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Evening star., 1940-06-20
Marie Woiper's FIoshy Rallies
Mark Play in D. c. Title Golf;
Picard to Aid Red Cross

Of those things that happen once in
blue moon.
For Betty Meckley happens to be
the ball mark of excellence in wom-
ems golf around town. She has
been whipped and she will be whip
ped again. but 1t is more or less
standard around women's golf in
Washington to look up to Betty
Meckley as the boss of them all. In
other words. when you've licked
Betty you can stick your chest out
and strut-if women golfers ever
strut.
Today's semi-final rounds at Ken
wood found Mrs. Walper and Mrs.
Meckley clashing in the top bracket.
In the other semi-final two Chevy
Chase misses-Louise Claytor, the
club champion, and Elizabeth
Houghton-were matched together.
In the second flight the pairings
were as follows: Mrs. H. ]. Simons,
Manor, VS.. Mrs. H. j. Cooper, Ken
wood; Mrs. H. A. Knox, Congress
sional, VS.. Mrs. c. P. Medley, Indian
Spring. All eight flights were to
reach the final round today, leading
to the windup tomorrow.
Maryland Amateur Tomorrow.
Before the entry list finally closes
in the Maryland State amateur
championship probably 9O-odd. golf
ers will enter the affair, which opens
tomorrow with an 18-hole qualifying
round. Post entries were to be re-
ceived today at the club by DR.. r. A.
Keilty, vice president of the Mary
land State Golf Association. The
list includes lot of good golfers, but
does not include Willie Shea and
Buddy Sharkey of the Georgetown
golf team, Bobby Brownell or Roger
Peacock.
Henry G. Picard, the tall, good
looking Hershey (Pa.) pro, who holds
the P. G.. A. championship, is the
seventh big name golfer to enter the
Red Cross amateur-pro match at
Indian Spring July 4. Picard dis
dained prepayment of expenses. He
will drive here himself and pay his
own way, he told the committee in
charge. That happens to be like the
Picard man. He is one of the out
standing pros in the business.
Added entries in the sectional
rounds for the public links cham
pionship have brought the total list
up to LOG. The extra names were in
delayed mail received by Tommy
Doerer, jr., local public links repre-
sentative. On the strength of the
enlarged entry list Tommy has
Evening star., 1940-06-20
SITUATIONS DOMESTIC.

GIRL colored wants job g.hw, good
cook; exp. and refs. Call Dupont O394
GIRL, colored. wants Job as mothers
| GIRL, colored.. for general housework:
stay nights; reference. 23l6 Ontario n.
cooking; reference, North 1927
GIRL. colored. wishes work of any kind;
| rel. l424 Chaplin ST. NV, jsnitor's
GIRL' oIn RELIABLE eo9red wishes moIning oJ
after pm.
GIRL, colored. wants JOB as maid; 5000
| week. Doris. Columbia Y2S1.
GIRL, colored, intelligent, wishes work.
| out. Hillside 0526-W. 22'
| GIRL. colored. wishes part-time work or
| care Tor children; neat. Call ME. 1924.
| GIRL, colored. young. desires work, part or
fnli time. References. Dupont sS41.
| GIRLS want days work, part time or gen.
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE colored, wishes
| lob as nurse or mothers helper. ME. 0210.
MAID-Want to place reliable maid for
evenings, good cook and excellent cleaner.
| Call Mrs. Mullin, AID. a4OO.
MA1D-Desire to place my excellent maid,
mornings, evenings, full time. Go. Georgia
| 07S1.
| WOMAN; capable, reliable, white. wants
| st. ne.
WOMAN colored. experienced on salads.
| Sandwlches and steam table, wants lob.
| Call MI. 924g
Evening star., 1940-06-20
HELP MEN 8 WOMEN.

MAN AND WIFE. white. for general clean
ing in tearoom. near District live on
premises. S46 per month. room and board
Call Wisconsin 594O
Evening star., 1940-06-20
UNDERGRADUATES

~ 70 %. wanting to arrange for snmme,
W lmoIk: Nflte, state age and when Won vii
pc ready to start work; sales experienct
S,ap piul' out not necessary. Box $3.50
Evening star., 1940-06-20
MOTOR TRAVEL.
REPAIRS g SERVICE

