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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-18
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There were remarks about
cousins who were bankers in New
York and other sources OF cash
until Walker, Hanson and Mason
found they could get together all
but al. 700. The cathlamet couple
finally said they had cash in tho
bank and postal savings and could
get enough To meet the demand In
a couple OF days. About Sept, 7
the group all met in Tacoma again
and the money was pooled. The
better went To put up the money.
An hour later he was back. crest
fallen. He had decided 10 bet the
sos. 900 and Lost IL all. The syndi-
cate man, Mason. was angry. and
showed Walker hadn't bet right.
There was a near fight In the hotel
room and Walker was kicked out.
Mason said he could make back
what they had lost, however. with
his racing information. and would
make good the losses OF the John
sons and Hansen. They ali sep
arated.
said re Was Suspended
About a week later the Johnsona
received a letter In cathlanet from
Mason. who said he had been sus-
pended from the racing syndicate
for ak months for letting someone
else uss his credit card in Tacoma.
10 wouldn't be able TO make Up the
loss for that time.
The Johnson's told Toiisfson
they still weren't suspicious until
they read In q paper a few days
ago about three men buncolng Mr.
and Mrs D. l. Milo Of Hoodsport.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-18

Miss Frances Lancaster. daugh-
ter Of Mrs. X. Carter. and Henry
II. Luters were married Friday a
Port Orchard. They will make
their home In Purdy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-18
Leave for Missouri

Mr.. And Mrs. A. NJ. Hunt re.
turned recently from a months
trip To Washington. d. C.. where
they visited their daughter and
her husband. Mr.. and Mrs. s. A
Buckner.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Advertising Club Opens
Membership Drive

The Advertising Club of WASH
1ngton launched membership cam
paign last Wednesday to run until
April II.
Campaign workers entered in the
Grand Advertising Club Derby"
are:
Marshall P. Trippe of the Wash
ington Post and F. Reid Wallace of
Goldenberg's; Jack j. Blank of the
Arcade Pontiac Motor Co. and Will
liam Janof of The Evening Star:
Matt Meyer of the Washington
Daily News and David B. Stein of
Kal Advertising, Inc; Louis L. Louft
of Louft & Wolf and Preston w.
Perkinson of the Times-Herald; w.
Frank Gatewood of the Times
Herald and Nicholas Ward Guthrie
OF the Guthrie Lithograph Co.
Secretary Charles j. Columbus is
clerk of the derby" at his Office in
the Advertising Club quarters at the
Raleigh Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Terra Gotta Blaze
Fought for 7 Hours

Forced to lay hundreds of feet OF
hose, firemen from four engine COM
panies and one truck company last
night fought for two hours blaze
in a sparsely populated section Of
Terra Gotta that destroyed a vacant
two-story frame dwelling and spread
to the surrounding wooded section.
The blaze, said to have started
at the base of the dwelling, located
at No. Terra Gotta lane NE.
gained headway rapidly in a brisk
wind and the house burned to the
ground before firemen could bring
water from North Capitol street
and Farragut place and First street
and Riggs road NE.
Origin of the blaze was not deter
mined, but 1t. H. T. Davis of No. %
Engine Company expressed the be-
lief that loiterers may have been
occupying the house Nearby resi-
dents said Bud Bonifant and his
family moved from the structure
yesterday.
Firemen said the structure was
owned by the Morris Cafritz real
estate firm.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
D. {. Bill Is Due
ToCone Up in
House Thursday.
Million Cut Made
In Fund Measure
By Subcommittee

House leaders made plans last
night to allow the 1s41 District ap-
preparation bill to come up for con-
sideration Thursday .
The Appropriations Committee is
expected to report the measure to
the House the preceding day
Authoritative reports indicated the
the subcommittee which framed the
bill trimmed about 100000 from
the $40 100000 total recommended
by the Budget Bureau for the COM.
ing fiscal year beginning July /.
The cut was made necessary, 1t
was said, to prevent a serious deficit
in District revenues in the new fiscal
year. Information had been given
the subcommittee that the District,
on the basis of the approved budget
estimates, would face a shortage of
about sl,800,000.
Slight General Trimming
Items eliminated or reduced in the
budget estimates were not disclosed,
but subcommittee members said
there was a slight general trim
ming" in the estimates of most Dis
trict departments. The subcommit-
tee, however, increased the Budget
Bureaus figures in some instances.
Additional funds are to be pro-
vided for the Home for the Aged and
1nflrm at Blue Plains and the Re-
ceiving Home for Children, recent
targets OF criticism by Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt and the public health
subcommittee of the House District
Committee which investigated con-
dltlons at these and other public
welfare institutions.
Funds for Full Time Doctor.
The appropriation bill, it was said,
WILL carry funds for full-time doc
tor, two additional nurses and five
additional attendants at Blue Plains
ana Tor certain repairs at the chill
dren's receiving home. The doctor
now stationed at the Home for the
Aged works on a part-time basis.
mlnlsterlng to the ailments of more
than 700 patients.
Representative Caldwell, Demo-
crat, OF Florida, chairman of the
subcommittee in charge of the bill,
said he believed it would meet gen.
eral approval although he expected
some complaints. I'VE had to write
bill" he declared, that would fit
within the revenue that will be
available"
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Holidays Change
Schedule Of 0ne-Act
Play Tournament
Preliminary Contests
On April 2, 4, 6 and 9;
Finals on April Is

