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Evening star., 1941-10-07
Nine Persons Injured
When Streetcar
Rams Into Bus
Rush-Hour Traffic Tied
Up for 30 Minutes on
Fourteenth Street

The crash of q streetcar into the
side of a loaded bus at Fourteenth
and P street NV. today injured
nine persons, shook up at least IS
others and tied up rush-hour traffic
for more than 80 minutes.
Policeman L. A Hartnett said the
streetcar, operating south to the
Bureau of Engraving, went through
red light, striking the westbound
P street bus almost directly in the
center. Mr. Hartnett quoted the
motorman. listed as Russell C. Bud
dington, 26 of Gal Morris place NE,
as saying the brakes on the street.
car failed to work.
Emergency Hospital listed the in
jured there as:
Thomas Clark, %. of 1901 Park
road NV. passenger on the street
car. cut right elbow; Joseph
Turner. 27, colored. ia V street
NV. bruises on the head and
shoulder; Eunice Jones. 27, colored
1435 Corcoran street NV, dislocated
finger and cuts on arm. and
Lawrence Lee. Al, colored. 1917 First
street NV, in undetermined con-
dition. All except Mr.. Clark were
bus passengers.
Others Slightly Injured.
Police said other bus passengers
slightly injured were Everett Taylor
%. of 1919 Twelfth street NV.
Rose Fantory. %, of 1718 Fourth
street NV: Isiah H. Kelly. %. OF
1921 Central avenue NE, and Viola
Stephenson, %, address not learned
all colored. Another street car
passenger slightly hurt was Nelson
B. Coakley, 50, a District Building
employe.
Policeman Hartnett listed the bus
driver as Jennings B. Rodeffer, 81
Of 56l5 First street NV
The street car was derailed and a
broad dent was knocked in the side
of the bus. Before the street car was
pulled back on the tracks, other
street cars were lined up four blocks
nOrtn on FOurteenth street.
Hurt in Fall From Truck.
In another trafic accident, Ed
win Murray, %, of Culpeper, Va.
suffered serious back injury wher
he fell from a moving truck al
Oklahoma avenue and Benning roae
NE. He was taken to Casualty
Hospital
A pedestrian was injured slightly
when struck by street car al
Fourteenth and U streets NV. thi.
morning. police said. He was Johr
L. Moore, SO, colored, of 1437 v
street NV, and was treated a
Freedmen's Hospital for bruises OF
| the hand and knee and released.
Evening star., 1941-10-07
Pensions for Judqes
Of Courts in District
Opposed by Group
Georgetown Progressive
Association Elects \
Walter F. BrumhoIl

Opposition to the retirement with
pensions of judges of the District of
Columbia courts. as provided in the
courts merger bill, was voted by the
Progressive Citizens Association Of
Georgetown last night.
Miss Eta Taggart. honorary presi-
dent of the association, introduced
the resolution as the organization
held its first fall meeting in the
Curtis School Miss Taggart de-
clared the provision would impose
an unjust burden on District tax
payers.
The association also opposed the
proposed increase in water rates for
Washington residents on the mo-
tion of Walter F. Bramhall, who said
that funds for increasing the capac-
-ity of the water system should come
from special defense program funds
to aid municipalities.
Immediate filling of the two va
cancies on the city's Public Utilities
Commission was urged by Mrs.
Elizabeth Sullivan. The resolution
was passed by the group.
The rodent-control program of
the Health Department was in
dorsed.
Mr.. Bramhall was elected presi-
dent, Mrs. Joseph l.. Goodman, first
vice president; Henry w. Draper,
second vice president; Mrs. Harry
Leroy Jones, who is the retiring
president, third vice president; Ann
r. Keliher, recording secretary;
Nora Lee Orndorff. corresponding
secretary: Edna Ladson, treasurer ;
Mrs. Sullivan and Mrs. Elizabeth
Draper, delegates to the Federation
of Citizens Associations.
The association voted to send Mr.
Bramhall as its delegate to the testi-
monial dinner for the retiring super
intendent of police. Maj. Ernest w
Brown, Saturday night.
Evening star., 1941-10-07
Cheating and Loofing OUT
Kelly Warns Police Force
No Clowns Will Be Tolerated in
Department, Chief Tells Runking Officers

