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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Three Killed
In Crash at
Peace Cross
Auto and Truck Hit
And Burst Into
Flames; Boy Dies

Two men were burned to death
and a third, District man, died
from injuries a few hours later last
night when a large freight truck
and passenger automobile crashed
at the Peace Cros in Bladensburg,
Md, and burst into flames.
Earlier yesterday a 12-year-old
Etchison (Md0 youth was killed
when he was struck by an auto
mobile while riding his bicycle a
few miles north of Laytonsville on
highway 108, according to Montgom-
cry County police.
Two of the men killed in the
Peace Cross crash were identified by
Prince Georges County police as
Leonard H. Kearns, 10, of Char
lotte, N. c., the driver of the truck,
and Herman Robinson, "a, also of
Charlotte. Mr.. Kearns was trapped
in the cab and Mr. Robinson was
in the sleeping compartment in the
front of the truck trailer.
Boyd K. Reaves, 80, of 916 Evarts
street NE, driver of the automo-
bile, died in Casualty Hospital a
few hours later. He had frac-
tured skull and severe body burns,
hospital attaches said. His COM
panion, Robert j. Percy, "a, also
of GIG Evarts street NE, escaped
uninjured.
How Crash Occurred.
The truck, loaded with cotton
wares and northbound on the
Washington Baltimore highway,
swerved and averted a head-on
crash, according to Prince Georges
County Policeman Richard A. Pear
son, one of the investigators. The
automobile, entering the highway
southwark from the Washington
Annapolis road, struck the side of
the truck, however, and the large
vehicle overturned and burst into
flames. Flaming gasoline from the
truck burned the two truckmen and
Mr.. Reaves, who was thrown from
his car by the impact.
Traffic was tied up more than
three hours while the wreckage was
cleared. A detail of Metropolitan
Police was stationed at Eastern ave-
hue and Bladensburg road at the
District line to reroute Washing
ton-Baltimore traffic via Rhode
Island avenue.
Bodies of the two North Caro-
linians were held at Gasch's funeral
home in Hyattsville today.
Driver Is Held.
Walter Raynor was the Etchison
boy who was fatally injured yes
terday when he was struck by an
automobile while riding his bicycle
( miles north of Laytonsville.
Paul A. Wood, As, of Frederick,
Md. was charged with manslaugh-
ter and released on $500 bond after
the accident in which the Raynor
boy, a ward of the Social Service
League, living at the home OF Rus
sell Moore of Laytonsville, suffered
q fractured skull.
Police said that Mr.. Wood in at
tempting to pass between the Ray
nor boy, who was going in the
same direction, and Charles john
son, ID, of Laytonsville, going in
the opposite direction, struck the
formers machine, throwing the
rider to the pavement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
E. Winsor Offutt Rites
To Be Held Today
'pecisl Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BETHESDA. Md, Aug. 31.-Fu-
neral services for E. Winsor Offutt,
so, who died Thursday at his home
209 Bradley boulevard. were to be
held at pm. today at the funeral
home of w. Reuben Humphrey
Bethesda. The Rev. Joseph E. Will
liams, rector of st. Johns Episco-
pal Church, Bethesda, was to Off
ciate and burial will be in Rock
vile Union Cemetery.
Mr.. Offutt, son of the late Ma
gruder Wilson Offutt and a life
long resident of this vicinity, is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs. Will
liam Fortune, wife of 1t. Fortune,
U. S. N, Annapolis, and Miss
Elaine Offutt, Bethesda; a son, E.
Winsor Offutt, jr., and a brother,
M. Wilson Ofutt. jr, both of Be-
thesda. Mrs. Ofutt- died about
three years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Neighbour First Aid Saves
Boy From Death by Gas

Nine-year-old Tommy Amos. IT..
was back at his home at 81 New
York avenue today-alive and well
because of the first-aid lessons a
neighbor had learned in the Navy.
Tommy was playing in the front
yard of his home late yesterday
when he was overcome by gas seep-
ing out of the ground above q
broken main.
His father, Thomas Amos, ST..
found the unconscious boy on the
ground and tried frantically to re-
vive him. The excitement at
tracted the attention of Charles
Arlington, who lives at the same
address.
A former sailor, Mr.. Arlington
had learned about artificial res
piration while in service. He went
to work on the child, while others
summoned a doctor and the fire
rescue squad.
BY the time professional aid had
arrived. Mr.. Arlington had brought
the boy around. The rescue squad
took Tommy to- Sibley Hospital,
where he was treated for gas pol
soning and later released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Canal Section
Being Filled
For Use Soon
Opening From Seneca
To Georgetown Within
AWeek Promised

