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Evening star., 1941-04-14
Foreign Exchanges
Still Closed Today
By the Associated Press.

By tbt AsSOClAtSd PIesS.
Principal foreign securities and
commodities exchanges remained
closed today in observance of Easter
Monday.
Canadian stock markets we're
closed but grain exchanges resumed
trading.
All domestic markets operated as
usual along with Buenos Aires grain
markets
Evening star., 1941-04-14
Woman Fatally Burned

Mrs. Elizabeth Jackson, 40, colored,
was burned fatally yesterday when
an overheated hotplate in the room
of her boarding house at 1905 P
street NV. set fire to her clothing.
Firemen found her in the bathroom
next to her second-fioor room, her
clothes still smoldering.
Evening star., 1941-04-14
FREIGHT Loudinos

NEW YORK. April IA lP.-Revenue
freight cars handled by railroads report
ing today for the week ended April 70 in
cluded
April 70. Prev wk. Yr. ago.
Baltimore 4 Ohio 44a53 50971 42,3s2
Santa Fe 21.s6I 27456 23l56
Evening star., 1941-04-14
6z3 indiana Ave. NV.
Matt O360

CAPITAL ACCOUNTS.
10. Capital stock
Evening star., 1941-03-09
DC. CavaIrY0ffieers
Study Equitafion
AtFortMyer Today
Quortermusters Will
Guther Tomorrow and
Coost Artillery Tuesday

District cavalry officers will meet
at Fort Myer, Va, at $3.50 Am. to-
day for instruction in equitation.
District quartermasters will take up
problem No. 5 tomorrow evening.
while the coast artillery conference
will be held Tuesday evening.
Military Intelligence Department
officers on Wednesday evening will
listen to a lecture on Hawaii and
the Panama Canal, while officers of
the 376th Engineers will discuss the
operation of engineers in motor
movements of large units at their
conference Thursday evening. Off
GERS of all District service units on
Friday evening will discuss SANTA
ton at posts and stations.
District Reserve officers, being or
dered to extended active duty. and
those contemplating active duty as
signments, will have their mileage
paid by the Government from their
homes to their first station and from
their last station to their homes" :"
This is covered by section 37a of
the National Defense Act al Stat.
776).
Instructions have been issued by
the War Department governing the
administrative status of Reserve
officers on extended active duty.
These officers are in the same status
as Regular Army officers insofar as
assignment or attachment to units,
organizations or installations is con-
cerned. For promotion in the OFF,
GERS Reserve Corps, however. they
will continue to be carried in the
procurement objective of the assign
ment group from which they entered
upon active duty.
The following Reserve officers re-
siding in the Washington area have
been assigned to the units indi-
Gated: MajS Floyd o. Bond and
Frank w. Mccarthy, Capt. James
H. Thompson, First Its. William j.
Cartin, Clarence T. Cuthbert, Ber-
nard Rome and Second Its. Quen-
tin L. Aston, Clarence E. Bohn,
George R. Norris, Alfred M. Osgood,
Raymond H. Reiser and Swager
Sherley, jr, to the 313th Field Ar
tillery; Maj Campbell C. johnson
and Second 1t. William F. Carpen-
ter, to the 428th Infantry; Second
1t. George E. Marquis, jr., to the
8Oth Signal Company; Second 1t.
Mason v. de Castle, to the 306th
u
Heddon, to the 376th Engineers.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
VT. W. Capital Post
Members Have New
Meeting Place
Other Units Of Order
In District Announce
Session Dates

National Capital Post, District Of
Columbia Department, Veterans Of
Foreign Wars of the United States,
has changed its meeting place to
Woodman Lodge Hall, 935 G place
NV, on the second Wednesday and
fourth Tuesday Of each month. The
next meeting will be March II.
John Joseph Stevens, who served
with Headquarters Company, 10th
Field Artillery in France, will be
obligated.
The department auxiliary met
last Friday evening with the DEPART
ment president presiding. Dorothy
Wright was appointed department.
color bearer.
National Capital Auxiliary met
last Thursday evening. President
Hersie Thompson presided. The
charter was draped for deceased
member. An Americanism program
will be given by the auxiliary on
March 81, and an American flag
presented by Dorothy Allen will be
given to one of the Girl Scout troops
in the city. The department presi-
dent and her officers made their
official visitation. Mrs. Sendlak was
presented with a silver centerpiece.
All-American Auxiliary met Tues
day. Mary Campbell presided. Mrs.
Lena Roux and Mrs. Lackie Morrow
are new members.
On March II Potomac Auxiliary
will meet at the Washington Post
Club. The department president
and her officers will make their off,
cial visit. Department floor work
teams are requested TO be present.
National Capital Auxiliary will
meet at 1414 Eye street NV. on
March 13.
Equality-Walter Reed Auxiliary
will meet March IL at the Silver
Bowl.
Federal Auxiliary will meet March
IA at the Thomas Circle Club. There
will be a chow mein dinner.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Naval Expansion
Creates Need for
Civil Engineers
Many More Reserve
Officers Expected
To Be Called for Duty

