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Evening star., 1940-12-05

many of them one finds cellophane-
wrapped dates and figs, along with
little jars of fine jelly, to be tucked
into ade-to-order fruit baskets for
gifts. Grapefruit from Florida and
Texas hold the spotlight among the
regular fruits this week-they are
coming in large shipments, and are
of excellent quality. Both California
and Florida oranges are available,
as are tangerines-much better than
last week. Pineapples have not been
so good recently; mostly on the green
side. Tokay and Malaga grapes come
In beautiful shapely bunches-almost
too pretty to eat. Plenty of straw
berries and rhubarb again, and
apples of every description are seen
everywhere. Don't miss the LADY"
type-they have a crispness and
flavor all their own.
Tomatoes are still being high
hat"-but at that the regular variety
is better than the more expensive
hot house ones, that look too beauti-
full and taste like sawdust. Most
vegetables, however, are pretty rea-
sonable. and there are plenty from
which to choose. Baby new pota-
toes, to be boiled in their Jackets,
and served with melted butter and
chopped parsley, are pink and shiny;
there are enormous leeks about. too.
Have you ever tried cooking them
whole in boiling salted water, and
then serving them, either hot with
hollandaise sauce, or chilled with a
tart French dressing? There's as
paragus to be had-but only for the
purchaser with no financial problem
to consider. Celery roots, young car
rots, oyster plant and parsnips are
all inexpensive and of good quality.
There is plenty of Hubbard and
acorn squash to be had, although the
summer" and zucchini types seem
momentarily in eclipse. Spinach and
kale are good and cheap, as are
string beans, broccoli and celery
cabbage
SUNDAY DINNER MENU.
Minted Grapefruit
Rib Roast OF Beef, Au Jus
Watercress Spiced Crabapples
Creamed Oyster Plant Kale
Boiled LeekS, HoHdnddiSe
laS a separate courSeJ
Jelly Roll, Pineapple Fingers
Coffee
Evening star., 1940-12-05
w RARONESS PHANTOM

paintings still life wished just OF
Well the pattern
panel yourself coorfu embroidery cotton natural
appropriately hung you wish to
hang completed it measures II by l6 inches
hotiron transfer by 10 mcne
color chart used full information and instructions
enclose Is cents Address orders TO the Needle
work Editor Evening Star.
Evening star., 1940-12-05
Fine Grapefruit From Texas
And California Arriving
In Large Shipments
Most Vegetables Continue to
Be Plentiful and Cheap;
Asparagus Exception
BY BETSY CASWELL,
Woman's Editor

Rib beef again the featured meat buys for the week
end with other beef special Of lamb
incidentally,
possibility of beef dinner party farn all too instances
sured with
delicousy cooked of beef served with its
Ducks turkeys and roasting chickens recommended Capon
fowl boiled until tender and served with rice
clrried with all the fluffy
picture relatively
excellent
will the gourmetsthey should be coming pntuy
rocks always and
scaop tops quality low Try them
vegetable
Evening star., 1940-12-05
By BARBARA BELL.

This clever and very practical
pattern uses smart yoke interest
to give a flip Of newness and
novelty to your favorite and indis-
pensable button-front. 1t has the
very new kind of narrow yoke (by
the way, isn't the back view attrac-
tive?) and a roll collar instead q
the usual notched kind. It's very
adaptable style, too-anybody can
wear it. The softness and the
slight blouse ofithe bodice make it
becoming to misses sizes, yet the
whole dress is so straight and slim
in line that matrons wear it beau
tifully, too.
Made up in spun rayon, jersey
or fiat crepe, it's q perfect run
about tailored type to wear under
your heavy winter coat. And you'll
Evening star., 1940-12-05
Plenty of Everything for Everyone Seems Slogan of Our Markets
Although Disregarding Rules
Is Sometimes Necessary,
1t Is Never Desirable
Majority of Conventions Are
Based on Social Standards
That Cannot Be Disputed

On Tuesday published sent in by readers
with
a girl to skate with strange boys at public rink
points originally still
advertise depending
with that don't the
girl they pck up they do for they meet in conventional
and girls get into trouble through such casual and
acQuanances.
those points added another girls
boys skating night after night find plenty
of partners
We think these things all true Moreover there is we'll
established
of habituay
convention bound doubt background
snobbShneSs
freedom action
Evening star., 1940-12-05

band support her in the style to
which she has been accustomed.
1t has probably taken her father
80 years to make enough money to
give his family q fine house and
luxuries, and no boy starting out in
business has that earning capacity.
If girl loves man as she should
to marry him, she ought to be willing
to begin at the bottom with him, to
work and save with him and help
him build his fortune. The sacrifices
they make for each other will bind
them together.
DOROTHY DIX.
Evening star., 1940-12-05
Cleaning Tip

