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Evening star., 1940-10-26
Additional Liquor Stores
In Anac0Stid Protested

The Anacostia Citizens Associa-
ton last night went on record as
opposed to the issuance of addi-
tional alcoholic beverage sales Ii
censes in the Anacostia area.
William ]. Tucker asserted that
the section is already overcrowded
with liquor stores, and that to issue
more licenses would be inadvisable.
1t was recalled that the association
has filed a petition with the Dis
trict Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board opposing a license already
applied for at the corner of Thir-
teenth street and Good Hope road
Sc.
Last years officers were re-
elected after the Nominating Com
mittee's chairman. Capt F. M. Dent,
presented the slate. The officers are
Robert T. Hellmuth, president; Mrs.
Carrie G. Smith, first vice president;
Emory N. Wightman, second vice
president; Mr.. Tucker, secretary;
Frank Tew. treasurer; delegates to
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions. Robert Hellmuth and Mrs.
Smith. Delegates to the South
east Conference of Citizens As
sociations will be named at the next
monthly meeting.
The association met in the Ana
costa Junior Senior High School.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Benedict to Command
9TH Army Corps

Maj Gen. Jay L. Benedlct, super
intendent of the United States Mill
tsry Academy, was assigned yester-
day to command the 4th Army
Corps. with headquarters at Camp
Blanding, Fla. Commanders OF
three anti-aircraft artillery training
centers also were designated by the
War Department.
Gen. Benedict will leave for his
new station about November 10,
by which time Brig. Gen. Robert
L. Eichelberger will arrive at West
Point to assume the superintend-
ency of the academy,
The new commanders OF the
training centers include Brig. Gen.
Oliver L. Spiller. who will be as
signed to the center at Fort Bliss,
Tex. He now commands the 62d
Coast Artillery. Fort Totten, N. Y.
Brig. Gen. Richard F. Cox. COM
manding the 10th Coast Artillery,
Fort Moultrie, S. c.. was assigned
to the training center at Hinesvllle,
Ga. The other commander who is
assigned to March Field, Calf, is
Brig. Gen. Edgar B. Colladay, who
now commands the 18th Coast Ar
tillery, Fort Lewis, Wash.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
School Group to Aid
Christian Endeuvor

The Intermediate Christian En-
deavor Union will participate in the
regional conference to be held No.
vember 8, 9 and 10. Members will
have their own discussion groups,
worship services, etc. This high
school group will meet November 8
at the Ninth Street Christian
Church. The session will be opened
with song service and devotions
at 7:30 pm. At 7:45 pm the differ
ent conference groups will begin.
The groups are as follows. Round
table conference for State superin-
dents; superintendents of district,
county and local, led by Arch Nc
Quilken; devotions and quiet hour,
led by Dorothy Worth; lookout and
publicity, led by Thelma Smith;
missionary and stewardship. led by
Ernest Bryan, and recreation.
The high school group will then
join with the young peoples group
at the Saturday and Sunday meet
ings and activities.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Extra Burden Is Seen
In Welfare Field in
Wake Of Draft Act
Van Hynine, Official Of
Board, Sees Worry and
Fear Among Families

Americas draft act, bringing with
it a new national sense of power,
will at the same time create under
currents of worry, insecurity and
outright fear, a high official of the
Districts Board of Public Welfare
warned yesterday. He indicated
social service agencies of the Nation
will be hard put IN battling them.
Conrad Van Hyning, who is prin-
cipal assistant director of the board,
dangered by the impact of dis
turbed emotions. Sometimes fear
will spring from a complete mis-
understanding of the draft law.
For instance, we have heard
much in the Board of Public Welfare
that unemployed men with families
are now afraid to apply for relief
because they think relief recipients
will be the first called to military
service" the social worker declared.
Labels 1t False Rumor.
This is fear of false rumor.
We must explain that man with
dependents is exempt from the
draft. whether or not he is actually
able to support them"
Other insecurity will be based on
fact, Mr.. Van Hyning said.
problems in punches will ap-
1,o Je
of drafted men return to claim Their
civilian Jobs after a years service.
Men and women who have filled
these Jobs temporarily will be forced
out and their economic life dis
ruptod. he said.
"You can't pull 100000 men out of
civilian life into military camps
without disrupting families in such
a way that all sorts of problems will
be brought to the surface" Mr.. Van
Hyning stated. His report was de-
livered to professional social work.
ers and laymen in the welfare di-
vision of the Council of Social Agen-
cies.
Generates New Worries.
There will be anxieties at home
about the man in camp; anxieties in
camp about the folks at home, he
said. declaring it the duty of social
workers to give reinsurance.
Hasty marriages brought about by
the advent of the selective service
law were in many cases ill con-
ceived," and will probably bring
hosts of problems" to social work.
ers, he added
Industrial expansion to meet ma
tional defense needs will cause pop
ulation shifts that will complicate
usual problems of health and hous-
ing. he reported. Social agencies
should take care not to become en-
gulfed.'
Mr.. Van Hyning said he had OBJ
served a recent rise of hysteria,
particularly in regions where large
numbers of aliens live. It is the duty
of the leaders of social agencies, he
said, to protest against prejudices
that develop.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Mrs. Elizabeth Harden, 80,
Dies After Iona Illness

Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Harden. 60
widow of Thomas L. Harden. died
yesterday at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. j. Y. Dreisonstok, 5802
Chevy Chase parkway NV, after
a long illness.
Born in st. Marys County, Md.
the daughter of William H. and
Elizabeth Ann Cryer, Mrs. Harden
was related to several old families
of Southern Maryland. She was ac-
tive in church and charitable work
here. having made her home in
Washington since 1900.
Surviving are two daughters be-
sides Mrs Dreisonstok, Mrs. T. j..
Hart and Mrs. Herman Altman, and
two sons, Clement L. and Thomas
D. Harden, all of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
10 am. Monday in the Church of
the Blessed Sacrament, with burial
in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
1ransocean News Service
10 Be Probed Monday

The activities of the Transocean
News Service and Manfred Zapp, its
reputed head, will come under the
scrutiny of the District Court grand
jury Monday. arrangements for
presentation of evidence having been
completed yesterday by Whiting
Willauer special assistant to the At
torney General who was named
Thursday by the Justice Department
to conduct the inquiry.
Transocean News is German Or
eanization with headquarters in
Berlin. and the inquiry is being
pressed under the law requiring
agents of foreign principals to reg
lister at the State Department.
Material uncovered by Dies Com
mittee agents and representatives OF
the F. B. l. in delving into foreign
propaganda is to be placed before
the grand jury. Some of this evl-
dence reputedly was turned over
to the Justice Department by the
State Department, to which it had
been referred for study by Dies
agents in New York.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Driver Is Held Under
Negligent Homicide Act

William o. Proctor, Is, colored
of 1906 Frankfort street Sc, yes
terday was held by a coroner's jury
for Police Court action under the
Negligent Homicide Act in the death
on Wednesday of 83-year-old John
B. Williams, colored, of 2S19 Evans
road Sc. Williams was fatally in
jured last Monday when struck by
Proctor's car on Sheridan road Sc.
at the intersection with Bowen
road. He died two days later in
Gallinger Hospital.
At another traffic inquest, Harold
L. Hoover, 20, of II Tenth street
NE. was exonerated of RESPONSE
bility in the death last Sunday of
Robert F. Scott, IS, of 5l4 Mississippi
avenue. Silver Spring, Md. Mr.. Scott,
an employe of the Capital Transit
Co., was struck October 18 by Mr..
Hoover's car travelling west on
Florida avenue as he was cleaning
the street car tracks between
Seventh and Eighth streets NV.
He died two days later in the Gar
field Hospital.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Prince Georges
Posts Last Of
Draft Numbers
Boord No. 3 Beots
DeodIine;; Cards Sent
Out in Montgomery

The posting of draft list numbers
by Prince Georges County Board
No. 3 brought nearby Maryland
within last nights deadline set by
1t. Comdr. c. H. Bryant, State draft
executive, who yesterday ordered
the 66 draft boards in the State to
complete their lists by midnight.
Reminding board members that
the draft numbers will be drawn
Tuesday, he stressed that all serial
numbers should be posted before
the lottery and registrants given a
chance to learn them to eliminate
the possibility of any man claiming
serial numbers drawn in the first
quota were assigned after the local
board knew the draft numbers.
Montgomery Sends Cards.
Board No. 3, at Upper Marlboro,
is the last in the nearby Virginia
and Maryland area to post its list.
The boards we're ordered to report
the completion of their work by
telegram.
Boards No. l and NO. IN Mont
gomery County were sending out
cards to registrants today notifying
them of their draft numbers and
also were preparing an alphabetical
list to facilitate the task of finding
numbers for registrants Mont
gomery Board No. 3 previously had
sent out cards.
Partisanship Denied.
In Richmond, Gov. Price declared
that a special effort had been made
to have all political, social and eco
nomic groups represented on Vir-
ginia's 153 local Selective Service
Boards.
Replying to an open letter in
which D. S. Lewis of Harrisonburg
wrote he had overheard a state
ment that there was not a Re-
publican on any of the boards from
top to bottom" the Governor de-
clared that no party lines were fol-
lowed in selecting the boards and
that representative Republicans
were on many boards. Gov. Price
submitted his list of 765 recon-
mended appointees to President
Roosevelt after obtaining recon-
mendations from mayors of cities
and circuit judges in rural areas.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
-Four British Refugee Children
Find Security in D. C.. Homes
Boy Tells How They Found Home in
Ruins on Return From Ruid Shelter

