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Evening star., 1939-09-05
Thousands Volunteer
For Red Cross Work

Norman H. Davis, chairman Of the
American Red Cross, after visiting
President Roosevelt at the White
House late today, said that Red
Cross headquarters already had re-
ceived thousands Of kilograms and
letters from men and women in all
parts Of the country volunteering
services for Red Cross work in con-
nection with the war abroad.
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Czech Aid for Allies
Pledged by Benes
By the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sept. 5.-Eduard Benes,
former President of Czecho Slo-
vakia, informed Prime Minister
Chamberlain yesterday:
I'VE Czecho-Slovak citizens con-
slider ourselves as being also in the
war with the German military forces
and We shall march with your peo-
pie until the final victory and the
Of our Fatherland."
DR.. Benes has been an exile since
shortly after the first partition Of
Evening star., 1939-09-05
Princess of Peace
Christening Postponed
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 5.-War
caused the postponement yesterday
of the christening of the Neither
lands infant Princess Of Peace"
An official announcement said the
ceremonies, set for September IA,
had been called off. No future date
was announced.
Second daughter of Princess Juli-
ana and Prince Bernhard, she is to
be named Irene. This name, mean-
ing peace" in Greek, was chosen
Evening star., 1939-09-05

by the royal parents after the baby's
birth August as token of hope
that peace would prevail In Europe.
Evening star., 1939-09-05

his country at Munich, September
20, 1898.
Evening star., 1939-06-04
Prettymon Heads City Finance
Committee of Trade Board
Succeeds FIeminq
As Chairman of
Active Group

E. Barrett Prettyman, attorney
and former corporation counsel of
the District, has been appointed
chairman of the Municipal Com
mittee of the Washington Board Of
Trade, President Lawrence E. Will
liams has announced.
Mr.. Prettyman succeeds Robert
v. Fleming as head of one of the
boards most active committees.
At present it is attempting to OBJ
tain District tax legislation from
Congress which will be acceptable
to the majority of local citizens.
In announcing the appointment,
Mr.. Williams declared, THE Board
of Trade is extremely fortunate in
being able to secure a man with
such a broad background in tax
matters to head its Municipal FL
nance Committee. Mr.. Prettyman's S
experience as an attorney, as former
corporation counsel of the District
of Columbia and as former general
counsel of the United States In
ternal Revenue Bureau admirably
qualities him to hold this important
position"
Mr.. Prettyman has practiced law
in the Capital since 1921. He is a
director of the Board of Trade and
of the District Bar Association,
Evening star., 1939-06-04
Crowd Threatens Pair
Held in Assault
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ELKTON, Md, June 3.-Fears of
mob violence led Sheriff David
Randolph today to safeguard two
colored men accused of beating and
robbing crippled 60-year-old
farmer and his 35-year-old COM
panion.
Randolph, who said he took the
men through an angry group OF
citizens when he brought them from
Cecilton to the county Jail, reported
he would move them to an unnamed
Jail to forestall trouble.
The men were arrested after Par
ker Lusby, crippled farmer, and Her
man Hurd of near Cecilton were
found unconscious and tied in their
bungalow.
Two men entered the bungalow
while they slep, they told police, and
beat them with clubs. The attack
victims were confined at Union Hos
pital here, where they were reported
IN fair" condition.
The men, arrested as they walked
along a road in the vicinity, iden-
tified themselves as Samuel John
son, 10, from Cleveland, and James
Pearode, %, from johnson City
Tenn. They were held on open
charges pending outcome of the
mems injuries.
Randolph said the pair were iden-
titled by Lusby and Hurd as their
assailants.
Evening star., 1939-06-04
Auto Strike Deadlock
Keeps 10000 Idle;
Peace Efforts Futile
Negotiations Arranged
By U. S. ConciIiotor
Go Over Till Tomorrow
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, June 3.-Union and
management, each charging the
other with injecting new issues"
into the dispute, failed today to
break strike deadlock that has
kept more than 10000 automobile
workers idle for two weeks.
Settlement negotiations arranged
by Federal Conciliator James F.
Dewey were adjourned until Mon
day.
Seven plants of the Briggs Manu-
featuring Co., body makers, were
closed by the strike, throwing 5000
men out of work. Lack of bodies
caused shutdowns of Chrysler Corp.
and Lincoln units employing more
than $1,000 men.
A Briggs company statement said
today that, after settlement of 26
grievances submitted to Mr.. Dewey
for arbitration, "a further obstacle
in the way of peace was dragged
into the controversy by the union
officials in the demand for a closed
shop. Later. the settlement was
further complicated by a new de-
mand for vacations with pay"
r. j. Thomas, international pres
ident of the c. I. O.-United Auto
mobile Workers, assailed the COM
pany's refusal to negotiate a new
contract with the union until an
N. l.. r. B. bargaining election
among its employees is helo. He SAID
the union had withdrawn it's de-
mand for union shop and had
proposed sole bargaining recogni-
Evening star., 1939-06-04
Col. Oliver P. Brown
Recommended for
Evening Star Cup
Montgomery Civic Cody
Praises His Report,
Work on Zoninq

