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Evening star., 1940-07-15
PIumer s Resignation
Declared Closed Incident

Contrary to previous reports.
there will be no inquiry or hear
ing on any phase Of the row over
the resignation of Eugene B. Plum
er as head bailiff of the Mount
Rainier (Md) police force when
the town officials meet tonight.
MIR. Plumer's resignation can be
put down as a closed incident,
according to the town officials.
At the last meeting the former
head bailiff made verbal charges of
serious nature against Mayor
Norman A. Pruitt. The council re-
fused to consider verbal charges
and demanded they be reduced to
writing and q sworn statement.
Councilman Charles Haskins to-
day declared that any petitions
asking the reinstatement Of Mr..
Plumer would be tabled.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Additional Amish Families
Moving 10 leonardtown

BY the Associated Press.
LEONARDTOWN, Nd. July 15.-
Amish families are on the march
again.
Two more families from Pennsvl-
vania are expected to arrive here
within the next few days to take up
residence on farm lands purchased
recently.
They will precede II other Amish
farmers who several weeks ago
bought land near here. The ii
visited the Z Amish people here
and were impressed with the prog
ress being made.
The first Amish family came here
last March, settling on a 170-acre
farm. The farm now is almost In
full cultivation, with 100 acres
planted in corn and another section
containing tobacco.
A spokesman for the Amish fam.
lilies said more and more Of the sect
would come here.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Accofink Man Burned
When Auto Catches Fire
BY a Staff Correspondent of The Star.

BY Staff Correspondent Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 15.-
George T. Smith, "a, of near Ac-
cotink, was in a critical condition
in Alexandria Hospital today suffer-
ing from burns received when his
parked car caught fire early yes
terday.
He had fallen asleep in his car,
parked at the home of friend near
Alden, when the car caught fire,
apparently from q lighted cigarette,
police reported. His shirt and coat
were burned of before he was
rescued and taken to Manassas for
medical treatment and later brought
to the hospital here.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Groups Named
To Give Refugee
Children Shelter
Special Committees
Picked to Provide
Temporary Housing

Speeding arrangements to care for
war refugee children when they ar
rive here, Mrs. Milton King, chair
man of the Subcommittee on Child
Care Of the Washington Branch of
the Committee for the Care of Eu-
ropean Children, today announced
appointment of special committees
to obtain reception centers for tenn
porary housing. The committee
will supervise placements later in
suitable foster homes.
The local organization was formed
by the Council of Social Agencies.
Chairman of the Committee on
Reception Centers is Maj. Charles
Dodd, commander Of the Salvation
Army. He will be assisted by Mrs.
Frank Linzel of the Woman's Coun-
Gil of the Federation of Churches;
Mrs. Mary Leute of the Council of
Social Agencies and Capt. Rhoda
Milliken, director of the Womans
Bureau OF the Metropolitan Police
Department.
Aid of Public Agencies Sought.
The Committee on Foster Homes,
headed by Miss Mildred Terrett,
director of the Children's Protective
Association, as chairman, is COM
posed of Morris Klass, director OF
the Jewish Social Service Agency;
Miss A. Patricia Morss, supervisor
of the Child Welware Division. of
the Board of Public Welfare, and
Msgr. Lawrence ]. Shehan, director
of Catholic Charities.
Cooperation of the Board of Edu-
cation will be sought on admission
OF refugee children to public schools,
Mrs. King said, and the Health De-
partment is to be asked for help on
medical examinations and clinic and
hospital treatment. Aid of other
public and private agencies will be
sought, Mrs. King added.
Consultation Service Offered.
Consultation service for relatives
and friends who are bringing over
specific children has been offered by
executives of the four recognized
child placement agencies in the
city-the Children's Protective Asso-
citation, Catholic Charities, Jewish
Social Service Agency and the Child
Welfare Division of the Board of
Public Welfare.
Mrs. King pointed out that "even
though the children are relatives,
problems inevitably arise when
child is uprooted from his home en-
vironment and transplanted in
strange households in a strange
county," ~.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Methodist Senior Hiqh
Institute Opens Today
BY the Associated Press.

