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Evening star., 1941-05-20
French Order British
To Close Consu|ates
In Syria, Lebanon
Personnel Is Directed
To Leave as ReprisoI
For R. A. T. Attacks
~ the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, May 90
Authorities have ordered British
consulates in Syria and Lebanon
closed and the personnel removed
before the end of the week as re-
prisal for r. A. F. bombardments of
Syrian airdromes.
The first notification was handed
the British consul-general at Beirut
Sunday and the order was made
general yesterday.
Two British planes of the Hurri-
cane fighter type again strafed
Misso airdrome, near Damascus,
Syria capital, this morning.
Repulse of British ground forces
In the Basra area and on the West
ern Iraq front and destruction of
80 British armored cars by Axis
aided Iraq's reinforced air force"
were reported at Baghdad by the
1raq Army command.
A communiQue received here said
losses in men and material were
inflicted on the British about Basra
and that the imperial forces suf-
fered considerable casualties on the
western front.
On the southern front, the war
bulletin said, Iraqis, reinforced by
trregulars, successfully attacked
British DositiOnS and took prisoners.
Two British gunboats bombarding
1raq positions from the Persian
Gulf were driven off and one was
damaged by Iraq artillery, the COM
nunique asserted.
R. A. F. planes were reported to
have again raided Camp Rashid,
near Baghdad. but their bombs
were said to have missed their tar
gets.
Evening star., 1941-05-20
Weather Report
F,irpisheH hy


District of Columbia-Fair
MARYLAND and vrgna-Fair temperature
night and
West Vtgnia-Fa
Evening star., 1941-05-20
Moratorium on Tuxes

The Netherlands Indies COVER
ment may relieve those adverse
affected by the war from certain
taxes until peace is declared
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
Dent Reminds taxpayers
OF District DeadIines

Tax Assessor Edward A. Dent has
issued a reminder to District tax
payers that while the city income
tax returns need not be filed until
April Is, month later than the
Federal deadline, the second half
payment on the municipal real es-
tate and personal property taxes
for this fiscal year must be paid
before March 81.
Mr.. Dent warned that a penalty
OF l per cent per month will be
added to the bills of all deinquents
on realty and personal tax bills
after the end of this month.
He requested also that persons
paying realty and personal property
taxes send with their checks or
bring with them their second half
bills as means of speeding opera
tons. Likewise he asked that per-
sons calling at the District Build
ing for assistance in filling out their
District income tax returns bring
with them copies of their Federal
income tax returns. District officials
have been given authority to check
District income returns against the
Federal returns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
Boys Club Fund Gets S
From Young Beneficiary

Volunteers working to raise $780,
| 900 for the Metropolitan Police Boys
Club were more than little en-
couraged yesterday by the SIS con-
tribution of a 7-year-old beneficiary
whose enthusiasm furnished good
selling point.
Young Martin Gallagher, jr., of IA
Bates street NV, walked into No.
precinct yesterday and poured a
heap of pennies, dimes, nickels and
quarters from a fruit jar-his per-
sonal contribution, he said. This
brought the fund collected up to
s81 SAB.
In Martins gift was a dollar bill.
IT got it," the boy told Capt. Jere-
miah A. Sullivan, las birthday
present. The rest of the money
made running errands and working
at the grocery. I want the club to
know I appreciate what it did for
me at camp last summer"
Martins mother said he had been
talking about the club since the
campaign started, and had deter
mined to earn all the money he
could as contribution.
The boys gift will be described at
the final meeting of volunteers at g.
report luncheon Friday, March 81.
Hundreds of police volunteers are
working long hours to complete the
fund for the clubs, which have 16 500
members drawn largely from under
privileged families.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
Airport to Be Ready
For Operation Soon

Washington National Airport,
Gravelly Point, which has been in
part-time operation since last De-
cember, will be ready for full-time
operation by the middle of April,
under the present construction
schedule.
Runways and field lighting have
been completed and one hangar is
nearly finished. The main terminal
building is being completed and
other hangers are under construc-
ton. Work now is in progress on
the airplane servicing pits along the
terminal apron.
No date has been set for the COM
plete transfer of air transport OPP
erations from Washington Airport
to the new airport or for dedication
ceremonies. President Roosevelt laid
the cornerstone of the terminal
building with elaborate ceremonies
last December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
DR.. Brickwedde 10 Receive
HiIIebrand Prize Toniuht

