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Evening star., 1940-06-09
Police Probing Theft Seize
Seven on Lottery CHARGES

Six colored men and a white man
were arrested on charges of con-
spiracy to operate a lottery yes
terday afternoon after detectives,
investigating a robbery, noticed a
suspicious character emerge from
what appeared to be a grocery store
in the 2800 block Of Georgia avenue
Sergts. A. S. Bradford and Ar
thur Fredette of No. 10 precinct
saw colored youth leave the store
with what appeared to be numbers
slips. They entered the place and
found it crowded with persons,
many Of whom fled.
Those arrested and held under
81 500 bond on the conspiracy charge
were Willie r. Pridgen. 80, of the
600 block of New Jersey avenue
NV: William Mitchell, 80, of the
1900 block Of Georgia avenue NV;
Ebert R. Holmes, So. of the $500
block of Sherman avenue NV;
Exton T. Frazier. SO, of the TOO
block of Hobart street NV; Thomas
w. Thompson, So, of the 1900
block of Columbia road NV: Will
liam w. Kicks, rs, of the 1900 block
of Elvans road Sc, all colored, and
Pat D. Hogan, %. of the 900 block
Of Twentieth street NV.
The detectives said a few gro
ceries and signs in the place were
only front" The officers report
ed seizure Of $l30 and a quantity
Of numbers slips.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Lord Lothian Sees
Need for Unity
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Pa,. June a.
The task before the democratic
! world today "is to set our own DEM
ocratfc house in order" Philip
Henry Kerr, Marquis of Lothian
and British Ambassador to the
United States, said here tonight.
A commencement speaker at
washington and Jefferson College,
he received the honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws.
The democratic world is suffer-
ing from the moral and other sick
nesses which always arise from
selflshness," he said.
If we could overcome the weak.
nesses of our own liberal and DEM
ocratic world, so that it offered
to the rest of the world a spectacle
OF unit, order and peace, of equal
work and sound prosperity for all,
OF private freedom balanced by uni
versal public service, totalitarianism
would soon be conquered, not by
war, but by example"
LoIu LOtnlan SAID IN an inter-
view that arms and materials from
America will mean the difference
between winning and losing" for
the Allies.
I'VE lost most of our equipment
in the Flanders drive" nc con-
tinued. I'VE rescued our mer. but
left our war machinery behind
British soldiers will have to be
rested and refurnished with tanks,
guns and artillery before they could
be returned to French battlefields,
he said.
Discussing the possibility of
ltaIy's entering the war, he said
In reference to Premier M,,ssoini:
Hes told us he's going to come
In. But I think he's awaiting the
outcome of the present battle. If
the French win, it might deter
him."
He expressed belief that Hitler
now will try to finish France before
turning to invade England"
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Programs Friday
IoC|imax Observance
Marking Flag Week
Senators Will Speak
At Two Of Exercises
Scheduled Here

To promote national unity and the
ideals embodied in the Stars and
Stripes, Washington will join the
Nation Friday in celebration of Flag
Day.
Many of the city's patriotic Or
ganizations have planned elaborate
programs to mark the day, and
several members of Congress will be
among the speakers.
The activities will climax Flag
Week, which began yesterday under
the sponsorship of the United States
Flag Association. In a prepared
statement, Col. James A. Moss, presi-
dent general of the association,
called on the American people to
display flags in homes and other
suitable places. thereby giving pub
lie expression of our love Of our
country, our allegiance to its glorious
banner and our determination to
guard and defend now and always
the ideals and institutions of Ameri-
can democracy for which that ban
ner stands"
The Governors of IS States have
issued Flag Week proclamations and
mayors of 500 towns and cities have
appointed special committees to
handle the celebrations.
Exercises Here.
In the District, the Woman's Re-
lief Corps, auxiliary of the Grand
Army of the Republic, will sponsor
exercises at pm. Friday at the
east front Of the Capitol. Senator
Capper of Kansas will be the princi-
pal speaker.
Mrs. Addie Wheeler Hickman,
patriotic instructor of the corps.
will lead the pledge of allegiance
to the flag. The Rev. Howard E.
Snyder, department chaplain of
the American Legion, will pro-
nounce the invocation and bene-
diction.
More than 1000 school children
will parade down Constitution ave-
nue. from Seventh street to the
Departmental Auditorium, at IL
I'm. to open the exercises sponsored
by the Department of Labor Post
No. AZ of the American Legion,
assisted by the National Guard of
Honor.
Senator Gillette to Speak.
The principal address will be
delivered by Senator Gillette of
Iowa. The guests will be welcomed
by Robert L. Duvall, commander
OF the Labor Department post.
Another feature of the program
will be a solo by Mrs. Mildred M.
Gardner. Among the guests will
be William T. Slattery, commander
OF the District department of the
Legion, and commanders of other
Legion posts in the city. The in
vocation will be pronounced by the
Rev. Francis E. Garner, and the
benediction by the Rev. John c.
Palmer. Labor Department en-
ployes will be excused from the
duties to attend the exercises.
Employees Of the Justice Depart
ment also will be excused from
work at 4 pm. to attend the exer-
cises in the departments Great
Hall, sponsored by the Justice Post
No. Al OF the American Legion.
Federal Security Administrator
McNutt will be the speaker.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Two Seriously Hurt
In D. T.. Traffic
Accidents
Boy, 6, Is Injured in
Collision; BieycIist
Knocked Down by Car

