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Evening star., 1941-01-30

his wing and she talked with little
Carol Ann Beery.
Before breakfast this morning
newsreelmen waited for her in the
lobby. She had to rush because Ross
Haworth, secretary to District Com
missioner John Russell Young, was
going to take her on a tour of the
White House.
More sightseeing was in store
1or thlS afternoon and tonight Mr..
Haworth was to whisk the little
girl around to the birthday balls.
Anna, it was decided, is too young
for an evening gown, so she will
wear a simple little black dress
with a white collar that she brought
with her from Gary.
Chaperon Having Fun.
Miss Rose Richards of the Wom-
ems Bureau, Anna's chaperon, is
having almost as much fun as the
little girl.
II wish this detail could 60 on
indefinitely" she smiled. Its
really a change to 60 around with
nice child"
The. invitation" to the White
House which started all this was
actually a letter signed by Miss
Marguerite LIE Hand, the Presidents
personal secretary, in which .Annas
birthday greeting to the Chief Exc
cutive had been acknowledged. At
tached to the letter was a postscript
which Anna now Is sure was .penned
By brother Steve,
Evening star., 1941-01-30

The first compared taking chances
in traffic to buying a sweepstakes
ticket, and warned that you are
30 times as likely to lose your life
as the holder of q SWeepStake ticket
is to win a major prize"
when you gamble in lotteries
your stake is a few dollars at most
but when you gamble in traffic you
bet your life," the article stated.
Dangers of night driving were
emphasized in the second safety
bulletin. which pointed out that
deaths from auto accidents at night
have increased AZ per cent during
the past few years.
Human eyes are not like owl
eyes," Mr.. Driscoll read. THE facts
urge every driver to slow down when
the sun goes down; to have two
self-imposed speed limits-one for
clear days, a slower one for nights
and bad weather. Fear the dark as
you do a fog. . snow or q heavy
rain"
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Two Articles on Safe Drivino
Are Read in ruffic Court

Defendants and spectators in
Traffic Court yesterday heard a
lecture on traffic safety as Judge
George D. Nelson had his clerk
read two safety bulletins during the
daily radio broadcast period.
Judge Nelson had heard. a large
number of speeding cases, several
cases involving accidents, and a
driving while drunk charge In which
he had ordered the defendant to
pay fine of 500 or serve so days
in Jail.
These two articles came to my
attention, and in view of the appall-
ing traffic death toll in the Dis
trict and the large number of ac-
cidents I consider them particularly
timely" Judge Nelson said. II
think the lesson they tell will be
of great benefit to every operator
of a motor vehicle in Washington
and to every pedestrian"
He then Instructed Charles Dris-
coll, his clerk, to read the articles.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Committee 10 Meet
Today on Campaign
For Orchestra Fund
Drive for $1o7, 800
To Be Started Monday;
Teo Set Tomorrow

Plans for the 18th annual drive
for q sustaining fund for the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra were to
be discussed this afternoon at a
meeting of the Special Gifts Com
mittee at the home Of the general
chairman, Walter Bruce Howe, 1901
H street NV. The campaign for
SLOT 900 for the crchestra's 1912
season opens Monday and will con-
tinue through February l3.
Last Of the pre-campaign activ-
tiles will be a tea for volunteer
workers at headquarters of the drive
in the Carlton Hotel, between 1 and
6 pm, tomorrow.
Mrs. Arthur T. Lyon, vice chair
man of the Special Gifts Committee,
was to preside at this afternoons S
meeting, in the absence of Mrs.
Thomas P. Morgan, jr., chairman.
The committee includes Mrs. Bruce
Baird, Miss Esther Behrend, Mrs.
Francis Biddle. Mrs. r. H. Dunlap,
Mrs. Carl A. Droop. Mr.. and Mrs.
E. R. FinkenStaedt, Mrs. Walter A.
Gawler, Mr.. and Mrs. Howe, Mrs.
MacGill James, Mrs. David B. Kar-
rick, Mr.. Milton King, DR.. William
Mcclellan, Mrs. Leonid Oruson,
Mrs. Edwin B. Parker, Mr.. Frank
w. Rounds, jr.; Miss Marian Stev-
ems, Mr.. L. Corrin Strong. Mr.. Fred.
erick A. Whiting, jr., and Mr.. Robert
w. Wilson.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
District JobIess
Tax Cut Asked
By: Board
Surplus Increasing;
/ Would Guard Rights
Of SeIectees