The G. & o. Canal will be full and
ready for use over its entire length
from Seneca to Georgetown within
a week unless further unforeseen
difficulties are encountered.
This was the prediction Of ofi.ials
Of the Once Of National Capital
Parks today as engineers went
ahead with filling operations.
The water is being let into the
long-dry bed Of the canal between
lock 20 at Great Falls and lock
5 above Chain Bridge through the
lock gates at lock 20. It is being
allowed to fow in slowly and a con-
slant patrol of all sections Of the
waterway being filled is being made
SO that any possible danger points
in the bed and walls of the canal
may be detected Immediately.
Mercurochrome Test Made.
The canal was scheduled to open
August Is. but the date had to be
postponed several times as holes in
the bed, many Of them made by
muskrats, were found. Engineers
finally. in order to find out if all
the holes encountered really opened
into the canal bed, poured mercuro-
chrome into the canal and kept
watch over the holes coming out
on the Potomac River bank to see if
the water coming from them turned
pink.
Engineers believe they have. all
the holes plugged now and that the
process of filling the canal can now
go forward without delay.
There will be no formal opening
Of the canal. 1t will simply be an
nounced that the lock O'clock S
section has been filled and that
canoe and boat enthusiasts may use
it from Georgetown to Seneca. upper
limit Of the reconstructed portion.
Locks Not to Be in Use.
As no funds exist for the main
tenance of the canal this year only
one lock keeper will be on the job
when the canal is completely filled.
Mrs. Julia King, for many years
lock keeper at lock S. has been
IL d1Lo4cIICQ W civil SERVICE Tolls IOT
the purpose of regulating water used
by Georgetown industries renting
water power from the Government.
She will not be called upon, however,
to open locks for boats and other
locks will have to be portrayed
around.
1t is expected that sewer and
water connections soon will be ex-
tended to the vicinity of Great Falls
to accommodate persons using the
canal from that point. 1t Is expected
also that the Welfare and Recrea-
tional Association of Public Build
ings and Grounds, Inc, will soon
expand its small boat and canoe
concession at Great Falls to meet
the demand for boats.
Those portions of the canal be-
tween Seneca and Great Falls and
lock and Georgetown have been
full and in use throughout the sum-
mer. tt...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Edward Greer Finishes
43 Years D. G. Service

Today completes 43 years in the
District service for Edward Greer,
clerk in the engineer office.
Fellow employees yesterday babe
him farewell and presented him
a gift in ceremonies in the Office
OF Chief Clerk Guy Pearson.
Mr.. Greer, known as Admiral"
to his fellow workers, entered the
District service in 1897 as a chain
man in the highway division. He
was transferred to the record Office
of the engineering department in
1907
He was born in 1870 at Annapolis,
Md, the son of Rear Admiral James
A. Greer, superintendent of the
Academy at that time. He was
educated at Emerson Institute and
spent three years in Nicaragua in
an engineering capacity on the
Nicaragua Canal project.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31

The American Automobile Asso-
citation and the keystone Automobile
Association today issued safety rules
for motorists over the Labor Day
holiday The A A. A. said travel
on the highways was expected to be
as heavy as on any Labor Day in re-
cent years, despite weather condi-
tons.
Traffic deaths all over the coun-
try were said to be 7 per cent ahead
of the number at this time last
year.
The A. A. A. rules follow:
l. Keep on the right side OF the
road and avoid passing on hills,
curves and at intersections.
2. Get an early start and take
plenty OF time on the trip.
8. Keep in line and avoid weaving.
Maintain a steady driving pace and
avoid spurts of high speed.
4. Avoid fatigue Grasp wheel
lightly. Keep restful position.
Avoid eye-strain caused by staring
ahead. Adjust drivers seat to avoid
strain.
S. Drive with headlights at night.
6. Keep close check on mechani-
cal condition of car, particularly
with reference to brakes, tires and
steering wheel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Traffic PeriIs Stressed
In Campaign for D. {.
As Safest City
Films, Posters and Radio
Announcements Seek
To Further Cut Deaths

