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Evening star., 1951-01-28

signed to basic training unit
elsewhere in the country.
Commanding officer of the
.2053rd is 1t. Col. James H. Allison,
a Baltimore advertising man. AS
his good right hand, Maj. O'Neill
carries problems of the draftee as
his own.
Proud of the way the center is
clicking, he's the champion of the
infantryman.
In the old days, when they
didn't know what to do with a
guy, they put him in the infantry" I"
he recalled.
Now, the way we're looking at
it, the real specialist in the Army
is the infantryman. The Army has
discovered that this guy has to be
a man with brains-not just guy
who can carry gun"
The 2053d does business at the
corner of Ernie Pyle and Seventh
streets, and business is good.
Near Educational Center.
Half a block away is the educa-
tional center, another product of
that space between wars. In it, a
man whose educational qualifica-
tions aren't high enough to make
promotion can complete high
school and go on through some
college level courses. The cost is
only one-fourth of regular tuition.
It isn't the only school. The
post kindergarten is operating at
capacity. Wives volunteer for the
teaching assignments, and for the
even smaller fry, Meade has its
own baby -sitters. The WAC de-
tachment has volunteers who pick
up side-money watching babies.
Meade is having re-growing
pains. but it isn't about to burst
its seams. Housing is no problem
yet. 1t is an ideal location for an
Army camp-near to many small
towns and the resort areas. Prices
would make a Washington house
seeker green with envy.
A daily bulletin goes out tt
hundreds of points about the
camp. 1t tells the weather fore.
cast, advertises a pair of lost sur
glasses or child's sled. 1t tells
church and theater programs anc
carries free rent ads. Here are
some: Apartment, furnished. three
Evening star., 1951-01-28
D.C.Price0ffice
Rushes Work 10
Open Tomorrow
Z More Posts Filled
By Holmes, Skeleton
Stuff Is Recruited
By Malcolm lomborne. Jr

The skeleton staff of the Dis
trict Office of Price Sterilization
boned up yesterday on the Gov
ernment order freezing prices in
anticipation Of their first day of
business tomorrow at 80 Sixth
street NV.
At the same time, Government
painters worked overtime getting
the third floor of the Court Build
ing ready for Acting District Price
Chief Vincent A. Holmes and a
small staff.
Mr.. Holmes. former OPA di-
rector for Washington. said last
night: 1--WE are going to be ready
for business Monday"
One of his aides went further
I'VE are looking for quite bed
lam by Monday" he said.
Not Concerned With Wages.
Up to last night, however, Mr..
Holmes had had few calls stem
Evening star., 1951-01-28

next morning and continues for
six days. They did it in 48 hours
in World War II.
Good morning. gentlemen, -
says Maj. Robert L. O'Neill, execu-
tive officer of the 2053rd Recep-
ton Center. (It used to be you
guys."D
He then explains exactly what
happens to them in the recep-
ton center, where they go. what
they do and why. Then they get
a question period.
"We know what they're going
to ask, but the man is better
satisfied If he gets to ask the
Evening star., 1951-01-28

ming from the wage and price
freeze announced Friday evening.
In this connection. the official
stressed his Office would be con-
cerned only with prices and not
wages.
The agency moved a step
nearer completion of it's staff
with announcement yesterday of
appointments to two more posts.
j. Walter Smith, 81, of 1105
Trenton place Sc, was named
acting price officer.
R. L. Michel, 80, of 800 South
Seventeenth street, Arlington,
was appointed acting administra-
tive officer.
Another major post still to be
filled is that of an enforcement
officer. who will handle complaints
of price ceiling violations and court
action.
Has OPA Background.
Mr.. Smith, like Mr.. Holmes, is
an old OPA hand. He joined the
agency in 1943 at Indianapolis as
a price specialist in farm COM
modities. Before that he was a
sales manager for several national
food manufacturers.
He was transferred to the ma
tional OPA here early in 1945 and
in September of that year he was
assigned to the District OPA as
a food specialist. He was made
price executive in January, 1916,
when Mr.. Holmes was named Dis
trict director. Mr.. Smith remained
with the agency as head of the
sugar branch until OPA folded in
February, 1947.
Mr.. Smith has been serving as
executive secretary of the District
Wholesale Fruit and Produce AS
sociation and the Union Terminal
Market Association.
There is no question about our
having big and important job
ahead" Mr.. Smith commented last
night.
Father of Seven Children.
Mr.. Michel, father of seven chill
dren, has been in Government
work for 16 years. He is on loan
from General Services Admins
tration where he had charge of
payment of all vouchers and pay
roll. His service includes 10 years
with the General Accounting Of
flee. He is native of Charleston
S. c., and graduate of Fordham
University.
Between II and IS other en-
ployes. making up a clerical staff
are slated to report tomorrow at
8 I'm.
Mr.. Michel recalled that he
learned of his new assignment only
Friday. That same day Mrs. Mi
chel was buying shoes for some of
the children.
"She bought them just as they
were marking up shoes dollar a
pair" he observed.
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question:" the officers say.
One of the first things the new
man gets is $40. Remember how
it was to arrive broke?) It is
merely an advance" in pay. The
Army gets it back.
Then the new men are launched
on the classification test battery
"A series of 10 tests to determine
skill. Last time it was only three
tests. From these, they go to
classification interviews. From
the two systems. the center
recommends three jobs for the
man-two combat and>one serv-
ice-type. Then the man is as
Evening star., 1951-01-28
White Oak Laboratory
Clears First-Aid PIon

