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Evening star., 1940-06-27

Riverdale. Md, and Billy Martyr,
Is, 211 Thirteenth street NE. The
total registration for the race Is
now 285.
(Watch The Star for Derby News.)
Evening star., 1940-06-27

this afternoon at Hines funeral
home, 1900 Fourteenth street NV.
and interment is to be in Fort Lin
coin Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-06-27

Because of the paper shortage,
school children of Leicestershire,
England, resumed the use of states.
Evening star., 1940-10-04

my children are safely across the
Atlantic-all So of tffem!'
There was delighted grin yester-
day on the face of Noel Coward, the
British bachelor who is playing
father to a whole Actors Orphanage
in Surrey, England.
He had just been notified that his
charges had landed at Halifax, and
would come to New York in a few
days. Mr.. Coward was Fastening
to New York to prepare reception
for the youngsters when he found a
moment to talk about them before
his plane left.
Il had the most frightful scare" ="
he said, when I heard the City of
Benares had been sunk. I though
the orphanage children were abroad.
Their departure was secret, you
know, but I had learned enough to
believe they were on the ocean.
The children will go to the Gould
Foundation, which will serve as a
clearing house for them. We hope
to keep them together. We don't
know as yet where they will find a
home, but there are several plans
under consideration. Our one anx-
iety has been to get them across the
ocean,
The playwright has been presi-
dent of the orphanage for number
of years. Mr.. Coward came to the
United States from England In Au.
gust on q mission for the British
Ministry Of Information.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Red Cross Sends ) 10 China
To Handle Relief Supplies

Large quantities of drugs, cloth
ing material and other supplies will
be sent to victims of hostilities in
China, the Red Cross announced
today.
Supervision of relief operations in
China will be by Red Cross ad-
visory committee, of which the
American Ambassador, Nelson T.
Johnson, is honorary chairman and
Maj. Arthur Bassett, an American
businessman in Shanghai, chair
man.
Three representatives of the Red
Cross have left washington for San
Francisco to go by China Clipper
to the Far East to handle distribu-
ton. They are DR.. John Earl Baker,
for "a years a resident of China,
who will be director; Walter Wes-
selius of Washington, assistant di-
rector of disaster relief for the
American Red Cross, who will be
associate director, and Arthur M.
Fifer of Washington. who will be
accountant. Wilbur Judd, who has
been a member of the Y. M. c. A.
China staff, now in Shanghai, will
be assistant director.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Rosh Hashanah Rites
Are Scheduled Today

The observance of Rosh Hashanah,
the Jewish New Year, continued in
Orthodox and Conservative syna-
gogues today while Reformed Jews
concluded their celebration of the
high holiday yesterday.
Conditions in the world today
formed the basis of many of the
sermons and Rabbi Solomon Metz
at the Adas Israel Congregation
stressed the need of a spiritual re-
generation" as a means of defending
the American way Of life.
THE second day of the celebration
-was s8arked, like the first, by the
blowing. of the Shofar. or ram S
horn, <symbolieally calling Judaism
to reflection and repentance. The
Today period in the Jewish holy
month will be climaxed by Yom
Kippur, the day of atonement, a
week from tomorrow, when Wash
ington Jewry will spend the day in
fasting and prayer.
Services were scheduled today at
Beth Sholom Congregation and
Talmud Torah, Ohev Sholom Syna-
gogue, Adas Israel Congregation,
Tifereth Israel Congregation, South
east Hebrew Synagogue, Bnai Israel
Synagogue and the Hebrew Home
for the Aged.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Noel Coward E|uted by Safe
Crossinq of NY So Children

