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Evening star., 1940-12-15
Alexandra Boy Killed
Under Wheels of Bus

Bruce Douglas Grover, 7, of 1642
King street, Alexandria, Va, was in
stantly killed last night when
crushed under the right rear wheels
of an A. B. and w bus at King street
and Diagonal road in Alexandria.
The driver of the bus was Arthur
v. Shattuck, 80, of $40 Wolfe street,
Alexandria, police said. He told
police he did not see the child but
felt his rear wheels pass over him.
The bus driver was released in
the custody of an attorney to ap-
pear at a coroner's inquest to be
held tomorrow at 2:30 pm. by DR.
Llewellyn Powell, coroner.
Police said they were told the
child ran into the path of the, rear
wheels of the vehicle after the front
portion of the bus had passed by.
A man, identified by Maryland
State police as Joseph Barish, 49,
was killed on the Washington Bal
timore boulevard about mile south
of the Waterloo State police station
as he walked along the pavement
late yesterday afternoon.
Police had him listed at Wash
ington hotel The clerk said Mr.
Barish had spent one night there
June 81, and had given his address
as New York City.
State police said the car which
struck Mr.. Barish was driven by
George w. Real of Baltimore, who
was released under bond to appear
at a coroner'S hearing.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Cold Wave Misses D. E.,
Cloudy Weather Forecast

The Weather Bureau last night
altered its prediction of light rain
or snow and saw only cloudy weather
with high of about 40 degrees for
Washington today.
The revised prediction meant that
Washington probably would escape
an Arctic wave which the Associated
Press reported chilled the Northern
States from coast to coast yesterday.
The forecast for tomorrow here
was cloudy, not quite so cold, fol-
lowed by rain. Yesterdays low was
"a, recorded at 7:15 am, and the
high was 80, registered II hours
later.
Subzero readings were registered
in many communities between the
Rockies and Wisconsin, while sub
freezing temperatures were recorded
at many points between Illinois and
the North Atlantic seaboard and in
the Pacific Northwest.
Cold also enveloped Northern Cali
fornia, harassed Colorado, with tenn
peratures ranging down. to 81 below.
Northern Texas was covered by ice
as far east as Wichita Falls.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
10 Chest Agencies
Start Christmas
Programs Tomorrow
Neighborhood Centers
Will Continue Busy
Schedule All Week

Christmas activities of 10 Com
munity Chest agencies serving as
neighborhood centers will begin at
8 pm. tomorrow, when Friendship
House, GIG D street Sc, presents
program entitled "Neighbors
Christmas in Many Lands and the
older girls of Georgetown Children S
House, 1924 N street NV, hold their
Christmas dance
The Girl Scout Brownies of
Friendship House will hold silver
tea" for their mothers from to 5
pm. Tuesday, and a Christmas sup
per and entertainment features for
children of the day home will fol-
low at 6:15 pm.
Events scheduled for Wednesday
include a Christmas supper for
mothers at Friendship House, carol
singing by Southeast House children
at Freedmen's Hospital at pm
and a pound party" in Southeast
House at 7:30 pm.
Glee Clubs to Sing.
Friendship House glee clubs will
participate in the Library of Con-
gress carol program at 4:30 pm
Thursday, as will the singers of
Barney Neighborhood House, 470 N
street S.W. Mothers of Boy Scouts
of Neighborhood House will be
guests at party in the settlement
at 7:30 pm, and Southwest Com
munity House, SOL Second street
SW., will begin party for parents
at the same hour.
Friendship House has scheduled a
nursery school program for 10 am.
Friday, Junior Scouts buffet
supper at pm, knitting club
party at pm. and Santa Claus
party at pm.
Coleman Jennings, president of
the Community Chest, is to be guest
of honor at 7:30 pm. Friday when
Neighborhood House kindergarten
pupils hold their Yule party. The
Economy Club of the same settle
ment is to gather at II am. Friday.
D. A. r. to Aid Decoration.
Also on the Friday schedule are
a Christmas pageant by Southeast
House in the Giddings School at
7:3O pm, carol singing by children
Of Northwest House, SIS M street
NV, at Freedmen's Hospital during
the afternoon, "Yule hop" for
older boys of the Southeast Branch,
Washington Boys Club, Seventeenth
street and Massachusetts avenue
Sc, at 8 pm, and Southwest
Houses Christmas play at pm.
Decoration of Friendship House
will be done by members of the
Daughters Of the American Revolu-
tion and Junior Citizens Saturday.
Neighborhood House will offer it's
pageant at 7:30 pm; GEORGETOWN
Children's House will present its
christmas in Other Lands" exhibi-
ton from 2 to 4 pm, and a visit
to Northwest House of Chi Delta
Mu Sorority members will be made
in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
White House Program
For Princess Announced

