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Evening star., 1940-04-11
THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON
Seckinger Reveals
Plans for Cancer
Control Division
Assistunt Health Officer
Urges Use Of Clinics
Being Held This Month

Plans for establishment Of a Can.
Ger Control Division In the District
Health Department in the near fu-
ture were announced yesterday by
Assistant Health Officer Daniel L
Seckinger as he urged use of the
cancer clinics being held this month
The schedule of clinics, made
possible through cooperation o1
local hospitals and the Health Sc
curity Administration, is a part OF
the campaign being conducted in
observance Of national cancer con-
troll month.
Coordination Of Agencies.
Establishment of Cancer Control
Division in the department., DR.
Seckinger said, will be in line with
recommendation made by the
United States Public Health Service
two years ago. The Federal agency
report on it's survey of District health
facilities said: "The program should
be designed to coordinate all inter-
ested agencies in a unit. The de-
partment should have program for
education of the public and the
medical profession in the prevention,
recognition and treatment of cancer
and should move toward making
cancer notifiable disease"
Ross Garrett, head of the Health
Security Administration, said per-
sons who might neglect the op-
portunity because of financial made
quacy could make appointments for
cancer examinations at the clinics
by calling at 1923 l. street NV,
Metropolitan 5000.
Schedule of Clinics.
The clinic schedule is as follows:
Columbia Hospital, for white
women. Mondays from 1:3O to $3.50
pm, and for colored women, We'd
nesdays 1:30 to $3.50 pm.
Casualty Hospital, daily except
Sundays, from noon to pm.
Freedmen's Hospital, appoint
ments by calling North O754.
Gallinger Hospital, Tuesdays and
Fridays, l to pm.
NdIllelo hospital, Qdlly except
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays,
from 2 to $50 pm.
Georgetown University Hospital,
Wednesdays, registration from IL 80
to 1890 pm.
George Washington University
Hospital, Saturdays at l pm.
Providence Hospital, Thursdays,
to IL am.
Mount Alto Hospital, daily except
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
am. to pm, for examination, for
ex-service men and women only
Persons needing attention will be
referred to special cancer clinics.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Luther Place Church
BEING Reinforced

Luther Place Memorial Church,
near Thomas Circle, is being REIN
forced by steel girders underground
to resist attack by termites.
The steel girders are TO replace
the old wooden supporting beams
in the basement. Workmen had to
break a hole in the east wall of
the building and dig in to reach
parts of the basement, f
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Rebuilding Of St. Peters
To Be Started Soon

The rebuilding of st. Peters
Catholic Church, partially destroyed
by fire recently, will begin as soon as
the insurance on the building has
been adjusted and bids placed in
the contractors hands, the Right
Rev. Eugene j. Connolly, rector of
the church, announced yesterday.
The redecorating plans which were
being arranged for the golden
jubilee celebration of the building
will be carried on, church officials
reported. The celebration, set for
November "a, also will mark the
120th anniversary of the founding
of the parish.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
D'Artugnon Club PIoy

The D'Artagnan Club will present
a play. George and Margaret" By
Gerald Savory, at $3.50 o'clock to-
night and tomorrow night, at Pierce
Hail, Fifteenth and Harvard streets
NV. Proceeds will go to the Society
1or the Prevention of Blindness in
the District Of Columbia.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Hardware Dealers

e The Hardware Dealers Association
OF the District of Columbia was. last
night recommended by the Board OF
Directors of the Federation of Busi-
nessmen'ss Associations for member
ship into the Federation. The Fed
GRAFTON will meet next Thursday at
which time the Hardware Dealers
Association will be voted on.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Barrett School PIT. A.

w. A. Richardson, supervisor of
Arlington Countys physical educa-
ton, will speak on Fairgrounds and
Recreation" at the Kate Waller
Barrett School Parent Teacher As
sociation at 8 o'clock tonight at the
school, 400 North Henderson road.
Evening star., 1940-04-11

wholehearted support Of the citizens
Of Washington"
Kelly's Men Raise $4,000.
Inspector Edward J. Kelly, In
charge Of the police phase Of the
drive, reported that more than
$4,000 had been collected by his
men.
DR.. Thomas Beavers of the PEOPLES
Drug stores has set the pace for the
10 vice chairmen with 80 per cent Of
his quota Of $500 accounted for.
Campaign Chairman Mack L. Lang
1ord reported yesterday. Col. e. 6.
Bliss was second with nearly so per
cent OF his quota pledged and
samuel Mooers was third with IS
per cent.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Woodside P.-I. A. Partx

