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000 While these last two projects
would be long-term payments, no
provision is believed to have been
made for them In the plans for the
next fiscal year.
The committee was understood,
in part, to be unwilling to raise the
present real estate tax of SITS per
500 which annually provides $24,-
100000 of a general fund of about
s50,000,000 and Is considered great
enough to make an increase un-
popular. H..
Taxes due for close attention are
the income and personal property
levies, and the presence of Highway
Director H. C. Whitehurst on the
committee suggests the possibility
that the gasoline tax may not be
overlooked
A chief point of concern to
District tax officials is the small
number of persons out Of the total
population paying the income tax.
Less than 100000 of the more than
100000 population of the District
pay income tax here, largely because
Of the many exemptions allowed.
Enters Fiscal Year Debt-Free.
The District is going into the new
fiscal year next July debt-free and
with a $10,000,000 fund for capital
Improvement. These savings are not
likely to be repeated since they were
made from war-vacant positions
now being filled by returning
veterans and interrupted construc-
ton that will be resumed in the
spring.
BY next July, the District expects
to pay out in salaries alone more
than $40, 900 900 as a result of the in
crease provided in the Federal pay
acts of last summer. Nearly 40 con-
struction projects are in various
stages of planning in the Office of
the Municipal Architect. These do
not include many new projects in
the 1947 estimates.
Members Of the special committee
besides Chairman West and Capt.
Whitehurst are Auditor A. r. Pilker-
ton, Schools Budget Officer A. w.
Heinmiller, Budget Offlcer Walter l..
Fowler and Assessor Ed Dent.
Evening star., 1946-01-06
MPs Will Transport
Disabled Veterans 10
Station, Young Says

Brig. Gen. Robert N. Young, COM
manding general Of the Military Dis
trict of Washington, announced yes
terday that disabled veterans would
be given transportation by military
policemen to Union Station from
servicemens' hospitality centers here.
The move follows an investigation
conducted by Gen. Young and his
staff into the entire military travel
set-up for wounded and disabled
servicemen. Gen. Young became in
terested in the matter when Sergt.
George Timko, a crippled veteran,
suffered a broken leg when he was
knocked down by holiday crowd
in Union Station.
1--WE are not setting up taxicab
service for all servicemen," Gen.
Young pointed out. But we feel that
we can make travelling lot easier
for some of the men who are really
unable to get around under their
own steam by sending MP automo-
biles to take them to the Station"
Gen. Young, after conferring with
Mrs. William Calvin, executive sec
retary of the United Nations Service
Center at Union Station Plaza, said
he would make arrangements with
the Washington Military Police De-
tachment to send automobile trans
portation to the center to carry
wounded or disabled GIs to the
trains.
ALI that disabled servicemen stay
ing at the center will have. to do
when their train time draws near is
notify the receptionist they are
ready to leave. Gen. Young said
Mrs. Calvin agreed to have the re-
ceptionist notify the military police,
who will send vehicles Immediately
Further, Gen. Young said. the driver
will turn the disabled men over to
MPs stationed at the terminal.
These men will see to it that the
travelling CT gets to his seat on the
train without the danger of being
knocked down by rushing travellers.
Gen. Young said the service would
apply to men Of all the services.
A second plan announced by Gen.
Young involves notification of all
military and naval hospitals in this
vicinity that military police at
Union Station are under orders to
assist disabled men in every way to
get them safely seated on outgoing
trains. He said he would take steps
to notify Walter Reed Army Hos
pital and Bethesda Naval Hospital
at once.
Evening star., 1946-01-06
1900 District Properties
Up for Tax Sale Jan. IS

