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Evening star., 1947-02-17
Committee Of Nine
Studies Autonomous
Welfare Board Plan

The proposed legislation to create
a Department of Public Welfare
under an autonomous Board of Pub
lie Welfare is being studied by the
Committee Of Nine, an advisory
group chosen from citizens organi-
cations The committee has asked
more time to consider the proposal,
although reports indicate general
support for the creation of the de-
partment.
At present the Board of Public
Welfare is permitted only delegated
responsibility in administering acts
providing for the aged, the blind and
general public assistance. The bill
under study provides complete au-
tonomy except in matters of sub
stantive legislation and budgetary
control.
The committee has reported strong
support from their organizations in
favor of the so-called children's bill
which has been introduced in Con-
gress by Representative Hebert
Democrat, of Louisiana. Mr.. Hebert
held several hearings on the bill last
fall and there was an attempt tc
take delinquent children from the
protectorate of the welfare board
and place them under the same
control as adult penal institutions
The committee finally decided -tc
keep the children under the boarc
but dissenting opinion was filed.
Another bill discussed by the
Committee of Nine at meeting
last week was the public assistance
bill. Several points of difference
developed, chiefly over including ir
the bill a one-year residence re-
quirement before relief can b'
granted.
The committee consists of Mrs
c. D. Lowe, Federation of Women.
Clubs; Warren r. Forster, Wash
ington Board of Trade; Rabbi Henr!
Segal, Committee on Religious Life
in the Nations Capital; Mrs. Marian
Valentine Jordan, League of Womer
Voters; Mrs. Ernest w. Howard
Federation of Citizens Associations
Mrs. Rosina Tucker, Federation o.
Civic Associations; Mrs. Burdel
Read, Congress of Parent-Teachel
Associations; Mrs. Rosa Holloman
Federation of Parent Teacher AS.
sociations, and L. H. Neville
Thompson, Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Desk-Bound Army Keeps II 1IIn

Rushing through the laby-
rinth of Pentagon corridors
should provide exercise enough
to keep the Army's desk
bound officers In fair physical
condition. But officers whe
want extra workouts always
can drop in at the Pentagon
Officers Athletic Club. Con-
verted from a storage base
ment, the new gym has proved
extremely popular during the
lunch hour and after duty
hours. The new installation
resulted from Gen. Eisenhow-
er's recent directive calling
for Army-wide physical fit
ness. The club is under the
direction of Maj. L. B. Barth.
Pictured at right is a typical
luncheon-hour group of Off
GERS trimming down waist
lines in a fast volley ball game.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Jockey, ,30thers
Killed in Two
'AutoCrashes
Ralph Kirk Dies
With 2 Friends as
Cor Strikes Pole -

Two automobile accidents in
Prince Georges County took the
lives of four men over the week
end. Three, including well-known
jockey, were killed in a crash near
Chillum.
The dead were:
Ralph Y. z. Kirk, 81, the jockey,
of 3112 McComas avenue, Kensing-
ton.
Walter Ernest Rawlings, 81, Of
81 Nash place, Kensington.
Thomas Whitelaw Barden, 81,
a guest at the McComas avenue
home.
william Henry Pickney, 20, col
ored, of 7700 White House road,
Ritchie.
The first three died when the
car in which they were riding hit
tree on University lane, near
Riggs road, early yesterday, The
fourth was killed when his car over
turned near his home about 1890
pm. yesterday.
Car Strikes Pole.
Prince Georges County Coroner
James I Boyd said today he had
issued certificates of accidental
death in the University lane crash
but had not yet received sufficient
information on the other accident
to issue certificate.
The first accident occurred, polics
reported, when a car driven by Mr..
Evening star., 1947-02-17
SIS Veterans Denied
u, ). Aid for FaiIinq
To Report Earnings