natives of Islip. His family operated
a dress shop, he said, and lived in
the rear. A bomb struck the build
ing while they huddled in shelter
and When We went back, the living
quarters were no longer fit to
live in
Gerald and Davina crossed on
the Empress of Australia and landed
in Halifax, Nova Scotia, about three
weeks ago in a group of $50 young
refugees. Escorting destroyers sight
ed submarine 1ear Britain, Gerald
said
Religious Ties Maintained.
Miss Elizabeth Kehr of the Chill
dren's Protective Association brought
the four children to Washington.
The association will keep in touch
with the family taking Brenda and
Miriam and the Jewish Social Serv-
ice Agency will continue its concern
for the welfare of Gerald and
Davina, who are in separate homes.
They were accepted by two brothers
living near each other, however, and
their normal brother-sister ties will
be maintained
Last names Of the refugees were
withheld, as were those of the fam
lilies to which they were consigned,
in an attempt to shield them from
individual publicity before they were
able to acclimate themselves.
1T would be a shame to have
them pointed out as those British
children as soon as they arrived in
the neighborhood in which they are
to live Miss Anne T. Swindell of
the Council of Social Agencies said.
1t was explained every effort had
been made to assure the youngsters
of homes duplicating insofar as pos
sible conditions they had known IN
England, including religion and eco
nomic status.
The four arriving yesterday were
the first "unspecified" children
those being placed in the care of
total strangers-to reach the Capital.
They were described as of sub
stantial but not wealthy families.
Evening star., 1940-10-26

The security of home in which
they might feel safe at play and
asleep, an essential to happiness
which bursting aerial bombs blasted
out of their lives many months ago,
was being enjoyed once more today
by four young Britons through the
kindness of three Washington fam
lilies.
They arrived yesterday by train
from New York City-12-year- -old
Gerald. his 6-year-old sister, Da-
vina; Brenda, 6, and her sister
Miriam, r. Little Brenda, faxen-
haired with huge blue eyes. was a
chubby, trim mite of refugee in her
white tam" and tan belted coat.
She looked wonderingly at the group
of photographers and reporters,
held her gaily colored calico bear a
bit closer.
Il want to buy something" she
HluIIIluTeQ, looking ABOUT tQe Union
Station waiting room
Water Filled Raid Shelter.
Her sister Miriam answered
promptly the few questions reporters
were able to ask before the anxious
guardians whisked the four young
sters out of the terminal. Her fam
lily lived in Wembley, Middlesex,
she said. Did they sleep in an air
raid shelter?
"Oh, no. Ours was far too damp
and when we left it was filled with
water
She said they heard no exploding
bombs near their home, but some
times we could hear the guns, the
anti-aircraft.''
Miriam added Brenda and herself
arrived in Montreal about month
ago in a group of 100 children after
an Atlantic crossing that was un-
eventful for them.
Home Hit BY Bomb.
Gerald, slender but sturdy lad
held the hand of smiling little
Davina and told newsmen they were
Evening star., 1940-10-26
,.., 4. . in
Why Must They Die? No. S. Date Lost Ysor~ss
Of Facual Analyses OF c. Traffic Fatalities
Analyses OF traffic deaths Nos.
Is and 81 haue not been pub
Hshed pending completion OF OF
fetal Investigation.

The place: Florida avenue NV.
between Seventh and Eighth streets.
The accident: A 35-year-old man
was fatally injured october 18 by
a west-bound automobile as the
victim, an employe of the Capital
Transit Co., was cleaning the street.
car tracks. The striking vehicle was
passing to the left of a safety zone
at the time of the accident. The
man died October 20 in Garfield
Hospital. Testimony at the inquest
revealed that the transit company
worker was bent over cleaning sand
from the streetcar rails and that
he was wearing dark clothes when
struck. His body was picked up
about Al feet from the point of i'm
pact. There were no warning
flags or lanterns either in front or
in back of the man as he was
working.
The time: About 1920 am, Oc-
tober 18
The weather: Clear.
The street: Dry and straight.
Lighting was described by police
as fair.
The driver: A 20-year-old man
with three years driving experience.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Traffic Case Against
Ex-Envoy Continued