By CNe ASSOClACed PfeSS.
WESTMINSTER, Md, July Is
More than 300 boys and girls be-
tween Is and 18 are expected to at
tend the Methodist Church's senior
high institute which opens at West
ern Maryland College today.
The school will be conducted un-
der the auspices of the Baltimore
Conference Board of Education. The
Rev. Edward G. Latch. Chevy Chase,
is dean. The Institutes purpose is
to teach young people how to serve
their local church and young peo-
ple's organizations more effectively.
The school will continue until
Sunday,
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Funeral, Rites Tonight
For George Schmidt, 80

George T. Schmidt, 80, of 1896
First street NV, retired Govern
ment employe, died Saturday night
at his home.
A native of Hanover, Pa, Mr..
Schmidt came to Washington 40
years ago to work in the Office of the
superintendent of documents, Gov
ernment Printing Oh1ce.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Florence Roberta Schmidt; a sister,
Mrs. Catherine E. Nagle, and four
sons, Alfred G., Paul E., G. Ambrose
and Karl Joseph Schmidt, all of
Washington.
Funeral services will be held at 8
o'clock tonight at the Hines fu-
neral home. 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will he in Hanover
tomorrow. '
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Maryland Rifle Matches
Won by 1st infantry
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMP RITCHIE, Md, July 49,
The 1st Infantry, Maryland Ma
tional Guard, yesterday was de-
clared winner of the Maryland
State team competition at the State
Military Departments annual rifle
matches here. The victorious team
scored 249 points.
Corpl. Carl Schneider, Company
L, 5th Infantry, baltimore, won the
individual rifle championship. The
matches, which began Saturday,
were witnessed by Maj. Gen. Milton
Reckord and other National Guard
officers.
The Remington team match was
won by Headquarters Detachment,
I'd Battery, 1st Infantry, Laurel.
Score, 3el.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Two Marine Generals PIuy
Old Army, Game on Reporter

The Marine Corps, which during
the World War had something Of
reputation for getting space in the
newspapers, has landed, and landed
hard, on at least one reporter who
sought to write today about the corps.
The reporter wrote to the COM
mandant at the Marine Barracks In
Quantico, Va, to ask permission to
visit the place to get material for
q feature story. Under date Of July
8, he received this reply:
with regard to the request i.
the commanding general has di-
rected me to advise you that all
such requests should be addressed to
the Major General Commandant,
Evening star., 1940-07-15

Headquarters Marine Corps, WASH
ington, D. c."
SO a letter went to the major
general commandant here and under
date of July IL this reply was re-
ceived:
TN answer to your letter addressed
to the Major General Commandant
in which you request permission to
visit Quantico g.. 1t is suggested
that you address your request direct
to the Commanding General, Marine
Barracks, Quantico, Va"
When last seen. the reporter was
walking down the street on his
hands, whistling the Marine Hymn
ina minor key.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Medical Test Law
May End Virginia as
'Gretna Green State
Regulation Effective
August ! Expected to
Slow Rushes to Altar
By the Associates Press.

