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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-14
By NORMAN H. DAVIS,
Chairman Of the American Red Cross.

By NORMAN II. DAVIS,
Of Amer
Response Of the American public the tragic plight Of
harad encouraging note achao world
Today so American Red chapters actively engaged
bringing tangible forms continent shadowed by DEATH
hunger and homelessness.
rushing aid bewdered hordes refugees and wounded
in the pursuing theefod
To clothe the needy and comfort the sick by distribution
OF surgical dressings produced by chapter
To furnish food and medical aid through the purchase and ship
Europe American foodss medical
plies and relief essentials BY aocang funds European
Red Cross societies to meet emergencies they arise
There than $4,000 volunteers in Red Cross
chapters actively the production Of warre garments
surgical dressings figures reveal that total of
of 1000 garments
reached the estimated that
by of 100000 dressings and nearly 100000 articles
of clothing will have been produced
has s75oo0Oo in its relief
operations nations Within the next few days
ship will dock at Marles bringing
medical supplies and hospital trucks to
refugees part of Southern France.
the other supplies from this country the
will distributed under the supervision Of
delegation which has been operating IN
Europe since last October
the Of chapter volunteers
public large demonstrated in
appeal for warreief fund Of At this
approximately million dollars short OF this
goabu America win contribute the balance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-14

United States never was so health
full, yet much still remains to be
DONE" DR.. Parran declares. There
is a very broad responsibility upon
all health agencies, Federal, State
and local, and upon the individual.
AT the same time we are con-
fronted with a specific problem.
Wars breed epidemics and careful
steps must be taken to guard against
their. spread. In the last war, %
per cent of all our young men ex-
amined were rejected because OF
physical defects. Nearly double this
number did not measure up to the
best standards Of physical fitness.
"The present rearmament pro-
gram means vast concentration OF
workers in communities, many OF
which are not yet prepared with
needed sanitary safeguards to in
sure against disease spread. A vast
expansion of the chemical indus
tries is inevitable. Every new in
dustrial process brings q potential
hazard to the health of the workers.
We all must be on the alert to an
ticipate and prevent such hazards"
What can the individual do to
keep At? Are there any everyday
procedures which will enable every
man to set up his own national
defense" bulwarks against illness?
Uncle Sans chief health officer,
answering these questions promptly
and afnrmatively, suggests the fol-
lowing practices which, If observed
regularly by every individual, will,
he declares, do much toward re-
ducing the vast economic wastage
of sickness and will contribute di-
rectly to the Nations security. Here
they are, as given by DR.. Parran:
l. Proper nutrition Is the first re-
quirement of health. Food should
be chosen wisely, prepared properly,
served attractively and eaten slowly.
An otherwise restricted diet is i'm
proved by the addition of milk, fruit
and fresh vegetables. Avoid food
fads and quick reducing diets. The
amount of food eaten should be In
proportion to the physical energy
expended in work and exercises.
Overeating is serious fault.
q Elimination of food residue and
body poisons is essential to good
health. Cultivate regular habits of
evacuation. Keep the skin active;
sweating is an important means of
elimination. These processes are
encouraged by drinking water freely.
Be sure that the water is of good
sanitary quality. ..
Great Restoratives.
8. Rest, relaxation and sleep are
the three great restoratives. Mental
relaxation is, If anything, more Inn
portant than physical rest. In times
of mental and physical stress, eight
hours sleep Is the minimum re-
quirement.
A. Exercise stimulates the body's
functions and is an important means
of using up excess nervous energy.
It must be regulated according to
the physical condition and to the
age. sex and occupation Of the IN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-14

The expansion of this corps is an
index to the influence of the war in
Europe on the Red Cross in Wash
ington.
In their light blue uniforms, mem
bers of this corps, gather at the
Walsh mansion. Twenty-first street
and Massachusetts, avenue NV, for
dressing making and sewing. Mrs.
j. H. Fishback, in charge of the
concentrating, has over 5000
volunteers producing for her, many
Of them working at home. Mrs.
William D. Snow is in charge of the
Walsh mansion surgical-dressing &C
tivities, and the Georgetown unit Of
this corps works at Linthicum Hall
under Mrs. Walter Peter.
4. Braille corps. This embraces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-14