The annual Hillebrand Prize of
the Chemical Society of Washington
will be awarded tonight to DR.. Fer
dinand G. Brickwedde of the Bureau
of Standards for his pioneer work in
the separation and determination
of the properties of heavy hydrogen.
Much of this work was done more
than a decade ago when the first
separation of heavy water was &C
complished at the Bureau of Stand
ards. This opened the door to a
revolution in physics and chemistry
Leading directly to the possibility
of transmutation of elements and
the creation of new elements by
bombardment.
The guest speaker at the Chemi-
cal Society dinner at the Cosmos
Club will be DR.. Harold G.. Urey of
Columbia University, who received
the Nobel Prize for the actual iso-
latlon of heavy hydrogen from ma
trial supplied by DR.. Brickwedde.
DR.. Brickwedde will be presented
by DR.. Raymond M. Ham, president
of the society, and the award will be
made by DR.. H. j. L. Halter of the
Department of Agriculture, a former
recipient of the Hillebrand Prize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
First D. {. Teacher Drafted
Is Charles William Hart

Charles William Hart, 26-year-old
former cadet captain and son of
Principal Charles Hart of Eastern
High School, is the first District
school teacher to be drafted into
the Army under the Selective Serv-
Ice Act.
Mr.. Hart, a teacher of English
at Eastern and a graduate there in
1880, has been granted leave of alb
sence by the Board of Education
and is now at Camp Lee. Va, await
ing transfer to Fort Bliss, Tex.
Principal Hart said his son was
probably the first District teacher
drafted, although several others
have obtained leave under Reserve
officer classiflcations. He said his
son was greatly pleased over the
prospect of the training.
Young Hart was captain of q
cadet company at Eastern High
School. He took his A. B. and
M. A. degrees at Catholic Univer-
sity and has nearly completed Phi. D
requirements in English at Johns
Hopkins. his father said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
Strike at Walter Reed
Is Still Unsettled

Efforts to settle the strike of work
ers of the A. F. of L. Building Trades
Council at Walter Reed Hospital
were still at a standstill today as
the strike entered its second week.
Frank Sheehan, Labor Depart
ment conciliator, who returned to
the city today after a three-day alb
sence, said no new conferences have
been planned to discuss settlement
of the dispute.
Mr.. Sheehan said he is still try
ing to get both sides together and
that he is perfectly willing" to call
another conference He added, how
ever, that at the present time there
seemed to be no prospects for end
ing the strike.
Something will have to be done
SOON" Mr.. Sheehan said, $50 that
this important project can be COM
pleted."
Workers employed by Skinker &
Garrett, contractor for construction
of Is barracks and 2 wards at the
hospital, walked off the project last
Thursday in protest over employ
ment of non-union labor on the
same reservation by Contractor Sam
Merando.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
House Unit Opposes
Installation Of More
Parking Meters Here
Would Put City Back
In 'Horse-Bueey Doys,'
D'AIesondro Says

The Traffic Subcommittee Of the
House District Committee voted
unanimously today to report I'M
favorably a bill which would give
the District Commissioners requested
authority to put additional parking
meters along the city streets.
Three members condemned the
meters, although Corporation Coun-
sci Richmond B. Keech urged a
favorable report granting the Com
misSioners authority to place as
many parking meters on the city
streets as they considered desirable.
Representative Schultz, Democrat,
of Indiana, chairman of the sub
committee, called the parking meters
damn nuisance"
Representative Sheridan, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania requested Mr..
in which parking meters were
branded as a public nuisance
per Sc"
Representative D'Alesandro, Demo-
crat, of Maryland said 81 believe this
bill is a move to put Washington
back in the horse and buggy days"
It was he who moved that the I'M
favorable report be made.
Mr.. Keech explained that a limited
number of the meters were au-
thorized by Congress three years
ago and said that they had been
greeted with open arms by the
public" He explained that "they
eliminated double parking and allow
persons to get in and out of the
stores"
He was interrupted by Chairman
Schultz, who demanded. II want to
know if they will interfere with the
plan to abolish all parking on GER
tain downtown Washington streets?"
When Mr.. Keech replied that they
would not, Mp. Schultz said, Il am
opposed to these damn things. I
believe they are a nuisance"
The subcommittee approved a
proposed amendment to the law
which now requires persons con-
victed of drunken driving and leav-
ing the scene of an accident to prove
financial ability; so that persons
convicted of reckless driving would
also have to prove their financial
responsibility.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
Increased Fatality
Chance Cited in Case
OF Reckless Walking
Prosecutor Of Woman
Pedestrian Says Danger
Out of CrosswoIks Higher

