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Evening star., 1941-05-08
Patrons Are Listed
For St. Matthews
Benefit Party

Msgr. Edward L. Buckley Is among
those on the distinguished list of
patrons for the card party and dance
to be held tomorrow evening in the
ballroom and Chinese room of the
Mayf1ower Hotel for the benefit of
St. Matthews Cathedral. The pro-
ceeds will go to improve the lighting
system in the cathedral. Cards will
be played from o'clock on, and
dancing will be from 10 to / o'clock.
Other patrons and patronesses are
Sonora de Brin, wife of the Am
bassador of Panama; The Rev. John
B. Argaut, The Rev. j. Girard Cole,
The Rev William F. Stricken, The
Rev. Wilbur F. Wheeler, DR.. and
Mrs. James A. Cahill, jr., Mr.. Michael
F.. Calnan, Mrs. Margaret Cantwell
Mrs. Washington Lee Capps, Miss
M. Butler Chancellor, Col. and Mrs
Leo A. Codd, DR.. and Mrs. Robert j.
Coffey, DR.. w. N. Cogan, Mr.. and
Mrs. James T. Connell, Miss Eleanor
Connolly, Miss Elizabeth Cosgrove,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward j. Courtney,
jr., Mr.. John Coyne, Miss Nellie
Craven, DR.. and Mrs. Henry J. Cros-
son, Mrs. j. T. Crowley and Mrs.
Henrietta M. Curran.
Also Mrs. Mae l.. Hamilton, Mr..
and Mrs. George E. Hamilton, jr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Hannah, Miss
Mary Hannah, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Hartt, Mrs. John Hauber, Mrs.
James V. Hayes, DR.. Valentine M.
Hess, Mrs. Frank w. Hill, Mrs. Mar
garet Hoitt, Mrs. Robert Whitney
Imbrie and Mrs. William Manning
Irwin.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Mrs. Vera Dean Talks
On Postwar Duties.

In the afternoon the visitors will
make an inspection tour of the
headquarters of the General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs, 1874 N
street NV.
Responsibilities of the United
States in the postwar world were
discussed by Mrs Vera Micheles
Dean, director of research of the
Foreign Policy Association, in an
address which featured last nights
meeting.
Holding that aid to Britain in
wolves helping Britain win the
peace as well as the war, Mrs. Dean
warned that in the event of ulti-
mate German defeat Britain might
be economically too exhausted to
shoulder the task of European and
world reconstruction.
The peacemakers will be faced
with the double task of reconstruct
ing democracy within nations, SO
that it can meet the strains and
stresses of mass production, and of
making democracy work in rela-
tions between nations, Mrs. Dean
declared.
Neither can be undertaken or ac-
complished alone" she contended
That is why people in this coun-
try who would shun international
responsibilities on the plea that they
must first take care of the share
croppers and the Dust Bowl are
really Sinking the issue"
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Tea Will Be Given
By St. Johns Church
Guild Workers

Tea will be served from 4 until
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
home of former United States Am
bassador to the Court of ST. James
and Mrs. Alanson B. Houghton, who
have loaned the house and garden
for the benefit of the social service
work of ST. Johns Guild of historic
St Johns Church. In case of rain
the fete will be postponed until
Saturday.
Mrs. J. Hamilton Lewis will tell
fortunes. She will have as assist
ants Mrs. Montgomery Blair, jr.,
and Mrs. William Mackall, jr. A
strolling accordion player also will
be featured.
Tickets for this interesting gar
den party may be obtained at the
door, at 3003 Massachusetts, avenue
NV: at the Office of ST. John S
Church, at 821 Sixteenth street
NV; at 2214 Massachusetts avenue
NV, or at the Parrott tea room, at
l70l Twentieth street NV.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Ellen Mussey Tent
Holds Meeting

Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent No.
of Daughters of Union Veterans Of
the Civil War met this week al
2015 Massachusetts, avenue NV
Guests were Mrs. Anna Baden, Mrs
o. E. Clair of Betsy Ross Tent, Kan
sas City, and Miss Grace Hurd, ma
tiOnal treasurer. Mrs. Baden, widow
of Gen. Baden, was made an honor
ary member. Mrs. Blanche Collette
of st. Petersburg, Fla, and grand
daughter of Mrs. Baden. was initi-
ated by the president, Mrs. Amelia
A Yoder.
The members voted to protest
the bill to change Memorial Day
from May 80 to the first Monday
in June.
The president, accompanied by
the color-bearers, will take part in
the American War Mothers serv-
ices and maSsing of colors Sunday
at 1:30 pm. at the Tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. They will also
participate in the massing of colors
at 3 pm, May 25, at Mount ST.
Adams. Members were invited to
attend the services at the Water
Gate by Mrs. E. Helen Temple at
pm. May 25, honoring the sailors
and aviators lost in service. On
May 80, Mrs. Yoder will conduct
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Mrs. Wilmerdins
To Fete Members of
Movie Committees

