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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-12

Water noccssns are semi-aqua-
tic snakes. They infest the la
goons and sluggish waters Of
southeastern United States.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-12
"MoTHER" OF V..pREsIDENTs

New York state has mothered
most of the vice presidents Of the
United States Burr. Clinton.
Tompkins. Van Buren,, Fillmore,
Wheeler, Arthur. Morton, Theo-
dore Roosevelt. and sherman.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-02-12
"Coventrizing" Air Raids
On British Provincial
Cities Fall Short Of Aim

This dispatches nrltsln
returned IondonD
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Civic Federation 10 Meet
Tomorrow al Bethesda

Reports by committee chairmen
will mark the November meeting
of the Montgomery County Md
Civic Federation at pm. tomorrow
at the Bethesda Elementary School.
Samuel Stonebraker, chairman of
the Utilities Committee, is expected
to discuss the proposed railroad
commuter service from nearby
Maryland to downtown Washington
Progress of the countrywide study
on the Brookings Institution report
on the county government will be
given in a report by Allen H. Gard
ner.
Others expected to give reports
are Raymond B. Leavitt, chairman
Of the Membership Committee
Stephen Duvall. jr.. chairman of
the Budget Committee, and Herbert
N. Eaton, head of the Sanitation
Committee.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
ToyIonds Opened in Stores
For Preview of Christmas
Stocks Plentiful Despite Priorities;
War Motif Still Predominotes

TOYS are gone. there likely will be
no requirements for a long time.
Substitutes will have to be used.
Besides. many toy manufacturers
have taken on defense products
either as side lines or full time.
Almost the only imported toys
on display are the small metal
soldiers. planes and other military
equipment from England, These are
cleverly contrived and sure to be
in great demand.
One store had some toy pianos
made in China 1t also had some
Christmas ornaments from Ger
many. Poland and Czecho-Slovakia.
but these had been in stock several
years.
Battle Games for Boys.
For the boys there were new bat
tie games-one called Sea Raiders, .
another known as American Flag
and another titled Conflict" There
were forts bristling with ornaments
and the latest in the Armys armored
rolling stock. small and large.
There was a tiny phonograph
considerably in demand, specializing
in such disks for children as musical
versions of Mother Goose.
That old standby, never neglected
the train on the track-ranging as
usual from the modest rail system
YOU put together and manipulate
| by hand to the resplendent midget
/ trunk line. complete with stations
tunnels and bridges-is threatened
with a naturalization deficiency
likely to cut production in half. But
there's still good supply on hand.
One store has a freight train that
stops at a lumber mill while logs are
automatically loaded on a car. The
various mechanical toys have in
creased in realism. There are auto
mobiles with real engines which the
more mechanical minded youngsters
can assemble: elevators. steam shov-
els. cranes. Tactors-chemical sets
+ for boys with a fair for experiment
Educational Devices.
FOT lile younger CillIulSIl luelt
are what the trade calls educationa
tovS-ingenious devices for putting
! the right peg in the right hole anc
matching colors. Included in thi.
collection are mallet and pegs K
be driven into board, designed to
| give the children an outlet for this
particular energy without damage
to the furniture. A good idea if il
works.
For little housekeepers who insist
on realism there are electric ranges
midget washing machines and dol
houses of spacious colonial design.
The boys who attended the Christ.
mas opening yesterday clustered
about the military toys, as boys al.
ways have. since the first wooder
warrior was designed back in thu
mists of antiquity
But these are not war toys" pro.
tested an harassed department man
ager to mother with pacifist lean.
ings. they're defense toys"
Evening star., 1941-11-09
| Seal Is Returned
| oFoirfox After
| 80 Years in North
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
GREENWICH, Conn. Nov. g.
The great seal of Fairfax Court
house. Va. which stamped the wills
of George and Martha Washlng-
ton. was restored to the possession
of its home county today after an
8O-year sojourn north Of the Mason
Dixon line.
At a ceremony here the historic
seal was turned over to Judge Wal
ter T. Mccarthy of Virginia oy
Mrs. Ira Walton Henry OF Old
Greenwich. whose Stepfather
Thomas Van Raden. captured 1t in
one of the early skirmishes OF the
Civil War while serving as drum
mer boy with the list New York
Volunteers.
Judge Mccarthy said the return
of the seal was "a symbol OF the
healing of the great scar caused by
the War Between the States, a
symbol of friendship. unity ana
peace between the many parts OF
this great country of ours"
The SEAL he said. would be placed
on display in the Fairfax Court
house beside the Washington Wills.
Present at the ceremony were
Commonwealth Attorney Paul +,
Brown of Fairfax County. Va. and
|G. Wallace Carper. chairman OF
the Board Of Supervisors OF Fairfax
County.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Montgomery Building
Permits Total S1,311,020

