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Evening star., 1941-11-04
Defense Unit
Names Two as Aides
To Air Raid Warden
Montgomery Will Hold
General Registration
November l3

Judge Charles w. Woodward of
Rockville and Wilton T Allen OF
Chevy Chase. were appointed as
sistant air raid vardenS at meet
ing Yesterday of the Montgomery
County Civilian Defense Council
with Arch Mcdonald, chief air
warden, at the councils headquar-
ters in the Silver Spring Armory.
Judge Woodward is a justice OF
the Circuit Court and a World War
veteran. Mr.. Allen is active in civic
and Republican circles, and is super
visor Of assessments. A lialSon officer
is to be named shortly
Auxiliary Police Needed.
1t was decided to hold a general
registration for air raid WardenS,
auxiliary police and firemen Novem-
Der 13. which has been designated
as Sign Up for Defense Day dur
ing Civilian Defense Week. Chief OF
Police Andrew NJ. Newman said he
is anxious to have all persons who
have had any police experience
register for the police work.
Registration places will be an
nounced later. In the meantime,
registrations will be accepted at the
Armory by Mrs. Ralph A. Welles,
executive secretary of the council.
Men who are over 80 years OF age
and not ELIGIBLE for military service
can register as air raid Wardens and
women who are 81 or over are
eligible. Colored Wardens are needed
for the colored sections OF the
county.
A meeting of the council and the
air raid wardens will be held within
the next few days.
Brault Addresses Women.
Speaking last night at a meeting
of the Womens Democratic Club OF
Silver Spring, Albert E. Brault, exec
utive director of the council, out
lined plans for civilian defense and
urged women to take an active part
in the work.
He also called attention to the
fact that Civilian Defense Week be-
gins November II and asked men,
be1s TO attend Armistice Day pro-
grams in the county.
Tonight Mr.. Brault will speak at
the WoodlaWn Citizens Association
meeting at the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Community Center.
Evening star., 1941-11-04

Callahan will discuss the laws of
arrest.
Capt. John H. Fowler will give a
lecture Thursday on scientific in
vestigation of traffic accidents and
how to make molds of tire tracks.
On the same day Capt William j.
Cunningham will tell of the mechan-
les of arrest and Sergt. Harrington
will give his demonstration of proper
traffic signals.
Open Discussions.
On Friday 1t L. T. Johnson will
lecture on pedestrian control and
1t. William J. Liverman on hit-and-
run Investigations. Inspector Mil
ton D. Smith will conclude the ses-
Evening star., 1941-11-04
G. Harris White Heads
Silver Spring Center

G. Harris White was elected presi-
dent of the Silver Spring Commun-
ity Center last night at a meeting
at the Montgomery Blair Senior
High School succeeding H. Brooks
Perring.
Mr.. White is athletic director at
Wilson Teachers College and was
formerly pitcher for the Chicago
White Sox.
Other officers are Judge Frank
Proctor, vice president; Paul F. Mo-
bus, secretary. and Mrs. John c.
Keele, treasurer. Directors are Will
liam B. Marks, William B. McKin-
ney and Mr.. Perring.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Prince Georges Council
Plans Hospital Survey

Members of the Prince Georges
County Lay Health Council last
night decided to make surveys in
their districts and report on pos
slble locations of emergency hos
pitfalls for use in case of military
necessity
Mrs, j. E. Keefauver OF Berwyn re-
ported that 40 schools in the county
are now receiving surplus commodi-
ties for children's free lunches. A
total of 49 schools have applied for
surplus commodities, Mrs. Keef-
auver said.
Miss Rose Winestein. new county
public health nurse, was introduced
to the council
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Womon's S Body Found
With Rifle Nearby