He later became associated with
the British War Relief. which has
headquarters in New York, and has
travelled thousands of miles in re-
cent weeks in its behalf.
I'VE need everything-money as
we'll as materials, although the re-
Spouse has been marvellous. I've
found Americans everywhere most
eager to help in any way possible.
Their offers of homes to British
children for the duration have been
most generous.
"The sentiment in this country
has changed much in recent weeks.
People here are beginning to believe
that England will win. AS for my
self, I'm sure of 1t.
II think the Germans have taken
a nasty toss over England.
That little island! 1t must be
most humiliating to the war lords!"
Asked if, like H. G. Wells, newly
arrived British author, he believed
the Nazis "are nearing the end Of
their rope" Mr.. Coward replied, Il
certainly hope so, but we must be-
ware of wishful thinking!"
Referring to the Italian push on
Egypt, where a number of the
authors friends are with the British
defenders, Mr.. Coward said the
great offensive appeared to have
begged down.
1.-The Italians" he remarked, "can
be counted upon to bog down at
least until the Germans give them q
kick from behindl"
Evening star., 1940-10-04
|ckes Favors Movinq
Parks Office Facilities
From Potomac Park
Undecided on Course
AS Committee Shifts
Funds in Bill

Secretary of the Interior Ickes
believes the workshops. greenhouses,
propagating gardens, police garages
and tourist camp of the Office of
National Capital Parks certainly
ought to be moved from their
present site in Potomac Park, he
said yesterday.
His statement came in answer to
a press conference question as to
whether he would recommend to
Congress that a House amendment
to the Senate bill tranferring
Arlington Experimental Farm to the
War and Interior Departments be
thrown out in conference and the
wording of the original bill restored.
The bill. as it passed the Senate,
transferred the farm to the War and
Interior Departments and appro-
priated S4,000,000 to the War De-
partment for purchase of adjacent
land, principally the old Washing
ton Airport, and for expansion of
the Army cantonment now occupy
ing part of the farm. 1t also
appropriated s3,20O,OOO to the Agri-
culture Department for purchase
of a new farm and 81 000,000 to the
Interior Department for purchase
of adjacent land and transfer of
the workshops. etc, of the local
park Office across the Potomac
River.
The House Agriculture Com
mittee amended the bill to turn
over the whole farm to the War
Department and to add the Interior
Departments S1,0O0,000 to the War
Department appropriation. If the
amended bill we're to become law
it would preclude moving the work.
shops and other facilities from their
present location.
Mr.. IckeS said he had not decided
as yet what action he would take
in regard to the amendment. He
merely said he was in favor of NOV
ing the park facilities from their
present site.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Senate Sends
Bill.
To House
Final Action Seen
Monday on Civil
Service Measure

Shot through the Senate in a few
seconds, the Ramspeck civil service
extension bill today needed only
final APPROVAL of the House to send
it to the President.
House action is scheduled Nom
day on the measure which will
make between 125,000 and 10000
positions in the executive agancies
eligible for civil service status by
executive order. and extend the
Classification Act pay rates to the
field service.
1t had been thought at first that
the bill would be taken up in the
House Immediately after the Senate
acted, but Speaker Rayburn an
nounced yesterday that it would
be held over until Monday because
of the absence of so many members
from the city. A furry of debate is
expected then, particularly in view
of the Senate action in killing a
House amandment to limit the bills
benefits in accordance with the
job-apportionment law, but sup
porters predict passage.
The conference report on the
measure was brought up in the
Senate shortly before 6 o'clock last
night by Senator Mead, Democrat,
of New York, in charge of the bill,
and it was adopted unanimously.
The legislation, which has the
solid support of employe organiza-
tions, first passed the House early
in February and the Senate adopted
the amended version and sent it
to conference a week ago. 1t has
been before Congress for nearly
three years.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
WoodIey Road Bus
Ordered Reroufed
For Greater Safety
Loop Service Directed
During Rush Hours
At Congress Heights