A total of s1,311O2O in building
permits was issued in Montgomery
County, Md. during October, ac-
cording 10 the report OF County
Building Inspector John S. Eaton.
OF this amount. s6O9,755 repre-
sented building permits issued IN
the Silver Spring area, While S1ol,-
265 in building permits were issued
in the Bethesda Chevy Chase area
One-family dwellings. for which 16s
permits were issued, represented ST.
O67.OOO of the October total.
Thus far this year, permits have
been issued for buildings in the
county valued at s12,356.616. Dur
ing the same period in 1910, sl0,-
622914 worth of building construc-
ton was authorized.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Defense Survey Planned
OF Farms in Fairfax
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
FAIRFAX. Va. Nov S.-An in
tensive survey to determine the con-
tribution Fairfax County farmers
will make for national defense dur
ing the food for defense program"
will be made by the County Agri-
culture Defense Committee, w. c.
Walker of Forestville, chairman,
announced.
A visit will be made to every farm
in the county this month by a
community committeeman, who will
check production of crops and live
stock this year with view to step
ping up 1912 production.
Mr.. Walker has asked all farm
ers to cooperate. Captains for each
of the four agriculture defense pro-
gram districts in the county to di-
rect the survey have been named.
They are Holden S. Harrison OF
Floris. Dranesville district; George
C. Gillingham of Woodlawn, Lee
and Mount Vernon districts; R. Col
ton Lewis of Clifton. Centreville
district. and Roy Money of Vienna,
Providence and Falls Church dis
trictS
Evening star., 1941-11-09
1900 Are Reported
Dependent on Chest
In Prince Georges
Welfare League Seeretor,
Tells Of Help Given
UnderpriviIeeed

Twelve hundred persons in Prince
Georges County. Nd. annually de-
pend on contributions to the Com
munity Chest for aid and advice
they could not obtain otherwise
Miss Mildred Alexander. secretary of
the Social Service League of the
county, reported yesterday.
Who are these people," she was
asked
Il can best answer that with a
few specific cases" she replied.
Miss Alexander recalled that a
teacher in the public schools had
brought to the attention Of the
league that several children from
one family were staying away from
their classes for no clear reason
The social service agency investi-
| gated
/ we found a family of severa,
children and another expected, Miss
/ Alexander said. The father was il
and the children were badly in neeC
/ of clothes to be presentable in school
We got the father to clinic. some
| clothes for the children and helped
the mother prepare for her con-
finement."
| There was another case simple,
one. she remembered. A family hac
been burned out. The league helped
collect furniture and clothes for the
victims. paid a months rent on new
quarters and helped the family re-
| establish itself.
Many other cases help justify the
contributions annually made TO the
Chest. Among these. she cited. are
/ families who have been evicted anc
who need aid to become re-estab-
lished, families who need assistance
in home planning and families
( whose children are forced to live
with an alcoholis parent. All OF
them receive aid from the Social
Service League.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Patrick to Be Speaker
At Man. SOS Services

Special Dispatc The Star. n
MANASSAS. "a. Nov. 8] pre-
sentative Patriu, Democrat Ala
bama, will be tt princip' speaker
at an Armistice " Gel ration at
the high school HI :. field be-
ginning at 1O:3O 49,. Tuesday.
The program, sponsored by the
Prince William Post, No. 1853, Amer
lean Legion, will be participated in
by students of all local schools. A
feature will be the dedication Of n
flags to be placed along the streets
of the business section under a plan
worked out by the Legion and the
Town Council.
A minute of silence will be OBJ
served in memory of the World War
dead at u am.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Montgomery Appoint!
Air Raid Official
For D. T.. Liaison
Volunteers for Defense
Work to Be Registered
On Tuesday

The ability of the Montgomery
County Md Civilian Defense
Council to cope with emergencies
was increased yesterday by the ap-
pointment of Joseph B. Morrison
of Kenwood as assistant chief air
raid warden. Mr. Morrison will act
as liaison officer between the county
air raid defense forces and those of
the District of Columbia.
In announcing the appointment
Albert E. Brault, executive director
Of the council. pointed out that the
new assistant air raid chief has had
wide experience in the solution Of
communications problems. Mr..
Morrison is Southern district plant
manager for the Chesapeake & Po-
tomac Telephone Co and is an eX-
pert in engineering and construc-
ton.
A native Of Reno, New. Mr.. Nor
rison was graduated from the
United States Naval Academy in
1923 and has been with the te!e-
phone company since 1924.
Will Coordinate Systems.
Among his duties will be the CO.
ordination of the Washington air
RAID defense system with that of
Montgomery County.
Meanwhile. Arch Mcdonald, chief
air raid warden for the county, and
Assistant Chief Air Raid Wardens
Wilton T. Allen and Judge Charles
w. Woodward yesterday were pro-
ceeding with plans for the registra-
ton Thursday of volunteer air raid
workers for the county. Approx
mately 1000 wardens will be needed
Mr.. Mcdonald declared.
! Auxiliary policemen and firemer
/ for emergency duty will be regis
tered the same day Andrew NJ
Newman. county chief OF police ano
John Oden, president of the Mont
gomery County Volunteer Firemen'
! Association, are in charge. reSpec-
lively. of police and fire services Of
| the council.
The registration will be in charge
! of Mrs. James Parker Nolan head OF
| the civilian registration bureau Of
the Women's Division Of the Mary
land Council of Defense. Registra-
ton Day is part of Civilian Defense
| Week. which begins Tuesday anc
continues through Sunday.
"V-Men" To Give Talks.
In an effort to stimulate regis
tration, "V-men," assigned by the
speakers bureau of the council, viii
deliver pep talks at county the
aters Tuesday urging cooperation ir
county defense activities. They also
will talk at meetings of fraterna
| and civic organizations.
/ Places of registration have beer
announced as follows:
Silver Spring Building
and National Guard Armory; