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Evening star., 1940-05-19
Dentists Meeting
To Bring 5000

Washington will be the scene Of
five conventions this week, according
to the convention bureau of the
Greater National Capital Committee.
More than $500 delegates are ex-
pected to attend the meetings.
The list Of conventions scheduled
follows:
Theological Institute Of America,
today and tomorrow, at the Raleigh
Hotel: 100 delegates.
National Society, Sons of the
American Revolution, today through
Wednesday, at the Wardman Park
Hotel; 800 delegates.
Five-State Post Graduate Clinic
of the District Dental Society, today
through Thursday, at the Willard
Hotel; 5000 delegates.
Ladies' Oriental Shrine of North
America, Tuesday through Thurs
day, at the Mayfiowe, Hotel; 500
delegates.
District of Columbia .Pharma-
ceutical Association, Thursday and
Friday, at the Wardman Park Hotel.
1900 delegates. a
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serve approximately $4,000 tele-
phones.
Active in local civic affairs, Mr..
Wilson Is a member of the Central
Committee of the American Red
Cross, the Chapter Of the Washing
ton Cathedral at Mount st. Alban
and the Newcomer Society. He is
a trustee of George Washington
University and a director of the
Board of Trade, Garfield Hospital,
Acacia Life Insurance Co., Riggs
National Bank, Terminal Refriger-
ating g. Warehousing Corp, Secur-
ity Storage Co., and the United
States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., of
Baltimore.
Mr.. Wilson also Is a member of the
Alfalfa, Metropolitan and Chevy
Chase Clubs of Washington, the
Maryland Club of Baltimore and the
Omaha Club of Omaha. Nebr. He is
also active in the. work Of St.
Adams Episcopal Church.
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unwisely parked their cars in for
hidden territory from 4 to 6 pm.
and who disobeyed official signs.
These two groups of traffic viola
tors received 1854 and 649 tickets re-
spectively as compared with 1,119
and 933 respectively in March.
Even speeding cases dropped II
per cent from the 632 motorists ar
rested for this offense in March.
Of course, this decrease may have
been due to the fact that 1t rained
practically all last month, causing
drivers to proceed with greater cau-
ton.
Another reason for the general
decrease in traffic arrests last month,
Inspector William E. Holmes OF the
traffic division explained, Is that
many motorists having warrants
issued against them hurried to dis
pose of them in order to obtain
1910 license tags.
He pointed to the sharp decrease
in warrants-381 in April as COM
pared with S46 during the previous
month-as proof of this.
The bad weather last month evi-
dently had little or no dampening
effect on reckless drivers, however.
An increase of four from the Is mo-
torists arrested for this offense was
revealed in the April traffic cases.
Three victims of the no-parking-
from-2- -to-8-a. m. regulation finally
betook themselves to the Traffc
Division last month to dispose OF
their tickets.
Only l6 motorists were arrested
in April for failing to give the right
of way to pedestrians as compared
with IS the month before. This
drop may be a trend on the part OF
the driver to recognize that the
pedestrian also has mis- rights, In
spector Holmes declared.
A corresponding decrease was
noted in the number Of pedestrians
nabbed by police last month for dis
obeying the regulations designed for
their safety-l05 as compared with
$50 arrested in March
Curiously enough, exactly the
same number of motorists was ar
rested in both March and April for
violating the no-parking-at-any-
time regulation-367.
While there was an 80 per cent
drop in fatalities with one traffic
death. a pedestrian, being recorded
in April compared with six the
month before, accidents increased
from 913 in March to 1,043 the fol-
lowing month.
There also was a slight increase
in motorist and pedestrian traffic
injuries, with 341 in April compared
with 1923 in March. OF the BAL, 1876
were motorists and 155 were pedes-
| trians.
With the exception of the Sd and
11th precincts, all IS precincts as
we'll as the TRAFFIC Division showed
decreases in traffic arrests from
March's figures. The Sd precinct
had an increase of So arrests while
the 11th had 18 more arrests.
In fact. the Trafic Division, with
3,127 traffic arrests, and the Sd pre-
cinct, with 1925, accounted for ap-
proximately half Of the total trafnc
arrests last month.
The harbor precinct dropped back
into slump after two trafflc arrests
last month to turn in not one for
| April.
Evening star., 1940-05-19