Never clean aluminium utensils
with soda, strong soap or strong
cleaning powder. A mild soap,
cleaner or cream Of tartar solution
is effective. To make the cream
of tartar solution mix two table,
spoons Of cream of tartar into a
quart of boiling water and boil the
utensil for five minutes. Wash,
rinse well and wipe dry.
Evening star., 1940-12-05

enjoy having some strictly home
versions of it, too, in spun rayon
or such cottons as gingham and
percale.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1923
Is designed for sizes IA, is, ,18, 20;
40 and ~. Corresponding bust
measurements 80, 81, SO, SO, 20 and
q. Size 16 t34) requires ~ yards
Of 3o-inch material
Evening star., 1940-12-05
Cookers

If you'd save time, fuel and labor
in cooking thrifty, low-priced cuts
of meat, look at some Of the new
cooking devices such as waterless
cookers, steam cookers, a modern
version of the Dutch oven, up-to-
the-minute roasting pans, and a
wide range of casseroles.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Consulting Engineer
Near Death After
Fight; Wife Held
Ronson }. Worne, as,
MysteriousIy Injured
In Apartment

Ronson ]. Warne, As, a consulting
engineer, who lives at 1893 Nine
teenth street NV, was near death
in Emergency Hospital this morn
ing with head injuries received
under mysterious circumstances.
His wife. Mrs. Nellie Warne. 81,
was being held at the Women'S Bu-
reau pending outcome of his in
juries. She told police several con-
f1icting stories of the circumstances
of her husbands injury and finally
refused to talk at all.
Police were summoned to the
Warne apartment about 7:30 o'clock
last night on a report that there
was fight. Mr.. Warne was re-
moved from the place to Emer-
gency Hospital. where he was
treated for a scalp laceration, a
black eye. brain conclusion and a
possible skull fracture.
Hospital authorities said today
that his condition was very poor
and that there was doubt that he
would live.
Policeman w. s. Rinker. who in
veStigated the incident, said that
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Choral Society's Director
Backs Opera Appreciation
Louis Potter Sees Offer of Recordings
As Valuable Music Contribution

Louis Potter, who is we'll known
to Washington's music lovers as the
director of the Washington Choral
Society, today added his name to
the constantly growing list Of mu-
sical education leaders, who have
pledged their support to The Stars
effort to create a better under
standing and enjoyment of oper-
attic music
Many of the $50 members of the
choral society already are partici-
pating in the opera appreciation
program. and those who have not
started will receive recommended
ton from him to do so, Mr.. Potter
said.
I feel that recordings such as
The Star is offering have a special
velue for those interested in a sing
ing career" he said Then, too,
they provide a lot of enjoyment.
Foresees Greater Interest.
Many members of my choral
group participated in the symphonic
music appreciation campaign last
year, and, I am sure, got great
deal out of it. Being singers, how
ever, naturally they probably will
be more interested in the record
ines OF operate works"
Mr. Potter said he also would
urge members of the choir of CAL
vary Methodist Church, where he
serves as organist and music di-
rector. to take advantage of the op-
portunity offered in The Stars pro-
gram. The church choir is COM
posed of some 60 voices.
In addition, Mr. Potter is max
ing plans to use the operate re-
cordings featured in the campaign
in a course in music appreciation
at the Landon School for Boys. He
said his pupils there haven't touched
on operas yet, but will reach that
phase Of their studies later in the
school year.
Valuable in Teaching.
The scope of musical instruc-
ton is being Widened in the schools
Evening star., 1940-10-17
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MD.
Reporter Phones War Office;
Call Completed in "a Minutes