The Parent-Teacher Association
OF Woodside <Md) Elementary
School will hold a benefit card
party at 8 pm. next Tuesday at the
school, it was announced today,
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Mrs. Roosevelt Visits
Migratory Worker
Camp on Coast
Sees Return to Lond
As Owners Ultimate
Solution to Problem
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
VISALIA, Calf, April 3.-Federal
camps, where hundreds of migra-
tory farm workers live in Cali
fornia's vast central valleys, are a
democratic way" of seeking solu-
tion to the migrant housing problem,
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt believes.
She expressed this opinion here
yesterday after tour of the camps,
where the workers can live in tin
rooted, unfurnished cabins for as
little as 10 cents a day.
Her guide through the Visaiia
Camp of the Farm Security Admin
stration was Raymond Bateman.
chairman of the council" repre-
senting the 326 families living there.
Most of them migrated westward
from unfertile farms to form the
horde of crop followers seeking a
fuller life in California.
Il am interested in all the work
being carried on by the F. s. A."
said Mrs. Roosevelt.
She expressed belief that the ulti-
mate solution of the migrant prob
lem was to get workers back on
land as farm owners, and she said
the camps were not to be considered
any permanent solution.
Possibly Grand Coulee (the Fed
eral reclamation project on the CO.
lumbia River or a like undertak-
ing twill give the solution" she COM
mented.
A group of children, some de-
vouring candy, followed Mrs. Roose-
welt along the rows of cabins, and
camp women, wearing cheap cotton
dresses, admired her smart blue
wool dress and small blue straw
hat.
One woman was attracted by Mrs.
Roosevelt's finely-manicured and
polished flngernails.
MY, amt they nice" she ex-
claimed.
Another woman complained that
the Presidents wife didn't come
down our street, and it's the pretti-
est one here"
Asked by newsmen if she thought
the book "The Grapes of WRATH"
portraying squalid conditions among
the migrant workers, was exagger-
ated, Mrs. Roosevelt replied:
II never have thought Grapes OF
Wrath was exaggerated"
The book, by John Steinbeck,
has been alternately praised and
condemned by various California
groups.
Evening star., 1940-04-03

viscachas, but we find no record Of
their betraying the confidence of the
hosts.
According to an authority on these
versatile animals, the viscachas, they
have the most extensive dialect of
any animal known" They have a
voice that can sigh and render shrill
and deep tones, expressing many at
titudes of mind, including supreme
satisfaction.
During the day these animals rest,
for they seek their food and pleasure
at night. They love to visit each
other and will go from village to
village, paying their respects to
friends and family. They will risk
any danger to protect their friends
or family and will dis-inter those
who have been accidentally covered
up or buried by man.
These small beasts are to be found
on the plains of Argentina. They are
in some ways like our prairie dogs
and are considered pestiferous by
those familiar with their ways.
The viscachas are about 20 inches
long, with black and white faces, and
resemble our rabbits in form, with
the exception of shorter ears and a
rather long and bushy tail. The eyes
have q benign expression and the
whiskers lend an air of experience
and wisdom, or is it the long flowing
beard?
The deep, complicated burrows,
branching and communicating, have
wide craterlike openings. About
these doorways there is no vegeta-
ton, but on the roof all the castout
earth is heaped. Besides, the grass,
roots, seeds and thistle stalks that
had to be moved down in order to
establish the dugout are placed care
fully above the craterlike openings,
forming a thick high roof. Any
bright object that attracts the at
tention Of the builder, when in resi-
dence, is added to the growing trash
pile.
Those familiar with the ways of
this canny night worker will go to
their dump heaps" to search
through them for lost articles. It Is
said to be amazing. the distances the
creatures travel during IN evening,
and recovered property has been the
means Of finding out this tact.
Evening star., 1940-04-03

affairs. The course adopted for
themselves and advocated for others
involves q pronounced change in
modes of thinking, revising even
their concept of earthly affairs for
the average man and woman"
Evening star., 1940-04-03
some Of the cute things they say.
They're really remarkable children"
DENY They Are Spoiled.

