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Evening star., 1941-08-26
PROPOSALS.

las sts. nv. Washington,, D. G. Sealed
epsn. sePtsm0sE icr o lst 4SS sRd ease
yards dry earth material; stablizing and
prime. coating $4,000 square yards sub
si'5oo tons hot-laid asphaitic concrete
pavement; grading, fertilizing and seeding
ISL acres of land installing wire fence, nee
steps: installing drainage pipe lines with
structures and incidental work at wash
nFon Frther formation hr1eti on applicafion
Q s. ENGINEER OFFICE. 1st AND DOUG;
las sts nw wsshinst0nd Ierepnd p here uSfi
opened for FURNISHING plant, labor. mate
Tie sner system st
direct radiation heating plant at q S.
EnEinse once buildings into complete I,
information on application: aul314,15,26
Ii ? FHE + AfIEY HGEslf DwEEHfNe EEHHS AGPHoR u
5 afPsde Rq DNens: So Heasds 0ss froeef eSF
SS sS.eh ksnllxo2th S,s ave and "a EoFt 5 drIss
a at = the ONCE Of the Alley Dwelling Au-
thority. Suite 1124. 1900 st: NV. until
aloud The instructions to bidders. form
Of bid. form of contract. specifications
and form of bid bond and performance
bond may be examined and secured at the
once OF the Alley Dwelling Authority. and
copies thereof obtained upon deposit of
q certified check, payable to the. Alley
dollars $3.50. 00) for each set. Not more
than hve sets Of drawings and specif1ca-
tions. etc, will be furnished to any one
contractor. Upon returning such sets
promptly and in good condition. deposits
will be refunded TO those submitting bids.
Non, bidders viii be eharsed at the rate
refundable The Alley Dwelling Authority
reserves the right to waive any informali-
ties IN. or to reject all bids. Each bidder
must deposit with his bid security in an
amount equal TO per cent Of the base bid
In the form and subject to the conditions
provided in the instructions to bidders. At
tention of bidders is particularly called to
the requirements as to conditions of en-
ployment to be observed and minimum
wage rates 10 be paid under the contract.
Bidders will accept the site in as is con-
dition No bidder may withdraw his bid
within 30 days after the actual date OF
the opening thereof JOHN IHLDERr Ex-
ecuttve ofheer. the Allew Dwelling Au-
thcrtty.
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Scout Camp Closes

Ninety District Girl Scouts were
home today after several weeks at
the May Flather Scout Camp, To-
Gated in the Shenandoah Mountains
near Harrisonburg. Va.
The camp was closed yesterday by
Miss Anne Mclean, director, after
caring for 800 girls during the last
two months. For the second year
the camp was used as a station for
a camp health and safety survey,
being conducted under the direction
Of Dr. Margaret Lewis of New York
Evening star., 1941-08-26


ing completion Of official inpestt-
cation.
The place: Third and D streets
NE.
The accident: A 6e-year -old col
ored man was fatally Injured when
he walked into the side of an auto
mobile going east on D street.
Measurements by police showed that
the man was crossing the street
outside of the crosswalk. He was
taken to Casualty Hospital, where
he died four days later. A relative
said the victims eyesight was very
bad"
The time: About los pm, Au-
gust 10.
The weather: Clear.
The street: Straight and level.
The vehicle: A 1881 sedan with
excellent brakes, according to police
The driver said he was travelling
about IS miles an hour.
The driver. A 24-year-old man
with eight years driving experience
He said he first saw the man stand
ing in the gutter as he entered the
intersection. As he drew alongside
of the victim he said he felt 4
bump on the right SIDE of his car.
Coroner jury's verdict: Death due
to carelessness of deceased.
Evening star., 1941-08-26