Congress had before it for con-
slderation today the annual report
of the District Unemployment Com
pensation Board containing a rec
ommendation for drastic" reduc-
ton In the rate of contributions to
the unemployment compensation
benefit fund.
The board pointed out that its
surplus reserve is now approaching
$40 900, 900 despite cut from 8 to 81
per cent in the employers pay roll
tax last year. This fund from which
unemployment benefits are paid, it
said, will grow even larger unless
tnere Is 8 further slash in the tax.
The board told Congress that be-
cause Of comparatively small en-
ployment hazards here the present
rate of contributions will merely
add to the surplus
S5,753,853 in Year.
According to the report, the board
in the 1910 calendar year collected
s5,753,a53 from approximately 175,-
900 employers, and paid benefit
claims to 30,763, amounting to So
100000. The reserve fund as of De-
cember 81, 1910, it said, totaled
SIS, ,598 ,94s.
Although the workers benefits
were broadened last year sinnul-
taneously with the cut in the en-
| ployers' pay roll tax, no recon-
mendation was made in the report
for increased benefits to employees.
Would Protect Selectee Rights.
Recommendations also were made
by the board for a new building to
house its Offices and for an amend
ment to the Unemployment Com
pensation Act to protect and pre-
serve the benefit rights of indi-
viduals entering the military or
naval service.
The board now is quartered in
building at 470 Indiana avenue NV.
The report said this building is in
bad condition and presents danger
GUS fire hazards. Then it added:
THE building inspector for the
District Of Columbia has ordered the
board to place no more weight in
certain portions of the building and
has further ordered the board to
lessen the load in other sections"
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Cinderella ID Today, Gets
Whir| Along With Celebrities

Anna Sklepovich will have a tale
to tell her prankish brother Steve
when she goes back to Gary, w. Va.
She will tell him about the movie
stars she met, about chatting with
President Roosevelt, about facins
q battery Of newsreel cameras and
going the rounds of the Birthday
Balls along with all the Hollywood
stars
That's how the little Cinderella
is celebrating her 14th birthday an
niversary today.
Anna, whose brother had faxed"
an invitation to the White House.
was sent to the Children's Receiving
Home but President Roosevelt
changed all that. He asked George
E. Allen, former Commissioner of
the District, to bring her to the
executive offices and that was the
beginning.
Interviewed on Radio.
She was interviewed on the radio,
sharing the microphone with "Red"
Shelton, stage and film comedian.
Then she went back to the May
flower Hotel, where a room had been
engaged for her.
A cocktail party for the stars was
going on at the hotel and Anna was
invited to join the guests. She posed
for pictures with Lana Turner, while
other little girls waited out in the
cold for Miss Turner'S autograph.
Then wallace Bsagy took her under
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Municipal Assembly
Session Tomorrow

The convention to form a munich
pal assembly, at which Mrs. Roose-
welt will be one of the guests, will be
held at the Y. w. c. A. tomorrow at
8 pm. In story in The Star yes
terday the date of the meeting was
incorrectly given as tonight.
+ Senator Burton, Republican, of
Ohio, who was Mayor of Cleveland
from 1885 to 1910, will discuss "The
Value of Voluntary Service to
Municipal Self Government" at the
meeting, which will also feature
panel discussion.
Invitations have been sent to more
than 1000 groups in Washington, re-
questing that they send delegates to
the meeting. Seton Darr, former
president of the Bar Association of
the District and chairman of the
Organizing Committee, will preside.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
DR.. Reginald H. Stone
Methodist Pastor,
Dies Of Long Illness
Came to Lincoln Road
Congregation in 1886
From Baltimore

The Rev. Reginald n. Stone, 81,
pastor of the Lincoln Road Meth
odist Church in Northeast Washing
ton, died yesterday at Sibley Hos
pital after an illness Of nearly a
year.
DR.. Stone had been pastor Of the
Lincoln Road Church since June,
1886, when he came from Baltimore
after having served in the Balti-
more Conference for nearly 13 years.
He was born at Flesherton Sta
tion, Ontario, Canada, August 6,
1884, the son of Richard and Kate
Williams Stone. He received his
preliminary education at Taylor
University, Upland, Ind, and re-
ceived a degree of bachelor of theol-
ogy at the Kimball School Of The
ology, Willamette University, Salem,
Greg. "A few years later, in 1912, he
received q bachelor Of laws degree
at the same school, where, at that
time, Senator McNary was dean Of
the law school.
DR.. Stone was q member Of the
Bar Association in the State of
oregon.
From 1909 to 1922 he was a mem
Der of the North Montana Confer
ence Of the Methodist Church, and
was engaged in missionary work. He
was transferred to the Baltimore
Conference in 1923. In 1888 he re-
ceived an honorary degree of doctor
Of divinity at Taylor University.
He was active in church affairs In
Washington, and in addition to other
posts was secretary of the Con-
ference Claimants group. He was a
member of Benjamin B. French
Lodge No. Is Of the Masonic Order.
Dr.. Stone is survived by his widow.
Mrs. Dora Bertram Stone; three
sons, H. Pearse Stone, Francis r.
Stone, a theological student at Bos-
ton University. and James Stone;
four daughters, Mrs. Loise Copes of
Baltimore, and Dorothy allegro
Stone. Pauline Stone and Dora Mae
Stone, all of Washington, and one
granddaughter. Loise Elaine eCopes.
Funeral services will be held at the
Lincoln Road Church Saturday at
2 pm. Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Reynolds to Discuss
New Airport DESIGN

