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Evening star., 1940-11-17
Plans for New Hotel
To Be Considered
By zoning Board
StotIer Asks Change
To Permit Building
At Sixteenth and K

Plans for construction of 1000
room, $500 900 10-story hotel on
the northeast corner of Sixteenth
and K streets NV, will be reviewed
November 27 at a public hearing
before the Board of Zoning Adjust
ment of the District. = A -.
The board, among nine other ap-
peals for variances of exceptions
from existing zoning classihcations,
also will consider a proposal by the
Central Union Mission to erect a
100000 seven-story addition to
the Missions building at 613 C
street NV.
At the same time the District
zoning Commission made public
the details of the proposals it will
consider at a special public hearing
in the board room of the District
Building December a. Two principal
matters to be considered are pro-
posal to grant 9O-foot height
limit to properties on both sides
Of Massachusetts, avenue NV. be-
tween Twentieth and Twenty-second
streets and proposal advanced
by the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission to limit all
buildings erected in Washington
to 1l0 feet. Under present rules
a building may be erected to a
height of 1870 feet In the 10-foot
zones if upper stories are set back
from the major building line.
Building Would Honor Bennett.
Plans TO rthe new hotel at Six
teenth and K streets have been
drawn by A. R. Clas of Washington.
for the Statler Hotel Corp, which
has asked the District for approval
of an appeal from existing lot
occupancy requirements to make
the project possible.
The 100000 Central Union Mis-
sion project, as prepared by Leon
Chatelain, jr., of this city, would
be known as the John S. Bennett
Memorial Building, in honor of
the late leader of the mission. A
variance from lot occupancy rules
is needed to make the project
possible.
Other requests to be considered
by the adjustment board at the
November q meeting are:
Vernon Owens, to permit the
erection of two 4 or family flats
at 3115-3117 Newton street NE.
Florence Crittenton Home, to per-
NIT the erection of one-story ad-
ditjon TO the Crittenton Home at
4739 Reservoir road NV.
Gasoline Station Proposed.
The Adams Estate, to establish
a gasoline service station at the
southwest corner of Seventeenth
and M streets NV.
Lewis V. Pearl, to permit the
erection of a second-storv addition
to the dwelling at 1905 Twenty
second street Sc.
Sophia Manset, for permission to
change a non-conforming use from
a restaurant to delicatessen store
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Cosmos Club 10 Build
On H Street Near
Seventeenth
New Quarters to Replace
Home Government
Bought This Summer

A new Cosmos Club headquarters
will be built on the north side of H
street NV, between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets, it was an
nounced yesterday.
The clubhouse will replace the old
home bought by the Federal Cow
ernment for 100000, and will be
! constructed on a piece of land ex-
ceeding 1880 square feet in area.
The Federal Government bought
the clubhouse located at Madison
place and H street NV, along with
the Belasco Theater, last August.
paying 100000 for the theater
property. The Cosmos Club prop
erty includes the Dolly Madison
mansion and the Tayloe House, both
more than 100 years old. The Madi-
son house was built by Richard
Cults, brother -in-law of Dolly
Madison. During the IL years that
President Madison's widow lived
there before her death in 1849 it
was a focal point of Washington
social life. During the Civil War
it waA headquarters for the Army
of the Potomac.
The Tayloe residence. connected
with the Madison house by an
annex, was built in 1928, and was
the home of Mark Hanna, Attorney
General Preston and Commodore
John Wilkes.
The Cosmos Club has occupied its
present quarters since about 1885.
Preliminary plans for the new
home call for house of the Eng
lish basement type. with the lounge.
library and living rooms on the main
floor above street level.
The lounge will be a reproduction
of the one in the old club and will
include the original fireplace, which
has been reserved in the sale, and
the Dolly Madison portrait.
Other features Of the new club
will be 40 bedrooms, each with pri-
vate bath; an outdoor dining ter
race and a modern auditorium.
Architects for the club in the con-
struction of the clubhouse are Ar
thur Heaton and Francis Sullivan.
The property was acquired for
slightly less than 100000, members
said, and approximately s400,00 is
available for the construc:ioo of the
building.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

