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Evening star., 1941-08-27
A. B. {. Hearing 10 Weigh
LIQUOR Price Control

Proposals by the Beverage Indus
try Committee and the Retail Liquor
Dealers Association for adoption by
the District of something in the
nature of liquor price control will
be considered at a public hearing
before the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board September S, beginning
at $50 am.
The session will be held in the
hearing room of the A. B. c. Board,
second floor of the District Building.
The two groups recently sent let
ters to the Commissioners protest.
ing the evil effects they said re-
suited from existing 'cut-throat
competition" Both letters pre-
sented excerpts from comments
made in recent report by District
grand jury on this subject The
Beverage Industry Committee was
set up several years ago at the call
of Milton S. Kronheim, ST.. liquor
wholesaler, and its membership in<
cludes both wholesalers and retail
erS. Mr.. Kronheim and others
heretofore have argued for liquor
price control and in earlier actions
the Commissioners have rejected
such suggestions. With the appoint
ment of two new members of the
Board of Commissioners, the two
groups asked for a reconsideration,
and the letters they received were
foruar rded to the r G. BOARD for
the boards consideration.
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Sorority Investigated
By Police Disso|ves
Itself Voluntarily
Chapters Here Permitted
To Continue Using Name
OF Zetu Betu Chi

The district attorneys Office an
nounced last night that zeta Beta
Chi, national sorority, had volun-
tarily dissolved itself and the spon-
soring organization, World Caravan
Guild, Inc, had agreed to remove
its national headquarters from
Washington.
Four Washington chapters, which
have q total of about 200 members,
were given permission to continue
to use the name Of Zeta Beta Chi,
but were released from all connec-
ton with the parent organization.
The sorority was organized osten-
sibly for business girls.
The national group was the CEN
trail organization of chapters in
about 80 or 40 big cities of the
country. with several thousand
members.
Detective 1t. Joseph Shimon of
the district attorneys special in.
vestigation squad said that mem
bership solicitations were conducted
in Washington by telephone. The
new members had to sign an agree
ment to pay $3.50 to World Cara
van for a life membership as we'll
as $40 to zeta Beta Chi, he said.
1t. Shimon and his men began an
investigation of the setup several
weeks ago.
Certified documents attesting to
the dissolution, accompanied by
resignation statements of all officers
Of the sorority, were turned over to
1t. Shimon.
The sorority was organized in
Atlanta, Ga.
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Fort Meade Displays
New Tank Chasing Unit
By the Associated Press,

BY the ASSOCIATED ereSS.
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md,
Aug. 27-The Army rolled out a
new type tank chasing unit, now in
experimental stage here, for a DEM
onstration today.
The new general headquarters
unit, built around the personnel of
the esd Anti-tank Battalion, is pri-
marily an offensive force organized
to pursue and destroy enemy tanks.
1t Is equipped with light and heavy
anti-tank guns on self-propelled
mounts.
Anti-tank guns are mounted on
nat-bodied mosquitolike "jeep"
cars and on speedy half tracks,
steel-sided vehicles with wheels in
front and caterpillar tracks behind.
The half tracks also are equipped
with anti-aircraft machine guns.
The jeeps each carry 37-milli-
meter gun, the lighter anti-tank
weapon
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Washington Woman
And Daughter Die
In Traffic Crash
-Four Others Injured as
Car Goes Out Of Control
On Super Highway

