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Evening star., 1941-03-18
BY JAMES E. CHINN.


An increase in the present SITS
real estate tax rate Is inevitable un-
less Congress provides another way
to raise additional revenue to meet
the Districts expansion needs, En-
gineer Commissioner McCoach today
told the Fiscal Affairs Subcommittee
of the House District Committee.
$50 far we have kept within our
budget, although we know of many
things We ought to do as a result of
the unprecedented growth of the
CITY," Commissioner McCoach de-
clared. IF Congress does not dc
anything to give us the added reve-
nue we need there is no alternative
under the law but to raise the real
estate and personal property tax
The need for an increase in capital
outlay is not coming quickly, it is
here"
Following the Commissioner
statement, the subcommittee decided
to hold a series of public hearings
on the Overton and Dirksen plans
for raising the amount of the Fed
eral payment toward municipal ex-
penses. The initial hearing will be
held at 1890 am. next Tuesday.
Commissioner McCoach appeared
before the subcommittee with a
group of other District officials to
explore" potential untapped rev.
enue sources. Accompanying him
were Tax Assessor Dent, Acting Au-
ditor Pilkerton, Corporation Coun-
sci Keech and Glen Simmon, one
of his assistants.
No Plan Formulated.
At the outset of the conference,
which was held behind closed doors
with the press representative in at
tendance, Chairman Hunter of the
subcommittee asked Commissioner
McCoach what had been done at
the District Building Toward devel-
oping a plan to raise additional rev.
enue as a result of the refusal of
the House last week to approve a
bill designed to clarity and make
more equitable the local income tax
law.
The Commissioners have not for
mulated any plan," he answered.
THE Pond report, which called for
a combination income -sales tax, was
recommended by the Commission
ers several years ago. That, per-
(See FISCAL, Page A-3O
Evening star., 1941-03-18
| Governor Protests
To Jones on Lack
| Of Storm Warnings
B> the Associated Press.

bN tne ASSOClateo PreSS.
ST. PAUL, March 1S.-Gov.
Stassen said today he had tele-
graphed Secretary of Commerce
Jones a protest against "inade-
quate weather warnings" which
the Governor said contributed
to the big death toll of the week.
end storm in Minnesota and
North Dakota.
The storm death toll for these
two States stood at 81 today, %
in Minnesota and 80 in North
Dakota.
The Governor said he had
asked Secretary Jones to take
steps to prevent a repetition of
the disaster by providing more
accurate forecasts.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
By LARRY ALLEN,


ABOARD A BRITISH CRUISER
SOMEWHERE ON THE MEDITER-
RANEAN, March 18.-Britain's war
fleet, demonstrating anew the con-
troll of the Mediterranean, has
escorted some of the largest conveys
of the war from Central and Eastern
Mediterranean ports to Greece with
out a trace of enemy interference.
Tankers and freighters OF every
description, loaded with important
war supplies and British and AL
lied forces, splashed through the
Mediterranean and the Aegean with
our armed escort.
British censors apparently
did not permit confirmation OF
reports that large troop units are
moving to Greece. Other sources
Evening star., 1941-03-18
American Church Pastor
Gives French Supplies
By the Associated Press.

By Ibt ASsOClaCed PreeS.
VICHY, France, March 18.-Clay-
ton E. Williams. pastor of the Amer
lean church in Paris, has given $700
worth of medical equipment to the
French Secretary of Health and
Family, it was announced today.
Milk and clothing from the United
State. unloaded from the American
ship Cold Harbor at Marseille, was
turned over, meanwhile, to commit
tees in each department of unoccu-
pied France under American Red
Cross supervision Medicines were
turned over to the Secretary of
Health.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Five in Family Die
As Fire Ruzes Home
Ry tho Associated presS-

By the Associated Press.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y, March
1S.-A family of five burned to death
while they slept today in wind
whipped fire that destroyed their
four-room home in near-zero
weather
The victims were Clyde Matthews
81, shoe factory worker: his wife,
Emma, 81, and their children, La
vanne, 6; Isabel, S, and Kenneth. 8
Sheriff Earl J.. Daniels said an
overheated od-burning stove ap-
parently caused the fire.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Planes Raid Chuneking
First Time in 5 Months
b the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, March 18-Japa-
nese planes raided this Chinese cap
ital today for the first time in almost
five months. Bombs fell in the
western suburbs, but observers said
they caused only slight damage.
SHANGHAI, March 18 CTuesday)
R.-Blasting through Chinese pill
boxes, japanese forces have cap
tured the strategic Chin River town
of Kaoan, 40 miles southwest OF
Nanchang in Northern Kiangsi
Province, the japanese news agency
Domei reported today.
The Japanese launched an offen-
sive from Nanchang at dawn last
Saturday in an effort to smash q
Chinese army of 10000 troops.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Churchill Reports Nazi. Raiders
On American Side Of the Atlantic;
1000 Die in z Raids on Britain
U.S.. Reported Telling
Citizens to Leave
Occupied France
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, March 18.-DNB,
official German news agency,
said in a dispatch from Paris
today that United States citi-
zens in occupied France had
been notified by their Embassy
to leave the country. The
agency added that passports of
those in the area would not be
renewed.
A dispatch March Is from
Vichy. France, said all United
States Consulates in France had
sent out circulars warning
American citizens that the
United States Government could
not maintain in France citizens
who refused to return to the
United States.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
40-MiIe Gale Forces
Mercury 10 IS Here;
D Die in Nation
l6 Degrees Forecast
For CopitoI Tonight;
Wind to SIucken

Washington residents suffered to-
day in biting 40-mile- hour
wind from the Northwest which
came as the aftermath of a siege
of winter storms that took the lives
of at least 79 persons in other parts
of the Nation.
At 7:35 am. today the mercury
Evening star., 1941-03-18


While Mr.. Churchill did not
identify the Nazi ships he said were
operating near America, he has on
one previous occasion referred to
the Is 900 ton Scharnhorst as a
'battle cruiser" although James
lists her as battleship. The Prime
Minister used this description OF
the Scharnhorst last April II, in
reporting the vessel damaged in a
battle off Narvik with the British
battle cruiser Renown.
Ships Armament.
Scharnhorst and her sister ship,
Gneisenau, have speeds in excess
of 27 knots and each are armed with
nine 11-inch guns, II 59-inch guns
and considerable anti-aircraft
equipment. Their armor, says James
unoficially, is 1918 inch belt amid
ships. 3-4 inch ends. 12-inch turrets
and 6-inch decks. ,
Although both were reported
damaged or sunk during the Nor
wegian campaign, Berlin announced
last June that they had particl-
pated in the sinking in that month
of the British aircraft carrier Glorl-
Gus in the North Sea.
King George VI sent message to
the gathering saying "our warmth
Of welcome" to the new Ambassador
will testify to the feelings that are
uppermost in all of us today of graft
tude to the people whom he repre-
sents and of admiration for the
great statesman who stands at their
head"
Introducing the United States AM
bassador to the luncheon audience,
Mr.. Churchill predicted that "the
day will come when the British En-
pire and the United States will
share together the solemn but
splendid duties which are the crown
Of victory"
u. s. Now Girded. Winant Says.
Mr.. Winant declared that "the
American people have now girded
themselves" to give Britain ships,
planes. guns, munitions and food
with the utmost speed in the great
est volume and with all the skill at
their command"
Speaking in public for the first
time since his arrival in England,
Mr.. winant told the British-Ameri-
can society he would do "all within
my power to carry out" the common
policies of Britain and the United
States.
"The great mass of common men
the world over" the Ambassador
declared, sis not deceived by Nazi
talk Of new world order.
Want Civilized World.
"They realize there is no order,
or security, in tyranny. They want
what the British people want. They
want what the American people
want.
They want a friendly, civilized
world of free peoples In which Chris
tian virtues and moral values are
not spurned as decadent and out
n1oded-a world where honest work
b recognized"
The text OF Mr.. Churchill's address
follows:
1--WE meet here today under the
strong impression and the impact
of the historic declaration on Sat-
urday last by the President of the
United States.
Sure of Encouragement.
And where could there by a more
fitting opportunity than at this
gathering of the Pilgrims to greet
the new Ambassador for me to ex-
press on behalf of the British nation
and empire the sense of encourage
ment and of fortification in our re-
solve which has come to us from
across the ocean by those stirring,
august and fateful presidential
words.
"You have come here, Mr.. Winant,
to community which has been tried
and proved before mankind and his
Evening star., 1941-03-18

