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Evening star., 1940-12-26
Danford Again Heads
Executive Council Of
Field Artillery Group
Col. Heron, Retiring
From Boord, Praised;
North and Hart Named

Reelection of Maj. Gen. Robert
M. Danford as president of the
Executive Council of the United
States Field Artillery Association at
its recent meeting at the Army and
Navy Club was announced today at
the War Department.
Before leaving on an inspection
trip to Fort Bragg, N. c., Gen. DAN
ford. who is chief of field artillery,
paid tribute to Col. Leroy w.
Heron. advertising director of The
Evening Star. whose retirement from
active membership on the Executive
Council also was announced.
Col Heron, long prominent in the
District National Guard, had been
a member of the Executive Com
mittee since 1922 At the time of
his retirement, he was commanding
officer of the 315th Field Artillery
of Washington. His absence from
the Executive Council will be keenly
felt, Gen. Danford said
Col. Heron entered the military
service as a private in the District
National Guard in 1897. He served
through the Spanish American War
and overseas with District troops
during the World War.
Two new members of the Executive
Council elected at the meeting were
Maj. Thomas North, on duty in the
Office of the chief of field artillery,
and Capt. George L. Hart, Washing
ton attorney Capt. Hart, graduate
of Virginia Military Institute, is
active in local Reserve circles.
Gen. Danford left today with Ii
Col. Rex w. Beasley to witness
tests of the Army's new midget truck
and other field artillery automotive
materiel now under test at Fort
Bragg. If these small quarter-ton
four wheel trucks prove sue
cessful in their field tests. it is
contemplated they will be substituted
for motorcycles with sidecars for
tactical operations of the field artil-
lery. The infantry and cavalry also
are conducting tests of these small
trucks.
Orders have been placed for large
numbers of these vehicles with the
Auto Bantam and Ford companies.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Site of Ancient Indian VILLAGE
Uneorthed on Skyline Drive

Of Clipped flint spear point almost
indistinguishable from artifacts
found In the West in association with
bones of long-extinct animals and In
geologic strata laid down at least
10000 years ago."
Mr.. Bushnell's investigation, the
institution continued, revealed OBJ
jects obviously from different cul-
lures badly mixed up"
THE valley is an ideal camping
site, and presumably was much the
same as it is today 10000 years ago, /"
the announcement added. His
torically it has been crossroads of
mountain trails. At about the time
of the settlement of North Carolina
by Europeans. the Cherokee and
some Siouan tribes were there. Be-
fore them, the artifacts showed, the
site had been occupied by the mys-
terious round grave people known
chiefly from sites In Kentucky where
they were presumably among the
earliest human oceupants."
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Bond Concert

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra, in Stanley
Hall in the home today at $50 pm.
John S. M. Zimmerman. band
master; Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March. The Triumph Of De-
mocracy - Zimmerman
Overture, "FingalS Cave"
MendelsSohn
Suite characteristic, Prom the
Cotton Fields"
Clarence Cameron White
I. !, Cabin song; 2, on the bayou;
3, Negro spiritual.
Scenes from the opera, Don
Cesar de Bazan" MaSsenet
{ Popular numbers, Pour Jeanne
Marie Yvain
Parade of Jack and Jill" Lake
Valse Petite. MY Lady Laugh
: ter" RIake
Finale, TO the Front Hume
The Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Thief Robs Dying Youths Car
Of YuIe Gifts for Sweetheart

development, discovered the boys
body lying 60 feet from the wrecked
car. He stopped a young couple
who notified the police
When the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad arrived they found the wrap
pings of several Christmas gifts
strewn in the road beside the car.
One of the wrappings bore Miss
Benoit's name. Another had been a
gift for Miss Benoit's brother,
George, and two other gifts had
been intended for boys who were
close friends of young Kennedy.
Harold Kennedy died at Casualty
Hospital.
Today Prince Georges County and
Washington police were looking for
the person who didn't know, or
didn't care, that yesterday was
Christmas.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
AZ, \, Killed in Traffic Same
Wnv MUST ney LIE! NO. ~ Dote Lost Yeo-84
of OF Analyses of c. Traffic Fatalities
ANALYSES of traffic deaths Nos.
Is. 50 and 70 haze not been pub-
ished pending completion OF o.
fetal investigation.

