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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-15
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Evening star., 1940-11-26
| Bishop Cannon
Calls for War
| Declaration

Bishop James Cannon, jr., stormy
figure Of church and politics who in
past years has clasfed with many
another prominent American, is now
ready to take on Hitler.
In an interview yesterday he ad-.
vocated that the United States i'm
mediately declare war on Germany.
The Methodist churchman, who
this month celebrated his 18th
birthday anniversary, is here from
Richmond, Va, to attend the con-
vention of the Anti-Saloon League
of America. He is a member of its
Executive Committee.
Bishop Cannon said he become
convinced that declaration of war
would be beneficial at the time Hol-
land was invaded. At that time the
bishop believed Mussolini might be
kept out of the war by entry into
it of the United States, he said.
Morale of Britain and her friends
could still be boosted by such a
formal move, he argues.
Were at war; we're in it now all
right-we might as well be public
about it, he declared, citing the
advantage" of getting rid Of Ger
man consular and embassy officials.
He also suggested that more food
be shipped to Britain. in, American
ships with American conveys, II
necessary. But he did not advocate
sending American troops abroad.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Verbal Sprint Champion Sees
u. S. Fate Linked to Drink

advocates mating of the better with
the better and the best with the
best to build a more intelligent
society" <
Field Secretary Baker has been
speaking faster and faster in recent
years just because he has so much
to say.
"If you're going 20 miles in 10
minutes, you hurry" he says. He
worked up from slow beginning in
speech courses at Pacific Union Col
lege, California, where he was grad
uated in 1916!
Sees Prohibition Far OF.
Though he does not believe Fed
eral prohibition will return "for q
long time" DR.. Baker said last night
that America must give up its drink
ing if it is to prepare for war
dangers. g.
"The strongest and most virile will
survive in the world" he said. Hit
Ter is setting up higher physical
standards than anything we've ever
tried. We all have reason to fear
because Germany has gone teetotal
as well as totalitarian. While he is
cutting liquor consumption drasti-
cally. we are finding that one out
Of three of our drafted men is physi-
cally unfit to serve"
1 DR.. Baker says we should learn
a lesson from the French Army,
which sat Qnsits haunches in the
Maginot Linz with nothing to do
but play cards, write 70 the girls and
drink"
Evening star., 1940-11-26

When the 31st convention Of
the Anti-Saloon League of Amer
lea gathered in Washington this
week it passed out leaflets heralding
an oration by DR.. Alonzo Baker of
Los Angeles. DR.. Baker, proclaimed
the league, speaks at the amazing
speed OF $50 to 800 words a minute,
yet with . diction so perfect that
no syllable is obscured."
This sprint champion of the
tongue just about doubles the per-
formances of others He says the
average address gallops along at
about 140 to 100 words per minute.
Few stenographers can keep up
with DR.. Baker. Ace court reporters
can, but they sweat. Admiring, they
sometimes bring stop watches to
time him.
Secs Americans rs Soft.
He delivered his convention ad-
dress last night. So far as reporters
could jot down the high spots Of
this velocity lecture, it seems that
Americans have grown soft like
Romans of the third, fourth and
nth century-and are going to be
enslaved by "virile, rampant Ger
mans" unless they give up nicotine,
alcohol and lack of exercise.
DR.. Baker himself is in tiptop
condition; barrel-chested, with bulg-
ing arms. He is field secretary for
the Race Betterment Foundation.
Subsidized BY John Harvey Kellogg
Of Battle Greek. Mich. the group
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Cabin Cruiser Returned
After Five-Hour Joyride