About 525 Washington area vet
Grams in schools and on-the-job
training were cut from subsistence
allowance roI1s today for failing to
report their earnings during the last
three months .a@AsN ss5 4 ssszsss3
The names were sliced from a list
sent to the Treasury Department
that certified subsistence payments
to registered students and trainees.
According to Veterans Admini-
stration education officials, 120 ad-
ditional ex-GI's who failed to report
earnings last month remained sus-
pended.
At the same time, the agency
said warnings have been sent to
2,400 other veterans here that they
must report earnings by March S,
or face suspension of payments.
Veterans Administration regula-
tions require the trainees to report
their earnings through employers
every three months to make sure
they do not exceed limits placed on
the payments. The combined total
of wages and subsistence allowance
cannot exceed 5000 a month for vet
Grams with dependents. Allowances
are cut If those without dependents
get a total of SITS.
AS long as earnings remain below
the limits, subsistence payments can
total 500 a month for those with de-
pendents and $65 for those without.
Veterans must report their earn
ings according to claim numbers
that appear on their checks. Those
with numbers beginning with and
l had to report last month, those
with and this month and those
with numbers starting with 4, S and
6 by March S.
Only veterans in training and
students who attend school by the
hour have to file the quarterly re-
ports. Those in colleges and high
schools report past earnings and
estimated future income at the be-
ginning of each school term.
Meanwhile, Veterans .Administra-
tor Bradley is scheduled to testify
tomorrow before the House Commit
tee on Veterans Affairs on the
controversial issue of whether the
subsistence limits should be in
creased.
To date. according to committee
spokesmen, Representatives have
dropped % bills into the hopper
that would increase the ceilings or
eliminate them entirely. Chairman
Edith Nourse Rogers said the ques-
ton is the most important consid-
Grafton before the committee.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Bethesda Churches TO Hold
World PRAYER Services

Two special services will be held
in Bethesda Friday to observe the
World Day of Prayer.
Miss Lois Witham, a Methodist
in China for 20 years, will
speak at 1o:30 am. at meeting in
the Bethesda Presbyterian Church.
Taking part in the service will be
Mrs. E. c. Wine of the church, Mrs.
George H. Price of the First Baptist
Church, Mrs. Andrew j. Phillips Of
Mount Zion Baptist Church and Mrs.
Douglas Johnson of the Methodist
Church.
Participants at service at pm.
friday will include r. Hanson
Weightman of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Gordon Wooton of the First
Baptist Church, Ebert T. Magruder
of the Presbyterian Church and
John K. Althouse of Christ Lutheran
Church.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Clark, J. Edgar Hoover
Praise Trinidad Boys

Attorney General Clark and ]. Ed
gar Hoover, director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. have for
mally commended the Trinidad
Boys Club for its service to the
community, Fred E. Nalley, jr.. club
director, announced today.
The Communications came as Mr.
Nalley announced the club has
enough funds left for just one mere
month. The adult membership drive,
seeking 5000 persons willing to pay
"dues" of 81 per year, started last
September but is tagging, Mr.. Mall
ley said. Only 1900 adults have
subscribed
Evening star., 1947-02-17

It's back to school for most of
the men in the District Fire De-
partment. They're going to be re-
ouired to attend an advanced train
ing course.
When they joined the depart
ment, they received the basic train
ing in fire fighting that still is given
to new recruits. But, according to
Battalion Chief Richard E. S. Boss,
chief of training and communica-
tions of the department, this is not
enough.
1--WE believe" he said, that the
men need more training in handling
pumps and other equipment which
makes up a modern flre-f1ghtmg
company"
A dozen men, usually 2 officers
and 10 privates, will take the course
each week. The first class met
today at the Coast Guard wharf
Maine avenue and N street >S.W
The IS hours of instruction each
week includes special practice In
handling the pumping engines.
"The men will be taught mainte-
nance of fire equipment for the first
time in the history of the depart
ment," Chief Boss said, "and this
alone will save the District a great
deal of money over period of years,
"The inside workings of the equip
ment will be explained" he added,
with "a special cross-section OF
pumps and glass-covered sections
making it easy for the men to study
how the equipment operates. This
special equipment is being manu-
factured especially for the training
course but has not been received.
However, we have enough of our own
equipment on hand to go ahead and
start the course"
This training school Is one of the
few in the country of its kind, Chief
Boss pointed out, adding that fire
department officials in many cities
were alarmed over the high loss Of
life in recent fires and are trying to
find some way to prevent IT.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Chevy Chase Residents
To Protest Assessments

A group of residents of the Chevy
Chase area will appear before the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, Hyattsville. at 4 pm.
Wednesday to protest against as
sessments for storm drainage i'm
provements.
David r. Wolverton, 1922 Hunt
avenue, Chevy Chase, said that
assessments for this work in some
cases have amounted to as much
as $500.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
House Agents Probing
District Recorder S.
na
Reported Truancy

