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Evening star., 1940-07-06
I'VE, The People
Civilian Army With Initiotive Believed Superior
To One Hompered by Stiff Troditionosm
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

United Army officials have been having hearty camoaged
chuk the
Atlantic enE Of the Panama Canal
The reason they think it's joke that the mines
They not Tive mines ALL emptes
practice to the
Evening star., 1940-07-06

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Evening star., 1940-07-06
Premature
Issue Raised
In Campaign
Defense, Not
Appeosement, Still
The Major Point
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

II President Roosevelt has his
way, the paramount issue of the
presidential campaign this year will
be derived from the European war.
Evening star., 1940-07-06
This
Changing
World
Enmity for Britain
Believed Shared by
People Of France
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

After So years of faithful Cooper
alton, Britain and France have
broken the ties established by King
Edward VII and Foreign Minister
Evening star., 1940-07-06

Noprofesonals entered the rapidly
listed commanders five unassigned
lac
Evening star., 1940-07-06

Syria has banned the shipment Of
straw from the country.
Evening star., 1940-07-06
Reserve District No
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
Anacostia Bank
of Washington, D. C.,

In the District Of Columbia. at the close of
business on June 90, 1910. Published in
response to call made by Comptroller of the
Currency. under Section 5211. U. s. Revised
Statutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15

by reporters and photographers
swapping light bulbs in her face.
Baby Marcia was so pleased she
laughed across the aisle at the
visitor from Britain. Passengers
said that all the way from New
York Exnia sat silent in her seat,
speaking to no one and staring out
the window at the blocks for
houses" which were about all She
had seen of America.
Cheered by Baby.
Exnia frightened up at the baby
and gave her American-bought toys
to play with. As baby Marcia grew
more delighted with this game,
Exnia offered the beloved rabbit
from England.
Passenger became interested and
asked Exnia's name, and as the
plane reared OF to Jacksonville after
a 15-minute stop. the vacant look in
her eyes was gone and she was talk
ing to her new friends.
On August "a Exnia win be 8 years
old. She will celebrate her birthday
anniversary with her aunt. Mrs.
Gordon Heron, whose name she
could remember only as Aunt Tana
who married an American" But
after brief stop at Washington
Airport that birthday anniversary
without her family didn't seem
nearly as lonely as it had before
she landed and got sick in the seat
opposite Baby Marcia from SPRING
field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Wagner Moves 10 Extend
0Id.Aqe Benefits
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Ten million more workers would
be eligible for social security old age
benefits If Congress enacts the
recommendation of Senator Wag-
ner, Democrat, of New York.
The New York Senator introduced
Social Security Act amendments
yesterday which would extend old
age benefits to agricultural and
domestic workers, employees of State
and local governments, non-civil
service employees of non-profit,
religious, charitable and educational
institutions
He also proposed to make unem-
ployment compensation benefits
available to employees of firms hiring
fewer than eight persons NOV ex-
cluded from such compensation, as
well as to non-civil service Govern
ment workers and employees of
charitable institutions. Farmer
workers, however, would not be in
cluded.
Senator Wagner told the Senate
the amendments would make the
Social Security Act vastly more
comprehensive" and would "elimi-
nate inequities which now arise be-
cause workers frequently lose their
insurance when they shift from
covered to uncovered employment"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Sick Boy Whose Father
Left Guard Camp Better .

William B. Shanahan. jr., whose
father, a District National Guards
man, recently was called from
Guard maneuvers in New York
State to be with him. was back at
his home today after q two-week
confinement at Providence Hos
pital.
Facing six more weeks in bed,
the 12-year -old boy is recovering
from q serious bone infection. He
underwent three blood transfusions.
His father, william B. Shanahan,
was summoned from his training
camp near Canton, N. Y, early this
month when the boys condition
took, q turn for the worse. He re-
turned to his post as sergeant in
the 104th Quartermaster Corps with
assurances of physicians that his
son was recovering.
His mother has been keeping a
constant vigil by her sons bedside.
The Shanahans live at 1109 Staples
street NE. Mr.. Shanahan is q
Patent once employee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
A. D. A. Recommends
S1,19S,000 Bid
For Housing Project
Washington Contractor
Fuvored for Frederick
Douglass Dwellings