The place: Florida avenue NV
lust west of the Eleventh street
intersection.
The accident: A 60-year-old col
ored woman was injured in the west
crosswalk of Florida avenue as she
walked to the north curb when an
automobile struck her. Inquest tes-
timony showed she was given nrst-
aid treatment at Garfield Hospital
and then transferred to another
hospital. She received injuries to
head and ankle but quickly re-
covered. The second week in the
institution she suffered heart
attack. Placed under the care OF
specialist, she responded to treat
ment. but died under later attack.
An autopsy revealed death was due
to the heart condition. The assistant
coroner testified that, in his opinion,
the ankle injury was a contributory
cause of her death. The woman. he
said, had had bad heart for some
time.
The time: About $40 pm, Oc-
tober IS.
Weather conditions: Clear.
The street: Dry, well lighted and
level
The vehicle: A late-model pas
senger car The driver told police
he was driving about Is m.p.h.. He
said he had stopped to let trafic on
Eleventh street 60 by.
The operator, 20-year-old white
man, told police, according to testi-
mony, he was still in first gear and
that he did not see the woman until
she was directly in front Of his car
and about s feet away. He said .
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Lone-Distonce Coils Hit
AII-Time YuIetide Hioh

Long-distance Christmas greet
ings broke all Yuletide records yes
terday, jamming the telephone wires
out Of Washington and causing as
much as six hours delay in COM
pleting calls.
Telephone company officials said
the total number Of calls had not
been computed, but the volume was
known to have been double that OF
an ordinary business day.
Evening star., 1940-12-26

In the name of Christmas, will
the thief who stole the gifts from
a dying youths automobile please
return them to the boys parents.
The gifts are wanted for "senti-
mental reasons"
That is the appeal made in a
letter to The Star today from Miss
Beatrice Benoit. 2l03 Brighton
road, Avondale, Md. This is her
story:
Miss Benoit was 16-year -old
Harold w. Kennedy's sweetheart.
He was taking her a bracelet and
locket to match when an accident
occurred Christmas eve at Ager and
Riggs roads.
Several hours after the accident,
Miss Benoit said, Ned CONNER of
1924 Florida avenue NV, a colored
watchman at a nearby building
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Five Persons
Die in Traffic
Accidents
Many Others Hurt
In District Area
Mishops

The holiday traffic toll for the
Washington area stood at five today,
with the deaths of two more persons
from accidents near the District.
At Casualty Hospital, Mrs. Kath-
crime Mutziger, 80, of College Park,
Md, was pronounced dead about
$50 am. today from injuries re-
ceived in an accident in Prince
Georges County, Md.
Mrs Mutziger was struck as she
attempted to cross the Baltimore
boulevard near the Lord Calvert
Inn, outside College Park. She was
trapped in the middle of the road
and police were holding the drivers
of four cars for questioning. None
of the drivers would admit being
involved in the accident.
At Georgetown Hospital, Cecil T.
Sisk, "a, of East Falls Church, Va,
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Legal Aid Bureau
Gives Advice 10 Poor
In 1000 Cases
Bur Association Group
Expresses Appreciation
To Municipal Court