CARPENTRY, cement work porch repairs,
plaster. paint, paper; exp white mech.
Jack Sparkes. Hobart s43g Terms
CARP PENTRY-Screens made and installed.
Nathan Waldman, Lincoln 65s3-W.
CHAIR CANEING gpHoLsIER, pnzas
rockers splinted CLAY ARMSTRONG;
lZ3o 10th st. NV. Phone ME- 2O62
ELECTRIC WIRING rix.ure. ;.
lets, repairs, old houses a specially Regal
siec Co. 36o9 Georgia ave Rand s39l
FLOORS SANDED and finished. 81 per
E9o,n Ey1nn ana up. Work guaranteed. TAYLOR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Program Honors Students
AT Metropolitan Baptist

A number of the younger members
of the congregation of Metropolitan
Baptist Church, Sixth and A streets
NE, will begin or continue training
for Christian service this fall.
The Baptist Adult Union and the
Baptist Young Peoples Union of
the church sponsored a testimonial
for the group at the church Tues
day night.
Those to start training for Chris
tian service are:
william Creech, %, who Is to enter
Wake Forrest College, North Caro-
lima; Clyde Freed, IS, Eastern High
School graduate of this year. who is
to enter Wheaton College. Wheaton,
ILL.,; Virginia Tribble, II, who also is
to enroll at Wheaton College, and
Jack Wyne, 81, graduate of Eastern
High School in 1889 and recently a
law student at Columbus University
who is to enter Bob Jones College,
Cleveland, Tenn.
Two who are to continue their
training this year are James Rob-
erts, %, who is to begin his second
term at Bob Jones College, and Miss
Agnes Stevens, who will begin her
second year at Southern Baptist
Seminary, Louisville, KY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Express Agency
Strike Nears
lin Hours Row
Brotherhood Chiefs
Are Called Here to
Fix WoIkout Hour

A strike involving some 10000 en-
ployes of the Railway Express
Agency, Inc, was threatened today
when negotiations for a 44-hour
week appeared to have reached an
impasse.
George M. Harrison, head of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, said
the brotherhood district chairmen
have been asked to meet here Mon
day to fix the date and time of the
strike.
A fact-finding board appointed by
President Roosevelt early in July
recommended establishment of the
44-hour week except for certain
classes of agency employees. 1t also
recommended that to obtain eff
cheney and economy" the rules gov
erning the application of the A.
hour week must be flexible"
Says Flexibility Is Denied.
A. M. Hartung, express agency
vice president, declared last night,
according to the Associated Press,
that the company was willing to put
44-hour week in effect imme-
diately, but that negotiations had
failed because the union had re-
fused to grant the agency meas
ure of f1exibility in adjusting the
new hours to meet local conditions.
Mr.. Harrison, who came here sew
eral days ago to arrange for the
strike conference should last-minute
efforts to avoid walkout fail, con-
tended, on the other hand, that the
agency wanted to apply the 44-hour
plan in such way that it would
be worth nothing to the men,"
No further conferences were
scheduled between the union and
agency representatives.
Hartung Blames Clerks.
Mr.. Hartung told reporters that
If the 44-hour week were not put
into effect Immediately it would be
because "the clerks are not willing
to accept the findings and insist
upon changes in the working agree
ment which go beyond the findings
of the board"
The fact-finding board was set up
by Mr.. Roosevelt under the Railway
Labor Act after earlier negotiations
had resulted in a strike threat.
The clerks now work under A.
hour-week schedule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Painters WaIkout
On R. F. T.. Job Due
To New York Strike
Move Accords With PIun
To Tie Up All Jobs Held
By Contractors There

Washington building industry felt
the effects of the New York paint
ers' strike today when painters were
called from their jobs at the Lafay-
cite Building, Fifteenth and
streets NV, new headquarters of
the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Joseph P. Hillock, business agent
for the Painters Local Union No,
1858. American Federation of Labor.
said he called out the Lafayette
Building painters on orders from in
ternational headquarters at La
fayette, Ind.
The move accorded with the plan
of the Brotherhood of Painters and
Decorators to call out workers on
all projects under contract to men,
bers of the New York Association of
Master Painters and Decorators,
The Lafayette Building painting is
under contract. to the Gladstone
Raines Co. of New York.
1900 Strike in New York.
More than 10000 painters are on
Strike in New York after negotia-
tons for pay increases and shorter
hours failed. According to the Asso-
ciated Press, the union asked for a
pay raise from so to SITS an hour
a drop in the work week from IS to
80 hours and a so per cent control
over hiring.
Mr.. Hillock said he received orders
to call out his men only on. the La
fayette Building. No other housing
projects in the city are affected, he
said, although several are under con-
tract to New York painting con-
Germs.
The business agent said % workers
are affected by the local walkout
The building will not be picketed, he
said, and no further moves will be
made by the union unless the con-
tractors attempt to employ painters
outside of. Local 1868. I'VE don't ex-
pect any such difficulty" he added
land we are hoping for quick ad-
justment of the situation so our men
can get back on the job"
Five Weeks of Work Left.
Although rs per cent of the dec
Grating work is completed on the
building, about five weeks OF paint
ing remains to be done. Most Of the
unfinished work is on the first an6
second floors, the basement and SUBJ
basement.
Mr.. Hillock said the painters until
now were working right along" with
the other crafts, and that if an early
settlement of the difhculty were
effected, the work at the building
would not be seriously crippled.
r. F. c. units already have started
moving in the history building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
FireLosses for Year
Set at S733,5O1
0rS1,11PerCa Capita
Chief Porter Points to
Figures as Less Than
Very Low Roting