A first aid program for the
2,400 employees of the Naval Ord
nance Laboratory, White Oak
Md. has been approved by Off
cials.
The initial course, which will
begin Thursday, is designed to
train first aid instructors. Fifteen
3-hour sessions will be conducted
by Red Cross representative.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Former D. {. Resident
Fatally Stabbed'in Fight

A visitor from North Carolina
was stabbed to death yesterday in
a fight in a poolroom at 924 Fifth
street NV.
Police identified the dead man
as James T. Eaton, 30, coiored, of
Wakefield, NC, a former resident
of Washington. William F. Britton,
33, colored, of the first block of
street NE, was charged with
murder.
Britton and Eaton were former
roommates, police said.
A coroner's inquest will be held
this week.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
By ChorIes J. Yorbroueh
S+nr Staff Co,resnondent

FORT MEADE, Md. Jan. 27.-
Neat as national park and big
ger than some, Fort Meade, which
launched million military ca
reers in the last war, is back in
the business.
Never an idle place since it was
spawned by the training needs of
World War I, this 13,000-acre
reservation is just old enough to
have mastered the art of splawling
gracefully over Anne Arundel's
pine -tufted terrain.
Built as one of 16 cantonments
for draft troops, it originally went
into the business on September
Is. 1917, as Camp Meade-honor-
ing Maj. Gen. George G. Meade,
the Unions man of the hour at
Gettysburg.
In a peaceful, musing moment
in 1928, the War Department
changed the name to Fort Leonard
Wood, because they were over
stocked on Camp Meades. They
had another one in South Da-
kota.
This apparent slight of their
Gettysburg hero so enraged Penn
sylvanians that the War Depart
ment redesignated it Fort Meade.
The process took only a year.
100000 in World War 1.
BY the end of World War
more than 100000 men passed
through the installation. Draftees,
wide-eyed and bewildered and with
no stomachs for this sort of thing,
arrived, trained and went on their
ways to war.
Between wars, Meade became a
permanent installation. Most of
the temporary structures of the
first war were salvaged and 1923
saw the beginning of permanent
construction. Much of 1t is in
Maryland Colonial design.
Present I'd Army headquarters,
sitting handsomely at one end of
the parade ground, is fashioned
after Doughoregan Manor, an
early-day Maryland mansion and
home of Carroll of Carrollton."
World War II saw the reopen
ing of Meade's reception center.
That generation of wide-eyed and
bewildered draftees began pouring
through. Its peak population,
reached in March, 1945, totaled
69.746 men, and by wars end, more
than 3.5 million men and women
had passed through Fort Meade.
Now the home of I'd Army head
quarters, the Sd Armored Cavalry
and several battalions of anti
aircraft artillery, the big reserva-
ton has a newcomer-the busy,
efficient 2053d Reception Center.
Gen. Van Fleet in Command.
Second Army handles the mill
tary affairs of Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Della ware. Virginia,
West Virginia, Ohio and Ken
lucky.
Its commander is veteran in
fantryman 1t. Gen. James A.
Van Fleet, whose 9th Infantry
Regiment was named to spear
head the landing of the 4th Divi-
sion on Utah beach at Normandy.
A foot soldiers infantryman. he
had one Purple Heart before even
entering the last war and had
two clusters on it at the end of
that one. At one time, while COM
mandant of cadets at the Uni
versity of Florida, he coached
more ground troops" the uni
versity football team
Fort Meade's commanding Of
ficer is another infantryman with
80 years service-seven of them
overseas. He is Col. Jesse L. Glib
ney, who has commanded here
since early in 1850.
The proud Sd Cavalry, whose
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Daily Siren Testing
To Begin Tomorrow at
% D. &. Fire Houses