The $4,000 luxury cabin cruiser
Sea King was back in the hands of
its owner today after it was reported
stolen yesterday from its berth in
the Washington Channel.
A flve-hour joyride tells the story
of the 6s-foot yacht, which is owned
by DR.. Valentine Hess, 900 Seven
teenth street NV.
Charles II. Kersey, 38. and Will
liam E. King, So, both with no fixed
address. were working on the boat.
harbor police said. Yesterday at
1880 am DR.. Hess reported the boat
was missing.
Police started searching for the
yacht at once, speeded by report
that a large boat had bounced off a
numbering coal barge somewhere
down the river. After a while. it
was reported that large boat had
rammed one of the supports of the
Anacostia River Bridge at Eleventh
street Sc.
The vessel was finally located at
1:30 pm. resting quietly at the En-
gineers' Wharf, opposite the navy
yard. The two men were aboard
sound asleep. They were taken to
No. precinct and charged with op-
Grating a motor boat while under
the influence of liquor. Damages to
the Sea King were slight.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Strikes in Defense Plants
Condemned by Group

Legislation to prevent strikes and
set maximum wages in national de-
fense industries as proposed by Rep
resentative Cox, Democrat, of Geor-
gia was commended last night by
the Wheel of Progress meeting in
the Washington Hotel.
The organization also asked Con-
gress to relieve President Roosevelt's
burden by setting up national
defense board with full power to di-
rect the defense program.
Requirement of union member
ship for a defense worker was de-
plored by the organization.
Adoption of resolutions followed
talks by R. j. C. Dorsey, Washing
ton lawyer, who discussed subver-
sive activities in the United States,
and Lucia Ramsey Maxwell, author
and first vice president of the
Wheel. who condemned strikes In
factories working on defense orders.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Workers May Be Deferred
Without ASKING if Needed

AS protection to industry and
business, selective service regis
trants considered essential" to their
occupations may be deferred from
military service by their draft
boards even if the men themselves
fail to request deferment, Selective
Service Director C. A. Dykstra
pointed out today.
Dr. Dykstra stressed this point
because regulations and statements
had emphasized that employers
might submit evidence that certain
men were necessary and would be
hard to replace and that drafted
employees could claim deferment on
vocational grounds.
Even volunteers will be subjected
to occupational scrutiny before they
are accepted, because of the desire
Of the Government to disrupt in
dustry as little as possible.
Director Dykstra announced to-
day that local and regional selective
service officials working without pay
would be reimbursed for travel ex-
penses incurred in line of duty. A
ruling to this effect was made by
Controller General Warren.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Army Training Will Help Them,
Districts Seiectees Believe
Some Hope to Learn Mechanics, Others Wont
To Get MiIitoy Service Over With

His father, the late William
Harper Dean, was department
manager at the United States
Chamber of Commerce and served
in France during the first World
War as a correspondent for an agri-
cultural journal His grandfather
was a commissioned officer in
the Confederate Army during the
Civil War.
George Jenkins will just have
enough time to celebrate his BIRTH
day anniversary before going to
camp. He was "a years old today,
and tomorrow he'll report at the
National Guard Armory for induc-
ton. He is a volunteer in Board
Area No. 2 and lives at 1908 First
street NV
Thirty-two of the city's 81 first
call selectees have been ordered to
report at the induction station, 458
Indiana avenue NV, at 7:30 am
tomorrow to begin their Army "in-
itiation' prior to farewell ceremonies
scheduled at local draft headquar-
tiers, in the National Guard Armory,
Sixth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nlle NV, at l0G.rn. = tifs IAa.
: Send-Off to Be Broadcast.
Chest X-rays Of the inductees, to
be made at the Army Medical Gen.
ter, will be the first major step in
the induction process, as between
four and six hours will be needed
to complete development of the pic
lures. ns
National Selective Service Direc-
tor Clarence A. Dykstra, Brig. Gen.
Louis B. Hershey, national executive
officer; the District Commissioners
and other civic and Government
leaders will join local draft officials
in the send-off ceremonies The
event will be broadcast by Station
WMAL. Gen. Albert L. Cox, selec-
tive service executive for the Dis
trict, said the public is invited to
participate.
The 81 flrst-call selectees, 19 of
whom will follow the first group of
80 to Fort George 6. Meade, Md,
Thursday. have been invited as spe-
cial guests to the opening hockey
game of the season between the
Washington Eagles and the New
York Rovers at Riverside Stadium
tonight.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Conference 10 Decide
Fate Of Plan for
Uniform Promotions
Romspeek to Sound Out
Members of Committee
On Appropriations

