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La gaceta., 1940-01-30
Ola De HYGIENE

Ell DR.. y, B. McCraery, Off
cial de Sand lad del Estado, nos
infcrma qu9Nel principal motive
del Dfa de H4geene Social, fe.
braro 1, es relacionar al r1tlic9
9cn los problema SIDE la charla-
tanerfa en- la medicinal y Ell ira
tamiento para la Stills y la go
norrea.
Dice ell DIR. McCreary que a
peSar de los esfrlerzos educaciO-
males de la Junta de Salubridad
del Estado y otras organizacio-
0es, muchas personals todavia
no aprecian que solo I'm medico
competente puede diagnosticar
p~ropiamente y tratar la Stills y
Y gonorrea. Ell resultado es que
muchos hcmbreS Y muJeres SON
vfctimas de charlatanes, vende-
ores de remedies, genie sin es-
fr1prlos, y algunos bcticarios
,arentes de etica que Sc atreven
! prescribir para tan seria en-
larmedad. FL boticario no puede
lacer tai cosa, no importa 81 81
mismo tiene la enfermedad.
Ell Dia de Higiena Social esta
patrocinado por Ia Association
Americana de Hygiene Social.
La gaceta., 1940-01-30
RHEUMATISM

BELIEVE PAIN On FEW MINUS
To relieve the torturing pain Of Rhs1Ina~
tism, NeuTitis, Neuralgia or LumhaEo, Ia q
few minutes, get the Doctore formula
NURITO. Dependable-no opiatea, no nAx-
cotics. Does the work Quiekly-must relieve
cruel pain, - your satisfaction in 9 few
minutes or money back at Druggist's. Dont
glffer. Use NURITO on this guarantees today.
La gaceta., 1940-01-30
N GENERAL EN- Ell
CIRCULO CUBANO

La Junta ordinaria del circp
10 Cubano Sc efectuara 81 Jre-
YES, Il de Febrero, a las BIS de
la ncche, IN al edific.o social. rs
Ia jurla correspondence al Guar
TO trime5 trey en- ella So dana a
conocer ell balance general. A
suntol importantes seran $disclI-
tides y tratados. .
.Ruega e s~ecretario, Joseito
Fuentes Rosa, la ~asistencia de
todcs los Socios.
La gaceta., 1940-01-30
"VAPOR DANES HUNDIDO/

C1penhague, Enero 30--Fren
tie a Ia costa de Escocia Ell vapQ<
Frednborg choc6 con una
nina y Sc hundi6. Pereciel bn
kus 20 tripulantes. DesplszaS g
Ielabarco 5000 toneladas. -
La gaceta., 1940-01-30

ra, soSre ell pueblo de Augs-
btrg, eA Alemania.
La diStancia reccrrida p fu9
objato de%recor6s" hasta N925,
aho en- que los aviadores 3alos
ArracRart y LemaiSe vel ron
de Etjmpes en- FranciMa Villa
Ci9nefos, en- Africa, a&ppS
3,147 kilometres de distancia.
Este record cay6 en- 1888, Guam
do dos aviones ingFeses, cada u
no con una tripulaai6n Re tres
hombres, volaron de IsmaliS E.
gipto, a Darwin, Australia, Ell
Noviembre de csc ano, cubrien-
do I'm total de 11,453 kil6me-
tros. 9
La gaceta., 1940-01-30
OTRA E MOCION EN-
FAVOR DE LOS CRIMINA-
LES

Ell letrado Pat Whitaker pre-
Sent6 aver una moci6n de nuevo
juicio en- favor de dos crimina-
Evening star., 1940-10-18

-Four royal fugitives from Nazi
invaders, Crown Princess Martha of
Norway and her three young chill
dren, were guests of President and
Mrs. Roosevelt at the White House
today while they prepared to settle
down in nearby Maryland for an
indefinite" stay.
The visitors probably will remain
at the White House several days
before taking up residence on the
estate of Merle Thorpe, editor Of
Nations Business, on the Rockville
pike near Bethesda, Nd. Mean
while, Crown Prince Oiav Is In Eng
land with his father helping rally
his countrymen against the 1nvad-
ers.
Greeted at Union Station.
The royal party was greeted at
Union Station last night by Minister
Wilhelm NJ de Morgenstierne Of
Norway and members of his staff,
representatives of the White House
and State Department and friends
the Princess made here on o visit
during the summer of 1899.
When she alighted from the train
the Princess was holding her young
est child, Harald, 3, tightly by~the
hand She was dressed in a dark
suit and silver fox neckpiece. She
wore an orchid corsage and pearls.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
tar Staff Photo.

