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Evening star., 1938-10-30
/ UNITS TO MEET
IN COMING WEEK
Tax Rate and Fairgrounds
to Be Among Subjects Up
for Discussion.

A bona-fide resident Of the District
for the oface Of Commissioner, a cross
town bus line, limitation Of the 1910
budget and the proposed creation Of a
safety traffic commission. are para
mount subjects occupying the attention
Of citizens associations.
This week II groups will meet, with
Northeast Conference expected to take
up the subjects listed above as well
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SCHEER TO TALK
Resigning Northeast Leader to
Outline objectives.

Andrew F. E. Scheer, who tenders
his resignation as president to the
Northeast Conference of Citizens AS
sociations Thursday. will deliver a
farewell speech before the delegates
of the representative civic groups OF
the northeast section. Mr.. Scheer an
nounced yesterday that he will outline
objectives which he hopes the confer.
ence will strive for in the future.
The meeting will be held in No. II
precinct station, Seventeenth street
and Rhode Island avenue NE, be-
ginning at 8 pm. Election Of oncers
is slated as principal business.
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Bowlers to Compete.
Films Widely Shown.

Curtis Hodges, director of the pro-
motion department of the Greater Ma
tional Capital Committee. reported
yesterday that motion pictures of
Washington continue to have a wide
distribution throughout the country.
Within the last few weeks, he said,
the films have been shown in 80 cities
and have been praised wherever pre-
sented They have been viewed by
various schools and organizations in
practically every State.
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Five Members Admitted.

Five new members were admitted to
the Trinidad Citizens Association at
its last meeting. They are J. g. Peck,
Mrs. William Roach and Stephen B.
Jones, nominated by Martin c. Stecker,
and j. w. Brockwell and John F. Bur-
bach, nominated by w. E. Cartwright.
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Data to Be Asked of Parents
In Driue Against Diphtheria
Cards Will Be Distributed This Week.
PIT. A. Keeps Campaign to
Eradicate Disease.
= By MRS. WALTER B. FRY,


opportunities hepunes Health
Department District
whoehedy into the campaign being by District
parmnt looking toward the eradication dpteria
10 and frequently fatal The
dphtheria
established comparatively process involving
ordinary pin prick
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Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Halloween Celebrations Value as Protective
Measure Is Pointed Out-Opinons Diverse
on Proposed Pedestrian Control

