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Evening star., 1941-09-24
New Palestine Tax

For the first time since biblical
times a tax on income has been in
troduced in Palestine, and COM
panies are charged fat rate of 10
Der cent annually.
Evening star., 1941-09-24

can save you real money. We are
known as "Washington's Little De-
troit'-first aid to car owners night
or day. You can have your car re-
pairs done with time saving and
cash saving at the three Call Carl
handy locations.
Evening star., 1941-09-24
New Storm Reported
Oft Martinique

9St TO Ne9IS.
Evening star., 1941-09-24
BY ED CARL

Bits of hose on
the inside rot
away and clog
the water pump.
radiator scale
forms from the
water itself and
s t ops m o t or
cooling circula-
ton. A hot mo-
tor can cause
re al damage;
that's why our
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Is Face Liquor Charges
In Northern Virginia

Thirteen Northern Virginia men
faced liquor charges yesterday as a
result Of raids by Federal, State and
local authorities in Alexandria and
Prince William County.
Four, arrested in Alexandria, were
listed by police as Edward M. Dean,
81, apprehended at the Strand and
Wilkes street: Lawrence Entwhistle
of the first block of West Craik
street, Earl Posey. 45, of the TOO
block of Gibbon street and Thomas
Haley. SO. of the TOO block of Glib
bon street. Their cases were set for
Monday before Police Court Judge
James r. Duncan.
Those taken in Prince William
were docketed as johnnie May, "a,
Of Manassas and Horace Bland. 64,
of Quantico. both colored; Sherman
Gaskins, so of Manassas. Charles E.
Hughes. 40, Of Quantieo. Howard
Mountjoy, 46. of Triangle. Mike
Wejta. II. of Triangle, Harvey Wat
son, 10. of Joplin and James Watson,
46. of Joplin.
Wilson w. Cornell, a.. OF Joplin
was ordered held for the grand jury
after arraisnment yesterday before
United States Commissioner John p
Strauss In Alexandria, He WAS
charged with transportation and
possession Of illegal liquor,
Evening star., 1941-05-11

toned in the recommendation. be-
cause of his extensive studies in
the county health program.
A definite policy with respect to
apartment house construction will
be sought when action is taken on
report to be made by A. C.. Will
kins. chairman of the Internal
County improvement Committee.
Rezoning Policy Sought.
Because rezoning requests involv-
ing apartment construction fire.
quently cause civic dissention, the
federation hopes to approve a uni
form policy with respect to all fu-
ture requests of this nature.
Rheese Burket. chairman OF the
Banquet Committee. will report on
the date and place of the annual
banquet. The Legislative and Legal
Action Committee will report on
the disposition of the federation's
legislative program at the recent
session of the General Assembly.
This group also will report on
resolution by the Greater Kensing-
ton Civic League, which condemns
the county's delegation to the As
sembly for the passage of number
of bills.
A nominating committee will be
elected. New officers will be elected
in June
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Work on Red Cross
Office in Alexandra
To Be Started Soon
Three-Story Building
For Clerical Force to Be
Finished in ; Months

Work on the new divisional Of
flee building of the American Red
Cross. to be constructed on prop
erty recently acquired in Alexandria,
Va, will be started within the next
few days. officials announced today.
The building will be of the three
story, loft type, and will be COM
pletely fireproof All work is sched-
uled to be completed within three
months, they said.
The present structure on the lot,
known as the Portner Building and
used in recent years as boxing
arena. motion picture studio and
skating rink, will be remodeled and
will be used in conjunction with the
new Offices This phase of the
project already has been started.
The combined buildings will have
Office space for several hundred
workers and will house the clerical
force required to handle the opera
tions of the Red Cross in all States
east of the Mississippi River ex-
cept Michigan. Wisconsin and 1lll-
nois. This work now is handled at
the National Red Cross Offices on
Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets
NV, which have become so crowded
that additional quarters were nee
essary, officials explained.
The Alexandria branch will be
the third to be opened by the Red
Gross. Other divisional Offices are
maintained at st. Louis and San
Francisco.
Deeds in connection with the
property purchased in Alexandria
have been completed. The deal in
volved purchase price of $4,000
and took in the entire square
bounded by st. Asaph, Pendleton,
Pitt and Wythe streets.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
New Se|ectee Quotas
652 for Maryland,
768 for Virginia
Men Will Be Inducted
EorIy in June Under
18th Druft Call

