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Evening star., 1940-02-28

His promotion, recommended by
Police supt. =. w. Brown, was ap-
proved yesterday by the Commits
sioners.
He will I'LL the place left vacant
by the retirement Of 1t. Frank A.
Varney. Pvt. Reid l.. Hammann has
been selected for promotion to
Evening star., 1940-02-28

ing at any time, at any Of the
curbs, along Massachusetts avenue
NV. between Thirteenth and FIJI
teenth streets. The rule will 60
into effect as soon as official signs
are posted.
At the came time the city heads
amended the traffic regulations to
ban parking at any Of the curbs,
Evening star., 1940-02-28

spaces or plots within Z radius Of
225 feet Of the center Of Thomas
Circle, with the exception Of along
Highland terrace.
Parking restrictions which have
been In effect for some years near
Scott Circle, by the use of ofncial
signs, were adopted as other amend
ments to the traf1ic regulations.
Evening star., 1940-02-28

These entail . ban on parking on
Massachusetts, avenue from Scott
Circle east to the first street on
the north side and from the circle
west to the first street on the south
SIDE.
Evening star., 1940-02-28

For more than year he has been
serving 9 an acting lieutenant. He
was assigned during this period Is
. night inspector.
Evening star., 1940-02-28

Mistaking viper for q mushroom,
Nepomuk Wotruta, q farmer In
East Sloyak stopped to pick it and
was bitten fatally.
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Ban Placed on Parking
Near Thomas Circle

In preparation for the opening OF
the trafhc underpass at Thomas
Circle, the Commissioners have
placed q ban on automobile park
Evening star., 1940-02-28

sergeant, to fill the vacancy caused
by the Asnew promotion.
Sergt. Agnew, who won top honors
In the recent civil service examina-
ton, served for several years In the
Police Traffic Division and while
there handled adjustment Of auto
mobile parking tickets when the
old system was in effect.
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Police Sergt. Agnew
Promoted 10 Lieutenant

Sergt. John ]. Agnew, 40, q veteran
Of about is years service In the
Metropolitan Police Department,
will become q Lieutenant Friday.
Evening star., 1940-02-28

Danger turks ahead when caution
ID left behind.
Evening star., 1940-02-28

Misses $1sss Suits-2pc monotone In wine brown:
10 70 16 in lot 20 or
rs Cotton Velveteen Suis
jackets; green, wine, black; broken sizes sIs5o
Misses $45 Suits l-3pc sreen tweed
brown reversible topcoats tweed Jacket suits $3.50
Misses and SIS Su-3pc wine striped imported British
tweed with REFER coat 14-3pc black WITH hoxv tono.t
s-pc. black with ntted ful-lensth eoa4 leS2lss
Evening star., 1940-02-28

Misses s2s5 Casual CoatCraiglighs tweed
other tweeds green, wine; 10 - $l488
Misses $685. $45, SIS CoatsBlack Juiard
Crageigh llama fleece;
Forstmann and Juiard trimmed;
furless Juiliard WOOL fitted; 8----- S19S8
Misses $4975 Fured Coats-Back
brown-dyed Persian, dyed Jap Mink; 16 Is ---s s24ss
Misses $6975 Dress CoatBlacks Lamb
with dyed Jap Mink blended Mink green; $348S
Misses $7s75 Coas-Sver Fox black; blended
brown; 1915
IL $4938
Misses $5 Black Coats with Mink
14-16
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Suit Shop, Fifth Floor

IS Misses $l6o5 Little Suits, S8.4s
Soft 3pecers; Botany Aannels with bsss buttons: bs st
wcols with cotton velveten red, plum black brown
gold and brown; broken sizes 10 70 ls.
Evening star., 1940-02-28

II Womens $395 to $2975 Dressedessy
trast and metal trims mostly brown blue
seen longseeve dinner blue
aa dinner white range regular
half s69a
13 Womens $1ss5 Dresses ayon crepe prints
covered shoulder dinner beaded
dinner nets white,
velvet evening regular
half sizes ss98
81 Womens SIS to $975 Dresse Wap-aored dy
mostly black contrast trimmed blue
blackberry crepes
rayon marquees covered shoulder black
white velvet evening in black 3s win broken
sizes So to ~, 16H to 2oH-------------- Sl2 50
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Misses Coot Shop, Third Floor

Misses $59.75 Dress Coots, $2988
Black with Persian Lamb dyed Mink, Beaver
Black-dyed Fox; fitted boxy; II to 20 n lot
Evening star., 1940-02-28