Col. Oliver P. NJ Brown of Edge
moor has been recommended by the
Executive Committee of the Mont
gomery County Md Civic FEEDER.
alton for The Evening Star Cup
award, it was announced last night.
Col. Browns work and report on
zoning matters is said to have led
the committee to select him. The
cup will be presented at the feder-
atoms annual banquet June IS at
the Manor Club.
Representative Patrick, Democrat,
OF Alabama will be the principal
speaker at the banquet. Representa-
tive Byron, Democrat, of Maryland
will also speak and selections will be
given by the Chevy Chase-Bethesda
High School Band and the Mont
gomery Blair High School Glee Club.
Miss Maxine Galloway of Takoma
Park will sing.
The Nominating Committee of the
federation will submit the following
slate at the annual meeting June IL
at the Bethesda Elementary School:
For president, o. NJ Kile, Mohican
Hills; for vice president, Joseph B.
Matre of Woodside; for treasurer,
William B. Horne, Somerset: for re-
cording secretary, w. Scott Macgill,
Garrett Park: for corresponding sec
retary, Capt. Eugene F. Smith, Brad
ley Hills, and for the Executive
Committee, Josiah w. Jones, Olney:
Col. Brown, Rhees E. Burket, Linden
and Emory H. Bogley of Bethesda.
Stephen James of Linden is chair
man of the Nominating Committee.
Evening star., 1939-06-04
Graft Union No Longer
Important, n. |. R. B.
Economists Report
IndustrioI-Type Units
Dominant in A. F. l.,
Study Reveals

BY the Associated Press.
Economists of the National Labor
Relations Board, in a report made
in the midst of the A. F. L. effort to
revise the Wagner Act to give more
protection to non-industrial unions,
have advised the board that craft"
unions no longer are important in
modern industry.
The report was put on the desks
of board members several weeks ago
by David j. Saposs, chief economist
of the N. L. r. B. and his aide, Sol
Dawson, but was not given general
circulation.
After study of the structure of
the American Federation of Labor,
the economists concluded that:
Less than 10 per cent of the Fed
eration's present membership belong
to purely craft unions; industrial
and semi mi-industrial unions are pre-
ponderant: only II unions with 15,-
300 members could be regarded as
pure craft unions" out of IS men,
Der unions with an aggregate mem
bership at the last annual A. F. l..
meeting of 3,030,100.
Both Forms Used.
Asked about the ANALYSIS. William
Green, A. F. l.. president had this to
say:
THE American Federation of La
Dor has applied both forms-craft
and Observation-Disclosures they were
found to be suitable
1--WE have attempted to preserve
the integrity of the craft union as
we'll as the industrial form of
union
He asserted that as early as 1890,
the Federation experimental with
the industrial form of union or
ganization.
The industrial union theory calls
for organization of all workers in an
industry into one union, irrespective
of the nature of their work. A
craft union, on the other hand, is
one embracing workers with a par
tlcular skill, such as carpenters.
who may be employed in varied
industries. Which form unions
should take is the basis of the quar-
rel between the C. I. O., exponent
OF industrial organization, and the
A. F. L.
Craft No Longer Important.
After studying the constitutions
OF 85 A. F. L. unions, Mr.. Saposs
and Mr.. Dawson decided that sin
modern industry the craft has
ceased to be important and the
structure of the A. F. L. unions re-
fleets this change"
In segregating A. F. L. unions into
various classifications of craft and
industrial union types the two econ
omists drew their own demarcation
lines and evolved the following
breakdown by classification and
membership.
Evening star., 1939-06-04

ton clause, pending a Labor Board
poll of employees.
The C. l. O.-U. A. w. said it had
more than 10000 members in Briggs
plants, and added that Homer Mar
tins Independent U. A. W., the
other union claiming recognition,
does not have 100 followers" among
Briggs workers.
Evening star., 1939-06-04
Abandoned Properties Sold