Two persons were seriously hurt
In traffic accidents here yesterday
afternoon and two children received
lesser injuries.
Marvin M. Dearstine, 18, of Blad-
ensburg, Md, suffered internal in
juries when coal truck on which he
was helper pinned him against a
house in the $500 block of Eastern
avenue NE. His condition was de-
scribed as undetermined at Casu-
atty Hospital.
Run over by truck while at work
at the District incinerator at Second
and N streets Sc, Ernest Griffith,
4s, colored, an emplQye of the City
Refuse Department, was admitted to
Providence Hospital, where he was
treated for crushed chest. His con-
dltion was serious.
Slx-year-old Hampton Murphy,
colored, of 624 B street Sc. was
thrown from an automobile yester-
day afternoon in collision at Sew
enth and A streets Sc. He was
treated at Casualty Hospital for a
broken collar bone and a lacerated
tongue.
William j. Kellinger, 13, of 45o8
Iowa avenue NV, suffered cuts and
bruises when knocked from his bicy-
Gle by an automobile in the 100
block Of Allison street NV. He was
treated at Garfield Hospital.
A pedestrian believed to be
Willie B. Berry, an Army private
stationed at Fort Belvoir, was struck
by a hit-and-run motorist at Duke
street and Diagonal road in Alex
andria, Va, last night. He was
taken to Alexandria Hospital, where
1t was said he had leg injuries. His
condition was not considered serious,
Ten persons were injured, none
seriously, when a southbound bus
OF the Virginia Stage Coach Lines
ran of U. S. route l, II miles north
OF Fredericksburg, Va, yesterday,
the Associated Press reported.
All were treated at Mary Wash
ington Hospital in Fredericksburg
and later released with the excep-
ton Of Willie Walker, %, colored. of
Arlington, who suffered an injury
to his right shoulder and foot.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Lewis and Wheeler Talk
On Defense Problems
BY the Associated Press.


John L. Lewis, c. I. o. chieftain.
conferred yesterday with Senator
Wheeler, Democrat, of Montana.
Senator Wheeler declined to COM
ment on the conference other than
to say that Mr.. Lewis expressed him
self as Fundamentally" for neces-
sary defense appropriations, but
urged that no steps be taken that
might tend to involve the United
States in war.
Mr.. Lewis has been represented as
opposing some recent efforts of the
Roosevelt administration to aid the
Allies, and was said to have told
friends he might support Republi-
can for President if the party con-
vention in Philadelphia this month
takes strong stand against Ameri-
can involvement in the European
war.
Senator Wheeler was invited to
address the c. I. o. convention last
spring and Mr. Lewis has indicated
that he would like to see the Mon
tanan receive the Democratic presi-
dental nomination.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

will be this years camp director.
Bicycling, special motion pictures
and q two-day fishing cruise on a
three-masted schooner are among
new activities planned.
AS preliminary to the opening,
approximately 40 boys left yesterday
for week end at the camp, under
the heading of the annual senior
boys trip there. In the group are
members of the newly organized
H-Y Council, members Of the Sen
ior BOYS Council and the officers Of
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Lecture Series Closes

The Rev. Joseph v. Buckley, pas
tor Of st. Francis Xavier's Church,
was the principal speaker at the an.
nual luncheon Of the Literary Com
mittee Of the Washington Sodality
Union yesterday at the Gordon
Hotel. The meeting marked the
close Of the lecture series sponsored
by the group during the past year.
Miss Mary F. Walsh, chairman,
Evening star., 1940-06-09
director Of athletics at the Abing-

director Of athletics at the Abing-
don (vaJ High School, associate
director, while Bruce Etchison, Sec
retary Of the Cleveland Park Y. M.
G. A. branch. will be Junior program
director. Others on the staff include
Robert Douglas, william and Mary
College athlete, who will be water
front director, having charge of
swimming instruction, etc.: Robert
Hurley, Maryland University, who
will coach baseball,
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Preparations for Opening
Camp Let's Nearly Done

