The Washington times., 1936-12-19
$500 WINNER
'SPEECHLESS,'
SHE SAYS

Surrounded by an admiring
group Of her fellow workers at the
Farm Credit Administration, Mrs.
Jean Allen today received from
the Movie Game Editor Of The
Washington Times a check for
$500, representing the first prize
in the Movie Star and Title Con-
test.
A draughtsman with the farm
agency, Mrs. Allen declared herself
to be "speechless" when she
learned of her good fortune, as
other employees crowded around
her drawing board to congratulate
her.
Ceremonies were lacking, how
ever, at the presentation of checks
to the winners of the second prize
of $125 and the third prize Of $50.
DR.. M. van Kinsbergen, whose
entry in the contest garnered him
the second award, merely walked
from the George washington Uni
versity Hospital next door to the
Times Herald Building, after he
had been reached on the telephone
by the Movie Game Editor.
Given $125 Check
Arriving in the city room Of The
Times, DR.. van Kinsbergen was
presented with a check for $125
by the Movie Game Editor while
a. staff photographer exploded
photoflash bulbs and pressed the
button on his camera.
Miss Mary E. Sullivan, of 21O1
New Hampshire Ave. N. w., was
visited by the Movie Game Editor
in her apartment. She did not
know she had won the third prize
of $50 until then.
Mrs. Allen, a petite blonde,
breathlessly declared she would
write the Movie Game Editor a
letter" to explain her joy at being
the recipient of $500. While cries
of "Oh, Jean-how grand!"
echoed around the draughting
room of the FCA headquarters in
the old Southern Railway Build
ing, Mrs. Allen said she was born
and bred in washington and had
been a Government employe Tor
several years.
Then She Transferred
She first worked in the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, she said, and
later was transferred to the inter
state Commerce Commission,
where she stayed for six years.
She Joined the FCA three years
ago. .u
Her husband, Charles D. Allen
a Pennsylvania, is an auditor
with the Department Of Agr1cui
ture. They live at 5812 Thirty
second st. N. w.
With her new riches, Mrs, Allen
explained, she will provide a happy
Christmas for some poor family,
pay off a few debts, make some
repairs on her home and brighten
the life of her mother, who is i'll.
DR.. van KinSbergen, whose
smile shone continually during his
visit to the Times Herald Build
ing, said he was born in Atlantic
City, N. j. He took a premedical
course at New York University,
then came here to complete his
training at Georgetown Univer-
Sity.
Hangs Out ShingIe
Graduating in June, 1885, he
became an inferno at Sibley Me
mortal Hospital. He "hung out
his shingle" in August Of this year
at 1900 Connecticut Ave. N. w.
Already he has built up a size
able practice, friends Of DR.. van
KinSbergen revealed, and has been
retained by the United States Pub
lie Health Service for special work.
Reluctant to speak about him.
self because of the code among
physicians, DR.. van KinSbergen
said he was proud of only one
thing-the fact that he will be-
come a father in three months.
He was married five years ago
and lives with his wife at 1903
Connecticut Ave. N. W. With his
prize money, DR.. van KinSbergen
said, he will cease worrying