Washington's property loss through
fire during the past fiscal year
amounted to s733, 501-almost dou-
BILE the loss in the previous year,
but amounting to Sill per capita,
which Chief Stephen Porter cid
the Commissioners yesterday lis
substantially lower" Than the fig
ure established by fire control
authorities as very low"
In submitting his annual report
Chief Porter said the record reflects
great credit" on the force. He
pointed out that the rate per capita
considered very low" is $1.50.
1900 More Alarms.
Upwards of 1900 more alarms
were turned in during the year
than in the previous year. Nearly
900 false alarms were turned in,
with only IA bringing conviction.
The total property loss the last
fiscal year exceeded 1889 by $780, 31,
he reported. There were 4,481 fires,
more than 900 above the previous
year.
In the field of fire prevention,
the department made more, than
$4,000 inspections and more than
10000 notices were served to abate
fire hazards.
Eight Incendiary Fires.
The year produced incendiary
and 10 suspicious fires, as the re-
suit of which several arrests were
made.
Chief Porter also reported that
the department training school gave
special instruction to 10 members Of
the Secret Service, 81 guards from
the Treasury and the Bureau of
Printing and Engraving, 70 members
of the White House police force,
Marines from Quantico and the
Washington Navy Yard. Seventy
three members of the White House
police force and three Secret Serv-
ice agents detailed to the White
House were trained in forcible entry
and ladder climbing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Animal Diseases
Called Serious
Health Menace
Veterinarians Heur
Plea for Courses in
Preventive Medicine

Animal diseases transmissible to
humans ARE becoming so numerous
as to constitute a serious menace to
public health" and for that reason
the Nations veterinary colleges
should present major courses on pre-
ventive medicine, DR.. A. F. Schalk
Of Ohio State University told the
American Veterinary Medical Asso-
ciation's Convention today at the
Mayflower Hotel.
Each succeeding year" DR.. Schalk
said, renders public health more de-
pendent upon veterinary medicine
especially in it's preventive phases.
Aside from the direct transmission
possibilities of animal diseases, the
additional and perhaps greater
source and threat to human health
Is the large number of these diseases
that may be contracted by humans
through the consumption of foods
Of animal origin
A definite field of veterinary medi-
cine exists, he emphasized, adding
that ut perhaps exceeds all other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29

veterinarians that 'the supply is
unlikely to be sufficient to meet the
demand" In the Army at present,
DR.. Byrd said, there is a ratio of ap-
proximately one horse to six men,
land If we increase our Army to
some four times its present size,
there will be such great need for
veterinarians to look otter the vel
fare of horses and humans, too, that
the supply is unlikely to be sufficient
to meet the demand. 1t is probable
that a large percentage of the vet
Urinary officers entering the service
will be drawn from among those who
have graduated within the last 10
years, and this will place an unusual
burden on our 10 accredited veteri-
nary colleges
Among the speakers at yesterdays
late sessions was DR.. L. G. Norris,
professor of poultry husbandry at
Cornell University, who told the
delegates that science knows more
about the nutrition of baby chicks
than it knows about the nutrition OF
babies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29