tunity to blow of pent-up energy
in manner which would give them
a real kick as a substitute for the
acts Of vandalism which are so
costly and annoying to citizens
generally.
There never has been the out
pouring of the youngsters which is
needed to make this great civic car
nival anywhere near as beneficial
as the efforts of the Civic Commit
tee in charge deserve.
The scene of this Halloween
celebration is Constitution avenue
and the time is tomorrow night.
This may be too late to have some
public spirited citizens in the neigh
borhoods to get up other units for
entry in the parade, but all young
sters should be encouraged by their
parents to 60 down and see the fun.
They might, if possible, costume.
There may be some of the odd
sters" who still possess the carnival
spirit and might be even among
those guilty of acts Of vandalism.
Tomorrow night on Constitution
avenue Is just the place for them to
get rid of their excess Of exuberant
spirits.
The neighborhood civic groups
could do much to help this move
ment downtown by getting groups
OF youngsters to the big celebration
or lead impromptu celebrations in
their own neighborhood and really
help the young folks celebrate in
safe and sane manner. 1t is sug-
gested that the youngsters be talked
to in the Sunday schools and urged
to be decent and not mar or de-
stroy property. On Sunday after
noon much work might be done in
rounding up the folks of the neigh
borhood and arranging for the turn
ing the youthful energy in the di-
rection Of clean fun without rowdy-
ism or destructiveness.
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VI Iue pICoS dllu SOlIlc OISdlllZdtlOIlS
and individuals.
The District Commissioners PROM
ise thorough public hearing of
the matter IN place large enough
to accommodate all comers who
desire to hear or be heard. In
this connection there has been
heard an expression that the hear
ing will be in some place where
all who attend may hear what is
being said.
Advocates Of a pedestrian control
ordinance or law differ as to the
extent to which it shall 60. They
also recognize the extreme diff
Guilty of enforcing any additional
regulations when there are not
enough policemen available to en-
force existing regulations.
Opponents Of regulation point
to the lax enforcement Of regula-
tions at street intersections and
the indifference of drivers toward
pedestrians who get marooned in
the middle of street when they
are crossing on green light and
are held up by steady stream of
right and left turner's. They claim
that the fault is here.
Advocates point to the successful
operation of pedestrian control in
other cities. while opponents cite
cities which have declined to pass
such regulations. Opponents also
bring up that old objection. which
is always embarrassing in the Dis
trict. of the large number of
privileged" people who it would be
impolitic for the police to arrest
for violation of the pedestrian rule
as it is for violation of the traffic
regulations. OF course this condi-
ton may be more imagined than
real. but it is very real to numbers
of the citizens.
To some Of the civic leaders who
have been making a special study
of traffic and safety there appears
to be one thing which is badly
needed before attempting to solve
the problem or any part of it. They
claim that there is need to know
the facts from every angle regard
ing accidents on the highways.
There Is need for these statistics
and other facts to be available by
being assembled in one place, CO.
ordinated and thoroughly analyzed.
The Safety Committee of the
Washington Board of Trade and
the Safety Committee of the Fed
GRAFTON of Citizens Associations,
after exhaustive studies of the sub
ject, both reached the conclusion
that co-ordinating agency should
be created to fill this gap in much
the same manner as the Washing
ton Criminal Justice Association
has brought coordination and vast
improvement in the administration
OF criminal justice.
A number Of organizations op-
posed the creation of the criminal
justice body, as some oppose the
safety body, claiming that it was
unnecessary and would supplant
the duly constituted authorities in
their work. In actual practice it
has been found that the criminal
justice body supplements, co-or-
dinates and aids the Government
agencies charged with the admin
istration of criminal justice. The
proposed Washington safety COM
mission, which would require not
exceeding $4,000 out of the gas tax
funds, would be expected, its advo-
Gates claim, do the same for safety
and traffic.
The coming hearing on pedes-
trian control is looked forward to
as one Of impelling interest.
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Ihlder to Speak.

John Ihlder, executive officer of the
Alley Dwelling Authority Of the Dis
trict, will be guest speaker at meet
ing of the Barry Farm Citizens As
sociation, Tuesday at pm, at 2846
Evans road Sc.
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CIVIC CALENDAR.

The following II associations are
scheduled to meet this week:
The Washington Highlands Citizens
Association will meet Thursday, the
place to be decided later in the week.
Tuesday, November 1.
Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant
Congregational Church, pm
North Cleveland Park, 1928 Window
place NV, Bpm.
Randle Highlands, Orr School, p m.
Wednesday, November 2.
Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
Old Union Engine House. 7:30 pm.
Friendship, Janney School, 8 pm.
Thursday, November 3.
Bradbury Heights, Bradbury Heights
NJ E. Church, 8 pm.
Connecticut Avenue. All-Souls' Me.
mortal Church, pm.
Northeast Conference, No. IL police
precinct, pm.
Friday, November 4.
Chillum Heights, Keene School, 8
pm.
Saturday, November S.
Federation, board room, District
Building, 8 pm.
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WEEKLY REVIEW.

