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Evening star., 1939-09-21
zoning Regulations
Suspended for
Ten Petitioners
Board Defers Action
On Three Gasoline
Stotion Requests

Ten petitions for exceptions from
zoning regulations were granted by
the Board of adjustment following
a public hearing yesterday at the
District Building. The board de-
ferred action on three other petit
tions, all requesting permission to
establish gasoline filling stations.
Two of these gasoline stations,
planned by the Blue Bell Realty
Co. for the 1900 block of Connecti-
cut avenue NV, were opposed by
spokesmen for six citizens associa-
tons, members of the Northwest
Council, and by property owners.
The board approved the Following
petitions:
Albright Memorial Evangelical
Church, for an addition to the
church at Fourth and Rittenhouse
streets NV; Sisters of St. Francis
of Assist, an addition to the House
of Studies at 1894 Monroe street
NE; Betsy B. Horn, to change a
non-conforming use from a deli
catessen store to a cleaning and
dyeing agency at 100 P street NV.
F. R. and I. K. Caldwell, to erect
rear one-story porch to the dwell
ing at 1921 Forty-seventh street
NV; Gustave and Carl Miller, to
change non on-conforming use from
barber shop to a laundry and
dry cleaning agency at 400 East
Capitol street; Mrs. Belle Ware, to
establish an educational institution
at TAO Kenyon street NV; Alan
R. Horn, to inclose first floor rear
porch at 1918 Livingston street
NV; Eva Fisher, to erect an addi-
ton to the dwelling at 154l Doug
las street NE.
David Brown, to erect a one
story front porch and garage at
7l9 Rittenhouse street NV, and
Naomi T.. Holt, to permit the en-
largement of laundry at 416-420
New Jersey avenue NV.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Radcliffe Pledges
Every Peace Effort

United States Senator Radcliffe
of Maryland pledged himself to
use every effort to keep the United
States out of war at a meeting last
night of the Greater Kensington
Civic League at the Kensington
(Md) Junior High School.
Senator Radcliffe praised the
work of 200 c. c. c. boys from the
Kensington camp who were guests
at the meeting. A resolution OF
appreciation for the work done by
the boys in the county was pre-
sented on a scroll to the camp COM
mander, Charles M. Gettys, by
Washington I. Cleveland, who pre-
sided.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Arlington
||Withdraws
From Chest
Committee Named
To Organize for
County Drive

Action to disassociate from the
Washington Community Chest and
establish its own unit was taken
at a meeting of the Arlington
County (Va) Council of Social
Agencies last night. A committee
was named and will meet tomorrow
night to formulate plans for a
county Community Chest drive to be
held this fall.
The separation of the Arlington
unit from Washington followed sew.
eral weeks of negotiations between
the two, in which the county was
given certain requirements to con-
form to the Washington Community
Chest rules.
1t was pointed out last night that
under existing Chest regulations Ar.
llngton County is required to dis.
burse its funds through an in.
corporated agency approved by the
Cnest. Heretofore, it was stated.
the county was allotted a lump sum
10 be spent as the Arlington health
ana welfare agencies thought best.
Ihe Washington unit took out of
Arlington about 100000, but the
county got in return about s21 900.
1t was stated.
The consensus expressed last
night was that Community Chest
funds should be spent as county
agencies see the need rather than
by set rules of the Chest.
The Washington unit has notified
the Arlington Council of Social
Agencies that three of the five
county agencies of the Chest are
acceptable. They are the Instruc-
tive Visiting Nurse Association, the
Grl scouts and the Boy Scouts.
The Arlington unit will seek to have
these agencies join it for the next
year.
Inc two units that were refused
participation in Chest activities
were the Arlington Board of Public
welfare and the Social Hygiene
Board. The latter group now main
talns clinics for the treatment of
venereal diseases and the Arlington
Council was told last night that
washington officials want Chest
FUNDS spent only for educational
purposes relating to social diseases
The committee named to organize
an Arlington Community Chest
drlVe to be held about November /
consists OF L. c. McNemar, Mrs. J.
70. Dunn and DR.. Ralph G. Beachley
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Washingtonian Is Ordered
To DESTROYER Duty