summoned to year or more OF
duty except In war.
Learning All Over Again.
I'm learning all over again-for
a new reason" explained Pvt. P.
F. C. George, 20. who until two
weeks ago was bricklayer's appren-
tice and lived at 5218 Illinois ave-
nue.. A member of the Districts
civilian rifle team, he wore his
shooting jacket with insignia in
dicating he had been a member OF
the local team which participated
in national rifle matches at Camp
Perry in 1896, 1887 and 1898. Be
fore it was all in fun. Now it's for
self-preservation. Besides. ex-
pect to get IS month more pay
for qualifying as an expert"
Pvt. Francis TAFT, TO- bank run
ner for the Metropolitan National
Bank until two weeks ago, had at
tended two previous summer camps,
but this time the shooting was more
serious to him also.
"I never knew there was so much
to firing this gun" he said.
The intensity with which the Re-
servists applied themselves to train
ing won the commentator of the
seven officers and 73 non-commis-
stoned officers of the marine reg
ulars assigned to train them. First
Sergt K. E. Harker. assistant range
officer, declared he had seldom, in
his 81 years of Marine Corps sery-
ice, seen so many attentive, eager
and willing" Reservists. Il like to
work with them he added. In six
months you won't be able to tell
them from regular marines"
District Unit Well Trained.
Although the men have completed
only one week of their training
schedule, flood of rumors has be-
gun circulating that they will be
sent to Guantanamo, Cuba. next
month. The dates varied from De-
cember (which one officer said
came right from the feed box
to December 30. All took it for
granted that the Guantanamo naval
base was the next destination.
Washington's 5th Battalion has
already been picked by regulars as
probably the best trained Reserve
unit ever seen on the reservation.
This led to other reports that
1t. Col. Harvey L. Miller, COM
mander of the battalion, would be-
come executive officer o. a newly
formed regiment to be made up Of
the Reservists. Some officers even
predicted he might become COM
mander of the regiment. Other men
held out in favor of Col. Miller be-
coming second in command with
Col. Daniel E. Campbell, command
ing officer Of the Reserve Training
Center, commanding the regiment.
Onicers were jubilant at the phys
ical stamina of the men. Rain has
fallen almost every day since they
arrived, but the number of men re-
ported Ill was said to be "excep-
tionally small"
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Negotiations Resume
Today in Strike
Of Grocery Clerks
Agent for Managers
Hos High Hopes for
Settlement

Representatives Of the Sanitary
Grocery Co. management and EN-.
ployes and the Labor Department
Cancellation Service were to resume
talks at 10 am. today in al. effort to
settle the strike which yesterday
closed stores in and within radius
Of Is miles of Washington.
Nearly 900 employees were on strike
and 2l5 stores were closed all day
yesterday. according to officials of
the Retail Clerks Protective Asso-
ciation. to which most of the strik-
ers belong.
The Labor Department Concilia-
ton Service assigned Frank j. Shee-
ban to the strike, and a conference
between representatives of both sides
began yesterday morning, and re-
scessed about $50 pm
Have Hopes of Settlement.
Richard Compton, business agent
of Store Managers Local No. 1888,
said last night they have high hopes
OF settling their differences" in to-
days conferences. Managers joined
in the strike with about 700 clerks.
Oficials of the company declined
to comment.
John Grasso, business agent for
the grocery clerks local No. 639-A.
said the clerks walked out in fur
therance of their demands for wage
raises of $3.50 a week. seniority
ratings and two-week vacations with
pay instead of one week, as at
present, for those who have been
employed by the company for three
years or more.
Meat-cutters employed in the
stores refused to walk through the
picket lines. union officials said. al
though they did not join in the
lines.
Other Stores CIogged.
Throughout the city other grocery
stores were jammed with shoppers.
Telephone orders went untitled for
business. Many grocers hired extra
clerks. Shortages of perishable
foods developed at several stores.
as housewives. many of whom had
arranged orders several days in ad-
vance with Sanitary stores, sought
weekend grocery supplies elsewhere
Pickets walked the sidewalks in
front of many of the Sanitary stores,
while other company establishments
merely bore signs of the strike.
1t was estimated that more than
200 other employees of the Sanitary
stores, including general office
workers. truck drivers and others
would be affected indirectly, and
that 600 warehouse workers might
be thrown out of work.
Evening star., 1940-11-17