Theodore w. Norcross, ir.; James
D. Black, Jesse H. Schillings of
Rockville, Elwood w. Edwards,
John M. Snyder and Nathan Man
tel of Washington: Edward J..
OLeary of Alexandria, Va; Frank
Stetson. jr., and Roger w. Walters
of Stanleytown, Va.
Evening star., 1941-08-26

tional Catholic Community Service
at 2400 Nineteenth street, NV.
Miss Helen Mitchell, social Sc
curity director OF nutrition, told the
group that agencies are needed to
coordinate State, Federal and local
nutrition efforts.
Evening star., 1941-08-26

The seven-mile ocean abyss east
of the Philippine Islands is about
as far below sea level as the highest
peaks of the HimalaYaS are above 1t.
Evening star., 1941-08-26
Why Must They Die?
a Factua D. Traffic Fatalities

Analysis OF traffic death No.
81 has not been published pend.
ing completion OF official inpestt-
cation.
The Valley settler., 1941-07-18

vent, cure or relfev3 suffer
ing is an ace. You apply 1T to
yours elf, to anybody Else; you ap-
ply it as doctor might, OF as
trained nurse might, or as q bac-
terioloGist MI llJ. Scores Il jobs
IN hospitals, in the ARM I'D the
-!avy, in schools, in Feet or;os,
and in public health seIvices call
for such s}1ills. Some jobs Will
always call for them as 7os?S as
people fall i'll OF set hurt or grow
old and feeble.
lalte1 > 2itlzin ia the Woman,
1leW or.
from Nagazine Digest, J12ne le4l
The Valley settler., 1941-07-18

TRAINING YOUR CHILD TODAY
IF you wish to help your
child's future, train hin for Oh
aos. 2ou begin by training the
child to expect the Unexpe cted.
You refuse to commit yours eli to
TOMORROW. You refuse firm prom
Uses. You insist that you and
your chill deal with events as
they arise.
You DON'T ,urow what sort of
q world the child Will be living
in, when grown up. you don t
know what careers will be open or
what social skil1s and graces Will
be in favor. Therefore you must
make the child master the largest
number Of skills.
Advise the child to learn
Law, not to practise it but to
apply its lore to some thing else.
Advise him to learn medicine, If
he wishes, not solely for the SAX
Of becoming doctor .out also FOR
the wide variety Of uses to viii CHI
he can put various medi cal slcills.
Advise the child to master engi-
neering ia order to use enGineer-
ing skills where ever chance may
.det ernine.
Tell the child that the
world is q giant deck Of cares
each card e skill, s ONE aces and
some deuces. Any skill in hand
Ling the human body, SO as to pre-
(continued at top OF paGe)
The Valley settler., 1941-07-18

Learn FIRST Al
First lid Glass ht been or
ganized in Wasilla recently by Hell
en- Johnson, Colnlunit y Public Health
Nurse. The Homelnakors Club Of Was
lila forms the nucleus for the First
Aid students OF whom tho1c are IA
ondolled. The class is - sossion
two hours every s:ondey ans Thurs day
evening. On comp let1on O. tho 20
hour course q certf 1nate Will be
given.
IF enough interest IS shown,
it is possible to procure the SER
vicos Of Keith I.cCoy, field repre-
sentative Of 4.neri con Red CROSS,
for ms truction in more 6 vanced
classes in First Aid TO q :alify
members as ms tructors, thereby
reaching q greater number IF per-
sons than can be taught n-dor the
present sot-up.
Several hundred men ci4d women
havc been enrolled In First Aid
classes in anchorage, the maj GRITTY
OF which have been conclude,
Upon the gradual on OF the
Wasilla class, Miss Johnson wi II be
avail lablo for organizatio on Of other
First Aid classes in the Conrnuni ty.
The Valley settler., 1941-07-18
JULY lG loC4l.

