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Evening star., 1940-05-16
Bicycle Purse Snafcher
Pedals Off With So
By RICHARD MOWRER.

A purse -snatching committed from
q moving bicycle was among six
pocketbook thefts, involving loot Of
more than $50, recorded by police
today.
A purse containing Sc was taken
from Lucretia Warwick, 2721 Con-
necticut avenue NV, by colored
man as he sped by on bicycle at
Fifteenth and P streets NV. last
night, she reported to police.
Maude F. Knott, 1911 Eighteenth
street NV, told investigators her
pocketbook containing SIG was stolen
from q table in the bedroom of her
apartment, apparently by colored
man seen fleeing from the building.
Virginia Barry, 1859 r street NV,
said q colored man fled with her
purse containing $40 and a pair OF
glasses from a bowling alley on
upper Fourteenth street NV. last
night. A purse containing SO was
stolen from the home Of William F.
Frost at 1909 Ingomar street NV,
and q like amount Of money was In
q purse stolen from William H
6pencer's apartment at 210l Wyom-
ing avenue NV.
Norma Woodhouse, zoos N street
NV, told police some one took hel
purse containing $23 from hei
apartment.
Grace Hall, 1l22 Eighth street
NV put colored man to flight
with her umbrella when he at
tempted to snatch her purse neal
her home last night, she reported
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Americans
CONTINUED From First Page.)

village in the Aisne department
when the NaI aerial attacks made
it impossible to continue rescue
work.
Another American ambulance
driver, Lawrence A. Jump Of Nam
tucket, Mass, who was attached to
the French Army, was reported
missing after German artillery
shelled his ambulance.
Ofacial French reports to the
American volunteers ambulance Or
ganization In Paris said the ambu-
lance was heavily shelled during q
local action In the Sarreguemines
sector Of the western front several
days ago.
Another Ambulance Wrecked.
Another American ambulance was
wrecked and three others hit by
shells, Col. James Sparks, head Of
the volunteer unit, announced.
Col. Sparks said it had not been
determined whether Jump was
killed, wounded or taken prisoner
His ambulance was in flames when
1t was last seen by q French ofIicer
An ambulance driven by Charles
Willen Of New York City was re-
ported wrecked. Willen said he
counted more than so shrapnel holes
In the car.
Ambulances driven by Paul Willis
OF Albuquerque, N. Mex; Thomas
Esten Of Stoughton, Mass, and Jack
Calhoun, an American resident Of
Paris, also were hit by shells.
Col. Sparks said the ambulances
were plainly marked with red
crosses.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
%az Methods Used Low Countries Shock Policeman Bulgaria

There is q tendency for initial air
superiority to grow. since equal
losses (if such may be assumed)
bear more heavily In proportion on
the weaker side, and the stronger
is continually able to extend his at
tacks against the weaker's bases as
well as against aircraft in flight.
The allies labor under o severe dis
advantage In that continual German
threats Of air attacks against the
British Isles must detain q number
Of aircraft and flying personnel In
Great Britain which could be USE
fully employed on the western front.
However that may be, the Ger
mans seem little nearer than yes
.terday to any decisive success,
though on the other hand there is
no really encouraging news from the
allied viewpoint. II in the next "a
hours, however, the Germans have
made no further considerable ad-
vances, 1t will begin to be possible
that their drive has at last lost its
initial momentum and that the
moment for counter-attack ap-
proaches.
On item Of interest is the sup
posed new weapon" which from
present accounts appears to be
specially adapted for the use Of
parachute troops. II this is the case,
its exclusive possession by the Ger
mans will not be Of long standing,
since many parachutists have been
killed or captured and their weapons
are In allied hands at the moment.
Copyright. 1910. by New York Tribune, Inc. }
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Symphony Campaign
Holding Final Report
Luncheon Today
Membership Meeting
In Afternoon to Name
Six Directors