in the United States. Ten pack
trains were assembled from the lot.
Mules Sold at Profit.
At the close of the war Uncle
Sam found he had a surplus of 5000
trained mules on hand, Gen. Cruise
said.
Then I did one of the smartest
things Of my life" he recalled.
"Those mules were bought for $l18
each. They were so in demand
after the war I got the Govern
ment $165 for each one. And, re-
member, they were secondhand,
too"
Next to the congressional medal
the thing that pleased him the
most was receiving his generals
commission during peacetime, in
1916 at the age of So.
Gen. Cruise was graduated from
West Point in 1879, seven years
before Gen. Pershihg. The son Of
a veteran of the Mexican War Of
1913, the Army ofhcer now has a
son VINO is q COLONEL III tne SerVlce.
Favors Conscription.
He believes CONSUMPTION is the
only thing that will save this coun-
try from invasion.
If Great Britain is conquered,
Gen. Cruise says, watch out, for
Hitler will make it mighty warm
for u.s." He doesn't believe Canada
will be molested by the Nazis but
warned of an invasion by way of
South America.
Gen. Cruise will remain through
Saturday for convention activities,
which win include wreath-laying
exercises at the Tomb of the IN
known Soldier in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
S45,0OO Aid Surplus
Laid 10 Inadequate
Staff Of Workers
Home Care Funds Could
Have Been Used for
Dependent Children

An insufficient staff of case work.
ers was indicated yesterday by We'll
fare Director Robert E. Bondy as
largely responsible for $45 900 sur
plus in the fund for home care to
dependent children at the end Of
the last fiscal year.
1t was disclosed yesterday that
had eligible persons receiving aid
for dependent children from the
general relief fund been transferred
to the hone-care fund there would
have been no surplus in the home
care fund, and $4,000 would have
been available in the general relief
fund for more relief.
Mr.. Bondy said his officials had
been aware of the ability to make
such transfers from one fund to
the other since last January, and
that they had been effecting such
transfers as quickly as possible
with their overloaded case worker
staff. He pointed out that the two
funds operate under different laws
and have different eligibility re-
quirements, which call for different
affidavits and information that
must be obtained before eligibility
for the home-care fund can be es-
tabliShed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Indian Fighter Reported Slain
So Years Ago Still Carries On
Gen. Cruise, 81, Is In
Capital as Delegate
Of Legion of Volor

Gen. John Thomas Cruise, one Of
the oldest living holders of the
armed services highest award-the
Congressional Medal of Honor
looks forward to bigger obitu-
airy than the one he received So
years ago, when he was lieuten-
ant in the 9Th Cavalry of the United
States Army.
The 82-year- retired officer,
here from Madison, Wis, as a dele
gate to the 50th annual convention
of the Legion of Honor, still
chuckles over press notices in East
ern newspapers the day he was
reported slain with group of men
attacked by White Mountain In
dams in the Far West,
Instead of falling in what he ad-
mitted looked like another Clusters
massacre" the young officer, who
had Gen. Pershing under his COM
mand, went on to aid in the final
cleanup of warning Indians, to
serve in the Spanish War
as the Army's biggest mule buyer
and to the post OF assistant to The
quartermaster general here during
the World War.
Wanted to Go Overseas.
A colorful Army career ended in
1919 with his retirement, but not
until he asked vainly to be sent
overseas with the American Ex-
peditianry Force. He would have
gone then if Army regulations had
permitted a general here to leave
his post without a lower ranking.
The coveted Congressional medal
was presented Gen. Cruise in 1889,
seven years after he led a company
of 20 men at Big Dry Fork, Ark,
to wipe out an advance guard Of
renegade Indians. Reinforcements
arrived, he recalled yesterday in his
suite at the Willard Hotel, to put
an end to organized Indian warfare
in this country.
1t was from his experiences in the
Indian campaigns that Gen. Cruise
played an important role in the
Spanish American War, that of mule
buyer for the Army in preparation
for pack trains to be used in en-
gagements in Cuba.
Returning to his favorite stamp
ing grounds In Missouri, Gen. Cruise
then major in the regular
forces-"plucked mules like berries
OF a BUSH" Before he was through
he had $4,000 of the finest animals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Braces to Correct
Crooked Teeth
Worn by Dogs

The latest thing in dogdom-
braces to correct crooked teeth.
DR.. Alan c. Secord of Toronto.
Canada, told the American Vet
Urinary Associations convention
yesterday that many younger mem
bers of the canine family are wear
ing braces to straighten teeth.
Some dogs also go through the
agony of wearing bands and spring
wires on their teeth, he said. This
work is especially important, he ex-
planned, in correcting under or over
shot incisor teeth in valuable show
dogs.
In canine practice" DIR. Secord
said, this is done with the aid of
regular dental surgeon who spe-
cializes in this work. The veter-
marian provides suitable restraint,
and the dentist makes the impress.
sions and builds the correction
bands"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Guard INSTRUMENTATION
Denied by Fish in
Statement 10 House
Sees Deliberate Effort
To Undermine Congress
Faith in Units