A pedestrian faces a so per cent
greater chance of being killed in
crossing a roadway between street
intersections than at intersection
points, Assistant Corporation Counsel
Edward w. Thomas cited in a brief
filed yesterday with Police Court
Judge John P. Mcmahon in test
case growing out of pedestrian
charged with reckless walking" in
the 300 block of Fifteenth street
NV.
The real answer" to traffic con-
troll, Mr.. Thomas told the court,
rests with the pedestrian as well
as with the automobile operator.
Traffic, under District traffic acts,
includes not only vehicles but also
all pedestrians, he maintained.
Traffic Act Challenged.
Mr.. Thomas brief was filed with
the court along with a motion to
dismiss the charges against. the
pedestrian by Defense Counsel
Reeves R. Hilton, who charged the
Traffic Act of 1925 and its regula-
lions were unconstitutional and void
because of the unlawful delegation
of power by Congress to the director
of traffic and the Commissioners"
The pedestrian, Mrs. Lucille r.
Ritter, was charged with reckless
walking following recovery of in
juries received when struck by an
automobile February 8 as she
stepped from between two parked
cars
Must Exercise Care.
streets which include roadways
and sidewalks are not exclusively
for vehicle traffic" Mr.. Thomas
wrote. "A pedestrian may lawfully
use same, but in so doing must err
erciSe due care. The motorist is
entitled to the assumption that
pedestrians will not cross roadways
at other than the designated cross
ings.'
In civil cases, he told the court,
pedestrians have been held guilty
of negligence as a matter of law, if
they crossed the street at a place
other than at the regular crossing.
Traffic and motor vehicle regula-
tons stipulates that mo pedestrian
shall use any roadway between in
tersections when a vehicle is ap-
preaching from either direction so
as to constitute a hazard for his
own safety or use such roadway at
any time in negligent or reckless
manner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13

Five college girls invaded the back
stage of the National Theater to
present one small corsage of pink
carnations to Miss Helen Hayes yes
terday and almost kept the matinee
performance from going on.
They represented Gamma Phi
Beta Sorority at the University Of
Maryland, which made Miss Hayes
an honorary member on her last
appearance in Washington. So yes
terday they trooped down to give
her the sorority flower-a corsage
of pink carnations.
Only freshman in the group was
17-year-old Mildred Sears, fresh
from the editorship of the Roosevelt
High School Reporter and eager to
make a good start on the Diamond
back at Maryland with an interview
of the famous actress appearing in
Twelfth Night" at the National this
week.
Although Miss Hayes grants no
interviews to high school and college
students because, she says, if she
gave one she would have to give
too many, Mildred had hopes.
Also present was Helen May Taber,
a photographer in the making. The
group arrived Is minutes ahead of
their appointment and were still
waiting for Miss Hayes IS minutes
later, amid scenery, props, stage
hands and light switches.
Unseen partner in the confusion
was telephone operator As in New
York, who had two calls for Miss
Hayes and phoned every three
minutes to see if she had come in.
At 2:1O pm. the tiny actress flew
in the door-laden with newspapers,
magazines and two boxes from a
bakery down the street. A Whit of
the carnations-her favorite flower,
she said-and Miss Hayes ushered
her sorority sisters into her dressing
room, already filled with flowers.
Closer and closer came matinee
time and the time caller peered anxi-
ously at Miss Hayes. Operator 46
called again and was told to ring
at $50. Inside the dressing room
Miss Hayes criticized the foolish
ness" of the child labor law. which
prevents child actors from appear
ing in washington.
Il ran afoul of that myself" she
pointed out, referring to her own
early start on the stage after her
birth here somewhere on T street.
It have never seen a stage child
who was the worse for it," the act
ress declared.
At last, perilously close to matinee
time, Miss Hayes shooed out her
sorority sisters. Mildred didn't get
her interview, as the actress held
fast 10 her rule. But the camera
miAded M4sa Tahsg not eng eot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13