Mrs. Reginald Vance is in charge
Of the department giving the course
of instruction.
Miss Eleanor Pierce, In charge of
the Library n-Wheels Department,
supplying books and magazines to
patients at Emergency, Columbia
and Providence Hospitals.
Mrs. J. B. Morrison, in charge Of
the information desk.
Mrs. c. B. Mickelwait, In charge
of furnishing assistants for the tasks
connected with the annual roll call,
which opens in September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-14

Mrs. H. w. McClelland, In charge
Of keeping records Of the hours
served by the girls.
Mrs. Preston Delano, in charge Of
the group assisting in the production
of garments.
Mrs. S. r. Broadbent, In charge
of the girls in Miss Boardmans
office.
Mrs. Philip Bonsal, chairman Of
the translating department. One of
the special workers in this depart
ment is Miss Helen Davis, daughter
of Dwight Davis, once Assistant Sec
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-14
rotary Of War, who now is engaged

rotary Of War, who now is engaged
In preparing the typescript on a
book ON the life of Clara Barton,
founder Of the American Red Cross.
Mrs. Merlin Baird Tice, in charge
Of information for the newspapers.
Miss stellita stapleton, in charge
Of speakers.
Miss Ruth Ellen Paul, in charge of
arrangements for pictures involving
the use of yellow birds"
Mrs. William Anderson, in charge
Of clipping magazines and newspa-
pers.
Miss Ruth Woodson, in charge Of
scrapbooks.
3. The production corps, compris-
ing tie garment-makers and the
fashioners of surgical dressings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-07-14

Volunteer workEs making
surgical dressings at the Red
Cross workshop in the old
Walsh mansion at Twenty-
first street and Massachusetts
Avenue. From, left to right,
Mrs. r. B. Harbold, Mrs.
George B. Williams, Mrs. r.
L. Mar1UeH, assistant chair
man of the Army unit, and
Mrs. H. C. Meen1.
Star Staff Photos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Army to Save Money
Use Seq as Firing Ronge

The Army is going to save money
at Wilmington, N. c., by using the
Atlantic Ocean as firing range
for anti-aircraft artillery firing
units.
This was disclosed today in con-
nection with plans to build a TO-
000-man camp at Wilmington for
six white and two colored Coast
Artillery regiments.
The camp is estimated to cost
100000 and only land sufficient
in area for the contonment is to be
leased. Actual firing will be carried
out over the water on the adjacent
coast line, the War Department said,
so that procurement of thousands
of acres for a firing range will not
be necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Pocket-Pieking Is Defined
As Robbery With Force

- Even If a mans pocket is picked
without his knowledge, the act can
be defined as robbery with force
or violence" the United States Court
Of Appeals ruled today.
In so doing, the appellate court
upheld District Courts conviction of
Edna Spencer on a charge of re-
moving $40 from the pocket Of a
man who was in her room.
Assistant United States Attorney
Arthur B. Caldwell, who prosecuted
the case, recalled that the woman
was given a sentence of from six
to six and a half months on the
theory that it was not an aggre-
waited case of robbery and no weapon
was used.
Associate Justice Wiley Rutledge
held that "the force used to re-
move the money from the pocket is
sufficient to satisfy the statutory re-
ouirement of force or violence"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Traffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters, for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
yesterday:
Fatalities, l pedestrian.
Accidents, SO.
Motorists injured. s.
Motorists arrested, 492.
Pedestrians injured, 6.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 2.
Motorists arrested for failing
to give right of way to pedes-
trians, /.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at 8 a m. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, Al.
Motorists injured, 8.
Motorists arrested, 202.
Pedestrians injured, 8.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 2.
Motorists arrested for failing
to give right of way to pedes-
TRANS, none.
Killed in 1910 traffic, St; by
December 2, in 1889, rs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Three-Story Plunge
Is Listed as Suicide