Gathered in the first Of series
of meetings TO dress up" the Metro
politan Police Department, nearly
100 police officials today were told
by Acting Supt. Edward j. Kelly
that 1.-The day of the cheating and
lazy policeman is at an end"
The social event period has
passed on" he said, adding that Dis
trict citizens are paying for police
protection and expect TO get it,"
He ruled out both 'hoodling and
skylarking'-loa and playing-in
a sharp talk to put the newly re-
organized force on the alert" His
audience was composed of captains,
inspectors, lieutenants and sergeants.
including officials of the Women's S
Bureau.
There will be no more clowns
wearing the policeman's uniform" !"
he declared. He mentioned the case
Of one policeman, his hands Joined
to another officers, who was leaning
against the crowds during the recent
visit of the Duke and Duchess of
Windsor
Young Backs Kelly.
District Commissioner J. Russell
Young, in introducing Col. Lemuel
Bolles. director of civilian defense
for the National Capital area, in
dorsed Inspector Kelly's orders TO
dress up"
Evening star., 1941-10-07
Judge Refuses
To Void Lindsey
Brutality Charge
OverruIed;; Jury
Will Get Dotu

Overruling a defense counsel claim
that admissions of guilt were OBJ
tanned by police brutality from Ro-
land j. Lindsey. 19, colored, on trial
on charges of criminal assault and
assault with intent to kill, Justice
Jesse C. Atkins in District Court to-
day ruled they could be presented to
the jury.
The jury was excused while the
issue was argued. United States At
torney Edward M. Curran was plan
ming to present to the jury this aft
ernoon the statements Lindsey was
said to have given police.
Lindsey appeared to say that two
policemen at No. II presinct had
abused him. One had held his
hands, while the other beat him, he
said. while he begged them to stop.
Defense Counsel James G. Tyson
contended that in view of this testi-
mony. any oral statements the po-
lice claimed he had made to them
should not be made to the jury.
Police Deny Force.
The prosecution put Detective
Sergts Louis M Wilson and Edgar
Scott of the Detective Bureau on the
stand and they denied that any vio-
lence or compulsion had been used.
The defendant is charged with
criminal attack on an 18-year-old
girl and assault with intent to kill
her soldier escort, Lawrence J. Nc
Cullough, 81, on July 10. The SOL
dier was beaten and suffered q
slashed throat in Patterson woods,
near New York avenue NE.
A little black note book. the jury
was told, played an important part
in Lindsey's arrest. The note book,
presented by the prosecution as evi-
dence, was first discovered according
to Policeman Daniel j. Slattery.
when he stopped Lindsey, on the day
before the assault, near West Vir-
ginia avenue NE, to question him.
In the book Lindsey had placed
his Social Security card and his
Baltimore unemployment card.
How Notebook Helped in Arrest.
The policeman testified that after
the assault he remembered the in
cident with Lindsey and went with
Policeman James c. Beach to Lind
sey's place of employment and ar
! rested him.
! DR.. Paul T. Powell, inferno at
Gallinger Hospital. told the jury of
his physical examination of the girl
shortly after the attack. Although
his testimony was attacked by de-
fense counsel on the grounds that
the physician was not an expert
Justice Adkins overruled the OBJ
lection and held that the physician
could answer questions by Mr.. Cur
ran.
The 18-year-old girl and her es-
cort who testified yesterday were
seated in the rear of the courtroom
Evening star., 1941-10-07
Trade Board Organizes
Three New Committees