The great increase in the United
States Naval Fleet, if it is to be
kept in the prime of condition, will
necessitate a correspondingly vast
increase in the naval shore estab-
liShment. This means manufacture
ing, repair and storage facilities for
supplies, but in connection with its
construction and maintenance an
increase in the force of civil engi-
neers. The latter has been met to
some extent by calling in number
of Reserve officers, with the eXpecta-
ton that many more will be called
in within a short time, even before
more line officers are taken from
the inactive Reserve ranks.
1t was pointed out that the new
public works construction program
for the naval establishment is eX-
ceeding in magnitude the maximum
Of work and expenditures for any
previous year, including the World
War. And it is predicted that the
fleet activities with the resultant
shore expansion will see further
great increases during the next few
months.
Naval officers point out that the
expansion in ships and aircraft can
not of itself provide the United
States with Navy capable of strik-
ing with maximum efficiency Bases
from which the Navy can success
fully operate are essential. Empha-
sis was placed on this for considera-
ton in planning for the future de-
velopment of the fleet and its sup
porting auXiliaries.
While the facilities for building
and repair naval vessels have been
increased, there will be need for
further increase as the new ships
are placed in commission. Several
new dry docks have been constructed
and others are in process of con-
struction, and the existing dry docks
have been generally improved. In
many places it has been necessary
to build new piers and quaywalls
to provide greater docking areas,
where ships not actually requiring
dry docking may be quickly reached
by repair crews at the various yards
and naval stations. At the yards
the industrial facilities. including
the provision of many new cranes
for handling the heavy parts used
on ships, have been increased.
To insure that these facilities may
be kept on full time emergency
operation, a policy has been estab-
lished of providing an intercon-
nection with the nearest source of
outside power supply for industrial
yards and stations.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
National Association
OF ReouIurs

At a business meeting of National
Defense Post in the Victor Building
last Monday night, a resolution was
passed which called upon Congress
to enact a legislation which would
waive civil service requirements
for former service men on national
defense jobs; another called upon
the District Commissioners to open
the temporary Soldiers and Sailors
Home to former soldiers and sailors
who served in times other than war
and who are in Washington on
official business, and another asked
Federal Security Administrator
Paul McNutt to give these veterans
the same rights to use the Veterans
Placement Service as is granted
war veterans. Comdr. John Arthur
Shaw announced special meeting
of department guards will be in the
Victor Building tomorrow at 5 pm
to discuss the Lanham bill granting
police status and pay raises to
building guards.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Sons Of Spanish War
Veterans 10 Induct Officers

Officers of President William Nc
Kinley Camp, Sons of Veterans OF
the Spanish-American War, will be
Installed at Pythian Temple today
at 2 pm. James B. Freeland is
chairman of the Membership Com
mittee.
The Sons Camp will meet at 921
PENNSYLVANIA avenue Sc. tomorrow
at 8 pm.
Other meetings this week: Tues
day, Col. James L. Petit Camp
e21 Pennsylvania avenue Sc
Thursday, Admiral George Dewey
Naval Camp, Pythian Temple. Fri
day, Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp
Pythian Temple.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Order of De MoIoy

Officers of Robert LeBruce Chap
ter will meet at the Rhode Island
Avenue Methodist Church at 2:30
pm. today.
The first degree will be presented
to Joppa Lodge, F. A. A. M, at the
hall at Ninth and Upshur streets
NV, tomorrow evening.
The patrol will have its practice
drill tomorrow at 7:3O pm. in Scot
tish Rite Temple.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Capital Transit Post Given
Temporary Legion Charter
Group Hos Membership of 107;
Auxiliary Unit Will Be Formed

