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Evening star., 1940-03-14
Blurred Auto
Togs.WM Be
| Exchanged

District. motorists who have re-
ceived blurred automobile license
tags are free to exchange them for
tags with more clearly-defined
numerals, Edward Towers, chief
clerk Of the Bureau Of Motor We
hicles.' has announced.
Several complaints have been re-
ceived, he admitted. concerning the
blurred condition Of plates. He said
this was due to trouble with equip
ment at Lorton, where the plates
are made.
I'm many cases." Mr.. Towers ex-
planned, "there was too much paint
on the rollers 20 that the numerals
on the plates became blurred and
indistinct."
Since the bureau has no time to
check each set of plates before mail
ing, these blurred tags have been
sent out to motorists. He assured
recipients Of the bad tags, how
ever, that If they will simply mail
or bring them to the Traffic Bureau
new ones will be issued.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
c. A. Langley to Mark
goth Year Saturday

Charles A. Langley, retired build
er, will celebrate his Goth birthday
anniversary Saturday at his home,
1925 Blair road NV, with men,
bers of his family, who will hold a
luncheon there in his honor.
Included in the family group will
be his wife, Mrs. Annie Ellsworth
Langley, with whom he observed
their Goth wedding anniversary on
January %; four daughters, Mrs.
j. A. O'Malley. Mrs. Raymond J..
Hinton. Mrs. Guy Livingston and
Mrs. Vernon Garrett; three sons,
Charles E., Raymond M. and Albion
G. Langley, and several of his eight
grandchildren.
A native of Dover, N. H., Mr..
Langley has been a resident of this
city since he was a young man.
While in the building business he
erected many of this city's best
known residences. He is a former
president of the Washington Board
of Trade and is now vice presi-
dent Of the Association of Oldest
Inhabitants of the District Of CO.
lumbia.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
French Lecture

Societe Jean Labat of Georgetown
University will present another Of
its French lectures at o'clock to-
night in Copley Lounge on the Hill
top campus. Jacques de Thier. first
secretary of the Belgian Embassy,
will lecture in French on that ma
tion's difficulties as a neutral in
the European war. The lectures are
arranged for teachers and students
of French in the various universities
of the city.
Evening star., 1940-03-14

Navy officers before the American
Society Of Mechanical Engineers to-
night at 8 o'clock at the Potomac
Electric Power Co. auditorium, Tenth
and E streets NV.
The speakers are 1t. Comdr. e, G,
Evening star., 1940-03-14

1t. Comdr. Peter w. Haas, jr., de-
sign section, Bureau Of Engineering.
A preliminary dinner In honor Of
the speakers is to be held at the
Harrington Hotel at 6 pm.
Evening star., 1940-03-14

Forsyth Of the standards branch,
shipbulding division: Comdr. w. e.
Malloy of the maintenance division,
Consolidated Bureaus Of Engineering
and Construction and Repair, and
Evening star., 1940-03-14

Watch the car behind the cal
ahead Of you.
Evening star., 1940-03-14
TO WIN new FRIENDS FOR
BANQUET BREAKFAST

unlocks rigger.fast food energy and creates
richness Of favor, tasty crispness found
in no other form of wheat!
Triple Wrapped to Safeguard Flavor
Such a true banquet" favor that Quaker
safeguards it with the triple.wrapped BAN
quet Package" to bring you each grain in
the perfection of tempting freshness. Stock
up big; for Quaker Pulled Wheat is an
"appetite-wakener" your family will relish,
morning after morning. Look for your gro-
cer'sdisplay ofthe bigred-and- -bluepackages
with the smiling Quaker man. Order today.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Elizabeth Fish
And Mariana Evans
Set Debut Dates

More spring debut parties are
being added to the Washington
date books each week and two
Of much interest in many social
circles will be the debuts Of Miss
Elizabeth Stuyvesant Fish and Of
Miss Mariana Evans.
Miss Fish, the daughter of
Representative and Mrs. Hamil-
ton Fish, will bow Saturday, May
4, at q reception her parents will
give in the Society of the Cincin-
natl Headquarter+the old Larz
Anderson house on Massachu-
sets avenue. Miss Fish attended
Holton Arms School and st. Tim
othy's, and now is taking private
courses In art and creative de-
signing in the Capital.
Miss Evans, q member of an
old residential family of WASH
ington, is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr. Her
parents will introduce her at q
garden party at the Chevy Chase
Club Tuesday, June 10. Miss
Evans attended Miss Madeira's
School and is now a student at
Ward-Belmont College. She Is a
popular member Of Washington's
younger set, as Is her brother, Mr..
Philip w. Evans, who attends Sc
vance University,
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Diplomats Leave Capital
For Brief Spring Holiday
The Italian Ambassador Goes.
To Gardens in Charleston;
Polish Ambassador in South