A conference between Repre-
sentative Ramspeck, Democrat, Of
Georgia, chairman of the House
Civil Service Committee. and MEM
bers of the Appropriation Commit
tee will decide the fate of the uni
form promotions plan devised for
executive agency employees by the
Budget Bureau. -
Drafted after a lengthy study. the
program calls for systematic in
grade promotions that will allow
competent workmen to reach the
top of their grade in 10 years, and
while the cost is estimated as some
thing less than S30000,000 in this
time, the bureau predicts that it
will, in effect, be self-supporting
because of the savings that will be
effected by increased efficiency and
lowered turnover of personnel
Sets Stepup Rate. {
The bureau proposes that EN-.
ployes receiving under $500 win get
one-step promotions of $50 toa$l0o
every 18 months. and those ;over
that figure 5000 to $3.50 each 80
months, when their efficiency rating
calls for advancement. 1t is esti-
mated that $4,000 employees here
and 221 900 in the field would be
affected. Only permanent employees
getting less than $1,000 annually
would benefit.
The bureau plan was mapped at
the direction of the Appropriations
Committee. In denying funds for
promotions in the current year the
committee said economy was the
underlying reason, but added also
that a uniform promotion plan
should be shaped before any funds
were allotted for advances.
To Introduce Bill.
Mr.. Ramspeck plans to introduce
a bill to cover the plan when the
new Congress convenes, but will not
press the legislation unless the Ap-
preparations Committee is favorable.
In formulating the program the
Budget Bureau said that employees
paid under Classification Act scales
are in a far less favorable position
than those for whom automatic
promotions are provided by special
statutes. It found also that the
old-line agencies have far less lib
eral promotion policy than the new
er establishments. Many employees
have gone three years or more
without promotion, the bureau
said.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Firemen Battle
2-AIarm Blaze
AT Webb School
Pupils Sent Home;
To Be Shifted to
Other Buildings

Fire broke out on the third floor
of the Webb Elementary School to-
day, five minutes before class time.
keeping more than 800 pupils in the
street while firemen, responding to
two alarms. extinguished the blaze.
Most of the pupils were lined up
on the walk outside the building at
1855 am. when Miss c. v. Mace, one
of the teachers, noticed smoke.
There were about Is children in the
building at the time.
Smoke and flame poured from
little cubicle on the third floor of
the school building which teachers
used as a utility room.
The Is children and the teachers
hurried from the four-story brick
building to the outside walk. where
the 300 pupils we're milling about
and shouting.
Firemen arrived on the scene at
Fifteenth and Rosedale streets NE.
and ran long ladders UP the sides
of the school, while crews armed
with axes and hose attacked the fire
from the inside. Police cordons kept
the children at safe distance.
When DR.. Chester w. Holmes and
DR.. Robert L. Haycock of the Board
of Education arrived on the scene
to consult with Miss j. c. Taliaferro.
the principal, the throngs Of small
children were beginning to shiver
from the cold and they were sent
home.
DR.. Haycock said the superintend-
ent of the District. Repair Shop, w.
/ A. Draper, had examined the dam
age and estimated it would take
several days of work to make the
building habitable again. DR.. Hay
cock and Mrs. Florence H. Roberts.
supervising principal of the sixth
division, announced the school would
be closed Indefinitely.
Pupils from the Webb School viii
be transferred temporarily to the
Blow School at Benning road and
Nineteenth street NE. which Is al
ready fully occupied However,
Webb students will attend classes
from l pm. until 4 pm. starting to-
morrow, while the Blow students will
take a morning shift from am.
until IL 80 pm. daily.
kindergarten students from Webb
will go to classes at the Kingsman
School, at Fourteenth and z streets
NE, beginning tomorrow.
The walls of the utility room and
part of the roof were eaten away
| by the flames, and Deputy Fire
Marshal Charles Achstetter said the
fire was apparently caused by a
4 defective gas heater. He said the
part of the roof Immediately be-
meath l0-foot fiagpole, at the
front Of the building, had become
undermined. Two men attacked the
pole with axes and sent 1t crashing
to the roof for safety.
I The building was constructed In
1895. according to Dr. Haycock. 1t
is of red brick, with wooden stairs
and composition walls.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Shameful Neglect
OF Districts Needy
Charged by Darr
Tells Business and
Professional Women
Lack of Vote q Cause