Legal advice for persons too poor
to hire an attorney was furnished
in more than 1000 cases up to Octo-
ber. 1910, by the Legal Aid Bureau
of the District Bar Association.
A report by the Legal Aid Com
mittee of the association stated that
1854 cases were handled at Munich
pal Court, with assistance being
given in wide variety of Difficult
ties. Thirty cases were tried by the
Bar Associations attorneys and 43
motions were argued for persons
financially unable to employ counsel
The report was submitted by Robert
NJ Gray, chairman of the committee
The report expressed the associa-
tion's appreciation for the co-opera-
ton of Judge George C. Aukam,
presiding judge of the court, and
Miss Blanch Neff, clerk, for the es-
tablishment of new Offices for the
Legal Aid Bureau in the new Munich
pal Court Building. Members of
the committee include Solomon
Apher, Joseph I. Cavanaugh, Will
liam Farhood, Louis Ginsberg. Will
liam B. Hanback, and Louis o
Hodges, jr.
The association, meanwhile. adopt
ed recommendations for further i'm
provements in the rules and pro-
cedure of Municipal Court as SUBJ
mitted by Harlan Wood, chairman
of the committee on relations with
the court.
The recommended tions included a
reduction of jury trial costs to IS;
establishment of a limited library
for the court; providing for single
bond for attachment, replevin and
other cases where the law now re-
quires separate bonds for the clerk
and marshal; taxing of the expense
of bonds on the litigant held to be
blameworthy by the court, and pro-
vision for publication of legal no.
tices by the court in only one
medium, instead of two, as now re-
quired by the rules.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Star staff Photo.

after the stabbing. A 25-year- -old
woman is being held by police as a
witness. The victim lived at 1902
Connecticut avenue NV.
Mrs Margaret Ellen Jones, SO,
will go before a coroner's jury to-
morrow in an investigation of the
stabbing of her husband, Theodore
E. Jones, 81, Tuesday night.
In answer to a call, police found
Mr.. Jones, a guard at the Munitions
Building, lying in the hallway in
front of his apartment at 2115 P
street NV. A policeman reported
the wounded mans wife was kneel-
ing beside him and screaming,
Daddy, don't leave mel"
Mr.. Jones was pronounced dead en-
route to Emergency Hospital. A
blood-stained knife was found in
the kitchen.
The widow is being held at the
Women's Bureau pending the in
quest.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Confession in Death
OF Printer Claims
SeIf-Defense
Former PueiIist Admits
Christmas Eve Stobbine,
Police Report

Police said today a 30-year-old
laborer and former prizefghter has
confessed to the fatal stabbing on
Christmas Eve of Wilbur (PaD
Boyles. 32-year- printer.
The man, according to the con-
fession, said he was at party with
Mr. Boyles at an apartment in the
1900 block of Eleventh street NV
He asserted that the two became
embroiled in an argument and that
he was forced to stab the printer to
save his own life.
Mr. Boyles died yesterday morning
at Emergency Hospital where he
had been brought by a fellow printer
Evening star., 1940-12-26
FineIess Day Observed
In Police Court

Not single fine was required to
be paid in Police Court yesterday
when Judge John p. Mcmahon sus-
pended sentences in Is cases.
OF the suspensions, 81 were on
convictions for drunkenness. The
suspended fines ranged from IS to
$40 Court attaches expressed the
belief the day was the first court
day on which not a single fine had
been required.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
BY the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated Press.
Workmen engaged in building the
Skyline Drive, picturesque Federal
highway through the Blue Ridge
Mountains, have uncovered the site
of an Indian village which the
Smithsonian Institution said today
may be one of the oldest inhabited
places in Eastern North America.
The site is in the Shenandoah Ma
tional Park of Virginia at the foot of
the peaks of Otter Mountain.
Reporting today on the investiga-
tions of one of its archeologists,
David I. Bushnell, jr., the Smith
sonian Institution said the evidence
indicated that three or four groups
of tribes, each with a distinct cul-
ture, had lived in this hemlock-
shaded shelter long before the Red
Men who met the first white ex-
plorers went into Virginia.
Among them," the institution
said, were men who made . type
Evening star., 1940-12-26
u. ). School Heads
Asked 10 LET Pupils
Hear Inauguration
Committee Chuirmon
Urges Radio Facilities
And Local Services