RICHMOND, Va, July 14.-Vir-
ginia, a Gretna Green for the popu-
lous East since Maryland slowed
down the tying of marriage knots,
expects cupid to seek other areas
for his rush tactics after July 81.
The Old Dominion hasn't decreed
a waiting period to stop hurry-up
marriages, but a 1910 act requiring
a pre-marital test for social diseases
which becomes effective August l..
will prevent quick rush to the
altar. This wasn't the principal
purpose of the act, but big decrease
in marriages Of non-residents Is
expected.
with many Eastern States.requir- .
ing waiting periods for love-smitten
couples, marriages in Virginia last
year leaped to a record of 52,7i7,
nearly 10000 more than in 1898.
Winchester, q city Of 11,0O0-had
4,045 marriages for the IL months
ended June 30, compared with a
normal yearly marriage total of 350
Warrenton. center of the Virginia
"horse country" had 1869 weddings
in 1889 and 1920 in 1910, as COM
pared with ITS in 1887.
1,500 Marry in Fredericksburg.
Fredericksburg, just to the south
OF Washington, has had more than
$500 marriages this year, as COM
pared with lbs In all of 1898. Lees
burg, also just hop-skip- jump from
the Nations Capital, saw 1,02S cou-
pies get licenses this year, large
increase over any previous period.
Celebrities of stage, screen and
radio, society folk and Government
officials have been among those
coming to Virginia, where the license
could be used Immediately after it
was issued.
The primary purpose Of the new
law Is to prevent the spread of social
diseases. It does not prevent in
fected persons from marrying, but
they must agree to take treatment
prescribed by the State Board of
Health.
AAV" LIZ" vvUIASs
Here's how the law works:
The court clerk cannot issue q
license until both applicants present
a certificate from a physician stat
ing that they have complied with
the 1910 act. That's all the clerk
needs to know.
To comply with the act the appli-
cants must have sociological tests
for syphilis made within 80 days of
the date of the application for a
marriage license. The tests may
be made through a licensed ply
sician at any laboratory approved
by the Virginia Board of Health
IN any State. Generally, Virginia
will recognize any laboratory recog-
nized by health authorities of the
State in which it is located.)
The doctors certificate can either
be mailed to the issuing clerk or
given to the applicant for presenta-
ton when applying for the license.
The doctor must make q report to
the Virginia Board Of Health on the
result of the tests and inform both
applicants for the marriage license.
The applicants may use the same or
different physicians.
Physicians here regard the law
as a new approach to the syphilis
problem.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Bond Concerts

BY the United States Marine Band
at the Marine Barracks bandstand
tonight at 8 O'Clock. Capt. william
F. Santelmann, leader; Henry
Weber. second leader, conducting.
March, palace Pier -Gagnier
Overture, Tampa" -- Herold
Park Avenue -Malneck
Cornet solo, Shores of the
Mighty Pacific Clarke
Musician Robert DeHart.
Grand scenes from Samson and
Denlah Saint Saens
"Badinage" Herbert
Trombone solo, Fantastic Pol
ka" Pryor
Musician Robert IseYe.
Waltz, Moonlight on the Alster,"
Fetras
Revolutionary Fantasy" from
the opera, RIP Van Winkle,"
williams
"slavonic Rhapsody No. g."
Friedemann
'The Marines Hymn"
"The Star spangled Banner"
BY the United States Navy Band
at the east front of the Capitol to-
night at 7:30 O'Clock. 1t. Charles
Benter, leader; Charles Brendler, as
sistant leader.
March, "Chief Of Naval Operations" {"
1t. Benter
Overture to "Hansel and Gretel,"
Humperdinck
Trombone solo, '"The Patriot"
Pryor
Musician Homer Phillips.
Poeme symphonique, "Danse Mac
abre" Saint -Saens
Passing Show Of 1940"- Arr. Walters
Waltz, Santiago Corbin
Waltz, voices Of Spring" Strauss
Suite de Ballet, "Mascarade" Lacome
ca "Cortege."
ID Harlequin and Colombine."
(c) "The Punchinello Family"
(d 'The Mandolinists."
(e) Promenade"
Excerpts from "The Fortune Teller, !"
Herbert
Hungarian Rhapsody No. g. List
"Finale from New World Sym
phony" Dvogak
THE Star spansled Banner."
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Miss Subinu EshIemun
Dies at Orkney SPRINGS

Miss Sabina M. Eshleman, 80,
only daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
q. Eshleman, 5517 Connecticut ave-
nue. NV, died suddenly yesterday at
the family summer home in Orkney
Springs, Va, where she and her
mother were vacationing.
A native Of Philadelphia, Miss
Eshleman came to Washington 10
years ago with her parents. Her
father is in the insurance business
here. Miss Eshleman was q secre-
tary with the State Department
about five years.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow afternoon In Lancaster, Pa.
She will be buried there,
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Gos Company Wins
National Ad Contest