The Easter week end opportunity
Of the diplomats Capital for brief
spring holiday.
The Italian Ambassador Washington
yesterday their destination
They making the journey
The Polish Ambassador Count jerry Potock
Fla and is expected to the
His Britannia Majesys Ambassador Marques Lothian
Swedish Envoy
In New
The Minister of Sweden and
the week end and will Washington
Returning Washington first
part Of April will be the Minister
have been on the West Coast time.
Florida sunshine has Bulgarian Minister and Mme
Naoumof southwark they
next
Although the Legation remaining here
Continued on Page d. Column ~
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Mrs. G. c.. Thorpe
Will Entertain at
Luncheon Today

The former United States Am
bassador to Turkey and Mrs.
Robert P. Skinner will be the
guests in whose honor Mrs.
George c. Thorpe, widow of Col.
Thorpe, will entertain at luncheon
today.
Mr.. Skinner has held many i'm
portant diplomatic posts. He was
one-time Minister to Greece and
has served as Consul General in
Berlin, London and Paris. In 1903
he was appointed by the late
President Theodore Roosevelt to
head an expedition to Ethiopia
to establish relations and nego-
tiate a treaty between the United
States and that country. The
late Col. Thorpe was in command
of the Marine escort afforded the
diplomat on his journey to Ethio-
pia.
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Unusual Social Quiet
Marks Observance of
Eastertide in Capital
No Special White House Program;
Informal Spanish Embassy Party;
Costa Rican Visitors Awaited
BY MARGARET HART,
Gaa3>x. 'Rksk.


EASTER 194O finds the President Deano
at the White House with special day. Mrs
mo hkey Will occupy the family at the
Episcopal Church alone
cold and not expected to leave the mansion longer
The President and Mrs Roosevelt family
with them which HOLIDAYS when the ee
voices their little grandchildren
the Chief Executive Mrs
tns splngme and could not find offspring
spend Easter with their fond grandparents.
Mrs. Roosevelt to Give Party
For Daughters Of Ohicials
Regardless of the absence the
can Mrs Roosevelt ded
Tor children In the afternoon
at the White House the small daughters
close friends OF the household
gandchdn Little Diana Hopkins the Secretary
Mr. Harry Hopkins probably among youthful
Tor sne most always included juvenile
wife.
Although there will be little activity
oents mousse tomorrow will be another
ngnt ana early to be hostess weather permitting to the children
washington at the traditional froc
White House grounds She will press
after making her first
this she Will receive cluster Of lilies
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Close of Lenten Season
Brings Rush Of Weddings
Marriage of Miss Laura Nelson
To 1t. Frederick Coleman, Sd,
Outstanding Event Yesterday

The close Of the lenten yesterday large
weddings into prominence the Washington
lovely though simple wedding interest here
that OF Miss Frederick William Cole
man. 3d. u A. The quarters aunt COL and
Mrs Matt Bristol at the Soldiers the ceremony
which was performed yesterday afternoon by
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Gen. Coleman
As Best Man for
Only relatives and intimate friends
rage and the bride had father Mai Gen.
Frederick W. Coleman who
best his
Ine attractive bride wore of pale made with
skirt and bodice OF lace and neckne
snort veil was held
bouquet Of pink carnations
After brief reception for the group friends
attended
Pacen
Evening star., 1940-03-24
Easter Breakfast

Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean will
entertain at her annual Easter
breakfast today at Friendship. Her
guests will be members of official,
diplomatic and residential society.
Evening star., 1940-03-24