The story of the Inauguration of
the first third-term President will
be carried directly to public and
private school children throughout
the country under plans announced
today by Inaugural Committee
Chairman Joseph E. Davies.
Mr.. Davies today addressed letters
to school superintendents, directors
of education and State private
school officials over the United
States suggesting that school chill
dren be provided facilities for
participation.
The chairman urged school Off
cials to arrange for reception of
radio broadcast descriptions of the
inaugural ceremonies. He also urged
that the individual school buildings
be used for presentation of their
own patriotic programs. Programs
of the ceremonies to be broadcast
are to be sent to the local school
authorities.
Text of Letter.
In his letters Mr.. Davies said:
THE Inaugural Committee is
especially desirous of securing Ma
ton wide participation in the cere-
monies on January 20. The plan
is to have reception of the broad
cast of the inaugural address of the
President and special rebroadcasts
for all schools throughout the coun-
try. We already have been assured
of the complete cooperation of the
parochial schools. We would ap-
preciate your requesting the schools
throughout your jurisdiction to CO.
operate along the following lines:
81. Make physical arrangements
to have radio reception in the
schools, if necessary, by borrowing
or renting radio sets from well-dis-
posed local citizens.
Local Services Asked.
20. Arrange for local patriotic serv-
ices in the public schools to precede
or follow the actual broadcast Of the
ceremonies in Washington. In this
connection, a tentative outline of ap-
propriate observances will be dis
tributed to all schools which desire
them. This program will be, of
course, merely suggestion.
"3. 1t is the general desire that
all of the national participation in
the Inauguration shall be conducted
along entirely patriotic and nom
partisan lines as a day of national
rededication to the fundamental
principles of American government.
In this connection I inclose a copy
Of my radio speech delivered over
the Blue Network of the National
Broadcasting Co. on the evening
of December H."
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Liquor Store HoIdup
Nets 7 Bandits S1OO

Samuel Levitt, 40, proprietor of a
liquor store at 1903 Eleventh street
Sc, was robbed of more than 500
last night by two colored bandits
who entered his store. One BRAN
dished a revolver and the other
threatened him with bottle if he
attempted to call for help.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Traffic Record

SASotA AolAS "a CcONA 4ol FAoAo-
ton of pedestrian control reg
ulations, /.
Motorists arrested for failing
to give right of way to pedes-
trians, /.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at 8 am. yester-
Gay:
Fatalities, 8 (pedestrians).
Accidents, SO.
Motorists injured, 10.
Motorists arrested. 218.
Pedestrians injured. S.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 4.
Motorists arrested for failing
to give right of way to pedes-
trains, !.
The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters. for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, l (pedestrianD.
Accidents, 81.
Motorists injured, II.
Motorists arrested, "a.
Pedestrians injured, 10.
Pedestrians arrested for yio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, none.
Motorists arrested for failing
to give right of way to pedes-
trians, none.
Killed in 1910 traffic, 78; by
December 26, in 1899, IS.
Evening star., 1940-12-26

S~SA AAANt
another man in
S e r i GUS condi-
ton as a result
of an accident
in Arli n 6 ton
County, Va, last
night. Mr.. Sisk
was said by po-
lice to have
been driving a
car which left
t he roa d and
plunged into a
ere e k off Old
Dominion roa d
n e ar Mclean,
Va. He was pro-
Evening star., 1940-12-26
John l. Lewis Improves

John L. Lewis, president of The
United States Mine Workers and
former C. I. O. chieftain, was re-
ported much better" today at his
Alexandria CVa) home. where he has
been confined with influenza.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Reynolds Condition Good

Senator Reynolds of North Caro-
lima, who entered Providence Hos
pital Saturday with mild attack of
influenza, was reported in very
good" condition at the hospital
today.
Evening star., 1940-12-26
Auto Strikes Tree,