in Washington dropped to Is de-
grees, lowest temperature recorded
here this winter. A low of 16 de-
grees was forecast for tonight, but
the wind was expected to slacken
and the weather to moderate by to-
morrow.
The reading of Is made this the
Evening star., 1941-03-18
ID. {. May Be Forced
To Boost Really Tax,
McCoach Declares
House Group Will Hold
Hearing on Overton and
Dirksen Plans Tuesday

DIRKSEN PLAN might fix U. S.
share in D. c. expenses at sl4,-
100000. Page A-3
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Years of Service

There is a special bond be-
tween The Star and the people
of Washington. For nearly a
century The Star has en-
deavored to serve it's readers
faithfully and protect their
interests, winning and holding
their confidence.
That merchants appreciate
this confidence is attested by
the amount Of advertising
that they place in The Star.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
5000 Hear President Dedicate
Art Gallery to Human Spirit
NotobIes, Officials See Historic Ceremony;
Hughes, MELONS Son and Kress Also Speak

(Tert OF Presidents Speech, Page
Al; Pictures on Page B-1; Re-
ception Story, Page B-3.J
Evening star., 1941-03-18
District Rddioman
Among 6 Killed in
Pacific Air Crash
Two Planes of Aircraft
Carrier Yorktown
Collide Over Ocean

The Navy Department announced
today that six men attached to the
aircraft carrier Yorktown we're killed
yesterday in collision of two planes
they were maneuvering over the Pa
cific Ocean.
The victims included Stephen
Knyezso, chief radioman, of 3211
Tenth place Sc.
Others killed:
1t. q. g. Frank Mason Robinson
of Springfield. Mass.
Ensign Kirby Leo Berry of Nor
man, Okla.
James Stewart McLendon, radio
man second class, of Raleigh, N. c.
Benjamin Daniel Christman,
radioman second class, of Danville,
Va.
Miller Ora DeJarnett, aviation
machinist third class, of Drum
wright, Okla
Location Not Disclosed.
The exact location of the maneu-
vers during which the crash oc-
Cured and details of the accident
were not disclosed.
The bodies of the two officers
have been recovered, the department
said.
The bodies of the four enlisted
men sank with the wreckage and
had not been recovered today.
Another Navy flyer killed yester-
day was Pilot Aviation Cadet Luther
Wesley Keplar of Gage, Okla, whose
airplane crashed during training ex-
ercises at the Naval Air Station at
Miami.
Wife and Child Survive.
Radioman KnyeZso, who was 81
years old, came to Washington in
February, 1910, to attend the Naval
Radio School On his graduation
last November he was assigned to
a dive bomber squadron aboard the
Yorktown and went to California.
Mrs. Knyezso and 2-year- -old
daughter, Dorothy, survive.
Evening star., 1941-03-18
AidFunds Urged
To Avoid Label
Of 'We|sher'
Committee Requests
House to Vote
$1,000, 900, 900

BACKGROUND
Administration British aid bin
enacted by Congress early this
month empowers President to ac-
quire and lease or lend ,Dar ma
tertdls to nations Uhose defense
Is deemed Uttal to safety OF
United States. Mr.. Roosevelt last
,Deek asked appropriation OF
S,000,000 to implement the pro-
gram, and House committee,
after brief hearings, rushed bill
to floor.
Evening star., 1941-03-18

(See CHURCHILL, Page A-50
Evening star., 1941-03-18

(See GALLERY, Page A-10)
Evening star., 1941-03-18
Weather Forecast

Fair, continued cold; lowest about Is
!: tonight; tomorrow fair, rising tempera-
ture; warmer Thursday. Temperatures
today-Highest, 27, at 2 pm; lowest,
Is, at 7::35 am.
From the United States Weather Bureau report
Full Details on Page Az
Evening star., 1941-03-18

lSee FISCAL, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1941-03-18

(See WEATHER, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1941-08-23
Evangelistic Meetings
To Start Final Week