First. place In a national contest
for newspaper display advertising
of gas utilities has been awarded to
the Washington Gas Light Co., it
was announced today by S. E. Hart
zell. president of Public Utilities
Advertising Association.
The winning advertisement of the
local corporation competed with
nearly 5000 entries from 300 utility
organizations in the United States
and Canada. Wilmot r. Squier, n,
Is advertising manager Of the utility
here.
Evening star., 1940-07-15


whose car theirs had collided a few
moments before when the third car
drove past and struck all three men.
Mr.. Fleischauer suffered a back
injury and broken neck. He was
taken to the hospital by Mrs.
Fleischauer.
Car Reported Stolen.
The other two men, Samuel Wal
ter, q, of 80 r street NE. and Carl
Hardison, %, of IL r street NE,
were given first aid treatment at
Sibley Hospital for cuts and bruises
and later released.
Virginia State police later found
a machine abandoned near Triangle
with the front damaged. It had
been reported stolen shortly before
by Leslie Montjoy, owner of a Tri-
angle store.
Louis F. Seal, "a, of Front Royal.
Va, was in Gallinger Hospital today
with injuries received in an acci-
dent at Glen Echo, Md, last night.
He was transferred to Gallinger
after receiving treatment at George
town Hospital.
Child Struck by Auto.
Jimmy Thomas, 6, of 808 Alabama
avenue Sc, was treated at st. Eliza
beth's Hospital for minor injuries
received yesterday when struck by
an automobile at Nichols avenue
and Portland street Sc.
1sidore Sinton, 1S, colored, of Ashe-
vile, N. c., was taken to Alexandria
Hospital early yesterday by Halls
ambulance after an accident on
Highway ! near Woodlawn, Va.
Both his legs were broken. He was
struck by passing car while re-
pairing a fiat tire, hospital attend
ants were told. Fairfax County DO
lice were investigating.
Evening star., 1940-07-15

Washington, sighed q District
ohcial, is beautiful lady with dirty
fingernails.
He told of cutters strewn with
trash, Of tree boxes decorated with
paper cups and beer cans, of bent
and faded trafiic signs, of motorists
tossing debris from their cars, Of
pedestrians leaning on trash boxes
and dropping candy wrappings in
the street.
The official is connected with the
City Refuse Department and might
be expected to be trAsh-cosDcious.
But he is not. alone. A group Of
private citizens, grown weary Of
driving to work through a pathway
of litter and picking up liquor bot
ties on their front lawns, have or
ganized to do something about it.
Gathering impetus now and ready
to attack the problem head-on in
the fall is the Districts Outdoor
Cleanliness Association.
Association Has Pattern.
The organization was born two
months ago at the home of DR..
Harry A. Garfield, chairman of the
Street Cleaning Committee of the
Dupont Circle Citizens Association,
when more than a score of repre-.
sentatives from clubs, citizens asso-
Citations and similar groups COM
pared notes and decided something
must be done.
For a pattern they have the New
York City Outdoor Cleanliness As
sociation. an energetic group which
in its 10 years of life has super
vised the cleaning of vacant lots in
the five boroughs, educated house,
holders and shopkeepers in the
existing ordinances, sponsored
cleanup mass meetings, obtained
the assignment of q policeman in
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Bourd of Trude Unit Named

The Board of Trade Of North
Beach and Chesapeake Beach, Nd,
has appointed M. j. Lane, B. G..
Loveless, Walter Freeman, Arthur
Thomasset and H. G.. Beers to plan
the dedication of q new bridge on
Chesapeake Beach road, to take
place about August Is.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Optimist Group to Give
Bows Club Loo Cubin

