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Evening star., 1940-03-17
Connecticut Avenue
Enrolls Eighty

In an extensive membership drive
the Connecticut Avenue Citizens
Association has enrolled 80 new
members since the beginning Of the
year. They are: s. E. Bishopp,
Miss Vera H. Budd, Mrs. Hazel H.
Clark, John c. Clark, A. Cohen, w. p.
Collins, Theron c. Copeland, Amos
A. Fries, E. c. Hargrave, I. Hass-
locher, William lie, Mrs. r. Kreiter,
Edward T. Lyons, Mrs. w. T. Mas
tin, Lennard H. Mitchell, Bertha
Ann Murray w. T. Raissievr, John
A. Remon, Mrs. Thomas w. Sandoz,
Mrs. T. H. Simon, Herbert L. Smith,
Isaac Topper, Nina K. Tribe, e. N.
Wright, William H. Clark, jr.; Mrs.
Georgia Sherwood, Mrs. L. w.
Fearn, Mrs. william j. O'Brien,
James j. Murray, Harry Walsky,
]. D. Mullock, Kemper E. Jones,
r. H. Crowell, Miss Mary D. Nc
Creery, Charles w. Thomas, Rod
man s. Coad, Paul Vogenitz, M. B.
Catlin, o. r. Florea, D. E. Cohen,
G. w. Patterson, E. L. Tolson, jr.;
William H. Page, w. Edgar Bowman,
Frank M. Sullivan, j. G. Batten,
Edward P. Giles, A. Stambaugh,
H. G. Young, r. G. Sternmeyer,
g. w. Buchhole, Mrs. Edith Ed
wards, N. B. Eddy, Robert G. Dun
bar, Edward Fisher, Frank j. Bell,
K. d. Frisby, Miss o. Kerby, Miss
Eleanor Hayes, Mrs. ]. r. Fain,
Albert r. Skinner, Mrs. Nancy M.
Haskett, Mrs. H. L. Price, Ernest
]. Irving, Harry G. Stesch, w. Frank
Sunny, James c. Popham, A. d.
Tarter, L. Naecker. Paul H. w.
Hunter, Miss Jane Gray Syme, Mrs.
Anna Bernstein, Miss Edith M.
Cooper, Lawrence Duggan, James
F. Hartnett, jr.;; Hayden Honlgate,
g. H. Jack, Marshall H. johnson,
Mrs. Edmond Mallet and Miss Bessie
ThrashGg.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Trade Board Group
To Discuss Taxes

The Districts current tax dilemma
will be the main topic of discussion
at meeting of the Tax Policy SUBJ
committee of the Board of Trades
Municipal Finance Committee at
1880 am, in the trade boards ofn-
ces in The Star Building. Claude
w. Owen is chairman of the SUBJ
committee.
Other committee meetings sched-
ules this week are:
Public Order, tomorrow at 1890
pm. at the Harrington Hotel;
Odell s. Smith, chairman.
Industrial Interest, Tuesday at
pm. in board of1ces; Bruce r.
Allen, chairman.
Public Schools, Wednesday at
1875 pm. at Harvey's Restaurant:
George E. Keneipp, chairman.
Subcommittee of Insurance Com
mittee on the new fire insurance
bill, Friday at 4 pm. in the board
onnces: Frederick p. H. siddons,
chairman.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
On Capitol Hill
A Weekly Report on
D. G. Legislation

The House District Committee will
hold its regular weekly meeting to-
morrow at 10:30 am. to consider q
miscellaneous assortment Of bills.
The special subcommittee which
few days ago completed investi-
cation of the liquor situation plans
to meet during the week to draft
its report to the full committee.
The Subcommittee on Appropria-
tions, in charge of the 1941 Dis
trict appropriation bill, also plans
to meet periodically during the week
to decide on the amount of money
1t will ask the House to provide to
operate the municipal government
in the coming fiscal year, begin
ming July !. The subcommittee
completed hearings on the bill
Thursday.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Home Movies an Old Hobby
For Edwin G. Graham
Head of Hamilton
Bank Long a
Civic Leader
(EleUenth In a series OF sketches
OF officers and directors of the
Board OF Trnde.)
BY JOHN H. Cassidy, Jr.