Eptc1aI D1spdtch 70 The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, June 3.-Sale of
three abandoned school. properties
was approved by the Circuit Court
yesterday. They include the former
Colchester School to Moree B. Nc
Elroy, the former Wakefield School
TO ]. L. Besley and the former Le-
cato School to r. Buckner Winfield.
Evening star., 1939-06-04
Recital to Be Given

The Israel Baptist Church will
present Miss Hattie C. cambridge,
soprano. in a recital at $3.50 pm,
Wednesday at the church, Eleventh
street between F and G streets NE.
Mrs. Margaret Fisher is chair
man of the committee. The Rev.
A. B. Fisher is pastor of the church.
Evening star., 1939-06-04

past president of the Georgetown
University Law Alumni Association,
Monday Evening Club and Civitan
Club, trustee of Randolph-Macon
College and professor of taxation
law in Georgetown University Law
School.
Evening star., 1939-06-04
Policemen Named

WARRENTON, Va, June 3.-Carl
L. Stafford and George H. Riley
have been appointed special police
men for that portion of Fauquier
County not included within the cor
porate limits of any town.
Evening star., 1939-06-04
St. AIbans School
For Boys Graduates
Il in Cathedral
Charles Stone Borden
Is VoIedictorion;
Special Awards Made

Twenty-one boys we're graduated
yesterday at the 30th commence
ment of the st. Adams School for
Boys in the great choir of the
Washington Cathedral
The baccalaureate address was
given by the Rev. j. Gillespie Arm
strong, rector of Christ Church,
Georgetown, before a congregation
of parents, friends and relatives of
the students.
After the service the annual
prizes were awarded in the amphi-
theater, followed by the dedication
of the class window of 1899 in the
Little Sanctuary used as school
chapel.
The headmaster' prize for service
to the school-a st. Albans School
flag-was presented to Marshall
Carter Hall, jr., while the medal
for the best all-around boy in the
school, as chosen by the students,
went to William Henry Alexander
End.
Harry Lee Rust, Sd, gave the ad-
dress of welcome, and Charles
Stone Borden the valedictory.
Special Presentations Made.
Three special presentations were
made to members of the faculty.
These were the Rev. James Hen
derson, chaplain and senior master
of the school for 81 years; Gerald
Waldron O'Connor, Latin and
French master resigning after 10
years service, and Edward A.
Smith, head of the mathematics
department.
The C. c. Glover mathematics
award went to Richard William
Norton, jr., Norman John Asher,
and Richard Dale Drain. Drain
also took the Glover English award
The Myer language prize was won
by Jules Gilmer Korner, Sd, and
the Holcombe science award went
to Robert Johnson Bell. Maurice
Edward CoWan was presented the
Glover tennis trophy and the Rice
award for the best all-around
athlete in the school went to Will
liam Simpson Harmon.
The chimes award for faithful
ness in ringing chimes during the
year was won by Richard Bayly
Winder, 4th.
Other Awards.
Norton received the Joshua
Evans, Sd, special merit award for
intangible qualities of leadership
contributing service to the school,
while William Cabell Grayson took
the Sisters of Epiphany award for
the boys most courteous and con-
siderate of others as judged by his
fellows.
Graduates are:
Diplomas.
Al,vo,l,r VIZ Horpor Y,ies
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Weekly Contest

Boys and girls of all ages up to
and including high school age are
invited to write for The Junior Star.
The best five contributions pub
lished each week will win their au-
thors prizes of 81 each. Checks for
prize winning contributions will be
mailed during the week following
publication.
Rules of the contest follow, and
failure to observe them will auto
matically disqualify any contributor
from consideration as a possible
prize winner:
l. All contributions must be orig
inal.
2. The name, age, address. tele-
phone number, if any, and school OF
the author must be written at the
top of the first page of every contrt-
button.
3. Contributions must be written
on one side of the paper; If type
written they must be double-spaced.
4. The decision of the editor as to
the winning contributions will be
final, and The Star reserves the
right to publish any contribution
received, in whatever form the editor
may deem advisable, regardless OF
whether they are awarded prizes.
S. No contribution will be re-
turned.
Address contributions to the Jun
ior Star Editor, The Sunday Star,
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1939-04-02