1t. Robert E. Lockwood of WASH
ington was among 20 Navy officers
today ordered to duty on the de-
stroyers being reconditioned for the
neutrality patrol.
1t. Lockwood was detached from
duty at the Naval Academy and as
signed to the Kane as executive
officer. He was graduated from
Central High School here and the
Naval Academy in 1925. He was
formerly on duty in the Bureau of
Navigation.
Other lieutenants ordered to duty
today on the neutrality patrol and
the destroyers to which they were
assigned included:
Hiram Cassidy, Greer; Richard
H. Crane, Bern adou; John A. Fitz-
gerald, Yarnall William R. LIE
Favour, Brooks, and James T. Smith,
Breckinridge.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Girl , 3, Tries to Remove
Own TonsiIs With Comb

in a bedroom of the Sloan home.
Mrs. Sloan was working in another
part Of the house.
II noticed" Mrs. Sloan said, "that
it was entirely too quiet in the
room. I went to look in on them
and I heard Joan say, I'll take my
own tonsils out"
Mrs. Sloan rushed into the room
in time to see the child jam a comb
down her throat. Joan began to
bleed and was rushed to Providence
Hospital, where doctors said she had
cut the membrane Of her throat
where her tonsils were attached,
much in the same way they would
do when they operated.
Joan was treated and informed
that her operation would have to
be postponed. Doctors won't be able
to take her tonsils out until the
wound has healed.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Dr.. Lawson Mckenzie
Dies at Residence

DR.. Lawson w. Mckenzie, 81, q
physician with the insurance divi-
sion of the Veterans Administra-
ton, died suddenly yesterday at his
home, 814 Concord avenue NV
Funeral services will be held at 8
o'clock this evening at the Hysone
funeral home, 1900 N street NV.
with burial in Sheridan, Ind.
A native of Sheridan, DR.. McKen-
zie graduated from the Medical
School Of the University of Indiana
in 1904. After a period of private
practice, he became associated with
the Bureau Of Indian Affairs and
came to Washington neary "a years
ago when he joined the Bureau Of
Engraving. For the past Is years
he was associated with the Veterans
Administration.
Surviving are his widow, Bertha,
and q son, Lawson, jr., both OF
Washington.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
National Park College
Glasses Start

Glasses began today at National
Park College, Forest Glen, Md, with
an enrolment of $40 students, COM
ing from 40 States and several for
eign countries. A program of re-
ceptions and dinners has been ar
ranged for the balance of the week.
Students and guests were enter
tanned by President and Mrs. Roy
Tasco Davis last night at a dance
in the school ballroom.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
B. & O. Schedule
Changes Announced

Changes in schedules of several
Baltimore g. Ohio trains will be put
into effect Sunday, B. e. o. officials
announced today.
The Capitol Limited to Chicago
will leave Washington at Clio pm,
instead of 5:45; the National Limited
to Cincinnati, Louisville and st.
Louis will leave at $40 pm, instead
OF $50; the Diplomat will depart at
$40 pm, 10 minutes earlier than
the present schedule; the Ambassa-
dor to Toledo and Detroit will leave
at $50 pm, instead of $50, and the
Shenandoah to Chicago will leave at
4:30 pm, Unsteady of Ais.
Evening star., 1939-09-21

Frustration and sore throat was
Joan Sloan's lot today, and the def
mite conviction that you can't take
your own tonsils out with q comb.
Joan, who will be 3 years old next
month, has been pouting for some
time now. Her older sister Dolores,
6. who lives with Joan at lis E
street Sc, had her tonsils out during
the summer, and this precipitated
the crisis.
Joan demanded that her tonsils be
removed also. Her mother promised
Joan that she could have them out
later this year, since the doctor had
advised a wait. But Joan was not
entirely satisfied and every time she
walked by a hospital she demanded
that she be taken in Immediately
for the operation.
Yesterday, Joan and another sis
ter, Mary Helen, q months old, were
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Pleads Guilty to Theft
Of $1,271 Poy Roll

A 35-year-old colored man plead
ed guilty at Police Court today to q
charge of robbing Joseph B. Latimer
building contractor, Of a pay roll
totaling $1,271.96 on September Is
The defendant, Raymond Samuel
Thomas, grabbed a satchel contain
ing the money from Mr.. Latimer as
he sat in his car in the 1900 block of
Sixteenth street NV. He was seized
by two citizens after chase Of sew
eral blocks.
Judge Hobart Newman ordered
Thomas held for grand Jury action
under 5000 bond.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
K. Y. Brown School
Greets New Teacher,
Prof. Knee-Hi
Terrier lnstructs
And Obedience
In Traffic Sofety