The schedule of the 14th annual
one-act play tournament. sponsored
by the District Community Center
and Fairgrounds Department. has
been changed as result of the
Board of Education order closing
all public school buildings during
the Easter holidays, it was an
nounced last night.
The new schedule lists prelimi-
nary contests on the nights of April
2. I, 6 ana ., with hnals on April
13. All the plays viii be presented
at 8 pm. in the Roosevelt High
School Auditorium.
The plays to be given were an
nounced as:
April 2-"Only the Birds" by the
Census Bureau Dramatic Club;
Dreams" by the Prince of Peace
Players; The Sister Who Walked
in Silence" by the Interior Players,
and Never Too DID," by the drama
section of the Woman's Club of
Chevy Chase
April 4-"ValSe Bluette,' by the
Falls Church Community Center;
Destiny" by the Cue and Curtain
Club of George Washington Uni
versity; Headlines From Paradise"
by the Pepconians, and "Ile," by
the F. B. I. Recreation Association
dramatic group.
April 6-"The Monsignor's Hour"
by the Sacred Heart Dramatic Club;
Her Affairs in Order" by the st.
Paul Players: aria da Capo," by
the lexington Roosevelt Players,
and And Now, the Journey" by
the Players Club of Central Com
munity Center.
April 9-"The Last Refuge" by
the Troupers of East Washington
Community Center; 'The World
Ag'in Her." by the Patent ONCE
Players, and Just OF Piccadilly,"
by the Langley Lambs.
Tickets are on sale by the par
ticipating groups and at the Amer
ican Automobile Association and the
keystone Automobile Club.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Woman Driver Held
After Hit-Run Auto
Iniures Pedestrian
Two Men Are Hurt
In Nearby Virginia
Traffic Mishops

A 29-year-old colored woman was
held by police last night on charges
of being involved in a hit-run acci-
dent in which woman was injured.
Mrs. Otis Frank Bratton of the
700 block Of Gresham place NV.
was the woman arrested. Police
charged her with leaving the scene
of an accident and with joyriding.
She was charged with knocking
down Mrs. Hattie Benninghoven, So,
of 2523 North Capitol street, at the
corner Of North Capitol and Douglas
street. Mrs. Benninghoven was
taken to Sibley Hospital for treat
ment Of bruises and later sent home.
Following the accident At this
intersection, police said, the driver
continued up North Capitol street
to Girard, where she was involved
in a minor collision with another
car. Police made the arrest there.
Another hit-run accident was re-
ported by William Schutze, 5225
Georgia avenue NV. He was
knocked down at Seventh street and
Market place NV. and was treated
later for minor injuries.
Pedro Laguda, As. of 2109 Eight
eenth street NV. was removed to
Georgetown Hospital from Eight
eenth and U streets NV. last night
after being struck by an automobile.
He suffered leg fracture and re-
manned at the hospital for treat
ment.
Two men were injured in auto
mobile accidents in nearby Virginia
last night, one of them perhaps seri-
ously.
Walter johnson, 70, of Cherrydale,
Va, was taken to Georgetown Hos
pital with head and possible internal
injuries suffered when he was struck
by a car at Military road and Lee
highway by a machine listed by
Arlington County police as belonging
to Plese E. Shaw, 1924 North
Tuckahoe street, Arlington.
Russell Williams of Riverton, Va,
vas taken home after he was struck
by a car while fixing a fiat tire on
Lee highway near Centerville. Va.
Fairfax County authorities held Ed
ward S. Saunders, %. colored, of the
700 block of Twenty first street NE,
under $500 bond on charge of reck-
less driving and driving with i'm
proper brakes. Mr.. Williams injuries
were not believed serious.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
ynomer Mscucu|uted One Foot He Complains With Smile