A 33-year-old Washington woman
and her 5-year- -old daughter were
killed yesterday when an automobile
driven by the mother skidded out
of control on the Pennsylvania turn
pike near Somerset, Pa.
The dead are Mrs. Mary Bismark
of 3735 Camden street Sc, wife
of a Government Printing Off1ce
bookbinder, and Joan Bismark. Two
other daughters. Mary Jane, is, and
Anita, ID, were taken to Somer-
set hospital, as were Robert E. Wilt,
As, Altoona, Pa, and his wife.
Mr.. Wilt was the operator Of a
car with which Mrs. Bismark's We
hicle collided after vaulting the un-
paved center strip Of the road, ac-
cording to the Associated Press. He
was quoted as telling Coroner F. E.
Sass:
"I saw this other car careen across
the 6-foot dirt strip separating the
lanes. I swerved to the right and
put on my brakes, but before l
could stop I was hit"
En- Route to Milwaukee.
The four Washingtonians were
en- route to visit relatives IN Mil
waukee, Wis.
Mr.. Bismark left for the Pennsyl-
vania town last night when informed
OF the tragedy.
A man and woman, both from
Washington, were seriously injured
early today when their car ran
across the road on highway FAC
near Corbys Hill, q few miles north
of Bethesda and crashed into
culvert.
John M. Conroy, Is, of 3574 Thir-
teenth street NV, was taken tc
Georgetown Hospital by the Bethes-
da Rescue Squad with head in
Jury. His companion, Miss Lillian
McReady, 81, Of 1704 Eighteenth
street NV, was taken to Emergency
Hospital by a motorist. She suf-
fered several broken ribs and cuts
and bruises.
Inquest Holds Driver.
Walter Edward White, %, of the
200 block of Bates street NV. was
held for action of Police Court today
under the Negligent Homicide Act
by coroner's jury sitting in the
hit-and-run traffic death of 7-year-
old Francis Buddy Armitage, 905
Fifth street NV
The child died last Friday a few
minutes after being struck by an
automobile in the 400 block of 7
street NV.
Mr.. White was arrested the next
morning after a witness had fur
nished police with the license plate
number and a description of the
striking car. He denied knowledge
of the accident.
The defendant did not take the
stand at the inquest. The verdict
came after Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald instructed the jury it
was not to consider what the drivers
action after striking the child might
have been
Evening star., 1941-08-27
New D. {. Paralysis Case
Sends AUGUST Total 10 Il

Another case of infantile paralysis
was reported to the Health Depart
ment today, bringing the total for
August to 81, and the total for the
year to 26.
DIR. James G. Cumming, chief of
the departments division of COM
municable diseases, again warned
parents to exercise the greatest cau-
ton during this period of the year.
when the disease is most prevalent.
by keeping their children in bed
from three to five days when any
kind of sickness develops.
He said children should be kept
quiet until the family doctor can de-
termine If there are symptoms Of
paralysis.
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Foundry Church Group
Entertuins Seieetees

One hundred young members Of
the Foundry Methodist Church en-
tertained group of selectees from
Fort Meade and Fort Belvoir last
night with singing, dancing and
refreshments.
A dozen soldiers took advantage
OF the invitation extended by the
church's Tuesday open house to
attend the weekly meeting of the
young peoples group. The group
plans to make the 2-week-old event
major contribution to Washing
tons entertainment program for
visiting service men.
The program was held in the Lett
Building adjoining the church In the
1900 block Of Sixteenth street NV
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Aluminium Campaign
Collections 10 Total
"a Million Pounds
La Guordio Says Scrop
Will Free Metal for
$500 Fighting Planes

Basing its estimate on final re-
ports from the District of Columbia
and seven States, the o. P. M. ex-
pressed confidence today that the
recent Nationwide aluminium scrap
collection campaign for defense will
yield total of 100000 pounds.
Complete tabulation of collections
in the District showed that an aver
age of nearly half a pound (493 of
a pound to be exacD per occupied
dwelling was received here, the total
being "a, ,460 pounds.
While this half-pound average has
applied generally in reports to date,
Rhode Island has the best showing
at this stage, with collections aver
aging IL pounds dwelling.
Incomplete returns for Virginia
gave collections of 10000 pounds,
with an average of 1874 pounds a
dwelling No figures were given for
Maryland.
o. P. M. officials said 6,7O0,000
pounds of pots, pans and other alu-
minum scrap had already moved
toward defense production. They
estimated that the 100000 pounds
of scrap when refinished, would
make about 10,500,000 pounds Of
aluminium. And F. H. La Guardia,
director of civilian defense, de-
clared that $500 fighting planes
could be manufactured from 10,500,-
600 pounds Of aluminium.
Collestions In the District were
more than three times those for
the State of Delaware, where hte
total was $4,000 pounds and the
average per dwelling $40 pounds.
Lowest per dwelling collection aver
age among States making final re-
ports thus far was .l53 for Ten
nessee, where total collections were
100 9,801.
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Records Storehouse
Prospect Arlington
PIeases Cochran
New War Offices to Meet
Lone-FeIt Need After
Emergency, He Asserts &.