The VALLEY SETTLER is published
every Eriday by the -atannska
Valley Farmers Cooperating Assoc
iation at 1almer, Alaska.
ing. Editor Irving Neville
Subs cr1 pit on rates: 3l.OO year
By mail: Sl.75 year
Lailed anywhere: 10 copy
This paper is issued FOR TIE
purpose OF giving information
and news OF the Iatanuslza Ialley
Farmers Coopera ting ssoc-ati ons
work, problems, acc ON IL nlaents,
also news OF local aid general
interest; and to foster the COOP
erativc spirit OF the Farmers OF
the Eata4uska Valley.
The Valley settler., 1941-07-18

I1.co is g. quarry out Of viii CHI
We arc to mold and Chi sci ard COM
plete q character.
Goethe
The lucky man mol1os his own
Luck.
Evening star., 1941-12-25
Early Passage Is Seen
For Parking Lots Bill

Early enactment of legislation au-
thorizing establishment OF munl-
cipally owned automobile parking
lots was predicted last night by R. F
Camalier, aide to the Senate Dis
trict Committee in a boardcast over
WWDC.
The parking lot bill is now peud-
ing in both Senate and House Dis
trict Committees bearing favorable
reports from their respective traf11o
subcommittee.
The Commissioners plan to locate
the lots around the fringe OF the
central business area.
Mr.. Camalier also forecast Senate
passage early in the new session Of
Congress beginning in January oi
House-approved bills consolidating
the municipal and police courts anc
revamping the public recreationa
Setup.
Reviewing District legislation
enacted in 1941, he mentioned a:
outstanding the rent control &C
and authorization given the Fedora
Works Agency to advance s2,500 ,0o(
to the Commissioners for additiona
water, sewer, fire alarm and othel
facilities made necessary by th'
city's unprecedented expansion.
Mr.. Camalier paid tribute to mem
bers of the Senate and House Dis
trict Committees for trying to ge
the best possible legislation"
Evening star., 1941-12-25
Two Killed, Two Injured
In Maryland Collision

NORTH EAST, Md, Dec. Is (P).-
Two Havre de Grace men were killed.
shortly before Midnight when thei.
automobile and a Greyhound bis
collided head-on IN an underpass en-
the Philadelphia road west of here.
State police said two other oc-
cupants Of the car were injured o le
seriously, out that bus passengers
escaped injury.
The dead are Howard Gilbert. who
died instantly, and Harold Jett, who
Succumbed in Elkton Hospital about
] am. today. :,
Paul Mandreth, Havre de Grace
was seriously hut. and Warren
Grice, also of Havre de Grace, wa,
less seriously injured.
Evening star., 1941-12-25
Stores Ordered
ToPut0utLights
AT Closing Time
Other Defense
Measures Taken;
Col. BoIles Speaks

Christmas Day found the Capital
under stricter defense precautions,
with police warning merchants and
storekeepers that they would be
expected to carry out the request"
of the ONCE of Civilian Defense for
elimination of all unnecessary
illumination.
Schools were under a 24-hour
guard, which officials regarded as
a permanent measure during the
war. Some teachers had volunteered
for this service and were on duty
in siX-hour shifts. In other in
stances, it was reported. assistant
afraid wardens. some of them male
teachers, were doing the job. In
still other cases, various citizens in
communities had volunteered to 60
on guard.
Defense officials had requested
that adequate measures be taken
to protect school buildings because
nearly all of them have been made
key defense points, to serve as
casualties stations and in other
capacities In an air raid. Many Of
the Al afraid sirens which the
Commissioners ordered yesterday
will be placed in schoolhouses.
Col. Lemuel Bolles, civilian de-
fense director for Washington, re-
peated, in a radio address last night,
his instructions that, in case Of an
air attack. householders should shut
of gas burners. but not attempt to
turn of the main gas intakes. leav-
ing that to experts. If, however. no
gas man is available. and it becomes
necessary for the tenant to shut of
the main, he should not try to turn it
on again, but should await a trained
man.
Col. Bolles expressed satisfaction
at the progress made in organizing
the city for defense. He added:
Il don't want to give the impress
sion that we have thoroughly
organized. smoothly operating, COM
pletely efficient civilian defense. We
haven't. But we have reached the
stage where we can call it an organ
ization, and from now on our prog
ress should be rapid"
The Red Cross sent out an appeal
for 500 more blankets, to be on hand
for an emergency. The blankets
should be clean and In good condi-
ton. They are being received at the
District chapter, 1730 E street NV.
Evening star., 1941-12-25
Justice Holmes Estate
To Become Club for
Defense Workers
Recreation Facilities
Planned for 600 Girls
At Home on | Street