Mrs. Lucius Wilmerding, jr, who
is serving as local chairman of
Young America Wants to Help, will
give a tea this afternoon at her
home, 1923 N street NV, for men,
bers of her committees.
The purpose of the tea is to COM
plete final arrangements for the
opening night performance of the
movie Fantasia" Monday evening
at the National Theater. Proceeds
will be given to Young America
Wants to Help. a division of the
British War Relief Society organized
by Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt to give
aid to the youth of Great Britain.
Working with Mrs. Wilmerding on
the Fantasia Committee are Mrs.
Walter Lippman, Mrs. George Rub
lee, Mrs. L. Corrin Strong, Countess
de Ballet Latour, Mrs. Theodore
Achilles, Mrs. Charles Sturtevant,
Mrs. Leonide Ourusoff, Mrs. James
Taylor, Mrs. Donald Hiss, Mrs. Wal
ter Loushheim and Mrs. Herbert
Feis.
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt is in WASH
ington for the tea and will attend
the opening performance.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Excelsior Club
Elects Mrs. Webb

Mrs. Julia w. Webb, who recently
received a gold medal for pioneer
service in a federated club from the
District Federation of Women S
Clubs, has been elected president of
the Excelsior Literary Club. Mrs.
Webb has been a member of the
organization for 46 years.
Others elected were Mrs. Alfred w
Foster, first vice president; Mrs.
Charles B. Green, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Alice V. Creque, record
ing secretary; Mrs. Harvey Beaver.
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Henry
F.. Sawtelle, treasurer; Mrs. E. V.
Carr, press correspondent; Mrs.
Lucien H. Sanders, director to the
District federation, and Mrs. Charles
w. Delaney, alternate director.
Mrs. Beaver, assisted by Mrs. Viola
Deaton, entertained the club. at
luncheon preceding the election.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Weddinqs
Continued From Page B-3)

! 10 at the home of the brides par
ents, the Rev. DR.. Rafael Harwood
Miller officiating.
Mrs. Joseph S. Blackwell, jr.,
played the wedding music, and Mr..
Joseph S. Blackwell, jr., sang. The
house was decorated with white
candles, Gala lilies and snapdrag-
Ons.
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, wore a long
blue dress of mousseline de sole
and carried a bouquet of gardenias.
Her only attendant was her sister,
Mrs. Harcourt c. Sontag, who wore
yellow organdy and carried a bou-
quet Of pink roses.
Mr.. Frank Ashby Lewis, jr., Of
Washington. brother of the BRIDE
groom, was best man.
The bride is a graduate of West
ern High School and studied music
at the Royal Academy of Music in
London.
The bridegroom is graduate Of
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
is now on duty with the War De-
partment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis will be at
home in Colonial Village.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Mrs. D. H. kincheloe
Returns to New York

Mrs. David H. Kincheloe returned
to New York yesterday to join Judge
Kincheloe, for many years Ken
lucky Representative in Congress.
Mrs. Kincheloe was the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Campbell
Shields, and during her visit numer-
GUS parties were given for her Mrs.
Kincheloe presented the program
for the annual luncheon of the Sun
shine Society Monday at the Shore
ham.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Visits kintners

Mrs. Burton Wadsworth will re-
turn to her home in Danville, Va.
tomorrow following a short visit
with her brother-in-laW and sister
1t. and Mrs Edwin Kintner, jr., al
the Westchester Apartments.
Mrs. George Langdon Whitford
who has been visiting her daughter
in Danville, has returned to Wash
ington and will be at 1416 Thirty
third street for the summer.
Evening star., 1941-05-08

the Unknown Soldier of the World
War. At $3.50 pm, they will join
with the BrightWood citizens in
services at the Backgrounds Gene
terry.
Members attended services held
by the Women's Relief Corps at
the Sisters Statue, Rhode Island
avenue and M street NV, honoring
the nurses of the battlefield.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Shower HOnOrs
Miss Hennina