The third and final report lunch
con in the National Symphony Or
chestra's annual sustaining fund
campaign was to be held today at
the Carlton Hotel.
Volunteer workers in the drive for
$107 900 have intensified their activ-
tiles in the past few days, particu-
larly since the second report lunch
con Monday when it was reported
that $63,887-or 5919 per cent-ot
the goal had been raised. The cam
paign began May 6.
The National Symphony Orches-
ira Association scheduled its an
nual membership meeting for s
o'clock this afternoon at the Carl
ton. The program includes presi-
dents report on the 1939-1940 sea-
son and election of six directors to
fill vacancies on the board.
The Silver Spring (Md) branch
OF the Suburban Committee, behind
In its quota, announced q benefit
concert tonight at BIS o'clock, at
the Woodside Methodist Church at
Silver Spring. Those who have
volunteered their services are: Ger
trude Troutman. 11-year-old pianist;
Lily Garrett, contralto soloist al
Mount Vernon Place Methods,
Church; Justin Lawrie, tenor anc
choirmaster of Foundry Methodist
Church, and Fague Springman
baritone and head of the music de-
partment, National Park Seminary
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Guard General Doubts
Serape Up
$4,000 Trained Men
Many Shortcomings, Such
As Lack Of Cos Masks,
Old Weapons, Charged
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 16.-A National
Guard general charges the Army
with long list Of shortcomings, in.
cluding the disclosure that New
York Guardsmen haven't even one
gas mask for every 10 soldiers. The
statements were contained In IN
article by Maj. Gen. william N.
Haskell. commanding oficer Of the
New York National Guard, released
In advance Of publication by the
Guards State journal.
He recommended that basic mill.
tary training be instituted in the
Civilian Conservation Corps.
Gen. Haskell expressed q doubt
that the Regular Army could
scrape up $4,000 trained men for
combat in this country"
'The National Guard, with an au.
thorized strength of 235, 900 men, has
neither proper equipment nor train
ing" he said.
Citing the New York National
Guard as an example, he said its Is
new anti-aircraft guns are already
obsolescent, that the tank company's
two machines were also in this clas.
sif1cation and that his recent request
for pistol ammunition was returned
by the Ordnance Department with
the notation mot available until
August or September
Gen. Haskell listed 10 suggestions
for immediate improvement Of the
armament, land and naval. They
included q two-ocean Navy and q
recommendation that the United
States take political interference
with Army planning and the pork
barrel out of national defense"
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Vondenberg
Continued From First Page.l

the national conventions choice,
whoever he may be.
Asks Cool Headed Restraint.
OF the war in Europe, Senator
Vandenberg said:
II have no language strong
enough to express my condemnation
Of the anti-Christ who turns this
destruction loose upon peaceful, un-
offending neighbors.
"Yet the greater our resentment,
the greater must be our cool-headed
restraint in official policy and ac-
ton because the greater must be
our determination to stay out unless
this war comes to the New World
I'VE cannot 60 to Europe and
control her destiny even If we
would-any more than we could
have controlled the history which
has produced this crisis.
Seeks War Insulation.
1--WE cannot isolate ourselves In
this foreshortened world. But it
must be our task to insulate our
selves to the last possible degree
against this scourge. We must
never surrender to the state Of mind
which resigns itself to the ultimate
inevitability of our inducements
state of mind which entirely too
often possesses Washington. And
we must never forget that we have
our hands full in saving democracy
at nome. We owe that not only to
America, but to the world.
If any alien war lord mistakes
this attitude for the timidity which
would buy peace at any price, or
which would surrender the Americas
to a violation of our neighbors, he
will be sadly disillusioned If this
sinister plague comes to our shores.
In national defense-here and in
every essential outpost-we shall, If
challenged, fight to the last man
and the last dollar. If we give ade-
quate attention to this national de-
fense. I continue to be one of those
who believes we need never fear the
issue. Even in the face of an ulti-
mate hazard which some fear might
confront us hereafter, we shall be
relatively safer against the ex-
hausted victors, whoever they may
be, If we have conserved our power.
But 1t would be folly for us not to
turn to this problem Of national
defense with new and a grim zeal.
Not to implement entangling alli-
ances. Not to police the world. But
to make national defense defense
OF the homeland and its outposts-
as impregnable as possible.
Urges Defense Committee.
Essential appropriations for these
purposes must be made. But let's
not blind our eyes to facts. This
objective requires something more
than lavish appropriations. We
have had those for five years; yet we
now find that they have not bought
us the degree Of protection we an
ticipated. Shocking deficiencies are
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Polish Club Dance

The Polish Club of Washington
and Group 848, Polish National Al
lance, will hold dance at 8 pm.
Saturday In Stansbury Hall Audi
torium, 1882 Georgia avenue NV,
1t was announced today. The Polish
dance class will present the Kra-
kowiak, folk dance, in the citizen
ship program of the Americaniza-
ton School at 7:30 pm. Sunday at
the Departmental Auditorium,
Thirteenth street and Constitution
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Was Dartmouth Graduate.

