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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-03

Pretty showgirls fixed gold en-
blems yesterday afternoon in the
lapels of "a of the Districts Is
Number One Boys" in the draft
lottery.
The young men also received the
congratulations and good wishes Of
DR.. Clarence A. Dykstra, director Of
selective service. and other officials
at an informal ceremony in National
Guard headquarters.
The only one of the Is missing
was Larry Banks Harris, 80, car
penter, who left to take job in
Honolulu after he registered and
before the number he held, 1853, was
drawn first in the lottery.
Ruth Chatterton, the actress,
pinned tiny gold No. ! numerals to
the lapels of DR.. Dykstra; Brig. Gen.
Albert L. Cox. commander of the
District National Guard, and Com
missioner Melvin C. HaZen.
Eight chorus girls from the Earle
Theater then fixed identical en-
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away other odors, and I've always
wanted to try it on a skunk. But ]
never got chance"
1t Didn't Work.
DR.. Walkers learned dissertation
was interrupted abruptly when
some one noticed that the deodor-
izing device was smoking furiously
The demonstration hastily snatched
out the plug and inspected the ma
chine.
Some one in the audience sug-
gested that the Cosmos Club was
on direct current, while the doctors
cQrozone deodorizer was built for
alternating current.
well, I tried it out before
came down on this piece of cloth, y
announced the determined scien-
fist. 1T worked fine"
DR.. Walker waved the cloth over
his head.
Anybody want to sniff" he
asked happily.
At first there were no takers, but
then Vernon Bailey, retired chic,
field naturalist of the Biological
Survey, stepped up and took q
tentative sniff.
'It works, all right. If you can
just keep the skunks operating on
alternating current, you've got
something, the value of which can't
he MAJ Sl1rod In, do11ore aud ccopfe I,
But the rest of the society had
departed-hurrying out of the di-
rect current zone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-03
D. c. Bridge Team Wins
Match From Baltimore

The washington master bridge
team last night won an intercity
master bridge match by 1880 points
from the Baltimore master bridge
team, which last summer eliminated
the Four Aces in quarter-finals for
the world championship at Asbury
Park, N. j.
Two members of the Washington
team competing last night, Oscar
Brotman and Alvin Roth, were
members Of the team which won
the world championship at Asbury
Park in the summer. The other
members Of the Washington team
were Louis Newman and DR.. A. j.
Steinberg.
The Baltimore team was COM
posed Of Irwin H. Fisher, James
Hunter, Arthur Schlesinger and
Charles Shapiro. The match was
played 1t the Cheeks Bridge Studio,
2o1o r street NV, under direction
Of william Cheeks. s.A
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-03
D. T.. Schools Extend
Defense Courses
Through Next June
Further Funds Also
Sought for Youths
Not Now Eligible

Extension of full and part time
national defense courses in the Dis
trict public schools through next
June has been approved by the
Board of Education, it was learned
yesterday.
The approval followed notifica-
ton received by school officials from
the Federal ONCE of Education that
S212, 59474 has been allotted to carry
the program forward from No.
vember 7, when present funds were
due to expire. The program ap-
proved by the board provides for
extending the number of courses to
include plumbing, foundry, forge,
bricklaying and concrete.
New Allotments Sought.
Meanwhile, school officials re-
ceived word Of still further Federal
funds in the amount of more than
$4,000 available for the District
to use in extending the national
defense courses to youth not now
eligible for the work. The amount
is made up of two allotments, one
of $25 900 for the education Of rural
and non rural youth and $50. 442 up-
der the National Youth Admin
istration.
Both of these amounts are new
to the District schools, according to
Assistant Supt. Lawson j. Cantrell.
He and other officials hope to pre-
sent to the Board of Education
Wednesday a program to take ad-
vantage of the allotments.
Hitherto the part-time courses
have been limited to persons en-
gagged in the trades in which they
want to study and the full-time
course to w. P. A. enrollees and
selected persons on public employ
ment registers who have had some
experience in the trade they are
studying These will be continued
and expanded under the $212,594.74
allotment and the new program now
being developed to use the two other
allotments will provide for youths
not eligible under the other pro-
gram, it was understood.
More Personnel Needed.
Addition of the courses to the
regular program will require addi-
tional personnel, which the board
authorized school officials to provide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-03
Robert F. Stonnell
Funeral Tomorrow