The children at the E. v. Brown
School had a new teacher today,
and from the demonstration they
gave her at the end Of her lesson
they thought she was wonderful.
The new instructor was Professor
Knee-Hi, the safety-conscious wire
haired fox terrier, and for two
hours she held the children SPELL
gound this morning first when she
showed them how to act in traffic
and secondly when she showed them
how to obey pay attention and re-
member what teacher says.
With the children grouped around
the four corners of Mckinley street
and Connecticut avenue, the little
6-year-old canine trotted across the
street on the proper signal, making
the rounds of the intersection as
cars went by In the same direction.
Warns Of DANGERS.
When she saw several boys rid
ing on the wrong side of the street
on their bicycles she barked furiously
and rushed out after them. She
broke up a football game in the
middle of the street and chased the
players back to the sidewalk.
Police officials commandeered a
passing and amiable truck driver
who let couple of children sit on
the back and two bicyclists hang
on to the rear. Knee-Hi registered
loud vocal protest and tried to pull
one OF the youths from the truck.
She also demonstrated the proper
way to get of a bus is to step to
the nearest curb, not try to cross
IN front of it.
Among those who witnessed the
demonstration of the dog and her
o-legged associates, DR.. George E,
brunson, educator and psychologist.
and Jack Dalton, announcer. were
Henry w. Draper, supervising prin-
cipal of the first division: Mrs Eliz-
abeth K. Peoples, principal of the
school; Edwin S. Hege, chairman
OF the Traffic Advisory Council. and
Capt. Lloyd E. Kelly of No. 8 pre-
cinct.
Classroom Demonstration.
In the auditorium a few minutes
later. knee-Hi illustrated obedience,
paying attention to teacher. and re-
membering what she was told.
The demonstration was the sec
ond IN series of similar programs
TO be presented throughout the ele-
mentary schools with the co-opera-
ton OF the Board of Education, the
ronce Department. the Department
OF vehicles and Traffic and The Star.
tomorrow DR.. Brunson will take
knee-Hi to the Burroughs School
Eighteenth and Monroe streets NE.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Caroline Democratic
Club Names Officers

Wesley Macdonald was elected
president of the North Carolina
Democratic Club of Washington at
q meeting last night att the Raleigh
Hotel. Other officers are: Mrs. John
K. Slear, first vice president; Mai.
Arthur Smith, second vice president;
Miss Lucy Spinks, recording secre-
tary; Mrs. Hattie Lasko. correspond
ing secretary, and Kelly Gilkey,
treasurer.
Resolutions were adopted indors-
ing the Roosevelt administration
and backing a stand for American
neutrality, 1t was announced by
: 2oung M. Smith, retiring. president
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Effort 10 Increase
Price Of Agriculture
Products Under Way
Roosevelt, However,
Agrees There ShoII
Be No Profiteerina
BY the Associated Press,

oy VIC ASSoCldttu FIceS.
President Roosevelt and the Agri-
cultural Advisory Council are in
agreement that farm prices should
rise to fair levels" but that there
should be no food profiteering in
this country as a result of the
European war.
, Answering letter by Represen-
tative Cannon, Democrat, of Mis-
touri urging that there be no restric-
tive legislation which would cause
the exploitation of agriculture, "
Mr.. Roosevelt said the problem
"just now" was to get farm prices
up to fair levels. keep them there,
and prevent profiteering Represen-
tative Cannon made public the
Presidents letter.
Consumers Assured.
Coincidently, the Agricultural Ad-
visory Council, closing q two-day
conference with Secretary Wallace
and other Agriculture Department
officials, asserted in a statement
last night that American consul
mers need have mo fear" of short
ages or runaway" prices. The
council, like the President, COM
mented that farm prices still were
low. Whatever was done to pre-
vent prohteering and maintain
ample supplies should "be done
through voluntary means without
regimentation," it said.
The council, created by Wallace
at the suggestion of the President,
is composed of 80 representatives of
farming, grocery, dairy, clothing,
meat packing, transportation, bank
ing and labor.
Parity Prices Urged.
Representative Cannon, in his let
ter to the President, said that if
price-fixing were imposed on the
farmer, it should, in fairness, also be
imposed on industry from which the
farmer buys. He also urged, in con-
nection with the general emergency
situation, that farm spokesman be
named to the War Resources Board.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported, meanwhile. further
slackening of retail food price in
creaseS.
In a special survey of food COM
modities which shot upward after
the outbreak of war in Europe, the
bureau said staple food prices in
creased only from l to 2 per cent
IN the week of September IL to 10.
The bureau said current prices
averaged from 10 to IS per cent
higher than they were August IS, al
though some commodities in various
cities were up'as much as so per cent
over mid-August.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Ex-Member of Reichstog Sees
New Party Purge by Hitler
GoebbeIs Believed
Victim Due to Views
On Soviet Pact