The Laymen's Evangelistic Asso-
citation will start its final week of
tent meetings Monday night at
Thirteenth and D streets NE.
Glenn w. Wagner, president of
the Washington Bible Institute. will
speak each night through August
81 at 7:45 pm. His subject Mon
day night will be 1T Was Night"
A special young peoples meeting
will be held Friday night under the
direction of the Kappa Sigma Mu
Christian youth group of Wash
ington.
DR.. Theodore Elsner of the Nom
sectarian Tabernacle of Philadel-
phia has been speaking this week
and will conclude his services Sum-
day night. Tomorrow's meeting
will be held at 3 pm, under the
direction of the Christian Youth
Fellowship of Washington.
Evening star., 1941-08-23
|Dr. lenski 10 Direct
Two Grace Lutheran
Services Tomorrow
Luther League PIons
Sugar Loaf Meeting
In Afternoon

Two worship services tomorrow
at Grace Lutheran Church will be
under the direction Of DR.. Gerhard
E. Lenski He will be assisted by
the Rev. Robert Helm.
At 8:45 am. the Rev. Mr.. Helm
will preach on In God We Trust
Sometimes!" Mrs. Carl Rasmussen,
contralto, will be the special soloist.
She will sing Bach's I'm Faith I
Calmly Rest" and Cecil Gates
version OF The Lords Prayer"
At IL am. the Rev. Mr.. Helm will
serve as iturgist. The sermon will
be given by Dr.. Lenski. The theme
will be How Trustworthy Is Your
Conscience?" Clarence Gedrose,
tenor, will be the special soloist.
He will sing Lead, Kindly Light"
by Hawly, and Evening and Morn
ing" by Spicker.
Members of the Young Peoples
Society and the Newcomers Club
will be guests of the Takoma Park
Luther League Sunday afternoon
in an out-of-door meeting on Sugar
Loaf Mountain. At the twilight
devotional service the Rev. Mr.. Helm
will speak on Another Sermon on
the Mount" Transportation will be
provided those meeting at Grace
Church at 2:3o pm.
The Sunday School Board will
hold a business session Tuesday at
8 pm.
Evening star., 1941-08-23
Denver Man TO Speak
AT Divine Science Church

The First Divine Science Church
will have Adolph N Meyer of Den
yer as guest speaker for a month
beginning tomorrow. He is a grad
uate of the Divine Science College
of Denver. He will give a series of
Sunday morning talks as follows:
Tomorrow, Your Spiritual Defense
Program; August 81. Divine
Science in Your Business; Sep
tember 7, Who Really Knows God?"
September IA. How to Be the
Master"
He will conduct a series of six
lectures on Tuesday and Thursdays
at 8 pm. at the Grafton Hotel as
follows: August rs, The Divine
Loom of Life; August %, The
Secret of Leadership: September 4.
Developing Your Hidden Powers:
September 9, The Magic Wheel of
Life. September II, Use of Spirit
ual Laws"
After September ! all meetings
will be held at 1916 H street NV.
Evening star., 1941-08-23
DR.. J..T. Watts 10 Address
Petworth Baptist Services

In the absence of the Rev. James
P. Rodgers. pastor Of Petworth Bap-
tist Church. DR.. Joseph T. Watts,
executive secretary of the Maryland
Baptist Convention, will preach at
both services Sunday. His morning
sermon will be THE Inner Circle"
and his evening message will be on
THE Abundant Life"
The Young Peoples Chorus Choir,
under the direction of E. Jack Lane,
will sing at both services. Jesus Is
the Friend You Need" and Il Must
Tell Jesus" are the hymns to be
sung. Ruth Byars Conner, soprano
soloist, also will sing.
The Young Peoples Union will
have charge Of the service Thursday
evening.
DIR. Rufus W. Weaver, executive
secretary of the District OF Co
lumbia Baptist Convention. will
speak ut both services Sunday,
August 81.
Evening star., 1941-08-23
Calvary Methodist
To heur Rev. Mr. Amoss