Miss Barbara Henning was the
guest of honor at shower and
tea given yesterday afternoon by
Mrs. Albert Lyman Warner in
her Spring Valley home.
Miss Henning, who is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Sears Henning, will be married
June II to Cadet Thomas Courte-
nay O'Connell, who will graduate
from the West Point Military
Academy only few days before
his marriage.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
A. u. Chapter Elects

Alpha Chapter of Phi Delta
Gamma, national sorority for grad
uate women of the American Uni
versity, has elected officers to be
installed at a formal dinner in June.
They are: President, Gertrude
Gale; vice president, Marguerite
Cheney; secretary, Gladys Bradley;
treasurer, Edna Davis; registrar.
Lillian Barnes; historian and pub
licity chairman. Ellen Wilson; edi-
tor, Bertha Meridian, and program
chairman, Elizabeth Koellner.
Evening star., 1941-05-08

services at the tomb Of Gen. John
A. Logan, at the Soldiers Home, and
will place a wreath for the Depart
ment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public at am. Members viii take
part in the parade to Arlington
Cemetery, will participate in the
services at the Tomb of the I'm
known Civil War Dead, and will
also place wreath on the Tomb of
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Club Women
Urge Study
OF Spanish
Virginia Farley
To Install New
Officers Tonight

The Virginia Federation of Wom-
| ems Clubs turned its attention to
Latin American relations in two
resolutions approved today at its
annual convention meeting at Ward
man Park Hotel.
One resolution requested that
classes in Spanish and Portuguese
be made available as part of the
leisure time program being planned
for men in training camps, pointing
out that hemisphere defense might
involve cooperative effort between
our troops and those of the Latin
American countries" 1t also sug-
gested the knowledge of the Ian
guages would be of value IN civilian
life.
Another resolution called on the
Government to investigate COM
plants that motion pictures sent to
South America from the United
States give false idea of the worth
and culture of our citizens" and to
take steps to correct such misrepre-
Sentation.
In another action the body urged
appointment of a State supervisor
of fine arts by the State Board OF
Education.
Mrs. BOatwright Assured
OF Election as President.
Mrs. r. G. Boatwright of Coburn
was assured of election as president
to succeed Miss V. Lucille Bland as
the delegates began balloting for
new officers. Mrs. BoatWright, Sc
lected by the Nominating Commit
tee, was unoppoSed from the floor.
The new officers will be installed
at the final banquet session tonight
when the Right Rev. James E. Free
man, Bishop of Washington, will
make the principal address.
Nominated from the floor today
were Mrs. Charles w. Mugler of Hill
ton Village for vice president, and
Mrs. William G.. Watt, Lyon Village
for recording secretary.
Others nominated by the COM
mittee included Mrs. o. F. North
ington, jr., Petersburg, for vice
president; Mrs. N. R. Hoyle, New
port News, for recording secretary,
and Mrs. M. S. Mayes, West Point,
for treasurer,
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Mrs. Holmes HOnOred

Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos Del Mar
were dinner hosts last evening, hon.
oring Mrs. Margo Holmes, who has
Just returned from abroad on the
Clipper. She will go to New York
today, but plans an early return
visit to the Capital.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
WOotens Return

Gen. and Mrs. William P. Wooten
have returned to their home in
Washington after five-month visit
in Panama.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Closes to End Trip

The South American Minister and
Mrs. Close will return tomorrow
from New York, where they are
staying at the Plaza Hotel for sew
eral days.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
RuttcnCutterS Back

Col. and Mrs. Brady G. Rutten-
cutter have returned from Miami,
Fla, and are now at the Martinique.
Evening star., 1941-05-08
Freers Entertain

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E. Freer,
Westmoreland Hills. entertained at
dinner last night at the Army Navy
Country Club.
Evening star., 1941-11-06
Indecent Exposure Case
Brinqs Fines Of $3.50

Thurston L. Brooks. q. colored
1900 block of Thirty-third street
NV. yesterday was sentenced by
Judge George D. Nelson in Police
Court to pay fines totaling $3.50
OF serve a total of five years as the
result of his conviction on five
indecent exposure charges.
Judge Nelson imposed the maxi
mum penalty Of a $3.50 fine in each
of the five cases. In default of the
fine in each case, the sentence called
for a year in Jail.
A police record in the hands Of
Assistant Corporation Counsel Mil
ton D. Norman. who prosecuted the
cases against Brooks, showed the
defendant had been convicted here
twice before on indecent exposure
charges and that he also had been
found guilty twice in North Carolina
as peeping tom.
Judge Nelson ordered that the
| Jail make report to the court on
Brooks mental and physical condi-
tiOn.
Evening star., 1941-11-06
Moscow Air Raid Shelters Are Well Planned
But Can't Accommodate Entire Population