Starting at noon tomor-
row, sirens installed on % of
the Districts fire houses will
be tested daily. The test is
being made to make sure that
the sirens. which would be
used to warn the public in
case of an air raid, are func-
tioning properly.
The test blast will last for
five seconds. 1t should not be
confused with the signal for
an alert, which consists of a
rising and falling continuous
blast of three minutes dura-
ton.
Evening star., 1951-01-28

rooms. Children accepted. $65 a
month" "TWo-room apartment,
$50 a month"
Free classified ads give mute
evidence of some soldier receiving
travel orders. Furniture and au-
tomobiles are for sale.
Biggest boon to Meade's housing
problem was the 1949 construction
of Meade Heights, just across the
old Annapolis road on the north
ern fringe of the Meade reserva-
ton. There, 348 handsomely
styled brick apartments go for a
top of less than 500 (three bed
rooms.
Trailer camps in the area are
few and are far outnumbered by
the "for rent-apartments and
houses" and "lots-sale, lease"
along the road leading to Meade's s
poplar, pine and silver birch-l Lined
Mapes road.
In World War II, Meade's fun
lane and close neighbor to the
north was gaudy "Boomtown"-a
neon-sprayed row of restaurants,
penny arcades, uniform pressing
shops and gift stores along Old
Annapolis road.
1t may be again, but it seems
slow in getting under way. Fort
Meade's promise of a boom hasn't
infected Boomtown yet, although
most of the vacant, boarded-up
and paint-thirsty stores have been
rented.
Gordon's Cleaners and City
Store weathered the economic
emptiness between wars and on
down the road. Barattini's Res
taurant and Hotel hardly knew
that a furtive peace almost emp
tied Meade's barracks.
Retired MiSergt. William S
Carter, so, who spent q of his 81
Army years on the reservation
drove his model T out on the ole
Annapolis road in 1922 and miree
down in the mud.
There was nothing on eithe,
side of the road except one gaso
line station" he recalled. Now
Mr.. Carter is in charge of the re-
frlgeratlon plant-an oversize ict
box which can hold enough fooe
to feed $4,000 men a month.
When I first came here
hunted birds and rabbits on thi.
very spot he said, eyeing hi
frigid domain.
He has reared two daughters or
the post. One of them. Mrs
Louise Jacus, wife of a sergeant
works at base headquarters.
Il almost feel as if I'd been born
here he said. Il love the Army
and wish I had stayed in. AS far
as I'm concerned I wouldn't even
mind being buried here in that
cemetery up on the hill"
He pointed toward the post
cemetery, surrounded by cone
clustered pines and dotted with
boxWood-a sort of a miniature
Arlington with its neat stone slabs
Old soldiers are buried there. So
are some Italian and German
prisoners of war who never made
it back home.
Far across the reservation are
tarpaper. tent-shaped barracks of
World War I cantonment type
These were the last home these
prisoners knew.
Today the barracks are tired
architecture. Doors hang on one
hinge. Screens are rotting away
A stubborn cherry tree has grown
up almost in front of one of the
gaping doorways.
1t is the only dilapidation Wis
ible at Meade. The place is a
going concern.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Jerome Mckee Backed
For Commissioner Post

Jerome B. Mckee. president of
the Federation of Business Mems
Associations, has been nominated
by the federation as a candidate
for. the Office of District Commis-
sioner.
In a letter addressed to Presi-
dent Truman, the federation urged
the appointment Of Mr.. Mckee.
Evening star., 1951-01-28

Force Command. He formerly
commanded Clan Pine Air Force
Base, Italy. and Orley Field
Paris, France.
A veteran of II years in the Air
Force, Col. Crow at one time was
chief of strategy, mobilization
and planning of the Military Air
Transport Service. He holds the
Air Medal.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
'McKenney Hills Meeting
To Hear Foster, Knioht

Edward Foster, director of civil
defense for Montgomery County
and T. Owen Knight, County
Board of Education member, will
be guest speakers at meeting
of the McKenney Hills Citizens
Association Wednesday.
The meeting, to be held at $50
pm. in st. Johns School on Geor-
gia avenue, is to be a civil defense
rally. Films on atomic bombing
will be shown and the Red Cross
will display literature.
Evening star., 1951-01-28