BY JOHN H. Cassidy, Jr.
Forty years ago, the town OF
Plattsmouth, Nebr., found itself
needing a new telephone operator
Indirectly, that was a break for
Washington because the job was
taken by a 16-year-old schoolboy
named Lloyd B. Wilson.
Today, Mr.. Wilson is president OF
the Chesapeake g. Potomac Tele
phone Co., and one of Washington S
leading citizens.
Mr.. Wilson's entire career has been
devoted to the telephone industry
He was still in high school when
he became night operator for
Plattsmouth. Before he reached
81, he was Nebraska Telephone
Co.'S manager at Central City. Nebr
In 1906, when he was %, he be-
came district manager for the
Western portion of Nebraska and
seven years later he was appointed
commercial superintendent for the
entire State. In 1917, he became
commercial superintendent for the
States of Minnesota and North
Dakota and in 1919 he was named
general commercial superintendent
of the entire Northwestern Bell
Telephone Co.
Six years later, Mr.. Wilson went
to New York as commercial engi-
neer of the American Telephone g.
Telegraph Co., parent organization
of the Bell system. Then in 1929,
he was elected president of the
c. & P. Co., four of the associated
companies of the Bell System
operating in Maryland, Virginia,
West Virginia and the District.
These firms have a combined per-
sonnel of almost $4,000 employees and
Evening star., 1940-05-19
CALENDAR NOTES.

Representative Sheridan, author
of a bill to investigate small loan
practices in the District, will ad-
dress the Lincoln Park Citizens
Association tomorrow evening. The
Representative is filling an engage
ment postponed from last month,
A. D. Calvert, president, said.
The last session of the season of
the Interfederation Conference to-
morrow night will be a dinner
meeting in the dining hall on the
third floor of the Y. w. C. A. build
ing, Seventeenth and K streets NV.
The dinner has been set for about
$50 pm. after which a short busi-
ness session will be held, E. L. Ben
nett, secretary, announced.
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Member Unit Meets

Henry S. Owens. pewly-appointed
chairman Of the Membership Com
mittee of the Board of Trade, has
scheduled an organization meeting
for Tuesday at 12:40 pm. in the
boards Offices in The Star Build
ing. The committee will elect its
officers for the 1940-41 season at
that time.
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Parent Teacher Parley
Be Held This Week
Theme Is to Be Youth in TOdav's
World; Program
Is Given
BY MRS. G. D. LOWE,

ident of and
circles this centeng the annual
Wednesday the Auditorium
theme Committee Youth in
speakers will will
velop several different angles
GAS professional led by the Powell Junior High
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New Legislation.

Bills introduced
Senate-S. 1898 authorizing en-
ployes of the District government
to serve as jurors without loss Of
pay.
House-H. r. 9l91 nberalizing the
unemployment compensation law:
H. r. 9797 authorizing erection Of
a national stadium.
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Traffic Cases for Month of April

Parked overtime 1877
Parked 4 pm. to 6 pm. 864
Disobeying oficial sign-- $40
Speed $50
Parked less than 20 feet from
the building line and less than
so feet from the intersection 507
Parked from 8 to $50 am.-- 381
Parking warrants ------ 381
No parking any time 367
Parked abreast t----- 243
Parked at bus stop----- 1911
Passing stop sign n.--------- 164
Parked overtime in a Commute
meter zone 160
Disobeying traffic signal device 142
Passing red light - - 1873
Parked overtime in a 20-minute
meter zone 1Z9
Miscellaneous ----------- 1876
Parked in loading zone ----- 1876
Failure to give hand signal --- LOG
Parked am. to 6 pm. --- 105
Failure to keep to right 104
Violation of pedestrian control
Obstructing entrance -- 101
Parked more than inches
from curb 100
Parked in restricted zone--- 90
No D. c. permit -------- 80
Unnecessary noise se----- Is
Driving on the wrong side of
the street et-- 70
Truck parked in front of private
residence -- 81
Obstructing crosswalk ---- Sc
Parked less than Is feet from a
stop sign $1,000 --- Sc
Parked in ofhcial space e------- IS
Violation of one-way street. So
Dead tags - - 50
Parked over 18 hours so
Failure to exhibit permit 40
Failure to exhibit registration
card ~
Parked less than 10 feet from
fire hydrant t------------- 46
Obstructing alley ------------ a
Failure to give right Of way to
vehicles A
Violation of U turn------------ AZ
Obstructing driveway ---.----- Il
Parked In public spacc--------- 80
Parked with left wheel to curb IS
Driving while drunk 81
Dirty tags 80
Parked OF hack stand----.-.- 81
Turning from wrong lane--.--. 81
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Traffic Record for April