The Alley Dwelling Authority to-
day recommended acceptance of the
10y bid of $l,198.000 submitted for
construction of 313 unit housing
project for colored families on Ala
bama avenue at Twenty-first street
Sc, to be named the Frederick
Douglass Dwellings.
The bid was submitted by the
JeffresssDyer Co. of Washington
and the A. D. A. recommended to the
United States Housing Authority
that 1t be accepted. Four other
contractors bid on the project.
The site of the Douglass dwellings
covers 80 acres and the majority of
the buildings will be two stories
high. They will be erected about
open courts jn groups of semi-de-
tached community type buildings.
Convertible Room Arrangements.
Each dwelling will be equipped
with gas for cooking and electricity
for lighting and will be heated both
by coal and oil. There will be a
novel convertible room arrangement
so that three and five room apart
ments, for instance, can be convert
ed into four room apartments.
The accommodations will range
from three rooms to six rooms.
Hilyard r. Robinson was the
architect, working under contract
with the A. D. A. Associated with
Mr.. Robinson are James Posey,
mechanical and electrical engineer,
and David A. Williston; landscape
architect.
The dwellings. are to be con-
structed under a loan contract with
U. S., H. A. Rents will be eStab-
lished as soon as all costs are known
and are to be graded to provide for
families In the low-income group.
Other Bids to Be Opened.
At the same time is was an
nounced that bids on another prof.
ect for colored families are to be
opened August %. This is the Car
rollsburg dwellings, in the neigh.
borhood of the Navy Yard, between
Third and Fifth and and M streets
Sc. This group will contain 314
dwelling units.
Applications are being received,
the A. D. A. announced, from pro-
spective tenants Of two properties
designed for white occupancy-the
Fort Dupont dwellings and the Ellen
Wilson dwellings. 1t. is expected
that approximately 50'dwellings on
the Fort Dupont site will be ready
for occupancy by the middle Of
September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Lonely English Refugee Girl
Cheered by Baby at Airport
Tired and III, Exnio Mitchell, 8, Finds
First Friend While Flying to Florida

Life was pretty low for 8-year-old
Exnia Mitchell. little refugee from
Surrey, England, until she reached
the Washington Airport at 1880
o'clock today.
She left her father in Italy, one
brother on a battleship and the
other in the home fleet, and her
mother waiting for them in Surrey.
Along with a nurse and another
little girl she crossed the ocean in
q ship whose name she was too
dazed this morning to remember.
Alone, she boarded plane in New
York to 90 to an aunt in Jackson
vile whom she had seen only once
before. Exnia could only sit staring
out of the window.
Was Tired and Ill.
To top it all of. clutching only
q yellow rabbit in pink sweater to
remind her of England, she got
sick as the plane landed this morn
ing.
Tired and i'll, she could only muir
muir phrases in answer to questions.
She Is here for the duration" and
In speaking Of her brothers, an un-
childlike twist to her mouth, They
hope to come home"
A baby across the aisle started
the upswing for Exnia. Ten-month-
old Marcia Woodwork, daughter
of Mrs. Frank A. Woodwork of
Springfield, Mass, on her way to
Kingsbury, N. c., was undaunted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Painter Under Heavy Bond
After Attack on Woman

Judge John P. Mcmahon in Police
Court today held John J. Casey, o.
year-old Philadelphia painter, under
$25 900 bond for action of the grand
jury on a charge of assault with in
tent to rape.
The defendant, who pleaded not
guilty, vas arrested Saturday about
9 pm, following an alleged assault
upon a District of Columbia woman,
who was walking across the Frank
lin Street Bridge. The woman tes-
titled that the man accosted her
near the middle of the span and
knocked her down.
A witness-Benjamin e. Caucafe,
1926 Fifth street N.W-said the
woman was fighting her assailant
furiously when he ran to her aid.
The defendant, Mr.. Caucafe said,
fed into underbrush on the east side
of Seventh street, south Of the
bridge, where he was captured by
Policemen w. j. Couperthwaite and
c. L. Wright of the twelfth precinct.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Opposition Expected
From County Heads
On Greenbe|t Chance
Commissioners Seen
As Disopproving'o
Housing Authority
Nv JOHN d. LEONARD.