Seton H. Darr, past president Of
the District of Columbia Bar Asso-
citation, last night accused Wash
ingtonians of a shameful neglect"
of the citys underprivileged. but at
the same time partially excused
them on the grounds that they are
yoteless land therefore havs no city
pride"
Mr.. Darr joined with Representa-
tive Kennedy, Democrat, of Mary
land. a member Of the House Dis
trict Committee, and Elwood H.
Seal, former corporation counsel Of
the District, IN discussing forms of
local government at a dinner meet
ing of the Business and Professional
Women's Clubs at the Admiral, 1640
Rhode Island avenue NV.
The former bar association chief
cited the fact that the Community
Chest is rs per cent behind in its
goal for s2,O00,000 as another ex-
ample of the fact that residents of
Washington have no esprit de
corps" that they do not consider
it their city.
"I can, however, understand their
feelings" he asserted. since they
do not have the right of suffrage.
Just the same, there is a shameful
neglect of the people who are en-
titled to protection and don't get
it,"
Outlines Reorganization Plan.
He outlined his plan for District
reorganization, which would entail
the election of city councilmen from
Is precincts for two-year terms who,
in turn, would appoint city man
ager. He reasserted his. belief,
nevertheless, that Congress should
maintain a veto power over local
acts and that they should also have
the right to take over the city man
agement If it was proven that the
citizens failed in their local admin
istration.
Il am a voice crying in the will
derness," Mr. Darr declared. II am
crying the voice of suffrage. No
people are well governed who do
not govern themselves. You have
but to read the newspapers to see
what happens when people are not
allowed to govern themselves.
Here we are not given chance
to help make a democratic form of
government work. There can be no
good answer given as to why we are
not able to govern ourselves"
vr,l, lao sAce
after December and whose District
reorganization bill has passed the
House, told the rs women present
at the meeting that I'VE can't get
suffrage with the present setup, so
we will have to get what we can. !"
He asserted that his reorganiza-
ton plan, which he described in
brief as a consolidated" form of
city government, would result,
among other advantages, in q saving
to Washington taxpayers of from
three to five million dollars yearly.
Mr.. Seal confined his remarks to
an outline Of the present District
government and declined to COM
ment one way or the other on its
advantages or disadvantages.
He paid tribute to the retiring
Representative as one who has
worked hard and long for the Dis
trict.' He said he has never known
Mr.. Kennedy to do anything as 4
member Of the House District Com
mittee mot to the interest Of the
District government"
Mrs. Grace B. Stiles, assistant
United States attorney for the Dis
trict, and in charge Of the Public
Affairs Committee of the club, in
troduced the speakers.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Dr.. Huber to Speak

DR.. c. M. Huber, registrar of Will
son Teachers College and chair
man of the General Radio Com
mittee of District schools, will speak
to the study group of the Takoma
Park Parent-Teacher Association
tonight in their meeting at the
school. DR.. Huber's subject will be
Radio in Education-the Washing
ton Plan" !
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Sl.500. 900 Apartment
House Planned Here

Construction of an eight-story
apartment house having an esti-
mated cost of 81 SOC, 900 at 2480 Six
teenth street NV. is planned by the
.Woodmont Development Co.. accord
ing to information filed with the
District inspector of buildings.
The building would contain 3o5
apartment units. 1t would be 40
feet wide and 407 feet deep. Francis
L. Koenig was listed as architect
and Morris Geury as secretary Of
the development company.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Widow of Cleveland
Gets $4,000 Pension

BY TIE Associated Press.
President Roosevelt signed today
bill granting a $4,000 annual pen
sion to Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleye-
land Preston, widow Of President
Grover Cleveland.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Rotary Club to Meet