w. E. Reynolds, public build
ings administrator, Federal Works
Agency, will discuss the design and
construction of the new airport at
Gravelly Point at the monthly
luncheon meeting Monday of the
Washington Building Congress at
the Mayhower Hotel.
Howard Cheney, consulting archi-
tect. will show photographs and
models of the airport.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Prosecutor Explains
His ho||e Pressing
OF Buckley Case
He was Told Defendant
Poid Crosh Damages,
Quinter Asserts

Assistant Corporation Counsel
Ralph Quinter, jr., said today that
a charge of drunken driving placed
last summer against M. Edward
Buckley, jr.. Washington attorney,
had been nolle pressed because
representations were made" to him
that all damages were paid and
compliments did not wish to prose-
cute the defendant"
Police Court records have revealed
that the charge was nolle pressed
last October by Mr.. Quinter. Subse-
quently, a substitute information,
charging Mr.. Buckley with driving
on the wrong side of the street, was
filed. In open court January 10,
Judge Hobart Newman ordered Mr..
Buckley to pay a fine of $25 or serve
Is days in Jail on the latter charge.
Mrs. Dorsey j. Griffith, whose
husbands car was one of two auto
mobiles struck by the defendants
vehicle, said she and Mr.. Grifnth
were visiting Children's Hospital
when the accident occurred. They
came down to the street to see the
extent OF the damage, she said.
Prepared to Testify.
Mrs. Griffith sail today that she
knew OF no disposition of the case
and that she had been prepared to
testify if she had been called to
court. Her first knowledge of the
disposition Of the case came yester-
day, she said.
Mr.. Quinter said the original COM
planning witnesses on the driving
while drunk charge were not called
In on the substitute charge because
Mr.. Buckley agreed to plead guilty
to the latter, and therefore no wit
nesses were necessary. He explained
that in general the presence Of wit
nesses in court is not necessary
where a plea of guilty has been
entered.
Mr.. Quinter said it was explained
to him that the damages to two
automobiles by Mr.. Buckley's car,
at the time the driving while drunk
charges were preferred, had been
paid.
Mr.. Buckley had been arrested by
Policemen T. L. Roland and w T.
Taft, of the second precinct, at the
scene OF the accident on Thirteenth
street. The defendants car had
struck the cars of Joseph Lerner
and Mr. Griffith.
Judy Trial Asked at First.
Court records show Mr.. Buckley
was brought into court July %, ac-
cused of driving while under the
influence of intoXicants. He pleaded
not guilty and demanded jury trial
at the preliminary arrangement.
He was released under $500 bail,
pending assignment of the case in
jury court Records show further
that Assistant Corporation Counsel
Quinter nolle pressed the chdrge
October 80 before the case appeared
on the jury court docket.
After pleading guilty to the charge
of driving on the wrong side of the
street, Mr. Buckley was fined $25, in
default of which he was to serve Is
days in Jail. At the same time, rec
ords show Mr.. Buckley was given five
days, or until January 18, to pay the
fine levied by Judge Newman. The
money was put up January %, ac-
c0rdlng to court papers.
Mr.. Quinter, in commenting on
the case today, explained that the
maximum penalty for driving on the
wrong side of the street is a 5000 fine,
or 10 days in Jail, or both. 1t was
said that the maximum on the
charge has been given In at least
one case.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Band Concerts

BY the United States Marine Band
in the band auditorium at the bar
racks today at 2:30 pm. Capt. Will
liam F. Santelmann, leader; Henry
Weber, second leader.
BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra in Stanley
Hall in the home today at $50 pm.
John s. M. Zimmerman, band
master: Anton Pointner, assistant,
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Capital to Entertoin
2o Visitors From Chile