some Of the cute things they say.
They're really remarkable children. /"
Deny They Are Spelled.
All the grandchildren, Of course,
were considered pretty remarkable.
The grandmother just assumed that
and went on from there to chat about
whether grandmothers really spoil
their children's children. All Of them
hotly denied It. All, that is, except
ons who connded when the other
grandmothers were out OF earShot,
II spoil them . little. They're 30
cute"
When the dessert dishes had been
cleared away, the srandmas rose and
sang. They caroled "Just q Song at
Twilight" but gave out like litter
bugs on Put on Your Old Gray
Bonnet" Some swayed back and
forth. Others nodded their heads in
time with the music and one of them
picked up . daffodil from the table
and waved 1t to and fro.
Mrs. William Gary Brown Of Chi
cago. who organized the national
club two years ago and was taken
home from the hospital in an ambu-
lance just few days before the
Warrington trip, presided at the
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Grandchildren 5 Ears
Burn Over Nation as
Grandmoihers Dine
Guests on Pilgrimage
Come Nigh Swinging
odd Groy Bonnet

Grandmothers whooped 1t up last
night to the tune Of Put on Your
Old Gray Bonnet" and Wed with
each other in telling tall stories about
small children-their grandchildren.
At their banquet the 10 members
of the Grandmothers' Club, here on
q pilgrimage, listened politely to brief
speeches by two members of Con-
gress, but they really beamed when
their part Of the program arrived,
rising to introduce themselves and
report on the number Of grand
children they had.
Few limited themselves to the
number, however.
II have only one grandchild." said
q grandmother, "but she's q dandy"
MY two great-grandchildren are
very much like their great-grand-
mother" reported another.
II have a grandson and q grand
daughter, but I'll have another
grandchild in June" said third.
Grandmother Of IA Applauded.
And so 1t went. One had q grand
child born on her own birthday.
Another had a grandson born while
she was on this trip. But the proudest
of all was the grandmother who had
6 children and II grandchildren. She
earned a round Of applause.
Two mothers-in- law had the same
grandchild to boast about and they
were very generous with each other
The grandmothers commiserated
with q fellow member who. not con-
tent with two grandchildren, re-
marked that her other daughter
wasn't married.
A Florida grandmother brought
pictures Of her younger generations
for the others to view. An Ohio
grandmother confided that she hated
to leave her grandchildren to make
the trip because I'm afraid III miss
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Old Morgue Building Now Alive
With Noises Of Boat Mokinu
George Rhoods Rents
Structure to Make
Racing Croft

The rooms Of the old District
Morgue resound today to the chcery
buzz Of band saw and talk Of designs
and revolutions per minute as an
enterprising boat builder takes over
the dingy structure overlooking
Washington Channel.
Only the pot-bellied stove that
warmed jury and principals gathered
for an inquest and the stained glass
windows before which stood the
coroner's bench remain of the Dis
trict's old house of the dead.
George Rhoads, who places little
stock In the dead past, Is the old
morgue's newest occupant following
a lease issued on q monthly basis
through the United States Engineers
Once.
A work bench filled with tools with
which Mr.. Rhoads expects to shape
his boats stands where once sat the
coroner's jury. Nearby, at the spot
of the old witness stand, rests an
electric band saw.
Across the hearing room stretches
q long bench on which the builder
lays out his plans Of each boat. The
stained glass windows form a back
drop.
When the morgue was moved to its
present site adjacent to the Gal
linger Hospital grounds. the Maine
avenue property and building re-
verted to the engineers. That ONCE
now has charge of all waterfront
property during the harbor improve
ment project.
Although Mr.. Rhoads is not sure
from one month to the next Of the
length of his lease, he is going ahead
with plans for turning out racing
craft for local yachtsmen.
II guess I'll have to set up shop
elsewhere when that day comes" he
said.
The second story of the morgue,
which included the autopsy room, is
deserted at present, but with the
expansion of business Mr.. Rhoads
expects to make it into ofnces.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Natures Children
Viscacha
dagostmus trichodactylus)