Organization of three committees
OF the Board of Trade was COM
pleted yesterday at a meeting of the
Board of Directors. Appointments
approved were for the Committees
on American Ideals, Public Schools
and Public Utilities and Transpor-
tation.
The directors met TO complete
plans for the first fall meeting Of
tober Is.
Also meeting yesterday was the
recently created Defense Co-ordi-
mating Committee Those attend
ing included Chairman l.. P. Nc
Lachlen, Granville GUIDE, E. Barrett
Prettyman, George Pitt, F. p. H.
Siddons, Edward F. Colladay, H l..
Rust, jr.; Charles H. Tompkins,
Lawrence E. Williams. Francis G..
Addison and Fred A. Smith, board
president.
The committee appointments ap-
proved included: American Ideals
Committee, Charles A. Robinson,
chairman: William G. Jones, jr.,
vice chairman; H. Donald Some
mann, secretary: F. E. Rogers, John
c. Post and S. Van r. Splitter. Pub
lie Schools Committee, George E.
Keneipp, chairman: John M. How
ard, vice chairman; Paul F. Grove
Jr, secretary; Henry Thompson
A. Lee Amoss, George w. Hodgkins,
Frank T. Shull, B. S. LAWNS, B. B
Derrick, Gen. Amos A. Fries, M. F.
Finan, Edwin w. Bethel.
Those named to the Public Util-
tiles and Transportation Commit.
tee were: Henry J. Saunders, chair
man; Milo Brinkley, E. F. Lacey,
John B. Cullen, J. Ninian Beall and
Charles H. Cooke.
Evening star., 1941-10-07
Sperry Heads Utilities
Defense Bond Drive

Marcy l.. Sperry, president of the
Washington Gas Light Co., has ac-
cepted appointment as chairman of
the Utilities Division of the District
of Columbia Defense Savings Com
mittee, H. L. Rust, jr., chairman of
the committee, announced yester-
day.
In accepting the appointment,
Mr.. Sperry commented that the ef-
fort here to induce the buying Of
Defense Bonds and Stamps by large
numbers or people is of prime i'm
portance because of its national
effect. He expressed confidence
that public utility organizations
would assist patriotically in the sue
cess of the local effort
Evening star., 1941-10-07
Chief Pilot Trainer
Opposes Program
For GIiders Now
Gen. Strotemeyer Tells
Congress Thot PIon Might
Hinder Present Setup

A Senate Education and Labor
Subcommittee heard the head of
the Armys pilot training program
testify today that while he supposed
glider training program might dis
cover natural flyers earlier, he did
not believe there was a place for
such a program at this time
Brig. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer
said he felt the program proposed in
the bill might interfere with the reg
ular power plane training program
that now is geared to turn out 10000
pilots within the next year. He ad-
mitted he had had no experience
with gliders. but added that the
Army's Air Corps now believes glid-
ers to be military necessity, and is
beginning to train glider pilots.
He suggested that if a glider train
ing law is passed, the training be
done by the Civil Aeronatuics Au-
thority instead of the National
Youth Administration. Under the
present bill the N. Y. A. would be
empowered to stimulate interest in
gliders, probably through building
them in its shops throughout the
Nation.
The aircraft industry has a short
age of technical workers, the officer
said, and a glider program might
intensity the shortage.
Although he conceded the value
of gliderS, when he was asked to
state his views definitely on the N.
Y. A. glider bill he said: Il don't
see a place for it now in the all
out defense program
At each attempt to pin him down
on the value of glider training to
prospective power pilot, Gen.
Stratemeyer said he has had not
esperence and therefore did not
know. However, Charles T. Malone,
president of the American Glider
Association, testified earlier that
power pilots trained by the glider
method" were safer and better
flyers. He pointed to the record
Of SO members of his outfit who
were trained by that method in
France at the beginning of the
World War and said that none had
lost his life in flying accident. OF
the pilots taking strictly power
training, approximately 10 per cent
are killed in crashes sooner or later,
he said.
Mr.. Malone said that gliders were
used successfully by the Germans
in taking Belgium and France, and
that they were responsible for the
successful invasion of Crete. There,
the Germans used trains of six and
eight gliders towed by one airplane,
Mr.. Malone testified.
Mr. Malone said that the N. Y. A.
has $500 shops scattered throughout
the Nation, and that these could be
used for building gliders without any
additional drain on the supply of
materials. He predicted that many
of the new gliders will be made of
a plastic which Is both light and
strong.
A group of the committee men,
bers, including Senator Roster, DEM
ocrat, of West Virginia, was to go
to Hyde Field at Clinton, Md, this
afternoon, for a glider demonstra-
ton.
Evening star., 1941-10-07
District Seeks
6 million Under
ldnham Act
Fund Planned for
Hospitals, Water,
Sewer Extensions

A bill to permit the District to
participate either by loan or grant
up to $4,000, 900 under the Lanham
Act for relief of national defense
areas was forwarded TO Congress
today by the Commissioners.
Urging prompt passage of the
measure. the city heads said all
funds obtained would be used for
construction of Capital improve
ments necessitated by the growth
of the community due to national
defense activities. This would in
clude, they said. sewer. water and
highway extensions, new schools
hospitals and other public works.
The Lanham Act authorizes $780,
000, 900 to be spent under the ad-
miniStration of the Federal Works
Agency for the relief of communi-
ties whose municipal facilities have
been overtaXed by national defense
population influx.
Annual Payments.
The Commissioners bill, returned
to the District Building yesterday
with the approval of the Budget
Bureau, provides for repayment of
any money advanced to the District
in annual inStallmentS over period
of not more than 25 years with in
terest beginning next July l. The
interest rate would be determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury
and would be based on the average
rate of interest paid on Federal
obligations for the two fiscal years
Immediately preceding last June 80
Money for reimbursement would
be carried annually in the District
budgets and water and highway
projects would be reimbursable from
the water and highway funds, re-
spectively.
The bill also requires the Commits
sioners to submit with their annual
budget requests report of all &C
tlv1ties and expenditures that might
be made under the Lanham Act.
Two Million for Schools.
According to rough estimates,
more than $4,000 900 would be used
for the construction of six school
projects. These include an eight
room elementary school at Nichols
avenue and Atlantic street Sc; a
junior high school at Forty ninth
street and Washington place NE;
a l0-room and gymnasium addition
to the Taft Junior High School;
completion of six clasSrooms at the
Lafayette Elementary School; an
eight-room and gymnasium ele-
mentary school at Forty-ninth and
Hayes streets NE, and completion
of four classrooms at the Bunker
Hill School.
Some 100000 is earmarked for a
maternal and child ward at CALM
ger Hospital
Water projects on the national
defense program include six filters
for the Dalecarha filtration plant; a
30-inch gravity main from Ana
costa avenue to Firth Stilling and
Stevens road; a 24-inch main from
Anacostia first altitude reservoir to
Nichols avenue, and 10 pumps at
Dalecarlia. This program would run
something over $1,000,000.
Sewer projects are listed as a
storm water sewer for South Cap
itol street and three public con-
venience stations.
A sewage treatment plant at Lau-
rel. Md, is also on the list for which
Lanham Act funds would be spent
II made available.
Evening star., 1941-10-07
Dean Koyser to Talk
On Causes of War

DR.. Elmer Louis Kayser, dean of
university students and professor
OF European history at George
Washington University, will discuss
Causes of World War H." at 8
pm. tomorrow, in the Hall Of Gov
eminent, Twenty-first and G streets
NV
This Is the second in Dean Kay
ser's series of lectures. He will speak
October Is on The Present Situa-
ton In Europe" The lectures are
part of the university's recreation
program.
Evening star., 1941-10-07
Transit Line
Asks for More
0ne.Man Cars
Emergency Blamed
For Shortage
Of Personnel