A group Of 90 Chilean professional
men, on their way to take a six
week course at Columbia University
February 4. will be entertained in
washington for three days starting
tomorrow, the Pan-American Union
has announced.
The group will attend a program
OF folk dances at International
House tomorrow night. Saturday
they will be received by DR.. Leo S.
Rowe, director-general of the union,
and attend cocktail party at the
Chilean Embassy.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Clarence A. AspinwoII
Heads Garfield Boord

Clarence A. Aspinwall heads the
Board Of Directors of the Society of
GARFIELD Memorial Hospital for the
seventh year. hospital officials An
nounced today. The annual meeting
OF the society was held Tuesday.
Reelected with Mr.. AsplnWall
were G. Thomas Dunlop, first vice
president, and DR.. l.. H. Reichel-
derfer, second vice president.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Tax Privilege Bill Passes

The Senate passed and sent to the
White House yesterday legislation
granting the Defense Commission,
Army and Navy additional time in
which to certify industries entitled
to special tax amortization privileges
on new defense e-manufacturing
facilities.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Urban League Drive
Committee Meets

The Special Gifts Committee Of
the Washington Urban League s
$4,000 fund drive met yesterday
under the Craftsmanship of Mrs
Waldron Faulkner to hear progress
reports.
Functioning since January 10,
members of the committee are seek
ing contributions from persons un-
familiar. with the leagues efforts to
integrate Negroes into city life. Sam
uel Scrivener, jr.. is chairman OF
the General Committee for the drive,
which will close February Is. About
5000 has been raised.
Evening star., 1941-01-30

In January, Beware OF:
1. Crossing a street at q point
other than a crosswalk. Three
persons were killed doing 50 In
January, 1910.
2. Crossing a street at an un-
controlled intersection. This
took one life In January last
year.
All four pedestrians killed last
January were over so years of
age, two being 10 or over. The
fifth death was that of a motor
cycle policeman killed in a COL
lision while pursuing a speeding
car.
Evening star., 1941-01-30
Five Pedestrians Hurt
When Speeds Climb
As Ice Sheet Thaws
80-Yeur-OId Man and
Boy, 10, Are Among
Traffic Victims

Five pedestrians were knocked down
and injured, some seriously, yester-
day as traffic went back to normal
speed following the retarded pace
due to ice and snow during the week
end.
George w. Hailer, 80, of 1912
Twelfth street NV, was struck by
an automobile while crossing Thir-
teenth street near Massachusetts
avenue NV. and was treated for
scalp lacerations at Emergency Hos
pital.
Edward L. Jaffee, 10, of 2915 Con-
necticut avenue NV. was hit by an
automobile when he ran from be-
tween two parked cars near Twenty
fourth and Calvert street NV. He
was taken to Doctors Hospital and
treated for head cuts and bruises.
Woman, so, Injured.
Miss Ruth Scott, so, of Evangeline
Hotel was treated at Emergency
Hospital for minor injuries received
when she was struck by an automo-
bile at Fourteenth street and New
York avenue NV.
Eloise D. Williams, 81, colored, of
637 Twentieth street NE. was struck
by car at New Jersey avenue and
H street NV. at 7:45 o'clock last
night and was taken to Casualty
Hospital and treated for a fractured
right knee.
Early yesterday, Stanley Nickel,
%. colored, of 1923 Sixth street
NV, was knocked down by taxi
cab at Seventh and K streets NV.
He was treated for cuts and bruises
about the legs and hands at Emer-
gency Hospital.
Baltimore Man Hurt.
Edgar A. McCauley, 46, of Bal
timore, Md, it was reported to
police last night, is in Providence
Hospital suffering from possible in
ternal injuries, possible fracture of
the right shoulder and conclusion
received when he was knocked down
by an automobile in front of Judge
Phelps home at Branchville, Md.
Out OF the instances in which
pedestrians were victims of traffic,
only one charge had been filed at
police headquarters today. This was
against Blain A. Burton, %, of 1885
Kenyon street NV, for failing to
give the right-of-way to a pedestrian
in the case in which Miss Scott was
injured. ..-- s..
Evening star., 1941-06-26

shapes of their products. some in
dustries have hesitated because of
their fears that such action might
conflict with Federal antitrust &C
tivities, the Commerce Department
pointed out.
officials of the o. P M. have now
made it clear that an extension of
simplified practice is necessary in
the interests of national defense,
and in a letter under date of June 18
to John Lord O'Brian, general coun-
sci of o. P. M, Acting Attorney Gen
eral Biddle approved the plan of COL
laboration between the two Federal
agencies, it was disclosed today.
Under the arrangement between
the two agencies, the Bureau of
Standards or the Electrical Industry
Advisory Committee will draw up
lists of items whose output it is pro-
posed to simplify, along with the
changes involved. Before making
the determinations final, o. P. M.
may request the bureau to submit
its proposed implications, for their
comment to representative firms or
persons who might be affected.
Through such simplification pro-
gram the defense production of the
United States could be stepped up
from 25 10 331s per cent, Donald M
Nelson, director of purchases of o.
P. NJ, recently estimated.
The work of simplification and
standardization got its start in the
| first World War.
Evening star., 1941-06-26