buildings were shaken, that the
job had been acclaimed as the
biggest and one of the best ever
accomplished with dynamite
alone.
What do you mean, you mis-
calculated?" they wanted to
know.
well, sir, I predicted the de-
bris would be in a pile 20 feet
high when the blasting was over.
They measured it, and it was
q feet high in several places"
complained Dynamite" Shipp,
smiling for the first time.
Throughout the blasting, Mr..
Shipp was serious, almost grim,
some one pointed out. Not until
1t was all over did he feel like
joking.
You'd be serious, too. shooting
OF hundreds Of sticks Of dyna.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Units 10 March
In Parade April 6
Equipped 10 Fight
Nearly 10000 Men
To Be in Line for
Army Day Event

The Regular Army units march
ing in the annual Army Day pa
rade April 6 will carry full fighting
equipment, including fixed bayonets
and steel helmets, Col Edwin S.
Bethlehem, general chairman of the
parade to be held here in line with
similar observances throughout the
United States. announced yester-
day.
1t will mark the first time Wash
ington has seen enlisted men in
other than dress uniforms during an
Army Day parade. :--.-
Decision to send the regulars
into the march with full field
equipment followed action of Mai.
Gen. James K. Parsons, Sd Corps
Area commander, who believes the
public Is more interested in seeing
its soldiers outfitted for actual COM
bat.
Roosevelt to See Parade.
President Roosevelt, Secretary of
War Woodring and numerous Gov
ernment and service officials are
expected to review the parade from
the presidential stand on Constitu-
tion avenue near Seventeenth street
NV. The Military Order of the
World War is sponsor of the event.
The parade, which will number
nearly 10000 men. including Amer
ican Legion and National Guard
members. will start at New Jersey
avenue and B street Sc, cross
Capitol Plaza and up Constitution
avenue to Seventeenth street. In
the event the cherry trees are in
bloom at that time. the parade will
march south on Seventeenth street
to the Tidal Basin.
Banquet After Parade.
Following the march, which is ex-
pected to pass the reviewing stand
at 2 pm. banquet to which the
public has been invited will be held
at the Mayf1ower Hotel
Speakers listed are Secretary Of
War Woodring, Representative May,
chairman of the House Military AZ
fairs Committee: Gen. George c.
Marshall, chief of staff. U. S. A.;
Admiral Harold R. Stark. chief of
naval operations; Maj. Gen. Thomas
Holcomb. commandant of the Ma
rines; Gen. Parsons and 1t. Comdr.
Charles A. Mills, commander in
chief of the Military Order of the
World War.
Grandstand seats located on Con-
stitution avenue between Four
teenth and Seventeenth streets are
now on sale at the orders head
quarters, 1700 I street NV, as well
as the American Automobile Asso-
citation and the Keystone Automo-
bile Club.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Annual Easter Egg Hunt
Slated in HyattsviIIe

Hyattsville's fifth annual Easter
egg hunt will be held tomorrow
morning in Magruder Park, with
an anticipated 10000 children scram-
bling for 1,500 eggs of all varieties
which are to be hidden in woods
bordering the park. The event Is
sponsored by the Kiwanis Club Of
Prince Georges County and the Sid
ney Lust theaters.
More than 500 eggs will entitIe
finders to money prizes ranging from
S cents to 81. Grand prizes of a
boys suit and girls coat also will
be awarded. Radio Announcer Art
Brown will be master of ceremonies.
Features of the program will be
the crowning of the Easter queen,
a kiddie revue, magic and Punch
and Judy shows and a pie-eatinR
contest. A program of races and
field events also will be staged.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Couple Meet Each Other
Half Wuy' for Wedding
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25-
Their four-year romance carried on
principally by letter from various
parts of the world, Winfield S. Carr,
Al, and Elizabeth Carpenter, 20, de-
cided to meet each other half way"
They did. last night, in the First
Christian Church at Oakland. Miss
Carpenter came from Montpelier,
VT; Mr.. Carr from the Hawaiian
Islands, for their marriage by the
Rev. Paul Reagor.
Mr.. Carr, a civilian safety engi-
neel for the United States Army
engineers, met his bride while on
duty in Vermont four years ago.
Their last meeting was 10 months
ago.
The couple will leave for Honolulu
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

mite in the middle of a city,"
remarked Mr.. Shipp. "It's dam
gerous stuff"
mot the way you handle it,"
said an admiring construction
worker. "And do you know
something he added, "after the
first three explosions had
knocked down most of the super
structure on the front and east
sides, we went through the part
still standing and guess what we
saw on one of the upper hoors?"
This amt Information Please"
snapped another worker, what
did you see?'
I'VE saw some windows that
hadn't even been broken by the
vibration"
Several Of the workman at-
Evening star., 1940-03-24