Pleading shortage of employees, E.
D. Merrill. president of the Capital
Transit Co.. today asked Public
Utilities officials for authority to
convert 16l two-man street cars to
one-man operation.
Despite all precautions to prevent
loss of personnel by reason of mill
tary and other demands, Mr. Merrill
declared, substantial shortage al
ready has developed and may seri-
ously increase. He disclosed that
the transit company has "reluct-
antly asked military deferment" for
transit employees in the belief that
transportation of Government
workers here is a necessary part of
the defense program.
Mr.. Merrill told the hearing the
company has advertised in the sur
rounding States in an effort to OBJ
tain additional men, but pointed out
that even If personnel were avail
able they must also be trained.
The proposed plan, he said, will
make available 293 trained. expert
enced men 10 help in the emergency.
The present method of operating
two-man cars represents an 'inefi-
cient" use of the men now employed,
he added.
All but three of the proposed
changeovers to one-man operation
would be used on the Mount Pleas
ant, Fourteenth street and North
Capitol street lines, the hearing was
told
j. G. Bigelow, president and busi-
ness agent of Local Division $50,
Amalgamated Association of Street,
Electric Railway g. Motor Coach
Employees of America, sought to
block holding of the hearing on the
ground of no quorum of the Public
Utilities Commission. Engineer
Commissioner Charles W. KutZ is
now sole member of the three-man
commission. The officials, however,
decided to take the testimony.
Evening star., 1941-10-07
Sheridan Will Speak
On U. F. w. Program

Representative Sheridan, Demo-
crat, of Pennsylvania will speak for
passage of the Federal workers
minimum wage bill over Station
WINK at 1915 o'clock tonight on
the Federal Workers Broadcast,
weekly program sponsored by the
United Federal Workers of America.
Mr.. Sheridan introduced the bill
last week and it is now pending be-
fore the House Civil Service Com
mittee. of which he is member.
The bill would establish $1,5O0
minimum in the Government serv-
ice and provide immediate annual
raises of $500 for every employe
earning less than $4,000 annually
Employees earning $4,000 or s3,100
would be raised to $4,000.
Evening star., 1941-10-07
PIun to Attend Meetino

Four Washington men are ex-
pected to attend the bi-monthly
meeting of the Seaboard Zionist Re-
gional Administrative Committee at
the Young Mems Hebrew Associa-
ton, 305 West Monument street,
Baltimore, at pm. October l6.
They are Bernard Danzansky. Rabbi
Isadore Breslau, Isidore Hershfield
and Louis E. Spiegler.
Evening star., 1941-10-07
Redskin Officials Guests
At Masonic Temple

Oflcials of the Washington Red
skins will be guests of the Masons
of the District when football night
is observed at the new Masonic
Temple, Thirteenth street and New
York avenue NV. tomorrow night.
George P. Marshall. president of
the Redskins, and Ray Flaherty,
coach, will head the team delega-
ton. Mr.. Marshall will show moving
pictures of critical plays in profess
sional football last year Harmony
Lodge is sponsoring the meeting,
and L. Gordon Leech, master Of the
lodge. will preside.
Evening star., 1941-10-07
October, 1910

Totals to date --- 50 68
In October, Beware Of:
/. The hours between mid
night and 2 am. Three persons
we're killed within this two-hour
period in October last year.
2. Crossing a street at some
point other than a crosswalk.
Two pedestrians met death in
October, 1910, while doing this.
One of the two ran out from
between parked cars.
Evening star., 1941-10-07

planned that Miss Gordon was the
first to gain the glamour" title by
the democratic methods.
Where other titleholders were Sc
lected by press agents, Miss Gordon
was chosen by popular ballot Of $50
New York debutantes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-21
MEN OF NAVY IN NEWSPAPER ADS
 OF CHESTERFIELD
Seamen Aboard North Car oIina Appear First in
 New Campaign

