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Evening star., 1940-04-19
Firemen Give 1854
To BOYS Club Drive

A contribution Of 1854 from Fire
Department employees raised the re-
ceipts in the Police Boys Club cam
paign fund to within $4,000 of the
goal of $50, 900, Morris Cafritz, pres
ident of the Boys Club, announced
today.
Fire Chief Stephen Porter, in pre-
senting the department employees
contribution to Maj. Ernest w.
Brown, said the gift was "the largest
single contribution the Fire Depart
ment has ever had the pleasure Of
giving to any cause"
Meanwhile Mack L. Langford,
campaign chairman, urged the 625
workers to increased efforts in order
to end the campaign by Monday.
Additional gifts were reported from
the Illinois State Society and en-
ployes of the Western Electric Co.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Blossoms Unharmed,
Kenwood 10 Stage
Festival Tomorrow
Gov. O'Conor to Crown
Queen Ann Hoener
At 3 O'Clock

Officials of the Bethesda MD
Cherry Blossom Festival today said
no postponement of the fete sched-
uled tomorrow afternoon at Ken
wood is contemplated in the event
of inclement weather.
THE rains this week have not
materially damaged the blossoms
and we plan to 60 through with our
plans to hold the festival tomorrow,
even should showers continue" @.
Wady Imirie, general chairman, de-
clared.
The program, sponsored by the
Bethesda Chamber Of Commerce, IL
scheduled to begin at 3 pm. with
Gov. O'Conor officiating In the cor
onation Of Miss Anne Hagner Of
Bethesda as queen.
Preceding the festival a concert
will begin at 2:30. o'clock, with a
10O-piece band selected from Mont
gomery County's public schools,
playing under the direction of Ray
mond Hart. music instructor in the
county school system.
Gov. O'Conor, Mrs. O'Conor and
members of his official State family
will be luncheon guests of the
Festival Committee at Kenwood
Golf and Country Club at o'clock.
The Governor will crown Miss
Hagner on a huge throne erected in
the center of Kenwood.
Attending the queen will be Ed
wilma Cummings and Joy Schaefer,
cherry blossom princesses, and
Misses Tempe Curry, Patsy Royster,
Charlotte Eisele and Margaret Mac
Donald, cherry blossom maids.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Official Says Photos Clear
W. P. A. Of Blame for Fire

Photographs which he said alb
solved his Office of indirect respon-
sibility for a two-alarm fire opposite
the Powell Junior High and john
son Schools Wednesday were ex-
hibited by District Work Projects
Administrator Paul Edwards yes
terday.
The blaze started in a pile OF
debris beside multiple family
dwelling at 1901 Lamont street
NV, one of row of houses being
demolished by w. P. A. labor to
provide space for new playground.
Several residents of the block
charged after the fire that workmen
and the Offices of Mr.. Edwards
and Fire Marshal Calvin G. LAUDER
had ignored repeated requests to
remove the piles of building ma
terialS.
Explaining the District w. P. A.
had been photographing projects
before commencement of work dur
ing progress and after completion in
recent months, Mr.. Edwards said
FASoAA 10 ocAhSA NY w. "A.
Photographer Lewis L. Brown proved
the heap in which the blaze started
had been there less than "a hours.
A picture showing no debris was
taken Tuesday. he said, and another
in which the pile of wood and plaster
was visible was taken Wednesday.
Mr.. Edwards also showed a photo
graph OF the fire as 1t was getting
under way made by Mr.. Brown.
Mr.. LAUDER said the heap about
which residents complained was at
the other end of the 12-house row
being torn down and that his ONCE
had inspected that accumulation
and found 1t to be composed princi-
pally of bricks and not fire hazard.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Permanent Peace Group
Organized at Meetino

Representatives from about 20
peace. civic, religious and labor
groups met last night in the Y. w.
G. A. to organize a permanent peace
unit dedicated to strive to keep the
United States out of war.
Howard Ennes Of the Washington
Youth Council was elected temporary
chairman, and Charlotte Young Of
the Once and Professional Workers
Union. Local ~, Of the G. I. O., was
named secretary-treasurer.
Four vice chairmen elected were
Mrs. Dorothy Strange, Hudson Wells,
Miss Myrl Crowder and Worden
Mcdonald.
A meeting will be held soon to
decide on name for the organiza-
ton and to define the program.
The organization was formed as
the result of a resolution adopted by
some 300 peace enthusiasts at a rally
April 5 on eve Of the anniversary Of
Americas entry into the World War,
Evening star., 1940-04-19