yesterday as a personal defendant
in the case.
Identifies Documents.
Defense counsel spent nearly all
the time DR.. Woodward was on the
stand in reading documents intro
duced previously by the prosecution
in the Governments attempts to
convict DR.. woodward of completely
in the alleged conspiracy. Mr.. Leahy
called upon DR.. woodward to iden-
tify one after another of the Gov
ernment's exhibits, and to comment
on them briefly.
DR.. Woodward, who was formerly
coroner of the District, and for
many years was health officer here,
had written the original draft of an
article published in the Journal of
the American Medical Association in
October, 1887, criticizing G. H. A.
Evidence showed he had been acting
under authority of a resolution of
the board of trustees of the A. M. A,
which called on him and DR.. DIN
West, secretary-general manager of
the A M. A., to inform the medical
profession about q. II. A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
Rev. Earl D. Simms,
Builder of Churches,
Dies in Montana
Suffers Heart Attack
While Returning to His
Home in Arlington

The Rev. Earl D. Simms, &c.
credited by his friends with having
built more sman American churches
than any other man in the country,
died yesterday in Livingston, Mont.
He suffered a heart attack while en-
route home to retire at his residence,
4O11 Twentieth road north, Airing
ton, Va.
His only son. Rochester F. Simms,
also of Arlington, few TO Livingston
from Washington yesterday in a
vain attempt to reach DR.. Simms
bedside before his death, friends
said.
Built Church in Woods.
Churchmen declared DR.. Simms
was "one of the really great ole
men, of the Baptist church. He wa!
given the official title of Church
invigorator," and his job for many
years had been construction ano
repair of country churches-both
physically and spiritually.
A typical recent task was per-
formed in Wyola, Mont, in virtual
wilderness. DR.. Simms went into the
woods, cut timber and put to work
IS rough frontiersmen who had be-
longed to no church. The church
structure rose and the congregation
thrives.
During his lifetime, he had served
both the Southern and Northern
Baptist conventions. working over
most of the South and the portion
of America lying west of the
Mississippi.
Skilled in All Lines.
He always carried with him a
huge trunk. 1t was filled with tools
he used in building his churches
He was an electrician. plumber
brickmason and carpenter-skilleo
in every line.
At one time he was a missionary
to China, where his son was born
But most of his life was spent in
restoring churches down at the
heels"
At the time of his death he was
on his way from South Bend. Wash.
where he had been in the midst OF
restoring little church. Taken i'll
he went to Seattle Hospital; was
released, and decided to come home
When he relapsed, his wife had him
removed from a Northern Pacific
train, the Associated Press reported
The body is to be sent to Virginia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
ass Registrars
For Draft Have
Crime Records
LocoI Boards Check
Court Records for
Dutu on Convictions

A total of 456 selective service reg
istrants so far have reported GRIM
inal records in filling out their ques-
tionnaireS, selective service officials
announced today.
In most cases. local boards
checked the records of the courts
where the men stated on their ques-
tionnaires that they had been con-
victed.
The affirmative answers came in
answer to this statement in the
QUESTIONABLE:
IT have Cor have not been con-
victed of treason or a felony"
The men were asked to name their
offenses. approximate date of con-
viction and the name and location
of the court where they were con-
victed.
Local Board Is reported the
largest number of men with crlmi-
nal record, S. Board 20 had only
one to report and Board IA has not
yet turned in its report.
Men with criminal records are
classified in 4 F, morally unfit for
service.
Report by Boards.
The report by boards of men with
criminal records follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
To Announce Requirements.