A certificate of suicide was issued
yesterday by Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald in the death of Donald
Misner, %, General Accounting Of
flee clerk, who was killed in a
three-story plunge from a house in
the TOO block of Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV.
DR.. Macdonald said that the youth
made the leap of about 40 feet at
lis am. yesterday. A girl and
another couple who had been at a
party in the place saw him leap, the
coroner said.
His body landed on a concrete
court, fracturing his spine and
causing other injuries. He was re-
moved to Emergency Hospital, where
he died about 7:30 am.
Mr.. Misner's home was In Grand
Haven. Mich, police were told.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Kin More Boring Than Bombs,
London Woman 7 ellis Vaughan
Author, Visiting Here,
Praises Britons'
Calm in War

And then, in 1941 or 1912,
it's quite possible We shall invade
the mainland :"
1t was w. Somerset Vaughan
talking, talking not so much as a
novelist or playwright, but more as
a Britisher to whom there is moth
ing more important than Britain
and her tomorrow.
Mr.. Vaughan came to Washing
ton for the week end, a little less
than two years since his last visit
here. At that time he talked of writ
ing This time-well, since March,
1899, he has had to abandon his villa
on the French Riviera Cat one time
a bomb fell within 200 yards; he
escaped after the fall Of France
aboard a collier sailing from
Marseilles to England with 500 other
refugees aboard, and he has spent
a number of bomb-filled nights in
London.
Bombs Less Boring Than Kin.
They're not really as bad as you
might think, these bombings," he
said. "One very dear lady told me
she found the whole business not
nearly so boring as her sons-in-law.
The point is that every one has the
feeling that, whatever happens to
the next fellow, he himself won't
be hit,
Mr.. Vaughan told OF attending a
dinner party in London. The host
ess was a woman whose custom it
has always been to have guests for
dinner on Mondays.
"Oh, yes, people still dine out, only
now, when you're invited for dinner,
you expect to spend the night"
In this case, Mr.. Maugham's host
ess had decided that since musicians
have been one class hardest hit by
London's bomb-forced regime, she
would have a string quartet in to
play. She did, and the quartet had
hardly begun a Haydn selection
when the afraid alarms sounded.
The music went on. The guests kept
their eyes on the players. Bombs
fell in the distance, then closer, so
close the music was drowned out.
Nevertheless, after an ear-splitting
explosion, you could not help but
notice the musicians had not missed
a beat of music and the guests were
as attentive as in peacetime con-
cert hall.
Flew to U. s. on Clipper.
'You grow used to it, you know"
said Mr.. Vaughan, adding that he
did not believe that London could
possibly be destroyed totally by the
repeated bombings. 1T is estimated
that at the rate they're going. 1t
would take the Germans at least 40
years to do that"
Mr.. Vaughan flew from Lisbon
by clipper in October and since that
time has been in New York lectur-
ing, talking on the radio and writ
ing articles.
Eyes, I've given up writing fiction
for the duration of the war. I'm
only writing articles. This is no
time for the detachment necessary
for the writing of fiction. This is
a time when we should all concern
ourselves with all our futures. Thi'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Lawyers Discuss Role
In National Preparedness

Exemptions for draft registranH,
justice toward the conscientious OBJ
jector and the application of the
Soldiers and Sailors Relief Act
were discussed by 10 local lawyers
yesterday on a radio broadcast I'M
der auspices of the Bar Association
Committee on Preparedness.
Jerome F. Barnard, preparedness
chairman, presided over the discus
sion, the second of a series, and in
troduced the speakers. Sponsored
by the District Bar Association and
the Junior Bar Conference of the
American Bar Association, the pro-
gram was intended to clarity the
lawyers part in defense work.
Henry A. Schweinhaut, chief at
torney of the Criminal Division,
represented the Justice Department.
Members of the draft advisory
boards speaking were Raymond
Sparks, Andrew M. Hood, Julian C.
Hammock and Milton A. Smith.
Junior Bar Conference members in
cluded Jaquelin A. Marshall, Charles
E. Smott, John E. Powell and Justin
l.. EdSerton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Glover ark-Trinidad Bus
Agreement Is Reached