Edwin C. Graham, president Of
the Hamilton National Bank, enjoys
a chuckle occasionally when he hears
some one talking about the new
craze" for home motion pictures.
This particular bug nipped Mr..
Graham almost two decades ago.
The former president and now a
director of the Board Of Trade was
among the first to take up amateur
moving pictures, and he enjoys
showing his friends pictures Of
Washington and personal views Of
his family made in the early '20s.
Little Time for Hobbies.
There has been little time for
hobbies, though, in this mans ca
reer. Born on a farm in Warren
County, ILL.,, Mr.. Graham came to
Washington in 1890, received de-
grees in accountancy and stenogra-
ply at the Spencerian Business
College and then took a position
with Royce & Marean, an electrical
contracting concern. He became
manager at %.
In 1898 Mr.. Graham organized
the National Electrical Supply Co.,
and became its secretary and man
ager. After the first year he was
elevated to the position Of presi-
dent and general manager, which he
has held continuously for Al years.
At the time of the banking holi-
day in 1888, Mr.. Graham was Sc
lected to head a committee formed
to organize a new bank and sue
ceeded in raising the necessary ST.
250,000 capital and surplus. He then
became president of the newly or
ganized Hamilton National Bank.
He also served at one time as q
director of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond.
Headed Commercial Club.
Mr.. Graham was one of the or
ganizers and first president of the
Evening star., 1940-03-17

tCAAOC1AI VI pOAACC, dO411AGCCO Cl1dV pO.>
lice couldn't very well enforce the
regulation unless they were positive
the car in question hadn't been
moved in 18 hours.
Naturally" he explained, when
1t SHOWS the police can see very
easily whether or not a car has been
moved in 18 hours by seeing whether
the snow around the car has been
disturbed. But in clear weather it's
very difficult to enforce it unless
police make some kind of distin-
gushing mark on every car parked
in the street."
An analysis Of the following three
classes Of traffic violations, In addi-
ton to the overtime parkers, the 18-
hour violators and the 4-to-6 pm.
parkers reveals that these six VIOLA
tions make up 1871 per cent Of the
total February traffic arrests, as
compared with the same six types
of violations in January, when they
comprised approximately so per cent
of that months traffic cases:
Five hundred and twenty-seven
motorists who parked their cars less
than 20 feet from the building line
and less than so feet from the inter-
section.
Ignore No-Parking Signs.
The 370 motorists who violated the
mo parking at-any-time" fegula-
ton. Incidentally, this represented
an increase of 86 over January's vio-
lators of this regulation.
| And finally, the 288 drivers who
blithely ignored the ban against
parking from to $50 am. in GER
tain sections of the city.
Curiously enough, pedestrians still
didn't think pedestrian control regu-
lations meant what they said. even
| after almost a year of enforcement.
They paid for their disregard by
ITO arrests, an increase Of II over
January.
Motorists who violate the pedes-
trians' right of way also had better
watch themselves, if February's ar
rests are any indication of the future.
Seventeen were nabbed by police for
cutting into a moving line Of pedes-
trians proceeding on the proper sig
nal. This represents an increase
of over arrests in January for
violation of this regulation.
Mai. Ernest w. Browns admoni-
ton to police to concentrate their
attention on moving traffic violations
bore fruit in February, with 511 ar
rests for speeding and "a for reckless
driving. Violators of identical regu-
lations in January totaled 472 and
IS arrests, respectively.
Five Fatalities.
An encouraging note may be found
in the fact that there was no in
crease in the number of traffic fatal
tiles over January. The figure re-
manned the same-five-for each Of
the two months.
There were 910 accidents, however.
for February. as compared with 80S
in the preceding month. There also
was. an increase in the number of
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Civic Calendar
II Associations
Meet This Week