Funeral services for Robert r.
Stonnell, rs, who died Friday at his
home at 1850 Newark street NV,
will be held at the Hines funeral
home, 1901 Fourteenth street NV,
at 2 pm. tomorrow.
Members of the Masonic Order
will conduct a service. Mr.. Ston-
nell was a charter member Of the
st. Johns Lodge. Burial will be
In Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Mr.. Stonnell, who was born on q
plantation near Mount Vernon, was
a commission merchants broker be-
fore he retired several years ago.
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Election Night Party
Will Aid BOYS Club

An election night party under the
Joint auspices Of the Bladensburg
CMd) Precinct Democratic Women's
and Mems Clubs will be held Tues
day at the Del Rio for the benefit
of the Prince Georges County Police
Boys Club. The program will in
clude dancing and q floor show.
Among those expected to attend
are Undersecretary Of State Sumner
Welles, Representative Sasscer, ].
Howard Duckett, State Senator
Charles G. Marbury, Hampton Ma
gruder and Judge Joseph Mattingly.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Smith w. Purdum and Mrs.
Charles E. Roach, first president of
the United Democratic Womens
Clubs of Maryland, also have &C
cepted invitations to attend, accord
ing to Mrs. James l.. L. Rea Of the
precinct club. i
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-03
Bond Concerts
Tuesday.

IucSU2y.
2.30 p.m.-Army Band, Army War
College.
$50 p.m.-Soldiers' Home Band
Orchestra, Stanley Hall, Soldiers
Home,
Thursday.
$50 p.m.-Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra, Stanley Hall, Soldiers
Home.
Saturday.
1l:30 am.-Army Band, Army War
College.
$50 pm.-Soldiers' Home Band
Orchestra, Stanley Hall, Soldiers
Home. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-03
Pair Sought in Strange
MARYLAND Murder

Washington police were asked by
Maryland authorities last night to
watch for a colored couple in con-
nection with a strange murder in
Queen Anne County, Md.
A colored man and his wife, both
young. were said to have been sur
prised while attempting to destroy
the body of. an unidentified colored
woman. The body was surrounded
by ring of wood which the couple
had ignited. The couple u believed
to be In Washin6to0.
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Watson to Speak

Harold F. Watson will discuss
pending Maryland amendments and
the equal rights amendment at a
meeting of the Business and Profess
sional Women's Club of Montgomery
County, Md, tomorrow at 8 pm.
at the Rockville Courthouse.
The meeting is open to the public.
Evening star., 1940-08-02

You all know what Rideewoy meons
when it comes to oontoIoupes-to'
this small North Corolino town and
immediate vicinity is noted for and
wide for its delicious, sugar sweet
pink meat 'Ioupes. Your GIANT
Produce Lanes offers them now al
their peak Of sweetness-ot q rock
bottom price!
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Senator Davis Broadcasfs
Plea for CoIored Hospitals

Senator Davis of Pennsylvania
last night joined the Rev. Amos H.
Carnegie, executive secretary of the
National Negro Hospital Foundation,
Inc, in a Nationwide broadcast
to mobilize sentiment in behalf of
an appeal which that foundation
is making to the Federal Govern
ment to build six 100-bed hospitals
for Negroes in the South.
The Rev. Carnegie explained that
the hospitals would be used pri-
marily for the training of Negro
physicians and nurses so they would
be competent to minister to the
health needs of their own people.
He asserted that Negro physicians
and nurses are generally barred
from the public hospitals throughout
the United States, having no oppor-
tunity for training or practice out
side of three exclusively Negro pub
lie hospitals and one which is over
IS per cent Negro.
Unless separate hospitals are built
for the Negro race, he declared, it
will not be benefited by the hospital
building program which the Federal
Government is about to undertake.
Il voted for the $50 1000 900 appro-
priation to build needed hospitals
in rural areas and economically
depressed districts" Senator Davis
said, because I believe that there
is a great need for such a program.
There is no reason can think of
why your race should not get its
share of hospitals out of this ap-
propriatiOn."
Evening star., 1940-08-02