Representative Cochran, Democrat,
OF Missouri, today commended Presf-
dent Roosevelt for his decision to
locate the proposed new War De-
partment Building in Arlington
County as well as his plan to scale
down the size of the structure for
which Congress has appropriated
$35 900 900.
At the same time, Mr.. Cochran
said he was pleased that the Presi-
dent intended that the new build
ing be used temporarily by the War
Department and that after the ma
tional emergency it would become a
storehouse for millions of valuable
Government records.
For IS years Representative
Cochran has fought for a special
building to house Government rec
ords. He declared the Archives
Building; intended as such a repos-
itory, is "a showhouse."
Declares Building Needed.
A statement issued by Mr.. Coch-
ran said in part:
When one considers the War and
Navy as well as the Veterans Ad-
ministration alone, an idea can be
secured of why such a building Is
needed. War and Navy have today
the jackets Of every man who ever
served in the military or naval
forces while the Veterans Admin
istration has a jacket for every
claim for pension filed since the
beginning of the country. Millions
upon millions of files are inactive,
but they must be kept.
True, some of the Veterans Bu-
reau files have been turned over to
the Archives, but they are not of
the type that should be preserved
there.
Sees Junk" in Archives.
"The Archives is a show-house,
and those in charge went far beyond
the original idea. The most valuable
documents in the possession of the
Government today are the original
Of the Declaration of independence
and the Constitution, but they still
remain at the Library of Congress
and have never been placed in the
beautiful cases made especially for
them in the Archives Building. I
have investigated what was taken
and preserved in the Archives, and
can say there is plenty of Junk there
which should be destroyed.
''1t has been a long time coming,
but am pleased 1t is on the way at
last. The decision confirms my views
of long standing that such build
ing was a necessity"
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Stores to Resume
FuII-Week Schedule

Retail stores which have been
closed on Saturdays during July and
August will return to their regular
hours beginning this week, Edward
D. Shaw, secretary of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton. announced today. While the
stores will be open this Saturday,
they will be closed on Labor Day,
Monday, Mr.. Shaw SAID
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Ickes Louds Maryland
Efforts to Sove Cos
uut tha kSsociated press

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Aug. 27.-Maryland's
cooperation in the Eastern Sea-
board campaign to conserve gaso-
line has won official recognition
from the Off1ce of the Federal Pc
troleum Co-ordinator.
Gov. O'Conor announced receipt
of a letter from Co-ordinator Ickes,
noting measures adopted in this
State in conjunction with the Fed
eral program, and adding:
"Your fine spirit of cooperation
with our program is, indeed, appre-
ciated, and the efforts you are max
ing will prove real contribution to
the cause. I am sure"
Evening star., 1941-08-27
80 Convicted Here
Under Weights Law

Eighty violators of the law were
prosecuted in the District and ines
amounting to $5,282 were assessed.
during the fiscal year ending last
sJune, according to the annual Ie-
port of the Department of Weights.
Measures and Markets.
The report said 1,009 types Of
scales, weights, measures and pumps
were condemned and 1,l38 scales,
weights and measures were con-
fiscated In accordance with the law.
A total of 6.432. 1853 inspections were
made, which included 6,344, ,s96 milk
bottles.
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Art Shows to Open

The art unit of the District of
Columbia w. P. A. will open two
exhibitions in the project galleries
at 816 Independence avenue S.W
tomorrow. Both exhibitions will be
open to the public on weekdays
from / to pm. and on Saturdays
from 8 am. to / pm. until Sep
tember a.
Evening star., 1941-08-27
.DeIto UpsiIon Outing

Washington alumni Of the Delta
Upsilon Fraternity will hold their
annual outing at the Sycamore
Island Club tomorrow evening. The
program, including swimming. boat
ing and picnic supper, will begin
at 5 pm.
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Church Come Niaht'

The Wesleyan Glass of the Emory
Methodist Church, 1900 Georgia
avenue NV. will hold q game
night" at the church tomorrow at
$50 pm. Young men and women
past school age are invited.
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Toll in Previous Months.