The following IL citizens associ-
ations are scheduled to meet this
week:
Monday, March 18.
1nterfederation Condemnation
106, The Star Building, 8 pm.
Lincoln Park-Bryan School, Thir-
teenth and B streets Sc, 8pm.
Sixteenth Street Heights-A. r.
Shepherd School, Fourteenth and
Kalmia streets NV, SPIN.
Tuesday, March 10.
Benning -Benning School, 5SS
Minnesota avenue NE, Bpm.
Cathedral Heights Cleveland Park
Parish hall, st. Adams Church,
Wisconsin avenue and Woodley road
NV, 8pm.
Citizens Forum Of Columbia
Evening star., 1940-03-17

injuries-247-58 over January's fig
ure. OF these, 1873 were pedestrians
and ia were motorists.
OF the 13 precincts that reported,
the second, tenth and thirteenth
precincts again dominated the traf1c
enforcement picture. They made .
total Of only 1879 arrests, however.
a drop Of 1,943 from January's traffic
figures. The remaining 1890 arrests
were more evenly divided among the
various precincts than they were in
January, with the exception of the
Traffic Division. It had 3,014 arrests
to its credit, as compared with 1859
cases in the previous month.
The harbor precinct continued in
slump. For the second successive
month it had no trafnc arrests.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Wild Life Group
Meets Tomorrow

Between 1900 and 1900 delegates
are expected to attend the North
American Wildlife Conference which
will open a three-day session at the
Mayflower Hotel tomorrow.
Three other conventions also are
on the weeks schedule. They are:
American Industrial Development
Council, tomorrow and Tuesday at
the United States Chamber of Com
merce Building; expected attend
ance, 100.
Association of Military Colleges
and Schools, Tuesday through
Thursday, at the Washington Ho-
tel; expected attendance, 70.
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority.
Thursday through Saturday, at the
Wardman Park Hotel; attendance
expected to be between 800 and 400.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Sigma DeIto Koppu Meeting

The Washington Alumni Chapter
Of Sigma Delta Kappa, will hold its
monthly meeting at $50 pm. Tues
day at the Carlton Hotel. John j.
Dolan, professor Of constitutional
law at Columbus University, will
speak on Biography Of an Early
American Lawyer" The program
will be dedicated to the seventh an
niversary of the founding Of Alpha
Rho Chapter ct the Warrington
ColleGo of Law.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
CALENDAR NOTES,

Police Court Judge Edward M.
Curran has been invited as guest
speaker of the Chevy Chase Citizens
Association Wednesday evening, it
was announced by George E. Dieffen-
bach, secretary. Mr.. Dieffenbach also
announced that the Reynolds bill to
legalize horse racing and pari-mutuel
betting in the District would be dis
cussed. A special committee COM
posed Of Robert M. Charles, chair
man; John D. Fitzgerald, the Rev E.
o. Clark, Unger c. Murnan, jr.: Dar-
rell H. Smith, William H. Doherty
and Mr.. Dieffenbach will bring In a
report at the meeting relative to the
bill. The association has consistent
ly been opposed to legalized horse
racing in the District in past year,
Mr. .Dieffenbach added.
Lewis r. Barrett, co-ordinator Of
recreation In the District, will be
principal speaker at q meeting Of
the Petworth Citizens Association
Tuesday night, Raymond E. Gable,
secretary, announced.
AuC AIldCOSIla NrJlZcIlS ASSUCl.
alton, originally scheduled to meet
Friday. has postponed its meeting to
next Friday, March 20, because Of
church services being held this week,
Holy Week, and on Good Friday.
The youth problem in Southwest
Washington and the city as q whole
will be discussed at q meeting Of
the Southwest Citizens Association
Wednesday night. A report is to be
made relative to this by William
Brody, chairman of the associations
Public Welfare Committee. In con.
nection with this problem Harry
Wender, president, said a proposal
to sponsor backyard Fairgrounds"
particularly for smaller children, Will
be discussed. The idea, he added,
was to provide additional play space
for the smaller children unable to
use the city Fairgrounds. Equipment
Tor these backyard Fairgrounds"
would be donated by various mer.
chants In the city and the children
would b supervised By parents Or
other adults.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

glove and this notice posted on the
bulletin board:
"Will the finder of the mate to
this glove either pin 1t UP here with
this one so that I may have q pair,
or else take this one and then you
will have q pair. There Is no sense
In both Of us having one cold hand
al winter"
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Senate:

On District Day, last Monday, the
following six bills, all of which still
require Senate action. were passed !:
H. r. TIA, to restrict the use
of congressional automobile tags to
the session of Congress for which
they are issued.
H. r. 1914, to give District alco-
holic beverage dealers whose IL
censes are suspended the right to
appeal to the Board of Commission
erS.
H. R. 7084, to amend the existing
adoption law to require that a GER
titled certificate of the final decree
of adoption be issued by District
Court in cases where the adoptee
is born outside the District.
H. r. 8639, to change a name of
! block of Twenty fourth street NV.
to Williamsburg lane.
H. j. 219, to authorize an appro-
priation of $25,000 for employment
of special police for presidential in
augural ceremonies in 1941.
H. j. 220, to authorize granting
special permits to the committee II,
charge of the inaugural ceremonies
Last Monday, after spirited de-
bate, the House voted to send back
to the House District Committee H.
r. 6991, to amend the child labor
law to permit children of any age
to dance, sing or take part in the
atrical productions in Washington
for pay.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
How They Stand

Heights-Powell Junior High School,
Hiatt place and Lamont street NV,
pm.
Petworth-Petworth Branch Pub
lie Library, Upshur street and
Kansas avenue NV, 8 pm.
Wednesday, March 20.
Chevy Chase-E. v. Brown School,
Connecticut avenue and Mckinley
street NV, 8 pm.
Dahlgren Terrace - Crosby s.
Noyes School, Tenth and Franklin
streets NE, 8 pm.
Sixteenth Street Highlands
Brightwood School, Thirteenth and
Nicholson streets NV, pm.
Southwest-Jefferson Junior High
School, Sixth and D streets S.W.,
8pm.
Friday, March ~.
Burroughs-John F. Burroughs
School, Eighteenth and Monroe
streets NE, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

arrests 1874 cent Of the total while motorists parked their
than ID hours numbered
quite from the
ulation
Trailing second to the overtime pakers the 89 motorists
who unwisey parked in forbidden territory from to
Asked to the the arrests
in the Of shour parking voators Ernest
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Traffic Cases for Month of February

Charge. Violation.
Parked overtime ----------- 1881
Parked 4 to 6 pm. ------- 839
Disobeying official sign --- 769
Parked less than 20 feet from
the building line and less
than so feet from the inter-
section 527
Speeding Sill
No parking at any time ----- 370
Parked abreast ---------- $40
Parked from 2 to 8 am. 325
Parking warrants ------ 289
Parked from 8 to $50 am. 288
Parked over 18 hours In one
place Z0U
Violation of pedestrian control
regulations ---------------- 179
Passing red lght------------- 1872
Miscellaneous ------------ 127
Parked at bus stop -------- 126
Parked overtime in q 60-min-
ute meter zone --- 123
Parked more than 8 inches
from the curb --------- 120
Failing to keep to right------ lis
Passing stop sign ------. Ill
Failing to give hand signal 80 101
Parked from am. to 6 pm.-- 90
Parked with left wheel to curb "a
Parked in loading zone ------ 81
Parked less than Is feet from
stop sign ------------------ "a
No District of Columbia permit SO
Obstructing entrance -- 81
Truck parked in front Of pri-
vate residence -------- "a
Disobeying traffic signal device 10
Dead tags St
Parked OF hack stand ------- IS
Parked in oficial space ------ IS
Driving on the wrong side Of
the street ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS "a
Improper lights ------------- 81
Obstructing driveway -------- IS
Parked overtime In . 20-min-
ute meter zone ---------- IS
Parked less than 10 feet from
IRE hydrant ---.--------- so
Parked in public Space 10
Unnecessary noise 48
No lights while running II
Failure to exhibit registration
CAIQ n
Parked in restricted zone---- 43
Obstructing crosswalk a
Disobeying officers signal u
Failure to exhibit permit Il
Violation Of one-way street. "a
Parked on hack stand %
Failure to give right Of way
to vehicle 27
Failure to change address on
permit a.
Driving while drunk as
Unattended motor Is
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Exactness Essential in Solving Problems
by JESSE c. sUTER.