State selective service headquar-
ters in Maryland and Virginia yes
terday announced quotas for the
l4th draft call which will draw 1853
Virginia and 652 Maryland selectees
early in June.
Virginia draft headquarters at
Richmond issued calls for 480 white
and 288 colored men for the period
between June and June 10, while
Maryland authorities at Annapolis,
announced that 480 whites and l72
colored men would be drafted be-
tween June 2 and June 6.
Maryland men drafted in the
14th call will report to the 1Balti-
more induction center. A break
down of the figures, showing the
number of selecteeS each local board
must furnish was not available.
A call for Is men on May 26 has
been received by Montgomery
County Board No. 3 at Bethesda
Nd, officials disclosed yesterday as
Board Nc. 2 in Silver Spring an
nounced the names of IA men who
are to leave that area on May 20
The men from the Silver Spring
area, who leave May 20, include
three volunteers: Russell Monroe
Murphy, Wyndol Edward Coles and
William Arthur Vensel.
The. following selectees also will
! leave: Kenneth Leroy Schooley
/ George Littleton McCallum, Louis
Bradburn Hess, John Francis Leon
ard. Fred Leland Hardy; Howard
Henry Roehr, Abner w. Walters, Jo-
seph Frank Kennedy, Douglas Sayer
Harry Coupland, Lain holland Kel-
ler and John Meyers Nordine.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Civic Group
To Back Akers
For Star Trophy
Claims Exominer
To Be Nominated by
Montgomery Unit

Richard H. Akers of 700s Hamp-
den lane. Bethesda, Nd. will be
recommended to receive The Eve
ming Star Trophy for civic &C.
complishments. at o meeting of the
Montgomery County Civic Fedora
tion in the Bethesda Elementary
School tomorrow at 8 pm.
Mr.. Akers Is an examiner at the
United States Court Of Claims and
is a delegate to the federation from
the Edgemoor Citizens Associa-
ton.
His name will be recommended
for the award by the Executive
Committee and is subject to the
approval of the membership at to-
morrow's meeting.
Beneficial Contributions.
President o. M. Kile. of the fed
Grafton said Mr.. Akers' nomination
will be not alone for his activities
as chairman of the Membership
Committee, but also for a series Of
beneficial contributions to the civic
body over number Of wears.
Mr.. Akers will be unable to ap-
pear at the meeting tomorrow and
the formal award will probably be
made at the annual banquet in
June if his nomination is ratified
by the members. ...
Herbert Eaton. chairman of the
Public Health Committee, was seri-
ously considered b. the Executive
Committee as the proposed recipient
/ Of the civic award, Mr.. Kile said.
His name will be honorably men,
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Jack Shapiro Reelected
Head Of Citizens GROUP

Jack Shapiro has been reelected
president of the Maryland Park
Md Citizens Association, it was
announced yesterday. -
E. H. Schmidt is vice president:
Miss Anna C. Asheby, recording and
corresponding secretary; Miss Sus-
anna King, financial secretary, and
Roland Carrick, treasurer.
In an annual report. it was an
nounced the following projects are
under way:
Plans for a mass meeting against
noise caused by motorcycle riders in
the community.
Arrangements for a playground.
in cooperation with the National
Youth Administration and the
Board of Education.
Support of a plan to have Thomas
avenue taken over by the county
and extended from New roadway in
Maryland Park to- Shady Side ave-
nue. in Capitol Heights.
Efforts to have Sixty-third street
NE. extended to New roadway,
Maryland Park.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Prince Georges 10 Train
AjrpIone Metal Workers

With assurances from the Glen
L. Martin plant in Baltimore that
1t would place airplane metal work.
ers in employment, the Defense
Training ONCE of Prince Georges
County yesterday announced it had
started a pre-employment class in
this field at the Hyattsville High
School
Elmer K. Ziller. in charge of the
office at Bladensburg. Md. said the
Martin plant would take all airplane
metal workers who are trained, in
the county courses.
The courses began Wednesday and
will be held flve nights week be-
tween $50 pm. and 1l:30 pm.
Training is available to persons over
10 years of age who do not attend
day school. They must agree to
accept a position in aircraft defense
industries at the completion of
training. Prospective students may
enroll with John A. Bittenbender
and Robert Dunn, instructors at the
school
Metal workers are started at the
Martin plant at so cents an hour
with a chance of advancement, the
ONCE announced.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
16,165 March in School Safety Patrol Parade
As IS, 900 Cheer; 81 Bands Provide Music;
Participants Include $3.50 From District