Granting pleas made by residents
of the Columbia road area near
Nineteenth street, including Rep
resentative Bloom. Democrat, of
New York, for greater convenience
and safety arrangements in street
car and bus stops, the Public Utili-
ties Commission today approved a
suggestion by the Capital Transit
Co. for a minor rerouting of the
Woodley road bus in the section.
The commission, in acting on re-
quests by the Congress Heights Citi-
zens Association for an extension of
the Anacostia- Congress Heights bus
service. also directed the company
to provide loop service during rush
hours near the Congress Heights ter
minus of the line.
In the Woodley road bus case the
commission ordered that the buses
go east on Kalorama road NV,
south on Nineteenth street and west
on wyoming avenue, which elm
mates the sharp right turn now
made by buses at Kalorama and Co.
lumbia roads NV. In this connec-
ton, the commission ordered bus
stops for south-bound traffic on
Nineteenth street north of Columbia
road and on wyoming avenue on
the east side of Columbia road NV.
the latter being for west-bound
traffic.
The commission also directed that
the Streetcar stop for north-b bound
traffic be shifted from a point on
Columbia road to the west side of
Nineteenth street, so that there
would be both a bus and streetcar
stop in the triangle formed by Co.
lumbia road. Nineteenth street and
Wyoming avenue. Changes at this
point are to be effective Monday.
The order establishing the loop in
the Congress Heights bus service is
to become effective October 20. Dur
ing rush hours, buses with a head
way of no more than 20 minutes, or
a reasonable equivalent thereof, are
to be operated from Fifth street,
Nichols and Alabama avenues Sc,
so as to go east on Alabama avenue,
south on Eleventh street, west on
Savannah street, north on Wheeler
road and west on Alabama avenue
to Nichols avenue.
Evening star., 1940-10-04

bravo, U. S. A., who explained in
detail the manner in which the
registration cards must be filled out.
Each registrar was given a number
of large registration instruction
placards," bearing instruction as to
just how each bit of information is
to be written on the cards.
Procedure Outlined.
DR.. Holmes also gave the regis
trars mimeographed copies of pro-
. cedure to be followed and told them
maps would be provided showing the
various registration areas and that
large map will be given to each
registrar of the particular area with
which he is concerned
: Relief shifts will be provided for
the personnel working under the
registrars and there will be an un-
derstudy for each registrar, DR..
Holmes said.
Likewise, he explained, flying
squadrons" will be kept in readi-
ness to rush to any place of regis
x
istrantS has suddenly become too
heavy for the personnel at that
place to handle.
DR.. Holmes suggested it might be
well for the registrars to figure on
keeping a comparatively small per-
sonnel on duty during the morn
ings and up to pm. and be ready
to have most of the workers there
in the evening, when the number
of those registering is likely to be
greatest.
Members of the flying squad
ron" he said, will be provided with
some kind of taxi tickets so they
can go speedily to whatever places
they are needed.
High school cadets will be on hand
to serve as guides In the 46 schools
which will serve as registration
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Ambassadors Son Tells
Of Nozi Machine Gunninq
Relates Experiences
In Invasion of
Belgium

Charles Ddn der Strdten-Pont-
hoS, %, son OF the Belgian Am
bdSSddOr, has Just returned to
his home in Washington after
fighting NTH a mechanical unit
OF the Belgian Army. He Sa,D the
start OF the collapse OF Belgian
and French detenSes and 1UaS
lUOunded in action.
He tUriteS in hope OF adding
something to Americas knoDl-
edge OF ne1O offensive tactics de-
Ueloped By the NasiS, especially
the elements of terror, treachcry
and surprise. A scion of lUeulthy
European and Argentine families,
he lUaS educated in Paris and at
Princeton and spent a year
lDorking for the Washington
Board OF Trade before going to
Belgium in July of 1898 to SerUe
his military duty.
He is turning ouer the pro-
ceedS from this series of stories
to the Belgian 1rar relief fund.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Bond Concerts

BY the United States Army Band
in the band auditorium, Army War
College, tomorrow at 1880 am!
Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl
Hubner, assistant.
Program.
March, Boys of the Old Brigade"
Chambers
Overture. "Sakuntala" Goldmark
Solo, Believe Me" ----- Moore
Ralph K. Ostrom, cornetist.
March, "Knightsbridge" Coates
(From the London Suite.")
Waltz, visions of a Beautiful
VOLfdh '----------- Oh bdNkl
March, "The Purple Pageant" King
The Star spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1940-10-04

centers, DR.. Holmes said, and sug-
gested the registrars provide cadet
officers with charts of the school
buildings so they may familiarize
themselves with them.
DR. Holmes announced the entire
registration personnel would be
called together for meetings on
October IA at schools to be desig-
mated later. At these meetings, the
personnel will be sworn in and given
final instructions. Members of the
staff of Gen. Cox will aid in giving
final instruction details.
Evening star., 1940-10-04