:, The last, but not least, gift enjoyed
by these little fellows is their ability
to signal each other by means Of
sound other than by voice. The
under part of the tail is padded with
a smooth, horny skin Selecting q
hard surface near their domicile,
they beat rapid tottoo which re-
suits in loud and far-carrying sounds.
This is a signal, for soon they are
Joined by guests, who also perform
with them in the curious and strange
sport that is actually game of some
kind and much appreciated by the
clan.
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Christian Scientist
Lectures on Health

John Henry Weer of Brookline,
Mass, last night told an audience
at the Third Church of Christ
Scientist, that health is a condi-
ton of divine mind and cannot be
impaired"
There are people who have only
the most primitive concept Of
mathematics" he said, but their
ignorance doesn't suspend mathe-
matical facts. It is all the more
true that human misconceptions Of
the science of true being cannot
impede or impair the operation Of
the fixed divine principle of the
universe. supreme over all.
Christian Scientists learn of this
producing and governing principle
and prove that Gods presence and
wisdom and power are vital reali-
ties, applicable to everyday human
Evening star., 1940-04-03
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

It would be difficult to find a more
friendly and sociable animal than
the viscacha. This close cousin of
the chinchillas has developed a COM
munity conscience and delights in
living in villages of 20 to 30 members
whose homes have communicating
Railways. Their desire for compan-
ionship even goes so far as to permit
less industrious neighbors to seek
shelter and refuge with them.
Naturally such hospitality is i'm
posed upon, and the sly fox will call
and remain friendly for weeks, then
show her true colors by ejecting the
rightful owner. When the baby foxes
arrive, the mother, who has had ac-
cess to the underground center of
trusting viscachas and knows her
way about, will kill her hosts and
friends for food rather than go out
hunting.
The burrowing owl, a small swal-
low, and geositta also live with the
Evening star., 1940-04-03
Lectures Announced

Illustrated lectures by DR.. Harley
L. Crane of the Bureau of Plant
Industry and Vernon Bailey of the
Biological Survey will feature a
meeting Of the Biological Society of
Washington at 8 pm. Saturday at
the Cosmos Club. DR.. Crane will dis
cuss Nuts ana Nut Culture in the
United States" and Mr.. Bailey will
talk on Caves and Cave Life"
Evening star., 1940-04-03
gathering. She told the most heart
rendine grandmother story Of al.

gathering. She told the most heart
rendine grandmother story Of al.
Pent-Up News.
Her daughter-in-law in st. Louis,
she said. was expecting to become a
mother at any moment, but Mrs.
Brown had to leave Chicago on busi-
ness. Just Is the train was moving
out Of the station. she said, the porter
hurried up to her and told her she
had another grandson. Mrs. Brown
suffered al the way to Detroit be-
cause there wasn't 4 soul in the
thainload Of strangers she would tel
the good news to.
Representative Grove Of Indiana
who spoke briefly, won the hearts o1
the crowd when he said he was sorry
he wasn't q grandfather.
Poor dear" cried out one of the
grandmothers, quite carried away.
Representative Church Of Illinois
who also spoke. promised he woult
Evening star., 1940-04-03

do what he could to put Grand.
mothers Day on the calendar.
The grandmothers, who had visited
Congress, had tea at the White
House and toured the city earlier
In the day, refused to call 1t q night
until the last one aad told the last
anecdote about the last grandchild.
La opinión., 1940-06-20
VICTORIA DE
TAPIA Y REYES
EN- FL TEN MS