The two blue-eyed little girls,
Ragnhild, 10. and Astrid, 8. were
dressed in blue. They clutched dolls
tightly in their arms and tried not
to look dismayed when photog-
raphers' bulbs flashed from the
crowd which pressed about them.
Children to Enter School.
The Princess was accompanied
by her lady in waiting and Wedel
Jarlsberg. master of the Kings s
household. No one knew how long
the family will remain in Wash
ington. Arrangements are being
made, it was said. to enter the two
eldest children in school.
The family arrived in New York
August % aboard a troop transport
ship sent to Norway by President
Roosevelt to evacuate stranded
Americans. The royal family came
to this country at the invitation
of the Roosevelts, and visited them
at Hyde Park before spending Sep
tember with friends on Cape Cod,
Mass.
Princess Martha and Crown
Prince Olav made an extended
visit to this country in 1885, At
that time they visited the Roose-
velts at Hyde Park and spent three
busy days in Washington, where
they were extensively entertained.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Medical Antitrust
Trial Is Postponed
Indefinitely
Court Situation Causes
Delay; Curron Says
U. 5. Is Ready Any Time

The medical antitrust case
scheduled to come to trial in Dis
trict Court next Monday, has beer
postponed indefinitely.
Announcement to this effect by
United States Attorney Edward M
Curran, yesterday, explained that
the delay was due to complications
at the court and heavy docket
but that the case would be set down
for trial on day agreeable to both
the Government and defense.
When the trial would be sched-
uled, however, still was indefinite
today.
The trial is an outgrowth OF
charges by the Justice Department,
which resulted in a Federal in
dictment returned December 20,
1888, accusing organized medicine
Of conspiracy in restraint Of trade
in violation of the Sherman Anti
Trust Act. The restraints were
alleged to have been directed
against Group Health Association, a
medical cooperative of Govern
ment employees here, and several
Washington hospitals. The Defend
ants include the American Medical
Association, the District Of Colum-
bia Medical Society, Washington
Academy Of Surgery, Harris County
(Tex) Medical Society and 81
prominent doctors Of Chicago and
washington.
In his statement explaining rea-
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Red Cross Roll Call,
With Two Days 10 Go,
Shy 10000 Members
Drive Intensified
With Hope Thot Goal
Will Be Reached

The Red Cross Roll Call will con-
clude it's oath annual drive tomor-
row night and, unless it takes in al
most 10000 members between today
and that time, it will have fallen
short Of its goal of 10000.
Yesterdays enrolment was only
3,423. making the grand total 50 far
1oo,7e1. All Roll Call units except
utilities and booths are behind COM
parative figures for last year. Gov
ernment units, with 6S,899 enroll
ments, are 1894 behind.
In order to spur last-minute join
ing of the local Red Cross Chapter,
Edgar Morris, chairman Of the CAM
paign, announced that Postal Tele-
graph messengers will collect free Of
charge memberships Of persons to-
day and tomorrow who otherwise
could not sign up. He said q mes
senger can be obtained by calling
Hobart $500.
One hundred per cent enrollments
reported yesterday were: Carly
Electric Service, Inc: Interstate
Building Association. Globe Indem-
nifty Co., Weaver Bros. and the
Bellevue Apartment.
Roll Call and Red Cross leaders
Joined members of official Washing
ton last night in attending the world
premiere Of the film, world in
Flames" at the Columbia Theater,
which was dedicated to the Roll
Call.
Red Cross broadctsts today in
clude talks by Father Edmund j.
Walsh, S. j.. over Station WJSV at
3:35 pm, Mr.. Morris at $50 pm.
over WRC and at 8:15 pm. over
WMAL and B. M. McKelway, man.
aging editor of The Star, at GAS
pm. over Station VOL.
Window display prizes were award
ed today to the following concerns:
Blackstone. Inc, for the most beau
tiful display; Palais Royal, most
novel: John S. Jacobsen, most dra-
matte, and Gordon Hittenmark's
booth in the Trans Lux Building,
most original.
Judges were Irwin 8. Porter,
Frank B. Steele and e. p. Schreier.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Nearly so High School Youths
Face Call to Military Service

occurred since before the unit went
to camp last summer, he added, and
most of the underage youths ap-
peared to be older.
Several principals expressed the
opinion that the enrolment had
been based on the glamour" Of
military service and that they had
not expected to be called. Most OF
the parents who gave consent for
enrolment in Reserve units, tney
said, had apparently not anticipated
their sons would be called for active
duty, but were not complaining
much. The principal regret Of both
boys and parents, it appeared, was
that their call might come before
they finished their high school edu-
cation.
The largest number with military
connections in any one school, 1t Was
said, was at woodrow Wilson. where
13 boys are enrolled in some service.
Eastern and Western have seven
each and CALVIN Coolidge has one.
Some of these have already been
notified by their units to stand by
for active service orders.
Evening star., 1940-10-18