been your child" warned an accom-
panying poster
The H. D. Cooke School of Wash
ington took second place with a
make believe anti aircraft gun
pointed skyward, accompanied by a
poster notifying that "A safer city
is our aim"
Safety was hailed as queen Of
the Nav" in the third-place float
from Cherrydale, Va. One boy
pulled a wagon decorated in red,
white and blue and bearing the
queen"
Pennsylvania swept the high
school band field with Roaring
Spring. first: Beaver Falls. second,
and Pottstown High, third.
Local Schools Score.
Oaklyn Junior High School, Oak
lyn, N. j.. won first place among the
Junior high and elementary school
bands, with Washingtons Gordon
Junior High, second, and Stuart
Junior High, third.
James Betters, a housekeeping
colored lad VINO led the high school
band from Connellsville, Pa, took
male honors in the baton twirling
sector. Best girl twirler was Gladys
Holsinger of Roaring Spring.
AS each award was announced, a
shout went up from one section of
the crowd of youngsters behind the
reviewing stand. Girl winners gig
gled as they hurried forward to re-
ceive their awards.
While the boys and girls toured
around Washington after the pa
rade. making bright splashes of color
in the Saturday afternoon crowds.
their elders gathered around a
luncheon table to thrash out the
major problems of their work.
Traffic fatalities for the 5-to-l4
age group have decreased 81 per
cent since two decades ago when
the safety patrols were organized
in the face of increasing child
deaths in traffic.
Stlu Mucn 10 DO.
But the men and women who
sat Gown to talk over the patrols
apparently felt there was still much
to do. There were such matters as
lack of knowledge of patrol duties
on the part of other students, the
objections of teachers to students
spending time away from studies
to guard street corners: the lack of
high school boys interest in safety
work. the type of young people to
select for patrols and the kind of
training and supervision they
should get.
How are We to get the community
interested in the work? one official
asked. Another suggested getting
his local parent-teacher group to
support it. A District policeman
wanted to know if teachers IN other
cities were relieved of other duties
to act as safety advisers. The
answer was in the affirmative from
a Cleveland principal.
There was one answer that all of
them agreed on Should patrol
work be spread over large number
of students or should a selected
group of young people be trained
in the work, serving for more than
year? All were for the latter.
The program rewarding the young
people of the safety patrols was
sponsored by the Metropolitan
Police Department, District public
schools and the American Automo-
bile Association. n
Evening star., 1941-05-11

| local safety advisors and uniformed
city and State police.
| With % visiting bands and IA
/ local ones the marchers never
seemed to lack for music to give
/ them the beat.
/ Boy, 3, In Line.
! The toddler in the line of march
was a 3-year -old boy in the Glouces-
ter IN. j. delegation. Though he
was too young for school, he wore
! a tiny patrol boys belt and badge.
Waddling slightly. he kept a tight
clutch on the hand of an older
companion.
Though the familiar belt and
badge were uniform. the outfits
! of the marchers varied from white
trousers and navy sweaters to
Scotch kits. worn by the High
land Scotch Safety Patrol of
Fayetteville. N. C.
The American flag figured fire.
quently in the parade line Girls
/ from Fairview. N. j., surrounded
one huge flag while the youngsters
of another school each held small
flags high above their heads The
Fairview girl color guard was
awarded a prize for the most novel
feature of the parade.
| Floats, slogans and baton twirl-
erS-all in line for awards-figured
largely in the applause. But there
was also the drum majorette who
! turned handsprings, the girls drill
teams, which wheeled and circled
and countermarched along the pa
rade route. and the Providence lR
T. delegation, which bore a poster
announcing lott days-no school,
age fatalities" Singled out for ap-
plause was Representative Garfield,
who led the New Jersey delegation.
Added Attraction.
An added attraction along the pa
rade route was youngSter from
St. Gabriels School who toured the
sidelines with an extra" paper
called the Safety Sentinel.
Largest delegation from a single
State outside the District came from
West Virginia. which sent 1886
young people to Washington. Be-
fore them, youth from ClarkSburg
marched alone carrying this poster:
Joe Bartlett, marching alone in
1888 Today marching with 999
others"
When the parade was over, the
first presentations made were the
honor medal awards. Recognized for
distinguished service on duty. the
young people who had headed the
parade, were Boyd Collum and
Emory Thompson of Cartersville
Ca: Joyce Harrington and Melvin
Mulkey of Atlanta, Billy Mitchell,
| oxford, N c.; Jack Holt, Durham,
N. c.: Shirley Keppley, Sheridan
Pa, and James Tabor. Huntington,
! w. Va.
| Slogan Contest Winners.
) First place in the slogan contest
went to Westminster, Nd, with
Don't Lease Safety-Don't Lend
It-Just Live It" Arlington, Va,
won second place with Wear Some
thing White When Out at Night,
and third place went to Greenwood
S. c.. for Patrol Every Day to Keep
Accidents Away"
Washington Wheatley School
captured the only first place for the
host town. The schools float. drawn
down the street by three young stall
warts. showed youth in police
mans uniform with a life-like dol
limp in his arms, 1T might have
Evening star., 1941-05-11