row of campaign ribbons. Aim tor
his chest next time and keep your
feet out of the mud"
He" was paper target mounted
on the rife range at the Quantico
Marine base. The two riflemen were
Marine Reservists who less than two
weeks ago we're white collar workers
whose greatest hazard was crossing
Washington streets.
But today. for all intents and pur-
poses, they were shooting at enemies.
Under the instruction Of the best
riflemen and teachers in the Marine
Corps, which sets high standards,
they learned and perfected their
technique so that every shot would
cut down the size of the opposition.
Week of Rifle Training.
More than 1.500 reservists, repre-
senting all degrees of eXpertness
with the weapon, began a week, of
rifle training Capt. George o. Van
Orden, member of the Marine Corps
rifle team for seven years, declared
it was the biggest number of men
assembled here at one time for indi-
vidual rife training" The shooting
will continue tomorrow after church
services and conclude on Wednesday.
Using the time -honored method
of teaching in the services-explan-
alton, illustration and application
the Reservists from Washington,
Boston, New York, Philadelphia,
Newark, Toledo and Detroit first
were put through a dry run" in
which the technique was applied to
unloaded guns.
The seriousness of the training
was repeatedly stressed. Capt. Van
Orden, range officer and instruc-
tor, preceded the training with a
lecture in which he declared that
marines were most often called upon
to combat superior numbers, but
that expertness with rifles had
given the corps a superiority in
battle
Records for Relaxation.
ANY man who can shoot an
enemy soldier he can see at any
distance is automatically brave and
courageous" he told the Reservists.
"He has confidence in his ability, no
matter what the odds are against
him."
The men squatted through va
rious firing positions Friday aiming
empty rifles at targets. There was
a continuous clicking OF triggers
hitting unloaded chambers from
1880 rifles-and everywhere the
faces of Reservists we're tense.
To provide relaxation, Capt. Van
Orden ceased his instructions fire.
quently and over the loud-speaker
system came the soft music Of
Tommy Dorsey'si Orchestra playing
something about lonely hours" "a
nightingale" and "stardust in your
eyes"
There was no music today. The
sharp cracking of 232 small-bore
rifles began a few minutes after
daylight at $50 O'Clock and con-
tinued throughout most of the day.
For several hundred men who joined
the Marine Reserves just before
they were ordered to duty, it was
the first time they had ever pulled a
trigger which released bullet. Most
had fired at previous summer en-
campments, but those were in baln1y
days when Reservists, If they
thought at all about the subject,
discounted any possibility Of being
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Oldest Inhubitunts'
Dinner December 7

The annual banquet of the Asso-
citation of Oldest Inhabitants, cele-
brating its 18th anniversary, will
be held in the Raleigh room of the
Raleigh Hotel, Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV, at 7:30
pm. December 7, Theodore w.
Noyes, president, announced yester-
day.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Too Proud to Beg,
Man Fuints on Street

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 16.-Too proud
to beg, Philip Rainberg, 61-year- old
native of Sweden. collapsed on the
street today after going four days
without food.
He told Policeman August N.
Nellies he preferred hunger to beg
ging and had been searching unsuc-
cessfuily for a job.
Hospital physicians said his con-
dition was such that he could not
take food Immediately.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Gichner to Be Honored

Fred S. Gichner will be the guest
of honor on his 10th birthday when
friends and employees Of the Gich-
ner Iron Works hold a party at the
shop, Twenty-fourth and M streets
NV, Wednesday, from 8 pm. to
midnight. Mr.. Gichner is president
Of the company. which he estab-
lished a years ago.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Catholic AIumnae to Meet

Msgr. Patrick j. Collins. vice rec
tor of Catholic University, will be
principal speaker at the annual
conference of the International
Federation of Catholic Alumnae.
District Chapter. to be held at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon at Immacu-
lata Seminary, Wisconsin avenue
and Yuma street NV.
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Custis P.-T. A. to Meet

The Nellie Custis School PARENT
Teacher Association, Arlington. Va,
will meet at 8 pm. tomorrow. Guest
speaker will be Frances Maysarch,
discussing Growing Up With
Books"
Evening star., 1940-11-17
Marine Reserves Learning
To Use Rifle All Over Again.
District Men Among 800 at Quontieo 4ss:
Given Thorough individual Training
BY ROBERT BRUSKIN,

QUANTCO Va Nov 16Ihe exbookkeep squated In the mud
The exovernment gunted approval his
squeezed-buth slipped.
profanity sergeant
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
Border Patrol
Gets New
Equipment

TUCSON, July 26-Three Thomp-
son sub-machine guns and nine
new Ford automobiles with special
o5 horsepower Mercury motors came
into Tucson yesterday for the U. s.
immigration Border Patrol, it was
announced by Carson Morrow, act
ing chief Three more of the expect
ed 81 new men for the service ar
rived over the weekend.
The new motors will be used for
the new patrol stations which are
being set up throughout the border
region of Arizona. Their extra mo-
tors provide higher speeds and
power than in previous Border
Patrol equipment.
Morrow said the sub-machine
guns will be used only in times Of
emergencies or during small border
invasions. He recalled that time
in 1922 when there was border
trouble and Ruby was raided, the
postmaster and several others killed
by Mexicans. There. have been 9th
er crucial times on the border when
revolutionists threatened to invade
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
Luncheon And
Theater Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Siddell en-
tertained at lovely luncheon and
theater party Thursday celebrating
the fourteenth birthday of their
daughter, Miss Gloria Siddell.
Chinese fortune favors were dis
tributed to the guests and charm
ing scheme of zinnias and daisies
was used in the colorful decorations.
Those present included Misses
Guen Ellis, joey Berk, Ethel Ellis,
Mary Ann Myers, Marion Kelly,
Billie Thompson, Nancy Marsteller,
Patricia Sisk, Mary Allen Smith,
Frances Ellen Carroon, Martha Ann
Frazier, Patsy O'Keefe, Dorothy
Tenney, Adele Bracker and the
honoree.
Assisting Mrs. Siddell in enter
tanning were Miss Emma Lohn and
Eugene Siddell. Jr.
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BACK FROM COAST
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Brown
of the Bowman Hotel returned
Thursday from vacation at south
ern California beaches. They were
accompanied home by their daugh-
ter, Miss Judith Brown, who has
been attending college in the Los
Angeles area.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Chernin and
children are expected home tomor-
row from Venice, California, where
they have been vacationing the past
three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Craig Pottinger and
two sons returned Tuesday from a
ten day vacation trip to Grand
Canyon, Boulder Dam, Long Beach
and Chula Vista In the latter city
they visited Mrs. Pottinger's sister,
Mrs. Lewis Curtis, and family.
4A&*k#*
Mrs. Roy Cheshire and daughter
Kay left Saturday on vacation
trip to Long Beach.
fHH&&#*
Mr.. and Mrs. Hillie Capin and
two sons left Sunday on a vacation
trip to southern California.
*M*****
Mrs. Bailey Russell arrived Tues
day from Phoenix to spend few
days visiting relatives.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
Murrays Guests
At Wise Home

Major and Mrs William Murray
MARY Wise) and daughters Nancy
and Patsy arrived Monday to spend
about two months visiting Mrs.
Murray's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
E. Wise of Crawford street.
They made a boat trip from Fort
Meade, Maryland, to San Francisco
where they were met by Mrs. Wise.
Mrs. Marguerite Macdonald, Mrs.
Florence Bonsall and Miss Barbara
Macdonald.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27

Mr.. and Mrs. James White and
daughter and Sam White have re-
turned to their home in Superior
after visiting Nogales relatives.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
Whereabouts
Continued from Pag One)

Continued from Pag One)
nner NCgaliane - H. E. (Montv)
Montgomery. Mrs Marjorie Mont
gomerv. James Lincoln Edwards and
Miss Mary Hand. MONTGOMERY, who
was formerly connected with a 10
cal service station, is now employ
ed in the ticket office of the Pa
cific Greyhound Lines in the coast
city. Miss Hand, who teaches in
Tucson, and formerly taught here,
is vacationing at Venetian Square.
James Lincoln Edwards is selling
papers on the pike. Also in Long
Beach we met Major George Mac
donald, who is vacationing over
there.
Down in the San Diego district
you find lot of former NogaIians,
among the number Attorneys Fred
Noon and son Bonsal, and Bert
Schleimer, Edward Tonlin and Ar
thur DeRiemer. On the day we were
there Harry D. Tomlin was in town
from Los Angeles with his son, Rev.
H. D. Tomlin, Jr., from Oklahoma.
At Chula Vista resides Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Curtis, Attorney and
Mrs. G.. A. Little and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Cavannaugh. Mrs. Cavan-
naugh is a daughter of Writ G.
Bowman.
At San Ysidro we met Cesar
Soto, brother of Deputy Sheriff j.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27

M. Soto, Jr., Cesar, who moved
away from here almost 20 years ago,
has drug store in San Ysidro.
At Tijuana we saw two former
well known Nogalians-Roy Noon
and Eduardo de los Rios.
Enroute home we visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Loson Odle at El Centre. They
moved away from here six years
ago.
On the trip we quizzed hundreds
of strangers en- who they thought
would win the presidential race,
Roosevelt or Willkie. Seven out of
ten replied Roosevelt.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27

DR.. and Mrs. M. T. Merritt were
visitors in Tucson Saturday
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Mr.. and Mrs. E. K. Cumming
spent Sunday and Monday in Tue
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor j. Wager,
Jr., and two sons returned Monday
from two week vacation at Mis-
sion Beach, San Diego.
*******
+ DR.. Zenas Noon and family got
back Tuesday from Mission Beach,
San Diego, where they spent two
week vacation.
DR.. and Mrs Charles S. Smith
and two children returned last week
from vacation trip to Long Beach,
Boulder Dam and Grand Canyon.
*******
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce Wallace have
returned from a ten day vacation
at San Diego.
A. j. Mitchell, superintendent Of
schools, and family, are expected
back Thursday from a vacation trip
to Argyle, Wisconsin. The superin-
tendent's office will open on Au-
gust / after having been closed for
q month.
Mrs. Sam Capin and children and
Mr.. and Mrs. Zellie Capin and ba-
by will return Tuesday from vaca-
ton at Venice.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27

the country, and sub-machine guns
might have been used.
The new men who reported in
cluded: Jack F. Slattery, San Fran
cisco; Ross Leonard, Huntington,
Utah, and Ralph E. Turner, Liver
more, Calf. The 10 who reported
last week have already been as
signed to their stations. All are new
to the service and are being trained
and broken in while on duty, Nor
row said. All will later GO to Bor-
der Patrol training schools The re-
manning Al will arrive in four to six
weeks, some directly from training
schools.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
.HNg!Z(RGEHlES: III |:

CATHOLIC CHURCH
Sunday-MaSses at $50, 8 and 10.
Rosary at 1880 pm.
Weekdays-Mass at $40.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
TO BOSTON

Immigration Inspector John Hard
man and family left yesterday on
a vacation trip to Boston and New
York.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
SOCIETYNCLUBSatPRSQN
Celebrate
18th Birthday

Celebrating the 18th birthday of
Billy Shane, Jr., picnic party was
held Thursday night at Buffalo Inn
q short distance north of the Betty
Jean Bowman home on the Tucson
read.
Those attending were Mr.. and
Mrs. William H Sham, Ivonne.
Robbie and Billy Shane, Mr.. and
Mrs. G.. L. Robinson, Miss Beatriz
Robinson, Miss Nina Arana, Mrs.
Maude Peterson and Earl Pottin-
ger. =
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
2M1f1lfsE BOX

Colorado Springs, Colo.
July Is, 1910
Mr.. Craig Pottinger,
NogaleS, Arizona.
My Dear Craig:
I enjoyed very much your letter
of July 9Th. 1t brought back flood
of old memories.
I do not know whether the Beta
Phi high school fraternity is still
in existence. Like you, I have not
gone back to Elwood in the last few
years, particularly since the death
of my parents. I have the impress
sion that there still is a fraternity
in E1wood.
Many thanks for writing me.
Sincerely yours,
Wendell l.. WiIIkie.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
u. A. Students
Visit Here Today

The University of Arizona sum-
mer faculty and students will come
from Tucson to Nogales today for
dinner at the Cavern cafe and an
afternoon of sightseeing on the bor-
der.
The motorcade will stop at Tu-.
macacori mission en- route. The
event is a. feature of the entertain
ment schedule for the summer ses-
sion.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
TRINITY CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH

Church school 10 o'clock. Pilgrim
Fellowship class same hour. Miss
Eleanor Miller leader.
Morning wor ship II o'clock.
Theme brotherhood, It's Three
Secrets" Special music.
St. Andrews church invited to
worship with us. A cordial invita-
ton extended to the pubic. Strang-
ers made welcome.
o. A. SMITH, d. d. Pastor.
Nogales international., 1940-07-27
TO IOWA

Mr.. and Mrs. Lon Bellman and
two months old son left Thursday
to speed the remainder of the sum-
mer vacation with relatives in
Iowa.
The guardian., 1940-11-23
Calvin's Newspaper Service
TESTED RECIPE
~ Eraaeeg kee Rarf0ns

1t You have ever seen it or caught its
lush aroma;
Ii you have ever tasted it in Tulsa or
Tacoma;
You'll order Sally's Chocolate Sponge
whenever you are able
This sweet brunette, this light dessert,
this "oomph" dish Of the table.
SALLY'S CHOCOLATE SPONGE
Three squares unsweetened choco-
late; 3 tablespoons butter; 1 cup
sugar; Is teaspoon salt; l tablespoon
water; 2 egg whites, stiffIy beaten.
Melt chocolate in double boiler. Add
butter and stir until blended. Add
sugar, salt, and water and heat l min
ute, Cool slightly while beating egg
whites. Stir chocolate mixture into
egg whites Stir chocolate mixture
INTO egg whites, gently but thoroughly.
Iurn INTO custard cups. Place in pan
OF hot water and bake in moderate
oven $3.50 F. l hour and Is minutes.
Serve hot with whipped cream. Serves
four.