grounds.
WEEKLY REVIEW.
Revier of the civic week from
Thursday, october 20, through We'd
nesday October 26
SOUTHWEST - Reelected officers,
Harry Wender heading group; in
dorsed, motion to eliminate parking
in front of and adjacent to play.
grounds while they are in use.
TAKOMA ID. C.-Md)-Indorsed
appointment Of District resident as
Commissioner; approved crosstown bus
service; Endorsed activities of District
Employment Center in urging CO.
operation in giving jobs to unemployed
OF District; approved resolution to
submit plans to District courts con-
demning land necessary for widening
Of Eastern avenue between Whittier
street and Sligo Mill road urged sum
Of $4,000 be provided for girls GYM
nasium at Calvin Coolidge High
School.
GLOVER PARK-Decided to present
petition containing 722 signatures Of
residents of community to District
Commissioners advocating play
ground for section; opposed extension
Of Glover Park bus line to cover out
skirts of section. Association and
Public Utilities Commission agreed
later as to route.
GEORGETOWN Re mmended
that District Commissioners be bona
flde residents of city for at least five
years prior to appointment; opposed
increase in 1910 District budget over
present tax yield; passed resolution re.
questing some form of traffic regula-
ton at intersection of Wisconsin ave.
nue. and @ street NV
NORTH CAP1TOL-Urged illuni-
nation of playground at Lincoln and
Trinity College roads NE.
TRINIDAD Indorsed pedestrian
trafic control regulations for more
congested areas Of city; opposed park
ing regulation banning parking from
a point 20 feet back of building line.
requesting instead that line be drawn
20 feet from intersection; protested
continued use OF old buses on Bur-
leith- line, at same time re.
questing route change
SOCIETY OF NATIVES-Reiter.
ated stand in favor of national rep
resentation for District Of Columbia:
presented new flag of District by
Jesse c. Suter, chairman of Flag Com
mittee; tribute paid Miss Emma
Bright, who retired recently after Is
years service as secretary; recon-
mended appointment of bona-fide res-
ident of District as Commissioner.
M1D-CITY-Opposed creation Of
traffic safety commission for District;
recommended shifting of Women's
Bureau to vacated Abbott School,
and transferring of No. precinct,
now combined with No. 13, to present
Women's Bureau; elected officers, he'd
ed by A. j. Driscoll. serving 23d con-
secutive term; indorsed parking ban
on all streets adjacent to Fairgrounds
and requested that working hours Of
employees of Commerce Department be
reverted to former "stagger" system.
SOUTHEAST - William A. Maio
elected president for sixth consecutive
term; favored naming of new voca-
tional school on Potomac avenue Sc.
after John A. Chamberlain, first man
uel training director in District; adj
vocated organization of local broad
casting station to broadcast almost ex-
clusively civic and educational pro.
grams.
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CIVIC CALENDAR.
The following II associations are
scheduled to meet this week:
The Washington Highlands Citizens
Association will meet Thursday, the
xalo Il ha 1afa i.,
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HOW THEY STAND.

as several others. notably the District
tax rate on real property be limited
by law to maximum of SITS per
hundred and lowering of the present
rate to Sl.50 per hundred and i'm
proved facilities at neighboring play
grounds.
Evening star., 1938-10-30

Light Change Pushed.
Mr.. Flickinger. while favoring con-
troll, particularly in the downtown
section of the city, declared that a
change in the traffic light system
should be undertaken.
Similar remarks were made by j. B.
,Dickman, jr., president of the North
Cleveland Park Citizens Association.
His proposed change in the traffic
lights would have to do with the Pc
destrian trying to cross a street on
the green light, or go" signal, while
an automobile made right turn on
the same light. Mrs. Edna j. john
ston, president of the Kalorama Citi-
zens Association, voiced the same
opinion.
OF the II citizens associations meet
ing this week, the majority have an
nounced that the question of pedes-
trian control will be discussed.
In any event, practically all of the
associations will send representatives
to the public hearing to be held in the
near future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
FUNDS ASSURED.
 SEWING PROJECT.
Presidential Approval Is Given Allotment of ESQ.,.
 O34 for Work Here