Within a few weeks Government
girls will be playing ping pong in
the home of the late Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes.
The estate of Justice Holmes at
1920 I street NV. has been given
by the Holmes Memorial Commits
sion to the American Women's
Voluntary Services for conversion
into a recreation club for 600 girls
working in defense agencies.
Expected to be handed over to
the A. w. v. S. within the next
few days, the old fve-story house
and garden will be refltted with a
complete basement kitchen for
serving refreshments for large
groups, a dance floor, ping pong
tables, "date" rooms and sewing
and laundry rooms. The garden
will be fitted with outdoor tables for
warm weather.
Mrs. Charles Dewey, wife of the
Republican Representative from
Illinois, and Mrs. Herbert En-
merich, redecoration chairman, ex-
pect the club to become model for
other recreation clubs here. AS an
experiment, membership will be
rotating, part shifting every three
months.
Thus girls working in agencies so
now that there are no "oldtlmers'
to make them feel at home, can
Join the club for their first few
months here.
The club will run on democratic
basis, according to Mrs. Emmerich,
with leaders elected from among the
girls and the resident manager sup
piled by the A. w. V. S. Sleeping
accommodations for two or three
girls on their first night in Wash
ington will be supplied on the top
floor.
The house and s250,O 900 estate were
Willed to the Government by Justice
Holmes and have been in charge of
the Holmes Memorial Commission
since his death in 1885. Chief Justice
Stone heads the commission. Other
| members are Justices Frankfurter
and Roberts, Senators Walsh, Demo-
crat, of Massachusetts,; Connally
Democrat, of Texas, and Lodge
Republican. CT Massachusetts,, and
Representatives Wigglesworth, Re
publican, of Massachusetts,; Secrest,
Democrat, of Ohio, and Mccormack
| Democrat, of Massachusetts,.
Evening star., 1941-12-25
Building Unions Organized
For Afraid Work

Members of the building trades
unions of the District are being
organized for repair, salvage and
demolition work in the event the
Capital City is visited by air raiders.
The plan was mapped out yesterday
by John Locher, secretary of the
A. F. of L. Building Trades Council,
and assistant chief of civilian de-
fenSe public works.
At the regular meeting of the
executive board of the council yes
terday, business agents of more than
20 building trades unions were sworn
in as public works wardens by P. Y.
Howat, chief of public works.
When the "alert" signal is flashed,
it is the plan for these organized
crews to report at previously desig-
mated points where they will be on
call for any duty for which they are
needed Many of the crews will
assist the public utility crews of the
District government.
The groups will be specialized, it
was pointed out. Powder and dyna-
mite experts will be in readiness for
call to blow up a badly damaged
building or other structure to clear
it away in a hurry and to prevent
progressive collapses which might
endanger lives and block thorough
| fares.
Evening star., 1941-12-25
mo. II OF q Series

Discomfort rather than danger
generally would result from
blasts from bombs shattering
pipes inside a house or from
bombs striking water mains.
There are, however. certain
measures recommended that
would limit possible discomfort.
You should know, first of all, the
location of the main valve that
shuts off the house water as well
as the location of the tap at the
base of your hot water heater, If
you have one.
Usually the water pipe enters
the house through the basement
wall and the valve is just inside
the wall. If the valve handle is
parallel with the pipe, the water
is allowed to pass through. If
the handle is at right angles to
the pipe, the water is shut of. In
some cases. the valve screws down
to shut of the water. When it
is screwed tight, the water is
cut off.
Shut Water Supply of.
Your water supply should be
shut off only when and if a
nearby bomb explosion skaters
the pipes inside your house.
These may be hidden under plas-
ter. A wet wall or ceiling is an
Evening star., 1941-12-25
$4,000 Insurance Projects
u. :, Merchantmen Crews