The program arranged for the
visit of Princess Juliana Of the
Netherlands at the White House was
announced by the State Department
yesterday.
Her royal highness will arrive at
Union Station at 1880 pm. Wednes-
day and will go directly to the White
House for luncheon. She will be a
guest until Friday morning.
Mrs. Roosevelt will accompany
her on a drive to Mount Vernon
Wednesday afternoon She will at
tend a concert by the National SYM
phony Orchestra at Constitution
Hall that evening.
The schedule for Thursday in
cludes an informal reception at
American Red Cross headquarters
at II am. small reception at the
Netherlands Legation during the
afternoon and dinner at the White
House.
Princess Juliana will leave Friday
for New York. She has lived in
Canada since soon after the German
invasion of the Netherlands.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Ban on Outside Jobs
For Federal Workers
Is Hoffman 5 Aim
Michigan Republican
Will Offer Measure
In House Tomorrow

Representative Hoffman, Repub-
lican, of Michigan, made public last
night the text of a bill he plans to
introduce tomorrow designed to pre-
vent Federal or District employees
from taking annual leave to earn
extra money on national defense
projects.
Introduction of the measure will
come as a sequel to recommended
ton Mr. Holman made to the House
Thursday that a congressional in
vestigation be authorized to find out
how many Federal or District en-
ployes have taken leave to work at
nearby military camps. He said at
that time he had information that
two District employees had taken
leave to work at Fort George G.
Meade in Maryland.
Later, Mr.. Hoffman called on the
Commissioners to furnish him with
the names of District workers now
on leave Reports from the District
Building indicate the data will be
GUlllcu Otcl W lllill COI1lOl ~" 1iAOt IL
ing before the House convenes.
Not to Make Data Public.
Mr.. Hoffman, however, said he did
not intend to make public the infor-
nation he receives from the Com
missioners, nor the names of the two
District employees said to be working
at Fort Meade.
"I have no desire to cause any en-
barrassment." he declared. "All I
want to do is to make it impossible
for Federal or District workers to
take jobs that unemployed qualified
men and women can hold.
Government employees never miss
a pay check. They are secure in
their jobs. The Government grants
them As days sick and vacation
leave. Some of them take that
leave, though they are paid for
their time, and go out and deprive
a man who needs job of the op-
portunity of working"
For the last several weeks Mr..
Hoffman has made series of at
tacks on the House floor against
initiation fees charged by labor
unions of men seeking to join their
organiza tions in order to get work
on national defense projects. He
has cited a number of cases relat-
ing to men who sought work at
Fort Meade and also at Fort Bel
voir, Va.
Will Clear up Question.
The bill Mr.. Hoffman plans to
introduce also will settle question
raised at the District Building as
to whether a Federal q District
employe working at an Army camp
is working for the Government
when he is employed by private
contractor handling a Federal
project. The advance text of the
measure specifically stipulates that
no Federal or District employe may
hold two jobs in the Government
service whether such salary or
compensation be paid directly by
the Federal Government, or by a
contractor or Subcontractor engaged
in furnishing services or materials
foc the Government, when the
combined amount of said salary, or
of said salary and compensation,
: exceeds the sum of $4,000 per
annum, as long as any equally
qualified available person who has
made application, or who makes
application for work, remains un-
! employed"
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Guurdsmun Gets Medal