The new Army switchboard is
being set up temporarily in the
new Social Security Board Build
ing. 1t will be moved later to the
new War Department Building
now under construction at Twen-
ty-f1rst and Virginia avenue
NV.
Twenty-one operators will be
transferred from the present
dual board to the new War De-
partment board under the lead
ership of Miss Catherine Con-
nors, who will be chief War
Department operator. She now
is assistant to Mrs. Allen.
The new War Department
number will be Republic 7400.
The Army and Navy switch.
boards, which were separate dur.
ing the World War, were COM
bined In November, 1870. Mrs.
Evening star., 1940-10-18

Nearly so boys in the city's white
high schools may be called into
active military service owing to
membership in the local National
Guard or various military reserve
outfits, it was learned today.
Principals Of the high schools,
reporting on the situation to school
officials, were virtually unanimous
that the enrollments had been
without any pressure" and with
the knowledge of the parents.
Four of the students, members OF
the National Guard here since
spring, were under the 18-year -old
age minimum when they joined and
are reported to have told their
principal that the recruiting officer
was aware of their actual age. A
National Guard offlcial said that
as 18 was the minimum the under
age boys must have falsifled their
age to get in. He said where proof
of actual age was furnished and 1t
proved under the minimum the
enrollee was dismissed Only half
dozen or 50 such dismissals have
Evening star., 1940-10-18

To handle an increase in tele-
phone business in connection
with the national defense pro-
gram amounting to more than
100 per cent during the past
year the War and Navy Depart
ments will set up separate
switchboards at midnight to-
morrow.
An average of $4,000 calls a
day has completely overtaxed
the capacity of the joint Army
Navy switchboard in the Navy
Department Building.
The Navy Department will
continue operation of the pres
ent switchboard, with SO opera
tors remaining on duty under
direction Of Mrs. Carrie A. Allen.
chief operator. Five additional
operators will be added after the
services are separated.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Red Cross Leader Tells
Of Aid Given in War Zone

American Red Cross aid In France
during July and August was given
to 250,000 British and French
prisoners of war, in addition to
thousands Of civilian refugees and
wounded, Wayne Chatfield Taylor.
Red Cross representative who recent
ly returned from Europe, declared
last night in a Nationwide radio
talk heard locally over Station
WMAL-
Mr.. Taylor outlined the general
work being done by the Red Cross
in France and branded as "ridic-
ulous" reports that Germany has
confiscated some of the supplies sent
by that organization. At the same
time David K. E. Bruce, back from
Britain, described Red Cross WORK
and bombing devastation in that
country.
Meanwhile, Chairman Norman H.
Davis of the American Red Cross
said earlier in the day his organiza-
ton has been studying for the past
several months the possibility OF
sending condensed milk for the
babies of France, but that the whole
scheme is attended by many and
large ifs"
I'VE are not pressing the matter
at ALL" he asserted, "but milk in
this form seems to be the one arti-
Gle of food the British would be
most apt to let past the blockade
and that the Germans would not
be apt to seize for themselves.
$50 many factors must be con-
sidered, however, that no imminent
action is likely"
If the milk should actually be
allowed to go through, he indi-
Gated, the storing and distributing
of 1t would be under the thorough
supervision of the Red Cross.
Evening star., 1940-10-18

in relays at a total of 20 positions
there are not enough trunk lines
coming into the joint board to
handle the present traffic, Mrs.
Allen said. She stated that she
had been distressed by a story
published In The Star yesterday
concerning the plight of q Star
reporter who spent A minutes
putting q call through to the
War Department on Registration
Day.
There just aren't enough lines
to handle the business" Mrs.
Allen said. IF there are delays
we are sincerely sorry, but I want
to insure you 1t Is not the fault
Of the operators. "A great I'm.
provement should result from the
separating Of the services tomor-i
row night" -
Evening star., 1940-10-18

Allen, who had been. in charge
of the Navy board during the
war, was made chief operator,
with Miss Connors, who had been
chief War Department operator,
as her assistant. With total Of
IS operators, the joint board
handled an average Of $1,000
calls a day during the latter part
of 1920.
At the beginning of the pres
.ent defense emergency the joint
board was handling an average
of 26, 900 calls a day. During the
past three months the Navy De-
partment has increased its tele-
phone system by adding 900 new
branches within the depart
ment. During the same period
the Army has added 1000 new
telephones.
With 56 operators now working
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Keynote Luncheon
Of Chest Agencies
Launches Activities
80 Groups Represented
In Exhibit Displayed
At Moyf|ower Hotel
Nearly 500 representatives o.

