for sale
to the public" while veterans and
their wives and children are forced
to live under almost unbearable con-
ditions," the DHC said the Govern
ment has virtually none"
THE reason is that as rapidly as
these units become available, they
are Immediately occupied by lvet-
Grams and servicemen's families,
Mr.. Klutznick said. "All vacancies
that occur are immediately opened
up to veterans" Veterans have top
priority. t-.v.s.
Meanwhile the three District
posts of the American Veterans OF
World War II, praised Mrs. Nc
Lean in a resolution passed last
night as ''the Nations outstanding
friend of the servicemen and serv-
icewomen."
Mrs. Rogers Raps "Runaround."
Addressing their meeting in Hen
derson Castle, Florida avenue and
Sixteenth street NV, Representa-
tive Edith Nourse Rogers, Republi-
can, of Massachusetts, charged vet
Grams are getting IAN appalling run
around" in the sale of the prop
critics.
Louis B. Schwartz, who attended
the meeting as representative oi
the American Veterans Committee
another veterans organization, pro.
posed as a compromise" that Nc.
Lean Gardens be split up and thai
commercial land be sold separately
from apartment units. He sug.
gested that the Government put
price tag" on the apartments.
At the same meeting Wesley
Pearce, assistant legislative director
Of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
proposed that projects such as Fair
lington be split up so that veterans
co-operatives would have an oppor-
tunity to buy blocks of 100 apart
ments.
In another development, the
American Veterans Committee last
night in the Municipal Building
auditorium heard E. r. Lerner, spe-
cial assistant to Wilson Wyatt, ma
tional housing administrator, and
went on record in favor of the
Wyatt emergency housing program.
In his statement, Mr.. Klutznick
pointed out that at present 81 per
cent of Mclean Gardens residents
are veterans, and Naylor Gardens
has 40 per cent veteran occupancy.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
Gill Custer Hearinqs
Will Open Tomorrow
Before 3-Man Board

Hearings will open tomorrow In
one of the most controversial storms
recently stirred up in District gov
ernment departments, the case OF
the Board of Public Welfare for
removal of Howard B. Gill. superin-
tendent of penal institutions.
Chester H. Gray, assistant corpo-
ration counsel, will make the open
ing statement before a three-man
board OF inquiry appointed by the
Commissioners to hear 16 charges
Of incompetency and inefhciency
against Mr.. Gill.
The hearings will open at $50 m
in the Police Trial Board hearing
room at the Municipal Center. Wal
ter M. Bastian, chairman of the
board, announced he will hold ses-
sions six days week until the case
is completed.
Tour Of Jail Scheduled.
After the opening statement, the
board will be conducted through the
District Jail from which five prison.
ers escaped on November "a. Mr.
Gill was suspended on December 6
following an investigation of the
escape.
Reporters will be admitted to the
hearings as representatives Of the
public. Mr.. Bastian said that one
reporter from each Washington pa
per would be permitted to accom-
pany the official party on the tour
of the jail.
The corporation counsel will begin
calling witnesses Saturday morning
Mr.. Gray, who will be assisted by
Lee F.. Dante, also an assistant cor
poration counsel, said he would call
mo more than necessary" to support
the charges.
John ]. Wilson, counsel for Mr.
Gill, has indicated he will conduct
intensive cross examinations and
call his own roster of witnesses to
puncture the allegations of the
Board of Public Welfare.
Must Examine All Charges.
The Civil Service Commission has
branded of the 16 charges as in
sufficiently detailed to permit ade-
quate defense. The Board of Inquiry
must examine all of them, however
Mr.. BaStian said.
In his answer to the charges, Mr.
Gill declared there is mo basis In
law or in fact" for his removal 81
will go to the hearings without hav-
ing been able in advance thereof tt
determine what I am supposed te
have done as causes for my dis
missal."
Mrs. Eugene Meyer, head of 9
group of 20 organizations supporting
a bill now before Congress to re.
place the independent Board of Wei
fare by department under the
Commissioners, already has citec
the Gill case as an example of the
incompetency of the board. The
boards defenders are anxious tt
prove it was justified in bringing
the charges.
No Charges Concern Escapes.
Although Mr.. Gills dismissal was
recommended as an aftermath oi
the jail break, he pointed out In his
answer that none of the accusa-
tions remaining in the indictment
concern it.
The charges include insubordina.
ton, lack of discipline for prisoners
and unjust reprimanding of the
custodial staff.
Members of the board of inquiry
are MIR. Bastian and Francis w. Hill
both former presidents of the Dis.
trict Bar Association, and Alfred H
Lawson, vice president of the Wash.
ington Loan & Trust Co.
The board, its status unofficial
will deliver an advisory opinion tt
the District Commissioners. Fina
lauthority rests with them.
Evening star., 1946-02-21
DemobiIizing, Old Style