Eyes, sir" said Dynamite"
Shipp, II miscalculated."
Don't talk crazy said the
construction engineer, that was
the neatest job of demolition I
ever saw"
"I'll say it was," put in the
Government contractor. That
building boulevard Apartments,
2121 New York avenue N.W) was
nine stories high and had 1,200,-
600 square feet of floorspace.
You leveled it in five explosions
in two days. Knocking it down
with steel balls would have taken
three or four weeks"
yeah, I know all that" re-
piled Murray T. Dynamite"
Shipp, director of the wrecking
Job. "but still say I misfigured." =
Companions protested that no
one was injured, that no nearby
Evening star., 1940-03-24

tested the accuracy of this state
ment.
Dynamite Shipp explained that
was because of the way the
charges were placed in the sup
porting columns of the build
ing.
1--WE figured the job in five Sec
tions, how we wanted it to fall
and everything" he continued.
by varying the size of the
charges and the timing of the
explosions on each big blast, we
had the inside columns giving
away first. Then, four seconds
later, as the inner part started to
collapse, the outer columns were
blown out, letting the wreckage
fall away from the center In
stead Of tansling in Z high heap
In the middle.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

far to the side as the building is
high, so there's no chance q
wall will topple over on them.
Mr.. Shipp began learning about
explosives from his father, who
was a building contractor in
Pennsylvania. He's been using
dynamite, off and on, for 80 years.
It's useful only on larger demoli-
ton jobs. Contractors know it's
quicker to dynamite a building,
said Mr.. Shipp, but it's dangerous
unless it's done just right.
"You don't have to tell anybody
dynamite's dangerous" the con-
struction engineer said, "all you
have to tell them is it's dyna-
mite"
yeah" agreed Dynamite
shipp. That's one thing I like
about this business"
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Mrs. Roosevelt Called a Model
For Women in Public Life
DeIto Koppo Comma Delegates Told
To Fight for Equality With Men

Delta Kappa Gamma Society, ma
tional honorary fraternity of women,
last night concluded a two-day ma
tional convention devoted largely to
discussions of why women are not
considered the economic and pro-
fessional equals of men and what
to do about it-particularly in the
field of education.
AS a rule, men are better equipped
to lead when leader is needed, Miss
Debbie Shaw of Pennsylvania told
the approximately $50 delegates at
tending the founder banquet, which
closed the convention at the Ward
man Park Hotel.
Men are better public speakers
and have better voices" she said,
"and this makes them more articu-
late in their leadership"
Men are not more competent, she
said, but are more conscious that
they can do something.
Warns Against Jealousy.
Pointing out that much Of a
woman's time is consumed in petty
detail-it may be only washing a
blouse for school tomorrow-she ex-
pressed the opinion that "one- third
of mans success is due to some
woman who has done his routine
work for him.
Miss Shaw, together with other
speakers, warned against jealousy in
the ranks of the women and
concluded:
If we want to balance the scales,
if we want to work with men, not
for them, we will have to keep work.
ing on this problem"
Mrs. Roosevelt was cited to the
group by Miss Barbara Greenwood,
who established the first nursery
school in California, as an exam
pie for the delegates to follow.
Miss Greenwood told of Mrs.
Roosevelt's early public speaking
ventures and the criticism of her
speaking mannerisms and voice. In
stead of resenting this criticism,
Miss Greenwood said, Mrs. Roose-
welt studied to correct her faults
and has developed into "a perfect
platform speaker"
Discrimination Challenged.
Advising against discrimination
toward married women, Mrs. Avis
Stevens of Ohio told the delegates a
woman can be q wife and teacher
and do both jobs well. Married wom-
en- In the teaching field do not con-
tribute to unemployment, she as
serted. She told the group to stand
in unity to be recognized mot as
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Mrs. Roosevelt Calls
For Ideas on Projects
In Communities
Tells 73 Club to Advise
People at Home About
Government Functions