The traffic case against Robert
Woods Bliss, former Ambassador to
Argentina, charged with reckless
driving and leaving the scene of an
accident. was continued until No.
vember by Trial Magistrate James
c. Christopher in Bethesda Police
Court yesterday
The continuance was asked by
States Attorney Ben G. Wilkinson
and State Senator Robert Peter, at
torney for Mr.. Bliss, who, Montgom-
cry County police said, figured in an
accident on Massachusetts, avenue
extended on September 81 in which
Mrs. Mabel Reddish, So, of Red Acre,
Nd, was injured.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
o96 Receive OId-Aqe
And Survivors, Payments

Old-age and survivors insurance
payments are being made monthly
under the Social Security Act to 996
persons in this area, Victor Sadd,
manager of the Washington field
Office of the Social Security Board,
said yesterday. These include 521 re-
tired wage earners, 100 wives of re-
tired wage earners, one aged de-
pendent parent, 119 widows and 246
children.
Mr.. Sadd again directed attention
to the provisions of the law which
grant monthly payments to wives
of retired workers at the age of 65
and the widows and children under
certain conditions.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
McNutt Doubts WiIIkie
Will Continue Reforms
B, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. 26-Federal
Security Commissioner McNutt chal-
lenged Wendell L. Willkie last night
to fulfill his promise" to continue
various New Deal measures, and
added:
"Willkie may think he can do
all these things better, but he can't
do them for nothing. The men who
run his party are only interested
in balancing the budget"
Mr.. McNutt added that if Mr..
Willkie were elected somebody
would be disappointed. and I don't
think it would be the men who run
the Republican party"
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Two Killed
In District
Auto Crashes
Bethesda Youths
Car Is Wrecked
At Ward Circle

The names of two more motorists
were added to the list of the Dis
trict's traffic fatalities early today,
raising the toll for the year to So,
compared to II at this time last
year.
About midnight. Alfred B. Carter,
"a, colored. 1900 block of Fourteenth
street NV. was killed when the
automobile he was driving crashed
into a telephone pole in the $500
block of Central avenue Sc. and
overturned.
Shortly before 2 am, Howard
Goodwin, 81. of 1924 Hampden lane,
Bethesda. Md was killed when the
automobile he was driving skidded
and turned over at Ward circle.
Passengers Hurt Slightly.
Carter was removed to Casualty
HOSPITAL. where he was pronounced
dead upon arrival Two men who
we're passengers in the car were
admitted to the hospital for treat
ment and were said this morning to
be in good condition. They are
James Freeland, 25, colored, of the
1900 block of Fourth street NV.
and Bernard Gross. 81, colored, of
the 5000 block of East Capitol street
NV.
The accident which cost the life
of young Goodwin also brought in
Jury to two passengers in his car.
They we're Leroy Queen, 20, OF
route g. Bethesda, Md, and William
Lochte. 20, of l6 st. Elmo avenue,
Bethesda. Md.
The youths were removed from
the scene of the accident at Massa-
chusetts and Nebraska avenues
NV. to Emergency Hospital, treated
for minor injuries and allowed to
go home. Young Goodwin was
pronounced dead at the scene OF
the wreck.
Others Injured.
Several other persons received IN
juries in accidents here which sent
them to District hospitals.
Lillian Powell, 35, colored. of 1882
Fifth street NV. was treated at
Freedmen's Hospital last night for
injuries received when struck by
Capital Transit Co. bus at Eleventh
and K streets NV.
Lawrence w. Brown. 7. colored,
of 1888 New Jersey avenue NV
was treated at Sibley Hospital for
injuries received when struck by
an automobile near his home. He
was later transferred to Gallinger
Hospital.
William Dunlap, Sc, colored, of
32l9 Cherry Hill street NV. was
treated at Georgetown Hospital for
minor injuries received when taxi
backed into him on Wisconsin ave-
nue. near NJ street NV
Ida Budd. so, colored, Of 1884
Twelfth street NV, was treat ted
at Garfield Hospital yesterday for
head injuries received when struck
by an automobile at Eleventh street
and Florida avenue NV.
Christopher F. Eve, %, of 7l5
Second street NV. was taken to
Georgetown Hospital after being hit
by an automobile at Observa tory
circle and Gillis avenue NV. He
was released after treatment Of
minor injuries.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Maryland U. Freshmen
Induct Officers Tuesday
Nv the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Newly-elected freshman class Of
ficers at University of Maryland,
headed by Kenneth Reecker of Ha-
gerstown, president, will be inducted
into Office Tuesday.
Freshmen elected these new Of
ficers besides Mr.. Reecker:
Barnett Broughton, College Park,
vice president; Ann Speake, Luray,
Va, secretary; Bill Walker, Balti-
more, treasurer; Bill Gray, WASH
ington, mems representative; Ann
Field. Arnold, Md, women's repre-
sentative; Peggy Cannon, Wash
ington. historian, and Dick Black
well, Washington, sergeant at arms.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Tea to Mark Dedication
Of New Unitoriun Home