wrong positive untruts
regarding the District of Columbia there imposed spokesmen
for civic the responsibility of knowing the facts
and giving them with scrpuous exacte To be caught without
inaccurate to throw valuable
These fundamental applicable all of the
problems OF this voss and unrepreented District For
citizens Washington have been required try their
before committees of Congress and fine record been made
carefully accurately assembled
presented like While often unsuccessful at
tempts legislators presentation
Recently local advocates in their
sometime sacrificed exactness for vhemence
preston, particularly in the use of figures
when kind Of suffrage for the District
discussion raise the old ugaboo Of the
orators both sides of the question
with barrage of alleged population
figures Unhappiy these often In order to eliminate
any inaccuacy along following
here submitted for of all readers
entire population Of the District of Columbia each
1870 until $780, both inclusive follows
1870 23o267 27S234 1870
increase population in this period
5he white population follows:
1890 394 The cent of increase 3009 For
Negro population figures follows:
$780, $685. 1900 seo2 1910 s44e; 1920 1oe6e6
during the decades 2042
apparent discrepancy between the aggregate
figures white and Negro due to the inclusion
In the aggregate of those Of other races)
figures which most frequently given erroneousy
following the for each 1870 through
per 1880 328 s00
1s1o 25 cent 1920 ISL cent and 1885, 27
All of the figures quoted above for the population OF
all The Negro population Of voting IN 1920 24
entire population In 1880 25s cent.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Traffic Record for February

The rac record as revealed at police for the o.
day period ended February 70:
Fatalities, 5 a pedestrians, motorisD.
Accidents, 910
Motorists injured, III.
Motorists arrested, 9154
Pedestrians injured 1873.
violation Of
uons
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Man Reaches Solution
On Lost Glove Problem
~ tde Associated Press.

81 tde Associated Press.
GRANVILLE, Ohio. -Denison
University students here guffawed
hilariously when they saw 4 mans
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Business GROUPS
Federation to Meet
Thursday Night
Tuesday, March 10.

Connecticut avenue - Regular
meeting, Maynower Hotel, Connecti-
cut avenue and De Sales street NV,
$50 pm.
Columbia Heights - Luncheon,
Sholl's Cafe, 3027 Fourteenth street
NV, 1915 pm.
Northeast-Luncheon, Continental
Hotel, North Capitol, between D and
E streets NV, 12:15 pm.
Wednesday, March 20.
New Center Market Regular
meeting, New Center Market, Fifth
and K streets NV, 2 pm.
Thursday, March FL.
Federation-Regular meeting and
dinner, Continental Hotel, North
Capitol. between D and e streets
NV. $50 pm.
Central-Luncheon, Hamilton Ho-
tel, Fourteenth and K streets NV,
l2:15 pm.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
CIVIC NEW 8.
Overtime Parking Brings
Most February Tickets
Violators of 18.Hour Law
Drop to Eleventh Place;
More Speeders Arrested
BY ]. b. ZATMAN.

Overtime parking Uolators
District February succeeding
sho parke who slipped down to eleventh place their
tion January according Police Department statistics
Although motorists
figure January.
parking
Evening star., 1940-03-17
CALENDAR NOTES,

The New Center Market Board of
Directors will meet Thursday at 2
pm, New Center Market, Fifth and
K streets NV. At the regular meet
ing of the association Wednesday
proposal to substitute q sales tax
for the income tax "even if a tax
is placed on food" will be discussed.
Action has been taken on the reso-
luton. This stand has been taken
by the group since 1888. The pro-
posal was presented to the Board Of
Directors Of the Federation last
Wednesday night.
Two trade associations will be
considered by the Federation Thurs
day night for membership into the
body. They were presented to the
Board of Directors last Wednesday.
The Connecticut Avenue group
Tuesday will discuss a general pub
licity campaign to induce and stimu-
late new firms on Connecticut ave-
nue.. Considerations for new busi-
ness leases in the area will be made
and a plan will be mapped out
whereby parking facilities on the
avenue can be made easier, also
parking lots to be installed. The
parking and new firms drive is for
keeping business on Connecticut
avenue. The meeting scheduled for
last Wednesday was postponed un-
til Tuesday.
Evening star., 1940-03-17
Bills Introduced.