The Congress members wife
should bridge the gap between the
National Government here and the
individual at home, Mrs. Roosevelt
told the 73 Club. composed of Con-
gress members wives, at the May
flower Hotel yesterday.
Unless the individual can feel that
the gap can be bridged and that he
himself is important as an indi-
vidual, democracy is worthless, she
asserted. ~
She advised the women to tell
the people back home what hap
pens in Washington-"not about the
parties you 60 to but how the Gov
ernment functions"
Makes Brief Talk.
Her discussion of the duties of
the wives came in response to a
question concerning what she
thought the role of a Congress men,
ber's wife should be-
Mrs Roosevelt made her talk be-
fore the club brief. with the ex-
planation that she had spoken be-
fore the same group so many times
that you know all I can tell you
and probably a lot more"
She devoted her remarks to the
w. P. A. plan to set aside a week
in May for the public to visit all
w. P. A. projects in their COM
munity.
She urged the women to do what
they could to get people to acquaint
themselves with what was being
done by the w. P. A. in their COM
munity, particularly by business and
professional projects.
Hopes for Suggestions.
Il hope we can gather informa-
ton and suggestions from all over
the country" she said, which will
serve to stimulate the imagination
and provide ideas for similar things
which can be done in our own COM
munities"
A question about the number of
young people employed on National
Youth Administration projects re-
minded her of a frequently asked
question on her recent lecture tour
if the N. Y. A. will really be cur
tailed.
''It must mean an awful lot to
those kids" she said. They even
know which ones will be dropped.
They have it all figured out"
"You think of the cut as an aca-
demic question:" she continued. 1T
means just numbers instead of peo-
pie until you see those people face
to face and realize just what it
means to them
More than 200 women attended
the luncheon at which Mrs. David
D. Terry presided. A trio from the
King-Smith School, including Miss
Ann Mehaffy, Miss Martha Golibart
and Miss Rose Berkshire, gave a
program of music.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Mount HoIyoke Club
Will Be Given Reports

Miss Gertrude Bruyn, field secre-
tary Of Mount Holyoke College, and
Miss Helen Demond, reporting on
Alumnae Council, will address th9
March meeting of the washington
Mount Holyoke Club.
The meeting will follow an infors
NAL buffet supper at the Sulgrave
Club. 1901 Massachusetts avenue, q.
morrow at $50 pm.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

"It's important not to let the
stuff go off in the open. One
stick exploded in the air would
break windows in the house
across the street. But by pack
ing the dynamite sticks in holes
drilled in the reinforced con-
crete supports, by surrounding
the supports with two-inch
planking and by covering win
dow openings near the charges.
the explosions are mufned. You
could scarcely hear them a
quarter of a mile away. And
what would have been flying de-
bris was hemmed In. That's why
no space has to be allowed for
loose flying wreckage-although
we play safe and allow for 1t
anyway. All that's really neces-
sary q to clear people away as
Evening star., 1940-03-24

married or as, women but as peo-
pile"
Discrimination is a general prob
lem facing women in all profess
sions. Virginia White James of Ala
bama declared. She suggested
planned program of selection of the
strongest women who can stand with
the strongest men to meet the chal-
lenge in the professional field.
A call for unity was sounded by
Miss Edna Simmons of Wilson
Teachers College, whose theme was
United We Achieve, Divided We
Suffer"
Miss Rose Parker of Illinois also
spoke, reciting accomplishments of
women in music and medicine.
Mrs. Caraway Unable to Attend.
Senator Hattie Caraway of Ar
kansas was to have been a speaker,
but was unable to be present, it was
announced. Louise Moore, head of
the Districts Beta Chapter, was
chairman of the evening and Hattie
Parrott of North Carolina was
toastmistress.
A portrait of Dr. Annie Webb
Blanton, founder of the organiza-
ton and sister of former Repre-
sentative Thomas L. Blanton of
Texas, one-time chairman of the
House Appropriations Subcommit-
tee, which handled the District
budget, was presented the national
organization by Miss Eula Lee Car
ter, who unveiled 1t.
Lillian Minor of Virginia was an
nounced the winner of the frater-
nifty scholarship.
A group of initiates and the ma
tional and State founders present
were presented by the chairman.
DR.. Reinhardt Named President.
DR.. Emma Reinhardt of Charles
ton, ILL.,, was elected president of
the society. Other officers named
were: DR.. Flora Gillentine, Arka-
delphia, Ark, first vice president;
DR.. Madilene Veverka, Los Angeles,
Calf, second vice president: Mrs.
Hildegarde Sweet, Denver, Colo, cor
responding secretary; Mrs. Nina
Goltry, Indianola, Iowa. recording
secretary, and Miss Bessie May AL
len, Stevens Point, Wis, parliament
tartan. DR.. Veverka also received
the achievement award.
Women today 'have a peculiar
responsibility to underwrite the en-
larged function of the community
in respect to the welfare OF chill
dren," Miss Katherine Lenroot, chief
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