city was already organized not SIM
ply into such political divisions as
are usual with us, but with an Or
ganization extending down to and
including committees in charge of
blocks and committees in charge of
individual houses. An army general
was put in command of this orga-
nization and given the title of vice
chairman of the Moscow Soviet
which is the central governing body.
This put him in command of not
only the new AFRAID precautions
organization but also of the police
and the fire departments. Thus in
time of emergency all facilities are
concentrated under one manage
ment-roof watchers, shelter ward
ems. the police on the street and the
firemen sitting on call. Block and
house committee chairmen are re-
sponsible to him and his agents.
Two Men to Each Roof.
When it came to roof watchers.
the Moscow Soviet went the London
Council one better and instead of
a man on every roof stationed two
They are equipped, as in London.
with pals of sand and water,
shovels. devices to pick up and snuff
out fire bombs. etc. This thorough
ness paid immediate dividends when
in one of their earliest raids. Ger
man planes dropped fire bombs all
night. I could find only one burnt
house in MoscoW-and that was an
unfinished apartment house.
This is a remarkable record espe-
cially since this years German fire
bombs include a nasty newcomer
since my day in London-a fire bomb
that burns for two minutes and then
explodes. killing whoever is trying
to put it out. To fight it. the air
raid warden must have the presence
of mind to wait two minutes before
approaching the bomb By the time
it proves not to be explosive the fire
will be well underway and the ward
en- must come in quick to get 1t out.
In addition to doubling the roof
other important step in fire preven-
ton. To provide for the contingency
of damaged water mains they dug
numerous small reservolrs-in parks
and vacant lots. Men and women
volunteered for this work and it was
just being completed at the time 1
left MOSCOW. Each reservoir was
equipped with pump filled and ar
ranged so that it would be connect
ed with local water main In some
places where the ground would not
hold water, they were lined with
clay.
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Evening star., 1941-11-06
fTenth OF a Series.)
BY RALPH INGERSOLL

When l was in Moscow the people
we're not using their shelters much.
There were only four air raids in
three weeks and I saw no bombs
dropped Maybe the effectiveness of
the AFRAID shelters in Moscow will
still remain an academic subject.
Because while the Germans say they
are bombing Moscow daily now I am
not sure believe them. They re-
ported the city in flames when was
there and yet never saw ever a
fire bomb dropped But if the blitz
has really begun Moscow's shelters
are worth thinking about.
spent day going through them.
They were much more orderly than
London's. I doubt if they were much
safer. The foundations in Moscow
are not deep. And the character
istic shelter is in a shallow base
ment with its ceiling several feet
above the street level. so that there
are windows high up in one wall
through which one could look at the
feet of the people passing on the
street
In what the Moscow Soviet calls
its "bombproof" shelters these win
doWs are sandbagged There are
Evening star., 1941-11-06
New Check to Read:
'Frunk w. BuIIou'

After this calendar year the su.
perintendent of schools may no,
have his pay check made out to
F. w. Ballou," he told the Board
OF Education yesterday. In the in
terest of more complete identified
ton District Auditor A. R. Pilker-
ton wants it Frank w. Ballou."
DR.. Ballou said the change was
being made in the name records OF
all school employees at Mr.. Pilker-
tons request.
Evening star., 1941-11-06
Figure Skaters 10 Hold
Opening Session Sunday

The Washington Figure Skating
Club will hold its first meeting OF
the winter season at Riverside Sta
dium Sunday morning.
Medals will be awarded to those
who have passed proficiency tests
in figure skating and ice dancing
Some OF the tests, prescribed by
the United States Figure Skating
Association, were given at Lake
Placid this summer.
Those to receive medals include
the Misses Cathleen OReilly. Car
olyn Wendt, Elizabeth Eisinger
Helen Grosvenor, Ruth Parkinson,
Mary Frances Rollow, Elizabeth
Hinrichs. Mrs. Clarence Leroy
Parker. Walter NJ. Bainbridge. jr.;
David Speck, Ernest Hall and Clar-
ence lie Roy Parker.
Evening star., 1941-11-06

dent. The general chairman Of the
Dinner Committee is A. K. Shipe
while Charles E. Ford Is vice chair
man. The honorary chairman is
Joseph A. Burkhart, and Wilbur l.
Gray, the associations secretary. is
secretary y-treasurer of the group.
James C. Wilkes is chairman OF
the Executive Committee and Clar-
ence M. Charest is vice chairman
Chairmen of all subcommittee are
members of this committee.
Evening star., 1941-11-06
District Bar Will Hold
Annual Dinner Dec. 6