CONTINUED on Page D-7, Column g.
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Continued on Page D-4, Column ~
Evening star., 1940-02-12
WASHINGTON MONDAY FEBRUARY 12 s4o
President procIaims
Pan-American Day
For April "A
Occasion to Testify to
Close Friendship
Among the Nations
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt today pro-
claimed April IA as American
Day and declared 1t appropriate
that the people Of the United States
commemorate the occasion and
thereby testify to the close bonds
of friendship" uniting the United
States and the other American
republics.
The day marks the 50th anniver-
sary Of the founding of the Pam
American Union.
The Governing Board of the
Union was responsible for desig-
mating April IA as Pan-American
Day in all the American republics.
It suggested in 1880 that the day
be established as a symbol of the
sovereignty OF the American ma
tions and their voluntary union in
continental community.
Mr.. Roosevelt's proclamation noted
that Pan-American Day had been
observed annually for 10 years and
"has increased in significance
through its emphasis on the spirit
OF peace, friendship and cooper
alton uniting the nations of the
American continent"
He said, too, that since its found
ing in 1890 the american Union
had constantly fostered the devel-
opment of closer economic, cultural
and juridical relations between the
nations of the Western Hemisphere u
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Alley Paving Charges
Must Not Exceed
Benefits, Court Says
Appellate Tribunal
Rules Against District
In Wilmer Suit

In making charges for alley paw
ing the District Commissioners must
consider a relative equality in the
value and depth of the abutting
property and the assessments must
not exceed the benefits, the United
States Court of Appeals ruled today.
Warren H. Wilmer and Helen v.
Wilmer, owners of a lot fronting SO
feet on Nineteenth street NV, with
boundary of 23317 feet facing on
two alleys within the block, appealed
from District Court order that
dismissed their complaint contend
ing the assessment was unreason-
able. They sought cancellation of
the assessment.
The appellate tribunal, with Chief
Justice D. Lawrence Groner, Asso-
ciate Justices Justin Miller and Fred
M. Vinson hearing the case, said
the amount charged against the
Willners apparently was 222 per cent
higher than the average for other
lots bounding on the alleys.
In another opinion the appellate
court reiterated the law that in civil
cases, in which the claimed value
OF personal property for debt or
damages, exclusive of interest and
costs, does not exceed $1,000,
Municipal Court has exclusive juris-
diction. A garageman, seeking judg-
ment against an automobile owner
for repairs for STA, plus $50 for
storage, sought punitive damages
totaling $4,000. But in its opinion
today the appellate court said that
"it is well settled that no punitive
damages will be allowed for breach
OF contract, regardless of defend
ants motive" and said that the
actual damages recoverable, being
Tor sum within the exclusive juriS-
diction of Municipal Court, District
Court was without power to hear it
and had properly dismissed the ac-
ton.
In another case, growing out of
promlssory note, the Court of Ap-
peals held that in Maryland a cor
poration is dead from the moment
the Governor by proclamation for
feits its charter for default in pay
ment OF taxes, unless revived by
subsequent payment of taxes, which
was not the case under considera-
tion. The appellate court reversed
the case and sent it back to District
Court, with the observation that the
lower court was wrong in consider
Ing otherwise.
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Mountains Of Ice
Are Starting 10 Move
Down Ohio River
Breok-Up Begins;
No Flood Danger
Is Expected
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. IA
25-mile ice gorge at Dam 80 in the
Ohio River, IS miles west Of Gin
cinnati, broke today, piling foes is
feet onto the lock-esplanade and
nearby Ohio River shoreline.
The river rose 2 feet within 10
minutes, then started to recede.
1T looks as If the ice is gone for
good" Lockmaster Graham Bon
durant commented in estimating the
foes speed at 4 miles an hour.
Twenty-Five minutes before shore
ice at Dam 38, Burlington. KY, gave
way, and tockmaster E. E. Newman
said the Aurora und) ferry, moored
recently below the dam, was pro-
ceeding 6 miles upstream along a
clear channel to its base.
The gorge at Vevay, Ind, moved
slightly last night, threw ice 20 feet
high over retaining wall and elec-
trio turbine house at the rivers
edge, and stopped suddenly.
A mass of ice jamming the Ohio
above Point Pleasant, w. Va, started
out last night at a speed of three or
four miles an hour. Another foe
was moving near Pomeroy, Ohio.
Smaller packs ranging in size from
few feet to several miles in length
crept through Cincinnati, crushing
two small boat harbors built of wood,
one q 500-foot structure and the
other smaller.
Maj. Fred Bass, engineer in charge
of this district, said there was no
danger Of floods because of the low
stage Of the river, which started
slowly to recede as the ice started
moving at many points.
The Ohio was at depth of 1862
feet and rising some at Louisville,
which in the past has suffered heavy
losses. but the food stage there was
reported as 40 feet.
The greatest damage would be to
small boats. of which there are Is
to 30 between here and Louisville,
and to light harbor structures. River
steamers here were locked to con-
crete piers and safe from harm.
Rains and warm weather speeded
the ice movement over the Ohio
Valley, meteorologists said. Fear was
expressed that ice which gave evi-
dence of breaking loose in the
Olentangy. above its confluence with
the Scioto River at Columbus, might
damage bridges when it started out.
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Bullet Is Fired
Into Apartment