include either the McGehee plan for
use of a sliding scale plan for re-
duction Of payroll taxes or the en-
ployer rating system.
Referring to his proposals for in
cluding dependents in the calcula-
ton of benefits, Mr.. Katz said:
"The A. F. of L. opposition Is
based merely on political support
for Mr.. John Marshall, director of
the Unemployment Compensation
Board, who has stated elsewhere
that he objects to dependents al
'lowances because 1t means extra
work for the Unemployment Com
pensation Board. Members Of Con-
gress will agree that the unemploy-
ment compensation system was not
established to make life easy for
those who administer socially de-
sirable laws."
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Asphyxiation Case
Spurs Effort for
Remaining Streets
Duplication in Names
Causes Delay in Answering
Silver Spring Call

Edward s. Barnsley, -, an en-
ploye of the Washington Suburban
Commission, was found dead late
yesterday in the gas-filled kitchen of
his Silver Spring (Md) home. DR.. c.
E. Hawks, county medical examiner
issued q certificate of suicide.
Fire department onicials said a
rescue squads response to a call to
the Barnsley residence was delayed
IS minutes because of street name
Implications, and while DR.. H. H.
Hewlett said the man had been dead
several hours and resuscitation was
hopeless, he added:
THE case proves something should
be done to correct the Implications
at once. 1t shows that such delays
in reaching the scene Of an emer-
gency may well mean the difference
between life and death.
Fire Chief Charles E. Deffenbaugh
of the Silver Spring Fire Department
declared the Implications often cause
dSay In answering calls.
Lives EndAnGefed.
The lives and property Of resi-
dents IN this community will not be
safe, Is far as emergency cases are
concerned, until the streets are re-
named" he declared.
Mr.. Barnsley was discovered lying
on the kitchen floor of his home at
325 Houston avenue when his wife,
Mrs. Catherine Barnsley. returned
from trip to Washington, police
said.
A neighbor telephoned for aid
and through confusion arising from
the similarity of street names, the
Takoma Park police and the Ia
koma Park Fire Rescue Squad were
dispatched to an address on Hous-
ton avenue in that town.
Unable to find house numbered
325 on Houston avenue in Takoma
Park, the Takoma Park Fire
Rescue Squad telephoned the
Silver Spring Fire Department
and the latter's rescue squad was
sent to Houston avenue In Silver
Spring after delay Of Is minutes.
Note Is Left.
Police said MIR. Barnsley wrote a
note to his wife before turning on
the gas jets of the kitchen stove.
Members of the family told police he
had been brooding over financial
reverses.
Besides his wife, Mr.. Barnsley
leaves a daughter, Carolyn.
Three years ago civic organiza-
tions and fire officials in Takoma
Park, Silver Spring and other COM
munities in the suburban section of
the county campaigned for renam-
ing streets and REMEMBERING houses
to eliminate Implications.
In 1887 bill for this purpose was
passed by the State Legislature and
the Park and Planning Commission
is now engaged in preparing a mas
ter plan for this purpose. A plan
for Prince Georges County already
has been announced.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Talk on Cancer Control

DR.. j. Rogers Young win speak on
Cancer, Its Prevention and Con-
troll" at a meeting of the District
Public School Association at 8 o'clock
tonight at the District Building. Mrs.
Lloyd w. Biddle, former president
Of the District Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs, also will speak. The pro-
gram will include . travelogue Of
Warrington.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Assets Of Two
Closed Banks
lobe Auctioned
FederoI-Americun
And Commercial
Holdings Involved

