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Evening star., 1939-11-20
Gourmets Are Fastinu
For Big Feed Tonight

After a day of fasting the gour-
NETS who make up the membership
of Les Amis d Washington
wining and dining society-will con-
verge tonight toward a horseshoe
table in the Chinese room of the
Mayflower Hotel. The fourth an
nual affair of it's kind, the idea is
to make tonights feast the finest
yet devised by the culinary experts.
To this end, Ralph Polio, manager
Of the hotel, and his chef de cuisine,
Nicholas Marchitelli, have taken the
day off from other duties and are
devoting the entire time to final
preparations.
sJust what will be served will re-
main a secret until the 100 guests
take seats at 9 pm. after a previous
gathering before aperitif table set
by M. Ganymede, a direct de-
scendant Of the cup-bearer of the
gods.
Chef Marchitelli started as 49,
year-old boy in the kitchens of the
Beau Sijour in Rome-where his
father before him was chef. In
consecutive order, he directed the
culinary forces of the Belle Vue and
the Villa Sante Maria in the Eternal
City. Later he came to America
and served at the Ritz Carlton in
Philadelphia. When they opened
the Mayfower Hotel Chef Marchi-
telli came to Washington and has
been here ever since.
AS usual the rule tonight will be
no smoking. Nor will there be music.
Nothing to take the mind of the
meal,
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Emp|oye Disability
Compensation Is
Upheld byCourt
Insurance Company
Loses Appeal in
Donaldson Case

An employer is not responsible
for all the ailments which his en-
ploye may have, but he is required
to provide compensation for dis
abilities caused by injuries arising
out of and in the course of the
employment even though the extent
of the disability is partly due to
the employees physical condition, the
United States Court of Appeals held
today.
The case arose when Richard E
Donaldson, employe of the Maxwell
Furniture Co., suffered a hernia
in the course of his employment
on November 6, 1881. The deputy
commissioner of the United States
Employees Compensation Commits
sion on March 2, 1882, after hear
ing, awarded Mr.. Donaldson COM
pensation for temporary partial dis
ability to continue until his fur
ther order. Payments were con-
tinued until August 9, 1887, and in
the month following the claimant
filed an application for a modifica-
ton of the award to provide COM
pensation for permanent partial dis
ability and this was granted.
The insurance carrier, the New
Amsterdam Casualty Co., sought an
injunction in District Court against
enforcement of the award to have it
vacated and set aside, but that
tribunal dismissed the bill and the
firm appealed. Today's decision of
the United States Court of Appeals
sanctions the District Court action.
The appellate court pointed out
that the hernia which caused dis
ability. at first apparently tempo
rary, is now permanent and this
change is sufficient to support the
modification of an award.
In an opinion written by Chief
Justice D. Lawrence Groner, who
with Associate Justices Justin Miller
and Fred M. Vinson, heam the case,
the court said that after the original
hearing, Deputy United States En-
ployes' Compensation Commissioner
Frank A. Cardillo adopted the view
that the award should be tentative
after the original hearing. until an
operation could be performed or
was finally determined to be unwise.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Bars Finance Company
Probers 10 Meet

The first meeting of the Bar As
sociation's committee that will in
vestigate sales and collection prac-
tices of installment houses and
finance companies of the District
will be held at 10 am. Saturday
in the office of George D. Horning,
jr., chairman.
Mr.. Horning said he had several
telephone calls today from those
volunteering information about the
practices his group will look into.
His Office is in the Southern Build
ing.
Other committee members are
Herbert M. Bingham, George A. Cas-
sidy. jr.; Oliver Gasch, Nathaniel
Goldberg, John w. Jackson, j.
Johnstone Muir, T. Edward O'Con-
nell, Emmett L. Sheehan, Raymond
Sparks and Rudolph H. Yeat-
man, jr.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
RI. MoeD DoueoII Named
Georgia W. P. A. Head

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt today ap-
pointed r. L. MacDougall to sue
ceed Miss Gay Shepperson as State
administrator of the w. P. A. in
Georgia.
Stephen Early, a presidential Sec
retary, told reporters the appoint
ment was made with the approval
of the Governor of Georgia and both
of the States Senators and upon
the recommendation of Col. F. c.
Harrington, the national w. P. A.
administrator. He said Mr.. Mac
Dougall was connected with the At
lanta Housing Authority and for
merly was chief engineer of the w.
P. A. in Georgia.
Mr.. Early said Miss Shepperson
had resigned, but that he had no
information on the reason for her
resignation.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Police Probe Thefts,
Including $50 Ho|dup
OF Station EmpIoYe
Man Robbed Of SIG
After Being SIueeed;
Two Boys, II, Arrested