Nearly 500 representatives OF
community groups interested in
public welfare attended the "key-
note" luncheon of the Community
Chest today at the Mayflower Hotel
touching of the pre-campaign &C
tivities Of the Chest.
The pre-campaign program, it was
explained, Is designed to spread in
formation on chest services among
the prospective contributors. Thir-
ty-nine Chest agencies are repre-
sented in an exhibit displayed at
the hotel.
Various means will be used in the
exhibit to drive home the message
of Chest work. Some will use en-
larged photographs. Another group
will use oil paintings. Barney
Neighborhood House will sponsor q
demonstration by some Of its child
members of the process Of making
a simple musical instruments
bamboo pipe.
80 Agencies Exhibiting.
The 80 agencies who will sponsor
exhibits are: Phyllis Wheatley,
Y. w. c. A.; Episcopal Home for
Children, Girl Scouts District Of
Columbia and suburbs combined, !,
Children's Protective Association,
Social Service Exchange, Stoddard
Baptist Home, Federation Of
Churches, Washington Home for
Foundings, Barney Neighborhood
House, Travellers Aid Society, Bureau
of Rehabilitation, Family Service
Association, Washington Housing
Association, st. AIMS Infant Asylum,
st. Roses Technical School, st.
vincent's Home and School, st.
Joseph's Home and School, WASH
ington Animal Rescue League,
Georgetown Children's House,
Juanita kaufman Nye Council
House. Boy Scouts. Salvation Army.
Instructive Visiting Nurse Society,
Disabled American Veterans, Social
Hygiene Society, Parent Teacher
Association District of Columbia
Congress-, Social Service League,
Prince Georges County (Md0 Cath
onc Charities, Prince Georges Coun-
ey Md0 Florence Crittenton Home,
Boys Club of Washington, South
west Settlement House, Washington
Institute for Mental Hygiene. Jewish
Community Center, Y. w. G.. A.;
Friendship House, washington Heart
Association. Health Security Admin
Washington Society for the
Hard of Hearing and Christ Child
Society.
Evening star., 1940-10-18

sons for delay, Mr.. Curran pointed
out that Justice James w. Morris,
who is presiding in Criminal Court
No. 2 of District Court, had dis
qualified himself from sitting on the
case. He withdrew because of his
former connection with the Justice
Department as Assistant Attorney
General
The United States attorney also
pointed out that Justice F. Dickin-
son Let's now is presiding in Crimi-
nal Court No. at trial of a first
degree murder case and has a heavy
assignment for the next two weeks.
Furthermore. It was explained, no
third criminal court Is available at
the present time.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Commission Rejects
0ne-Man Streetcar
Conversion Petition
Public Utilities Body
Specifies No Prejudice
To Loter Applications

Doubt as to whether proposed
conversion of Is two-man cars OF
the Capital Transit Co. to one
man operation would result in a
substantial improvement" in serv-
ice was voiced yesterday by the
Public Utilities Commission as it
rejected the conversion plan offered
by the transit company.
However, in denying the COM
pany's request, the commission said
its action would not prejudice the
right of the company to make a
similar application for conversion
of two-man cars to one-man oper-
alton in the future should condi-
tions materially change"
Conversion of the Is cars was
debated vigorously at public hear
ing September 9, during which op-
position was voiced by spokesmen
for company employees, among
others.
Prior Decision Recalled.
The hearing had recalled that
the commission some years ago,
in another case in which the COM
pany sought permission to buy re-
conditioned cars from Providence,
r. l.. held that no more one-man
cars should be added to tha roll
ing stock of the Capital Transit Co.
unless they were of the modern
streamlined type or the equal
thereto. However, in that case the
commission restricted its decision
to conditions then prevailing. On
the other hand, it had also eX-
pressed belief that the company
should proceed with a program of
adding a certain number Of new
streamlined (one-man cars each
year.
In the present case, the commits
sion agreed that the appearance OF
converted cars would be superior to
the same cars unconverted, that
they probably would have some
greater speed, but doubted claims OF
substantial improvement in service
and whether, during rush hours. the
increased speed potentialities would
show fruits. It added that the COM
pany itself had said the proposed
change would result in only slight
savings in operating expenses.
Favors Reasonable Economies.
In its decision, the commission
said: THE commission is desirous
of the company effecting all rea-
sonable economies when they will
not result in detriment to service or
undue hardship to employees. At
the present time, it is the belief of
the commission that the company
can effect economies by the pur-
chase of the new Presidents Con-
ference Cimmittee cars and that the
introduction Of such type of car
would tnure to the substantial bet
terment of service and not unduly
distort the difierential existing be-
tween regular employees and extra
insofar Is the loss of personnel
due to the national defense program
IL concerned, there has not been an
adequate showing that the deple-
ton Of the company's ranks through
that medium will be such as to make
for serious shortage in operating
peFsonnsl"
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Bond Concert