The Public Utilities Commission,
the Capital Transit Co. and citizens
today reached an agreement to ex-
tend the Glover Park Trinidad bus
line to service duplex apartments in
the vicinity of Forty first street and
Davis place NV.
Under the arrangement, the bus
will now circle the tract of the Ben
jamin Stoddert Public School, enter
ing Davis place from Forty first and
returning to Calvert street at Thirty
ninth street NV. A terminal will
be placed on Forty-flrst street at
Davis place, it was said. Another
change in the bus route, having it
go up Benton street and down CAL
vert instead of vice versa as the
present arrangement provides. will
be made contingent upon reversing
Fortieth street from one-way south
to two ways o. one-way north.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Eight Named TO Arrange
Jefferson Celebration

Eight members of a commission
authorized to make arrangements
for the 2o0th birthday anniversary
of Thomas Jefferson in 1943 were
named by President Roosevelt
today.
They are: Stuart G. Gibboney.
member of the Thomas jefferson
Memorial Commission; Randolph
H. Perry, executive secretary of
the Chamber OF Commerce of
Charlottesville; DR.. John Lloyd
Newcomb, president of the UNIVERSE
ty of Virginia; DR.. Fiske Kimball,
director of the Philadelphia Mu-
scum of Art; former Senator Will
liam G.. McAdoo of California; La
mar Hardy of New York; Breckin-
ridge Long, Assistant Secretary of
State, and F. Harold Dubord of
Waterville, Me.
The commission, as authorized
by Congress, is headed by the Presi-
dent, Vice President and the Speak
er of the House, ex offlcio. -Four
Senators and four members Of the
House also hold membership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Anonymity Faces 0'Brien
In Job Of Oman

Davey O'Brien, who has enjoyed
his share of the gridiron spotlight
for the past few years, is headed
for anonymity along with his new
job as a Oman.
The Philadelphia Eagles star. who
went out in blaze of glory yester-
day in his final game against the
Washington Redskins, is due to en-
ter on his assignment at the Federal
Bureau of Investigation in the next
few days, but the bureau, it was said
today, proscribes publicity for its
rank and file, and Davey's induc-
ton consequently promises to be
without benefit of fanfare.
While the F. B. I. customarily
recruits only from lawyers and ae-
countants, an exception was made
in the case of the Texan, who was
added to the force because Of other
qualifications.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Committee FaVors
Extending Premarifal
Disease Tests
Bon on Common-luw
Marriages Stricken
From Proposed Bill

The proposed bill for premarital
blood tests for syphilis should be
enlarged to include tests for gonor-
rhea and tuberculosis, special COM
mittee appointed by the Commis-
sioners to consider the measure
agreed at a meeting yesterday in
the District Building.
The committee also decided to
cut from the bill a controversial
clause which would have made
common-law marriage illegal, on
the ground that such a provision
would be economically and socially
unsound.
In Line With Sentiment.
In general the committees action
was in line with civic sentiment ex-
pressed at a recent public hearing.
Spokesman for a number of organi-
cations urged enlarging the scope of
the bill to include other infections
which might injure newborn chill
dren. 1t also was argued that the
question of the legality of COM
mon-law marriage, which is now
recognized in the District, did not
belong in health measure and
would create too many economic and
social complications.
Health Officer George C. Rutland,
who drew up the measure, also in
dicated at the hearing that the
question of expanding the scope of
the bill had been considered, but
was abandoned in the belief that a
less comprehensive program would
stand better chance of being
passed by Congress.
Committee Chairman Richmond
B. Keech, in whose Office the COM
mittee met, said the bill as enlarged
would not forbid marriage of persons
infected with one or more of the
diseases specified, unless they were
in communicable stage.
Report Provision Held Up.
Mr.. Keech explained that by It's
action in deleting the common-law
marriage provision, the committee
was not condoning such unions but
was considering the practical situa-
tons which could result from such
a ban.
The suggestion by Seton Darr, a
member of the committee, that re-
ports on the pre-marital tests not
only be provided the marriage clerk
and Health Department, but also to
the other partner of the proposed
marriage, was held in allegiance.
Members of the committee attend
ing the session in addition to Chair
man Keech were Mrs. Edna Payton
and DR.. E. P. Copeland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
ST. John S Campus
Saved as Roosevelt
And Knox Intervene
Navy to Be Notified
IF College Considers
Disposing of Site
By the Associated Press.