Taking an important step toward
liquidation Of the two largest closed
banks in the city, Frederick J.
Young, receiver of the Federal
American National Bank g. Trust
Co., and the Commercial National
Bank, is making plans for a pre-
liminary sale" of certain assets hav-
ing a face value of $1,s84,0oo.
The first sale, which will be made
to the highest bidder at an auction
at the receivers office, 1886 New
York avenue NV, will be that OF
the Commercial National Bank
May IA.
Selected assets of face value Of
100000 will be offered. Prospec-
tive buyers will have opportunity
to inspect the list prior to the sale
date. The assets do not comprise
all remaining values left in the re-
ceivership, but consists mostly Of
the poorest.
Building Largest Asset.
The largest single asset still in
the hands Of the receiver is the
building formerly occupied by the
Commercial National at Fourteenth
and G streets NV. Several prospects
for sale of this property are reported
by Receiver Young, who expects to
close a deal on it soon.
The Commercial Bank, which has
paid out TO per cent to depositors.
amounting to s., ,932 ,2l0, according to
the last quarterly report of the
receiver, for March 81, still has re-
naming assets of book value of
$3,575 ,665, which are listed at es-
timated value of $944,204. There is
also cash in hand of S28,069.
Further dividends will be forth
coming to depositors of this bank,
but there is nothing definite as to
when they will be available, nor as 10
how much.
Auction on May 16.
The Federal-American selected
assets In Lne lace value OF 81 ,U64 ,UOU
will be offered at auction. also at
Mr.. Young's Office on New York
avenue on May 16. This receiver.
ship also has remaining some SUBJ
stantial real estate, which is not to
be offered at this auction sale.
The Federal-American has paid
to its depositors a total of rs per
cent, amounting to S6,304,792 Re
naming assets are listed with q
book value of $4.659,830, but an
estimated value of $459,3O There
Is cash in hands amounting to
$436, ,3W. Some dividends will be
available from this receivership, but
In this case also there is no definite
prospect as to how much or when.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Pennsylvania Central
Arronqes New FIiqht

A new flight schedule, providing
the fastest air transport service yet
operated between Washington and
Milwaukee, will be started Sunday
by Pennsylvania Central Airlines.
Leaving Washington daily at $40
am. the new flight is due in Mil
waukee at 1:32 pm. &C. s. T0
Following the route across Lake
Erie to Detroit, the new schedule
also will provide q new service to
Grand Rapids, Mich, arriving there
at 1:30 pm. Other Milwaukee
flights leave here at 11:4O am. and
1:50 pm.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
ployes from place to place as the
projects proceeded.

plOyeS from place to place as the
projects proceeded.
The committee adjourned until
Tuesday morning, with Chairman
Bulow expressing hope the hearings
will end next week.
Exemption of the Tennessee VAL
ley Authority or any other agency
from the Ramspeck bill was opposed
earlier by Arthur S. Fleming, a
member of the Civil Service Com
mission.
1--WE believe definitely no exemp-
tions should be made for any
agencies" Mr.. Fleming testified.
Exclusion of T. v. A. with author
ity to retain its own merit system,
was urged two days ago by Senator
Schwartz, Democrat, of Wyoming
Mr.. Fleming, the minority mem
ber of the commission, said that
while apparent differences arise in
trying to fit the open competitive
system to the operating needs OF
Government agencies, he predicted
that when the commission is given
additional funds and adequate per-
sonnel to carry on its function
these apparent differences will
prove not to be real conflicts.
Amendment Advocated.
E. Claude Babcock, appearing for
the Federal Personnel Association,
advocated an amendment to make
seniority instead of efficiency the
basis for deciding who should be
dropped when future reductions in
Government personnel becomes nee
essary.
without this type Of amendment,
we request that the Ramspeck bill
be defeated" Mr.. Babcock said.
Criticizing the part of the bill de-
signed to extend the Classification
Act to the field service outside
Washington, Mr.. Babcock contended
it does more than that by author
izing "the Civil Service Commission
with the assent of the President, to
amend the Classification Act" He
called 1t a plain delegation Of sal
ary-fixing power from Congress to
the commission.
Mr.. vipond joined In opposing q
T. v. A. exemption.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Accord in Planners
Controversy With
Alexandria Seen
Supplementary Pact on
Zonine Along Highway
Route Approved

=. Controversy which arose In 1929
between the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission and the
city Of Alexandria over zoning of
land alcng Washington street, the
route of the Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway, soon may be settled as a
result of, supplementary zoning
agreement now before the City
Council.
The supplementary agreement
specifies the methods by which the
zoning agreement of 1929 between
the Federal Government and the
city of Alexandria shall be enforced.
1t was approved yesterday by the
commission at its April meeting and
provides:
l. That the zoning of land to a
depth Of 200 feet on either side Of
Washington street shall be con-
trolled by zoning map, to be drawn
up by the City Council of Alexan-
dria and the commission.
Requests to Go to Commission.
2. That variances from residen-
tial zoning, however, shall be grant,
ed with the approval Of the Council
and the commission for certain uses,
principally tourist accommoda
and tea houses. ',~ :.
3. That all requests for zoning
changes in the affected area shall
be referred to the commission.
4. That all plans for building
projects and other land use proposals
shall also be referred to the COM
mission.
The 1929 agreement, which was
recently enforced by temporary
injunction against the City Council
to prevent changing to industrial
the zoning of the tract occupied by
the Potomac River Clay Works,
was adopted when it was decided
that the Mount Vernon Memorial
Highway would run through Alex
andria. via Washington street. Early
plans for the memorial drive con-
templated skirting Alexandria.
Alexandrians agreed to give the
United States zoning authority over
Washington street property as the
price for having the highway come
through the town.
Pact Irks Property Owners.
The agreement has proved irk-
some to property owners desiring to
use their land for purposes not sane
toned by the agreement. The clay
works case eliminated long list
of zoning changes involving friction
between the Council and the PLAN
ners.
The 1929 agreement sets forth
that the city agrees to restrict all
zoning on either side Of Washington
street for a depth of 200 feet to COM
mercial and residential zoning only
and to such types of buildings "as
will be in keeping with the dignity,
purpose and memorial character" Of
the highway.
Through q "gentleman's agree
ment" zoning requests for some time
have been referred to the commits
sion; likewise construction and
architectural plans. This method
was chosen merely to expedite en-
forcement of the 1929 agreement.
The supplement, however, if adopted,
will bind the City Council to refer
requests and plans to the commits
sion so that enforcement of the
original agreement will be insured.
Heretofore no map has been en-
ployed in regulating Washington
street zoning with the result that
spot zoning has become common.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Variety Show Toniqht