Agents of the District Subcommit-
tee of the House Appropriations
Committee, 1t was learned today, are
investigating complaints that DR.
Marshall L. Shepard spends the
greater part of his time away from
Washington although paid $4,000 a
year as District recorder of deeds.
A number of other complaints
have been made against individuals
in the deeds Office or in its opera
tions. Some of these, it was said,
are being investigated by the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation.
Findings by the investigators are
expected to be reported to the Dis
trict Subcommittee "soon."
Protests that DR.. Shepard is treat
ing his job as pure political plum
while devoting "90 per cent" of his
time to political and church activi-
ties have come to the attention of
the subcommittee.
They are said to have been made
by Frederick Weaver, for many years
deputy recorder, who was dropped
from the payroll last year after DR..
Shepard took Office. DR.. Shepard,
active in Democratic politics. in
Pennsylvania, is pastor of a big
Philadelphia colored church. One
report on Capitol Hill is that he is
now In California.
Representative Horan, Republican,
|of Washington, who heads the sub
committee, has declined to make any
formal statement on the issues other
than the fact that his subcommittee
is investigating operations at the
Deeds Office and would investigate
fiscal matters relating to any agency
of the municipal government.
On Capitol Hill and elsewhere in
Washington the job of District re-
corder has been regarded as one
traditionally awarded to a Negro
There has been no indication the
Republican leadership has any in
tention of changing this.
Along with the Republican drive
for Government economies, however
there have been strong indications
District leaders on Capitol Hill in
tend to insist that any official or
service paid out of District funds
provide full-time and efficient serv-
lice.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Veterans May Register
.Bv Mail for WAA Sales

Veterans who wish to purchase
surplus automotiye equipment at
War Assets Administration sales
will be allowed to register by mail
as soon as sales are announced,
j.. M. Armstrong, director Of the
WAA Richmond region, has an
nounced.
The new ruling, Mr.. Armstrong
said, is designed to eliminate long
waits and line-ups on sale days.
Under the system, veterans will be
admitted for purchases in the or
der that their mail registrations
are received.
Ten-day inspection periods will
proceed the sales, Mr.. Armstrong
said. Veterans certified to purchase
equipment will be notified at the
beginning of the sales period.
Evening star., 1947-02-17

T. w, Barden. w. E. Rawlings.
Rawlings left the road, struck a light
pole and then crashed into tree.
Police said the car was travelling an
estimated 80 miles an hour just be-
fore the crash. The car was so badly
damaged it could not be towed but
had to be loaded on truck to re-
move it from the scene.
In addition to being jockey him.
self, Mr.. Kirk was the brother Of
two other jockeys, Carson and
Woodrow. Mr.. Rawlings was an
Army veteran and an employe OF
the Geological Survey. Mr.. Barden.
who formerly lived near Charlottes-
vile, Va, was Navy veteran.
Survived by Parents.
In addition to his two brothers
who are jockeys, Mr.. Kirk is sur
vived by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas w. Kirk of Kensington, and
another brother, Elwood also of
Kensington. Seven sisters, Mrs.
Beatrice Little and Mrs. Josephine
Aquilla of Silver Spring, Mrs. Mo-
zelle Schuch, Kensington; Mrs.
Elizabeth Mikules, Alexandria; Miss
Marie Kirk and Mrs. Irene Grant,
both of Washington. and Mrs.
Helena Shannon, Savannah, Ga,
also survive.
Mr. Rawlings attended Kensing-
ton Junior High School pAor to
entering the Army. He served in
France and Germany as a machine
gunner with the 95th Division. A
member of the American Legion
and Veteran of Foreign Wars, Mr..
Rawlings is survived by his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James e. Rawlings.
Five brothers, Daniel, Frank and
Ralph Rawlings, all of Kensington;
James of Four Corners, Md, and
David, Silver Spring, also survive.
Mr.. Barden is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Gertrude Barden of
Charlottesville, Va; five brothers,
Russell, Claude and Lewis Barden
of Silver Spring; Cecil of Washing
ton and Alfred S. Barden, now in
the Navy at Seattle, and four sis
ters, Mrs. Elsie Orason, Point Of
Rocks, Md; Mrs. Catherine Coch-
rane. Frederick; Mrs. Thelma
Stubbs, Kensington, and Miss Eliza
beth Barden, Dallas, Tex.
Mr.. Barden is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Gertrude Barden Of
Charlottesville, Va, five brothers
and four sisters.
Funeral Rites Wednesday.
Funeral services for Mr.. Kirk will
be held at II am. Wednesday at the
Warner E. Pumphrey funeral home,
Silver Spring. Place Of burial had
not been decided on today.
Funeral services for Mr.. Rawlings
will be held at 1890 am. tomorrow
at Humphreys. Burial will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Rites for Mr.. Barden will ne held
at pm. tomorrow at the Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be in
Arlington Cemetery.
Four persons we're injured in the
District last night when the car
in which they were riding turned
over after a collision with another
automobile at First and M streets
NE.
The injured are Mrs. Gina Ceresa,
56, of 402 Addison road, Seat Pleas
ant, Md, admitted at Casualty Hos
pital with leg injuries.
Louis Di Gennaro, 27, of 1914
Fifth street NE, treated for an
arm injury at Sibley Hospital and
released.
Mrs. Margaret Di Gennaro, "a,
wife of Louis, also treated at Sibley
for leg injury and released.
Pietro Di Gennaro, 81, Of 40i
Seventy first place, Seat Pleasant,
Md, Louis father, treated at Sibley
for an eye injury apd released.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
r. R. Atkinson to Speak