The Rev. Howard M Amoss, min
lister of Long Green Methodist Cir
cult, Hyde. Md, will be the guest
preacher at the Calvary Methodist
Church at IL am. tomorrow. His
subject will be: "All Out Disciple
ship"
The young people will meet at
3 pm.
The Calvary Women's Glass will
meet at 9:45 am. with Mrs. D. w
Lum as teacher.
DR.. Orris Gravenor Robinson
minister, and his family and Miss
Bess c. Miles, director of Christian
education of Calvary Church spent
last week at Blue Ridge, N. c., at
tending the National Christian Ash
ram.
Evening star., 1941-08-23
Dr.. Chandler 10 Preach
Al Petworth Methodist

DR.. d. r. Chandler, from the
Theological Seminary at Westmin-
ster, Nd, will be the guest preacher
at the Petworth Methodist Church
tomorrow morning. Sing Alleluia
Forth by Buck, will be sung BY
a quartet composed Of Mrs. Call
beck, Miss King, Mr.. Mesrs and Mr..
Van Pelt.
The evening service in charge of
the young people will be at 7:3O
O'Clock. Mary King will be the
leader. Group singing will be led
by Donald Whited. The Scripture
lesson will be read by Leonard Full
ton and Peggy O'Neale will offer
the evening prayer Miss Beth King
Will be the soloist. Murrell Lank
VIII present as his subject What
Think Ye Of Christi" after which
DR.. Chandler will speak.
The young people will hold a
Seth Parker sing following the eve
ming service at the home of Mr.
Mears.
Evening star., 1941-08-23
Salvation Army
Meetings this week a

Meetings this week are:
Temple Corps. 606 E street NV
Maj. Fred F. Fox will speak at IL
am. on "A Glorious Mission" and
at 8 pm. on "A Crooked Man Made
Straight" Services will be held In
the Hecht Co. parking pavilion.
Colored Corps, 1901 Seventh street
N.W.-Maj. Lambert Bailey will
speak at II am. on Building of the
Visible Church" and at pm. on
How to Do Gods Will"
Southeast Corps, 1888 Eighth street
SEA special series of meetings
are being conducted at IL am. by
Capt. Lonnie Knight, the subject be-
ing the "Twenty-third Psalm" The
third in this series will be this Sun
Gay at II o'clock. At $50 pm. G.
c. c. Helen Davis will lead a Young
Peoples Legion. At 8 pm. Capt.
knight will conduct the service.
Georgetown Corps, 1075 Thomas
Jefferson street N.W.-At 10 am 1t.
Marshall Capps will speak on The
Shepherd and the Lost Sheep" and
at 8 pm. on Eternal Hope"
Northeast Corps, It's I street NE.
Maj. John Campbell will speak at
IL am. on "A Clean Heart" 1t.
Dorothy Summey will speak at 8
pm. on Salvation"
Evening star., 1941-08-23
Christiun Science

Mind" is the subject of the
leSSon-sermon in all the Churches
of Christ. Scientist. tomorrow at
IL am, and 8 pm. Sunday School
is at II am. All are invited to
attend the church services. includ-
ing the Wednesday meetings at
s pm.
Among the citations which COM
prise the lesson sermon is the fol-
lowing from the Bible: Thus
saith the Lord the King of Israel,
and his redeemer the Lord of hosts;
1 am the first and I am the last,
and beside me there is no Cod
isaiah, xliv6).
The leSson-sermon also includes
the following passage from the
Christian Science textbook, Science
and Health With Key to the Scrip
lures" by Mary Baker Eddy: The
Scriptures imply that God is all-in-
all. From this it follows that Moth
ing possesses reality nor existence
except the divine Mind and His
ideas page 331D
Evening star., 1941-08-23
Chancellor WedeI
To Preach tomorrow
Al the Cathedral
Canon Curtis Draper
To Conduct Evensone
Service at a O'Clock