Those who attempt to do business
with the War Department these
days go through something of an
ordeal by telephone.
Take the example of a Star re-
porter, which is not at all unusual
these days:
At 3:05 pm. yesterday he picked
up the telephone to call the Army
Air Corps Information Division for
bit Of routine information Eleven
calls in IS minutes on the three
War Department numbers, Repub-
lie 6700, District 1900 and National
2520, the last two supposed to have
been discontinued but still working,
brought only busy signals.
An appeal to a special operator
finally brought results in two min
uteS more. Total, II minutes.
The information division, how
ever, had to transfer the call to
another branch, which also was
busy. In the process, the call was
lost-the reporter was cut off from
the War Department switchboard.
Seven more calls, followed by a
second appeal to the special opera
tor, were required to re-establish
communication. Total elapsed time,
% minutes.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

be properly registered in that State
by october 26.
Colorado laws provide that those
who did not vote in 1898 must re-
register after mailing a request for
an official registration application
to their county clerk, it was an
nounced. The necessary appnca-
tions are on hand at local Demo-
cratic headquarters in the Burling-
ton Hotel.
Hugh " Keiser, president of the
National Democratic League of the
District Of Columbia; H. Mills Astin.
head of the local wyoming Demo-
cratic Club, and Harlan Wood of
the Independent Democratic Club
of the District of Columbia will be
among 10 speakers who will speak
at a Democratic rally to be held at
pm. next Monday in the Burling-
ton Hotel.
The National Democratic League
of the District of Columbia will hold
a dance in the Washington Hotel
on the evening of October 25 Men,
bers of a committee in charge of
the affair include Mrs Eunice Blake
Thomas, Mrs. Louise F. Herfurth
and Mrs. Cecile N. Broy.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

But another transfer of the call
within the War Department became
necessary. This line, too, was busy
and wait of three minutes brought
results. Total elapsed time, 26
minutes, including l minute of con-
versation.
Again the caller was cut off. This
time it took only five attempts be-
fore the weary caller appealed again
to a special operator He hung on
for just under two minutes before
she was able to get the call through
Total elapsed time, 80 minutes.
There ensued another wait for the
desired War Department branch,
which ran the elapsed time up to 35
minutes. Then the call was cut off
Stubborn, groggy, but still game. the
reporter started all over. Seven
minutes later the call finally went
through. Total elapsed time, AZ
minutes.
The reporter took two minutes to
get the information he needed. Total
elapsed time, A minutes. Total con-
versation, minutes. Total dial
calls made, 80.
Cest Ia guerre? No, it's only the
defense.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

every year." he said, "and today
more and more schools are adding
courses in music appreciation to
their curricula The value Of using
recordings in teaching appreciation
is widely recognized today
Like many of the others who are
giving The Stars new program their
enthusiastic approval and support,
Mr.. Potter was member of the
Committee of Sponsors for the frst
music appreciation campaign con-
Quoted by The Star last year.
Meanwhile, distribution of the
operate recordings included in the
first two releases of the program
continued at the special booths in
the lobby Of The Star Building.
The operas now available as Bizet's
Carmen" and Gounod's Faust" ."
The third opera in the series will
be ready for distribution Saturday.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
! Am the Sniper,'
Voice From Call Box
Warns Police
Scout Car Finds Phone
Locked as Usuol After
Hurryine to Scene

Scout cars sped to Fifteenth and
M streets NV. early today when a
man who boaSted he was the "phan-
tom sniper" called in from a police
call box there to issue a warning"
TO officers at the Third Precinct Sta
ton
Police were undecided this morn
ing whether the call was an i'm
pudent gesture from the man WHO
has shot down half dozen people
here in recent weeks or hoax.
1t was 1926 am when Desk Clerk
John J. Fitzpatrick of the Third
Precinct Station answered a call
from the police telephone box at
Fifteenth and NJ streets.
II am the sniper," a voice said,
I'm just warning you
Box Kept Locked.
Nothing more was said and the
caller hung up. A scout car was
within a block of the scene and was
ordered to the spot by radio a Few
seconds later. This car and others
which joined in the search could
find no trace of the caller.
The box is kept locked at all times
and the caller must have had kev.
Police found he had locked the box
after completing his cali.
Homicide squad detectives ad-
mitted today that they had no clues
to the identity of the mysterious
gunman who is blamed for the muir
ders of four men and the serious
iniurvof two others here in the past
two months. All the Sniper's victims
are colored.
Believed a Maniac.
The police believe the sniper to be
a maniac and state that his appre-
hension will be extremely difficult
because of his method of operation.
He sneaks up behind his victims
apparently picking them at random
fires with unerring accuracy, and
disappears.
BY ballistics tests detectives have
been able to establish that the
sniper was responsible for the mur-
der of three men and the serious
wounding of another. They believe
him to be involved in the Staying OF
another colored man and the wound
ing of still another, because of the
similarity in the methods of opera
ton.
Police have been able to establish
no definite link between the sniper
responsible for the current killings
and the man who was sought in the
Rock Creek Park sniper slayings Of
two years ago. But they say the
killer sought now is definitely a
suspect in the other murders.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Million AIIocated
For St. Lawrence
Engineering Work
Project Is Essential
TO Continental Defense,
Roosevelt Declares