Miss Iva Lillian Du Vail, SO. was
found dead in her home. on Georgia
avenue extended near Wheaton. Md,
yesterday with .22-caliber rifle be-
side her DR.. c. E. Hawks, Mont
gomery County medical examiner,
said he would issue certificate to-
day.
DR.. Hawks said her brother, Orville
Du Vail. told him he had given her
the rife to shoot birds She was
seated in chair beside an open
window when found by sister about
3 pm One exploded shell was in
the rife and another on the floor,
DR.. Hawks said She had been shot
through the right temple. Relatives
said she had been in i'll health for
several months.
Evening star., 1941-11-04

sion with a talk on the department
and its appearance.
The closing day OF the course Will
be devoted 10 open discussions OF
traffic problems during which the
class will be permitted 70 ask ques-
tions and Join discussion with In
spectors Miller and James F
Beckett. Capt. Cunningham and 1t
Llverman.
The traffic school is conducted
al the Municipal Center daily with
% men attending each session, anc
will continue until every man Oh the
force has a chance to attend Chic.
Kelly said Each class Will have tWt
members from each precinct ant
! two from the traffic division.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Model Traffic Policeman Selected to Train
Colleagues in Uniform Signals to Motorists
Proper Control Of
Drivers First Task
OF New School
By ]. THEODORE CROWN.

Washington's 1912 model of traffic
policemen will make their first ap-
pearance on the streets of the Dis
trict Monday Maj. Edward J. Kelly,
superintendent of police, disclosed
today.
Maj. Kelly is calling in all the old
model traffic policemen and replac-
ing them as fast as his factory"
can turn out the new models.
In this case the factory" is a
school where police are taught uni
form signals for directing traffic.
The customary "tWeet, twe-e-e-et,
tWee-e-e-et" will be eliminated and
single blow of the whistle will be
used to halt traffic and a double
blast will start traffic moving.
Sergt. Joseph D. Harrington, vet
eran traffic officer, who began as
bicycle policeman. has been set up
as a model by Inspector Arthur E.
Miller
To Halt "SideshOw Antics"
Inspector Miller said Maj. Kelly
gave his approval of the school to
stop the under the breath whistle
and the one-flnger beckoning to
traffic He said some policemen
flag their arms in manner that
few motorists understand The an
tics of some officers directing traffic
amounts to a sideshow," he de-
clared.
Sergt. Harrington. whose eXecu-
ton of traffic signals, according to
Inspector Miller has only been ex-
celled by that of the late Inspector
Benjamin Lamb. will demonstrate
Thursday for an hour before classes
which started yesterday.
The proper manner for directing
traffic. Inspector Miller said, is for
the policeman 10 face the stopped
traffic and move his arms in a slow
motion to flag traffic cn-but not
too slow. In haltlng traffic he
should blow his whistle and turn to
face stopped traffic to see if the
intersection is cleared of pedestrians
before tagging the other traffic on.
Will Watch Pedestrians.
Under the curriculum of the traffic
school, special attention will be
given to pedestrians, both to pro-
tect them and to help them CO.
operate with motorists.
Yesterdays session dealt with
traffic regulations. with 1t. Beverly
| c. Beach as instructor. and on rules
of evidence. with Inspector H. c.
Callahan as instructor
Today's classes heard Inspector
Miller describe accident lnvestiga-
ton and 1t. M. R. Gore. enforce
ment to prevent congestion.
Tomorrow Inspector Miller will
again instruct the class on public
relations and policy and Inspector
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Two New Prince Georges
Paralysis Cases Reported

Two new cases of infantile
paralysis have been reported in
Prince Georges County DR. John
Byers, county health officer, said to-
day.
DR.. Byers said District health Off
cials reported yesterday that the VIC
TINS were a Capitol Heights man
now in a District hospital and a pre-
school child in Silver Hill.
The last previous case reported
was on October IL at Beltsville. DR..
Byers said there are no other quar-
antine cases in the county now
A total of 40 cases has been re-
ported since July %, DR.. Byers said
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Prince Georges Pupils
Get Diphtherio Tests

Schick tests for diphtheria. being
given in Prince Georges County
schools, will be made today at the
Berwyn and Berwyn Heights
Schools. The test was given yester-
day at T. B. and Brandywine.
The schedule for the week follows:
Tomorrow, Cottage City and Colmar
Manor: Thursday, Capitol Heights
and Seat Pleasant, and Friday, Coll
ington.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Hit-Run Driver Kills
Man, S3;; Several Hurt
In Auto Accidents
Widow Identifies Another
Victim Found Beside
Lonhom Bridge

An 83-year- old colored man was
killed last night in Upper Marl-
boro, Md. the third hit-and-run
victim in the county in three days.
while several persons were injured
in traffic accidents in the District
and nearby Virginia.
The dead man was George Cole.
who was struck by machine while
crossing the street near the tobacco
market in Upper Marlboro only
short distance from his home
Prince Georges County police said
the fender was damaged when the
machine. a black sedan. struck the
man but that witnesses we're un-
able to secure the license number
before it sped away.
In the District morgue. the COL
ored man found fatally injured
Sunday night beside the Lanham
bridge on Defense highway was
identified by his widow as John
Thomas Henson. 81. of Glen Arden,
Md. He had been tentatively iden-
titled from a receipt found in his
pocket as Elmer Roney. address un-
known. until his body was claimed
by his widow yesterday. Dr. James
1. Boyd, Prince Georges County
medical examiner. said he would
issue death certificates OF man
slaughter in both cases.
Man, 56, Is Other Victim.
The other hit-and-run victim re-
ported in Prince Georges was Bert
Atkinson, Sc. of Berwyn, who was
killed while crossing Baltimore
boulevard near his home Saturday
afternoon. He died in Casualty
Hospital few hours later.
During the first 10 months of the
year, only one hit-and-run accident
was reported in the county and the
driver was later arrested by county
police
Eight-year- Frank H. Lewis.
son of Frank F. Lewis. a District
fireman. was critically injured yes
terday when he ran across the street
near his home at 623 Farragut street
NV. to watch firemen responding
to an alarm nearby. He was taken
to Walter Reed Hospital where he
was reported in a critical condition
from head injury, possibly a frac-
tured skull. Police listed the driver
of the car as Joseph B. Miller, AZ,
of Silver Spring, Md.
Virginia Youth Hurt.
Cleveland Davis, II. of Culpeper,
Va, was taken to Alexandria Hos
pital last night in serious condi-
ton from an accident on Lee high
way thre miles west of Fairfax. He
suffered a broken leg and arm. Sc
we're cuts and bruises and a brain
conclusion when he was struck
while walking along the highway
by a car operated. police said, by
Joseph D. McCary, 30, of near
Bridgewater, Va. No charges were
filed against the driver
In. the same hospital, John Hy-
man, 80, colored, of the 1900 bloch
Cameron street, Alexandria, wa.
suffering from a fractured skull ane
broken arm sustained when he wa!
knocked down at Henry and Pendle-
ton streets. in Alexandria, last night
by a truck police said was operated
by Charles Byrd. "a, Of Brooksville
Fla. The driver was not held.
Two pedestrians were sstruck b!
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Survey 10 Reveal Changes
In Residential Rents

A survey of changes in residential
rents in Maryland and Virginia
communities near the District. I'M
dertaken by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics this spring has been COM
pleted, it was disclosed today. Re-
suits of the study will be made
public about the middle of this
month.
The survey. requested by defense
agencies, will show the percentage
of dwelling units whose rents have
been raised during the period from
October, 1889, to September. 1941,
and the average amount by which
rents have been raised The bu-
reaus estimates will be based on a
sample of about 700 homes of various
types and rent levels.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
automobiles here during the night

automobiles here during the night,
police reported.
James r. Greenback Sc. of 1929
Nichols avenue Sc. suffered a frac-
tured right leg when hit in the 230O
block of Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
He was admitted to Casualty Hos
pital.
Jim Williams, 38, colored, of the
1900 block of Ninth street NV. was
struck in front of his home and re-
ceived head injuries. He was taken
to Freedmen's Hospital.
Two boys were injured yesterday
when the bicycle they were riding
was struck by an automobile at
Eleventh street and Pennsylvania
avenue Sc, but they went home
after treatment at Providence Hos
pital.
They are Gerald F. Doggle, II. of
1858 Potomac avenue Sc. who suf-
fered sprained ankle, and Alfred
w. Wolf, 8. of 1348 Potomac avenue
Sc. who received cuts of the knees
and hands. 81
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Five SeIectees Called
By Bourd at Rockville