A bespectacled former member of
the German Reichstag, now editor
of the German weekly, Neue Volks-
zeitung, published in New York, ex-
pressed the belief here yesterday
that Adolf Hitler conducted another
great purge of the Nazi party i'm
mediately after the signing of the
Russo-Germ on-aggression pact.
Gerhart Seger, who fed Germany
in 1888 after spending six months
in a concentration camp, named DR..
Paul Joseph Goebbels, Germany's
master propaganda, and Alfred
Rosenberg, highest party official in
the Nazis' foreign affairs depart
ment. among the victims of the
purge, although dispatches from
Berlin today indicated Goebbels still
holds his place in the German high
command.
Mr.. Seger based his belief concern
ing the propaganda minister on his
own sources Of information and the
fact that Goebbels' name has been
conspicuously absent from the Ger
man scene since the outbreak Of
war. However, Berlin dispatch
reported that Goebbels was to re-
ceive the foreign press today.
Opposed Pact With Soviet.
The one-time member of the Ger
man Social Democratic party said
he had been informed that Goeb-
bels was purged because he opposed
the Russo-German pact and held
out against the German invasion of
Poland.
THE Nazi party always has been
split into two factions-a radical,
military wing headed by Marshal
Hermann Goering. and the more
conservative wing headed by Goeb-
bels," Mr.. Seger said.
On August q, two days after the
signing of the Russo German pact,
the purge started. The first step,
Mr.. Seger said, was the arrest of
1900 Black Shirts and Brown Shirts
who were violently opposed to the
pact.
Mr.. Seger, who is scheduled to
appear before the House Committee
Investigating Un-American Activities
next Monday to rebut the testimony
of German-American Bundist Fritz
Kuhn, declared a great majority of
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Polish Club to Solicit
War Funds in Capital

The Polish Club of Washington,
listing its headquarters as Stansbury
Hall, 1892 Georgia avenue NV, has
registered with the State Depart
ment as an agency for the solicita-
ton of funds to be used to supply
medical aid, food and clothing to
relieve human suffering in Poland.
A total of so organizations have
registered with the State Depart
ment under provision of the Neu-
trality Act, which prescribes strict
rules and regulations to govern the
solicitation Of funds here for use in
countries at war. Most of the or
ganizations represent Polish socie-
ties in the Eastern States.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Dr.. Miller to Speak
On Doq Vivisection

DR. j. E. Miller will speak tonight
on why Dogs Should Not Be Vivi-
sected" at public meeting at 1414
Sixteenth street NV. in observance
of National Dog Week.
Tomorrow at $3.50 pm. dog movies
and entertainment will be presented
at the Virginia Avenue Fairgrounds,
Tenth street and Virginia avenue
S.W. A reception will be held Satur-
day from 2:30 to 4:30 pm. for adults
and children and their pets at the
Animal Protective Association, 5000
Wheeler road Sc.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
PIT. A. Plans Reception

FALLS CHURCH, Va, Sept. II
(SpeciaD The annual teachers re-
ception sponsored by the Falls
Church Parent Teacher Association
for teachers of the Madison Ele-
mentary and Jefferson High Schools
here will be held at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the Madison School. Mrs.
Howard Middleton, president of the
association, is in charge of arrange
ments.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Edward Kirby to Speak

Edward Kirby, public relations d.
rector for the National Associa-
ton of Broadcasters, will discuss
modern problems in radio industry
at 1890 pm. tomorrow in the Ma
tional Press Club at the weekly
luncheon Of the Washington Round
Table. Charles v. Inlay will pre-
side.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Dovid A. Pine to Speok

District Attorney David A. Pine
will be guest speaker at the first fall
meeting of the Federation of Busi-
ness Mems Associations today at the
Hamilton Hotel at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Traffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters, for "a
hour period ending 8 am. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 81.
Motorists injured, 2.
Motorists arrested, 27O.
Pedestrians injured, Z.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control
regulations, 2.
Evening star., 1939-09-21
Reciprocity Club to Meet

The Washington Section of the
Reciprocity Club will hold its
weekly luncheon meeting tomorrow
at 1890 pm. at the Mayflower Ho-
tel.
Evening star., 1939-09-21

Leopards are raiding farms and
killing donkeys in South Africa.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
BETTER MARKET FACILITIES
Is Demanded by Group of Orchard
ists in Delaware

Farmers throughout Delaware
and Maryland are supporting the
campaign for better produce mar
keting facilities in Philadelphia,
main outlet for farm products of
the peninsula area. Growers have
organized a committee to obtain
suitable wholesale marketing facil-
tiles in the Quaker City and other
terminal marketing cities Of the
East. The chairman is E. R. Dick,
Smyrna fruit grower Fourteen
vice-presidents represent the var
ious counties. Farmers have charg-
ed that inadequate facilities in the
Dock Street market, Philadelphia
are costing them thousands Of dol
lrs annually. j. Leonard Soper,
director of the Bureau Of Markets
of the State Department Of Agri-
culture, said the entire farming in
dustry of Delaware is suffering be
cause of the poor marketing facil-
tiles.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07