Sharp opposition to the appoint
ment of a housing authority as the
administrative unit for Greenbelt,
Md, when the Federal Government
gives up control of the model COM
munity, is expected when the ques-
ton comes up for hearing before
the Prince Georges County Com
missioners, it was learned today.
Appointment of the authority
preferred by the Government rests
in the hands of the commissioners
and under the new plan. the Farm
Security Administration would turn
Greenbelt's administration over to
an authority or incorporated resi-
dents association.
Preliminary rumbAs of the OPP
position to a housing authority were
voiced by william A. Carson, presi-
dent of the Board Of County Com
missioners. who predicted that
chances are poor" for its appoint
ment.
Polled privately on their senti-
ment, other commissioners also ex-
pressed disapproval to an authority,
not so much as an administrative
unit, but because 1t would be en-
powered to create additional hous-
ing projects in the county.
Can't Afford More Projects. q.
The commissioners who were
queried were agreed that the
county cannot afford to take on
any additional financial burdens
that might be entailed in future
housing projects.
Mr.. Carson said that If the pro-
posed authority decided to launch
additional projects 1t would mean
the county government would have
to- float bonds to cover the 10 per
cent difference between funds pro-
vided by the Government and those
contributed by the county.
Theodore B. Siehler, one of the
commissioners, based his opposi-
ton on the grounds that q housing
authority allows for the building
Of projects In direct competition to
residents of the county" In addi-
ton, he felt that it is not fair to
the individual taxpayer to make
him pay extra taxes to make up
for these projects"
IF the authority could be tied
down to just the administration of
Greenbelt it might be q different
matter" Mr.. Siehler declared.
Last January the commissioners
indefinitely postponed" appoint
ment Of = housing authority sug-
gested by county leaders following
a survey Of housing conditions in the
county's metropolitan area.
If the commissioners refuse to
appoint an authority, the Federal
Government would probably be
forced to resort to the alternative
Of. an incorporated residents as
ISOLATION.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Senate Gets Bill to Boost
Naval Academy Rolls
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Legislation to increase the number
of midshipmen at the Naval Acade-
my, Annapolis, Nd, and the number
Of naval Reserve students In colleges
and universities was introduced in
the Senate yesterday.
Sponsored by Chairman Walsh of
the Senate Naval Affairs Committee,
one measure would authorize the
President to appoint candidates des-
ignated for admission to the acade-
my this year, but who were dis
qualified for other than mental or
physical reasons.
The second bill would increase
from 2,400 to 1900 the number of
naval students permitted to enroll
in the Reserve Omcers Training
Corps at educational institutions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
10Th Division Statue
Bill Is Introduced

. A bill to authorize the Secretary
of the Interior to permit erection
on Federal property here Of monu-
ment to the dead Of the 18th Dr.
vision, A. E. F., was introduced in
the Senate yesterday by Senator
Tydings of Maryland.
Milton E. Groome, commander Of
the local post of the divisions vet
Grams, has been authorized by Capt.
Richard c. O'Connell of Baltimore,
national commander Of the vet
Grams, to raise funds for the memo
rial.
1t was suggested that the site be
somewhere near the District Memo
rial to World War Dead, between
the Monument and Lincoln Memo
rial. No design for the projected
memorial has been submitted -
yet,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Hearings to Be Resumed
In McAIpin Custer

Hearings in the case of Harry S.
McAlpin. colored supervising inter-
viewer of the District Employment
Center, will be resumed at 9 am.
tomorrow at the Social Security
Board office. 1712 G street NV. The
public will not be admitted.
Yesterday special Appeals Board
which is hearing the case listened
to testimony by Is witnesses to the
effect that an unsatisfactory" rating
given McAlpin, resulting in his dis
missal, was unfair.
McAlpin, who has served for five
years as supervising interviewer, was
given high ratings until the Federal
Security Administration took over
the center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Willard Players to End
3-Week Run TONIGHT

The last performance Of The
Night of January 16" will be given
tonight by the Willard Roof Play.
ers at the Willard Hotel following
q three-week run.
After a vacation the cast will
reassemble in the early fall for q
series Of out-of-town engagements
Of the courtroom drama. A por.
ton of the cast will begin rehears-
ais with the Washington Players for
a revival of RIP Van Wrinkle"
The Washington Irving classic
will close the Sylvan Theater season
on August ~.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
A. c. Lompe Recovering
From Monoxide Cos