In August, Beware OF:
1. Crossing q street at some
point other than q crosSwak.
Three of the five pedestrians
killed in trafic in August, 1910.
were fatally injured while COM
mitting this unsafe act.
2. The hours between S and
9 pm. Four persons met death
within this four-hour period
in August last year.
Evening star., 1941-08-27
Make August Sofer

NtONS HuSuSt SOISI
Every blot Is a District trafnc
death. The toll thus far this
year greatly exceeds that re-
ported here during the same
period in 1910.
August, l94l
Aug. s Aug. y Aug. 22lAus. q
90 . . .
August, 1910
Aug. I Asg. I IAps. sIAps. f1IA u
. . . . .
Aug. Is Avg. II Avg. 81
. . .
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(See MILK, Page B-20
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August, l94l

Aug. s Aug. 7Aue. 27lAus. q
80 Q . .
Evening star., 1941-09-28

pointed out, was to provide for pri-
vate travel in connection with Wis
its to Mount Vernon and other
historical points rather than for
use by commercial carriers.
Provisions have been made for
issuance of permits on an annual
basis, effective from April l until
the following March 81, at the rate
of SO a seat in each vehicle.
Alternate provisions afford quar-
terly permits at rs cents seat and
single day permits at the rate of 81
a day per vehicle. All permits will
be issued through the Office Of Ma
tional Capital Parks in Washington
Evening star., 1941-09-28
|ckes Orders Fees
For Public Carriers
On Memorial Highway
Rote of s. Per Seat Will
Be Charged Beginning
November !

All buses and sightseeing We
hicles using the Mount Vernon
highway between the south end OF
Arlington Memorial Bridge and
Mount Vernon will pay fees in the
form of permits to operate over the
highway beginning November l.
The order, which has been ap-
proved by President Roosevelt, was
issued here yesterday by Secretary
of Interior Ickes.
An amendment to National Cap
ital Parks regulations, the order
will affect all commercial vehicles
carrying passengers for hire with
the exception of taxicabs licensed
in the District, Maryland and Vir-
ginia.
Secretary Ickes said the order
was designed to improve safety and
traffic conditions on the roadway,
which is carrying an increased load
as a result of heavy traffic between
Washington and Southern Army
centers.
The Secretary asserted the flow
of private automobiles on the park
way will be facilitated by the ex-
ercise of direct control of sight
seeing cars and other commercial,
vehicles. The original intent, he
Evening star., 1941-09-28

for the world at peace which will
really make tangible to men. women
and children everywhere the hope
of a better world.
Mrs. Tillett paid tribute to Mrs
Roosevelt for having originated the
idea of Democratic Women's Day,
a celebration marked by all but four
of the States yesterday.
I'VE need to get home to the
American people" Mrs. Tillett de-
clared in her address, "the truth
that the only economical thing we
can do, the only decent thing We
can do is to put our wealth, our
brains, our energy, our will and
every resource behind our Govern
ment in this crisis"
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Community Church
Campaign Launched
By Bethesda Clergy
Rally onieht Will Open
Drive to Increase Interest
In Religious Affairs

A community church campaign
arranged by six churches of Be-
thesda to encourage interest in
church life will be launched at a
rally at o'clock tonight at the
Leland Junior High School.
High lights will be a sermon by
DR.. William r. Barnhart, the re-
firing executive secretary of the
Washington Federation of Churches
and the commissioning OF the lao
campaign workers by the Rev. Hart
well Chandler. pastor Of the Be-
thesda Methodist Church. DR.. Barn
hartS topic will be "Watchman
What of the Night?"
The program will open with call
to worship by DR.. j. Raymond Mel
son. pastor Of the Bethesda First
Baptist Church. Dr.. Joseph E. Will
liams, rector of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, will lead the responsive
reading, and the Rev. R, A. Vogeley
pastor OF Christ Lutheran Church
will read the announcements. fol-
lowed by the offertory and a prayer
to be offered by the Rev. James S
AlbertSon. pastor of the Bethesda
Presbyterian Church. The benedic-
ton Will be pronounced by the Rev
William G. Dram, pastor Of Christ
Memorial Christian Church.
To Canvass Homes.
The campaign workers will be sent
to homes in pairs representing two
ations. Purpose OF the can
vass is to find out whether the resi-
dents are attending any church,
whether their children are attend
ing Sunday school and to encourage
interest.
Attend your community church
Is the slogan adopted for the drive.
Posters will be displayed through
out the community, announcements
made in theaterS and talks given
at the schools Church leaders feel
that the rapid growth of the COM
munlty has resulted in many persons
falling to continue taking an active
part IN church life.
Met During Summer.
The idea for the church campaign
originated last spring. and several
meetings were held during the sum-
mer by representatives Of the Bap-
tist, Christian, Lutheran. Methodist,
Episcopal and Presbyterian churches.
Dr.. Vogeley is general chairman OF
the campaign.
The following four committees
have been named:
Data. Z. z. Bass, chairman: S. J.
Womack, Mrs. J, H. Smith and John
G. Althaus. Finance. Calvin O.
Vowel, chairman; Norman Smith,
Warren Bailey and E. A. Holsten
Workers, Dr.. Vogeley, chairman: j
E. Alnley, Mrs. Elmer Conkin. D. N
Miller, Mrs. Robert Bondy. Capt
Frank Pinney and Graham Petrie
Publicity, Mrs. John H. Werner
chairman; Fred Collins, Guy H
Campbell and Mrs. Walter Zerbee
Evening star., 1941-09-28
War
Continued From First Page1