VI oOlllllR All
Force B a S c
Thursday.
He reli e v e s
Col. Henry j
Amen, who vii!
take command
of Lu Ike Air
Force B a S e,
Phoenix, Ariz.
Col. Grow, SO,
was named to
the B ollin G
pos t by Brig.
Gen. Morris j.
Lee, h e a d Of
the Boiling Air
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Safety Talks Set
Mansfield to Visit
3 Schools This Week

Inspector Richard Mansfield.
The Stars safety director. will
conduct safety circus" talks in
three District schools this week.
The schedule of the talks follows:
Observation-Disclosures, II a m,
Thursday-Eastern. 2 pm.
Friday-Stanton. II am. and
p.m.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Col. Roger Crow 10 Assume
Command Of Boiling Base

Col. Roger M. Grow, former
staff member of the Air Force
directorate of operations in the
Pentagon. will assume command
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-06-09

fRspriassd frcrn fhe February ssu.
TRIBUNE
A Committee on Police Practice va es-,hr,.
Philadelphia Pa three weeks ago 10 dscuss volirs
ticss they affect Negro members Of the cornnnunn
group made-gp Of newspapernen. zttorreys and y
erx in civic social and religious circles
Additional groups have been invited 10 Il se m4n,
shin on the committee which viii make recon
prior 70 comforting with the Mayor and Director Of P
safety of that city They will assemble legal data
suggest police training program effective IN he 80
munity level and not onlyon the lecture lese top
hcsls-
With the Detroit NAACP reiterzting his x44l ]
protest against continued Of police brt to Mar,
Cobo. Commissioner BOos and Superintende1t Of P0y
Edwin Morgan feel that the Philzde lphia Sory
should become parallel in Detroit-
There i question that infraction Of police u
against the Negro segment Of city has been nnoUt
continuously since top police officials beseeehe
investigate these complaints and take eas
Commissioner Boos in a TRIBUNE zr1icle stated N
these complaints had some foundation and r. ne N
Community look for better deal in 'he year ISL
in reference 20 achievements and faults II tte ms year
his reign as top Law enforcement officer
BooS noted AZ that time "a general lzck q eonfden}
in the department the part OF DetroTs Negro eomm
ity In proposing 20 alleviate this stuzficr the C
missioner said that "a careful and painstzkrg course
the essentials Of relations would De Instituted N
Cadet training program
All OF this sounds good. but If . commit composed
OF those no know and work with relztics
suited then the proposed may miss III boat Then
too what about those preiudiced policemen ~ao are M
On the roFCe-
What the Detroit Police Department shoad do EUl
suit Committee the procedures Of es-Ab hng beta
lzw enforcement among the minority rs does
that this Committee viii tell the Department howz
do rs job but rather 10 act In advisory capacity
wards lettering relations between the community an
TIE police
IL the Commissioner Is sincere III his desire 10 eT
iis confidence IN the department especially On par
the Negro community. then such step should be taks
1t IS when has voice in the lettering Of policy III
viii then gain confidence in those who VI pat H
practice
Detroit Police Story Is needed.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-06-09
VIM. Patterson to Sneak in Detroit

William = patterson Nstionsl
Executive Secretary CT TIE Civil
Rights CongreSS wriu Be the guest
C honor a. Buffet Dinner
Dsrce Saturday night June Is.
al TIE Dairy Workers Hal. 1880
Second Blvd
T~o Gays lsfe-. Mr. Patterson
faces trial : secon6 tirae n Wash
ington D c. for alleged contempt
C Congress arising CIT q his
appearance before the House Lob
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1951-06-09

bvirg Committee A. nal zeal
irg Mr.. Pstsersc- vss the
.e-.3ed victim q 81 assault Y
Rep. L.zrhSn q Georgia Sn1
called Mr. PStis-sc1 . bss0s I
O. b
Heading A. pa..a-sons iesa
defense Is George v. Croc.s'.
II Detrosr stscr-ey The ms
trial was 6ec,s-sc = Hsu'a
wher the jury tsle1 70 sgS
- xn-rsS~-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14
Sons Pants Don't
Fit, Writes Pres.