H. R. 8846, to provide for the VOL
untary retirement after Is years
service of members of the Fire De-
partment and the Metropolitan,
Park and White House police forces.
H. R. 1896, to provide equal rights
for all persons in the District, ir-
respective Of race or religion. :,
Bills Passed.
Evening star., 1940-03-17

Mr.. Graham was one OF the Or
ganizers and first president of the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-18
BARCLAY ON BRIDGE
By Shepard Barclay
The Authority on Authorities"
Tho Authority on Authorities"

Sequence No. l indicates only
two four-card suits by your part
ner. hence no more than seven
cards for your side II -ithcr ma
iOr. 50 with either \ Or 3 you
pass 5-No Trumps. No. :; indicates
tive iive-card suits by yc.;f part
net. Hence you bid 4-Hearts with
\ a-,3 4-Spades with 3.
Sequence reveals five hearts
and four spades, so with A you
bid i-HeartS and with B you pass
3-No Trumps. In fact, with A. you
may bid 4-Hearts as soon as you
hear the 2-Spade bid indicating
hearts are five cards long. No. 4
shows five spades and four hearts.
so with \ you bid S-No Trunps
and with 3 4-Spades. No. 8 shows
six spades and four hearts, so you
bid 4-Spades with either A or 3.
No. 6 shows six hearts and four
spades. so you hi1 4-Hearts with
either A or B.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-18
Hfaufment OF
Falling Eyeloshes

: What are the cause and
treatment of falling eyetdshesE
The usual cause is chronic
biepharitis, which is a chronic
inflammation of the hair fol-
! licles of the eyelid. Sometimes,
/ after the blepharitis has healed,
patients develop a habit of pail
ling the lashes. IN rare In
]. stances the eyelashes fall out
|: for no known cause.
Sometimes the use Of three
,per cent zinc oxide ointn. mt
;gill lessen the itching tina
!. 4rompts people to pull the eye
d Rshes.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-18

EDITOr'S NOTE: DIR. ClenGcninG has
seven p. inphlets which can L. obtained By
reader. Each pamphlet sells for ~ cents.
For amy one pamphlet desired, send 10
Gems in coin, and u sclf-addrc3sed envelope
stamped with thrce-ccnt stamp. to DR..
Logan ClendeninR. in care of this paper.
The pamphlets are: Three Weeks Redus.
ing Diet, Indigestion and Constipation,
Reducing and Gaining, Infant Feed
ing, Instructions for the Treatment Of
Diabetes. Feminine Hygiene" and Tbs
Care Of the Hair and Skin.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-18

kE DR.. ClendcHing vill answer
II questions Of general interest
g only, and then only through
his column.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-18
Telling Child
Hes Adopted

At 1ghut age shopd children
be Informed ii they ere adopt
ed!
Psychologists believe that it is
advisable to inform adopted chill
drcn of that fact as early as pos
sible. Young children so informed
have no emotional reaction and
grow up just as secure in their
status as other children.
Three or four years is not toe
young to do this. The usual tech
nique is to tell them that, whereas
most of their friends had to be &C
cepted, their foster parents picked
them out and chose them from q
group Of children and liked then
best.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-18
LENTEN REDUCING DIET
FOR TUESDAY

See Deuteronomy VIII 3.
Brcokfo$t: Fruit, fried mpsh
cake with syrup; coffee with Tea
spoonful Of cream and one lump
Of sugar.
Luncheon: Vegetable plate,
one slice bread with butter;
black coffee OF tea with lemon.
Dinner: One serving chicken
pie, one slice bread with butter;
jello dessert, black coffee or tea
with lemon.
Days calor.G5-850.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-03-18

Goughnuts are made with the best
fats, they are not indigcstible.
: Doughnuts are also very nutri-
kipus, having A. per cent carbohy-
drate, As per cent fat, and six per
cent protein, which is quite q we'll
balanced fuel for the human engine.