A one-act play, "Those Sonnets," !"
will feature the variety show to be
staged by the Census Bureau Dra-
matte Club at 8:15 o'clock tonight
In the Commerce Department
Auditorium. Miss Emelinda Cherry
is director of the play. Players in
clude Miss Cherry, Mrs. Justine
Hoskins, Moe Plotkins and Joseph
Capalbi. The variety program was
arranged and directed by Gino Simi
Arnold c. Levy is master of cere-
monies.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Seton n. Thompson
To Lecture on Seals

An illustrated lecture on Seals
Of the Pribilof Islands" will be given
by Seton H. Thompson, assistant
chief of the Bureau of Fisheries,
Alaska Division. at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the Cosmos Club. Thu. public will
be admitted without charge.
The conservation theme will be
elaborated by DR.. j. j. Deason,
assistant aquatic biologist of the
Great Lake fisheries investigations,
who will give an illustrated talk on
"Our Vanishing Great Lake Fishes. "
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Planning Commission
Buys ITO Parcels
For Parkway
Purchases Of Lund in
Maryland Increase
1otuI to 148

Along the banks Of the Potomac
River from the District line to Great
Falls and adjacent to the c. & O.
Canal, now being reconditioned to
form an unusual recreation area,
land is being purchased for the great
George Washington Memorial Park
way which will stretch from Mount
Vernon and Fort Washington to
Great Falls.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, with $500, 900
raised from Federal appropriations
and a special Montgomery County
bond issue, is the agency which for
the last two months has been ac-
quiring vacant lots, small parcels of
land to provide the right of way.
Yesterday the commission an
nounced the purchase of ITO parcels,
increasing to 148 the number bought
for this unit of the parkway. The
purchases represent the FIRST land to
be bought for the parkway in Mary
land.
$4,000 on Hand.
Previously the commission con-
centrated on Virginia where the
first unit OF the parkway, the Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway, has al
ready been constructed and the
parkway extended from Arlington
Memorial Bridge to point imme-
diately above Key Bridge. The
commission has available $1,000
with which to continue land acqui-
sition above Key Bridge.
The commission, which ended its
April meeting yesterday afternoon,
announced approval of several re-
zoning requests and development
plans involving land adjacent to
Washington street in Alexandria
over which it has coming authority
under an agreement between the
Federal Government and the City
of Alexandria.
Most important of these was a de-
velopment plan and rezoning request
for tract where the abandoned
WJSV radio station now stands. The
rezoning request was made by the
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Po-
tomac Railroad so that it might sell
the property to developers who plan
a teahouse. certain other CONNER
cial establishments and an apart
ment community to house in the
neighborhood of 168 families.
Requests Approved.
The commission approved plans to
convert the old Alexandria Lyceum,
opposite the post office, into an Of
flee building for lawyers and doctors
and other professionals, at the same
time preserving its colonial archi-
tectural design. The commission also
approved request to rezone prop
erty at Powhatan and washington
streets to permit operation Of a tea
room.
The commission approved latest
plans OF the District Alley Dwelling
Authority for low-cost housing prof.
ects Immediately north of the WASH
ington Navy Yard and on Alabama
avenue Sc; approved closing of
certain streets and changing of
others which exist on paper" only
Gin other words on the District high
way map) and consented to lend the
San Francisco Worlds Fair its scale
model Of the central portion OF
Washington showing Federal build
ing development.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Scout Comp Dotes Set