New York headquarters of the
American Volunteer Ambulance
Corps said Mr.. Jump was a member
OF that organization, having Joined
In Paris recently. He listed his
birthplace as Oakland, Calf, and
lived recently in Newton, Mass, and
Manchester, N. H. He was grad
uated from Dartmouth in 1896.
Evening star., 1940-05-16

Father Of is children, 13 Of whom
are living, Stephen Chapman Of
Waterdale, England, has, at the age
OF 46, joined the British forces for
the third time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
$1,000 Fines and Jail Term
For Short WEIGHT Vacated

Judge Hobart Newman in Police
Court Tuesday vacated sentences
totaling $1,000 in fines and Is months
in jail imposed on September 20
against Bernard N. Segal, 80. In
connection with Is short weights
charges against the Square Deal
Market Co., Inc, OF which Mr..
Segal was president.
The sentence was vacated on the
grounds that the conviction on the
short weight charges was against
the corporation and not against Mr..
Segal as its head or as an individual.
The action of vacating the sentence
was on motion filed by Mr.. Segal's
attorney, H. Mason WEIGH. Mr..
WEIGH informed the court yesterday
that Mr.. Segal is no longer an of1cer
of the corporation.
The court agreed on the motion
which contended that "Mr. Segal
was not found guilty by the court
or jury, either as an individual or
as president of the Square Deal
Market CO..
Judge Newman yesterday continued
the case for two weeks for imposition
of sentence against the corporation.
The motion filed by Attorney
WEIGH also declared that the court
had no power under the law to
impose any sentence upon the said
Bernard N. Segal individually or as
president of the Square Deal Market
Co., Inc"
Meanwhile, until yesterday Mr.. Sc
gal had been free under 5000 bond
pending the appeal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Northeast Citizens Urge
ENLARGED High Schoo!

The Northeast Boundary Citizens
Association at its first fall meeting
last night reiterated its stand that
the proposed colored senior high
school at Twenty-fourth street and
Benning road NE. should be
planned to accommodate $500 in
stead of $50 pupils.
The association asked that a col
ored junior high school to accom-
modate 1000 pupils be erected at
Forty ninth and Washington streets
NE, adjacent to Northeast Recrea-
ton Center, tract now being
bought by the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission. The
colored community in the far North
east section is growing rapidly and
5000 families are expected to move
into the area shortly, H. D. Wood
son, association president, said.
The association also passed reso-
buttons asking for extention and
paving of Eastern avenue, Forty
ninth street, Division avenue and
Sixty first street and calling for a
speed-up of f1ood-control work along
Watts Branch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Alexandra Asks
Funds 10 Improve Streets
By 4 Staff Correspondent OF

By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. 10
Acting to give Alexandria an i'm
proved street system, the City Coun-
Gil last night authorized City Man.
ager Carl Budwesky to negotiate
with the Alexandria Gas Co. for
release to the city of about s175,0OO
In impounded funds.
Company officials have indicated
willingness to relinquish the sum,
held for several years to insure pay
ment of bonded Indebtedness on its
plant, purchased from the city.
The council authorized immediate
work on streets throughout the city,
financed by the money. Washington
avenue will be rebuilt for a portion
of it's length, and among other high
ways to be improved are Braddock
road, De Witt avenue and Mon
roe avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Gymnasium Sought
For Suburban School