intends to attack this country within
30 days, that man isn't fit to be
Secretary Of War"
AS substitute for the draft
measure, Representative Secrest,
Democrat, of Ohio offered a bill in
troduced Wednesday in the House
providing for a one-year enlistment
period in the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard and raising
the base pay from $21 to $50 monthly.
Calls for Bold Speaking.
TT only remains for peacetime
military conscription to complete
the framework of a totalitarian
state" Mr.. Thomas told the group.
He called upon the people to
speak out boldly and positively
against a law which, in the name
of protecting us against Hitler, will
inevitably lead toward our own
American type of Hitlerism."
Acting as master of ceremonies
during collection to provide funds
for the expenses of the meeting and
for the promotion of the anti-draft
campaign, the Socialist speaker
helped pile up a total of more than
$500 contributed by the audience.
Other speakers included Miss Fay
Bennett executive secretary Of the
Youth Committee Against War, and
Msgr. Barry O'Toole. professor OF
philosophy at Catholic University.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Labor
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be given to the Importance of dimin-
ishing the ranks of the unemployed
and to prevent by all practicable
means the 'pirating or scamping
of labor-that is, enticing men from
one employer to work for another,
both of whom may be engaged on
work of equal Importance to the
Nation as whole. Such pirating OF
labor always leads eventually to un-
economical and disastrous results.
The present shortage in certain
skilled and mechanical trades is due
in no small degree to the failure
to maintain apprentice training in
private establishments during the
lean years following 1929. Since
about 1896 the Navy Department
has been building up its apprentice
training in its navy yards and its
own industrial establishments. In
1899 it had about 1000 apprentices
under training and expects to reach
nearly 1000 before the end of 1910
Il urge upon private industry to
start apprentice courses where'none
now exist and to increase the num-
ber of apprentices where such
courses are now being maintained
Notwithstanding the good results to
be expected from other methods of
intensive training for special pur-
poses that are being undertaken and
discussed in the press, nothing can
take the place of regular appren-
ticeship in producing the fully
trained, skilled journeyman or me-
chanic for whom there is now an
imperative need"
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Commerce Board Plans
National Suffrage Drive

The Junior Board of Commerce of
Washington will launch a vigorous
campaign to enlist the aid and
support of nearly 1000 similar or
eanizations throughout the Ma
ton for national representation, A.
z. Wood, president of the local
group, announced today.
A comprehensive program to win
the support of the other groups
affiliated with the United States
Junior Chamber of Commerce was
adopted at a special meeting of the
local organizations Board of Di-
rectors yesterday.
The support of these local organ
izations. Mr.. Wood said, will be
actively sought not only in solidify-
ing congressional opinion in IA
vor of national representation but
also in organizing long-range ed
ucational campaign in their States
and communities to make the entire
Nation conscious of the fact that
the people of the District have no
congressional representation nor
vote for the presidency of the
United States.
The United States Junior Cham
ber, with total membership of
approximately 10000 men between
the ages of 81 and IS, heartily ap-
proved national representation for
the District at its convention in
Memphis in 1886.
The Washington Junior Board
next Thursday to the subject of ma
tioncl representation, with Paul
Lesh, vice chairman of the Citi-
zens' Joint Committee on National
Representation, as guest speaker.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
b the Associated Press.

b. the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2.-The story
of a Central American "city of the
monkey god," whose inhabitants
used razor blades 1900 years ago,
was brought here today by two
Massachusetts, archeologists.
Deep in the fetid jungles of Hon.
duras, Theodore A. Morde said he
and his companion, Laurence C..
Brown, discovered the '1ost" city,
capital of an agricultural civilization
Of the Chorotegans, probably con-
temporaries of the Mayan Indians.
Evidently, said Mr.. Morde, a
major catastrophe wiped out the
civilization.
Centuries of jungle growth covered
the dead metropolis whose build
ings had stone foundations and
which was surrounded by a stone
wall.
Mr.. Morde, of New Bedford, and
his colleague, of Worcester, declined
to give the exact location of the
city because OF their intention to
return with q larger expedition to
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Suffrage
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understood, was offered by Rep
resentative Reed, Republican, of
Illinois, former member of the
House District Committee.
The other amendment, fixing
seven years as the limit of time
for the States to ratify the pro-
posed constitutional amendment. 1t
was said, was proposed by Rep
resentative Hobbs, Democrat, of
Alabama.
Purpose of Amendment.
Representative Reed revealed after
approval of his amendment by the
Judiciary Committee that the pur-
pose of it was to meet objections of
some members of Congress to CIV
ing the District two representatives
in the Senate, which, he con-
tended, would place it on an
equal basis with the States. He
said he doubted whether the State
legislatures would approve any
plan to give the District two Sena-
tors, and that his amendment prob
ably would facilitate action by the
State legislatures on the Summers
plan as modified providing for the
constitutional amendment that
would enable Congress to grant ma
tional representation to the Dis
trict.
Left intact in the original Sum-
ners resolution is provision which
declares that Congress may" dele
gate to such government as it may
establish in the District "all or any
of its power over said District" +"
This provision, it was explained,
will make specific the power of
Congress to delegate all or any Of
its legislative powers to a local gov
ernment in the District. Control
ling decisions of the courts have
previously held that, while Con-
gress may delegate certain powers
of municipal regulation, it cannot
delegate it's power of general legis-
lation.
Approval of the House commit
tees action yesterday was voiced by
Commissioners Melvin c. Hazen
and John Russell Young, but both
expressed surprise that the measure
was amended to exclude the Dis
trict from representation in the
Senate.
Il think it ought to cover both
houses" Commissioner Hazen said.
Commissioner Young had previ-
ously indorsed the original Summers
resolution which contemplated rep
resentation in both houses. He said
he felt the people of the Capital
should have a voice in the opera
ton of the government of their
country.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
District Legion Opens
Convention Voicinq
Defense Support
Hines Coils for Unity to
Guard U. S.; Citizenship
Citations Presented to ;

Voicing emphatic support for a
strong national defense program,
members of the District of Colum-
bia Department of the American
Legion and affiliated organizations
met last night in the opening ses-
sion of the departments 22d annual
convention.
Prior to the first meeting of the
three-day convention at the May
flower Hotel, Legionnaires and
auxiliaries, members of other pa
triotic organizations, representatives
of the Nations armed forces and
musical units paraded from Tenth
. and K streets NV. past the review
ing stand on Connecticut avenue to
the hotel.
Led by the grand marshal, 1t.
Col. Harvey L. Miller, United States
Marine Corps Reserve, colorful
marching units paced by drum and
bugle corps paraded over the route.
In the line of march was a Regular
Army detachment from Fort Myer
and the 5th Battalion, Marine Corps
Reserve. Trophies for the best
marching units and for the top
musical organizations will be
awarded tonight.
Hines Calls for Unity.
Gen. Frank T. Hines, Veterans
Bureau administrator, speaking to
the assembled Legionnaires in the
convention hall, urged them to work
for national unity as a major fac
tor in the defense of the United
States. Gen. Hines spoke in the
absence of former Assistant Secre-
tary of War Louis johnson.
THE greatest duty facing Legion
naires at this time" Gen. Hines
declared, sis to bring about ma
tional unity in keeping with a
strong national defense-a backing
of the steps now being taken by
President Roosevelt and the Con-
gress.
mo matter how great an ex-
penditure is made for defense, 1t
must be backed up by a true, tried
and loyal American citizenship.
THE Legion for years has advo-
Gated strong defense and the prin-
ciples of good citizenship. The zero
hour is near when we shall know
whether Americans are ready to
share the responsibilities of that
citizenship"
Citizenship Citations Presented.
The. Legion departments annual
citations for distinguished citizen
ship were presented in a ceremony
conducted by Zeb T. Hamilton, de-
partment Americanism officer.
Mr.. Hamilton introduced and pre-
sented the awards to Miss Maude
Aiken, principal of the District
Americanization School; Fire Chief
Stephen T. Porter and Gordon Hit
tenmark, National Broadcasting Co.
announcer.
Distinguished citizenship citations
also were awarded to Representa-
tive Dies of Texas and to Frank B.
Noyes, president of The Evening
Star Newspaper Co., who were un-
able to be present for the ceremony
Department Comdr. William T.
Slattery presided at the opening
session, which was featured by a
memorial service led by Thomas R.
Callahan of Cathedral Post, No. 10
The program was opened by the ad :
vance of the colors by the national
guard of honor and the Fort
Stevens Post Drum and Bugle
Corps. Department Chaplain How
ard E. Snyder delivered the invo-
cation.
THE Star Spangled Banner" was
sung by Miss Alicia Kohrt and Miss
Betty Clarkson sang God Bless
America"
Approximately 400 people crowded
the hall, where sessions will be
held tomorrow and Saturday.
Evening star., 1940-08-02
Civilization Of ! 500 Years Ago
Found in Honduras Junq|es :.