A bullet crashed through a win
dow today in the third-f1oor apart
ment of Mrs. Leslie Carter, wife of
chief, petty officer of the Navy,
212l Virginia avenue NV. The
bullet was found imbedded in the
wall near the ceiling. Alone in the
apartment, Mrs. Carter said 1T
wasn't meant for u.s."
Police said tine bullet probably
was fired from building several
blocks away. --- s,
Evening star., 1940-02-12
japan
Continued From First Page.)

Court, although I'VE dislike to see
further impairment of the Courts
prestige"
The negotiations probably will be
conducted at the Hague, seat Of the
Court as well as of the Netherlands
government.
No cases have arisen yet under
the agreement, one of a group be-
tween Japan and the Netherlands
regulating commerce, navigation
and consular officials.
The treaty, actually a friendship
pact, stipulated it was to run for
five years with automatic renewal
II there were no notice of termina-
ton. Either national was privileged
to end 1t on six months notice.
Treaty With Switzerland.
Japan has similar treaty with
Switzerland, but has not indicated
plans to terminate that.
"Japan's withdrawal from the
League Of Nations and change of
her relations to the World Court" !"
foreign Office statement said.
have caused her to consider neces-
sary some technical adjustments Of
the treaty :"
1t added that "the government
is earnestly desirous of completing
quickly conversations on treaty re-
vision and of concluding a new
treaty before invalidation" of the
existing one.
A treaty protocol, the statement
said, provides that should Japan's
attitude toward the World Court
change. Japanese-Ne ne
gotiations should be begun for the
purpose Of examining whether 1t
Is necessary to revise provisions of
the treaty" concerning the court.
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Mrs. Roosevelt Opposes
Youth Por|ey on Attack on Firms
Presidents Wife Thinks Institute Erred
In Not Condemnine Reds Invasion

housed at the White House during
the institute. She said they shifted
and changed 50 fast she had never
been able to count them.
OF her efforts to house the 5000
young people here for the meeting,
she said only that she had gotten
Commissioner Allen to ask the ho-
tells to 60 back to the reducted rates
that originally had been agreed
upon and had arranged for the
housing of delegates who couldn't af-
ford hotels to sleep in the riding
hall at Fort Myer and in the In
dustrial Home School.
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Alfuro to Address
Collectors Club

Rogelio E. Alfaro of the PAN
American Union will speak on
Heroes of Peace" as depicted in
stamps of the pan-American re-
publics at 8 pm. tomorrow at a
meeting of the Collectors Club
Branch S, Society of Philatelic
Americans, In the Thomson Com
munity Center, Twelfth and L
streets NV,
Evening star., 1940-02-12
Negotiations for New Pact
Expected to Open Soon

THE HAGUE, Feb. IL B.-The
Netherlands and Japanese govern
ments hope to open negotiations
soon on a new treaty to replace the
treaty OF arbitration and conciliation
which Japan has terminated, ofiicials
said today,
Evening star., 1940-02-12

Speed is dangerous. Don't CON-
NIT suicide.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-05
The Water Nuisance