Washington Boy Scout headquar-
tiers today announced dates for the
three local Scout camps. The sched-
ules are: Camp woodrow Wilson,
from June Il to September 6: Camp
Theodore Roosevelt, June 23 to Sep
tember !. and Camp Ritchie, June
10 70 -,
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Homesick Boy Returns

After q homesick week in New
York, James Arthur Weiselogel, IS,
has returned to his home at l443
Spring road NV. His mother, Mrs.
Z. Jayne Weiselogel, had asked po-
lice to help locate him after he dis
appeared April 10.
Evening star., 1940-04-19
Truffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, IS.
Motorists injured, s.
Motorists arrested, 256.
Pedestrians injured, 8.
Pedestrians arrested for No-
lation Of pedestrian control
regulations, I.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Misses e Women
8.74

Dressy coats frosted with white
lingerie! Black and navy all wool
crepes; rayon and wool ribbed
boucles and twills. Oatmeal tweed
REFERS! Tweed casuals! Sizes IL
to 20; SO to a.
(Thrift Coat Shop. Third Floor.)
Evening star., 1940-03-31
O1
for E. Miss
8.74

White collar coats! Collarless
coats for accessory changes!
Single and double breasted dress.
ter REFERS! Black and navy twills
wool crepes and wool.and-rayon
fabrics. Sizes 9 to IL.
(Youne Washinstonian Shop,
Third F1oor.)
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-06-07
BUSINESS REVIEW
BY TRADE TRENDS

The following business review
is given by the Maryland Trust
Company of Baltimore in its June
letter, Trade Trends:
Foreign events have almost com
pletely Over-shadowed domestic
developments, though they appear
to have created situation which
is likely to have far-reaching eff
fects on the local picture. The
fast movement of foreign happen
ings, however. makes it practically
impossible to draw any conclu-
sions which might be reasonably
correct as to the likely consequent
ces in the United States of the
extension and intensificaion of
warfare, or it's possible quick ter
mination.
BY April it was the consensus of
opinion that domestic business. at
least industrial activity, had
reached the low point of the pres
ent movement. For the entire
month of April the Federal Re
serve Boards index of industrial
production averaged two points
lower than in March and, at 1O2
per cent of the 1923-25 average. it
was about the same as last Au-
gust. Toward the month-end, how
ever, signs of improvement ap-
peared which were accelerated in
May as demand for steel expanded
quite sharply and foreign buying
Of other war materials caused GER
tain plants to increase operations.
The initial squirt in steel opera
tons resulted from price conces-
sions on certain flat-rolled products
which brought in sizeable orders,
but in addition purchase of other
types of steel increased, and in
mid-May reported large steel or
ders from the Allies caused mill
operations to advance about seven
ty per cent of capacity.
r The downward movement of Sc
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-06-07

by for propaganda purposes by the
late David C. Winebrenner. has
been sold. When it got out that
the 287 shares of the New Citizen
stock could be had, many bids
were put in. Mr.. Kingman Brew
ster, wealthy Republican from
Washington, who has a country
place in Frederick county, put in
the highest bid of $500 j. Tyson
Lee of Frederick, put in a bid of
$500 but before any one knew
what had happened the stock was
sold to the local Democratic or
ganizatiOn. The reason that this
stock was not sold to the highest
bidder was because a Mr.. ParsOn
Newman. who handles the estate
Of the late Mr.. Winebrenner. was
anxious to get it off his hands.
The paper has been run by
Charles HOuck, member of the
House of Delegates. Mr.. Houck
and Mr.. Newman have not always
agreed on the policy of the paper
and now Mr.. Houck has resigned
Mr.. Newman. who is reported to
be interested in running for the
judgship in the Sixth District
wanted to let the organization
b'hoys have the paper so that there
would be no hard feelings when
it came time to ask the b'hoys for
their support.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-06-07
HELP IS ASKED IN
RECRUITING WORK
Local Business Men Re
queSted To Assist
Army Drive

Sergeant John Chop, in charge
of the local recruiting office of
the U. S. Army, is requesting all
local businessmen to aid the re-
newed efforts for Army recruits
in manner which is without
precedent.
The War Department is sending
out requests through some $50
trade associations, to include in
newspapers and other advertising,
this, or a similar statement:
eve favor adequate prepar-
edness for national defense
and recommend enlistment in
the United States Army to
eligible men"
Local merchants are requested
TO include the above or a similar
statement when inserting advertfs
ing in the newspapers or other
publications.