The District expects to sell tax
certificates on about 1000 pieces OF
tax-delinquent property beginning
at 8 am. January is.
Actually, Tax Collector Guy Pear
son said, tax certificates on about
1000 pieces of property will be put
up for sale. but about half the
number have been put up year after
year and never sold, because of the
long history Of unpaid taxes behind
them.
The auction this year, he said, is
the smallest on record, although 1t
will cover delinquent properties
from last year, when no sale was
held. At the last sale two years
ago about 5000 pieces were offered
he said.
Buyers of the certificates pay the
District the 1944-5 taxes due and
then are entitled to collect from the
owner a monthly interest Of per
cent until the property is re-
deemed. If at the end of two years
the certificate is not redeemed, the
buyer may pay up other outstand-
ing taxes and apply for deed OF
ownership.
Evening star., 1946-01-06
District Victory Loan
Totals $685.
1898 Pct. Of Quota

The District War Finance Com
mittee last night closed its books
on the Victory Loan drive and an
nounced that the District had ex-
ceeded its quota in the campaign by
almost 80 per cent.
The Districts total purchases of
Victory Loan bonds was $751;
866, 900, 1913 per cent more than the
quota of $4,000, 900.
The sale of Series E bonds reached
$50, 800, 900, or 1922 per cent of the
$27, 900, 900 quota. The drive closed
after the Nation had subscribed to
81, ,204 ,000, 900 in E bonds, safely above
the $4,000, 100000 sought by the
Treasury.
Total sales for the Nation amount
ed to $21, Ia, ,000, 900, almost twice
the s1l, ,0oo, 600, 900 goal.
w. ]. Waller, chairman of the Dis
trict's War Finance Committee, an
nounced as the. committee prepared
to wind up its work that the Dis
trict has invested an estimated $2,-
600, 900, 900 in war finance securities
since the program was launched
May /, 1941.
His committee will be .supplanted
by the United States Savings Bond
Committee.
The Nations Capital has piled
high a record of achievement" Mr..
Waller said. THE results are an en-
during tribute to the patriotism of
our people. No volunteer citizens
army ever labored harder than our
workers in this campaign"
Total Victory Loan purchases by
District individuals were $50 ,901 900,
or 145 per cent of the $4,000, 900
quota, a record for all War Bond
campaigns. Corporations purchased
$91 ,956, 900 in bonds during the final
drive, or 213.9 per cent of the $43,-
100000 corporation quota.
Mr. Waller said that District resi-
dents purchased $500 900 900 in series
E bonds during the war.
Evening star., 1946-01-06
The Job in Brief
Qualifications: For Red 6,

Qualifications: For Red Gross
nurses aides, women between
Is and IS, with a high school
diploma or its equivalent.
Training: 80-hour course, in
cluding IS hours of classroom
work, Mondays through Fridays
from 10 am. to IL noon with
hour before or after class for
practice, and As hours Of A.
hour shifts, three days a week,
on hospital wards. Next class
starts January 81.
Where to register: Nurses
aide Office at Walsh House, 2020
Massachusetts, avenue NV, to-
morrow through Friday from
10 am. to 4 pm. For addi-
tional information call Hobart
$500.
Evening star., 1946-01-06
School Census Slated
In Summer May Be
Extended to Adults

The Districts public schools
may make a census during the
coming summer which could
be extended to become a COM
plete census of the Districts
postwar population, Budget
Officer Walter Fowler disclosed
yesterday.
The information gained, he
pointed out, would be valuable
in working out budget and tax
problems. There has been no
estimate of the civilian popu-
lation by the Bureau of the
Census since 1943, he said. This
placed the figure at 816,982.
Incorporation of the adult
census with the school project
will be discussed with the
Commissioners and the Board
Of Education.
Evening star., 1946-01-06
Home Accidents
Fatal to 200
Here in 7945