The presence of salt in the water supply
is a nuisance rather than a serious difficulty.
It will create some inconvenience to house
holders who may have to carry buckets to
wells, if the water department is unable to
provide a sufficient supply of fresh and pure
water from available deep wells.
But sooner or later there will be rain and
the watershed will pour down its new supply to
force the salt water which has penetrated far
inland as a result of the recent high tides
back into the ocean. At worst, the shortage"
is a transitory discomfort. In fact, there is
no shortage of water, as Wilmingtonians would
learn with grateful hearts if a fire of poten.
tial destructive magnitude should break out.
But there is in the situation an element
which encourages the city to look to its method
Of obtaining and storing its water and cor
recting conditions which contributed to the
present nuisance.
It is explained that muskrats and other Dor
ing animals nave penetrated the earth wall
of the dam and as a result the salt water in
the river has seeped into the stored supply.
A concrete facing for the dam ought to elm
mate this danger. Then there is the matter
OF supplemental water supply, in case of seri-
Gus drought. We have unlimited undeveloped
water hereabouts, or so the engineers tell us.
1t would not be prohibitively costly to develop
part Of it and have it accessible whenever the
regular supply was endangered.
The present brackishness Of Wilmington's
water is attributed jointly to recent lack of
rain in the watershed and to the exceptionally
high tides of recent days. With salt water
working up the river and no fresh water
coming down-and the busy muskrats working
out their own destinies through the earthern
~dam-there is a general turning up of noses
when the people turn to libation. This can all
be corrected by adequate planning.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-05
In Troubled Mexico

Mexico is in the throes of a sort, of guerilla
war. 1t is not an open and general struggle
but a half-hidden, spasmodic affair productive
Of countless rumors and an outbreak like the
swiftly-nipped revolt at Monterey the other
day.
According to. reports from Mexico City, fed.
eral troops broke up a plot to seize the state
Of Neuvo Leon inf@behalf Of General Juan
Andrea Alrnazan just before the conspiracy
was ready fot ;attioh.' Shots were exchanged
when the government forces burst into a house
where the plotters had gathered. Brigadier
General. Zarazosa, one Of General Alnazan's
chief litutenants was killed, along with an
orderly. ''
Whether or. not this account is. accurate,
thorities that events took place as related, il
is true that there have been numerous re.
ports Of clashes between federal troops and
bands of. rebels Moreover, it is a fact tina,
General .Almazan still refuses to concede his
defeat in the election last July. and still in.
sists that he will take office in December.
There is no doubt that the situation is explo.
sive.
The real strength OF. the Almazanista forces
cannot be. judged at this distance, There is
enough evidence, however, to indicate that
they are giving the Cardenas regime consid.
cradle trouble. Although the government is
alert and evidently determined to put down
the s~dissidents,. the probability of a wide.
spread iusurrection obviously exists.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-05

a more important part in the %legion's nationa:
program as the world turmoil increased. Il
we know the spirit Of the l~egionnaires, it will
continue to dominate its activities. Thu need
of the hour. is full acceptance of responsibility
for training in patriotism by parents.
What the child learns in school is all too
likely to lose importance in his mind unless it
is reinforced by home encouragement. I'm
fortunately, this encouragement has not al
ways been given. 1t has gone by the board
along with family worship and grace before
meals. We've gone soft morally and spiritu-
ally. The ideals of our forefathers have been
swallowed up. And if they erred in being too
strict, we nave erred as much in laxity.
The time has come for a re-awakening to
responsibility in the home for impressing the
American youth with the duties and advan-
of American liberty. Let Wilmington's
parents accept this responsibility. Only by do
ing so will their children grow into manhood
womanhood unmarried by s~oftness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-10-05
War-Risk Insurance

Already the repercussions of the Rome-Ber
lin-Tokyo pact are heard in. this country.
The increasing tension between the Unitet
and Japan is indicated by an increase
in the war-risk insurance rates on cargo ship
to or from Africa and the far East
Says the New York Herald Tribune:
The increase, observers pointed out was
made as a direct result of the new pact
between Japan and the axis. On voyages
from the Far East the rate on United
States vessels was raised to 2 per cent
from l IL per cent via the Cape. The
rate on belligerent vessels was raised to
S per cent from 4. fnother indication of
the tension was seen by observers in the
announcement that two Japanese insur-
ance companies closed their United States
branches. Toxic Marine & Fire Insurance
Co., and Meiji Fire Insurance Co., dis
continued their fire business, reinsuring
that business with the Standard Insurance
Co., OF New York, which is jointly owned
by the two companies. It is understood
that the move was taken to avoid any
prejudices which may arise over the I'm
popularity now being suffered by Japa-'
nese interests and to correct an unfavor-
able situation in foreign exchange funds.