A resolution urging that funds be
included in the school building pro-
gram for a gymnasium for the
Montgomery Hills Md Junior
High School was adopted by its
Parent Teacher Association at
meeting last night.
Declaring there is urgent need for
the gymnasium, the measure author
ICES the president, Mrs. Roy G..
jacobson, to appoint committee
10 push the project.
Mrs. Katherine johnson, county
public health nurse, discussed tu-
berculosis tests being conducted IN
the schools and the visual education
methods used in connection with
the tests. Montgomery Hills pupils,
she said, will be tested the early part
OF next month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Silver Spring
Underpass
To Be Rebuilt
But Actual Work
Cannot Be Started
For Many Months
- the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Oct. 10.-The Mary
land State Roads Commission speed
ed plans today for reconstruction of
the dangerous" Georgia avenue
underpass at Silver Spring, but de-
clared actual work on the $500 900
project could not be started for "a
number of months"
The underpass was discussed yes
terday at a closed hearing by repre-
sentatives of the Roads Commission,
the Federal Public Roads Admins
tration. Montgomery County COM
missioners, the Baltimore IL Ohio
Railroad and civic groups.
Maj. Ezra Whitman, commission
chairman. in a statement issued
after the session, said 1T was decided
that the construction of this
underpass should be undertaken at
as early a date as possible
County to Give 100000.
He said Montgomery County had
agreed to furnish 100000 toward the
construction, adding:
Estate and Federal aid money for
other (State) projects in the amount
of S94 900 which would have been
done this year, it is believed by the
commission, can be postponed. This
more important and urgent project
of reconstructing the Silver Spring
underpass should have precedence
and the commission has requested
the Public Roads Administration to
reallocate this money to the Silver
Spring underpass."
Five preliminary plans and cost
estimates have been prepared by
the B. e. O. Railroad, Maj. Whit
man said, but it may be several
months before construction plans
are ready.
Mai. Whitman said that final
working out" of financing plans
would probably have to be deferred
until after January l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Old Georgetown
Road Work
Is Started
Legal Action May
Halt Widening
Project

The long promised improvement
OF Connecticut avenue and Old
Georgetown road in nearby Mary
land got under way today under
threats of legal action which might
halt construction work on the latter
highway.
It was learned this morning that
the Board of Directors Of the Bank
of Bethesda was to consider at its
regular meeting this afternoon what
steps to take in regard to the right
of way formerly occupied by the
streetcar tracks Of the Capital
Transit Co. from the bank to Alta
Vista on the east side of Old George
town road.
The streetcar line was abandoned
several years ago to be replaced by
bus service and the tracks have
been removed. The deed of the
bank property at the intersection
of the road and the Rockville pike
states that the right of way shall
revert to the owner in the event OF
abandonment of the streetcar line,
according to bank omclalS.
Title Held Adequate.
While the legal cloud hung over
the project, steam shovel and
construction gang went ahead with
the widening under assurances from
Maryland State Roads Commission
officials that its title to the right
of way is adequate. LIE Roy W..
Kern right of way engineer for the
commission, made a hurried trip
from Baltimore to confer with
President Thomas E. Hampton Of
the Montgomery County Board of
Commissioners this morning. Mr..
Kern explained that the commits
sion had acquired for a considera-
ton all rights and title formerly
held by the transit company.
Meanwhile, work on the Connec-
ticut avenue section of the two
projects, which together will cost
more than $4,000, was started un-
der more favorable auspices by the
Highway Engineering & Construc-
ton Co. of Washington. M. D.
Sandidge, construction foreman. ex-
pressed the belief that the work
would be completed by December l..
Divided BY Parkway.
The roadway will be divided the
entire distance of the project from
Chevy Chase Circle to Chevy Chase
Lake by four-foot grassed park
way, flanked by white concrete re-
flecting curbs From the circle to
Bradley lane the roadways on each
side will be rs feet wide, from Brad
ley lane to Taylor street, 20 feet,
and from Taylor street to the end Of
the project, 81 feet. The curb and
gutter line will not interfere with
the trees on each side, which nearly
meet in an arch in the middle.
The street car tracks in the CEN
ter of the avenue between the circle
and Bradley lane will be removed
before the new road is constructed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Annual Turkey Festival
OPENS al Harrisonburq
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HARRISONBURG, Va, Oct. TO-
The turkey, who'll get it in the neck
next month, gets his annual buildup
here today in the second National
Rockingham Turkey Festival.
Before a crowd expected to exceed
last years estimated $4,000, Gov.
Price at 2:30 pm. will crown Sem
opita Erma Castillo Najera as Queen
Rockingham H." The daughter of
the Mexican Ambassador to the
United States will reign over two
days of festivities in honor of the
cash crop that thrives annually for
the poultry punchers on the ranges
of Rockingham.
The queen arrived yesterday from
Washington with an escort of State
troopers. She will be the guest of
DR.. and Mrs. Charles E. Conrad
during the fete.
The coronation at Madison Col
lege is the first main event on the
program, following children's pa
rade at 10 am. Tonight at o'clock
fire companies from three States
will march and their bands will
compete for honors. The grand pa
rade of 40 floats will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Scent Milk Sales
Nearly Doubled
In Two Months
Doiries Invited to Bid
On Contract to Become
Effective Nov. !

