Evening star., 1939-11-20
Capital Turns
Thoughtst 10
Thanksgiving
Railroads Expect
Usual Heavy
Holiday Traffic

With Thanksgiving Day only three
days away, thoughts already are
dwelling on holiday and travel-by
both students and workers-and the
seasonal feast in which the turkey
plays a leading part.
Railroads are anticipating the
usual heavy holiday travel. The
officials said it is too early yet, how
ever, for them to have any detailed
information on any possible lists OF
special trains to help take care of
holiday crowds.
Indications are that more persons
will leave Washington for the day
than will come in. Usually, it is
pointed out, the day is slim one
Tor hotels because every one prefers
to be at home. Many Government
workers and those with private con-
Germs, whose homes are compare
lively nearby, are expected to travel
to their homes.
Vacation for Students.
Students, on the other hand will
nave more time to be away from
the city, with the holiday at all of
the larger universities running at
least from late Wednesday until
Monday morning and several of
them beginning the holiday slightly
earlier.
Private and public school students
VIII have off from adjournment of
their classes on Wednesday until
Monday morning, with some slight
variation among some of the private
schools.
The change in the THANKSGIVING
date by presidential proclamation,
making the observance one week
earlier, has resulted in greater than
normal business for THANKSGIVING
week for one hotel at least. There
1t is reported that a number of
meetings, planned before the holiday
GATE was changed, will be held as
scheduled.
Special Church Services,
Special Thanksgiving Day services
are to be held in a number of Wash
lngton churches, several of them in
the nature of services for communi-
ties.
At the Washington Cathedral
communion services will be held at
7:3O and $50 am. Thanksgiving
Day and a main service at II am,
at which the Right Rev. James E
Freeman, Bishop of Washington, will
preach. The latter service will fea-
ture a festival of music. Evening
prayer service will be held at pm.
Special provision is being made
for the day by the citys missions.
The Salvation Army's Family De-
partment will grant extra allow
ances to families. Its Mems Social
Service Center, for homeless men.
will serve the residents a Thanks
giving Day meal. The same will be
done at the Women's S and Children's
Emergency Home.
The Central Union Mission at 613
c street NV. will serve Thanks
giving dinner for "all hungry men"
beginning at noon on Thursday.
The Gospel Mission, 214 John
Marshall place NV, will serve
Thanksgiving meals to the homeless
from noon to pm. and will provide
some $50 needy families with baskets
at their homes.
Volunteers Plan Dinners.
Several hundred special dinners
likewise will be served on Thursday
to needy families at the Relief Mis-
sion Of the Volunteers of America.
All Pennsylvania avenue NV. from
IL am. to $3.50 pm.
Families will be served in groups
at individual tables in order to pre-
serve the homelike atmosphere as
Tar as possible. In families in which
there is sickness hot meals will be
sent to the homes. A limited num-
Der OF baskets also will be distributed
TO families which for other reasons
cannot attend the Mission dinner.
The day will also be observed bv
the Volunteers also with a special
dinner at the Girls Club and Hos
pice, 1925 Sixteenth street NV
where girls of the white collar
type who are in temporary need
are given a haven. Lonely girls
who wish to enjoy the facilities of
The club on Thanksgiving Day are
invited to visit it, it is announced.