Congressman J. Joseph Smith has been informed by the Works Prog ress Administration that the Presi- dent has approved a project spon- sored by the City of Waterbury in the amount of $80,034 to provide employment for needy persons in the maintenance and operation of sewing rooms in the City of Wa terbury, New Haven. county. Prod ucts will be distributed free of charge to charitable institutions, or to the needy, and no federal funds will be expended for the cost of distribution of the finished prod ucts. This project will employ mostly women.
 Also approved is a project spon- sored by the City of Waterbury to provide employment for needy per- sons in cleaning and renovating various public buildings in the city of Waterbury, New Haven county. The following work will be per- formed: cleaning walls, woodwork, and small equipment; and clean ing, washing and repairing fur nishings such as curtains draperies, and upholstery. This work has not previously been performed under a WPA project, and will be per- formed only once in any one build ing, or part thereof, under this or any other WPA project. This project employs mostly women. The amount approved is $7,754.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
BLEWITT AWARDED
 DEGREE AT BROWN
Eastwood Avenue Resi- dent Given B. A. at Com-
 mencement Yesterday

Providence, R. l., June 21- Awarded his A. B. degree at Brown university's 170th annual commence ment, Robert H. Blewitt, son of MT. and Mrs. Arthur E. Blewitt of Il Eastwood avenue, Waterbury Conn.,, was graduated from the third oldest university in New England at impressive exercises here yes- terday.
 Traditional festivities of com mencement weekend at Brown be- gan with class day on Friday, and with the brilliant pageantry of class night dance on the middle campus in the evening. Alumni reunions on Saturday and Sunday brought hun- dreds of graduates back to their alma mater. Seniors heard their baccalaureate address Sunday after noon.
 President Henry M. Wriston awarded Blewitt and his classmates their diplomas yesterday morning. The graduation exercises followed the colorful and historic process sion of state and university officials, honorary degree recipients, gradu- ating seniors and alumni down Col lege Hill, and were held in the First Baptist meeting house, oldest of its denomination in America.
 Blewitt came to Brown from the Crosby high school. He was mana ger of intra-mural sports for his fraternity, Beta Theta Pi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

be capable of disabling any plane that touches them.
 A fence of such cables, 300 feet apart, would make it so risky to at- tempt to fly over the city that it is believed few enemy pilots would take the chance.
 Consider, for instance, the chances of piercing the fence with one of the modern bombing planes with a wing spread of 150 feet. Obviously, the nose of the plane could not come closer than 75 feet to any cable without the wingtips becom- ing entangled.
 In the 300 feet between any two cables, therefore, there would be 150 feet in which a pilot could not put the nose of his plane. If he hap pened to hit the middle 150 feet he would go through unscathed. His chances, therefore, would be only fifty fifty. And if he managed to get through the fence and drop his bombs over London, he still would have to go back the same way and his odds would thereby be reduced still further.
 If the balloons were spotted over the city in a field sited" barrage, an attacking bomber wouldn't even be safe after he had pierced the outside fringe.
 One role of the balloon barrage is to force attacking planes to high altitude. This reduces accuracy of the bombs and makes attackers vulnerable to defending planes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
STRAND

Performances tonight at Warner Brothers Strand theater concludes the engagement of -Four Men and Prayer" starring Loretta Young and the new star discovery Richard Greene; also Judge Hardy's Chil- dren" with Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney and Cecilia Barker.
 One of the most elaborate films of the year, Warner Brothers mas sive technicolor production "The Adventures of Robin Hood, will grace the screen of the Strand to- morrow, the opening day of its four-day engagement.
 Starring Errol Flynn, that hand- some young Irish star, as Robin, the role he was born to play, and beautiful Olivia de Haviland as the Maid Marian, the film is one that will provide local movie-goers with pulenty of action and excitement during every minute of its screen ing.
 Other veterans stars and their characterizations include Claude Rains as Prince John; Basil Rath- bone as Sir Guy of Bisbourne; Ian Hunter as King Richard the Lion- Hearted; Friar Tuck as the rotund Eugene Palette: and Alan Hale as the lovable little John. The Strand program will be com pleted with big surrounding pro- gram.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
POLI'S