The Boys Club of Washington
will be given a log cabin by the
Optimist Club to supplement equip
ment at Camp Reeder.
DR.. William w. Chase, chairman
Of the Board of Managers of the
Optimist Club, will make the pres
entation Wednesday to A. F. E.
Horn. president of the Boys Club.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Washington Group Launches
Drive to End Littering of City
District OfficioI Describes CopitoI as
Beautiful Lody With Dirty FineernoiIs'

each precinct to work with the as
sociation, offered annual awards in
recognition of orderly premises,
sponsored contests, radio programs
and exhibits to promote co-opera-
ton.
At present the New York group
is engaged in a block-by block sur
vey of what makes New York so
dirty" Not an uncovered trash can,
dirty gutter, Uttered sidewalk or un-
tidy fruit cart escapes notice. AS a
continuing thing, members of the
association talk to their friends,
their &rocers, their children and
their janitors about keeping the city
clean.
Pledge From Each Member.
Washington's infant organization,
incorporated last month, plans to do
for this city what has already been
done in New York. Each member
pledges himself mot to add, through
carelessness or otherwise, to the lit
ter in the streets, parks, parkings,
alleys or vacant lots of Washington. :"
Some Of the members are inclined
to go further and would like to carry
their crusade into the enemy camp,
to the extent of suggesting to pc
destrians that they pick up what
they have tossed into the street.
One OF the first steps, in any case,
will entail a visit to the Commits
sioners with the idea of getting the
cleanliness ordinances enforced.
The job they face in the long run,
however, is to make their fellow
citizens aware that all that glitters
is not marble buildings-it might be
a beer can in the gutter.
Almost any street will tell the
story, but The Star will portray "the
beautiful lady with dirty fingernails"
in a series of articles and pictures
Of which this is the first.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
New Wharf at Milestone

LEONARDTOWN, Nd, July Is
(SpeciaD A new wharf will be
built at Milestone Landing, on the
Patuxent River, the st. Marys
County commissioners announced
today. It will replace an old wharf
partly destroyed by q storm In 1888.
Capt. Arthur Cation has the con-
tract for the work.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Traffic Record

The trafilc record, as revealed
at police headquarters for a.
hour period ending at 8 am.
yesterday:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, SO.
Motorists injured, 10.
Motorists arrested, 308.
Pedestrians injured, Z.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton Of pedestrian control reg
ulations, none.
The trafiic record for 24-hour
period ending at 8 am. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, IS.
Motorists injured, 8.
Motorists arrested, ITO.
Pedestrians injured, 3.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton Of pedestrian control reg
ulations, none.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Wheel OFF Auto
Knocks Man Down
In Yard Near Road

Joseph German, IS, WAS
standing in the front yard of
his home at $3.50 Conduit road
NV. yesterday, contemplating
the beauties OF nature and gen.
orally minding his own business.
Suddenly he was knocked
down by an automobile wheel
which was unaccompanied by
any automobile.
The wheel had come of a
passing car, hurtled across the
street and into the yard.
Mr.. German was treated for
shoulder injuries.
Evening star., 1940-07-15

Emergency hos
pital today as a
result of an ac-
cident near Tri-
angle, Va, yes
terday when he
was struck by a
hit = and Z. run
auto.
Mrs. F1eisch-
auer, who was
a t er US
bands bedside,
told police her
h u S b a n d was
standing beside
the road talking
to two men with
Evening star., 1940-07-15

II arfoW ~ eS-
capped the same
fate by cinging
to their over
turned craft for
n e arly nine
hours in the cold
waters Of Chesa-
peake Bay.
Searchers to-
day had not yet
recovered tn e
body of Fred T.
McAlister, 80, a
brickmason, Of
Hillandale, Md,
one of the trio
who went fishing
Evening star., 1940-07-15

BEAUTIFUL LADY WITH DIRTY FINGERNAILS"-Thers
the marble buildings the broad this WASH
ington too At like this the eye
the behoderfrom the alley in the shadow
the Capitol to the gutter Of wetraeed street The sign
pictured here resand fais-to discourage Wasingtonians
from using their streets and alleys city dumps
Star Staff Photos.
Evening star., 1940-07-15
Man Drowned,
RESCUED From
BayFishing Boat
Survivors Cling
To Copsized Croft
All Night