Commerce, who introduced Will
liam w. Conwell. He poointed out
that the BroaGkill is the only fresh
water, tidal stream between the
northern limits of Sussex County
on Delaware Bay and Cape Char
les, Va, on Chesapeake Bay. I'm
til a comparatively few years ago,
Conwell said, the river not only
served as the natural drainage Of
large section, but was an import
ant factor in the economic, indus
trial, and agrarian life of Sussex
County. Through neglect, however,
he stated the river channel has
been converted from a navigable
stream, serving large volume of
commerce, into a worthless water
way insofar as present day needs
are concerned Many industrial
concerns, operating on the banks of
the river, were forced to cloose
down, Conwell said, when the river
became hazardous to navigation.
In addition, it was stressed, farm
ers were deprived of economical
transportation to nearby markets.
Conwell predicted business expan-
sion throughout the area if a suf-
ficient depth of water is afforded
for traffic. He also said the Broad
kill could become a key point in
the national defense program if the
navy would use it as a place where
light-draft naval craft could be
conveniently and economically
berthed. Others who spoke in favor
of the projects were Paul F. Car
penter, president Of the Lewes
Chamber of Commerce; w. H.
Welch, Milton; Mayor Arthur
Downing, aind City Manager r.
Clarke Hill, Rehoboth Beach. A
letter was read from J. Hampton
Moore, president Of the Deeper
Waterways Association, who fav-
ored the improvements as aiding
the system of inland waterways.
Following the hearing, members Of
the Milton delegation were guests
of the Lewes delegation at lunch
con at the Anglers Club in Lewes.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
BIG PEACH CROP
IN STATE TOLD
Reported Larger Than Usual
Throughout Most of the
United States
MANY CANNING THEM

Fresh peaches-universally pop
ular dessert fruit-were recently
designted by the Secretary of Ag-
riculture as one of the foods cur
rently in surplus. For this year the
peach crop of the United States is
larger than usual, and considerably
bigger than it was last year. Best
peach news of all comes from the
states supplying the market now
and on through early October. This
abundance late in the season prob
ably will mean that peaches will be
well represented on winter supply
shelves, according to Miss Pearl
nutrition specialist for
the University of Delaware exten-
sion service. They'll be put up
whole, as pickles; canned, in halv-
es; made into preserves in small
uniform pieces; or lose their shape
entirely in the process of becoming
good peach butter.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
LABOR DAY IN
SMYRNA QUIET
Continued from Page Onel

were passing the intersection at
the rate of about 10000 an hour.
State police kept vigilant eye on
the traffic and reported that it
moved swiftly and smoothly. Rain
that started falling shortly after 8
o'clock made conditions even more
hazardous The majority Of cars
using the highways were from
other states, outnumbering Della
ware cars more than three to one.
In the GA hours, 59,365 out-of-
state cars were counted, compared
to 1871 Delaware cars. The
greatest portion of the traffic also
used the Glasgow Road, indicating
they were just passing through
the state. A total of 48,544 cars
used that highway with 33,847 on
the DUPONT Boulevard. The larg-
est crowd of the season, approxim-
ately 25,000 persons, was reported
at Rehoboth Beach Sunday, al
though the majority left early
Monday morning and afternoon.
The weather over the entire week
end was ideal for resorts with no
threat of storm until late Monday
night, when rain struck all sec
tions of the state. Police at Reho-
both said that cottages and hotels
were filled to capacity Saturday
and Sunday and virtually all avail
able parking space was taken in
the resort by the large number of
automobiles.
Smyrna times., 1939-09-07
ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. DIR. j. w. Colona, Pastor, An
nounces Services For the Week

The services at Asbury Method
ist Church next Sunday, Septem-
Der 10th, will be as follows: the
Church School will convene
promptly at 10 o'clock with Mr.. H.
c. Jones, superintendent, in charge;
the morning worship service and
sermon at II; the evening worship
service and sermon at 7.30. The
public cordially invited to all the
services. The Queen Esther Circle
will meet at the Parsonage next
Monday evening at 100 o'clock.
The Official Board will meet next
Tuesday evening at 7.30 at the
Church. Prayer service Wednesday
evening at 7.30 The Church
School Board will meet next Wed
nesday evening Immediately after
the prayer service Other notices
will be given at the services next
Sunday.