Sergt. Hugh T. McClay, jr., of
Company F, National Guard, of
Hyattsville, Md, has been awarded
the medal offered by the Maryland
Sons of the American Revolution to
the enlisted man of the company
for conspicuous eXemplification Of
the soldierly virtues" The preSenta-
ton was made by Col. George w. S.
Musgrave of Laurel, vice president
of the society, and chairman OF its
Medal Committee,
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Hit-Run Driver
KiI|sWonlan al
Intersection
Pedestrian Is Struck
At UnIighted Crossing
Near Lutheran Home

A 73-year-old woman pedestrian
from til National Lutheran Home
for the ed was killed instantly
last night by a hit-and-run driver
whose car struck her near the home
at the dark, new intersection of
Eighteenth and Douglas streets NE.
and hurled her more than so feet.
The victim, Mrs. Elizabeth Weikert
Swartz, formerly of Hanover, Pa,
lay on the street for more than an
hour before the morgue ambulance
called to remove the body.
The hit-and-run driver, accord
ing to one witness, turned his car
completely around, got out and
looked at the body, climbed back
and sped away.
The intersection in front of the
institution had been considered Sc
dangerous by Dr.. Robert L. Lang,
superintendent of the home, that he
had appealed to w. A. Van Duzer,
director of vehicles and traffic, for
installation of traffic light before
the street was opened last Wednes
day. Mr.. Van Duzer replied that
there were 140 intersections "on pro-
gram where lights are fully justi-
fed and which must be taken care
of first" He promised the city
would pay part of the cost of light
if the institution would pay the
rest of it.
GRAY FOur-DOOr Sedan.
The hit-and-run car was de-
scribed as a gray four-door sedan of
late model. Owing to the darkness,
none OF the witnesses was able to
see the license number Police sent
a lookout for the car, saying it was
damaged on the right front and
right side and that piece of mold
ing was missing from the right side
between the doors.
Mrs SWartZ had been living at the
home for about II years. She was
quite deaf, but able to understand
speech through lip reading. She was
deeply religious, friends at the home
said, and spent much time with hei
Bible and religious books.
Going To Mail Letter.
She had written a letter some
time yesterday and gone out TO
drop it in a mail box at a corner
about block away when hit while
crossing the street.
Called by neighbor, DR.. Charles
j BOVINE, physician to the home,
who lived nearby, pronounced Mrs,
SwartZ dead Casualty Hospital
and Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid were notified. Casualty Hospital
received call on the case at 6:38
pm. according to DR.. J. Rogers
Young, but by mistake the ambu-
lance call was received as 18 Evarts
street, to which the ambulance went,
and returned. The ambulance left
again at TAT pm. for the right
Evening star., 1940-12-15
PIT. A. Program Set

Charity Consciousness" will be
the theme of meeting of the Cher
rydale (Va) School Parent Teacher
Association in the school at pm.
tomorrow. Miss Eta Mai Russell of
the Womens Council of the Fedora
ton of Churches of Washington will
speak. The school Glee Club will
sing carols and Christmas play
will be given by the children.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
Auxiliary Elects

Mrs. Helen Dayton has been
elected president of the Ladies' Aux
iliary of the Bladensburg (Md) VOL
unteer Fire Department, with Mrs.
Edna Murphy, vice president; Mrs.
Mary Hill, secretary, and Mrs. Nellie
GaSch, treasurer.
Evening star., 1940-12-15
BeltsyiIle School Meetino