Black Sea, DNB stated last night.
Three freighters Of a total of 10000
tons were sent to the bottom of
Northwest Crimea, it was said.
OF beSiegad Odessa, which is re-
celFIng supplies and reinforcements
by sea, according to DNB, nine
freighters Of $4,000 tons were sunk.
Inc Russian navy was said to have
been hard hit by the German air
force. DNB listed one cruiser, two
desrtoyers and an anti-aircraft ship
sunk in the Black Sea, and a crius-
er sunk in the Gulf of Finland near
the naval base of krOnStadt. In
addition two battlesfips and six
destroyers were damaged heavily
In the same area. the agency said.
Source Of the Volga was reached
at Seliger Lake, 200 miles southeast
of Leningrad, informed sources
said. The 2,325-mile-long river
reaches to the Caspian Sea, and
would be natural obstacle behind
which Russian armies might retire
if forced out of Moscow and the
Don Valley.
Russian dispatches from the front
reported that the Red Army, pound
ing the German lines on a long line
In an effort to take the initiative
In as many sectors as possible, had
made smashing counterattack on
the Leningrad front in which it
reCaptured a village.
The midday communique stated
that more than 1000 German Off
GERS and men had been killed on
the approaches to Leningrad in the
repulse of German attack, and
that IS aircraft and "a tanks and
other war material were captured
or destroyed.
A dispatch to the army OeWSpaOer
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Democratic Women Hear Radio
Speech by Mrs. TiI!ett

Democratic WOmens Day. a Ma
tion-wide Embarrassing event for the
Democratic party, was observed in
Washington yesterday with tea
in Harvard Hall and a national
radio address by Mrs. Charles w.
Tillett. assistant chairman of the
Democratic National Committee
Mrs. Roosevelt originally was
scheduled to give the address from
her Hyde Park IN. " home, but it
was cancelled because of the death
of her brother, G. Hall Roosevelt.
In message to Democratic wom-
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Lee Miller, Inventor
Of Rubber Glove, Dies

AKRON, Ohio, Sept. 27 (PD.-Lee
r. Miller, 64, co-founder of the old
Miller Rubber Co. and inventor Of
the rubber glove, died here tonight.
He had been in charge Of the B, j.
Goodrich glove department since
1929. when Goodrich took over the
company which he founded with
his brother, Harvey, who died four
years ago.
Evening star., 1941-09-28

en- of the country which was read
by Mrs. Tillett, Mrs. Roosevelt as
serted it was not sufficient to eX-
press ones citizenship only through
loyal party work"
The morale of a nation depends
very largely on its women" Mrs.
Roosevelt wrote. Right from the
beginning our women have cared
for their men, encouraged them and
sent them out to high adventure.
This is our job again today"
Our safety in the future, she said,
lies in democracy having a program
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Steel Writer Dies

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Sept. 27
P,.-Ernest N. Nemenyi, 55, in
dustrial editor of the youngstown
Vindicator, died tonight Of a
cerebral hemorrhage. He collapsed
at work Friday. Nemenyi was re-
gsrded as one of the best informed
writers on steel outside of the trade.
Evening star., 1941-09-28

Red Star said the reCaptured village
village "N"-waS retaken by the
Russians with an assault in which
planes, tanks and infantry were
cO-ordinated. The German air
force, according to the Soviet
account, did not appear in the low
autumn SKY.
After a cold September with night
froSts and dry weather, the first
snow fell in Moscow yesterday after
noon.
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Women's Club Holds Dance

The Women'S Democratic Club of
Bladensburg district will hold its
annual fall dance in Beaver Dam
Country Club at 10 pm. october II.
Mrs. Cora Ferrar is chairman.
Evening star., 1941-09-28

Although armor of the Middle
Ages was designed for protection.
fashions changed at the whim of
armorers much as do mems clothes
of today.
Evening star., 1941-02-09
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