The annual dinner of the District
Bar Association is scheduled for
December 6 at the Mayfiower Hotel,
officials announced today.
Preparations are going forward
under the direction of E. Barrett
Prettyman, the associations presi-
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Is From Bethesda
Leave for Induction
Into Army Service
Arlington County Notified
To Supply l78 Men
EorIy Next Month

Seventy-three Montgomery County
men today were inducted into mill
tary training and Arlington County
selective service officials received
word they will be asked for 178 men
early next month.
The Maryland contingent was the
largest single group so far sent from
the nearby draft areas. They left
from Montgomery County Board
No. at Bethesda and all but three
of the 76 who were called were pres
ent. The three abSentees we're re-
ported ILL
Montgomery County Board No. l
at Rockville, meanwhile, is prepar-
ing to send Sc Monday-the largest
single group from that board.
The Bethesda contingent was so
large that it was divided in two
groups and sent on separate trains
at 8:06 am. and 1922 am. Judge
Stedman Prescott of the Montgom-
cry County Circuit Court spoke to
the men before they left.
Leaders Are Designated.
Frank Ullmer. jr., %, IS West
Underwood street, Chevy Chase, an
employe of the Department of Agri-
culture, was designated leader and
William Frank Kosayeach, %, 8l5
Emerson street NV, Washington,
an apprentice bookbinder at the
Government Printing Office. was
named assistant leader.
Also included in this contingent
we're two brothers whose call came
at the same time. They are Lewis
John Ahrendts, 26, and Harry
George Ahrendts, %, both of 45O6
Harling lane, Bethesda.
At Rockville officials named Robert
Thompson Cuff, a deputy clerk in
the courthouse, who lives at Ash
ton, as leader of the Sc men who
will leave there Monday at 7:30 am.
George Edward Spates, a RockviliS
title examiner, was named first as
sistant leader, and George Walker
Darby, Gaithersburg telephone re-
pairman. was designated second as
sistant leader
Judge Woodward TO Speak.
The Rockville contingent is to re-
port to the boards Offices at $50
am, where final instructions will be
given, and where they will be ad-
dressed by Judge Charles Woodward
of the Circuit Court.
Arlington County Board No. 2
named Charles w. OWSlev, 3l-Vear-
old attorney, of 23O1 North Uhle
street, as leader of a 25-man con-
tingent which left this morning.
Francis Richard Wright, 35, a Gov
ernment clerk living at 1017 South
Twenty-f1rst street, was named as
sistant leader.
Arlington Board No. l sent six
men yesterday.
The 178 men called from the
nearby Virginia boards next month
were distributed as follows:
Board No. will send 80 white
men and Board No. will supply
IS white men on May s. The latter
will send colored man on May 10.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Star Grid Tackle Helps
Run Down Second Bandit

Nick Mantzouris, 19-year- old foot
ball player at High Point IN. c.
College and former all-high tackle
at Tech High School here, got his
second experience last night at run
ming down bandits.
Two years ago. while in the liquor
store of his father, George Mant-
zouris, at zoos Seventh street NV,
he made flying tackle and nabbed
a bandit who had held up the place.
Here for the Easter holidays, he
was in the store last night when a
gunman held it up and escaped with
$40 from the cash register. Nick
chased the bandit two blocks, yell
ing for police as he ran, and finally
cornered the man in a dead-end
alley at 610 L street. He stood guard
until Policemen c. E. Bean and G.
r. Swank arrived and pulled an
armed, 22-year-old white man from
trash container.
Evening star., 1941-04-12
Five Hurt as Car Crashes
Into Railroad Underpass

Five persons were sent to the hos
pital early today when the car in
which they were riding crashed into
the railroad underpass on Georgia
avenue, Silver Spring, Md.
Police said the car was driven
by Demcis Wilcox, 30, White Oak,
Md, who received cuts on the face.
Also injured were his wife, Mrs.
Catherine Wilcox, 90, cuts on the
face, and their son, William C. Will
cox. II, who received a possible
fractured skull. Ernest Keller, %,
of Laurel. another occupant of the
ear, received cuts on the forehead
All were taken to the Washington
Sanitarium in Takoma Park by the
Silver Spring Rescue Squad.
A fifth occupant of the car, ac-
eording TO police, was Nelson w.
Finchman, about 20, of Burtonsville.
Md, who was admitted to Garfield
Hospital with cut tongue.