Robbery squad detectives today
were investigating several armed
robberies reported overnight, one
the $50 holdup of 16-year-old fill
ing station employe.
Barton Bryan, employe of a sta
ton at First street and Florida ave-
nue. NE, told police a tall colored
man forced him at the point of a re-
volver into the rear room and de-
manded his money. 1t amounted
to $50 in bills and change, police
were informed. =.
Two colored men, one armed with
revolver. robbed Robert F. STAN
ford, employe of a garage at 2009
Eighth street NV. of s675. The
bandits. Mr. Stanford told detectives,
demanded the contents of the cash
register after inquiring about an
automobile.
William Linberg, 26, colored, 426
@ street NV. was in Freedman's
Hospital today with serious head
injuries after he was slugged dur
ing a holdup last night in the 400
block of N street NV. He told
police three colored men attacked
him, one armed with a knife and
another brick, and robbed him of
SIG. He was given first aid at Sibley
Hospital and transferred to Freed
mans.
Two colored boys. who gave their
ages as II, were captured by fourth
precinct police a short time after
two boys snatched a pocketbook
from Julia Gray of the 300 block of
H street S.W. as she was walking
near her home. The purse, contain
ing $12, was recovered.
A burglar fled when he was dis
covered in bedroom at 1910 Twelfth
street NV. last night, but he al
ready had pocketed $12 in cash and
several pieces Of jewelry. The house
breaking was reported by Connie
Watts, who said the man fled from
her bedroom when she screamed.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
II at Goodwill School
Graduate Tomorrow

Commencement day exercises for
IL students of the Goodwill Indus
tries Training School will be held
tomorrow evening at the Goodwill
Industries Administration Building
1918 New Hampshire avenue NV.
The graduating class will be ad-
dressed by Coleman Jennings, presi-
dent of the Community Chest. The
class will be presented by Col. A. R.
Brindley, vice president of the In
dustries, and certificates will be
awarded by Mrs. Bancroft C. Davis
The class includes William A.
Chambers, Frederic A. Church,
Everton o. Dibb, Horton M. Dibble
Marshall R. Galloway, Kurt H.
Haase, Marvin S. Isaacson, Frederick
E. Peters, Maurice w. Radcliffe and
Walter L. Winterberg.
A dinner at pm. in the admins
tration building cafeteria will pre-
cede the exercises.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Diplomats, Police and Priest
Escape Parking Penalties
Weekly List Shows 38 Warnings
And 17Tickets Cancelled
Diplomats, poHcemensa priest and

Diplomats, poHcemensa priest and
an excitable pedestrian were IN
cluded today in the list of persons
whose traffic ticket difficulties were
adjusted by the police.
A list of 38 persons who received
warnings and II who received can
cellstions of traffic tickets was
made public by Police Chief Ernest
w. Brown, conforming to the Com
mlssioners' recent edict of weekly
publicity on all fixing"
Detective Roy E. Blick of the first
precinct got a cancellation on a
ticket put on his windshield while
he was waiting to make an arrest.
Policeman Ford E. James had a
ticket-which charged him with OBJ
structing an alley behind police
headquarters-canceled, on the
grounds that he was engaged in off,
cial business.
A ticket for parking in forbidden
zone from to s pm, issued to Louis
Mellonberger, 1908 North Capitol
street, was changed to warning.
with the explanation that he was a
priest on an emergency sick CALL"
Diplomatic Immunity Claimed.
Diplomatic immunity resulted in
warnings instead of tickets for Paul
zarada, 2221 Kayorama road NV,
who parked too close to an intersec-
tion; T. P. Summerscale, British
Embassy attache, who parked the
wrong way on a one-way street;
Carlos del Favero of the Argentine
Embassy, who parked overtime; 1t.
Count Ettore File della Tore de
Santa Susanna of the italian EN-
bassy, who parked on the sidewalk:
Simon Pusching, 1889 Calvert street
NV, employed at the German EN-
bassy, who parked in officially re-
served space at the Embassy.
A. E. Lichtman of the Shoreham
Hotel, owner of movie theaters here,
was let off with warning after
getting a ticket for parking in a
restricted zone in front of one of
his own theaters. He explained
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Standards Bourd Makes
Annual Inspection