Home accident fatalities rose to
200 for 1945, the Red Cross Accident
Prevention Service reported last
night.
The last week registered a total
of seven home accident deaths, of
which five were from falls and two
from carbon monoxide poisoning.
OF the 1913 cases treated in Dis
trict hospitals during the week, falls
and cuts headed the list of home
accidents.
A woman caught her hand In
wringer, bringing total wringer ac-
cidents for the year to IS. A two
year -old child fell into pot Of hot
stew which had been placed on the
floor and was severely burned.
Evening star., 1946-01-06

vicinities. Maj. Cary pointed out
that the block where the typhus ap-
peared adjoins the railroad yards of
the Union Station terminal and it
is - considered likely, infected rats
came here by way of transportation
facilities. Rats are great travellers"
and follow the channels Of commerce
and travel, he pointed out.
DDT Plays Role.
DR.. Essex said the DDT would be
used in combating ectoparasites
such as f1eas on rats Typhus is
believed to be transmitted to hu-
mans through fleas from infected
rats.
The expert outlined three steps
to be followed in the initial stages
of experiments here.
First, he said, rats caught in the
K street area will be combed for
ectoparasites. Which species are
most prevalent will be determined.
Then the entire area will be
busted" with DDT by workers
armed with busting guns. After the
DOT has had time to do its work
on the ectoparasites, more rats will
be caught and another index made
to determined effectiveness of the
procedure.
500 Traps to Be Set.
Five hundred steel traps to be used
in the drive arrived yesterday. Mai.
Cary said about a dozen live rats
caught in the area are being studied
for evidence of typhus infection and
results probably would be available
early this week Il.
Those conferring with DR.. Essex
yesterday included Maj. r. A. Jacock
of District Q of the Public Health
Service at Richmond; DR.. Newell e.
Good, Public Health Service official
detailed to the District Health De-
partment; DR.. John E. Noble, labo-
ratory director, and DR.. Carl C..
Dauer, epidemologist of the District
Health Department; A. P. Bell, pub
lie health engineer of the Bureau of
Sanitation, who will have charge of
the work here, and E. M. Dulin, as
sistant director of the bureau
Evening star., 1946-01-06
USO Veterun to Speak

Fred G. Lasch, former USO di-
rector in Manila. will address the
Y Mems Club of the YMCA at 6:15
pm. tomorrow at a dinner meet
ing at the Central Branch. 1876
G street NV. His topic will be
"Our Relations With China" The
program of the club for the en-
suing year will be outlined at the
meeting.
Evening star., 1946-01-06
American u. to Provide Homes
For Married Veterans, Families

his approval, he said, because mar
ried students do SO we'll in class.
These married boys and girls do
better than the single students" he
said. "They study together-or if
only the husband is taking classes,
the wife makes him study"
There may be some zoning mat
tiers to straighten out, DR.. Douglass
said. But he wants to start as soon
as possible to provide attractive
living conditions for large numbers
of married couples. A Methodist
minister, DR.. Douglass said he ap-
proves of married students so much
he will be glad to perform a mar
riage ceremony any day.
Virginia Prepares Plans.
Meanwhile, several Virginia col
leges were taking steps to acquire
emergency housing units for mar
ried students returning under the
GI Bill of Rights.
In Richmond, DR.. F. w. Boat
wright, president of the University
of Richmond. has appealed to the
Federal Housing Administration to
transfer or erect at least 200 hous-
ing units for an anticipated short
age. He said they would probably
be the Quonset type of huts.
The first of 100 trailers have been
brought to the University of Vir-
ginia campus to help provide hous-
ing Accommodations for 1900 veterans
President John Lloyd Newcomb has
housing units for 800 married vet
Grams and their wives and 300 un-
married veterans.
Trailers Moved to Campus.
At Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Stuart K. Cassell, business manager
said trailers formerly used by wal
workers and others at Timberville
Winchester and Front Royal are
being moved to the campus. Ar.
rangements have been made fol
trailers for So families with 100 ad.
ditional units requested.
DR.. John E. Pomfret, president o.
William and Mary, said the colleg'
is negotiating for Federal Housing
project on the edge of Williamsbur,
to take care of an estimated rs mar
ried students. ... .......... VI
Evening star., 1946-01-06
Methodists Plan Debote
On Compulsory Training