The Rev Theodore w. Wedel
canon chancellor and director of
studies of the College of Preachers
will be the preacher at II IN. to-
morrow at Washington Cathedral
The summer choir will sing the
anthem, Jesus. Joy of Mans De-
string" by Bach. E, William Brac-
kett, organist and choirmaster of
ST, Johns, Georgetown, will be at
the console of the great organ, In
the absence of Paul Galloway.
The evensong service will be con-
Quoted at pm. by Canon Curtis
Draper. jr The anthem, Thou
Knowest, Lord. the Secrets of Our
Hearts" by Henry Purcell, will be
sung by the summer choir under
the direction of Mr. Bracket.
Holy communion will be cele-
brated at 7:30 and $50 am. The
canon chancellor and Canon Draper
will conduct the daily services dur
ing the week at 730 am, noon and
4 pm.
Evening star., 1941-08-23
Y. M. c. A. News

The Rev. Edward Gabler, rector of
Christ Episcopal Church, will speak
at the Y. M c. A. open air service
in Lincoln Park tomorrow at pm.
William R. Schmucker will preside
and lead the song service.
Page NICK. Etchison, religious
work director, Y. M. c. A.. will
speak at the Hyattsville Presbyte-
rian Church at II am. tomorrow.
William S. Jones, vice president,
District of Columbia Sunday School
AssoCia ton, will conduct the morn
ing service at Rosedale Methodist
Church tomorrow at IL am.
Evening star., 1941-08-23
Outdoor Sacred Concert

Free outdoor sacred concerts at
Fort Lincoln Cemetery are held
every Sunday at pm. Tomorrow
another all-request program of old
songs will be presented by the Fort
Lincoln Male Quartet.
Visitors may either watch the
broadcast in the Little Church Of
Fort Lincoln, or listen to the music
as it emanates from the Memorial
Garden of Peace Fort Lincoln Is
located on Bladensburg road at the
District line.
Evening star., 1941-08-23

ference Reports. The class will be
represented by Miss Lindley, Mrs.
Donovan, Miss Edith Mcdonald.
Miss Sylvia @. Pleckham, Mrs. l.. C..
Tuttle and Mrs. j. r. Sleeth.
tary, Lutheran Laymen's Move
ment for Stewardship, will be guest
teacher of the Monroe Bible Glass
of Luther Place Memorial Church
tomorrow morning.
The p. w. Jeffries Glass of Fran
els Asbury Methodist Church will
have William Bond, jr., as the guest
teacher tomorrow.
The Box Bible Glass of Emory
Methodist Church will be taught
tomorrow morning by H. L. Garrett.
The Luther Rice Bible Glass of
First Baptist Church will be taught
tomorrow morning by Linton Col
Inns. B. B. ORear, second vice
president, will have charge of the
program. The last picnic and soft
ball game will be held at Sixteenth
and Kennedy streets NV. Monday
evening.
The Homebuilders Glass of the
National City Christian Church will
give special recognition 10 its sew
enth anniversary tomorrow morn
ing. The teacher, r. A. Voorus, will
present the lesson. Special music
will be rendered by L. L. Mason, cor
netjst, and Benjamin Hustled. cell
loist, of the Army Music School. All
past presidents will be presented.
Evening star., 1941-08-23
TheosophicoI Society

Mrs. Harriet B. Mercer will pre-
side today at the assembly of the
informal Goodwill Fellowship at
1915 H street NV. at 3 pm. At 8
pm. musical and literary pro-
gram will be presented, centering
about the theme. Spiritual Lessons
From Nature" followed by light re-
freshments.
On Tuesday at 8 pm. the Con
centration and Meditation Class"
will be given instruction concerning
The Laws of Good Health"
The Goodwill Fellowship will
again meet August 80. and at 8 pm.
will be presented a selection en-
titled, The Rosebush of a Thousand
Years"
Evening star., 1941-08-23
Duvid Butcher ToIks
At Tent Services

David G. Butcher, businessman
evangelist, will be the speaker at
7:45 pm. tomorrow at q service in
the Big Tent at Wisconsin avenue
and Calvert street NV. under au-
spices Of the Laymen's Evangelistic
Association. His subject will be
What Must I Do Here That / May
Be Happy There?"
The musical service will be under
the direction of Parks Hunt, bass
soloist, and selections will be sung
by the Northwestern Girls Trio.
Mr.. Butcher will speak each evening
through Wednesday.