The Board of Visitors of the Ma
tlonal Bureau of Standards toda,
made its annual inspection of the
finances and equipment of the bu.
reau with DR.. j. Lyman Briggs, di.
rector. Prior to the inspection tour
the group conferred with Col. J.
Monroe johnson, Assistant Secre-
tary of Commerce.
Attending the meeting were DR.
w. D. Coolidge, research director
General Electric Corp, and DR.
Frank B. Jewett, Bell Telephone
Laboratories, Inc. Other board
members are DR.. Gano Dunn, presi-
dent of the j. G. White Engineering
Corp; DR.. Karl Compton, president
of Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology, and Morris E. Leeds, presi-
dent of Leeds & Northrup, tinplate
manufacturers.
Evening star., 1939-11-20

he had stopped only momentarily.
Sidney B. Lust, 5031 Connecticut
avenue. also received warning after
being ticketed for parking on a bus
stop. He said he had stopped for
a few seconds on a rainy day to
pick up a passenger.
ExcitabIe Pedestrian.
A warning was issued to Angelo
Ferrara. 633 Florence street NE. on
the ticket he received for violating
the pedestrian control laws. Police
made the notation that he was lex
citable = became confused when
officer blew whistle, does not under
stand or speak English very we'll"
Lydia Langley, 1912 Gale street NE,
also received warning on similar
charge, with the explanation that
her eyesight is bad" she is 10 years
old, couldn't distinguish light"
Deputy Marshal Nourhay Mes
sobian, 4581 Conduit road NV, re-
ceived warning instead of a ticket
for parking in a mo Parking As
PM" zone when he explained he
was serving a subpoena
William M. Fithian, 922 Quincy
street NV, received a warning
after being ticketed for parking in
official space. He told police that
he had gone to Emergency Hos
pital to give a blood TRANSMISSION to
his dying father.
Leo Straus, 5029 Ninth street NV,
was also let off with a warning when
he explained he had parked too
close to an intersection in order to
get sick passenger to a doctor.
Herbert Carter Powell, $500 Sher-
rier place NV, had a ticket for
parking in a forbidden zone can
celed when he showed police that
it was the second charge brought
against him-for the same offense
at the same time.
Oliver w. Hammonds, 1135 Six
teenth street NV, got a warning
for parking in an official space,
explaining he was on business for
the Department of Justice.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
.Hit-Run Driver
Kills Virginia
Pedestrian
Several Persons
In Capital Hurt
In Accidents

The week end traffic toll was
swelled by the death of one person
and the injuries of several others in
Washington and nearby territory.
Dead was Henry N. Bland, 66, Of
Cherry Hill, Va, pedestrian victim
OF a hit-and-run driver, who ran
him down about 2:15 am. yesterday
on Route !, at Dumfries, Va.
The accident occurred about eight
miles from Mr.. BANDS home and
was discovered by Mrs. John Clarke,
who lives near the scene and who
heard the impact. She summoned
police.
The tragedy was the second to
come to the Bland family. Mrs.
Bland died several years ago during
a fire in her home when she leaped
from an upper story window Funeral
services for Mr.. Bland will be held
tomorrow at Greenwood Baptist
Church, Minneville, Va, with burial
in the church cemetery
Policeman Holding Own"
Police in Washington continued
their search for the hit-and-run
automobile which struck and Sc
riously injured Policeman Paul E.
Chapelle of the eighth precinct. Mr..
Chapelle was said today at EN-.
ergency Hospital to be holding his
own"
The superintendent of police has
posted 500 reward for informa-
ton leading to arrest of the driver
whose car struck the policeman
early Sunday in the $500 block Of
Wisconsin avenue. Mr.. Chapelle,
who had just gone off duty, was
standing beside an automobile, talk
ing to friend, when injured.
Two persons were given hospital
treatment after they had been struck
yesterday as they crossed Fourteenth
street at @ NV Lavenia Moore
48, colored, of 1903 @ street NV,
was in Gallinger Hospital and Alfred
Sanders, Sc, colored, of l136
Twenty first street NV, had been
released after treatment at En-
ergency.
Driver of the car which figured
in the accident was charged with
failing to give the right of way to
pedestrian. He gave his name as
Andrew Sales, SO, colored, of 1874
Wallach place NV.
Virginia State police late yesterday
arrested =. two Washington colored
men in connection with the acci-
dent.
Addison Chapman, 26, was charged
with hit-and-run driving and re.
leased on ST. 900 bond Oliver john
son was released under $500 bond
as material witness in the case.
Ralph Vawters, 13, of 466 H street
S.W., was treated at Providence
Hospital yesterday for broken coll
lar bone after collision between
the bicycle he was riding and an
automobile near Fourth street and
Virginia avenue SW.
Mrs. Jean Buxdon, 20, 3033 Six
teenth street NV, was in Garfield
Hospital with multiple cuts on the
face and knees, following an acci-
dent at Sixteenth and @ streets
NV. She was riding in the front
seat of taxicab, which stopped
suddenly, throwing her partially
through the windshield, police said.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Mrs. Roosevelt Finds
No Time 10 Shop
y
In Washington
Answers D. C.Merchunfs
Criticism; Has Done
Most Of YuIe Buying