A temporary charter has been
granted by the Executive Committee
of the Department of the District
of Columbia, American Legion, to
the newly organized Capital Tran
sit Post, No. 46.
The veterans of Capital Transit
Co. made a special effort to obtain
this charter prior to February %
as a part of the departments men,
bership drive. They have a charter
membership of lot and many appli-
cations will be passed on during the
meeting on Friday. The post is open
to any veteran who is eligible for
Legion membership.
The following officers were elected:
Commander, Edward j. McKenna;
senior vice commander, Earl N. Mat
tingly; junior vice commander, Hugh
E. Crane; adjutant, Frederick F.
Fletcher; finance officer, Bernard
Scott; judge advocate, George E.
Warder; chaplain, Charles A. Baker,
and sergeant at arms, Paul M Man
ley.
The formation of an auxiliary and
of squadron of the Sons of the Le-
gion, as we'll as diverse social activi-
ties. are on the schedule for the
year.
The American Legion will cele-
brate its 22d anniversary on March
16 with a coast-to-coast program by
the National Broadcasting Co. from
noon to l pm. Eastern standard
time.
The dates have been set for the
next department convention as July
81. August l and 2. G. Francis Nc
Carthy is convention chairman.
Department Comdr. Hargrave ap-
pointed Charles Dessez as a men,
Der of the Sons of the American
Legion Detachment Commission.
The sons will hold a joint meeting
of all members on Thursday at
Stansbury Lodge Hall at pm. The
Fort Stevens Squadron will be hosts.
A special agent of the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation will speak.
Entertainment will be provided.
At the termination of the Feb
ruary membership drive six posts
have reached or exceeded their 1941
quotas and nine posts have reached
or exceeded their four-year average.
Posts having reached their quotas
are Stanley Church De Pue, 1918
per cent; Cooley-McCullough, 125
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Meetings This Week.

Meetings This Week.
Monday-U. S. S. Jacob Jones,
1926 Massachusetts avenue
NV; Lincoln, Arcade Build
ing; Government Printing
Office, BOT Monroe street
NE; 8 pm.
Tuesday-Europe, 1886 Fiji
teenth street NV; George
E. Killeen, 1904 M street
NV; United States Treas
ury, New Colonial Hotel; De-
partment of Labor, BOT Mon
roe street NE: Capital
Transit, 21l2 Georgia avenue
NV; 8 pm.
Wednesday-Nash, 209 Penn
sylvania avenue Sc; Police
and Fire, Odd Fellows Hall;
McAleXander, Willard Hotel;
SPIN.
Thursday-Kenna Main 17l6
Thirty-first street Sc. ;Poto-
mac, Palisades Field House;
Walker. 1916 Twelfth street
NV; 8 pm.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Jewish War Veterans

Plans are completed for testi-
monial dinner honoring Past Comdr
Ben Aronsohn of Washington Post
No. 58, and his retiring officers,
which include Irwin M. Gensberg,
senior vice commander; Falk Har-
mel, adjutant, and Colman Sachs,
quartermaster
The dinner will be held at 815
Thirteenth street NV, on March
II, at 7pm. Capt. Watson B. Miller
national rehabilitation officer OF
the American Legion, will be princi-
pal speaker. Many other prominent
members of local veterans organi-
cations will be present. A floor show
and dancing will follow.
Arrangements were made BY
Abraham Miller and Sol Silver.
Evening star., 1941-03-09

cent; Department of Labor, 100 per
cent; Potomac and Victory Posts,
100 per cent.
Those having attained their four
year average are Stanley Church
De Pue, Cooley-McCullough, I'd
Division, Victory, Potomac, Police
and Fire, Government Printing Of
flee, George Washington and Ma
tional Cathedral.
Students of the ninth, tenth,
eleventh and twelfth grades of
parochial, private and public schools
may participate in the Legion'S ora
torical contest provided applications
for entrants are filed with the de-
partment by tomorrow. An Grafton
of at least 10 minutes and not more
than II minutes should be prepared
on any one of the following sub
jects: THE Constitution, a Guar
antee of Human Rights" "Advan-
tages of Democracy" Preservation
of Americanism," The Benefits of
Being an American Citizen"
A copy of the Grafton must be
filed with the Legion Office by 5
pm, March 18. The national prize
is the $4,000 Eddie Cantor scholar
ship to any school the winner may
select
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Week of Demonstrations
Planned by Naval Reservists
Drills and Exhibits for Public
To Be Held at Armory This Week