A house-warming tea tomorrow
afternoon will mark the dedication
OF the new Unitarian Home. 1902
Park road NV. The structure,
part of All Souls Church. has been
provided through the bequest of the
late Julius Garfinckel, long an active
member of the church.
Leading in the dedicatory cere-
money will be the Rev. U. G.. B.
Pierce. minister of All Souls; Maj.
Amasa M. Holcombe, chairman of
the Managing Board of the home,
and William G. Eliot, III, chairman
of the church Board of Trustees.
The tea will be from to pm.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
New Chance Is Urqed
For Dirigib|es by
Capt. Rosendah|
Tells Legion Officers
Thot Weapon Should Be
Weighed Against Needs

Asserting that this country could
build airships that would be "the
envy of the world" Capt. Charles
E. Rosendahl, U. S. N, declared last
night that it would be a crying
shame to stop the construction of
dirigibles merely because we have
had trouble with this type of air.
craft He made this statement in
addressing conference of post
commanders and adjutants Of the
District of Columbia Department
of the American Legion at the De-
partment of Commerce auditorium.
The burning and destruction of
the Inflated Hindenburg several
years ago placed the development
of dirigibles exclusively in the hands
of the United States, Capt. Rosen-
dahl said. Through possession of
virtual world monopoly of helium,
this country, he said, is in an un-
rivaled position to continue the
evolution of this type of aircraft.
1T behooves us to include in our
plans for total defense every po-
tentially useful weapon" he de-
clared I'VE must evaluate the
dirigible in the light of our own
needs"
For Spotting Submarines.
Small dirigibles or blimps pro-
vide excellent and unequaled OBJ
servatior posts" the naval officer
continued, saying they would be
particularly valuable in spotting
enemy submarines off our coast and
locating mines.
Large dirigibleS, Capt. Rosendah'
said. would be particularly useful in
areas like the Pacific, where the
ocean is often blanketed by clouds
BY hiding in the clouds and using
observers dropped in a basket, helc
up by a cable. a dirigible coulo
render valuable services to the fleet
as a scout; by launching and recov-
ering airplanes. large dirigibles could
function as airplane carriers.
Last nights meeting was opened
by Department Commander w. H
Hargrave. who later turned the
gavel over to Senior Vice Com
mander P. j. Fitzgibbons
Pressure on Congress Is Urged.
Support of the Legion's legislative
program was urged by Col. Johr
Thomas Taylor. director of the Ma
tional Legislative Committee. 1--WE
are a pressure group and we don't
deny it." Col Taylor said. in asking
members of the Legion to put pres
sure on members of Congress Il
support Legion legislation.
Carl Brown. assistant director OF
the Legion's National Rehabilitation
Committee, outlined the insurance
and other protection which will be
offered to the new Army. and Wat
son B. Miller, director of the Ma
tional Rehabilitation Committee
discussed current developments in
the disqualification of World War
veterans.
Other speakers on the program in
cluded Maj Paul Griffith, director
of the Legion's National Employ
ment Committee, who discussed
veterans preference and employ
ment, and Thomas M. Owen, ma
tional historian, who talked on the
history of the Legion.
A second session of the conference
of post commanders and adjutants
will be held this afternoon. with a
final session tonight.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Radio Club to Hear Reed

Oscar w. B. Reed. Jr., associate
engineer with a local radio engi-
neering firm. will discuss new type
of transmission used in radio sta
tions as feature of the regular
meeting of the Washington Radio
Club at 8 o'clock tonight in the
Capital Radio Engineering Insti-
tute, 1924 Sixteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Girls to Stage Proqrum

Camp Fire Girls at Paul Junior
High School will sponsor a presen-
tation of Classroom Classics" Mon
day afternoon in the school audi
torium. Representatives of down.
town department store will be in
charge Of featuring clothes for
younger teen-age girls.
Evening star., 1940-10-26

Brakes were tested by police and
said to be very good. The driver
said he was travelling about 20 miles
an hour. He said he did not see the
man until just before striking him.
He maintained that the victim was
Evening star., 1940-10-26

bent over to such q degree that he
could not be picked up by the cars
headlights.
The vehicle: A 1896 coach.
Coroner's jury verdict: Death
accidental and driver released.