Five Selective service registrants
have been ordered by the Montgom-
cry County Local Board No. l in
Rockville to report for physical ex-
aminations November II at the in
duction station in Baltimore.
They are: Lloyd Wilkins Burdette
Byron Walling Thompson. James
Hampton Jones. jr.: John Conway
McDevitt and Raymond Austin Fink
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Toll in Previous Months.

Totals to date So 70
In November, Beware of:
l. The hours between 4 and 6
pm. Six of the nine traffic vic
tins in November last year were
killed within this tWO-hour pc
riod.
2. Crossing a street at some
point other than a croSSwalk.
Three pedestrians lost their
lives in November, 1910, while
doing this.
3. Inclement weather. Three
fatal accidents occurred last
November while it was raining
or misty.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Ookton Group to Meet

CANTON, Va. Nov. 4-Oakton
School and Civic League will meet
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the school for
an American Education week pro-
gram. Mrs. Nelson Davis, Roy E.
Gable, secretary of the Fairfax
County Chamber of Commerce;
Betty Thatcher and Mrs. c. Ray
mond will speak.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Comp Hostess Named

Assignment of Miss Charlotte
Crossett of Tall Timbers, Md, as
junior hostess at Camp Lee, Va, was
announced today by Maj. Cen
Henry C. Pratt, commanding gen.
eral of the Sd Corps Area. Miss
Crossett succeeds Miss Della Lee
Riley of Washington, who resigned.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
BrookeviIIe Church Supper

BROOKEVILLE. Md. Nov. 4 tSpe-
ciaD Under auspices of the Wom-
ems Society of Christian Service of
the Brookeville Methodist Church,
an oyster. fried chicken and country
ham supper will be served at Me-
mortal Hall, Brookeville, tomorrow.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Church Purty Tomorrow

The annual turkey dinner and
bazaar of the Mount Rainier Meth
odist Church will be held from to
pm. tomorrow at the church. The
affair previously was announced
enormously for tonight.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Mrs. Byron Speaks Tonight

Representative Katherine Byron.
Democrat, of Maryland will speak at
a meeting of the Chevy Chase View
Citizens Association in the Kensing-
ton Junior High School at 8 o'clock
tonight, Sherman F. Booth, presi-
dent. announced
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Chesterbrook PIT. A.

The November meeting of the
ChesterbrOok Parent-Teacher AS
ISOLATION will be held at pm. to-
morrow in the school at East Falls
Church. Va.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
PIT. A. Group to Meet

The November meeting of the For
estville Md Parent Teacher Asso-
citation will be held at o'clock to-
night at the school, The meeting
has been called week early to avoid
being held on Armistice Day.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Firemen PIun Porty

A turkey supper sponsored by the
Brentwood Md Volunteer Fire
Department and the Ladies Aux
iliary will be held from to Z pm
tomorrow at the Brentwood Fire
house. Utah avenue and Tilden
street.
Evening star., 1941-11-04
Maryland Holiday Set

ANNAPOLIS, Nov. 4 lP).-Gov.
O'Conor yesterday proclaimed No.
vember 20 Thanksgiving Day as pro-
claimed by President Roosevelt for
the Nation +
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-03-07