Hollywood, take notice. Two real sailors from Uncle Sam's Nav, featured in the first advertisement of the new Chesterfield cigarette schedule, could give Americas screen heroes run for their money.
 The seamen, Coxswain Joseph Ellis Newton and Electricians Mate Edward F. Haywald of the new great battleship U.S.S. North Caro- lima, were selected from 1000 men on the Receiving Ship Seattle as typical of the high calibre of our U. s. Navy personnel
 Other advertisements of the new Chesterfield series are built around foursome of golfdom's great - Grantland Rice, Sam Snead, Jug McSpaden and Ed Oliver = and three motion picture stars, Jane Wyman,. Betty Grable and Ronald Reagan.
 Chesterfields Fred Waring and Glenn Miller radio programs con- tinue high in popularity ratings. National billboard postings, maga- z.ne advertising and dealer cutouts support the newspaper campaign.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-21
SEATTLE I5 HELD DOWN
 TO 5 HITS
Oak and Lands on Two Rainier HurIers-Saua-
 mento Increases Lead
(By Associated Press)

Jack Salveson held Seattle to five hits last night as Oakland landed on Dick Barrett and Dewey Soriano for 10 hits. Oakland moved out of the cellar.
 Sacramento increased the lead in the race for top place by big six run seventh inning rally last night to defeat Los Angeles. Los Angeles used four hurlers.
 Hollywood. as the result of good relief pitching and an eleventh in- ming attack good for three runs defeated Portland last night. The Beavers slumped back again to the cellar.
 Tom Seats, San Francisco south paw, was in superb form last night and held the San Diego Padres to three hits. Seats did not yield hit until the eighth inning. He pitched the entire game without walking . batter.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-21

won. ending five-game losing streak
 Jeff Heath, another former Seattle high school player, maintained a terrific batting pace for the Cleve- land Indians, hitting homer and also a double yesterday, but Phila- delphia hit in the pinches with men on bases to win.
 The St. Louis Browns made six errors yesterday to throw away the game to the New York Yankees.
 Chicago swept the three-game series with Washington by winning the contest yesterday, knocking two pitchers out of the box.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-21
5T.L0UI5IN CLOSE HOLD
 FIRST SPOT
Last Place PhI|ies Defeat Cdrds-Childgo Crush
 es Brooklyn Again
tBy Associated Press}

In the National League, St. Louis retains the leagues lead by close margin of two points despite losing the game to the last-place Philadel- phia team yesterday afternoon.
 Pittsburgh broke through the de- fense of the New York Giants in the seventh inning yesterday to win the deciding game of the three-game series.
 The Chicago Cubs apparently do not know their own strength for they crushed the pennant mad Brooklyn Dodgers again yesterday, sweeping the three-game series and extending the Dodgers losing streak to four games straight.
 Cincinnati na c h d the third straight game from Boston yester- day with a ninth inning rally.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-21
ELLISON RETURNS TO
 CANNERY FOR SEASON

Joe Ellson, son of l.. R. Ellson, manager of Douglas Fisheries Co.,, arrived yesterday on the Columbia to get his office in readiness for the season's activities as bookkeeper for the company Last summer was his first here while on a vacation from a bank position which he held in San Francisco but he has now re- signed to become permanently con rected with the cannery.
 He has taken one of the Shitanda apartments in preparation for the arrival of his mother and father who are expected here last of the month
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-21
DOUGLAS
 NEWS
DOUGLAS CHILDREN ARE
 WINNERS FOSTER CONTEST

Patsy Ann Balog was judged winner of a first prize sum of $2 along with a contest from Juneau in the poppy poster contest which was conducted by the American Legion. A second prize winner was Herbert Bennett, who received $l, and Noreen Andrews also of Doug las received honorable mention along with 50 cents. All the win ming posters will be sent to the na- tional headquarters of the Legion for final competition with others from all sections of the country.