BY the United States Army Band
In the band auditorium at the Army
War College tomorrow morning at
1880 o'clock. Capt. Thomas F..
Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, as
sistant:
Program.
March, STANDARD of st. George"
Afford
overture, "Appollo" o"-----W Wood
Solo, IN the Deep Cellar Lortzing
Harry B. Savage, tuba soloist.
Characteristic, March of the
UWarIS ------------------Grleg
Waltz. Loves Proposal"
Laurendeau
March, Fame and Fortune" Talbot
"The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1940-10-18
National Bank Employees
Now Under JobIess Act

President Roosevelt today signed
an amendment to the Districts
Unemployment Compensation Act
bringing national banks and their
employees under provisions of the
law. The banks now will pay the
unemployment tax and their en-
ployes will receive benefits under
the law. The original Social Sc
curity Act excluded certain Gov
ernment agencies.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Economy Cuts Scots
For Next InuuquruI

More than 5000 fewer spectators
will sit down at the presidential
Inauguration January 20 than at
the 1896 ceremony
Lumber for the inaugural stands
at the Capitol arrived yesterday and
David Lynn, Capitol architect, said
there would be enough for only
ll,524 seats, instead Of the 1852
prepared for in 1896. He said the
high cost of lumber and the fact
that Congress appropriated only
$35 900 for the construction instead
of the $4,000 he asked will cause
the reduced seating capacity.
Evening star., 1940-10-18
Collector Of Taxes
b|ames Shortage
On Small Staff
His Advice Would
Have Prevented Loss,
Towers Declares

The reported $4,000 shortage in
the accounts Of the agent of Tax
Collector Chatham NJ Towers at
the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic would never have occurred
had Mr.. Towers advice for the ap-
pointment of additional help been
adopted. the tax collector said today
in formal statement
The tax collector said he had been
trying for three years to have two
cashiers windows operating instead
of one at the Traffic Department.
Julia L. Vass, the cashier, and Merk
Dunn, a clerk who served as her
assistant, we're transferred to the
jurisdiction and control OF the tax
collector June n, 1881. According
to statements made by Miss Vass,
she discovered the shortage last
April II.
No Important Shortages.
Mr.. Towers said:
With reference to the recent
newspaper articles In regard to
shortage in the office OF Collector Of
Taxes, D. c., I would like to state
that for 20 years I have never had a
shortage amount to anything with
the exception of two or three cases
where cashier had taken counter
felt bills in payment of taxes, and
these shortages were made good at
once by the cashiers.
with reference to shortage In
the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic, would like to state that
there has been only one shortage,
that of recent date. The other
shortage referred to was money
stolen by an employe Of that de-
partment before it had ever reached
the cashier. A Commissioners or
der dated June q, 1881, transferred
two employees from the Trafic De-
partment to the collectors ONCE as
cashier and assistant cashier.
Too Much Work.
For the last three years I have
been trying to have two windows
open in the Office of the director
Of traffic at all times, which state
ment can be verified by Commits
sioner Hazen. AS it is now, there
is too much work for one cashier,
as this cashier was required to keep
her window open until 4 pm. (until,
under a recent order, the Commits
sioners ordered the window closed
at 3 pm, effective October 16) be-
fore she can start to balance her
daily accounts, which very often
keeps her there until pm. or later.
1T is my opinion that this short
age would never have occurred If
there had been two cashiers there
at all times to assist each other in
making up their daily report Of COL
lections.
Il was appointed collector of
taxes in May, 1920, and since that
time up to June 30. 1910, this office
collected over $650,000, 900 without
the loss of / cent to the District.
In regard to Investigations, this Of
flee can be investigated at any
time as our receipts are deposited in
the United States Treasury daily,
according to law"
The reported shortage now is
being probbed by a special board of
inquiry appointed by the Commis-
sioners after they on Monday Or
dered the suspension of Miss Vass
and Mr.. Dunn The board consists
OF Byers M. Bachman, deputy tax
assessor; Maj. Beverly G. Snow, As
sistant Engineer Commissioner, and
Porter G. Lumpkin, chief clerk of
the Highway Department..