Preparations are nearing compile
tfon for opening Camp Let's, the
YIN. G. A. boys camp on the Rhodes
River near Annapolis, June "a.
A camping program is being ar
ranged by r. H. Gaber, boys work
director at the Central Young
Mems Christian Association, who
Evening star., 1940-06-09

the Cleveland Park branch Of the
Y. M. 9. A. During the weekend
trip the Hi-Y group is to elect four
delegates to represent this city at
the National Hi-Y Congress to be
held In Overlin, Ohio, June 21, az
and %.
The season will be the 34th con-
secutive one Of the camp, named for
the late John Cowen Let's, its prin-
cipal benefactor.
Assisting Mr.. Gaber, the camp
director, will be Palmer Rutherford,
Evening star., 1940-06-09
Yankee Clipper Takes Off
After Being Forced Back
Ry the Associated Press.

Ry the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 8.-Forced back
oy headwinds on its first start, the
Pan-American Anyways Yankee Clip
per left for Europe again late today
with IA passengers and 3,421 pounds
Of mail.
The plane took off Friday after
noon, but turned back 1886 miles out
Although 21 passengers we're
aboard when the plane returned
early today, an increased mail load
totaling 3,421 pounds forced seven
to await the Atlantic Clipper, which
leaves tomorrow.
Among those who departed were
Rear Admiral David M. LIE Breton.
to take charge of the European
squadron of the United States Navy
at Lisbon, Portugal, and Gen. Ste
fano Cagna, director of civil avia-
ton In Italy.
Evening star., 1940-06-09
japanese Claim Capture
Of Shusi, Yongtze Port
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, June 8 (Sunday) -
Japanese military authorities today
claimed capture Of Shasi, important
Yangtze River treaty port west OF
Hankow.
Capture of Shasi was regarded as
major gain in the drive on Ichang,
another port on the Yangtze which
is the principal present objective
of the campaign In Western Hupeh
Province.
Evening star., 1940-06-09

Palestine is unable to export its
big crop of oranges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
D. E. Men Get Offices
In Veterans Society
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated FIeoe.
NORFOLK, Va, Sept. 2.-Many
members of the 29th Division Asso-
citation remained at Tidewater sea-
side resorts today for the holiday
after electing H. P. Jones OF Ora
ham, N. c., as the groups national
commander and indorsing proposed
delivery of obsolete destroyers to
Great Britain.
Mr.. Jones won over Thomas D.
Boone of Norfolk.
Other officers elected at yester-
days concluding business session in
cluded Harold A. Lewis, Jersey City,
vice commander for New Jersey;
Harry E. Shilling, Washington, vice
commander for the District OF Co.
lumbia; Earl Jones, Staunton, vice
commander for Virginia; Ernest G.
Merkel, Baltimore, vice commander
for Maryland; Francis S. Kemp,
Roanoke Rapids, N. c., vice COM
mander at large.
Russell c. Freeman, Washington,
finance officer; william Sinsky,
Baltimore, judge advocate; Gen.
George washington Bowie, Balti-
more, historian; Arthur Smith,
Totowaboro, MI, welfare officer;
Herman Hinners, Jersey City, SER
geant at arms; Col. Herbert c. Blake,
Baltimore, surgeon, and William C..
Nicklas, Baltimore, adjutant.
An invitation from the Washing
ton groups to hold the ls41 conven-
ton there was turned over to the
Executive Committee,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Theaier Group Gets
New Headquarters

The Washington Theater has
leased the top floor of the old Walsh
mansion at 202o Massachusetts, ave-
nue. as its new headquarters, it was
announced today by Lee D. Butler,
president Of the group, who said
permission was granted by Mrs. Eva
lyn Walsh Mclean, owner of the
building.
Mr.. Butler said the theater's
plans for the forthcoming season
include five plays to be directed by
Erwin Piscator, head Of the dra-
matte workshop Of the New School
for Social Research in New York
City. The group also will sponsor
Is weeks Of seminars on the art
of the theater with nine lectures
by acknowledgement playwrights,
including Robert Sherwood.
Forrest Rutherford is chairman
of the theater's Sustaining Fund
Committee. Others on the commit
tee are Mr.. Butler, Oliver Gasch,
Minor Hudson, Mrs. Emil Hurja,
John Garland Pollard, Malcolm
Ross. A. z. Foster Wood and Philip
Young.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Position Of Christians
In Japan Deplored