Mrs. Roosevelt does her shopping
| in New York instead of Washington
because she has more time there,
she told her press conference today
Answering criticisms from local
stores accusing her of discriminating
against Washington, she explained
that every minute of her day is
mapped out when she is in residence
at the White House and she hasn't
got a minute to spare in shopping
| She also said there are certain places
in New York where she has gone for
many years and she finds it quicker
than looking around for what she
needs here
She has already done most of her
Christmas shopping, she said. One
item was 100 boxes of mems hand
kerchiefs with three to box Those,
she said, would be presents for some
of the White House employees. Many
of them will be unwrapped at the
Christmas eve party for the White
House encourage. :.
SSi AStIAdS AtSt 1uuCuAuSOs
Her Christmas shopping is ex-
panded, she explained, by the fact
that she still has employees to con-
slider in Hyde Park and New York
City, too. She said she had no idea
how many people are on her Christ
mas list, and is not going to count
them. She keeps tabulation in
card catalogue with each years gifts
recorded so she won't repeat herself.
Although most of the gifts she
buys in quantity have already been
taken care of, she said she still had
a number of Christmas sales to at
tend where she will buy a number
of things. In this category comes a
refugee sales and sale for the blind
in New York and a Czech sale here.
Speaking of the dedication of the
Presidents library at Hyde Park, she
said she expected her own files would
also 60 into the library. The Presi-
dent, she said. has real collectors
sense, and everything he can lay his
hands on will go into the library.
She said he hadn't anything par
ticularly valuable except letters from
people all over the country which
future historians might find inter-
esting.
Views on Children's Opinions.
She said the President would prob
ably give family correspondence to
his children and have them lend
them to the library, because the
children wouldn't have any place to
keep them. In any case, she said
she thought people like to get rid of
things, that things are burden.
Her feelings as a mother of sew
eral children in public life were
aired in answer to question as to
whether she could regard her chill
dren's opinions effectively. She
said she tried to and that she never
expected them to agree with her,
anyhow. Then she laughed and said
she had seen them go through so
many phases, adding that they are
all individuals no matter what their
beliefs may be.
She went on to say that whether
she agree with them or not, the min
ute her children got into trouble she
would always find herself on their
side.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Five Hurt in Crash
OF Auto and Bus
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER, Va, Nov. 20.-J.
B. Vogelpohl, Frederick County
farmer, was seriously injured and
four members of his family were
cut and bruised when their car COL
ided with bus at a street inter-
section here yesterday
Mr.. Vogelpohl and the bus driver,
j. M. Christley of Roanoke, were
charged by police with reckless
driving. A hearing will be held
when Mr.. Vogelpohl, who sustained
a fractured hip and ribs, cuts,
bruises and possible internal in
juries, RECEIVERS.
Mrs. Vogelpohl received cuts and
bruises. and, with her husband, is
IN local hospital Their three
children were discharged from the
hospital after being treated for
minor injuries.
None of the bus passengers was
injured.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
President Hope,
Reorganization
Plan Will Pass
Not Familiar With
Details of Latest
D. c. Proposal