fail to pass their tests after the3l
courses, they are kept in the service
as seamen. Ten recruits have re-
Gently been sent from here to the
radio school at Noroton, Conn, and
other increments are to be sent
Until this recruiting campaign is
over, it was indicated that it is not
probable that any new men may be
taken into the communications di-
vision here. Furthermore, it was
said, number of the officers in this
branch of the reserve have been
called to active duty, and if the di-
vision is to be built up again. it will
be necessary to provide more Off
GERS.
Most of the men in this division
were composed of radio amateurs
and officials expressed the belief
that the Navy had obtained all of
these possible, within the age limits
of enlistment.
Officers of the battalion expressed
the opinion that orders for the an
nual inspection of the two divisions
remaining here would be issued next
week.
1t. w. Croft Jennings, battalion
commander, has laid down a pro-
gram of intensive training, in order
to make timely preparation for this
event. which also will take in the
special Naval Academy division, be-
cause the members of this group are
regularly part of the battalion al
though segregated for special train
ing during the period that they are
preparing for the examinations for
entrance to the naval school.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Pon-Americon ENJOYS Invited
To Legion Auxiliary Ball
Philip BonsoI Will Assist Mrs McCobe,
Department President, to Receive

Cooley-McCullough Unit held its
last meeting at the Y. w. c. A. The
department president and her staff
made their official visitation The
unit will hold a party shortly for the
benefit of the blood and serum bank.
Further announcement will be made
as to the date and place.
Lincoln Unit entertained the pa
tients at Mount Alto Hospital with
a bingo party on Tuesday evening.
A prize was given to the winners.
Cake and ice cream were served.
Evening star., 1941-03-09
Forty and Eight

A meeting of the Grande Cheminot
will be held at the Portner Apart
ments on Wednesday at 8 pm.
c. T. Milne has been appointed
chairman of arrangements for the
Army Day dance to be given at the
Indian Springs Country Club on
April 8.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
Scotland Yard"
Opens at Adams

THEY'LL always be an Eng
land so long as Hollywood in
siStS on releasing such films as
Scotland Yard" which opened
yesterday at the Adams.
II the object OF the film was TO
create sympathy for the British in
its present struggle for survival,
II succeeded 10 a certain extent
In times like the present, a bit
OF Aag-waving can be overlooked,
but when II interferes with the
story-plot it becomes bothersome.
a modern Sherlock Holmes,
lacking the ingenious logic of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle's mythical
super Sleuth sets out 10 track
down a notorious bank robber.
who is smart enough 10 seek
refuge in a British uniform. Sub
sequent scenes show neWsreel
shots Of the Dunkirk evacuation
and anti-Ilitler slogans. Then fol-
lepfs miracle of plastic surgery
which sets the stage for the weird
climax.
The BLACKBOARD is forgiven after
exposing a Nazi plot and he is
set free 10 join his true loVe-and
the British Army.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
New, Old Favori+es
At Nor+hwood Inn

A GIFTED aggregation of night
club entertainers comprise the
current floor show. at Northwood
Inn.
Repeating previous outstanding
performances are Billie Burns and
Danny White, clever tapsters. who
again offer their hilarious singing
and dancing .skit The Farmers
Daughter" and Val Setz, famous
juggler, fresh from a rapid success
sion of topflight engagements in.
the East.
Mixing clever bits of act intro
auctions with his fine song &C.
livery. Carl Bonner. prir
favorite here. stays over for &:
weekend by request. A newcomo
to the snow is lovely Brucetta.
sensational acrobatic dancer. Roy
Carlin and his orchestra obligc
with sweet or swing tunes for
dancing.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
A CAPITAL PICTURE

Even the eyes of the entertain
ment world are focused on the
nations capital and Washington
.Melodrama. which is the compan-
ion picture on this BILL is pre-
siImably the first of a number Of
films with the District Of Column
bia for a locale.
This has very nctic rof me- ltgr-
rent war and defense angle about
IL, except that Frank Morgan Is
trying 10 put through a campaign
10 aid European war victims THIS
bill is bitterly opposed by a young
editor who is engaged 10 his
daughter. Ann Rutherford. who is
Vacationing in South America with
her mother.
Morgan. on the loose. gets in
volved with a night club enter
tainer. who is murdered. Morgan
doesn't mind the scandal so much
for himself. but he docs fear its
effect on his bill. Ann Rutherford
persuades her fiance 10 lay off the
scandal Until they can find the
murderer and clear her father It's
quite a thrilling man hunt and
Dan Daley Jr. does a splendid job
As the young tough rackcteer and
blackmailer who is at the root OF
all the trouble. Morgan plays a
serious role for a pleasant change
and presents quite a dignified and
convincing mien as The wealthy
and worried philanthropist.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
Report Big Gain
In Symphony Drive