yet nobody in my section had been
hit. 1t was a noisy and terrifying
massacre going on all around us.
The Germans held on for 35 minutes
over all the columns in the area.
Few Escape.
Between two bombs my men and
myself escaped to a nearby field. A
few others followed. We were the
only ones to escape. All who stayed
on the road were bombed and ma
chine -gunned.
Each of the 27 planes dropped
Il bombs. II was then, because
of carelessness, that I was injured.
One of my men had been hit in
the abdomen. I jumped out of my
hiding place to try to bring him
to safety. A bomb fell as 1 reached
his side.
I felt a sickening pain in my
knee and the force of the bomb
knocked me on my back. I soon
learned. however. that the wound
was more painful than serious. The
bomb had thrown fragments of
concrete into my knee. When l
returned to the wounded man, he
was dead Getting back to my
shelter, a soldier gave me a gulp
of alcohol and first aid treatment.
While the soldier probed for pieces
of concrete in my knee, I saw
the bombers were climbing in
circle over us, ready to leave. We
picked ourselves up and got as many
of the wounded together as possible
But the ambulances were only ashes
and a single doctor had survived.
Suddenly, some one yelled:
Watch out! Here they come
back!'
Regiment Machine Gunned.
None of us could believe it, but
it was true. The same types of
planes swooped over US. This time
it was machine guns.
! For three hours and half they
machine-gunned our regiment. They
swooped just over the trees. COM
ing in waves. When one squadron
had gunned us, another followed.
They formed an unbroken chain,
leaving death and desolation be-
hind. Yet there was never any
sign Of panic.
Id prefer a hundred lombard
ments to one machine-gun chain.
The planes had sirens on them to
terrify those below.
Every time they came over I'd
bend my head and think. rs it
for me?" But no. 1t was for the
soldier a foot to the right who
didn't move any more.
To see all those fine men butch
cred, wounded. screaming in agony
it made me realize this is far
from a beautiful world. That day
I knew what it meant to be fright
ened.
But fright is not dangerous if
man can keep his head.
Men could have lost their heads
and jumped up to run. They
wouldn't have gotten far.
Tanks Incapacitated.
Wnen all was CAIN we 1OulO UndL
two incomplete squadrons out of
seven we're all that were left. In
my section two tanks out of three
were destroyed. along with our two
ammunition trucks.
Out of II men under my super
vision nine were killed.
Late that afternoon we arrived
face to face with the Nazi tanks.
We were trying to protect the in
fantry at Tongres.
We we're terribly outnumbered,
and could only cover the retreat
of my regiment. Our orders were,
Resist, come what may!"
We had to hold them to give our
squadrons time to disperse through
the fields and woods before they
we're cut off.
The only tank available was
mine-all the others still intact had
their hands full elsewhere.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
BY CHARLES VAN DER
STRATEN-PONTHOZ.

At the time Belgium was invaded
I was at Meyerbeer on leave because
a hard winter in the outpoStS had
aggravated a sinus infection. On
May 9 I left the frontier. looking
/ forward to whole month of relaXa-
ton.
At dawn on the following day I
was awakened by the thunder of
what sounded like hundreds of
planes, I Sprang to the window and
counted rs. They merely circled
without letting drop one single
bomb-they were reserving this
kind of sport for little later.
I understood then, even before
was quite awake, that Belgium was
being attacked. My first thought
was of my family in Washington,
so far away. My next was of my
lieutenant and our little shack on
the frontier where I had lived for
so long. I thought, too, of the
horses Would men and horses
escape before the Germans crossed
the border, only half a mile from
them?
Joined Tank Squadron.
I was to see my lieutenant "a
hours later. He had escaped through
intense fire, but the worst part was
to come when crossing the Eupen.
He was pursued by civilians, all
equipped with hand grenades-the
same civilians with whom he had
lived, eaten and drank for more
than nine months!
AS soon as I realized the war was
on that morning 1 telephoned my
chief of staff. I got to my COM
pany near the frontier about 6
o'clock that morning and joined my
squadron of tanks. The morale of
the men was excellent. We all
awaited very impatiently the moe
ment when we could at least give
the Germans what was coming to
them.
BY noon we were disappointed.
We still hadn't had a glimpse of a
single German.
At 3 pm. our regiment began
to withdraw without having fired a
shot l helped protect, with an
other tank squadron, the sides and
rear of the regiment. While re-
treating we barricaded the high
ways after our passage, destroying
gas pumps and doing all possible to
heckle the advance of the Huns.
Evacuees Clog Roads.
The civilian population already
had begun mass evacuation. In so
doing, people congeSted the high
ways and rendered any kind of
maneuver very difficult for us. Yet
all these men, women and children
were calm-they might have been
taking walk for the exercise
That night we got to Liege. Anti
aircraft guns were blasting away
at the Germans, who didn't seem
to mind. They hadn't dropped a
single bomb! Two hours rest, and
we were off again. 1t was then we
learned the enemy had crossed the
Albert Canal.
The next day we underwent our
baptism of fire-showers of large
and small bombs We were going
along in columns under a line of
forts which we're shooting above
us in rapid bursts.
Suddenly 27 bombers sWarmed
down out of a clear blue sky and
let us have it. The ammunition
trucks following us began to blow
up.
Flames burst from motorcycles,
and men began to fall. We threw
ourselves in the fields, wherever
we could, and began firing at the
planes without much result. A
plane is fast and hard to down,
even at low attitudes.
I had to abandon my tank. 1t
was beginning to look like a sieve,
Evening star., 1940-10-04
Traffic Record