/ Describing the project as "an
essential part of the program of
continental defense" now being
worked out by the Joint Cana
dian-American Defense Board,
President Roosevelt today informed
| Congress he had allocated ST 900 900
of discretionary funds to the Fed
eral Power Commission and Army
engineers for preliminary work in
developing power potentialities of
the International Rapids in the st.
Lawrence River.
To assist in planning the con-
! templated work and to cooperate
with appropriate agencies of the
Canadian government the President
appointed the following four-man
committee: Chairman Leland Olds
of the Power Commission, Assistant
Secretary of State A. A. Berle, Brig.
Gen. Thomas M Robins of the
Army Engineers and Gerald V.
Cruise of the New York State Power
Authority.
Findings Cited.
Citing findings of the Federal
Power Commission and the Ma
tional Power Policy Committee in
explanation for his belief that ac-
ton should be taken immediately,
the President told Congress:
The potential power at this site
is best adapted to meet the require
1tc Of in nprta "
sential defense industries, including
aluminium. magnesium, ferro- alloys,
chemicals, ETC. Actually, the Alum
mum Co. of America has recently
arranged for the import of 10000
kiloWatts of additional power from
Canada to meet the pressing re-
quirements of its existing plant
located at the very site of the pro-
posed St. Lawrence project and, I
am reliably informed, is seeking ad-
ditional supplies from across the
border. Such imported supplies are,
in effect, on an annual basis, subject
to being withdrawn if required by
the Canadian power market"
1t is desirable, the President con-
tinued. that the potential power of
the International Rapids be avail
able to carry a peak load by 1945.
In order to do this, preliminary
engineering work must be under
taken Immediately.
No Actual Construction.
The President closed his message
by advising Congress that prelim-
mary studies involve no actual con-
struction or commitment to con-
struct. He promised to keep the
Congress fully informed of any fur
ther steps found advisable.
Mr.. Roosevelt told his press con-
ference on Tuesday that he was
authorizing this preliminary work,
but said at that time that he be-
lieved the sum involved was only
100000. The money would come
from S200,O00000 defense fund
which Congress placed at the Presi-
dents discretion. He also empha-
sized at that time that the project
is purely power one with the
waterway aspects being held in
allegiance.
Development of the st. Lawrence
waterway and power project has
long been under discussion between
this Government and the Canadian
government. Bearing support of
the President, a treaty providing
for the work was submitted to the
Senate several years ago but at that
time was rejected.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
WiIIkie Campaign Needs
Money, Weir Reveals

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. l7.-Ernest T.
Weir, steel executive and chairman
of the Republican National Finance
Committee. says the campaign to
elect Wendell Willkie rs being
handicapped by lack of funds"
I'VE can't get far without money"
he told group Of Queens business
men yesterday Il would not say
We cannot win without money, but
I fear that if we do not get the
money necessary for the campaign
We may lose and the responsibility
rests on the businessmen.
Mr.. Weir said that long before the
Philadelphia convention business
men gave assurances of financial
support for a Willkie campaign. but
that they have not made good
their promises"
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Draft Registration Figures

A table showing selective service
registration at all sites in the District
of Columbia and nearby counties in
Maryland and Virginia follows below:
1t will be noted that the number
registered in the various schools do
not add up to the revised total for
some draft board areas as an
nounced by selective service officials.
The registration figures were OBJ
tanned from the schools themselves
and the revisionS of the totals were
made at selective service headquar-
ters without showing changes made
in the individual schools. Draft
board area figures and the grand
total are official.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.