THE VOLUNTEER WOMEN
WORKERS of the maintenance
drive for the Detroit Symphony's
l94l-42 season. report collection
of $5,439 at their third luncheon
held at the City Club yesterday.
To date total of S92. l64 has
been raised toward the SIPS, 900
goal.
So far the drive is going much
better this year than last, with
the amount pledged already far
over last years total.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
Screen Stooees
Locate a Fourth

COLUMBIA'S THREE Stooges
a fourth this week. and
you'd never guess who-Franchot
Tone.
The star was between scenes Of
"She Knew All the Answers" his
new comedy with Joan Bennett.
when a head popped in the stage
door. 1t was Moe Howard Of the
StoOgeS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
SQUIRREL FOOD

These south Of the borderline
cases are our favorite figures and
we got the biggest laughs watch
ing this zoo fun or ScreWba1lS Tx
ing clocks with no hands. pettlng
stuffed fish and shooting with
bows and arrows which weren't
there.
For a hilarious climax Powell
escapes disguised as an old dow
ager who is just too huffy for
words and does she" tell every
one off. including mother-in-law
and the husky rival. Jack Carson.
This is chiefly PowelrS picture,
Miss Loy remaining pretty much
in the background. and while il
has a sort Of light-headed kind Of
dizziness. much of the comedy is
forced and several scenes are as
padded as the cells of the charac-
terg.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
Movies Using Small TolUns
As Locale in Many Films
By BURDETTE JAY

Wolf is the name OF the place in
Tennessee where Gary Cooper IS
supposed to be for Sergeant
York" And of course. Jack Benny
has certainly put his hometown OF
Waukegan on the map and Bob
Burns has made Van Buren, as
well known as New York.
With Hollywood putting attrac-
tive actresses like June Preisser,
Marth O'Driscoll, Ann Ruther-
ford. Judy Garland, Mary Ander-
son. the Lane Sisters and the
others in small town pictures, the
villages of the country are having
a movie boom.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
Screen, Juvenile
Uses Fouth Name

CHARLES LIND. one Of the
featured Senate page boys IN
Adventure IN Washington star
ring Herbert Marshall and Irene
Dune. went through the tTaUsi-
ton q three other names before
he found success in pictures
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
POlreU
And LOy
Go Wdcky
BY CHARLES GENTRY

BACK FOR another ride on
their mad marriage 20 round
Myrna 10y and William Powell
are going to Seive even their
staunchest supporters one dizzy
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24

nors is one of the headliners in
the five-act show presented with
swing band directed by Phil Brest-
off, popular Detroit violinist and
orchestra leader. and conductor of
the Michigan Theater band.
Connors is known TO Detroiters
over a period of many years,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24

turn after an
other jim Love
Crazy" the cur
rent Michigan
attraction
The faVorite
married cou-
pie Of tn @
screen are IN
moth er q I
those marital
miXupS, this one
b Elm & so IN
VOWED that even
Suave and per-
SuaSive Powell
cant talk him
SELF ont Of IL
In fact. for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24

through his appearances az the
Fox. He has been featured more
recently in the radio program "F.
.. b. Detroit" The stage show
at the Vogue is presented in addi-
ton TO the regular two features,
in this instance Victory and
Case of the Black Parrot"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24

the lllNA UNIV AZ
their happily married screen liic.
this nair is on tho NCIEc of a di-
Vorce and Powell has 10 take very
drastic measures 10 prevent MNIna
from taking tho road 20 Reno.
Mvrna discovers that her Bill
has been visiting the apartment OF
an old flame and She is prone TO
believe that he wasn't hanging
curtains or fixing the stove. Espe-
clallv when she catches him trying
10 cover up with couple OF lies
as flimsy as mosquito netting she
decides its all over. Her mother
a charming old harridan with a
heart Of flint, doesn't help to make
matters any better so that when
divorce proceedings start. Bill
finds the only way he can post
pone the fatal and final decree is
10 pretend he is crazy.
A GOOD JOB
At first every one thinks he's
either drunk or being just his own
eccentric self. Finally by series
of weird maneuvers he manages
TO convince even the psychiatric
board that he hasn't all the mar
bles he started out with.
To his disnay he is confined TO
a de luxe nut house where every
one is part of one big, happy fam
ily of wacky chsracters-includlng
the doctors.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
frankie Connors
Singing at Vogue

frankie Connors, popular De-
troit radio and theater tenor. is
now featured in an elaborate stage
show at the Vogue Theater. Con-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-24
OTHER FAMILIES

The Lane sisters and Gale Paige
form the four daughters series and
supposedly live in a township in
Connecticut For four years a
movie household. the Jones family
were the outstanding citizens Of
Maryville.
Valley of the Three Forks of the