Emergency Hospital officials said
today that Arthur c. Lampe, so, an
official of the International Finance
Co., who was overcome by carbon
monoxide gas from his automobile
yesterday, was "a little better" to-
day.
Mr.. Lampe was working on the
car in the garage in the rear of
his home, at 1888 Fultin street NV,
when he lost consciousness. His
daughter, Helen, %. found him and
enlisted the aid of a motorcycle
policeman who was passing.
The policeman, H. A. Mechem,
applied artificial respiration until
an ambulance arrived. The garage
doors were open at the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Erection Of Statues
In LINCOLN Memorial
Area by 1943Seen
Bids for Carving Of
Four Figures in Stone
To Be Opened Aug. II

Long pending plans for placement
of two pairs of allegorical equestrian
statues at the District end of the
Arlington Memorial Bridge and the
Lincoln Memorial entrance to the
Rock Greek and Potomac parkway
may be realized within two years,
the Office of National Capital Parks
has revealed
Bids on the carving of stone for
the statues will be opened August
81. it was announced. Bids on SUP
plying the stone were opened Tues
day.
Money Impounded. After Delay.
Funds originally were provided
for the project at the same time
as those for the bridge and its ap-
proaches, and, in 1929. 10 sculptors
we're invited to submit designs by
the National Commission of Fine
Arts. Contracts employing Leo
Friedlander and James K. Fraser
were signed August 3, 1881, but two
years delay followed. and the
money, s134,000 for each pair, then
was impounded under the Economy
Act of 1888. 1t was released in
1898, but the sculptors declared they
could not supply the work fof the
contract price because of increased
costs. The National Park Service
finally decided funds available would
be adequate if it negotiated the
contracts for stone and carving.
Several late changes in specifica-
tons caused additional delay.
Peace and War Themes.
Low bid received on stone for the
pair of statues to be placed at the
parkway approach to the bridge was
that of the North Carolina Granite
Corp, Of Mount Airy, N. c., which
offered to supply the stone In six
pieces for $45, 1000, seven pieces for
s39, 900, eight pieces for $37,000 and
nine pieces for $4,000 in 800 days.
These statues, designed by Mr..
Fraser, are to represent peace and
the arts of peace.
The same firm offered the lowest
bid on stone for the statues at the
east end of the bridge. These,
representing war and its arts,' were
designed by Mr.. Friedlan4er. Sums
mentioned were $4,000 for six
pieces, $39, 400 for seven pieces and
$33, 100 for nine pieces, with delivery
within 300 days.
The statues are to be placed on
pedestals 10 feet long and feet
wide. which now are In place, and
are to stand some "a feet above the
pavement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Irish Organizations
Invited to Carnival

All Irish organizations of the city
have been invited to attend a cele-
bration tonight dedicated to the
Emerald Isle at the st. Dominic
Church carnival, SIS Sixth street
S.W. Irish songs and jigs are in
cluded on the program.
Groups invited include the An
cient Order of Hibernians, the
Friendly Sons of st. Patrick, the
Irish War Veterans and the United
Irish Clubs of Washington.
Bernie Fitzgerald, popular Irish
tenor, will sing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Dr.. (. 6. Rice to Talk
At Boston Convention

DR.. E. c. Rice, practicing chirop-
odist in Washington for 81 years,
will discuss 1.-THE Child's Foot Lesion
With Relation to the Adults Foot
Suffering" at the centennial convep-
ton of the National Association Of
Chiropodists, which will De held Au-
gust $3.50 at the Statler Hotel, Bos-
ton.
DR.. Rice, who was pupil Of the
first professional chiropodist, Nehe-
miah Kenison, is active in modern
research. He was the first president
Of the District of Columbia Society
and member of the first examiping
board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
F. L. Peckhum to Reilly
Kiwunions for WiIIkie

Frank L. Peckham, president of
the Washington Kiwanis Club. has
Joined the Willkie-McNary Cam
paign Club Of the Republican State
Committee and will be in charge Of
rallying local Kiwanians, it was an
nounced last night.
Mr.. Peckham declared the cam
paign to elect Wendell Willkie Is q
"last-stand battle to save the Amer
lean system of government"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Suspect Held
In Shooting
Of Detective
Confession Reported;
Boxers Condition
Declared Serious