A debate on compulsory military
training will be held at .i5s pm.
tomorrow at the Methodist Build
ing, First street and Maryland ave-
nue. NE, by the Methodist Fedora
tion for Social Service.
Col. Harold Kent, U. S. A., will
take the Affirmative, while the Rev.
John Swomley, jr., Of New York viii
take the negative.
Evening star., 1946-01-06

President Paul r. Douglass of
American University has received
so many applications for admission
from married veterans with chill
dren that he is arranging dwellings
for 18 families on his campus with
in the. next four weeks, he an
nounced yesterday. ...
The old campus with boys and
girls waiting till graduation to
marry is gone forever" he said. "A
large number of students will be
married"
DR.. Douglass also is considering
starting a day nursery for the chill
dren of veterans.
Quonset Huts Provided.
The family dwellings will be pro-
vided in five converted "Quonset
huts" and several classroom build
ings left to the university when the
Navy discontinued schools on the
campus. The University also has
applied to the Federal Housing Au-
thority for about 100 surplus hous-
ing units to be moved here from
war centers where they are nc
longer needed.
The five Quonset huts each will
be fitted with partitions and fix
lures to provide two apartments
with living room-bedroom,
kitchen and a bath. The classroom
buildings are big enough to be con-
verted into larger apartments fol
about eight families with two OF
three children, Col. James Starbuck
the university's veteran counselor
said.
Col. Starbuck will consult with 9
contractor this week to get the
units ready by the start OF thu
midterm February IL, he said. Th'
Quonsett hut apartments will rem
for about $50 a month and tht
larger units for little more" Col
Starbuck said.
Approves Of Marriage.
DR.. Douglass believes that IN
few years family dwellings and nur
sery schools will be as common oi
American campuses as sorority ant
fraternity houses. The trend meet
Evening star., 1946-01-06
A Job To Be Done


from war made it imperative that
they spend more time at home. Many
of them have left town as their hus-
bands have been transferred. Others
have been forced to quit through
sheer weariness. The nurses aide
corps here has dropped from a war
time peak of 1000 to TOO women with
only $50 actually serving in the hos
pitals this month.
The aides who remain-many of
them with several thousand hours
of service behind them-can't do it
Evening star., 1946-01-06
PIunt Expert Retires

Arthur L. Mullican, 10, of 722 Sligo
avenue, Silver Spring, retired De-.
cember 81 after 28 years In the Agri-,
culture Department. He served the
entire period In the Bureau OF
Plants.
Evening star., 1946-01-06
Bethesda c. of G. to Meet

The Bethesda Chamber of Com
merce will hold dinner meeting
tomorrow night at the Bethesda
Womans Club. Members will be
guests of the Hiser Theater after
the meeting.
Evening star., 1946-01-06
Historical Society to Elect

The annual meeting of the Co.
lumbia Historical Society will be
held at BIS pm. Tuesday at the
Mayfiower Hotel. Oficers for the
ensuing year will be elected.
Evening star., 1946-01-06

were having trouble getting them. u
He appealed to the Civilian Pro-
duction Administration and on the
that no nylons would
be sold to male officers for gifts the
10000 per month quota for the next
two months was arranged by con-
tract with May, McEwen 81 Kayser,
This number will al
low one pair of nylons for the two
month period for every woman in
the naval establishment in the
United States, he said.
Evening star., 1946-11-15
ExpeIf Sees 1eleyIsIon
Making 900, 900 Jobs