At the end Of the Revolutionary
War, Congress ordered the disband-
ment Of the entire army except "25
privates to guard the stores at Fort
Pitt and IS to guard the stores at
West Point"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-20
Struggle for Liberty Not .JezUs' AlOne--MrS. EhrHCh
-Borman Studio.

of dislocated persons, to educate, and to strengthen the Jewish or- phans physically and morally, un- til the day they may be brought to Palestine.
 Mrs. Erhlich expressed the appre- ciation of the work which the Hndassah in this country had done to help us build and live" and asked that they redouble their ef- forts because so much work re- mains to be done for the Jewish minorities in Europe.
 Miss Anita Hart, Connecticut re- gional president of the Junior Hadassah, installed the following officers following the address. New Officers
 Mrs. Barney Plus, first vice president; Mrs David Smith, Sec- ond ice-president; Mrs. Bernard Birenbaum, third president; Miss Dorothy Kurtin and Miss Jean Korkin, corresponding secretaries; Miss Anne Kuperman, recording secretary; and Miss Anne RoSen- berg, treasurer.
 | NSW VOJCCG S1ldAl4A HULL dAC 4N41 O. Joseph Levine, Youth Aliyah; Miss Contance Fetboth, Hadassah, medi- cal organization; Miss Hesfera Hart, Jewish National Fund; Miss Bertha Cohen, Palestine supplies; Mrs. David Smith, membership; Miss Thelma Zackin, American af- fairs.
 Also, Miss Anne Cassel, hospital ity; Mrs. Joseph Dublin, education; Miss Sydell Willner, publicity; Miss Mildred Karnofsky, editor of The Bulletin: Miss Thelma Meyers, good will; Mrs. E. s. Birenbaum, chapter division inter-relations, and Mrs. Joseph Ruskin, fund-raising coordinator
 Hostesses for the evening will be Miss Minnie Fishman, Miss Cassel, Miss Sydell Willner, Miss Sadye Franklin and Miss Jean Korkln.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-20
Shirley McGuire
 Feted ct ShOWerS
Thomas Studio Photo.

Mrs. Howard Smith or Highland Avenue was hostess at a pantry shower in honor of Miss Shirley Mcclure of Midland Road, who will be married to George Burns of Ayers Street tomorrow.
 Those attending were Mrs. Ray mond Daigle, Mrs. Mae Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Edith Schiavone, Mrs. August Paul, Mrs John Burns, Miss Flor ence Schiavone, Miss Blanche Loyot, Mrs. Thomas KerWin, Mrs. Walter Burns, Miss Mabel Burns, Mrs. Har- old Paul, Miss Virginia Smith, Miss Betsy Smith, Mrs. Raymond Me- Guire, Mrs. Hazen Mckee, Mrs. Edward Stewart, Mrs. Noel Stewart, Mrs. Ann Snow of Meriden, Mrs. Walter Gustafson of Meriden, Mrs. Rose Stankewicz of Meriden, Mrs. Henrietta Snow of Meriden, Miss Anna Snow of Meriden, Mrs. John Luebeck of New Britain and Miss Virginia Luebeck of New Britain.
 Miss Mcclure was also feted at miscellaneous shower at the home of Mrs. Thomas Kerwin of Byam Road
 Those attending were: Mrs. Cath erine Hale, Mrs. Walter Burns, Mrs. Kate Kerwin, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. M. Monaghan, Margaret Monaghan Mrs. N. Mansfield, Florence Tier nam, Mrs. H. Shanahan, Miss Christine Shanahan, Mrs. John Norton, Mrs. John Tatigeau, Mrs. William Carroll, Mrs Raymond Me- Guire, Mrs. John Hussy, Mrs. P. Shanahan, Miss Mabel Burns and Miss Ruth Stewart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-20
Fall Round Ub
 Planned MOnday