whom repeaters paid out than $1,000 IN n
during months alone.
February this police arrested aoOs
District traffic regulation In Milwaukee
approximately the population as Washington
there arrests during the entire Of 1889
the number Of ahc tickets
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! Operating after suspension---
Moving trafflc
Failure to park within the
meter space
Failure to keep in the proper
lane of traff1c--
Obstructed observation-disclosures
Operating unapproved auto
Permitting unlicensed hacker
Permitting bad brakes
Driving over sidewalk
Defective muffler r
Driving to left of loading plat
Failure to change address on
Identification card
Failure to wear proper glasses
Obstructing barricade .--
Operating vehicle having ragged
fender r--------
Parked from 2 am. to 8 am
Passing streetcar while dis
charging passenger .-.---
Passing at intersection n--
Permitting unsafe mechanical
condition --
(see TRAFFIC, Page C-loJ
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Youth Fills Town Job;
D. Later to Profit
Lloyd B. Wilson
Took Telephone
Job at 16

(TDentieth in a series OF
sketches OF officers and dt-
rectors OF the Board OF TradeJ
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Calender Notes.

will decide tomorrow night on two
trophies to be given by the asso-
citation to the winners in the No.
IL police precinct pistol shoot which
will be held shortly. Prizes also
will be given by the police it was
announced. The date for the asso-
Citations annual outing will be set.
Every one is urged to be present to
include "his ideas"
The Park View body will protest
the no-parking ban on both sides
of Georgia avenue from Otis place
to Princeton street NV. on one
side, and from Otis to Newton place
on the other. At the Board of Di-
rectors meeting last Monday the
group drew up recommendation Of
protest to the parking ban and this
will be brought before the asso-
ciation for action.
AS an extra special" attraction
of the moonlight cruise Of the Con-
necticut Avenue body tomorrow
night beauty contest to pick Miss
Connecticut Avenue" will be held
The winner will compete in the
finals for Miss Washington" Final
plans for the outing include games,
music. dancing and refreshments on
the boat, with a floor show by the
Arthur Murray teachers under the
direction of Ethel Fistere, co-chair-
man of the cruise.
Don't forget these dates:
Tuesday, July l6. The Federation
of Businessmen's Association will
take its annual cruise down the
Potomac to Marshall Hall.
Sunday, July %. The Southeast
body will hold an all day outing at
Marshall Hall.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
On Capitol Hill
Weekly Report on
D. &. LeoisIution

Conferees on the 194l District
appropriation bill (H. r. 9109) are
expected to hold q series Of meet
ings this week in an effort to iron
out differences between the Senate
and House version of the measure.
The Senate without debate passed
the bill Wednesday and sent 1t to
conference with the House. In
present form it calls for appro.
priations totaling $49, ,697 800 to sup
port the municipal government in
the coming fiscal year beginning
July /, an increase of $1,406, ,173
over the amount approved by the
House.
Six Bills Passed.
The House Monday observed tht
first District Day" Of the month
by passing six Of the nine loca.
bills on its calendar in five minutes
Those passed are:
H. r. Ola authorizing the Com
missioners to borrow 100000 o1
P. w. A. funds to erect a new build
ing for the recorder of deeds.
H r.. 9722 tightening existing
law regulating fire, marine ane
casualty insurance companies.
H. r. 9633 extending the authority
OF the Board of Education over de.
gree conferring institutions, includ.
ing junior colleges.
H. r. 9576 authorizing admission
to st. Elizabeth's Hospital of resi-.
dents of the Virgin Islands who have
been adjudged insane.
S. 325l clarifying the existing lift
insurance law regarding securitie!
deposited by life insurance com
panies for investment purposes.
H. r. 1929 providing for group in
surance policies to protect banl
loans.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Business Groups
Six Associations
Meet This Week

The following six businessmens
associations are scheduled to hold
meetings this week:
Monday, May 20.
Brookland Woodbridge - Regular
meeting, Odd Fellows Hall. 2o22
Rhode Island avenue NE. $50
pm.
Park View-Regular meeting,
Georgia avenue branch of the City
Bank. 1908 Georgia avenue NV,
$3.50 pm.
Tuesday, May II.
Columbia Heights - Luncheon,
Sholl's Cafe, 3027 Fourteenth street
NV, 1915 pm.
Wednesday, May ~.
Cleveland Park-Luncheon, Du
Barry's Restaurant, 5000 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, 1890 pm.
Thursday, May %.
Northest-Regular meeting, Ameri-
can Security g. Trust Co., Eight
and H streets NE, 8 pm.
Central - Luncheon, Hamilton
Hotel, Fourteenth and K streets
NV, 1915 pm.
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(seS PIT. A., Page C-l0J
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Civic Groups Alert for Trojan Horses