In May, Beware Of:
l. Careless walking at night.
Six OF the eight persons killed
in trafiic during May. 1910,
were struck after dark. -
z. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk.. Tive
pedestrians met death by this
action In May last wear.
The six other trafiic victims
were injured while either cross
ing a street against a proper
signal. attempting 70 jump onto
. moving vehicle, attempting to
stop stampeding horses, stand
ine In a button safety yone,
crossing at an uncontrolled Ia
tersection o. riding In On auto
n,ohils>
Evening star., 1941-05-11

For all the hours they have stood
guard duty in rain and snow and
all the recess periods they have
sacrificed. the boys and girls of the
School Safety Patrols had their re-
ward yesterday.
They marched, 1916 of them.
down Constitution avenue for more
than two hours along route lined
with crowds in their tenth and
largest National School Safety Pa
troll parade.
Among the estimated $4,000 cheer
ing them were mothers who worry
less about sending their children
off to school because the boys and
girls of the Safety Patrols guard
street crossings.
At the reviewing stand host OF
dignitaries saluted them. and one
commented that. unlike youth
movements in other countries,
these young people were dedicated
to helping others.
II Teams Compete in Drills.
The sun was bright on band uni
forms of red, orange and blue, but
the wind went briskly about the
business of whipping off plumed he'll
NETS along the line of march.
After II teams had competed in
fancy drilling behind the National
Gallery of Art on the Mall. the
thousands of marchers assembled
at the start of the parade route
with lack of confusion and a
precision that adult marchers might
be proud of.
The youngsters, who do police
duty the year around, had their own
police motorcycle escort, led by
Mai Ernest w. Brown. grand mar
shall of the parade and superin-
tendent of Metropolitan Police.
The white e-uniformed Navy School
of Music Band, which later alter
mated at the reviewing stand with
the Western High School Band, fol-
lowed. Cars bearing school and
police officials and traffic safety ad-
visors were the last to come before
the young people started to march
Eight in Honor Position.
Marching in the honor position
were eight boys and girls cited fol
distinguished service in protecting
the lives of school children. Sew
eral had leaped in front of on
rushing trucks to snatch theil
schoolmates from danger. Two boy,
had discovered the driver of then
school bus was intoxicated, ordered
him to stop and conducted his young
passengers from the bus.
In the first of the Is divisions
marched more than 200 Florida
youngsters. The Key West dele
cation had travelled two days ano
a night by bus to get to Washing
ton. When the cups and medals
were given out later, 1l-year-olo
Gerry Albury of the farthest corner
of Key West won the award fol
travelling the longest distance tt
reach Washington.
Each member of the Wisconsin
delegation, which followed, carried q
poster bearing one large letter tc
spell out Safety Starts With Chill
dren."
Alternating with visitors from Il
States were 1890 District march
ers, with each division led by the
police officer who meets with the
patrol boys of his precinct each
week, talks with their principals
and guides the boys at their jobs
Marching with the battalions from
other States were schook ofiicials
Evening star., 1941-05-11
0'Conor Named Head
Of Potomac River
Basin Commission
Interstote Agency Will
Study Pollution ond
Map Remedies
B, the Associated Press.