S29 Dram Worth Perfumes Gardenia, Lilac Ceie Csc
$25 Dram Hudnuts Vogue Perfume for Csc
$3.50 Dram De Raymonds Devtry Perfume, dram 75c
81 Dram Cordays Honeyucke Perfume, dram Soc
81 Dram Nappes Perfume (Sprng bouquet)
81 Q-TKaI Cream; soften promote nail
80 Bottles 81 Spa" Bath Foam; soens the water soc
Is Bottles 81 Denis Hand Body Lotion 81
$3.50 Tooth Brushes: white brses,
II Boxes SEC 81 Kerk Guild Novelty SOC SOC
10 Bottles S. $3.50 Swiss Pine Bath $249 $349
60 81 K-Rubber- 59c
40 Mems $3.50 Wembdon Lavender Ses aershave lotion and
tale 75c
4S9c Wembdon Lavender Tale large size containers 45c
sse25c Boxes Velour Powder Pufs cohane box Of for 2c
80 Bottles So and SO Gablas Sinful Soul Perfume 50 s.
ss S115 Jars Dasgett Ramsdells Perfect Cold
Boxes $3.50 Roger Gale Soap; cakes in
"a $5e water softener and cologne combination 5c
ass Comb and Brush Ses blue, white black
cosonne types SIS
sass Comb gold green coaes crystal
handles 81 50
sass Comb Brush and Mirror Sets; beige Pont compost
Is SO Comb Brush Mirror se brown, orchid black Du
Pont composition $395
ss12so Comb Brush Mirror Sets; white gold cosonne
IS IS
s5s5 Tourist Case seHossey hankie and unde Of
brocaded in orchid blue, peach s.
6-$3S5 Tourist Case SetsRayon; for hosiery hanke und
navy lined with white brown lined with 81
-3Sc Tubes Nair; white deplatoy
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Gloves, Street Floor
1915 Prs. So Gloves (mony sompIes) $3.50

Samples imported French doeskn heepskn
4buttcn pons in white natural beige handsewn
plain and novelty kdskin suedes win
Evening star., 1940-02-28

S23 Prs 81 Rayon or simulated
hand-sewn; black brown, wine, Soc
$50 Prs $l50 81 Fabric Gloves Of
mostly handsewn few leather trimmed black brown
81 Prs 81 Kdskin Gloves-buton
snponS; brown rust
l12 Prs 81 So Kid black brown
suedes novelty and plain 4button kidskns
% Prs ~ to S. White Govesdoen sheepsn),
kdskn; slightly soiIed to 16-button to $25o
Evening star., 1940-02-28

1-$oSS BRICK KldSk1n Jacket,
S-S6975 Seadyed Coney Fur Coats sizes
-S1o Grey hidSkin Fur Jacket IA
@S7o Silver Fox Scarfs single skins
!-Sl1o browndyed Caracul Lamb Jacket
l-$19S Mink dyed Muskrat Coat 14--------. 500
2-$l9S Grey Kidskn Fur Goats; l6, 1s - 500
-$lSS Reddyed and Black-dyed S99
1-$250 Black-dyed Caracul Lamb Coat,
l-$3S5 Grey Persian Lamb Coat, size IA sl9750
1-$6S5 Black dyed Persian Lamb S34750
$50 b!ackdyed Persian Lamb Fitted Coat
1-$SS5O Brown-dyed Lapin Rabbit Coat SIS
1-SsS5o Brown-dyed Mouton Coat size 10. $50
1-$14S SilvertOne- dyed Muskrat Coat S745O
1-$225 Leopard Cat Coat, e14-------.s sll250
1-$149 Grey Kidskin Fitted Coat, 12-----S745o
1-$5S75 Brown-dyed Mouton Lamb Jacket
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Handbags, Street Floor
Gold Stripe Silk Stockings, Street FIoo.

Not Half Price-but so Special!
,433 Poirs Csc Gold Stripe Stockings, sc
discontinued styles tn Ak AockinsS silk chions WITH
paed foot 7thread with cotton foot and welt; broken
Spring shades
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Women's Dress Shop, Second Floor

20 Vo"e"s p'O.@1 10 VIII OTeSSeS, 4ofo
Jacketed Duco dot few monotone prints;
dinner and evening
some with Jackets beading rhinestone Jewel clip s
sizes SO to a. 1871 to 2oh.
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Misses Moderate Price Dresses, Second Floor

Tailored and dressy crees In black red bue
ming and dinner with boros chiffon and
ray6n satn lame and
satin combinations in white black bue-2 yon satin
wedding dresses-broken sizes 10 to 20.
Evening star., 1940-01-19