The television industry win BE-
come commercial reality providlne
2,500. 900 Jobs within year II the
Handicap Of . high Federal excise
tax" can be removed.
This was the view expressed BY
Joseph Gerl, : director Of the Radio
Manufacturer Association and pres
ident Of Sonora Radio and Televi-
sion Corp before = luncheon Of the
Kiwanis Club In the Mayfiower
Hotel here yesterday.
Pointing out that the average
television set viii cost from 4250 "a
$400, Mr.. Gerl s&id 10 per cent so1
the cost viii b 70 cover the FED
|eral tax.
THE television industry 4 push
ing ahead e fast as It can" he de-
|clared. "But that 10 per cent tax i
worrying Us more than anything
else" a
The new Jobs created would In.
|clude service and repairmen In the
factories, television engineers, re-
tailers, distributors and .host' 81
actors and actresses to produce
Hundreds Of thousands" Of telcvi.
sion shows annually, he said,
Evening star., 1946-11-15
D. G. Mon Gets so Duys
For Theft Of Beer

Charles Rosemond, ~, colored, Of
the 1900 block Twenty-first street
NV. late yesterday was sentenced
to serve go days In jail for stealing
. carton Of beer from the sidewalk
in front Of liquor store In the 1200
block Ninth street NV.
He Was arrested after being pur-
sued up an alley. Police said he had
the carton Of heer under his arm.
Sentence was imposed by Municipal
Court Judge Thomas D. Quinn.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-19
The Pascagoula- Moss Point Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. & Federal Reserve System

and will enjoy, a visit with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Seward in Philadelphia.
Among those attending the Me-
thodist Young Peoples Camp at
Magnolia State Park, Ocean
Springs, are Emma Helen Stew
art, Vivian McDavid, Edna Kha-
vat, Peggy and Barbara Suthoff,
Elaine Rhodes, Lorraine Harper,
Pat Hawkins, Isabelle Baker, Ed
die Khavat, Jr., Robert Khayat
and Dimitri Baker.
Mrs. Edwin Lennep and son,
Tom Lennep. have returned home
after spending three weeks in
Irvington, N. Y, as guests OF
their daughter and sister, Mrs.
F. G. Frey, and Mr.. Frey. Mr..
Lennep flew to Irvington a few
days before the end of their visit
to join them for the motor trip
home. During their stay they en-
joyed numerous trips to New
York where they visited many
points of interest and Mrs. Len
nep also appeared on a radio quiz
program over Columbia Broad
casting System and was the win
ner of a chair.
Captain George T. Rhodes of
the Merchant Marine returned
this week to New Orleans follow
ing a visit of a few days with
his brother-in law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin G.. Lennep. Cap
tain Rhodes has almost complete
ly recovered from q very crit.
cal Illness of several weeks ago.
Mrs. w. w. Barber and son,
Charles Barber and daughter,
Miss Betty returned last week
from Fit. Defiance, Arizona whore
the two former went to bring
hom1 the latter at the conclusion
of her cadet period at a hospital
at the fort. Miss Barber has com
pleted her course as a cadet and
is now a full Pledged nurse. Mr..
Barber is spending the summer at
home following his release from
the army but will leave for State
College at the beginning Of the
next term.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Love have
returned from visits to Spring.
hill, La, and points in Arkansas
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-19
SOCIAL SOC [Sj[' HAPPENINGS

Mrs. j. c. Avent and daugh-
ter, 10 Ann, and son, Carson,
returned Saturday from a visit
with relatives in Hammond, La.
and Jackson, Miss. and with her
father, Mr.. j. F. Freeman, IN
McComb, Miss.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Marie ano
daughter, Marlynn, spent the
weekend in Pensacola, Fla.
Mrs. T. T. Howe, Mrs. Laura
Mays, Mrs. Edwin Mays and
daughter, Pat, spent Monday in
Mobile.
Mrs Bobby Ellers, Perkinston,
Miss, spent the weekend with
her mother, Mrs. Walter Hill.
MI. and Mrs. Arthur Gray left
Monaay for a visit in Inman, S.
C. before going to Chicago, Ill.
where Mr.. Gray will take a
course in electrical engineering.
Mrs. S. E. Albritton of Mo
bile, spent Tuesday with her sis
ter, Mrs. John Cirlot.
MI. and Mrs. J. T. Renfroe,
Mrs. Laura Mays and Mrs. 7. 7.
Howe spent Sunday in Mississip-
pi City with Mr.. and Mrs. c. T,
Brady.
Mrs. r. c. Eley returned last
week from a visit with relatives
in Houlka, Miss.
Mrs. A. w Head left this week
to visit relatives in Magee, Miss.
Miss Lucille Thompson of Jack
son, Miss, spent the weekend in
the home of DR.. and Mrs. h.
c. Eley.
Misses Marie and Lula Ma
Dantzler will leave tonight to at
tend the wedding of Miss 10 Ann
Glen and their brother, Mr.. Jack
Dantzler, Jr., in Atlanta, Ga.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. T. Galloway
of Lucedale, were guests Of
friends here Monday.
Mrs. r. Molpuss and Mrs. vii
lard Hays of Philadelphia, Miss
were guests this week of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Buzzard. Betty Buz-
gard, little daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Buzzard returned with them
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-19