BY tht Associated Press.
Gov. O'Conor of Maryland was
elected chairman of the Interstate
Commission on the Potomac River
Basin at an organization meeting
here yesterday.
Hugh Pomeroy. director OF the
Virginia State Planning Board, was
elected vice chairman.
The commission was formed by
Maryland. Virginia. West Virginia
Pennsylvania. the District Of Co.
lumbia and the Federal Govern
ment to~-study pollution condition,
in the river basin and bring about
any necessary corrective measures
Data to Be Collected.
Commission officials said II
planned as its first step to collect
and analyze data on pollution and
related water and land use prob
lens which has been obtained by
the Agriculture Department, Ma
tional Resources Planning Board
Army engineers and State health
departments. The material will be
used as a basis on which to build
the commission program.
The establishment of the commits
sion has long been recommended
by the Washington Board of Trade
and by various Federal and State
agencies.
Recent ratification of an inter-
state compact approving the COM
mission by the West Virginia Legis-
lature paved the way for the formal
organization. The compact had
previously been approved by Mary
land, Virginia, the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia and by
Congress. A bill ratifying the COM
pact is pending in the Pennsylvania
Legislature.
Bane PreSideS.
Frank Bane. executive director OF
the Council of State Government
presided at the opening session.
Those in attendance included:
From Maryland: Delegate l.
Harold Sothoron of Brentwood and
J. Andrew Cohill of Hancock.
From Virginia: Mr.. Pomeroy
John A. X. Donovan of Falls Church
and N. c. Bailey of Orange.
From West Virginia: DR.. Clifton
F. McClintic, State health director
State Senator George H. Williams
of Romney and John I. Rogers oi
Keyser.
From the District of Columbia
Oliver Gasch. assistant corpora
ton counsel; Maj. Beverly C. Snow
assistant engineer commissioner
and DR.. Daniel l.. Seckinger, assist
ant health commissioner.
Representatives of the Federal
Government. appointed by the
President: DR.. Abel Wolman OF
Johns Hopkins University. Ralph
E. Tarbett, senior sanitary engineer
of the United States Public Health
Service and Col. w. j. Barden o.
the district engineers ONCE, United
States Army Engineers, represented
Col. r. S. Thomas.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Post Auxiliary 10 Present
0xyqen Tent 10 County

The Ladies Auxiliary of Thomas
N FenWick Post No. 749, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Hyattsville, Md,
will present an oxygen tent to the
Prince Georges County Health De-
partment at ceremony at pm
Thursday in the courtroom of the
Hyattsville service building.
State Senator Charles C. Marbury
and Delegate L. Harold Sothoron will
be the speakers. DR.. Charles Byers
county health officer. will receive the
gift for the county Members of the
auxiliary conducted campaign re-
Gently to secure the tent.
The county health Office said the
tent would be kept in the service
building for use in emergencies.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Alexandra Candidates
Must File BY June 5
q s,at Corr.spondent OF The Star.

By a staff Correspondent OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, May 10
Candidates for nomination to four
State Offices. to be chosen at the
Democratic primary August S, must
file before June S, the City Demo-
cratic Committee said today.
Offices at stake in the primary
are commissioner of revenue. with
Charles H. Callahan as incumbent;
city treasurer, Roger C. Sullivan,
incumbent; Commonwealth's attor-
ney, Albert V. Bryan, incumbent;
city sergeant, Robert H. Cox, In
cumbent, and Civil and Police Court
justice, Judge James r. Duncan,
incumbent.
No candidates have filed with the
Democratic committee to dste.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
CheverIy Hearing May Is

To fix assessments against abut-
ting property owners for resur-
facing of Holly road and Marshall
road, east of LIE Blond avenue, in
Cheverly, Nd. the Mayor and Town
Council will meet May 16 at 7:30
pm. in the Cheverly- Tuxedo school.
The property owners may file pro-
tests against their assessments at
. this meeting.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Bethesdo-C Chevy Chase
PIT. A. to Elect Officers

The Parent Teacher Association
of Bethesda Chevy Chase Md
High School will elect officers at its
final meeting of the season at 7:45
pm Wednesday.
Ninth grade students of Leland
and Kensington Junior High
Schools, and parent-teacher MEM
bers of those schools, are invited to
the session at which faculty mem
bers will speak. An open house will
be held In classroonis, with students
and teachers exhibiting work.
Evening star., 1941-05-11
Chevy Chase Boy Elected

David Brown Nicholson. son of
MI and Mrs Jesse w. Nicholson of
Chevy Chase, Md, has been re-
elected secretary of the guide serv-
ice of the University of Virginia
Governing Board, according to word
received here yesterday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-24
British Navy Mining Central Mediterranean;
Will Isolate Italy From Italian Colonies

LONDON The British navy Is
mining the entire central Mediter-
ranean. the admiralty indicated
today.
The effect Of the operation is
to cut off Italy from all prac-
ticable sea communication with It's
North African colonies. prevent the
escape by sea Of the remnants Of
the Italian North African army,
and bar the sea TO any German
expedition seeking to attack
French North Africa from Italian
bases.
Completion Of the operation
Will cut off the central Med
iterranean 10 any but British
ships which NAV he piloted
through the mine fields cut
ting the sea In two at Its
middle.
The operation includes:
Mining Of the channel between
Sicily and French Tunisis.
Mining Of the Tyrhennian sea on
ftaly's west side between the
island OF Sardinia and the Italian
mainland.
Mining OF the belt across the
Mediterranean from Cape Santa
Maria de Lucia, at the heel Of