the piano went beyond the noise
making point, and one day his
mother, Mrs. Jeannette O'Steen,
suddenly noticed that his banging
was actually producing a tune.
I'D learned to playa little bit,
that is-by ear" Johnny explained:
II kept at it then, even after I'd
completely recovered, and then,
when was 10, my mother arranged
for me to take lessons"
At Anacostia, where he is in the
ninth grade, Johnny plays for as
semblies, dances and other school
get-togethers at which music Is re-
ouired. He has won prizes in two
amateur contests and has partici-
pated in programs broadcast by
both WMAL and WOR. He prefers
classical music to the more popular
type.
I'm going into music seriously
when I get through school," he said.
Johnny is the brother OF Willie
O'Steen, 81, champion woman tennis
player of the public parks system.
Another sister, Pearl, II, is president
of the Student Council at Anacostia.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
brought Spring
Prize Contribution.
BY JANET RALPH, 10,
Truesdell School.

Yes, brought spring! was made
In a factory by skillful worker
with an unusual plan-a big yellow
paper jonquil in a green flower pot
with bed of soft moss. I turned
out beautifully and was put in the
class with the best artificial flowers.
We were put on a large truck to
go'to big store in the city. With
me were many other pretty flowers.
Finally, we arrived. We were put
on big table, each one with tag
telling what we were. AS the day
went on all the others were bought,
but I still remained. My, how
lonely I felt!
After long time poorly dressed
old woman bought me and took me
to her little home by the railroad
tracks. Her little grandson was
lying on a bed, his leg broken and
in a cast. When she unwrapped me
he reached out to touch my soft
petals.
I remained standing on a little
table beside his bed, bringing SUM-
shine to the bare room. And now
that he is well and strong again
and goes to school with other chill
dren, feel I did my bit to bring
spring to a lonely boy-for God.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Peggy's Drawings Are Her Own

Peggy Parker, 10, of I'LL Lamont
street NV, is having tough time
convincing some people that she can
really draw-and all because she
draws so well.
Peggy discovered that she could
draw about four years ago, when she
tried out her first box OF crayons.
"She couldn't even write then"
her mother, Mrs. James H. Parker,
recalled, yet there she was sketch
ing women's fashionS-and telling
me that she had decided to be an
artist when she grows up. didn't
know what to make Of it; nobody
else in our family had ever shown
any talent for drawing"
Since then, Peggy has kept at her
drawing almost constantly. She
works on rather large scale, as the
accompanying photograph indicates.
and water color paintings and
crayon sketches are her specialties.
Some of her work is copied from
magazines and newspapers, some is
original, but all Of it shows q deft-
ness of touch that Is unusual In one
50 young.
Some people act as If they don't
believe my drawings are really
mine," Peggy sighed. But they are
seer"
She quickly sketched chic young
woman. It was easily recognizable
as the work Of the same hand that
had produced the other drawings
and paintings in her portfolio-a
portfolio almost as large as herself.
In the portfolio at present are
paintings OF Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs, Dorothy Lamour in
her famous sarong, angels lowering
over little girls picking flowers and
Evening star., 1939-04-02

From Canada, Jeans mother re-
Gently brought her copy of
Princess Elizabeth's Gift Book. "
This book was written by some of
England's best-known authors, dedi-
Gated to the Princess and published
to raise funds for children's hos
pital named for her.
Also from Canada came a SOU
venir coronation plate with pictures
of King George vi. Queen Elizabeth
and Princess Elizabeth on it.
A short time ago Jean was given
a box of English taffy. She liked
the candy, of course. but the picture
on the lid of the box pleased her
even more. It was a painting OF
Elizabeth by Marcus Adams, an
artist famous for his portraits OF the
princesses.
From an aunt in England Jean
received an illustrated magazine, a
souvenir of the coronation. In 1t
are pictures of the royal family,
coronation scenes and the crown
jewels.
An ever-growing scrapbook, filled
with magazine and newspaper arti-
cles and photographs pertaining to
the royal family, also is one OF Jeans
priced possessions.
Evening star., 1939-04-02
Cherry Blossoms

Prise Contribution
BY EVELYN MAE GRECO, IA,
Taft Junior High School.
I'm glad to be in Washington
At cherry blossom time!
I'm so happy, I just must
Put 1t. into rhyme!
I love to gaze at the blossoms 1air
AS I walk beneath the trees.
And listen to the birds sweet songs,
And feel the soft, warm breeze.
Mother cleans the house
From the top down to the "toe," "
For cherry blossom visitors
Are sure to come, you know!
Friends and aunts and uncles,
And cousins once removed,
At cherry blossom time
To see us are behooved.
In summer would rather be
In good old Massachusetts,!
I long for home, and mop my brow
AS the weather hotter gets!
But when its cherry blossom time,
And tourists come from Tar and
near,
The famed trees to look upon.
I'm glad that I am here!
Evening star., 1939-04-02
cards Identify Correspondents Junior Star Reporters
Contributors
TOBeGiven
Credentials
Action Decided On
After Requests
From Writers