BY the Associated Press.
The Maritime Commission dis
closed yesterday that members OF
the crews of merchantmen operat-
ing under the United States flag
have been under protective $4,000
war risk insurance since Monday.
The commission also announced
that bonus rates for crewmen at
work in danger zones will be
speedy established and then will be
retroactive to December 7, the date
the japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
The seamen thus will be protected
by insurance pending further con-
sideration of the matter by the
Maritime War Emergency Board
soon to be appointed by President
Roosevelt.
Crews on voyages In inland waters
or the Gulf of Mexico are not COW
cred by the insurance.
Evening star., 1941-12-25

Frances Green got kitty and two
dolls for Christmas, one of them
with eyes that blinked shut u,uer
thick lashes.
She had everything she wanted for
Christmas-except her Daddy. And
Frances is years old.
The Army and the Navy and the
Columbia Broadcasting System did
their best to fix that for Frances
and IS other sons and daughters of
United States Army officers sta-
toned in London.
The nine fathers sat before micro
phones on the other side of the
ocean. Their children also sat dt
microphones, in the c. B. S. studios
here.
Mothers in Another Room.
In another room, before a reilo,
were the mothers, Army wives who
have not seen their husbands for Six
months. The wife Of Maj. James L.
Green, however, stayed next to her
young daughter in the studio.
Frances was the last to speak.
Carl and Donald DahlQuist, aged
Is and 8, confessed to their father,
1t. Col. John e. Dahlquist, that they
had not strung as many lights as
other years.
Didn't have Daddy there to do
it, eh?" laughed the colonel
1t. Col. Donald A. Dawson, who
was Assistant Engineer Commis-
sioner here from 1928 to 1882. had
three daughters to greet-Carol. 10:
Billie, II, and Ann. IS, whom he
advised to keep batting out those
grades"
Fathers Chuckle at Exchanges.
The children shouted Hi pop
across the ocean and occasionally
Evening star., 1941-12-25
500 Baskets Of Food
Given 10 Needy by
Volunteers Of America
Mrs. Roosevelt and
Gen. Maud B. Booth
Speak at Meeting

Five hundred baskets loaded with
80 kinds of eatables were dis
tributed to needy families by the
District Volunteers of America yes
terday after Mrs. Roosevelt had
started the ceremony with a Christ
mas message.
Staying a few minutes at the
Almas Temple, 1915 K street NV,
in the midst of crowded schedule,
Mrs. Roosevelt urged the group to
keep a constant spirit of Christmas
cheer and fellowship in their hearts
so that the United States can build
the world of tomorrow without bit
terneSS.
Checks Also Presented.
The families, which ranged from
grandmothers to babes in arms.
also received 78 Christmas checks
of s6 or less.
Before Mrs. Roosevelt hurried
away she heard herself described
as the person doing more for hu-
manity than anyone else in the
world" The speaker was Senator
Capper, Republican, of Kansas.
Also greeting the group were Mrs
Arthur c. Watkins, president of the
District Federation of Women's
Clubs, and Gen. Maud Ballingtor
Booth of the National Volunteers
of America.
Talks Are Broadcast.
Gen. Booth recalled the days
when trees were lighted with
candles instead of electric light:
and were usually either on fire OF
dim within a few minutes.
Mrs. Roosevelt's remarks anc
those of the other speakers were
broadcast over Station WWDC. F
Joseph Donohue presided and the
Rev. M. c. Stith of the Brooklanc
Baptist Church pronounced the in
vocation. The wife of Maj w. o
Ulrey. chairman of the program
sang a solo. Music was furnished
by the U. S. Navy orchestra.
Evening star., 1941-12-25
Richard ). AIdrich,
.Ex-Representative,
Dies in Providence
Native Of Washington
Served on Important
House Committees