Published charges of alleged in
subordination and other unfavorable
conditions among NATIONAL Guard
units during the recent maneuvers
in Northern New York State were
vigorously denied on the House floor
late yesterday by Representative
Fish, Republican, of New York.
Mr.. Fish, a World War veteran and
4 colonel in the officers Reserve
Corps, took part in the maneuvers
and said he knew of no incidents on
which the charges could have been
based.
Charges Malicious"
"These charges are false and un-
warranted and deliberately mali
cious," he declared.
He told the House the enlisted
men in the National Guard are of a
high type" and that during the
maneuvers in New York State dis
played the highest amount of spirit
and morale
Mr.. Fish made particular reference
to the District National Guard and
mentioned the fact that the as
SiStant parliamentarian of the
House-WiIliam T.. Roy-who is a
colonel in the District Ma
tional Guard, was among the staff
of executive officers at the maneu-
vers. House members applauded
the statement.
Equipment Deficient.
Mr.. Fish also declared that while
there was a deficiency" in equip
ment, especially anti-aircraft guns,
the maneuvers went of smoothly"
In addition, he expressed the be-
lief that the published charges about
the maneuvers were deliberately
planted for the purpose of under
mining the confidence of Congress
in the National Guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Police Check Ownership
OF Car After Gun Bottle

a., Maryland State police today we're
checking the ownership of car
forced into ditch on the Balti-
more pike near Ammendale last
night after a gun battle during
which three shots were fired from
the fleeing machine and two by
State Policeman Frank White.
The car, speeding at about 10
miles an hour, had narrowly missed
Whites patrol cruiser about $50
pm. White started in pursuit, and
as he began to overhaul the ma
chine three shots were fired from
a rear window. He fired two shots
in return, neither of which took eff
feet, but he finally succeeded in
overtaking the fleeing car and Fore
ing it to the side of the road.
Three men jumped out and fled
into nearby woods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Curran Opens Inquiry
Into Women's Home
Defense Group
Organization PIuns
Proceedings Of Its Own
Against Ex-President

United States Attorney Edward
M. Curran today began an investi-
CATION of the Green Guards of
America, women's organization for
national defense home training.
Those questioned by Mr.. Curran
and Assistant United States Attor-
ney John M FINELY included Mrs.
Virginia NOVEL;, national president
and founder of the group; Mrs. Ora
Emge of 1913 Eleventh street Sc.
and Detective Sergt. Richard K.
Felber of the Police Department
check and fraud squad. Mrs. Now
ell was accompanied by her attor-
ney, James F. Reilly.
Following conference of about
an hour and half with Mrs. Emge,
Mr.. Curran said that she had ex-
planned that she had been named
president of the Washington branch
of the guards. succeeding Mrs. Frank
A. Werner, who resigned charging
that there was "profiteering" in the
organization. Mrs. Emge declined
the Office because she did not have
the time to devote to it, Mr.. Curran
said he was told. The district at
torney identified Mrs. Emge as an
employe of the Bureau of Statistics
of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Questioning of Mrs. NOVEL; began
early this afternoon.
Sergt. Felber had in his possession
receipt books and other accounts of
the guards, which he said he had
been investigating for some time.
Meanwhile, Mrs. NOVEL; has sched-
uled a "court-martial" of Mrs. Wer-
ner because of the charges the latter
has made against the organization.
The "court-martial" is set for to-
morrow at the home of Mrs. NOVEL;
1747 Church street NV, but the
defendant, Mrs. Werner, said today
that she would not be present.
II have no intention of appear
ing" said Mrs. Werner. 81 wouldn' 7
do that even if I were still a men,
Der, which I am not. They sent me
a registered letter, which, I under
stand, would have told me about the
court-martial. I refused to accept
the letter"
Mrs. NOVEL; insisted, however
that the court-martial will be held
whether or not Mrs. Werner shows
up. Mrs. NOVEL; said this would
be the first court-martial in the
first women's army in the United
States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-29
Senate Group Delays :
Action on Thud Brown

The Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee today postponed in
definitely consideration of the
nomination of Thad H. Brown to
succeed himself as member of the
Federal Communications Commits
sion.
Chairman Wheeler indicated 1t
was possible the committee would
again consider Mr.. Browns nomina-
ton next week and at the same
time take up the resolution of
Senator Tobey, Republican, of New
Hampshire asking an investigation
of the radio industry and its adj
ministration by the F. c. C.