Dy tDt hsSOCidlco EIcoos
ANNAPOLIS, Md, Dec. 2-The
tree-studded campus of st. John
College, sought by the Annapolis
Housing Authority for a low-cost
housing project, appeared saved for
the school today by joint action of
President Roosevelt and Secretary
of the Navy Knox
Dr. Stringfellow Barr. st. Johns
president, said the Navy Department
itself had considered acquiring part
of the campus for possible expansion
of the Naval Academy, but would
not do so providing the college
agreed not to dispose of any of the
campus without notifying the Navy
Department, and providing that
none of the campus should be dis
posed of for any other than college
purposes.
The Housing Authority has filed
condemnation suit to acquire the
land, but DR.. Barr wrote Secretary
Knox that Gin view of the second
stipulation I should imagine the
suit would be Immediately with
drawn"
Secretary Knox replied in letter
that eff you have any difficulty in
securing the withdrawal (of the suit
- will be glad to help"
The stipulations set forth by the
Navy Department, DR.. Barr said
had been requested by President
Roosevelt.
The college, noted for its radical
departure from orthodox college cur
ricula by the adoption of a four
year plan based an study of 10C
classics, lies near the Severn River
a stones throw from the Naval
Academy grounds. 1t is the third
Oldest college in the Nation.
DR.. Barr wrote Secretary Knox
that the Board of Governors was
determined not to sell the ancient
home of the college to anybody"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Three Generals Given
New Army Assignments

Three general officers of the Army
have been assigned to new duties,
the War Department announced
today.
Brig. Gen. Forrest E. Williford OF
the 7th Coast Artillery, Fort Han
cock, N. j., was assigned to COM
mand the I'd Coast Artillery district
in New York City.
Brig. Gen. Arthur G. Campbell
was transferred from general staff
duty at headquarters of the 9th
Corps Area at Fort Sam Houston,
Tex, to Camp Pendleton, Va.
Brig. Gen. Robert c. Garrett was
transferred to the harbor defenses of
Portland, Me, from the 68th Coast
Artillery at Camp Edwards, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02

is a time when we must make sac
rifices for our country's good.
Though I have always hated to
preach, the one thing I do want to
say is that fervently believe every
person must concern himself with
his country's welfare-every person.
1t is only by this that the world can
be gotten out of the hash it's in to-
day."
Relates Ship Anecdote.
The Vaughan of two years ago
was not the man who was sitting in
the Mayflower Hotel yesterday. To-
day, at the age of Sc, he has turned
the mind that created Philip Carey
and Sadie Thompson primarily to
thinking of the state of the world.
AS one admirer of the familiar de-
tachment in Mr.. Maugham's writ
ings put 1t yesterday: There's no
greater proof the world is upside
down."
But Mr.. Vaughan is still the
writer with an eye for character,
oddness or personality. He told of
an incident aboard the coaling ship
on which he spent three weeks get
ting from Marseille to England.
With 500 persons aboard, the vessel
was damned. 1t was next to impos-
sible to get into a washroom. One
day the ship was approached by sub
maries and every one hurried fran
tically on deck-every one, that Is,
except one woman Mr.. Vaughan
spied going below with strange
looking bundle.
what are you going to do with
that?" he asked her.
She held up the small silken-
looking bundle.
I'm going to wash my under.
things" she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-12-02
Benefit Toy Shop
Opens Tomorrow

The Christmas Toy Shop, operated
for the benefit of the District of
Columbia Society for the Prevention
of Blindness, will open tomorrow at
1889 Connecticut avenue NV.
1t will be operated daily, 10 am.
to 6 pm, from now till Christmas
by volunteer workers from the Serv-
ice Guild of Washington.