"All reporters have press passes.
Why can't the boys and girls who
write news stories and feature arti.
cles for the Junior Star have cards
to identify themselves as authorized
correspondence"
That question, in one form or an.
other, has been asked by so many
of the Junior Stars correspondents
that the editor has decided to issue
such cards. beginning tomorrow.
The cards will be issued to all the
young writer's who now act as news
correspondents of the Junior Star
in the various schools Of the Dis.
trict Of Columbia and nearby Mary.
land and Virginia and to as many
others as qualify In the future.
OF just the right size to carry In a
wallet or card case, the cards will
serve as convenient credentials for
all Junior Star reporters.
when get to asking people
lot of questions and tell them I
want the answers for use in a piece
I'm writing for the Junior Star"
correspondent reported the other
day, they sometimes act as II they
think I'm fooling. It's pretty hard
sometimes to convince people that
I'm really a Junior Star reporter"
The primary purpose of the cards
is, of course, to make 1t as easy as
possible for correspondents to con-
vince their teachers, schoolmates
and others that they are authorized
to prepare news stories and feature
articles for the Junior Star.
So far as the police and other
public officials are concerned, how
ever, the cards will entitle corre-
spondents to no special privileges.
Although the cards were prepared
with the cooperation Of Maj. Err
nest w. Brown, superintendent Of
police, they are not press passes, and
any attempt to use them as such will
result In their immediate revoca-
ton.
The cards will be issued only to
those correspondents whose contri-
buttons are in the form Of news
stories and feature articles-such
material. for example, as the con-
tributions appearing on this page
today under the names of George
Cross, Doris Ballard, Gloria Lubar.
Philomena Sampagna. Mildred
Sears and Harriet Wallis. Poems,
letters and f1ctional contributions
will continue to be eligible for prizes
in the contributors contest, Of
course, but such material will not
entitle its authors to listing as news
correspondents.
Any boy or girl wishing to qualify
as a news correspondent and OBJ
tain a Junior Star reporters card
should submit at least one news
story or feature article, together
with the information called for in
the contest rules published else
where on this page. If the con-
tribution is of sufficient merit card
will be issued to its author. The
editor reserves the right, however,
to decline to issue cards in any cases
in which he deems such action Ad-
visable.
Evening star., 1939-04-02

And 1.-THE Drifter,' his theme song
is his own composition.
Eddy was given an addition at
the Frederick station two summers
ago. He was offered a regular job
then, but declined, pending compile
ton of his education. Last August.
however. he accepted the 15-minute
Wednesday morning broadcasting
period.
Approximately so fan letters come
to Eddy every week.
II try to answer them ALL" he said
my listeners request all sorts OF
things-songs, autographs, pictures,
even announcement of their BIRTH
day and wedding anniversaries.
II sing a mystery song every week
It's Just a song I sing without an
nouncing the title, and the first
three persons to send in the correct
title receive autographed photo.
graphs of The Drifter is
me-"
Although Eddy specializes In
Western songs, he has been West
only once. That was three years
ago, when his parents-Mr. and Mrs
Arthur E. Nesbitt, 100 West Wood
bine street, Chevy Chase, Md
took him to the Texas Centennial
at Fort Worth.
"The weather was so hot that we
came home" Eddy said. But some
day hope to live In the West-and
sing Western songs over the radio
from there"
Evening star., 1939-04-02

mesters work. Miss Woodward said,
in the 10 years she has taught at
Hyattsville. Flora is the first one to
attain such a high speed In only
six months.
Flora is conscientious about her
work." Miss Woodward said. "She
employs the proper method of
throwing the carriage and snatches
her fingers off the keys correctly.
But, most important of all. she con-
centrates, allowing nothing to dis
tract her attention from the ma
terial she Is typing."
When asked what she thought of
her record, Flora smiled shyly and
said: II was surprised myself. I
don't know yet how did it,
Flora, a resident of Berwyn, Nd,
is an enthusiastic participant in all
types of athletics. She proved her.
self an outstanding member of the
basket ball team during the past
season and she also won ping pong
tournament held at the school re-
Gently. When time allows, she en-
joys two other favorite pastimes-
singing and dancing.