. George Withers, 80, colored, of
Silver Spring, Md, was admitted to
Freedmen's Hospital with serious in
juries after his auto had struck
tree near White Oak, Md.
Lemuel Richardson, 10, of 1884
Whittingham place NE, was adj
mitted to Gallinger Hospital with
serious head injuries after being
knocked down by an automobile
while riding bicycle near his home.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-15
Metcalfs "0n the Ian"

his 7th birthday Palm Sunday He has found his pleasures
tramping fields and woods with his gun and in wadng
for trout His favored receat0ns have kept him
healthy and he looks ahead for to Harry CAM
our mayor, is a college athlete. He comes from the
Cain family that made such name in Old Dixie footoah
Women who send dogs down in field trials have clear
look their red their cheeks They are line
types and know their dogs and field trials oid time
Labor Day song "The Man in the Overalls'
another session oeoo
the homecoming Tigers April 2oh That's more
month and the want program soon
basket chiefs hike the baskets to -oot neght inc
will out for Maybe they should rule r
point those guys feet or under.
limit giraffe Bob McDougal, Tacoma
youngs Twin Falls Pioneer loop Pched Tor
last owned by Rainers
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-15
Sports Parade

Why he wasn't called In on
the carpet before Lands I will
never know. Neither do I I'M
derstand how the dirty busters
among the umpires get by. You
know the ones 1 mean-those
lick and promise boys, whose
busting Of home plate makes
good housewives among the fans
shudder.
A conscientious umpire land
after my trip / will give you
a full report as to those who
are) would spend his spring
training taking voice culture,
taking eye exercises, practicing
busting, and a half dozen other
things.
For instance, any umpire
worth his salt should get him.
self hardened to abuse before
the season starts. Otherwise,
after a layoff of six months,
when he has been surrounded by
his friends (if umpires do have
friends) he will find that he has
become sensitive and that his
ears burn at even run of the
mine epithets, which he could
take in stride at the seasons
close. This is bound to throw
a man off. A mad umpire can
not render a fair decision.
An ambitious umpire. who has
his heart in his work, should
engage a New York taxicab
driver. say, to start cussing at
him along about the time spring
training begins. BY the time
the first game rolls around he
would be ready for the fans
abuse, even IL the game were
played in Brooklyn.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-15
Handball Play
Nears Its End

The concluding match of the
season in the Class B Puget Sound
Handball league takes place to-
night when the Tacoma Elks play
the Seattle Firemen on the Elks
courts beginning at 7:30.
Playing for the Elks will be Lyle
Johnston, Dick Salley, Charles
Weber and Pete Solberg in the
doubles while Willie Hirst draws
the singles assignment.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-15
STADIUM WINS THRILLER FROM YAKIMA
It'll Be q Long
Time Before This
Mark Is Broken

KINGSTON, II. 1.-Two east
ern collegiate basketball records
were set when Rhode Island
State defeated Connecticut, 102-
81. The total of 1Ss points
represents one mark and Rhode
Islands feat OF scoring 40
points In the last 10 minutes
Of the first half Is the other.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-15
Plans Completed
For Field Trials

The Tacoma Cocker club has
completed plans for the Cocker
and Springer Spaniel field trials
scheduled for Sunday at Willows
Corner. on the Puyallup-Graham
highway.
The American Kennel club
sanctioned the event this week
In n letter to Carl Lindgren,
Cocker club president.
A large entry is anticipated,
with some of the finest dogs in
the Northwest expected to COM
pete. Competition Will start at
$50 a. m. For further informa-
ton, call BR. 1918 or MA. 1898.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-15