OF living to be followed. A child
was to be modelled, insofar as q hu-
man spirit can be modelled, on the
pattern Of the best Of the elders.
The trainers Of the future had some
thing to copy.
In the interval have been the great
depression and its aftermath, when
so much Of the worlds youth has
seemed to be worthless in the cur
rent scheme Of things. when high
schools and colleges have been pour
ing out graduates by the thousands
with no places for them to go. In
the minds Of parents and public
officials charged with the care and
training Of youth there has arisen
a great confusion, questioning as to
the value Of much of present-day
education, doubt over what can be
done to f1t youth for a future that
plainly will not be an unbroken con-
tinuum with the past.
Youth will find a way-an old
adage probably as true today as ever
IN the past. The youth Of today is Of
better quality-certainly physically
and probably mentally-than ever
before. The two previous White
House conferences have been helpful
influences. This one. 1t may ba ex-
pected, will make further progress
In the same direction.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Representative Celler Urges
Aid for Finland.


To the Editor Of The Star:
We should not be finicky about loan
to Finland. Finland needs no food,
no gifts or charity of clothing. It has
all of those items it needs. Its vital
necessity for its very existence are
modern army Garand rifles, bombs and
planes. There is no reason for timidity
in supplying such ammunition to Fin
land, We are not violating the Neutrality
Act for there has been no declaration of
war. In international law there is no
war. We must boldly strike out and
help this courageous republic which in
the spring might become helpless against
overwhelming odds. Finland's fight is a
fight for democracy. We are vitally in
terested. All the Baltic states are
threatened. Finland is the last barrier
there. We were not flnicky about a
$25, 600, 900 loan to China. We gave the
excuse then that there would be no
declaration of war between Japan and
China. There is ample excuse now to
aid Finland. There is a definite prece-
dent. Delay is fatal. I have therefore
offered two bills. one to provide for a
$50,000,000 loan to Finland, and the
other to authorize the Secretary of the
Treasury to transfer to Finland the
$234,000 payment last made by Finland
on its debt to the United States, all
of which monies are to be used by Fin
land to purchase in United States
necessary war materials I am endeavor-
ing to have immediate favorable action
taken on these measures by the COM
mittees to which they have been re-
ferred. REPRESENTATIVE
EMANUEL CELLER.
January 10,
Evening star., 1940-01-19
The Child and the Future

More than a decade has passed
since the last White House confer
ence on the American child.
Today some of the worlds most
eminent specialists in pediatrics,
child psychology, sociology and edu-
cation again are assembled in Wash
ington to consider the same prob
lens in the light Of what has hap
pened in ten years.
Much has happened in the mean
time. There have been positive and
invaluable advances in medicine.
Much of the cultish pseudo-psychol-
ogy and cloudy pedagogical theory
which then was In its heyday has
been consigned to the worlds intel
lectual junk-heaps. Psychology
buttressed doctrines Of election and
pre-destination of individuals for the
paradise Of decent living on this
earth have fewer and less vocal sup
porters. The value of the child in an
aging Nation has been brought
clearly into focus.
But grave problems, hardly
dreamed Of ten years ago. have
arisen. Then there were formulas
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Siqnbourd Crusade

Effective administration of an eff
cient law to clear its highways Of
advertising eyesores places Virginia
In the forefront as a model in the
national campaign to preserve the
beauty of the American countryside
and in the interest of safety, to
eliminate influences which tend to
divert or confuse drivers. Under the
present State licensing and control
legislation, crews removed $4,000
roadside signs last year.
It is interesting to note that Vir-
ginia has not been satisfied to try
merely one method of accomplishing
this end. All the principal means
which have been effective in other
Jurisdictions have been co-ordinated
into a single program. Thus, while
q strict law was written into the
statutes by the Legislature, both the
State Highway Commission and the
Associated Clubs, composed of 10000
women, co-operated in obtaining
permission of land owners and ad-
vertisers in eliminating thousands
Of the signs. This cooperation pre-
vented many lengthy delays and
made much legal action unneces-
sary. In other cases the terms OF
the law were invoked to remove
more signs, while in Arlington Coun-
ty, the only jurisdiction in the State
using such means, zoning was resort
ed to. The county first used its zon-
ing powers for this purpose two years
Evening star., 1940-01-19

ago and Immediately became involved
in court action with one OF the larg-
est outdoor advertising companies.
This resulted in compromise last
week which accomplishes the basic
purposes of the county's effort,
although the ordinance was modified
to meet legal objections.
Now new amendments to the State
law are before the Assembly. These
would provide for higher license
fees, on graduated scale, and would
reduce the exempt areas near busi-
nesses advertised by such signs.
Still fewer billboards should be the
result.
Virginia's success might well be
noted by Maryland, whose Legisla-
ture year hence will have an oppor-
tunity to act on the condition of
Baltimore boulevard and other
highways.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
"FIFTY-FIRST PLACE.