A fishing party Of three nearby
Maryland men ended in tragedy
over the week end when one was
drowned and his two companions
Evening star., 1940-07-15
D. T.. Policeman Hurt.
Critically in Virginia
By yHit-Run Driver
Two Other Men Cut and
Bruised While Talking
About Auto Collision

Julius S. Fleischauer, ~, OF 224
Twenty-first street NE. a member
Of the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment, was in a critical condition at
Evening star., 1940-05-16

MI. Barlow can obtain enough LIQUID
oxygen.
This is all simply q mistake. !.
concluded Mr.. Barlow. II can shoot
1t on again II I can get enough
oxygen. It will take four to ave
days to get It,"
Senator Sheppard said: I'm de-
termined to 60 through with this
experiment because he might have
something this country needs badly" /"
Dash Back by Auto.
The airplanes were unable to re-
turn the members Of Congress to
Washington because Of the weather
and they departed by, automobile,
hoping to be in time to hear Presi-
dent Roosevelts message on national
defense.
The Proving Ground of1icers. stuck
with the goats. wondered who was
going to pay the feed bills until next
Saturday.
One observer, an international
authority on munitions, who because
Of his official capacity declined to
permit the use Of his name, pointed
out the nursing" required for a
Evening star., 1940-05-16
Bomb
CONTINUED From First page.)

who was riding with Senator Shep-
pard.
Senator Sheppard and Gen. Wes-
son finally prevailed on Mr.. Barlow
to return to the experiment grounds.
Meantime, back on the range, the
tethered goats and the spectators,
who included Representative May,
chairman Of the House Military AZ
fairs Committee, were getting wetter
and angrier.
"I'll treat it as a runaway by Mr.
Barlow and believe that he didn't
want to make the test" said Mr..
May, in stern tones. Hes in con-
tempt Of Congress"
A large cloud, caused by evapor-
alton of the oxygen. burst from the
bomb and spectator yelled: Its
going off." Every one ducked, but
1t was only false alarm. Senator
Reynolds, Democrat, Of North Caro-
lima, who had meanwhile arrived At
the stand with Representatives Mar
tin and Faddis Of the Military AZ
fairs Committee declared: well,
anyway, we saved the goats. Thank
God for that"
Everybody. Makes Up.
BY the time Barlow reappeared
with the remainder Of the members
Of Congress there was a general
shaking of hands.
I'm sorry about this misunder-
standing" said Senator Reynolds.
If there is another demonstration
I'll certainly be here"
I'm willing to be here when he
tries again." said Representative
May, and his colleagues acknowl-
edged with mods that they felt the
same way.
Il think we'll have this yet" said
Senator Sheppard, and they finally
agreed to set next Saturday as the
10 ofo fny thu ,,ar, <~~S ~>~~,,;L>l
Evening star., 1940-05-16

hadn't told Mr.. Barlow % set M
the bomb; that the only order he
had given Was for tho bombing
range to be cleared.
Mr.. Barlow disclosed that he had
resigned two days ago from the
bombing division Of the Glenn L.
Martin Aircraft Co, saying he did
so because Martin refused the War
Departments request that he take
Evening star., 1940-05-16

bomb Of the Barlow type would not
BE- availabiein wartime.
The inventors attorney, Paul Ha-
worth, told Representative May that
Aberdeen oficials had ordered him
to set up the bomb and that he
could not be blamed II this was done
before all the committeeman ar
rived.
Col. Lewis told Mr.. May that he
Evening star., 1940-05-16

Present extsnsible facilities should
be extended. It was thought.
The committee tabled q recon.
mendation that report cards be de-
stroyed after q period OF time 50
that record of q child's indiscre-
tions would not be held against him
IN later life to study what the dis
position Of such records should be.