visiting relatives and friends in
Birmingham and Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Mrs. Motley Byrd and young
son, Motley, Jr., depart Friday for
4 stay of several days in Brook
haven.
Miss Vela Mckinley, home
demonstration agent for Jackson
county, had as weekend guests
her sister, Miss Elnora Mckinley,
and niece, Sarah Collins Of Lau-
rel.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Gardner,
612 9th street and three hcildren
nave returned from visits with
Mr.. Gardner's relstices in Albany,
Atlanta, and East Point, Ga, they
were accompanied home by their
niece, and cousin, Mary Alice
Ramsay who will visit in their
home for a while.
Mrs. Elmer Nelson, PIG North
Frederic street, ard wee sor
have been moved home from the
Jackson County hospital where
the latter was born July 5. The
baby Is to be given the name
Allen Dennis.
Mrs. Ben Scholtos departed LAS
week for a visit with her foui
children at Baltimore, Md.
w. =. Robertson and son, Ton
Rhea Robertson. departed Wed.
nesday for their home at Stat,
Line after dividing visits between
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-07-19

S-Sgt. James B. Mclaughlin,
veteran of the hina-Burma-lndIa
campaigns has recently been as
signed to Squadron CT at Keesler
Field with radio maintenance and
with Mrs. Mclaughlin and their
son, Dickie is now residing with
Mrs. McLaughlin's mother, Mrs.
Pearl Compton at 1900 Main
street,l Moss Point. Sgt Nc
Iauehlin holds the distinguished
flying cross, two air medals and
the Pacific Theater of Operations
ribbon: He completed over 80
missions over the Hump during
the Is months that he was over
seas.
After spending a week with
Mrs. Clifton Dodge and family
OF Moss Point, Misses Laverne
Sammon and Lorraine Hall of Hat
tiesburg left for Houston, Texas,
where they will be connected
with a hospital there. Misses
Sammon and Hall wer formerly
connected with the Jackson Coun-
ty hospital.
Mrs. P. A. Roberts and Misses
Dottie and Louise Roberts are en-
joying a vacation to points in
Texas and New Mexico.
On her return Friday from Hat
tiesburg where she attended Mis-
sissippi Southern College through
the seventh term, Mrs. Albert
Lynd joined Mr. Lynd and their
son, Albert, Jr.. in their departure
Wednesday of this week to spend
about ten. days in the Smokey
Mountains iof Tennessee and
North Carolina while Mr.. Lynd is
on vacation.
Mrs. James Wickless of Birm-
ineham, Ala, spent several days
with Mrs. J. F. Hassell.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Bradford and
son Charles of st. Louis, Mo-
returned to their home in st.
Louis, Mo-, Monday after a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Arm
istead.
MIR. Albert Broussard return
ed Tuesday from a visit with rel.
atives; in Louisiana.
Mrs. T. K. Swyaze and daugh.
ter, Kaye, have returned from
a visit with relatives in Cleve-
land, Miss.