The man, believed by police to
have shot Detective Sergt. Earl
Baker, was behind bars today while
the detective was in serious con-
dition in Emergency Hospital.
Police last night announced the
arrest Of Wilton Peyton Thompson,
"a, colored, of the 400 block of o
street NV, parpled burglar. and
stated that he had confessed shoot
ing the detective.
Mr.. Bakers gun-with which he
was shot-was recovered, the police
announced. No charge has been
placed against Thompson, pending
outcome Of the detectives wound.
Thompson was trapped behind
Armstrong High School, at Third
and o streets NV, as he waited for
friend to bring him some fresh
clothes. He surrendered without a
struggle as five policemen closed in
on him.
Shot in Attempting Arrest.
Mr.. Baker was shot Tuesday night
near Fourth and o streets NV. as
he sought to arrest colored man for
questioning in connection with a
number of burglaries. In struggling
with his prisoner, Mr.. Baker dropped
his pistol. The colored man seized
the gun and fired point blank
Before he was removed to Emer-
gency Hospital, with a bad wound
in his shoulder, Mr.. Baker named
Thompson as his assailant and a
police search was started.
First break in the search came
when police were informed that a
colored man was trying to sell the
detectives pistol This man was
arrested and said that Thompson
had given him the gun. He led
police to spot near First and
streets NV. where the gun was
hidden.
Policeman B. F. Howe was
planted" in the front room of
Thompson's home. Last night
colored youth entered the home and
Mr.. Howe seized him. The youth
said that Thompson had sent him
to the house to get some fresh
clothing.
Mr.. Howe summoned reinforce
ments and the policemen surrounded
the suspect. When he saw the
police approaching with drawn guns
the man said:
Here am. Come and get me-"
Condition Regarded Serious.
Mr.. Bakers condition was consid-
cred serious because the bullet had
severed a main artery in his arm.
For a time 1t was believed that it
would be necessary to amputate his
arm, but surgeons said today they
believed they had saved the arm.
He was weak from loss of blood. a
condition which was brought on be-
cause he insisted on pursuing his as
sailant even after he had been shot.
Mr.. Baker received the police de-
partments gold medal-highest
award for valor-for his work in
smashing the black face gang" He
shot the leader of the gang to death.
He had been cited for heroism before
that, for capturing a youth who had
been engaged in a gun battle with
police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Demolition Bid Accepted

Heckinger Engineering %. has
been granted the contract for
demolition Of the old Police Court
Building, at SIS D street NV, to
make way for the new building for
the recorder of deeds. The COM
pany is paying the District $685.,
which was the highest bid received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Womon's Body Recovered

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Aug. Is
P.-The body of Mrs. Norman
Lenker, one of four persons drowned
in the York River when their boat
capsized Sunday, was recovered yes
terday on the beach about a mile
from Bigler's Mill. The body Of
Mrs. Lenker's husband Is still
The bodies Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Milton Lenker had been re-
covered previously.>
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Post PIuns Lawn Fete

Potomac Post, No. 40, American
Legion, will hold q lawn fete tomor-
row and Saturday at 5015 Cathedral
avenue NV, with entertainment
beginning at 8 pm,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-15
Traffic Record

The trafiic record as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities. none.
Accidents, 26.
Motorists injured, g..
Motorists arrested, 291.
Pedestrians injured, 2.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control
regulations, I.
La gaceta., 1940-08-30
de estanoche en- eli :.
cuadnlatcro He los Artllcros
Dos peas de "primera Inca"

impression de su primera pelea
.en Tampa.
Losada es un joven de exec
lente presencia y en- su libro
cuenta con victorias sobre gla :
diadores de primera fila; pero
los peritos estiman que Sc en- :
cuentra va en- plena decadencia.
Para rival de Cecilio Sc ha es-
Tcogido al muy copocido Y simpa
tic6n Buddy Rose, de Sarasota.
Sc lie ha hecho a Rose la pro
mesa, 81 apabulla a Losada, de
darle la revancha con un mucha
cho de Washington que hace po-
cas- semanas 'le hizo yer las es,
trellas", pegandole electives pu-
netazos.
Ell protegido frankie Thomas
Sc batira con Young Allen. Ri
cardo Hernandez volvera a com
batir, esta vez con Jack Baria
de contrincante.
lEmpezara a cumplirse ell pro-
grama a las ocho de la noche.