Theaters, gasoline stations and
radio stations throughout the Dis
trict today were bombarding local
residents with safety trailers, posters
and spot" announcements as Wash
ington entered the second day OF
its campaign to make the Capital
the safest city in the country.
Blasting away at the careless
habits of both pedestrians and mo-
florists, the drive aims to make every
citizen so conscious of traffic dan
gers that fatalities will be cut to
a minimum.
Special Films Shown.
Special films emphasizing trafic
safety are being shown all this week
in Warner Bros. and LoewS theaterS,
as we'll as in independent motion
picture houses. Some 1000 placards
bearing safety slogans are being
exhibited at all gas stations. One
of the slogans selected is directed
at motorists and says, Deadly power
is in your hands, use it sanely,"
while the other warns pedestrians
that 1.-The curb line is the danger
line; stop, look, live" These pos
tiers will be changed weekly.
The pictures are made in New
York and new issues will be dis
tributed here every three months.
Members of the Traffic Advisory
Council. which is sponsoring the
drive with congressional and w. P.
A. funds, emphasized that the cam
paign viii not be temporary but a
continuing, year-around affair.
s12 900 Available.
The program, directed by A.
Julian Brylawski, chairman Of the
councils Safety Promotion Com
mittee, has available $500 in con-
gressional appropriations and s4,-
500 contributed by the w. P. A.
Although the present traffic toll
is behind that of last year, with
At dead as compared with So dur
ing a similar period in 1889, police
and traffic officials said they would
not be satisfied with just "coasting
along" on this improved record.
In a further effort to cut dras-
tical1y traffic fatalities in this city,
Inspector Arthur E. Miller, head of
the Accident Investigation Bureau,
hopes to begin operation of a squad
specially trained in this work about
the middle Of next month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Farm Beauty
Knows Little
About FQrminQ
By the Associated Press.


BEL AIR, Md, Aug. 31.-Being
Hartford County's "prettiest farm
girl" 18-year-old Myrtle Greer
cheerfully admits that:
She can't milk.
She can't pillow.
She can't cook-unless you like
fudge as a steady diet.
Girls on the farm these days
aren't supposed to do farm work, "
she grinned yesterday, after judges
at the Hartford County Fair selected
her to represent the county in the
State "farmgirl" beauty contest to-
morrow at Timonium.
A coed at Randolph Macon Col
lege, Miss Greer has blue eyes,
shoulder length black hair and a
prediction toward dancing. She
plays both golf anc tennis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Legion Of VaIor Ends
Sessions Today With
Election Of Officers
Golden Anniversary
Bouquet Also Slotted
Fft.
On Reunion Program
BULLETIN.

Capt. Fred D. Kochli, D. S. c.,
of Washington was unanimously
elected national commander of
the Army and Navy Legion of
valor at the last session of the
Legion's 5Oth anniversary reunion
in the Willard Hotel today.
The Army and Navy Legion of
Valor went into the last session to-
day of its 50th reunion at the Will
lard Hotel, with election of national
officers as the first item on the
program.
Yesterday the legion advocated
immediate abolition of the Com
munist party and urged that all
members of the party who are not
citizens be deported. All members
of the party who are citizens should
be punished as guilty of a crime
against the United States, the reso-
luton stated.
Services Offered in Emergency.
The legion also urged prohibition
of any organizations partial to spe-
cific foreign parties or nations and
which engage in military or uni
formed drills.
In another resolution, the Legion
voted to place full confidence in the
United States Government, which, 1t
said, will insure retention of the
democratic system of government
here. The Legion, membership OF
which is made up of men vino have
received the Distinguished Service
Medal, the Congressional Medal OF
Honor and other high decorations,
also offered it's services to the Gov
eminent in time of any national
emergency.
Banquet This Afternoon.
The golden anniversary banquet
of the Legion was to be held this
afternoon Immediately after the
election of officers. r-
The outgoing national officers OF
the Legion are: Commander, Leon
M. Hanna of Chicago; adjutanr,
Ben Prayer of Pittsburgh; senior
vice commander, Fred Kochh Of
Washington, and national service
officer, Mahlon G. Ward OF Wash
ington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Chevy Chase Has Its
Own Dawn 'BIuckout'