Names of approximately so re-
placement selectees called up to
round out the requisition for LOO
men to be assigned to the 260th
Coast Artillery at Fort Bliss, Tex,
were also expected to be announced
by selective service officials today.
More than $50 additional replace
ments will be indicted within the
next week or 10 days to complete
the requisition. Those named to-
day are scheduled for induction at
Baltimore tomorrow.
A special committee of association
members of the Registrants' Ad-
visory Board was named yesterday
| to counsel selectees who have in
stallment payment problems to set
tie before they are called into
service.
Scores of calls FOR assistance IN
arranging automobile and insurance
payments particularly prompted
appointment of the committee, the
members of which will be called
on to explain the provisions of the
Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief
Act of 1910 to selectees requesting
aid and otherwise advise the pro-
Spective soldiers in financial mat
tiers.
Members of the special committee
include William E. Richardson, at
torney. with Offices in the Wood
ward Building. chairman; William
r. Lichtenberg, attorney, National
Press Building: John K. Althaus,
secretary treasurer of the Retail
Credit Mems Association. 1921 G.
street NV. A. Burks Summers,
of General Credit, Inc, Hill Build
ing: Arthur j. Hilland. attorney,
Shoreham Building: c. F. Burton.
president of the City Bank. and
Donald r. Ernst, auditor and con-
troller of L. P. Steuart, Inc, 144O
P street NV.
$50 to Be Examined,
Preparing for the April call, some
$50 men were to be examined at
six hospitals tonight. For the first
time. six members of the District
Department of the American Legion
will report to each hospital to assist
the physicians in the clerical work
of examining the men.
Selective service headquarters an
nounced today the reassignment of
liaison officers to the local boards.
BY the new arrangement, Comdr.
A. Chester Father will serve Boards
l to 6; Ensign Edward j. Clarke,
Boards to II: 1t. Albert L. Cox. ir..
Boards Is to Is and Board 25, and
1t. John R. de Sibour, Boards 10
to "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
6. U. to Hold Mass
For Ex-Kinq Alfonso

A pontifical requiem mass for the
late Alfonso XIII, former King of
Spain, will be held at the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Concep-
ton, Catholic University, at 1890
m. tomorrow, it was announced
by Senior Don de Cardenas. Spanish
Ambassador to the United States
The Most Rev. Amleto Giovanni
Cicognani, apostolic delegate. will
oficiste. The former King died re.
Gently IN Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
Board Of Adjustment
States Action on 10
zoning Appeals
Missionary Society and
Salvation Army Cases to
Come Up for Decision

Members of the Board of Zoning
Adjustment are scheduled to meet
in executive session at pm. to-
morrow to act on 10 of 10 appeals
considered at yesterdays public hear
ing. Approval was granted late yes
terday in the nine other cases.
Awaiting action are an appeal by
the Women's Home Missionary Soci-
ETY. of the Methodist Church for per-
mission to occupy 14l0 Kennedy
street NV. as a home for some
Is deaconesses of the society, and
an appeal by the Salvation Army
for permission to use property at
1911 G street Sc. for religious activ-
tiles of the organization.
Nearby Owners Protest.
In both these cases protests were
made to the board yesterday by
nearby property owners. In the
home missionary society case the
church appealed from a ruling by
the inspector of buildings of the
District that the group of dea-
conesses did not constitute single
family" under the meaning of the
coming regulations The Salvation
Army case was an appeal from a
ruling by the building inspector that
the army's activities at the proposed
establishment would not constitute
church" under the meaning OF
coming regulations.
The following appeals were ap-
proved:
Capital Transit Co., for permission
to extend the car barn use to in
clude the entire square bounded by
East Capitol, A, Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets NE.
All Wong, on behalf of I. Katz-
man, tenant, to change a non-con-
forming use at 208 Second street
Sc. to a cleaning and tailoring es-
Enlistment with pressing equip
ment operated by steam boiler.
Elsie M. Grosvenor, to use. lots at
the rear of 1123-1129 Seventeenth
street NV, as an automobile re-
pair shop and gasoline service sta
ton.
Office Use Approved.
Sarah Minkoff, to change non-
conforming use at 1000 Thirteenth
street NV. to an Office for distribu-
ton of washing machines and other
household appliances.
Rena S. Loeb, to permit erection
of a ne-story rear addition to the
dwelling at 1914 Third street NV.
Katharine w. Dunlop, to permit
erection of a one-story rear addition
to the dwelling at 3009 Dumbarton
avenue NV.
Women's Army and Navy League,
to permit remodeling of two-story
stable in rear of 1015 L street NV.
for use as an annex to Soldiers,
Sailors and Marines Club.
A j. Wondrack, to change non
conforming use to delicatessen and
grocery, store at 80 Thirteenth
street NE.
Cecil E. and Katharine F. Wiley,
to permit erection of a one-story
rear open porch on the dwelling at
1894 Broad Branch road NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
Students to Hear Editor

Students of the high school de-
partment of Sacred Heart Academy
will hear a talk on journalism at
$50 am. tomorrow by Philip H.
Love, editor of The Junior Star, the
boys and girls page of The Sunday
Star. The talk was arranged by
Sister Benitus as a part of the
schools observance of vocational
guidance week"