The Beltsville (MdD Home and
School Association will inspect an
exhibition of handiwork by the
upper grades and see Christmas
playlet at its December meeting in
the school tomorrow at 7::30 pm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

tContInue0 frofn Pake U the Anglo-French troops within the Flanders area can hold back the Germans now that some twenty miles Of battle front on the north. ern flank have been glver to the Germans.
 General Weygand thus has to consider whether to order an Al- lied withdrawal in force or to launch Q great major counter -offensive. IL might seem better Judgment to Of. feet 6 withdrawal, since coun- ter-offenslve would mean enormous losses to the French with no Ades quate gain that is yet apparent.
 Channel Ports . Mystery
 Whether channel ports stili gre open to . British retirement back to England, following King Leo- pold'S exploitation is not yet known. But c swing southwestward, in the form of c gefni.circie, would seem c possible way of retreat, the pivot being the newly established French positions in the vicinity of valerci. tnneS.
 German occupation Of the cham mel coast, which would be the con- sequence of this inaneuver, would represent tho end of the present phase of the war. The Germans would then Dc hemmed in, with their own backs to the channel. Pre- sumabiy they would try to make some gesture toward an invasion" of England. What super -Napoleonic plan Hitler may have for % gi- gantic c task has not been re- vealed. Whatever it is, 1t remains on paper and . long way from &C., tiiaiity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
NEW ENGLAND IS
 READY FOR WORK

Boston, May 2e-(UP)-Industrial New England marshaled it's forces today as placement of orders for war materials under the national defense program came closer to reality.
 Only the sections cotton mills did not look for any upiift in production for President Russell Fisher of the New England Cotton Manufactur- CTS association believed the army's primary need in that field would ke heavy duck and drill fabrics which are manufactured principally in southern factories.
 Producers of almost 70 per cent of munitions used by, the .. 6. army in the World war, New England fire- arms plants prepared to obtain as much of the contracts as possible under President Roosevelt's pro- gram. Leaders believed sucth firms would benefit by the increased arm- ament plans within few weeks.
 The Associated Industries of Mas- sachusetts urged the government to 'get dow nto bras stacks" and make known It's needs ct once.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

tContinued from Page D Engines 1, 10, Truck 3, and the booster to the scene, while . box alarm was answered by Engine 2, 3 and Truck 1. The box alarm was sounded by Motor Patrolmen John Mcdonnell and Michael Phela1, who had seen the flames from 6 dis- taf1ce.
 Fought Over Two Hours
 F4remen under tho direction of both Chief Thomas '. Cavanaush and Deputy Martin J. Canipion, fought the fire for more than two hours before bringing it entirely un. der control When the smoke cleared the entire front section of the house and the rooms on that side were gutted, and of rooms and their con- tents were damaged by smoke and water. The blaze apparently orig. mated on the front porch.
 The Dubuques, forced to flee in their night clothes, were able, how ever, to save other clothing after the fire. Tho house is owned by Charles Dubuque, Of Thofiastoh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
King Of Belgium Has
 Surrendered To Nazis
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trary to some repCrts Leopold did not give the slightest hint of equalization to General Maxine Weygand, when the Allied leader visited him by airplane last week at field headquarters Leopold also said to have talked to ing any change.
 Future of King Leopold
 Authorized German sources said today that King Leopolds future status had not yet been determined but added that he not prisoner at the time he sur. rendered the Belgian army It emphasized that Leo pold capuiated In his capacity of commander n-cief of the Belgian army and not as king Is impossible at the moment, these said, to say whether Leopold will continue to reign as king of the Begans or whether he will abdicate.
 Eleventh Hour Attempt Fails
 The failure of eleventh hour attempt to persuade refugee ruler reported reliable authority today It was learned that the Belgian council of minister's met in Paris on Monday and called in members of the kings household who informed of the unanimous decision of the ministers to continue the war.
 Would Remain With Army
 Two members of the royal household then flew to the kings headquarters carrying the Belgian governments said to have replied that he had decided to remain with the Belgian army until the last although his position with the armed forces regarded untenable He added that he must refuse to follow the example of Queen VII. henna of the Netherlands who fled to London after the German invasion of Holland.
 His Men In Bad Shape l
 It was understood that when General Maxine Wey- Saturday he advised by the king that the Belgian army could not hold out longer without substantial new assist from the Allies When the two members of the kings household arrived at Bruges from Paris nMonday the king reported to have explained that many of his 500000 troops subsisng meager ration of bis- he was reported to have sad had fired their last rounds of ammunition
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28
the Germans said they were ap- proaching), and the Belgian ports of Zeebruggc and Ogtend.
 MaSl NvnssAai AAfankM