The Rev. Duncan Fraser. assist
ant rector Of the Church of the
Epiphany, yesterday deplored the
position of Japanese Christians be-
cause of the recent Japanese edict
requiring all bishops of the Episco-
pal Church in Japan to resign.
Speaking at the evening service,
he declared that the japanese Chris
tons have three courses to follow:
First they may sell out to COM
plete control by a non Christian
state; second, they may withdraw
within, themselves and keep aloof
from all other religious or humane
tartan movements; or third, they
may recognize the good in the ma
tional religions and build up on
that toward specifically japanese
Christianity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Advance Rodeo Show
Witnessed by 1000

More than 1000 persons attended
the advance showing of Billy Gees
rodeo performers yesterday at the
Meadowbrook Saddle Club on the
East-West Highway, a prelude to
the Police Firemen's Field Day to
be held in Grifiith Stadium Sep
TENDER H.
Fire Chiefs Clark Riggs of Ken
sington, Harold w. Hurst Of Ia
koma Park, John Oden Of Silver
Spring and A. ]. Bargagni Of
Bethesda spoke briefly on the pur-
poses of the field day, and the Dis
trict department was represented
by Chief Stephen Porter, Capt.
Harold Hardy and William Krug-
LAX, secretary of the District Re
tired Firemen's Association.
The lassoing of a tiny calf by
Mickey O'Connor, youngest lariat
artist in the show, featured a per-
Torrance by the rodeo riders and q
dozen broncoes. Johnny Ray, Char
lie WEIGH, Rita johnson, Vivian
Nicholson, and Dot Spangler were
other entertainers donating their
talents.
The Metropolitan Police Boys Band.
directed by Leon Brusiloff, furnished
music. Tickets to the field meet
and rodeo show may be secured from
any District policeman or fireman.
Proceeds Will 60 TO the Retirement
Association Fund, ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Virginia Youth
KILLED Grooming
| Steer for Fair
special Dispst ch to me Star.

SPECIAL Dispatch TO Inc Star.
STERLING, Va, Sept. 2.-Philir
James Coleman. 20-year-old Al
Club leader and son of Mr.. and Mrs
Philip J. Coleman, was killed yes
terday afternoon by . young steer
he was preparing for the All Club
fair at Purcellville this month. The
accident occurred at the barn on
his fathers farm.
Young Coleman had been clipping
the steer and was alone with the
animal at the time. He was found
by his younger brother, John, q
few minutes after the accident. His
chest was bruised and his neck
broken.
Young Coleman, whose father for
merly was q Loudoun County super
visor, was q graduate Of the Ash
burn High School. He is survived
by his father and mother, q sister,
Elizabeth Coleman, at home, and
two brothers, Clevand Coleman of
Sterling and John Coleman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Ship Reported Aground
Off Virgin Islands

The Coast Guard cutters Unalga
and Marion were on their way to-
day to assist the American steamer
Robin Adair, reported aground of
Southwest Point at st. Croix, Virgin
Islands. a
Records showed the Robin Adair
a 6,895-ton vessel built in 1920. was
owned by the Seas Shipping Co. It's
registered port is New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Convention Ended,
51st Year Begun by
Legion Of vaIor
Leadership Given
To Copt. KoehIi
Of Washington

The Army and Navy Legion of
valor, composed Of men who have
been awarded the Congressional
Medal Of Honor, the Distinguished
Service Cross or the Navy Cross, be-
gan its 51st year Of activity today
under the leadership of a Wash
ington man, Capt. Fred Kochn Of
5717 Thirty-second street NV.
Capt. Kochli was elected new ma
tional commander of the legion as
the organization closed q four day
reunion at its 50th anniversary ban.
quet 1T the Willard Hotel Saturday
night. He succeeds Leon Hanna Of
Chicago.
Others Are Named.
Other officers chosen were Ray
mond v. Mellon Of Boston, senior
vice commander, and AL johnson
Of New Haven. Conn, junior vice
commander. Mrs. Ralph hobart of
Cambridge, Mass, was elected ma
tional president of the Women of
the Army and Navy Legion Of Valor.
Ben Prayer Of Washington was re-
appointed as national adjutant and
quartermaster and Mahlon G. Ward
was renamed as national service
officer. ... .
Principal speaker at the banquet
was Sir Willmott Lewis, Washington
correspondent Of the London Times,
who told the Legion the world
today is facing the most revolu-
tionary movement in its history be
cause this Is revolution downward"
Cities Need for Strength.
He said the new order that will
come after the war must depend
for an indefinite number Of years
on force-"no matter who wins the
war" Because of this situation, Sir
Willmott said, Strength will be
needed and the time to prepare for
the new order Is not tomorrow"
The new commander Of the Legion
Of Valor holds the Distinguished
Service Cross, the French Legion of
Honor, the Croix de Guerre and the
Purple Heart.
The Legion's 1o41 convention will
be held In Chicago, 1t was decided
By the 800 delegates attending this
years reunion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
DC Marine Reserves
Proud Of Record
Al lakehurst
Fifth Battalion Beck
Home With High
Efficiency Roting