PHILADELPHIA-(R)-A GPs
mother has written President
Truman, asking him to do some
thing about her sons pants. Mrs.
Madeleine Hunsperger explained
that her son Russell is due for a
leave from MS Air Force unit in
Maine.
But the pants that were issued
to him no longer fit
Russell has taken on a lot of
weight because of the abundant
moss hall chow.
His mother wrote the President
You know how it is yourself if
your pants don't fit, There is no
indication yet on any White
House emergency action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14
MIxUP AT LAS VEGAS

LAS VEGAS, N. M. -(R.-
Pilot Bill Cutter of Santa Fe,
N. NJ, had the orders from his
passenger: Take me to Las
Vegas"
About halfway there, Cutter
got a bunch and asked: Which
Las Vegas?"
Las Vegas, Nevada" was the
answer.
Making a quick turn from east
to west, Cutter completed the
trip. There actually are three, not
two, places named Las Vegas. Be
sides Las Vegas, Nev.-faned for
its wide-open gambling there's
the city of Las Vegas, N. M, and
the town of Las Vegas. m. NJ,
facing one another across the
Gallinas river. Both the town and
city have complete sets OF city
officers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14
Barbershop Songs
Are Too Old For
0uartets Today

TOLEDO, Ohio. -(P).- Maybe
the happiest note sounded in the
barbershop quartet competition
this past weekend was the fact
that there's plenty of young
blood around to keep quartet
singing alive.
For the winners of the 18th an
nual partnership quartet competi-
ton are far too young to remcm-
Der the good old days when the
only girl in the world was Sweet
Adeline.'
Even the oldest of the four
Schmitt brothers, Francis, is just
50. Adeline, we hear reliably. is
lots older, and might even admit
her age. under prodding, Ct
course.
The other three Schmitt boys
couldn't even tell you much
about the roaring twenties, eX-
cept from herasay. James is 20,
Paul % and Joseph 25.
But despite all this, the young
SchmItts have that old barber
shop, soap-in-;he ears feeling for
a song. And they waltzed off with
the championship, beating SO
other teams.
The payroll. we'd say is the
fact that the SchmittS have been
singing together just l6 months.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14

.ilil-5s ( 80 60. Isl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14
10 YEARS AGO

The IA year old Marathon resi-
dent who was held on a charge of
assault. with a deadly weapon aft
er he stabbed his roommate, was
freed by Peace Justice Enrique
Esquinaldo. Jr., yesterday when
he successfully pleaded self de-
Tense.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14

assessment charges in some in
stances amounting to thousands of
dollars, appeared in etore for
some property owners on the Keys
according to Chief Tax Collector
Calude GandolfO who has re-
turned from week long inspec-
ton of the territory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14

Thieves broke into the high
school last night and stole $500
in class and school funds. Hor-
ace O'Bryant, principal, said that
the robbery was obviously done
by someone familiar with the pro-
cedure of keeping money in the
office.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14

From the editorial pages of The
Citizen: 'Platonic love, unlike
most tonics, is not very exciting
or exhilerating."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14

Senator Claude Pepper today
was urged by Stephen c. Single
ton, secretary of the chamber of
commerce, to take action in trans
ferring the headquarters of the
seventh naval district from Char
lesion, S. c. to Key West. This
city was formerly the seventh
district headquarters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14

Dr. J. B. Parramore announced
today that he had received word
from the State Department of Ed
ucatlpn that a rehabilitation ag-
ent would be in Key West on the
afternoon of June l6 and all day
June II, to interview persons who
are crippled in some way but yet
may profit from free training of
fered through the department.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-06-14

Miss Leonor M. Warren, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William r.
Warren, 511 Eaton street, is
candidate for the Bachelor of
Arts degree from Smith College
at the 63rd commencement exer
cises to be held June I6.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1951-04-10

and essay contest. which achieved
great interest and fine results in
eastern and southeastern Ohio,
during the past four years, will
be extended to the high schools
of the entire state this year, Ford
said.
Seeding trees will be offered
to the schools for Arbor Day
planting ceremonies and again an
essay contest will be conducted.
A gold wrist watch will be award
ed to the high school student
writing the best essay on The
Economic Value of Trees To
Ohio To the teacher of the win
ming student will go a S125 sehol-
arship to the. Ohio Conservation
Laboratory at Leesville Lake. A
sos US. Saving Bonds will be
awarded to the second place essay
author.
William Laybourne, executive
secretary of the Ohio Forestry
Association, stated that complete
details for ordering trees, partici-
pating in the program and enter
ing essays will be sent to school
administrators soon.