The Y.W.C.A. will begin it's Fall activities with Roundup on Monday at the Y.W.C.A. on Pros pect Street from 7:30 to g P. M. Rooms will be open for an exhibi- tion of various activities included in the Fall program.
 Instructors will be present to fur nish information in the courses available to the public. Mrs. Roger Makepeace, pottery; Betty Jane Chandler, arts and crafts; Mrs. Jo- Ihanna Hofmann, sewing; Mrs. Arthur Freeman, music apprecla- tion; Cecelia Brenneis, square danc- ing; and Miss Helen L. Little, health education activities.
 The lounge on the first floor will be set aside as an information cen- ter for club and coed activities with the following as hostesses, for High School Clubs; Arlene Duphi- ney, Kamalee Club; Sally Steck, Amiki Club; Dolores Monti, Fix Lap-ti Club; Vivian Saunders, ES- tralee; Ellen McNaney, Delmage Club; Wednesday Night Club for Employed Girls, Audrey French and Mary Shugrue; Thursday Evening Club for Employed Girls, Tina Caporaso and Stella Bernius; MT. and Mrs. Club, Frances Buss- low; Teen -Time-Canteen, Al Pro- vost and Joan Davidson.
 At 8:3O a special program will be presented in the recreation room. This will include an exhibition ot square dancing. directed by Mrs. Brenneis; illustrated in a manner in which the music appreciation course will be conducted by Mrs. Freeman; and a skit, The Fall Roundup" will be acted by mem bers of the Roundup committee. The program will be followed by so- cial dancing.
 Members of the committee in- clude Angela Firani, chairman, Georgina Tabsaty May German, Leoni Bibeau, Pat Malone, Carol Hunt, Connie Bracken, Betty Dwyer Lucy Venovich, Nancy Barry, Lor- etta LaMothe, Rose Commentators and Hulda Reichenbach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-20
Births

MT. and Mrs. George E. D'Vileskis, Capitol Avenue, are the parents of a second child and first daughter, Claire Mary, born Sept. Is at St. Mary's Hospital. Mrs. D'Vileskis is the former Miss Agnes OBrien.
 Mir and Mrs. Edsen R. Miller, Irion Street, announce the birth of son, Robert Joseph, at Waterbury Hospital on September IT. Mrs. Mil Ter is the former Antoinette DiPie- tro.
 MT. and Mrs. John Mastroianni, of Henry Street, announce the birth of their first child, daughter, Nancy Anne, born September IT, at the Waterbury Hospital. Mrs. Mas troianni is formerly Elizabeth Pa lomba, of East Liberty Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-20

The fight for liberty and life and dignity is no longer the fight alone of the Jewish minority, but the fight for full rights of the small peoples throughout the world. Mrs. 1rma Ehrlich. of Prague and Vienna em- phaSized before members of the Business and Professional Division of Hadassah last night at the Elton.
 The speaker, a weIl-known educa- tor and worker for the Youth Allyah movement, asserted that in spite ot the problems created by power poli- tics, the suffering, war-Weary Jew ish peoples in Europe, now number ing less than 6,0OO000, will eventually be transferred to Pales- tine and enjoy security and the full life in a country of their forefath- CTS.
 Speaking of the atrocities inflicted upon the Jewish peoples by the Nag regime, Mrs. Enrich asserted:
 None of you could ever imagine what it means to be deprived of hu' man life. It is a blessing that vol cannot. You are much better off no to have seen the human being tor. tured. deprived of life, deprived o. sustenance, and deprived of liberty
 Safety Denied
 Even the children could not play they could not laugh, they coulc not live. Just 10000 were destined to live. Even to this day we canno' bring them to safety
 Outlining the struggle of the Jew. ish peoples to free themselves from the darkness, the Ghettoes, ana the pogroms" during centuries O prosecution, the speaker asserted that only the miracle of hope ant courage had carried the Jewish mi. norities forward to this day wher full rights and liberties, have beer made available through theHadas. sah in this country, which is provid' ing funds to carry on the work o: rehabilitation in Palestine.
 Mrs. Erhlich spoke of the wide. spread program of housing, health and education which is now in pro gress in Palestine. She said hospi tals are open to Jews and Arabs Orphaned children are being edu' cated and helped to grow into strons and useful members of society Planes and coats, sent by the Youtl Aliyah, are waiting in war-devastat ed cities and ports, to bring home less, frightened young Jews to Pal estine.
 Work of Mercy
 In areas where transfer is no permissible, educators, nurses, an' child workers are sent to the camp
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-20
Young Mems Club Names Committee

A meeting of the Young Mems Club was held on Tuesday evening at the Waterbury Hebrew Institute. Raphael Schain was elected secre- tary- treasurer.
 A report on picnic held in July was given by William Kramer, and tentative plans were made for fu- ture activities.
 Raphael Schain was elected sec retary- treasurer to succeed Martin Slomowitz who is leaving to enter New York University. Aaron Maran and Elvin ReineI were named chairmen of the enter tainment committee, and Raphael Schain and Fred Block were named chairmen of the bowling committee