The 5th Battalion Marine Corps
Reserve returned here yesterday,
proud Of the record made during q
15-day training period at the Naval
Air Station, Lakehurst, N. j., where
they received a high efficiency
rating.
Within 20 minutes after arrival at
Union Station, the battalion reached
its headquarters at 458 Indiana ave-
nue. NV. and in another 80 minutes
the men were turned over to their
company commanders to turn in
equipment and 60 home. In the
local battalion were 1852 men, while
an additional go men from Company
G Of Roanoke, attached to the bat
talon for training, also checked in
here before returning to their homes
in the Virginia city.
Welcomed at Station.
The battalion was met at the sta
ton by Representative Woodrum of
Virginia and Col. Joseph c. Fegan,
director of the United States Marine
Corps Reserve, both of whom in
spected the outfit. Mr.. Woodrum
also greeted his son, 1t. Clifton A.
Woodrum, jr., of Company D.
Scheduled originally to train at
Quantico, Va, the battalion at the
last minute was ordered to Lakehurst.
The change in plans became neces-
sary when Quantico became crowded
due to the transfer of men from
the marine barracks at Paris Is
land, S. c., because Of storm damage.
Confronted with the new condi-
tons at Lakehurst, the batta1ion's
officers, under command of 1t. Col.
Harvey L. Miller, quickly surveyed
the terrain from rigid airships prior
to maneuvers. 1t also established a
new record by putting the men
through target practice under
crowded conditions at the station.
where there are 16 firing points,
quicker than had been done pre-
viously at Quantico, where there are
~ firing points, Col. Miller said.
Forty-nine per cent of its members,
about IS per cent Of whom were
recruits, qualified.
Few Mishaps Recorded.
Another record, pointed to with
pride by Col. Miller, was the feet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

there were only three hospital cases
during the maneuvers. One of these
was Capt. j. M. Chambers of Com
pany G, who suffered powder burns
on the hand from a flare, and an
other, Capt. Leon Brusiloff, local
orchestra leader. attached to the
battalion for training, who suffered
q sprained knee. Both nishaps &C.
CURED during maneuvers last Friday
night. The third casualty was an
enlisted man, who suffered from an
upset stomach.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

Another record, pointed to with
pride by Col. Miller, was the feet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02

Danger turks ahead when cation
Is left behind. as2
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
Beech Low Enforced

Special police have been sta
toned at Australian bathing beach
% to eufores the dest.bathins.
suit law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-02
GoIwoy Needs Nurses

Galway (Eire) Board Of Health
reports 1t cannot get nurses be-
cause they have to learn Iriah when
they arrive.
Evening star., 1940-08-02

nounced to the ubiquitous lecturer
Sheridan Whiteside (the Alexander
Woollcott characteD, that at the
heighth of his troubles as a guest
in a strangers house he is the re-
cipient of -four penguins from
Admiral Byrd" which are waiting in
the hallway. More evident to the
audience is his later gift of "a COM
munity of 'periplaneta Americana
american cockroaches) with 10000
cockroaches in fortunately a glass
inclosed case" 1t was a gift from
professor of insect life.
Along with Sharkey, the tops of
wild life acting on Broadway must
have been the goat which played in
"Porgy," the Theater Guild produc-
ton OF Carolina Negro life several
seasons ago. There were several
goats in this role, for they had to
be changed when they began to take
on a questionable odor, but they all
gave good performances as long as
they could avoid B. o.
Sharkey bathes several times daily
to avoid this hazard.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Local Girls Who Made Good
Are Making Still Better
Sheila Barrett in Musical Comedy
And Marsha Hunt in Character
Parts Get Critical Acclaim
BY JAY CARMODY.


The committee on the local girls in the dramatic arts will
have to take its feet off the desk
nteruptng its pracd ses but pleasantly Sheia Barrett
Marsha
which bigger
regulations and lusier income Striking
thing to Miss Barrett. She