By Dr.. Charles sselzis
What History TEACHES
By Charles StehGe

| Practically everything that Is hap.
pening TO US today happened 70 Others
IN some tor1n Thousands OF years ago
according to the Psychologists who
found tifs records ON day tablets, baked
5000 years ago ,or to the historians who
began 10 write some $500 years later.
4 Tn tell us about sit-down strikes,
hours of labor. salary bonuses collect
i've bargaining, cost of living old-age
pensions silver standards, crooked poll
ticians, women's rights, and in the Bib
itself we have the story Of Egypts 7
years Of plenty, end years of depres-
sion with dread lines' and a "food
commissioner"
During all of these experiences pana-
ceas were suggested to meet the prob.
lens of tho times Some of them work
ed out but many failed It's a strange
thing that some deluded leaders are 10
day offering the some old quack RENE
dis that were tried and failed in The
days when they had to be written viii
pointed sticks intead Of with typewrit.
ers.
But it is still more remarkable thu,
plans and principles which proved tr
be basicaIy sound are being disra
garded today. We have learned tina,
dictatorship and autrocracies are on
conducive to the freedom and happinas,
OF the whole people; that the charar4s,
of a nations greatness is detrmipe,s
by the character of its individual cit
zens; that no question Is ever settlr,f
permanently except upon The basis q
justice; that right human relations
are more important than the creatio~
of great organizations; that the so,1rr
OF happiness demands not so much INN,
what we have as il does upon VIII 80
are.
These and many other things which
history has taught us may be appied
to problems facing us today. They MAJ
be applied to personal relations, 4.
the labor problem, to national question
and to international affairs. Thereto
let's stop looking for short cuts snc
patent remedies and let's profit BY VIM
history taught us thousands of years aeo
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-03-07

Howard O Hunter, Acting Commits
xioner of Work Projects announces that
some 1sS new WPA Projects for nat
Smal defense approved during january
have brought the total aIlptments fos
such work activities to $1ss.3l772s dur
ing the first seven months of the fiscal
year. More than $4,000 wPA employ
ees are working on national defense
projects. Mr.. Hunter says This civilian
army. as great a. the Regular Army
VI the United States. won its spurs in
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-03-07
II. B. A.
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DEATHS

Soma a oar preadsnh have reports,
-Asaths In shsir AodsA but aAu ~
nos - ~ ss.a h Q AsatA swai6~A
bsHsss rssns,nhsr 'that sven shuusA q,
anns - nasss II your dseeunud M.
hsn maybe puh'iahsA - must h.u
- dsath o~tih1ats bssoss nd es.ix.
M following presidents Asvs yw~>.x
~ Sollowins dsaNsx
= Ansslins Kidd, M 90. Rev. \ D
ODtn President Lawrence
, Abra Owens No. ~ Ma Usd~
Barnes President TaylorsvilIs
= Petr Mcdonald No. ia c T. In
President, Virgins
Ella Mccormick, No. lbs r McCor.
mick, President vossburg
- Morning Jeffery, No ~, J " n.
Sord. President Laurel ~
+" Elizabeth Bell, No. ~, TT Yeu9
President Meridian "a
= Taylor Neal. No. e. q q Arriss>>e
Hrsident Lasrsi
D Mary Hearn. No 1n, Lsu H..
Fssident Quituaan
- Frank Willis No. { nv W,ras
President Meridian
10 Ahram McNillion, No ~ A,eu
AeAinpn, President Rose Hin
u Alice Fleannins No. Ma Rsv.r~nd
|" s PRICE, President Brookhavn
Il John Pio<. No. III. vc cra.
Preident wesA Ehtaprtae
Is Mary Hinton. No. M o.ur, A.
drewS President, Waynsahow
- Ellen Lindsey. No. q lsrx Bdra
Howard President CrsndAa
~ Jane Moore, No n d Y Pm.
Rfapk LawA
10 Robert Williams 10. "a, q d c.
ms President West Enterprise
II Catherine sh~rod. No Ia. Y c
Croft President West Entsrxa,e
-Easoer johnson. No. ., q. ". VIII
President Meridian
0-". c. Croft, No II, " c cnf.
President West Enterprise.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-03-07