MEXICO, d. f., JUNO Is. (Pc).-
Los eampeones %nacionales de do
bles Eugenio Tapia Y Esteban NJ.
Reyes. Sc %colocaron Eyer en- el ro-
und final del C%ampeonato del Dis
trito Federal. del presente ano. Al
veneer a la pareja tornado por r.
cardo Tapia y Miguel Aeevedo con
la anotacion de Ga, 7-3. 6-3.
Ell partido tuvo lugar a las IA no.
AS. on el Junior Club, hati6ndose
resuelto hasta Ultima bora efec-
tuarlo. va que Eugenio no podfa
jugar hoy por tener que competir
en- ell torneo intereseolar y Ricardo,
su hermano, tenia una urgente ocu
racion que lie impedia jugar ell vier-
les.
No obstante Ia experienced de RI
cardo. perfectamente apoyado por
Mike, los campeones Pajarito y Eu-
genio dominaron durante TODD ell
partido eXhibiendo I'm mejor iuego
de conjunto. Ademas, ell Pajarito
estuvo en- uno de sus mejores dias.
Jugo o p%erfecta seguridad Y Sc
mostro siempre aggressive. Su servi-
clio fue Instructor, anotandose ocho
Eases"
La opinión., 1940-06-20
UN NUEVO BANCO QUE
VA A SER FUNDADO

CHIHUAHUA, Chih., JUNO 10
Sc nos informo aver oficialmente
que con Fundamental en- ell articulo
II de la Ley General de Institu-
clones de Credito, ell licenciado
Eduardo Suarez, Secretario de Ha-
cienda y Credito Publico. en- repre-
sentacion del Gobierno Federal aca
ba de conceder al senior licenciado
Agustfn Rodriguez licencia para
organize una institution ban
caria que llevara ell nombre de
Banco de Credito Mercantil, S. A,
mediante ell funcionamiento de So
ciedad Anonima con capital de un
million de pesos, en- esta ciudad.
En- ell momento de constituirse la
sociedad, quedaran suscritas y pa
Sadas, acciones por valor de dos
cientos cincuenta mil pesos, que
iando ell resto ,omo acciones de te-
soreria.
Aun cuando alguno olgunos de
los miembros de la sociedad que sc
0rganiza sean extranjeros, esta sc
eonsiderara como absolutamente
mexicana y sc sujetara a los tri-
bunales de la Rep1blica para to-
das las ~operaciones que Sc efec-
then.
La opinión., 1940-06-20
la ACTITUD DE-
Russia PROVOCA
GRAVE ALARMA
Parece que Sc propone lie
var a cabo I'm ataque en-
contra de Turquia

ANGORA,-junio 10. - UNS).--
Grandes temores sobre que Russia
intentara ocupar la region del Bos-
foro, aai como la de los Dardanelos,
usando los mismos pretextos usados
en- los Estados del Baltico, Sc han
heeho sentir aqui esta noche, al sa-
herse cue ell goblerno ha ordenado
Ia evacuation de los oiviles en- la re-
eion de A~drianapolis-
En- Estambul Sc inicio esta no.
che tambicn la requisa de automo-
yiles de los p~artieulares, para ser
usados en- las operaciones militares
en- n fecha que Sc considera muy
eereana.
Aqui, SO sabe que en- la region de
cr:n1ea, iimitrofe con Turquia por
Ia parte de Russia, Sc ha estado efec-
tuando una ~vieorosa concentration
de tropas sovieticas. ESQ es 10 que
ha dado luear a la ~creencia de que
moscn ~intenta tomar a su cargo ell
estrecho de Turquia, aleeando que
es I'm movimiento necesario para la
seguridad de los intereses de la
U.R.S.S.
Una gran actividad Sc noto esta
roche tambien en- las estaciones v
muelles de Estambul, con ell en-
baraue de grandes cantidades de
tropas y materiales de guerra Gu
20 destino Sc ~desconoce. En- algu-
mas fuentes Sc dijo que esos ele-
mentos a con rumbo a Tracia.
La opinión., 1940-06-20
Ell Embajador.
(Viene de Ia IL. PaoIna)