President Roosevelt is anxious fol
some form of reorganization of thu
municipal government and Is eager
to have it enacted into law at the
coming session of Congress, accord.
ing to Senator King, Democrat, O.
Utah, and chairman of the Senate
District Committee.
The Utah Senator said after hi.
Interview today with the President
that they discussed the reorganiza.
ton proposal for the local Govern.
ment along with other matters, anc
that although the President is moi
familiar with the details of the new
reorganization plan drafted by the
Kitchen cabinet of the District
Commissioners recently made public
he is hoping that some definite plar
will be laid before Congress this
winter and that it will be enacted
into law without delay.
King Withholds Comment.
Senator King said that he per-
sonally would prefer Withholding
comment on the kitchen cabinets
plan, although in general way he
favors most of the principles, par
ticularly that part of the plan
which would increase rather than
diminish the power of the Board
Of Commissioners. He said if he had
his way he would give the Commits
sioners considerably more authority
In this connection he said with feel
ing:
ITO function properly the District
Commissioners should be given ad-
dltlonal powers that would make
them virtually legislators as we'll as
administrators. They should have
many of the powers that are now
held by Congress"
Feels Present Setup Good One.
The Senate District chairman
stated that the local government as
1t is today is a good one in his
own opinion. He went so far as to
declare that under the present setup
Washington is the best governed city
In the world. Therefore, he per-
sonally believes that few changes
are needed in the way of reorganiza-
ton to improve conditions here and
the most important of these in his
opinion is retaining the Board of
Commissioners at the top of the
municipal setup and bestowing them
with greater powers than they now
have. He thinks also that the crea-
ton of local civil service board,
as proposed in the kitchen cabinet
plan, has great merit.
During his talk with the President.
Senator King urged the appoint
ment of David A. Pine, United
States district attorney, for the
vacancy on the bench of the United
States District Court. While speak
Ing in favor of Mr.. Pine, the Utah
Senator said he though it would be
advisable to appoint local man
to this court at this particular time.
Senator King said the President did
not commit himself. but showed
sufficient interest to make him feel
that his advocacy of the appoint
ment of Mr. Pine had not been in
vain.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
D. c. Community Ro|Iy
To Hear Writer

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, trade
union organizer and writer, will
discuss "The Fight for Civil Rights
as Part of the Struggle to Keep
America Out of the European War"
at a meeting to be held Friday
night in celebration of the 22d an
niversary of the Soviet Union. The
meeting, sponsored by the District
Communist Party, will be held at
the Murray Casino. 920 U street
NV.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Aged Womun's Screams
Frighten Away Intruder

Screams of an 81-year -old woman
last night frightened away a COL
ored man who had entered her
apartment bedroom through an un-
locked window and attempted to
choke her by twisting a pair OF
paJamas around her neck.
The victim. Mrs. Frances DON
nelly OF 704 Third street NV, was
treated at Casualty Hospital for arm
injuries received when the intruder
twisted her wrist. She was able to
return home after treatment.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Jouett Will Address
New York Meeting

John H. Jouett of Washington
president of the Aeronautical Cham
ber Of Commerce, will be among the
speakers tomorrow night at the
opening fall meeting Of the Greater
New York Chapter of the National
Aeronautic Association, to be held
in New York City. He will discuss
the increased production by aircraft
and engine manufacturers in the
United States, and will outline the
expansion due to war orders as well
as domestic demand.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Photographic Exhibit
At Greek Location

Nine. Nellys of Athens, one of
the leading photographers of the
Near East and official photographer
for the royal family of Greece, will
be in Washington this week in con-
junction with an exhibition of her
photographs at the Greek Legation.
The exhibition will open Wednes-
day at 5 pm. and will continue
through Sunday. The photographs
are OF ancient Greek architecture
and sculpture.
Nine. Nelly's has been in New
York, where she viewed her own
photo-murals In the Greek pavilion
at the Worlds Fair.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Fall Through skyIieht
Injuries Electrician

Injuries received when he tumbled
20 feet through a skylight at the
Portland Hotel yesterday kept Frank
T. Lee, 41-year-old electrician, in
Emergency Hospital today, though
doctors believed he escaped serious
injury in the plunge.
Mr.. Lee, who lives at BIS Sixth
street NV. was working on a sign
when he lost his balance. He suffered
scalp cuts and leg injuries. The hotel
is located at Fourteenth street and
Vermont avenue NV,
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Traffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for a.
hour period ending at 8 am.
yesterday:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, At.
Motorists injured, 10.
Motorists arrested, 372.
Pedestrians injured, 7.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
latlon of pedestrian control
regulations, s.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at 8 am. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, %.
Motorists injured, 3.
Motorists arrested, $50.
Pedestrians injured, 5.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations. /.
Evening star., 1939-11-20
Spanish Boy Adopted
By D. 6. Resident

Adoption of a 10-year- old Spanish
boy by Miss Irene Seid of this city
was announced today by the Foster
Parents Plan for Spanish Children
The announcement pointed out
that any person, group, church, civic
or social organization can adopt" a
Spanish boy or girl by promising to
support the child for a year at the
rate of SO per month.
A hundred thousand such children
are now said to be awaiting adop-
ton IN French concentration camps,