the Germans said they were ap- proaching), and the Belgian ports of Zeebruggc and Ostend. Nasi Frontal Attacks This advance, designed to join up with German mechanical units that had swung around the Allied armies to Boulogne, Calais and St. omer, was coordinated with massive Ger man frontal attacks on the Allied line from Mcnin, in the little sector to the Valenciennes area and in the Dolai regian. tBcriin claimed ad- yances on all Of these fronts today with Valencienneg, Douai and Or chieg taken).
 British experts emphasized that 1t had become Sncreasingly difficult to supply Allied forces i1 north France and Belgium because Of German capture or destruction by air bonib- ing of channel ports.
 The port of Calais, although Allied forces still hold out there, was de- scribed as unusable and Dunkirk was said to be afiasne.
 The war cabinet, meeting with Prime Minister Winston Churchill, discussed the Belgian situation in detail. Admiral Sir Roger Reyes who had been special naval attAche at King Leopold's headquarters, par ticipated in the discussion, which brought ell of the cabinet leaders and high officers Of the armed forces to No. 10 Downing Street. A small crowd watched them arrive and de- part.
 Belgian refugee leaders were sharp in their comment on the kings capi- tulation.
 King Not Empowered
 Not only are large Belgian forces now training in France, where mem. bers of the Belgian government and parliament already have repudiated the surrender order, but 1t was held that the king, as active commander in chief of his army, was not em- powered to act alone without the advice of his government.
 Britain, already preparing urgent ly for a German blitzkrieg invasion. received as a disaster today the an- nouncement that the 38-year- -old king had surrendered, as chief in comman, his army which totals 1,- 100000 men and has 300 airplanes
 The news came, in a broadcast speech by Premier Paul Reynaud of France, as Britons on their way to work were reading in their own newspapers that even with the aid of the Belgiens. the Allied army Of the north, including the entire Brit ish expeditionary force. was in . situation of extreme gravity under ceaseless. relentless German attacks.
 The Allied left wing had vanish- ed as into the air: the path of the Germans tC Dunkirk, chief Allied supply base on the channel and just north of Calf6s, only 22 miles from the English coast. had been laid wide open by the Belgian kings or- der.
 What could be retrieved was for the moment unclear. Reynaud, de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

cisiof1 emphasized the plight of the trapped British and French armies in the north. British military sources said that their only hope appeared to be rescue counter .offensive from the south because theif route of es. cape by the channel ports was now virtually cut of and their supply lines were largely in German hands.
 But it was in Berlin that the news of Leopold's action was a triumph that appeared to seal finally the fate of the Allied armies--fiow probably only 6 half million fighting men, in the north. Now, the Nazis said, there is not the slightest chance that these trapped armies can escape dc. struction at the hands Of advancing Nasi forces unless they surrender. More Nazi Power
 To make good the promise of de- struction, the German high com. mand hurled more and more power Into the attack in Flanders. The dread dive bofnbers blasted At Al. lied lines in increasing number, ar. tillery pounded ethem ceagelesBiy and--time after time-masg0d iilsssis try charged over the bodies of their own dead in an effort to deliver the knock out blow.
 The trapped British and French armies fought on and oenerallssiii1o Maxine Weygand pressed Q counter. offensive from the river eomTiie in an effort to break the German trap, but it seemed that nothing but a miracle could prevent the speedy wiping out of the British and French in Flanders unless they can evacuate by ways of the channel ports still open but under heavy German aerial bombardment. That. the Germans said, the British were attempting to do.
 The German bombardment of the channel carried over to the Kentish coast of England, where British air. planes and anti.aircraft artillery were in action over . long period. The British air ministry said that yesterday tho Royal Air Force had destroyed or severely damaged 70 German airplanes.
 But on the fighting front in Bel. gium and in northern France the German armed forces were cfaehs ing swiftly ahead to the Belgian coast, clearing the Allied troops out of all Belgian territory and-accord. ing to . high command cofnmunique engaging in the climatic phase of the great battle of Flanders.