has bees further supplemented byspon-
sor's contributions of S10,590,000 furni.
shed by the Office of Education which.
with the National Defense Advisory
Confusion, sponsor the training project
Where the need for training in an oc-
cupation exist the local authorities re-
quest the District Office of the WPA
for at least fifty per cent of the requir-
ed number of trainees- WPA trainees
receive the security wage rate while
undergoing training. This training in
creases the employability of wPA
workers. and provides a meas of meet
ing the occupational requirements Of
for skilled and semi-slilled
workers. The trained electrical work.
srs shows to the lpwer right ara pro-
1ucts of this vocational training pro.
sram. 1hey are employed at = largs
J. s. Army post (wPA rhotosl
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-03-07

on buildings, airportB and work On
Army and Navy reservations. q Mean
while. road projects, designated BY he
War Department for their military Ina
portance employ over 1Sososa wPA
workers Tbs center photo shows one
Of the 40 aerial mappers employed ~
the WPA National defence preparations
rave given impetus TO the exacs
science q map-drafting A. seaswaI)
and q hangar apron construesea ~
U. s. Coast Guard Station BY Tie VITA
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-03-07

peace-time pursuits. he scope of de-
Tense activities now carried On by u.
gions 0 WPA workers is suggested in
the above photographs
To the upper left laborers are un-
loadins f1ler1soil from dump cars To-
cated on the scene Of one of the hun
dreds of airports built Or improved
throughout the country with wPA
funds and labpr. OF some $4,000 'wPA
workers engaged on defense oonstuc.
ton project aboue 900 are employed
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-03-07

trd President Laura
Burkhaltr. President Collins
- 1nhn Ar.,skunG No - y. n
Bayie@ President CoaunkhA
CNrHan harriA No. L. wm Kane
low. President waynasbcrv
Il Melvin May. No N L ". Yssu
President AaGhulavflls s...-.
n Nellie Townsend Ma - l.wur
Patrick prssidnt Hass.en.u =, -
D. Sidney Arnold Ha - q q -
paA Proad.nl LAssM
~ suals - - q - n n
nssk.an. Rr~aid.s n.waaas
IS Hannah White No 80. fosa 4
CotAua Presf6sat nl.nA ~ =
S-S,sde Bennett No, ~, Frank John.
mn. President Newsbn. Al3'A
BE- d. Aenyarl No. LIS VT Ts.e
President Brooksville
D-R c. Code, No. LII p L levin
President ColtnsviIle
n @l ~ jW9f
Wv. r. Donald. No. N, IA. Whit.
President, Lauderdais
EvanA No. ~, Reverend
n Thomas President, Forest '~
b S. p. Jones, No. IS, Mrs S p Jones
President E1livills
81 Roy Smith, No. 355, Roy Smith.
President State Line
S- Robert r. Jones' No. 444, Mrs. Lula
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-03-07

PRINCIPAL T. J. HARRIS Of the 4 J.
Harris Senior High School of this city
brough to a close on the fourth of this
month the baby contest launched some
time aso, fpr improvement of the stage
in the school auditorium. Tie contest
was among the teachers Of the school
The contest netted the school over $50V.
Prof Harris expressed himself as being
very pleased over this effort.
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-03-07
re pictured 10 the upper right.

re pictured 10 the upper right
White-euilar WPA project worker
have their place i, the defeiae program.
Latest figures show that $3.50 such am
pacyees are 70 engaged. OTHERS as ex.
pefienced research workerss the avail
able lor sthe' Sompiline of information
scar f'g on military affairs They are
'sisr ready IA ksy citiss for immediate
H'avlre on my rudy 4edsihed BY Gov
srnrnsis.T ard ptfvsss ssssncies ronresnsd
with national dsEenses The young NO
The weekly echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1931-1942, 1941-03-07

man in tho mid-center is working
code machine on WPA survey project.
Training In airplane mechanics and
machine shop technique angage the
frances TO the lower left and center
This important work Is part of the ma
tin-wdde project for the Vocational
Training Of Defense workers. The
WPA has just made q new 1859, go
sdlotnent for the continuation Of train
M sosirses for At least two additional
terms Of three months each. This sum