Richard R. Atkinson, q member OF
the new Slum Clearance and De-
velopment Agency, will address a
meeting of the East Central Civic
Association at Bundy School, 429 o
street NV, at 7:3o pm. tomorrow.
James M. Montgomery, chairman of
the agency's Slum Clearance and
Housing Committee, also will talk.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
K. of c. Plans Shrimp Feast

Carroll Council. Knights OF CO.
iumbus, will hold a shrimp feast.
following a short business meeting
tomorrow night, at the clubhouse.
918 Tenth street NV. Lecturer
Fritz Hoffman and Activity Chair
man Tom Myers are in charge OF the
arrangements.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Uncle Sam Says

Where on earth did my money
go?" How often have you voiced
this question, half in wonder, half
in dismay! It's so easy to fritter
away ready cash. A dollar here
and dollar there-and in the end
nothing to show for it. And yet saw
ng for the things you want-a new
home, travel or future security-is
easy and effective simply by anot-
ing a portion of your income either
through the payroll savings or by
arrangement with your bank for the
systematic purchase of United
States Savings Bonds. Dollars go,
your bonds grow. When you buy
Savings Bonds regularly, you are
building the nest-egg for whatever
you've set your heart on.
q. S. Treasury Department
Evening star., 1947-02-17

so far" he said, eve have been
lucky in the District and haven't
had the tragedy of 20 or 80 or more
persons dying in fire.
"But we know" he continued,
"that using our fire fighting equip
ment today requires a certain
amount of technical knowledge. The
best safeguard we can have against
a loss of life by fire is to have fire
men who are capable of handling
their equipment to the best ad-
vantage" s..
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Public Hearings SET
On Tax 10 Help Cure
District Drunkards