Two British Vessels
Sunk Near Tobruk,
Germans Claim
English Declare Besieged
Garrison Makes Gains
Against Axis Forces
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Germany today claimed the sink
ing of a British light cruiser and
tanker off Tobruk, in North Africa
as the British reported strong new
gains made by their forces at that
port against the encircling Axis
front.
A British heavy cruiser also was
hit by a bomb in an air attack, the
German high command said in
summarizing naval successes.
Eight ships totaling $4,000 tons
were sunk by submarines, informed
Berlin sources said.
Location of the Sinkings was not
given, although the submarines pre-
viously were reported to have made
"a good bag" in attacks on British
shipping in the North Atlantic.
Gains in East Africa Claimed.
Britain's besieged garrison at To-
bruk yesterday strengthened its po-
sion in that sector, the British Near
East command at Cairo reported.
This sign Of new British offensive
strength on the western desert was
coupled with claims of gains also
In East Africa and what the COM
munique called progressive "disin-
tegration" of Fascist forces in Ethio-
pia
British mopping up operations were
said to be nearing completion in the
Jimma sector and bulk desertions"
Evening star., 1941-06-26
IFS From D. {. Ordered
For Induction Tomorrow

A total of ITS Washingtonians
today we're ordered to report, under
the Districts June selective service
quota of 1901, for induction into the
Army tomorrow.
Fifteen of the 1876 white selectees
have been transferred out of the
city for induction elsewhere. The
120 other white and 40 colored men
will report at the National Guard
Armory to go by bus to Richmond
and Baltimore, respectively.
Seven out-of- town men have been
transferred here for induction to-
morrow along with Washington S
selectees.
The monthly report for May, re-
leased today by District Selective
Service headquarters, showed 1897
men had been inducted into the
service from Washington since the
system began operating.
Evening star., 1941-06-26
British Ought 10 Sell
U.S.. Stock Eventually,
Morgenthau Holds
Agrees on Delay, However
Until More Attractive
Price Can Be Obtained

The British ultimately should be
required to sell their holdings in the
United States, Secretary of the
Treasury Morgenthau said today.
He was commenting at his press con-
ference on the announcement of
Jesse Jones, Federal loan admin
istrator, that the r. F. c. is consid-
ering a loan to the British govern
ment secured by British investments
here.
The Secretary of the Treasury
added, however, his agreement with
the view that the sale should be
postponed until a more favorable
time for putting investments on the
market He pointed out that the
securities market has been unfavor-
able for sellers. Mr.. Jones proposal
is made possible by a recent amend
ment to the r. F. g. Act providing
for loans to England secured by
British investments.
Mr.. Morgenthau told the press he
felt today as he felt on January %,
when, testifying in favor of the
lease-lend bill, he said in his opin-
ion the British should sell their
American holdings in order to OBJ
tain dollar exchange to pay for their
war-goods commitments. The Brit
ish commitment on that date was
estimated by Mr.. Morgenthau at
about 81 s1,300,000000
The administration is anxious
that the English should realize the
maximum amount of money through
their securities" Mr. Morgenthau
said. For that reason, it is better
that they get loan now than sell
now. The commitments are on con-
tracts entered into before passage
OF the LeaSe-Lend Act.
What am interested in seeing
Britain get. he went on, ''is enough
dollars so they can pay their bills
on contracts outstanding. England
has made contracts, England wants
10 meet the contracts with dollars.
We want them to get these dollars
on as fair basis as possible in view
of present market conditions"
The British have been meeting
their bills regularly, Mr.. Morgen-
thau said, and the ST 300 900 900
Indebtedness has been reduced a
lot" He said the British have
made no complaint, but it was re-
called that discussions of the pos
sibility of loan on British invest
ments in this country were held as
long ago as July, 1899, before the
war began.
At the beginning of the year,
American investments owned by
the British included S900,00O,000 of
direct investments and S616,0O0,0OO
of stock market securities. Some
of these have been sold since.