Early-rising Chevy Chase residents
got sample before dawn today of
what Londoners get every night.
The "blackout" was caused about
am by a wet tree limb falling
on electric wires, according to cleo
trio company officials. Two of the
wires were burned down, throwing
off a circuit. Workmen transferred
the power load to another feeder"
line and the ''blackout" lasted only
about an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Labor Day Week End
To Be Two-ThirdsW Wei,
Weather Bureau Says
Monday to Be Cooler for
Throngs Of Vocotionists;
Many Tourists Expected

A Labor Day holiday that will be
two-thirds wet is all that the
Weather Bureau can offer pleasure
bent Westinghouse in its new
flve-day advance forecast issued
early today.
The bureau predicted showers to-
day and probably tomorrow, with
Monday cooler and the remainder
of the period until Wednesday ex-
pected to be generally fair. and
warmer. However, even this damp
outlook was not expected to keep
thousands of Government workers
from hitting the vacation trail this
afternoon for the week end.
The Washington bureau warned
shipping in the vicinity of the Vir-
GINA Capes to remain at port for
the next So hours because of re-
ports from Jacksonville, Fla, of a
tropical disturbance 525 miles east
of Savannah. Vessels off the Caro-
lima Capes were also warned.
Capt. Milton D. Smith Of the
Washington Police Traffic Division
said special motorcycle detach-
ments would be told off to patrol
through traffic arteries over the
holiday. On Monday, Capt. Smith
said, men of the early shift would
not be brought on duty until about
3 pm. in anticipation of a heavy
traffic flow back to the city.
Hotels and transportation COM
panies anticipated the influx OF
tourists would be fully as great as
the crowd of Westinghouse leav-
ing town for the week end.
The Washington Public Library
with all its branches and SUBJ
branches, will be closed all day
Monday, Miss Clara w. Herbert, act
ing librarian, announced.
The Washington Industrial Union
Council will hold a picnic on the
South River near Annapolis. Special
buses will leave here tomorrow at
10 am, with couneilmembers aboard
The Wanderbirds will leave Great
Falls, Va, for an a2l-day hike to-
morrow to Villa Ecuador to watch
the sunset there. Monday the hik.
ing club will spend the entire day at
Chapel Point Beach, Md.
The Capital Hiking Club invites
the public to four mile hike around
rGunston Cove by way of the Lord
Fairfax mansion ruins tomorrow
A conducted tour of the Federal fish
hatchery at Fort Belvoir will feature
the excursion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
War Games Described
For District Group

The realism of recent Army ma
neuvers in New York State was de-
scribed yesterday by Capt. Paul H
McMurray, legal consultant, Board
of Veterans Appeals,-at a Wash
ington Round Table luncheon held
at the National Press Club.
Capt. McMurray, who was sta
toned with the 10Th Division dur
ing the maneuvers, discussed meth
DDS copied from European warfare
and practiced in the war games.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
D. T.. Marines Arrive
In Nick Of Time 10
Rescue Hangar
Intrenched Invaders
Routed at Lukehurst
In Mock Bottle
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LAKEHURST, N. j., Aug. 81
True to the tradition of the marines,
"leathernecks" from the District of
Columbia arrived just In the nick
of time to effect a gallant rescue"
Of the gigantic dirigible hangar
here, which has housed such
famous aircraft as the Akron,
Macon, Shenandoah, Graf Zeppelin
and Hindenburg, it was announced
today by marine authorities.
The hanger had been seized by an
enemy invader" While dangerous
in war-game theory only, the in
vading force had, nevertheless, in
trenched itself on high ground north
of the structure when Washing
tons 5th Marine Reserve Battalion
went into action.
The enemy was a "Red" force
played by trainees from Roanoke,
Va. The District boys we're Blue
in more than the tactical sense OF
the word when they learned Of the
hangers capture - but bravely
dashed to the rescue, companies
abreast.
Their attack was launched at
pm. amid the roar of howitzers, the
crash Of trench mortars and the
staccato chatter of machine guns,
as parachute flares turned the COM
bat area into a daylight scene.
Capt. Justice M. Chambers led
his Company d in an enveloping
movement around the Red" right
flank, with Companies B and A,
under 1t. Alfred H. Marks and Capt.
Ohio L. Rogers. supporting the at
tack by fire.
Disconnected, the enemy fled to
the southeast.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Animals Check Out
Of Swonk MoyfIower