Public hearings on the Hebert
bill, which would tax the liquor
trade to rehabilitate District drunk
ards, were scheduled today for 10
am. next Monday in the House
District Committee room, old House
Office Building.
The hearings were scheduled by
a subcommittee Of the House Dis
trict Committee, headed by Repre-
sentative Miller, Republican, of Ne
braSka.
DR.. Miller, a physician, said he
agreed with the declaration Of the
bill that an alcoholic Is sick man.
He said he hoped every one who
had information of Importance on
the problem of alcoholism in Wash
ington would apear and testify.
The hearings may take several
days.
Statement Issued.
At the conclusion of the subcom-
mittee meeting, DR.. Miller issued a
statement, reading, in part:
H. r. 1876, being introduced by
Representative F. Edward Hebert,
Democrat, of Louisiana, is a bill to
establish a program for the re-
Mobilization of alcoholics, promote
temperance and provide. for the
medical and scientific treatment of
persons found to be alcoholics by
the courts of the District of Co.
lumbia.s This bill commands my at
tention because of the growing prob
lem of acute and chornic alcohol
ism in the District.
TT is estimated that there are
about 5000 chronic alcoholics in the
District. As a medical man, con-
slider these people sick Individuals
just as sick as the individual who
gets into the opium or narcotic
habit-and they require more treat
|ment than just being thrown into
Jail to sober up.
"It is true that the people of the
District of Columbia do not like to
see these drunken persons around
on the streets, and they should not
be there. For, after all, they are
sick and require more treatment
than what is presently being given
to them.
II understand that in the District
there are more than $4,000 arrests
each year for intoxication. One
needs but to look at the accidents
and deaths that occur weekly in
this District and you will put your
finger upon the indisputable fact
that many of these accidents can be
charged to excessive use of alcohol.
Jail Costs $500,00O.
"The workhouse and the Jail Of
the District are full of individuals
placed there because of excessive
use of alcohol. 1t is costing the
District about $500,000 a year to
maintain them.
III. r. 1876 calls for tax of from
1 to 3 per cent on the liquor sold
in the District for the treatment of
chronic alcoholics. It is my opinion
that the bill should be set up for a
hearing and that judges of the po-
lice courts, custodians of the jails,
members of the Health Department,
the WCTU, Alcoholics Anonymous
and others interested in the bill
should be given an opportunity to
voice their views on the best way of
handling the problem. ="
One hundred and four men and
women charged with intoxication
were arraigned this morning before
Judge John P. Mcmahon in Mu-
nicipal Court, a typical Monday
morning lineup. About half were
white and half colored; 80 were
men, IA were women.
Most of them were given fines
of $40 each.
Evening star., 1947-02-17
Auxiliary Meets Tomorrow

The Ladies' Auxiliary of the John
and Bernard Wilmer Post, Jewish
War Veterans, will meet at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow at 3147 Sixteenth street
NV.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Reiser, Higbe Sign, Hickey PIons
Raises for All But Luyuqetto

ready have signed" Walker OBJ
served. Some of the boys just
forgot all about it, but I don't want
to get left out on limb"
The controversy reputedly arose
when one player indorsed product
in direct competition with a product
the club had indorsed. The new
clause requires players to receive
club permission before signing any
outside deals.
Halls New Pension Plan.
The peoples choice" in Flatbush
expressed himself as completely
satisfied with the new pension plan
and said he believed there was q
better understanding between play
ers and owners than ever before.
"As far as the Endorsement clause
is concerned" Walker said, II dc
believe the owners will go along with
the players. There is no serious
problem"
Previous plans for taking the sen.
sational Negro star Jackie Robinson
of the Montreal Royals to Panams
to play against Brooklyn as a mem.
ber of the Panama All-Stars have
been abandoned, hickey said
Robinson will remain withs the In
ternational League champs al
Havana while the Brooks toul
Panama, and will not be seen ir
action against the varsity" Dodger:
until March 25.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Dust Storms Hold Up
Olympic Skate Tests
BY the Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. 4.-Sec-
tional qualifiers here for the final
Olympic skating tryouts watched the
weather with anxious eyes today as
they sought to get started in the
first event, postponed from yester-
day because layer of dust defied
efforts to keep the ice clear
First race planned by the Olym-
pics Committee was the 500-meter
event in which three trials will be
run-one to determine pairings and
the other two against time.
The field of %, representing the
four major sectional skating assc-
Citations, received little encourage
ment from the weather man. Tenn
peratures below zero and a posi-
bility of strong winds which kicked
up a dust storm yesterday, were
foreseen by the meteorologists.
Skaters with the best times in the
two events, plus those turning in the
best times in the 5000 and 10000
meter events later in the week auto
matically qualify for this country's
Olympic team. The rest of the
team will be picked at the commit
tees discretion with the exact num-
ber to be determined later.
Evening star., 1947-02-04
Louis Denies Report
He'll Rewed Marva
BY the Associated Press

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 4.-Heavy-
weight Champion Joe Louis denies
reports that he and his former wife
Marva Trotter, would be remarked
when she arrives here with theil
4-year-old daughter Jacqueline.
Louis, who is scheduled to box
a 10-round exhibition bout with
Chilean Arturo Godoy Friday, said
yesterday he had received tele-
gram from his former wife stating
that she left Chicago Saturday by
train and was expected to arrive
early tomorrow morning.
"She will stay with friends OF
ours here in Mexico City" Louis
said "As for getting married again
it just isn't true" he added.
Louis also said, "the baby has been
having trouble with colds and we
thought maybe the altitude here
would help her" He indicated that
this was the only reason for their
trip.