The Washington Rotary Club
will hear discussion by Holcombe
Parkes of the American Railroads
Association on "The Iron Horse
Speaks at its luncheon meeting at
1890 pm. tomorrow at the willard
Hotel.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Traffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters, for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 38.
Motorists injured. 3.
Motorists arrested, 1854.
Pedestrians injured, 8.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control reg
lations, 6.
Motorists arrested for failing
to give right of way to pedes-
TRANS, none.
Killed in 1910 traffic, IS; by
November 16 in 1889, 76.
Evening star., 1940-11-26
Political Rights Restored

Federal employees in Mount Rain
Ter and Somerset Md, have had
their local political rights restored,
the Civil Service Commission an
nounced today. Under the new
Hatch Act they again can partici-
pate in nonpartisan activities.
Evening star., 1940-01-01

give vegetables. Give a saucer of
milk in the morning every day.
and while the kitten is very small
little milk may be given at bed
time to assuage the loneliness at
being parted from mother.
After the kitten is a grown-up cat
at l year of age cut the fish and
meat ration down to half a pound
of either one per day. Liver is
good for the kitten unless it proves
to be too laxative. No very cold
or frozen food should ever be
administered.
To save your furniture and help
those growing pains treat the kit
ten to one of the "catnip trees"
found in the pet shops or a catnip
mouse to play with. An old spool
on string will keep puss busy by
the hour-but be sure it is big and
of hard enough wood so that kitty
can't chew chunks off it.
And last but far from least
don't bathe the kitten. The stores
have special powder preparations
which may be brushed into the
cats fur and then brushed out
again, leaving kitty clean and shin
ing. Cats don't take kindly to water
in fact as we'll as in theory-and
there's no use trying to pretend
they do! Just powder them and
brush them-and everybody's happy!
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Manners
OF the
Moment
7 am onpOSed

I am opposed to New Year reso-
lutions. They are merely a worry
and fret. You put them down in
all seriousness, If you 60 in for them
at all, and then you promptly break
them, which does something to your
personality. Splits it, think.
I prefer New Year Day to be one
in which each man takes to his
own poison. If he has been wanting
to stand on his head all year, but
thought it undignified, let him do it
today. If he has been wanting to
chew tobacco or to read a love story
or to sit with his feet in the oven,
New Year Day is his day for doing it.
At least that's my theory. The
resolutions, which are invariably
things you don't want to do, have
to be lived up to, in part at least,
during the rest of the year whether
you write them down or not. So
I'd forget resolutions on New Year
Day myself and do something you
can't do during the rest of the year
JEAN.
Evening star., 1940-01-01
Care of the Small Kitten
Includes Warmth, Food,
And Very Little Petting
Bathing Should Be Avoided;
Brush Special Powder Into
Pussy's Fur When Needed
By MARY ALLEN HOOD.

Last Monday looked into the handling and feeding the
Christmas Today the gift kitten comes
attention These little creatures especially delicate
treated with great they
kitten requires, mainly peace
probably greatest Of these
much squeezing enforced playing all Of these reduce kitten
quietly and dies ANY small animal almost much
January
kitten comfortable, dafproof
the
a
and adequately lined with something soft and yet hard
the
though
kitten relish
Evening star., 1940-01-01
By BARBARA BELL.

Add this pretty little frock to your
small daughters play and kinder
garten wardrobe. You'll like 1881-B,
and so will she, because it's so simple
and becoming Made with single
pleat and frightened by touches of
contrast, it has a sash belt that
draws in the waistline. The puff
sleeves are adorned with saucy little
bows that look so sweet on chubby
arms, and the round collar is a
favorite for children.
Make this dress Of chalis, wool
crepe or such sturdy play cottons as
gingham, percale or linen, printed or
plain colored, and 1t will be so sue
cessful that you'll want to repeat 1t
many times. It's delightfully."- easy
to make, and the pattern includes a
step-by- step sew chart.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1878 is
designed for sizes 2, 3, 4, S and 6
years. Size ; requires ~ yards OF