para ell pals, han tornado a su car
go ell destino de la patria."
"Piensen tambien en- los valien
ties soldados que eontinuan comba
Ii, ndo con valor y d~enuedo."
Mas tarde sc ai.uncio oficialmen
+ que los emisarios habfan sido
designados.
Zen un ~1ensaje de la Exchange
Telegraph de Burdeos Sc dice que
10 cfrculos poli.icos Green que la
e~apitulacion total exigida por HI
tier. serfa tan ignominiosa que
Franeia Sc negarfa a aecederla).
LA ageneia Exchange Telegraph
dice que las plAticas del armisticio
Sc llevaran a cabo posiblemente
en- Paris o en- Versalles.)
LA agencia Reuters, inglesa
tambien. dice Que las ..ostilidades
en- Francia posiblemente eonti-
mt aran durante vaeios dias antes
de que sc llegue a un aeuerdo.
fgrega la a encia cue la mayors
pate de Fra cia caerfa en- poder
de los alemanes antes de que la
oil 1en del "cese ell fuego" fuese
dada.
ola campana alemana hacia ell
sureste, dice Reuters, demuestra
que los alemanes estan trataado
de establecer contacto con los ita
lianos antics de que sea ~concedido
ell armisticio.,
La opinión., 1940-06-20
TARTAN WHITE,
VENCIDO P D R
Won SCHACHT
Los dos fueron multados
anoche en- ell Olympic
Auditorium

Il aleman Frederick Won Schacht
sc anot6 ma nueva victoria anoeho
en- el ring del Olympic Auditorium.
al imponerse a Tarzan White en-
ell encuentro estrella del programa,
~eoncertado a dos de tres cafdas.
sin embargo, tanto ell veneedor CO.
mo ell yencido fueron multados por
el inspector Everett Sanders. de Ia
comisi5n Atletica. por darse de
golpes en- los %vestidores despues dc
81 e%neuentro en- el ring. Sanders
lmpuso una multa de $40 a cada
uno.
La rivalidad empez6 euando Won
Schacht gan0 Ia primera caida en-
i'm 55s. dando a su adversario una
serie de eostalazos contra la Iona.
que deiaron a Tarzan en- estado po-
co envidiable. A pesar de TODD,
White Sc repuso y gan6 la segun-
da cafda con uno de sus espectacu-
lares c~abeZazos futbolisticos, re
matando a su oponente con una LA.
We de aenoplano en- solo l minute
IS sesundos.
La tercera caida fue para ell ale
NAN, quien triunf6 en- 9 minutes 6
~segundos.
En- Ia lucha semi-final Hardboiled
Haggerty derroto a Hans Schultz
en- Pm 35s. y en- otro de les encuen-
tros mas interesantes del programa,
FL Pulpo superb al gigantic Wee
Willie Davis, aplicandole su llave
del pulpo para dejarlo fuera de
eombate en- 9 minutes Sc segundes.
Milt Pollock derrot6 a Jules
Strongbow, Vic Christy venci6 a
Tiny Roebuck, Bobby Coleman su-
pero al japonesito Mitsui Hamana-
la aplieandole un cabezazo al cuer-
20, despues de que los dos habfan
sostenido Una contienda muy pareja
Tue dur6 16 minutes 50 sesundos.
Pete Peterson derrot6 al judo Ha-
try Jacobs con una patada a In
quiiada, Y Bill Stecher surgio victc-
rioso sobre ell frances Sonny La
Mont, en- Is minutes 16 segundos.
La opinión., 1940-06-20
America eS ell
BaluQrte
de la Libertad

SACRAMENTO, Calf, juno
19.-GNS).-"Ameriea es en- I'm
nundo destrozado por la guerra,
ell 0nieo baluarte de la civiliza-
cion y de la Libertad. Por esq,
es una verdadera bendicion ell
Vivir baio la bandera de los Es-
tados Unidosy.
Las palabras %anteriores fueron
parte de la declaration heoha es.
ia noohe por ell gobernador de
California Mr.. culbert Olson,
quien convoco a los habitantes
del Estado a particular en- SER
vicios patrioticos durante la Sc.
mana que termina con Ell % de
los corrientes. Esa serana SER
la semana de "Soy smerieano'.
"Es tempo de que n%osotros,
cue gozamos de la felicidad que
solamente trae a los hombres la
libertad individual, podanos de.
cir con orgullo, Soy americana
y con clio, manifestar nuestra
resolution de sostener en- TODD
tempo los principles de Ia De.
m~ooracia y de la Civilization
Mundial".