Rarely has Hollywood offered a hero who is both public enemy and likeable, but this seeming para dox is surmounted in | ingeniow fashion at the Loew Poli theater to- morrow in "The Saint in New York.
 "The Saint" is Suave, debonair crook with @ sort of philanthropic code. When civic leader finds the authorities unable to cope with the activities of a half dozen insolent racketeers, he calls "The Saint" to his aid, gives him list of public enemies and his blessing, and puts him to work.
 One by one, "The Saint" goes after his victims with both the ter- rified survivors and the police ar- rayed against him, finds a seventh super -racketeer appearing on the scene, and falls in love with a mys- tery girl who is involved with the others. All these elements make for plenty of surprises and tense situa- tions, and a climax that is genuine ly unexpected.
 In the leading as ''The Saint" is handsome Louis Hayward. The TO- mantle lead is portrayed by lovely Hollywood newcomer, as a true threat to most of the screens lead- ing glamour girls. Making up 8 grand supportinE cast are such es- tablished chaca5$Ar actors as Sig Rumann, Jona:han Hale, Charles Halton, Jack Carson and Ben Welden.
 On the same program is another big hit entitled "To the Victor" with John Loder and Margaret Lockwood in the leading roles.
 Attractions concluding their en- gagement this evening are "Three Comrades" co-starring Robert Tay- Tor and Margaret Sullavan and "The Lone Wolf in Paris"
 Again tomorrow evening Loew's Poli presents another big bill of headline Broadway vaudeville.
 In this big show are such stellar performers as Bud Carlett and Rosa, Whips and Ropes; Carlton and Miller, presenting dance varieties; Tony Romano Venetian Gondolier; Levan and Boles, comedy capers; and the Mar Miles Foursome, a Sen- sational novelty act fresh from a long engagement at the Interna- tional Casino in New York city.
 The musical entertainment of this show will be furnished by Gus Myers, dynamic maestro of the fid- dle, leading the Loew Poli theater orchestra in several novelty numbers of their own arrangement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
SMITH, SEEBOHM
 JOIN YMCA CAMP
College Graduates Accept Summer Posts at Smiths
 Pond in WatertOWn

William G. Smith, director of the middler section at the Waterbury "Y" boys camp and Paul Seebohm, health surervisor arrived from Ober- lin, O., the past weekend. MT. Smith, son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Smith of Park road graduated from Oberlin university with honors. He was member of the varsity swim ming team and won several schol- astic honors this past year. Mr. Smith has had IA years of camping experience and four of these years have been spent at the Waterbury Camp. He received his former camp experience at the State of Maine "Y" camp.
 MT. Seebohm is student at the Cincinnati Medical college and re- ceived his bachelor of arts degree this June. Last year he was the resident director of the outpost camp maintained at Candlewood lake. He succeeds Ralph L. Cooke as health supervisor. MT. Cooke will be direc- tor of the junior camp this summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21
STATE

Tragedy, despair and romance will stalk the screen of Warner Bros. State theater this afternoon with the presentation of "Wives Under Suspicion" the picture that reveals the progressive steps by which the busy commercial or professional man gradually loses the love of his wife, as the headliner of the enter taining program to be enjoyed for three days.
 Warren William and Gail Patrick head the cast of this exciting film
 So the story goes, William, as the relentless district attorney, be- comes so obsessed with his work that little by little he loses all social contact with his wife.
 "It is true that he loves her more than anything else in the world, but the time comes when she feels his neglect SO keenly that her love wanes and she is ready to leave him. He has become a cold and inhuman machine and she no longer cares to risk her future hap piness with him.
 Tt is only after he has been torn by suspicion and jealousy and is ready to consider his life a failure that opportunity comes to redeem himself"
 The film features a murder trial in which the district attorney re- lentlessly demands a first degree verdict. Then, just before the case goes to the jury, he runs into a chain of events in his own life which he believes are exactly simi- lar to those which caused the de- fendant to kill his wife.
 The result is that the prosecutor templers justice with mercy, and i'm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-06-21

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