Dear Sir:
"Your column on the sparrows has
interested me greatly.
Recently had a fine opportunity
for watching the birds at our feeding
station. Again this year we found an
old table and put it against the garage.
Then dad went into the woods and
got some pines and put them around
the table. The birds have q perfect
sanctuary.
"Sunf1ower and other seeds, and odds
and ends are put on the table and all
the songsters enjoy them greatly.
II wonder If anybody in Washington
can come neer to the following list for
variety?
"This is what have seen in the last
two weeks at our station:
"Juncos. downy woodpeckers, flicker,
Canadian wrens, purple f1nches, carcii-
mails, nuthatches, tufted titmouse, chick
adees, -throated sparrows, song
sparrows, English sparrows, tree SPAR
rows, starlings, mockingbirds.
ITO hear the strains of Sam Peabody
coming in your window on a cold frosty
morning from the white-throated SPAR
row is something to make the day Joy.
Gus and glad.
Sincerely yours, c. w. g."
Fifteen species make a fair average
bird attendance hereabouts in winter
at an average small garden feeding sta
ton.
Persons located in woody sections will
have more.
One species will appear, another will
disappear.
Some yards will have real bluebirds,
Of which probably 100 winter in the
District of Columbia, in the "bluebird
belt which runs across the city ap-
proximately at Wesley Heights.
This column has report from one
resident who has 10 cardinals in his
grounds at one time.
What sight those 10 redbirds must
be-!
Once we had nine at once, on a bitter
snowy day. The sight has given pleasant
recollections since. Few birds seem
brighter and more proper in the snow.
The prize of our winter garden this
year is male towhee.
This beauty has been around since the
autumn, when he appeared at the small
feeding station beneath the maple
The female towhee has not been seen
at any time, but the male is seldom
absent for long.
He is more sedate in manners than
any of the sparrows.
sizeable creature, 8 inches long, the
adult male has its head, neck, chest and
upper parts cleaning black; its sides
and fianks reddish tint making fine
contrast.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Tracepell.

The female Is more modest In color.
ing, the black portions replaced with
brown
The towhee is. Of course, the chewink.
Both common names are supposed to
indicate the call notes.
Chewink, many listeners feel, Is by
far the best, since it really gives some
idea OF the clink of the call notes.
\ X 4 Il
Ornithologists speak with respect Of
two peculiarities of the bird.
One is its scratching in leaves for
food. Other members Of the great finch
family, notably the purple finch and
some OF the choicer sparrows, do the
same thing, but none excels the towhee
at it.
In addition to Its impressive appear
ance, due to its combination of colors
and its good size, and general look of
stability, the chewink always attracts
attention by the vigor with which 1t
scratches for its dinner. It loves to do
this, even If the food is placed on the
bare ground.
The other popularity is the birds lack
OF solicitude when any one comes near
the nest. Most observers believe this is
a deliberate attempt Of the towhee to
pretend indifference, in order to mis-
lead possible enemies. It is said that it
shows normal bird agitation once the
nest and eggs or fledglings are actually
discovered. If this observation is true,
the towhee apparently has more than
usual bird intelligence, just what one
might expect from such a fortnight
creature.
Ground robin is another common name
for the bird. 1t does look somewhat like
our real robin, which will come 'bobbin'
along" next spring, or late winter.
BY that time the towhee will be on
its way North.
Let gardeners who have this songster
In their yards at this time take good
care to observe and study him at close
range if possible. He is well worth all
your trouble.
Ordinary good mixtures of seeds and
grains attract him.
In this regard it may be well to say
that there is no mystery about what
you feed the birds in mixtures. All birds
like sunfower seed, and every mixture
should have plenty of it in the mix.
Some cracked corn, wheat and oats are
liked by some species. The percentages
in which they are mixed, including many
other seeds liked by wild birds, are not
really fixed by anybody but are accord
ing to the best judgment of the mixer,
and especially the tastes of the feathered
guests. If you want to mix your own"
a little experimenting will show Just
what the birds will eat, and what they
leave. After that, you suit your own
ideas and your purse. The birds have
a better idea than any human what
they like, and will shorty tell the
world" If you give them a chance.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Home Owner Plagued
BY Hungry Squirrels.
To the Editor Of The Star:

This Is cry for help! My Washington
bungalow has become a squirrel cage!
While living in Florida am renting my
frame bungalow and the tenants report
that they have counted as many as Il
squirrels at one time. They nest inside
the walls and are fast chewing up the
place. Their comings and goings are not
silent and in consequence my tenant is
threatened with a nervous break down.
The exterminator people seem to be un-
able to tackle the Job Of capturing these
city pets (pests) and I thought that
through the good otaces Of your paper
Evening star., 1940-01-19

rule OF the District Court of Appeals
requires that college have standards
sufficient to entitle it to accreditation or
regional approval. Standards for ac-
circulation are objective and ascertain
able and the accrediting groups include
representatives from institutions of
higher learning Busy lawyers on our
Committee on Admissions to the Bar
ana judges working under heavy pressure
90 not have time nor experience to in
spect institutions which set themselves
up as colleges and arrive at any worth
while conclusions. Unless some standard
can be set up any institution that calls
itself college is likely to be accepted
irrespective of its standards.
4. The rule of the Court of Appeals
provides that equivalency of two years of
college shall be established by an exami-
nation. 1t is difficult to see how eouiya-
lency can be established in any other
way. A college entrance requirement is
exacted not only because of the mental
training involved, but also because law
yers ought to know some of the informa-
tlon taught Reaching the age of Is and
occupying routine position in an Office
Will not give one the intellectual back
ground to meet the standard of equiva-
lency to two years college. An exami-
nation requirement safeguards the public
and yet avoids the rigidity of recurring
actual attendance at an institution of
learning.
D. The exaction of adequate educa-
tional requirements for admission to the
bar does not result in injustice in WASH
lngton since ample facilities are provided
here for college work and professional
work Tor those who have to support
themselves while studying.
1t may be that confusion results in the
fact that the Court of Appeals and Dis
tr1ct Court have different standards, It
does not, however, follow that it would
be good public policy for us to adopt the
lower Of the two. Would it not be better
to have requirements for admission to
the bar set by the same court which is
the final arbiter in the establishing of
rules of law for the lower court, that is
the Court of Appeals?
1t has been a matter of a good deal of
chagrin to some of the lawyers in WASH
lngton that our standards for admission
to the bar have been SO low. 1t has been
encouraging to see efforts made to raise
them. It is hard for some of us to con-
cede that they should be lower than in
other parts of the country.
WILLIAM c. VAN VLECK
Dean Of the Law School.
George Washington University.
January II.
Evening star., 1940-01-19
Criticizes Unemployment
Compensation Law.
To the Editor Of The Star:

There always was and there always
will be knockers" -back-seat drivers
and criticizers of our lawmakers and
city fathers. I have no desire to be
considered one of them-I only desire
to raise what think is a logical ques-
tion and express an opinion.
My point is this: A year ago the 31st
of this month, went to the hospital for
an operation on the base of my spine
Complications set in and I could not
return to work, SO I was laid off. My
employers had previously paid the 'un-
employment compensation" tax for me
and the others employed by them. When
I applied for compensation, was in
formed that I had to be liable to work"
to receive benefits. The question is: Is
that fair to all concerned? Am wrong
in criticizing the authors of that law?
Isn't it reasonable to assume that a man
fiat on his back has less chance of
making living or part Of one than a
man in good health? Couldn't official
inspectors pass on cases of that sort to
prevent fraud?
The second point I wish to raise is
this: Toward the last part OF my nine
months illness, was sef-respecting
enough to try to get part-time work, and
again applied for compensation. I
earned 81 and some odd cents one week
that increased my waiting period one
half week. The following week I earned
about the same-nny waiting period was
increased another half week. Can q
body live on such small money! Does
such . regulation encourage a man to
seek part-tine work or to take 1t when
1t is offered him? When the board
found was still unable to work full time
they again told mo I had to be able to
work full time. What is the answer?
My third and last point is: Our So
called relief is steadily building up q
huge deficit In the Treasury and is tear
ing down morale all over the Country.
1t doesn't make man self-respecting in
the slightest degree. Why should the
taxpayers money 60 to feed non-sef-
respecting persons: why should it go
out as q continual drain without re-
turning? Why not put it out as long
time loan bearing per cent INTEREST,"
Wouldn't that make people think before
accepting? Wouldn't that help make
them sef-respecting? At least some of
the money would come back and could
bs used over again.
GILBERT M. JOHNSON.
January i5.