Richard Steere Aldricn, 81, native
Washingtonian who became Provi-
dence tR. l., lawyer and a Repre-
sentative in Congress from Rhode
Island, died early today in Provi-
dence. Funeral services will be
held there Saturday.
The son of United States Senator
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich and Mrs.
Abby Aldrich, Mr.. Aldrich was born
here and went as a child to Provi-
dence, and was educated in the
public schools there. He was
graduated from Yale University in
1904 and from the Harvard Uni
versity Law School in 1909.
After returning to Providence to
practice law he was sent to Wash
ington as a Republican Repre-
sentative from the I'd Rhode Island
district in 1923. During his 10
years service in the House Mr..
Aldrich was a member of the
Foreign Affairs Committee and the
Ways and Means Committee.
Prior to his congressional terms,
he was elected to the Rhode Island
House of Representatives in 1916
and the State Senate for a two-year
term in 1918.
Mr.. Aldrich was admitted to the
bar in 1911 and practiced for two
years in New York City before going
to Providence. He was a director
of the Providence Journal, the
Providence National Bank and the
Providence Washington Insurance
CO.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Janet White Aldrich, and a son,
Richard S. Aldrich, jr., in Provi-
dence. A step-daughter, Mrs. c. T.
Barnes, lives in Arlington, Va, an
other step-daughter, Mrs. Samuel
Spencer, is living in Panama, where
her husband is a lieutenant in the
United States Navy. Two brothers,
Winthrop Williams Aldrich. New
York financier, and William T. AL
drich, Boston architect, also survive.
Evening star., 1941-12-25
Children Talk Over Radio
With Army Officers in London
IS Participants Include Frances Green, a,
Who Asks Daddy to Come Home

the fathers chuckled at the eX-
changes between other fathers and
sons.
There was 1t. Col. John w. Coffey
who was told by his son that he had
gotten in two basket ball games and
the officer wanted to know, How
long did you stay in?"
Strangers were listening, but the
fathers called their children by pet
names and some of the older girls
responded by kidding their fathers.
One of them had tears on her
cheeks, but she was smiling.
Navy censorship had been re-
laxed to allow the children to con-
verse freely with their fathers. The
only taboo was the weather, which
none of the children, brought up in
the military tradition, even men
toned.
Others at Microphone.
Also before Frances were Capt
Richard r. Arnold's 5-year-old son
David: Loessa. 19; Mara. IA, ano
John Coffey, 16: 1t. Col. George w
Griner. jr.'s. daughter Mabry, II
1t. Col. Frank r. Reeds son An
drew, S; Maj. John L. Hornor. jr. S
two sons, John L., Sd. II. and Thom-
as Richard. 9, and 1t. Col. Jerry v
Matejkas daughters, Katherine. 20
and Gardina, 81.
Finally, it was Frances turn. With
her doll clutched in her arms, she
leaned close to the microphone and
said what all the other children
considered themselves too grownur
to say:
Come home. Daddy" said Fran
ces. "cause Mummy wants you and
I do, too"
Evening star., 1941-12-25
Gov. Price Resigning
Civilian Defense Post
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. Dec. 25.-Gov.
Price announced yesterday that he
was resigning as United States di-
rector of Civilian Defense in Vir-
ginia, effective on January 20, the
date on which his term as Governor
ends.
"It seems desirable to give you
this advance notice so that there
will be no break in the continuity
of the service" the Governor said
in a letter to Mayor LIE Guardia OF
New York, the national director OF
the Office of Civilian Defense.
As his successor in the defense
post, Gov. Price recommended Gov.-
elect Colgate w. Darden, Jr.
Evening star., 1941-12-25
81 Rookie Policemen
Shifted to Precincts

Thirty-four rookie policemen were
sent to the precincts today after
having been on traffic duty for the
Christmas rush since December IL.
Police Chief Edward J. Kelly said
the men had only had 10 days train
ing before going on the streets, but
despite this no complaints against
their handling of the Christmas
crowds had come in. Ordinarily the
training course is 80 days but due
to the emergency the men were put
on the street at once.