The traffic record as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 81.
Motorists injured, 2.
Motorists arrested. 420.
Pedestrians injured, Z.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, l.
Killed in 1910 traffic, 81; by
October 4 in 1889, Sc.
If you don't kill any one with
your automobile and no one
kills you by 8 am. tomorrow,
Washington traffic will have
had Is deathless days.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
If You're d Dog, You Rate
In Fredericksburg odoy

War came along and got every body
more or less hostile toward one an
other. 8 L was discontinued and not
revived until 1927. ssfss p
The Fredericksburg Chambe~ of
Commerce puts on the show now
and only the Indians are missing.
Evening star., 1940-10-04
House Member to Speak

Representative Sheppard, Demo-
crat, of California, will speak at
an Opportunity House luncheon, rs
street NV, at 1:30 pm. tomor-
row. He will be introduced by Arthur
Clarendon Smith, president.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1940-01-18

@IIA The next Greenbelt Players meeting is
be rosg ssIs iss Pnsgs sg.s stfs s5sv at r5R sR
~ Trip to Camden and Trenton" will be pre-
sented under the direction of Helen Cowell The la
boratory production is scheduled Tuesday, Jan,-
ary 30 at the Theater, at about $500 Pm. The
purpose of such informal test plays this is to
furnish training experience, and allow for instrc-
tion through frank criti cism by all members imedi
ately following the play. Plays presented labor
atory works not complete, finished produc tions.
dance, but this is open to the public. Any
members who wish to attend this play, mention the
fact to either President Bill Nnsley Program
mittee Chairman Margaret Miller.
SPTLIGHS:
/. The really dead, dead-1ine for suhmi tting
scripts to the Columbia Hoadcasting System WASH
ington for those local drama units partici pating
the spring radio series has been set at Friday
uary le. It Is reported that the local groupis
script is already in. After all scripts have been
reviewed and accepted, officials will then
sign production dates by ndram from the hatn method.
2. It is said that the Community Church pagean-
teers used 1.-THE Cradle Song" costumes TO good effect
in their recent entertainment.
;. recent rule in the Players accords to
each play director free copy of the script M ch
he or she is laboring. Sort Of grim reminderI
l.. Joseph j. Donley, wel-liked Senator
Grey in "Bot Your Houses" given here Last April has
decamped to California due to employment change.
5. Sid Henes furnished the program meeting
material for the meeting December L.. players
each month";. About dozen thespians CONCEALED at the
home of Secretary Lucille Cooper enjoy the Gruesme
Welles recorded version of "Julius Caesar.
FLASH Joe Maynard is lined up for Greenbelt
Players treasurer's post, replacing Sherrod East,
whose resignation takes effect the returns
cleared the recent production.
"Bwy The Dead", MEN In White" and Might Must
Fall" the three plays to be presented, Of
which will be selected for the Players next pro-
duction.
L. L..