ons took cognzance of the danger of the enemies
within midst At meetings of the Stanton Park Chevy
Chase Associations the motive
desire have part in helping discover enemies
whatever guse they may be acting
Park Association special committee
question.
suggestion before this committee that
groups collecting pertinent
subject
The Chevy Com
its functions urged
citizens maintain suspicious activities
midst urged that all efforts should be exerted in ac
similar those leading the downfall
Norway emphasized
crack down inspired organizations hourishng
in the special committee appointed handle
subsequent action in the matter.
The matter will probably go up the Federation
Associations During World Federation
several important committees devoted
strong desire all of the associations line
any possible aid during this tragic period.
Congress Responsible for Unsafe Buildings
The problem the buildings freraps remains
unsoved though the recent survey officials
disclosed beyond question Of doubt the responsibility
rests upon the failure of Congress appropriate the funds for
adequate inspection force. thought
the collapse of the this tragic
lesson would result in giving the public protection
through adequate efficient inspection force
The recent tragedy of the apartment house
considered by the civic sufficient evidence
necessity for immediate relief They say they no
to delay until Legislature
and members of his family among the victims
Of similar distster.
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It's A Record of Which
We Are Justly Proud

And pride
OUR THOUSANDS OF PATRONS played in making
your loyalty just with
individuality without
Ohio
ment where every step
n growth
And appreciate it than words
That is why have planned a little
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500 FREE
AC A GIFT
Here Is What You Do.
AS A GIFT

Mai to Helen Wealey, advertising Carros simple
statement dollars and cents the amount think Carros exceed
ed Mr.. CAROLS goal in 1889.
exampe-f the goal had been $4,000 business,
and CAROLS realized volume of $53102 then statement
should read $732.02.
No letter is You not obligated to purchase
thing All statements must be mailed and bear posmar not later
than midnight March 5 To the whose statement is nearest
will free 500 IN CASH In duplicate correct
whose received first will
the gift
No employees of CARROIS members of their families
statement dsnterested board of judges will all let
Saturday. March 6 The gift will be presented Monday March
18.
must be mailed to Helen Weakley advertising
manager, CAROLS store
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EpiscopoIions
Continued From First Page.)

communion. accommodation Is
the most serious deprivation that
can be inflicted upon a communi-
cant of the church. The committee
believes that the use of such a pen
atty in these cases is contrary to
Christ's teaching of mercy"
The report was prepared by the
committee Of women at the request
of the House of Bishops of the
church, to cooperate with COM
mission of the house which is study
ing the same questions, for prob
able action by the general con-
vention which will meet in Kansas
City, Mo-, next October.
The Committee of the Woman s
Auxiliary on Marriage and Divorce"
was appointed in January, 1888.
Sent Out QUESTIONABLE.
In the course of its study of the
problems of marriage and divorce,
it sent a questionnaire to the pres
ident of the Woman's Auxiliary in
each diocese.
This QUESTIONABLE, said the re-
port, was intended to discover the
thinking of women of the church on
the various aspects of this question
The response was, on the whole,
most cooperative, 66 dioceses par
ticipating in the discussion of the
questions. There were 19l groups
formed for the purpose, with a
known total of 1890 women taking
part
The answers were recorded for
statistical purposes. 1T was impos-
sible to compute the results exactly"
said the report, but certain trends
Of thought were evident, which
indicated a desire on the part Of
the large majority that the church
should re-exanine its position on
the whole subject"
Preface Of Report.
The report was prefaced: Ger
tain fundamental principles have
Evening star., 1940-03-31

w. Jeffries, candidate for the Re-
publican senatorial nomination,
seized the opportunity to make q
short speech. Mr.. Dewey saw what
was going on and protested to Re-
publican State Chairman Kenneth
Wherry that the microphone was his
and the crowd had come to see and
hear him and not some other can
didate. He asked Mr.. Wherry to see
that 1t did not happen again. The
account of this incident originally
published in the newspapers here
said Mr.. Dewey had seized the micro
phone from Mr.. Jeffries and expos
tulated with him.
A third incident placed Mr.. Dewey
in the position of telling the State
chairman to stand back from the
window of his ca, and "let us run
things" The State chairman had
been waving to friends in a crowd
outside.
These incidents did not rest any
too well with the members of the
Republican organization. However,
when the account of them had been
published in the World Herald. Mr..
Jefferies and Mr.. Wherry and others
immediately came forward with
statements soft-pedaling the whole
business and saying the incidents
had been greatly exaggerated and
that they admired Mr.. Dewey and
there were no hard feelings.
Mr.. Dewey helped eradicate this
unfavorable impression when he re-
turned for his Founders Day"
speech, where he met groups from all
parts of the State most affably.
In Nebraska, the presidential pref
erence primary is not legally bind
ing on the delegates. They are con-
sidered morally" bound, only to
support the primary choice for the
first ballot or two at a national coll
Evening star., 1940-03-31
-Four Dead, -Four Huri
In Illinois Oil Well
Explosion and Fire
Woman Suffers Burns,
But Saves Six Persons
From Injury
3y the Associated Press.