start excavations thus far made i'm
possible by floods.
Sculptored idols, stone household
utensils, six-note flute and prim-
tive razor blades were among the
articles they brought back to the
Museum of the American Indian,
sponsor of the explorations.
Evening star., 1940-08-02


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by force. Our Government-deihoc-
racy-is a government of law.
Laws Have Proved Themselves
More Powerful Than Force.

What makes it possible for men
to govern themselves by law? A
law is just a piece of paper with
some words on it. Some laws-some
of our most important laws-are
not even written down.
And, nevertheless, laws are the
most powerful instruments that So
ciety has ever invented. In the
long history of mankind they have
proved themselves to be more pow
erful than armies and navies, or
any kind of physical force.
And laws derive this great, strange
one only, from the faith that one
man or woman has in another.
In this society of ours I have a
great faith that you will obey the
laws. And you have great faith
that I shall obey the laws. That
faith is what makes our democracy
strong That faith is what binds
us together.
If that faith should weaken-if
should lose faith in you, or you in
me-then our system of laws would
be weakened and our democracy
would begin to break down.
What gives us this faith in each
other? Essentially it is this: That
each of us knows that the other
has conscience. Each knows that
the other will avoid evil and will
try to do good This knowledge
that I have about you and you
have about me, is the basis of law
and the basis of democracy.
The conscience of democratic peo-
pie is great and noble achieve
ment. We have CROPPED for 1t
through centuries of darkness
through generations of oppression.
Consciences Kindled BY
Mothers and Teachers.
And you know-you know far better
than anybody else-how conscience
has been developed and trained.
We got our consciences as children,
from our mothers in our homes,
and from our teachers in our schools
particularly the primary schools
where we learned to read and write.
There, at home and at school,
under the guidance of the women
who shape our lives in their earliest,
most pliable years, we learned the
simple lessons-the lessons of truth
and honesty-of sharing and giving
of self-respect and self-control.
We learned obedience to the law,
and how to live among our fellow
men.
And it is just for this reason-be-
cause they teach us the difference
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young people are inclined to tell us
that those standards, in their own
words, are the bunk.
You should be alarmed about this.
You should be tense with anxiety
about our youth. If they are cynical,
if they are losing their faith, our
democracy is in the gravest danger.
We can already see the beginnings
Of this Thousands of your youth.
who have lost faith in other people,
have formed Communist groups and
have received encouragement from
high places.
Without exception, in every coun-
try whose democracy has sue
stumbled to dictatorship, gangs Of
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people-their faith in other people
which they can learn nowhere ex-
cept from you. Let no son or
daughter Of yours walk out of your
home or graduate from your school
without that faith.
Now I know that you cannot do
this Job alone. You must have help.
And I am going to give you that
help.
want to put this question to you.
I put it to you for your own judg-
ment. Has the faith of one man in
another been fostered and devel-
oped by the present administration
in Washington? Has this admins
tration encouraged the faith that
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bewildered, disgruntled. disinherit-
ed youths have been the dictator's
earliest and most vicious adherents.
They contemplate a different kind
Of society-a society without lib
erty-because they have lost faith
in the ability of men and women to
use their liberty for each others
good.
And that is the problem that
faces the women of America. That
is the job I am calling on them to
do.
Must Revive Faith Of
Youth in Other People.
You must begin today. You must
rekindle the faith of your young
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we must have to make democracy
work? Has it ever shown any faith
in us-in us. the people-in our abil-
ity to struggle and to make better
lives for ourselves?
say it has not.
For almost eight years a little
group of cynics called the New Deal
erS has been in control of this coun-
try-cynics whom we did not elect
and who have no faith in us.
These men have said to them
selves: 1--WE are the intelligentsia;
we know what is good for the people;
we know how to govern better than
the people know how to govern.
Let us therefore-so these cynics