ketball results:
Game No.
oakyille (ss) North Bend (2D
Miller ..........F......B. cabe t2)
Schaeffer go .C.......... Boalch
Sahill go .....G......:..,. Lee t2)
Sanders dol g Andrews 90
Bend Q. Officials: Perry Mitchell and
o. kiockner do) r. -. kiie ,e)
]. Klockner 90. r ....B. Letter doj
Patterson .s,i, 80 ...C....;..:. Allie 80
M Mlllsr t g L. d csIis5 q G
Substitutions: Kelso-Pare al: Pine
City-Roffler t2). Siler t2), Kimm d).
Halftime score: Pine City 81. Kelso IA.
Officials: Perry Mitchell and Yves Lees.
Hoquiam ts5) Blaine (so)
Johnson 80 -. Harklerosd o6)
Clayton az up. Bergman 90
Bond 90 ....... c.. Watkins tO
Graham dD So. Leyien 81
siden 20 &c. Messenger go
is. substitutions: Hoquiam-Heney
Cd; Blaine-none. Officials: Les Ar
mold DILLINGHAM; and Bob Bailey
yakima.
Game No.
Bellingham ,s6) Lewis & Clark tse,
Hndersop az ~ IF .Mid sss0p a. a.
NJ. Kink "a ....C..... Gilberg "a,
Hewitson Cd &c $500. Joslin 80
FORBES ........ Ct ....... Davis t4
Halftime score: Lewis g. Clark IS.
Bellingham 10. Substitutions: Bell
Gregg ca. Berlin ~. Weibert %.
Officials: Les Arnold and Bob Bailey.
Game No. 3
Bremerton (39) DRYDEN (s6)
lngstrom go ...F. 49,. Dronen t6)
ADAMS 49, .....F go. Searcher ~
Long go SO 80. Weekes go
substitutions: Bremerton = Naon
/ ca. Worland (2), Campbell ca.
h0nsIey r,crd Eathorne nsittn Dry esGre
Bremerton ls. Dryden 8. Officials:
Perry Mitchell (Renton) and Wescott
Lees (Tacoma).
Everett (d5) West Valley t6
Cummins go -. Ramey. t0
Gissberg % ....F....;... Rumburg
Arndt d2) ,..;...C. .siegenthaler a.
a allbss4S ~ Cd &c ...'. h s9nrss
substitutions: Everett.NageI tSJ.
SCHNEIDER CD, Brodniak "a. Brown
ca, Peterson go. Halftime score:
Everett 81. West Valley a. Officials:
Mitchell and Lees.
| Game No.
Yakima (s5) Stadium $50
| Traub (2) ......F..... Molitor (6)
Arndt Q2) .....F...... Hudson ID
johnson 90 ....C... Lindstrom az
Warren 90 .,...G ....... Angus (6)
Wilson 90 60. Olzendam 80
Substitutions: Yakima-Bryant 80:
Stadium-Kapovich t2), Warter l4.
IS. Yakima 10. Officials: Les Arnold
and Bob Bailey.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-15
Your information. Sir

Much excitement the state hoop tourney in the spacious
u Of W. gym last night especially when Lndstrom
Stadium hoisted that field goal through the fish line for
victory over Yakima Ed Meagher broke two pencils ana
hit the press stand hard he knocked the jewel out Oh
lis ring Roy Sandberg Everett grid COACH looked on
With Jimmy Ennis mentor Of Everetts tourney favortes
Roy refuses 10 become excited Jimmy was on hot seat
rixht Basketball belongs TO the youngsters and tney
okoud turn the game them not keep in the hands
81 thoee zebrastriped whistle tooters, who spoil things
rules suppose and there must be osals
And speaking Yves Lees Tacoma who displayed
local arbe finally broke In over there
walter Blss Bengham WI oueld holds the
points Set In 1881 for Whacom
IVA Hanson record That was IN
1870 record So points In
Al 1888 Dick corkng sat at rngside
ers wanted to be out there with his
Eells gamesters
night the stunt Of Sadium Eior
blue they performed
1hear ncf could such stunts
- Pneaa
basketball believe IL found In the
aesn players. itself stsdiums band
- Dasah moral support TIE modern game faster than Of old
better handlers But the whistle too
- ssssy state is Is old
ls1a stss 1881 Tigers ths only TacomAns to win
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