Distribution of scent milk to
needy Washington families has
practically doubled since the pro-
gram began nearly two months
ago, the Agriculture Department.
Surplus Marketing Administration
revealed today, following announce
ment yesterday it would receive bids
for milk to be distributed to families
this winter.
Eight diaries in the Washington
marketing area have been invited to
bid on supplying the low-cost milk
to IL substations serving the city's
families on relief and working for
the w. P. A. The contract will cover
the period from November l to
March / of next year.
Since the Federal Government,
with the assistance of the District
Welfare Department, began the sale
of scent milk August II, 1891
quarts have been sold to low-income
families up to the first Of this
month, the department announced.
Jumps to 2,727 Families.
During the first week of the pro-
gram, according to. figures, 1892
families purchased 8,400 quarts OF
milk. Indicating marked increase,
figures for the last week in Septem-
Der show that 2,727 families bought
5,462 quarts.
The Washington low-cost milk
program, which is similar to others
in metropolitan centers supported by
Federal funds, is designed to utilize
substantial quantities OF milk which
dairymen otherwise would sell at
lower prices for manufactured dairy
products, and to make available
greater supplies of milk at low cost
to needy families.
Persons buying this milk are OF
three categories; families getting
public assistance from or through
public relief agencies, those certi-
fled for w. P. A. employment but
waiting for work and persons certi-
fled by w. P. A. as needing employ
ment but unassignable.
Contract Expires October 81.
Chestnut Farms Chevy Chase
Dairy has been supplying milk to
the II depots, but its contract ex-
pires October 81. according to the
Agriculture Department. The dairy
collects S cents for each quart and
the Government pays the concern
an additional 81 cents from Fed
eral funds.
The invitations to bid, the mar
keting administration points out,
are based on supplying milk to each
of the depots rather than the II as
a single unit.
Depots, located in schools, fire.
houses, police stations and the Sur
plus Commodities warehouse, are
open every day except Sundays and
holidays from to 5 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-10-10
Police Are Ordered
To DirectEfforts
Causes
Brown Takes Action
After Prevention Units
Report on 578 Crashes

Police were told to concentrate
their efforts in traffic enforcement
on violations that cause accidents,
in an order issued yesterday by
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superintend-
ent of police. The order follows
release of an analysis earlier this
week by Inspector Arthur E. Miller.
head of the new accident preven-
ton unit, classifying and tabulating
the different causes Of accidents
between September % and Octo-
Der 4.
In the 57s accidents reported
during this period it was found
that among the leading causes of
accidents where motorists were
at fault were failure to yield right
of way, turning from wrong lane,
turning left at intersections, start
ing from the curb, driving while
drunk, unsafe backing, cutting in,
failure to give signal, and reckless
driving. A list of the principal
causes of accidents by pedestrians
included crossing outside the cross
walk, stepping from behind a
parked car and playing in the
street.
Watch Accident Causes.
you will instruct the members
of your command" Maj. Brown
stated, ito take proper action in
all violations coming to their at
tention, but to concentrate their
enforcement effort on the viola
lions which cause accidents, par
ticularly the ones listed, both by
motorists and pedestrians"
1T is the policy of this depart
ment," the order to commanding
police officers continued, ito have
reasonable and consistent enforce
ment of the regulations at all times
and you will bring this matter to
the attention of the members of
your command at frequent in
tervals with view of preventing
accidents, injuries and deaths"
Pedestrian Arrests Drop.
The major stated that the records
of the department revealed that
"of all fatal accidents in 1889, n
per cent were pedestrians. In the
first nine months of 1910, of the
So fatalities, Al were pedestrians.
This is 70 per cent"
Concerning arrests under the
pedestrian control law, Maj. Brown
said that here were 935 arrests
from April l, 1889, to September
80, 1899.
The first six months of this
year." his order remarked, there
were 697 arrests, a decrease of 238."