Weather Conditions Last "a Hours.
The disturbance of the South Carolina
coast Wednesday morning has increased
IN intensity and is moving northeastward
being central about 300 miles east of the
virginia CapeS with lowest pressure about
1905 millibars (29.GS inches). A trough
OF low pressure is advancing eastward over
the Lake region. Sault Sainte Marie. Mich,
l0l3.9 millibars t?994 inches. and pres
Sures are low on the North Pacific coast.
Tatoosh Island. Wash, lO11.2 millibars
advancing east,southeastward over the
1030.5 millibars (3n43 inchesl. and pres
sures continue high over the west Gulf
States and from New England eastward
over the Atlantic Ocean Fort Worth, Tex:
I026.4 millibars C3o.31 inches). and
Greenville Me. .1025.4 millibars go 2S
inches). Generally fair weather has OBJ
tanned over the United States for the last
"a hours, with the. exception of cloudi-
ness and light rain in Virginia the Caro-
lnas. and on the North Pacific coast, and
scattered showers in Upper Michigan. The
weather continues cold over the east Gulf
States and the South Atlantic and Middle
Atlantic States, while the weather has
become warmer over the Lake region. the
middle Mississippi Valley, and the South
ern Plains States.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Weather Report
Furnished hY III

Burea
District of ColmbiaFair with lowest
degrees fair slightly
becoming southwest tomorrow.
Maryland-Far
rising temperature the interior
VlrglaFar slightly cooler
uols torhgh tomorrow fair temperature the interior
West Virgnia-Fa and slightly tonight;
war; east nOrtjOp
Evening star., 1940-10-17
PIon Halloween Preyiew

A previeW Of Halloween will be
.leld by the Polish Club Of Wash
lngton Saturday night at the Stans-
bury Auditorium. 1892 Georgia ave-
nue. NV. Prizes will be given for
the most beautiful, most original
and ugliest costume at the mas
querade Walter Otremba and his
Columbians from Baltimore will fur
nish the music,
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Court Rejects Bid

TORONTO, Oct. II P).-A jul
dicial sale of the extensive Abitibi
Power & Paper Co.'S assets failed
to materialize yesterday because the
only bid received, one of $4,000, 900,
was declared to be below the reserve
bid set by the courts.
Evening star., 1940-10-17

Mrs Warne told him her husband
had tried to stab her. She then hit
him, the policeman reported.
He said that a heavy silver soup
ladle, found in the apartment, or a
bottle had apparently been used in
the assault.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date:
Evening star., 1940-10-17

Russell Balderson, chairman of
the Democratic Central Committee
for the District of Columbia, has
issued notice 20 all persons living
here and who maintain voting resi-
Evening star., 1940-10-17

Members of Young Willkie Clubs
in the District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia will meet at pm. tomorrow
at the home of Leonard Williams,
7 Virginia street, Chew Chase. Md,
preparatory to staging an automo-
bile parade in nearby Maryland and
Virginia, it was announced today.
A boys band is to lead the pro-
ceSSion.
Evening star., 1940-10-17
Report for Last 24 Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 81, 3 pm. yesterday. Year
ago. 60
Lowest, As. : am today Year ago, 40
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest. 100. on July %.
Lowest, T. on January %.
Humidity for Last ~ Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today
Highest, 73 per cent, at noon yesterday.
Lowest, 53 per cent, at noon today.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry: Potomac slightly muddy
at Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
Legal Action to Bring Derbyshow al
Century Ballroom to an Early Close

FINS will be written in a very
few hours on Hal J. Ross 1910
version OF the Valuation. the
thrill-packed derbyshow in the
Century ballroom. Legal action
has forced the management to in
stitute the most drastic rules in
orders to force disqualifications
among the seven couples and three
solo contestants before Friday of
this week. As the rules become
more stringent, the determination
of the champions still in the run
ming for the top prize of $1,000
becomes more pronounced. It's
practically "toss-up" now as to
who will emerge the victor. as the
physical attributes of those re-
naming is about even. Betting
odds seem to favor. Joe and Margie
Van Ram. Joe and Mary Rock.
Pee Wee Collins and Pauline Boyd
and the picturesque solo contest
ant, Mario Allesandro. However.
in a contest of this kind anything
can happen and fight TO tn,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-11-07
They Drive by Night
Al Temple Thursday

Thrills, laughter and high adven-
ture are the ingredients of Warner
Bros. great new action-drama
They Drive BY Night" which
comes to the Temple theater Thurs
day. stars George Raft, Ann Sheri-
dan, Ida Lupino and Humphrey
Bogart. Its supporting cast in
cludes such celebrities as Alan
Hale, Gale Page. Roscoe Harms.
Joyce Compton, Henry o'Neil and
John Litel
Raft plays hardboiled chap
who falls for Ann Sheridan, a
waitress In drive-in eatery
Their love is thwarted when Ida
Lupino, wife of Rats boss. MUIR
ders her husband and accuses Raft
of completely in the affair A
whirlwind climax peaks the pic
ture, thrilling the audience.
Saturdays Children" starring
John Garfield, will share the screen.