CENTRALIA. Ill.,, March 30
-Four men were killed and four
otner persons were burned seriously
today in the worst oil we'll explosion
and fire in the three years of the
current Illinois boom.
Scared when a pocket OF escaping
gas ignited and exploded at the
well west of Centralia, the dead
were: John Smith. about 10, and
Dave Hardin, both of Hominy,
Okla: Charles Underwood, 81,
Drumwright, Okla; and D. E. (Red)
Bevan, Tulsa, Okla, all oil workers.
They died in a hospital a few
hours after the gas, exploding in
lone big sheet of flame" set fire
to the well and a house.
The others burned in the sudden
intense flash of the explosion we're
Joe Butrick, Hominy. and Carl
Lycette, Avant, Okla, also oil
workers, and Mr.. and Mrs. r. w.
Stow, formerly of Kilgore, Tex.
Butrick had been employed only
this morning at the we'll, which was
being completed in the backyard of
the house occupied by the Slows
and two other families
Mrs. Stow saved six persons from
injury. Familiar with oil wells,
she realized the danger of an ex-
plosion when she smelled the escap-
ing gas
Running upstairs. she warned the
otner families in the house, enabling
them to escape. They were Mr.. and
Mrs. Jack Head and their son, Jack,
jr., and Mr.. and Mrs. Curley Cobb
and their baby.
Before Mrs. Stow and her hus-
band could reach the front door,
the explosion occurred and flames
enveloped the building. Mrs. Slows
stockings were burned from her
legs and her jacket caught fire.
Firemen extingu;shed the we'll
fire with chemicals, but the house
was a total loss.
The gas, which had collected in
pocket because of the cloudy,
heavy weather. was believed to
have been ignited by fire near the
well.
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spite Of all efforts Of the priest and
the people concerned, it must be re-
membered that any divorce or an
nulment must be secured in a civil
court; the church does not make
the laws governing these proceed
ings."
THE custom of reading the banns
In church." 1t said, "is of great
value. A general revival of the
custom would have a psychological
erect IN preventing hasty mar
riages."
Mrs. Robert G. Happ of South
Bend, Ind, headed the committee,
whose members included Mrs. Nor
man B. Livermore of Ross, Calf. !;
Mrs. G. Leslie Glenn, Cambridge,
Mass; Mrs. Henry J. Macmillan,
wilmington, N. c.; Mrs William E.
Leldt, Scarsdale, N. Y, and Mrs.
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fection, BE ye therefore perfect ,
She Is required to lead men and
women toward this ideal of per-
fection, to draw them nearer to
God, to be teacher and a guide
She must offer forgiveness and con-
ISOLATION when failure occurs.
Requires Fresh Study.
"The application of Christian
principles constantly requires a fresh
study and more intelligent devo-
ton. Today the altered position Of
woman, the greater urbanization Of
the population. with the breaking
Of ties to secure home, all tend
to weaken the roots of family life.
From age to age different conditions
arise. To apprehend Gods continue
ing revelation, constant effort is re-
quired under the guidance of the
Holy Spirit"
It continued. THE committee be-
lieves that adequate preparation for
marriage should be as much the
priests responsibility as preparation
for confirmation" and that "the
opportunity of the church to help
develop the kind of men and women
who can live happily together in the
married estate begins with baptism
and the church school.
" The church should attempt
through addresses, classes and dis
cussions to give to young people an
appreciation of the meaning Of
courtship and marriage. - We
recommend that the National Coun-
Gil be asked to appoint a commit
tee to study family relations and
marriage preparation and to recon-
mend appropriate action.
Urge Reading Of Banns.
The committee said it believed
that preparation for marriage and
pastoral care of our church people
along the lines indicated above will
increase the likelihood Of achieving
a genuinely successful Christian
marriage.
when a marriage has failed in