It resembled ZOO somewhat yes
terday, but today the Mayflower was
back to normal hotel routine. The
animals the hotel sheltered during
the closing days of the convention
of the American Veterinary Medical
Association yesterday were gone, and
so were the veterinarians.
The animals were brought in for
a clinic before about $500 veter-
narians who met during the week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
D. {. Thieves Slip Safe
Out Grease PIT Door

A safe and 16 cases of liquor were
obtained by thieves who broke into
a filling station and a liquor store
here yesterday.
The safe was reported stolen from
a service station at 170l Benninp
road NE. The manager, James w:
Carrick, 704 Seventh street NE.
told police that the thieves gained
entrance by breaking in a door lead
ing from a grease pit into the base
ment. They lugged the heavy safe
out the same way. He said 1t con-
tanned about $164.
The liquor, valued at about $500.
was stolen from store at COST Dix
street NE. by burglars who entered
the place during the night, Julius
Kirson, 4506 Georgia avenue NV.
proprietor, reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Mrs. Halls Rites Set

CABIN JOHN, Md, Aug. 81 (Spe-
ciaD Funeral services for Mrs.
Minnie Mae Hall, so, wife of David
died at her home here Thursday,
will be held at 1880 O'Clock tonight
at the funeral home of w. Reuben
Humphrey. Bethesda. Burial will be
in Rochelle Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Col. Spootz Relieved

Col. Carl Spaatz is relieved from
assignment as Assistant Military At
tacne and Assistant Military Attache
Tor Air to the American Embassy
IN London, Army orderers revealed
today. Col. Spaatz has been in the
London post approximately six
months. He will report here to the
chief of Air Corps for duty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Steinhurdt at Peipinq

PEIPING, Aug. 81 R.-Laurence
A. Steinhardt, United States Am
bassador to Russia, arrived here last
night en- route back to Moscow from
the United States. He will leave
September s via Manchuria and
Siberia,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Navy Yord Contract Let

A contract totaling $243,0 has
been let to the Diamond Construc-
ton Co., 2801 Eighth street NE, for
water front construction at the Navy
Yard here the Navy Department an
nounced today. The award was made
on a cost plus fixed fee basis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-31
Band Concert

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band at the bandstand this
evening at $50 o'clock. John S. M.
Zimmerman, handmaster; Anton
Pointner, assistant.
March, 1.-THE Bugle Calf Morgan
Overture, lone" ----P etrella
Modernistic, "Rhythms of Rio"
Bennett
Excerpts from musical comedy,
Roberta" Kern
Popular numbers:
"Valencia" --P adilla
Thanks for the Memory Robin
Valsette, "Chiquita" Wayne
Finale. "Our Fighting Men, Pecereta
The Star Spangled Banner"
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-19
COP Programmes Ask Honest Debate
During Presidential Campaigning

WASHINGTON. Feb 10. up
Republican program planners. who
have asked III voters - rrNlHlafe
The Roosevelt administration or
grounds thai II has lt1ea ~ p.a.-
tically III In CNlC,t forcgN af-
fairs. suggested to@al 'hat the 1910
political cemaaeu bc aftci To
plane oi honast dcbats
The naf.. oru ..m committee
whose three sear tues = thc STATE
OF the ration Wa ruahSh'd today.
emphasized that the report was not
designed a l#itlCrm for 1hc COP
but il Was r'.necI"d to .nnI~V much
ammun,ticn Tor PrN,bncar> who
Will bo Canpal nnG hefu"cn noV
and NO"Cnlhcl 10 elect . president
There Was nc comment eilhcr irom
Republicans OF Democrats on the
report prepare. by Chairman Glenn
Frank ana l. l61 committee aSso-
oiates. Most observers declined
comment until thc5 have read the
ll5 page anal}e:S Crt5}ed A Pro-
gram ior Dynamic Aa1eisya
In raGIo adGyrs. is>t ui.ilt.
Frank asserted tha; the report at
temptS honestly ana ohidcuycly 10
analyzc ana expires jademcnt upon
the aSSumpt3onS. the policies. the
Imperial Valley press., 1940-02-19
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Fight for Release

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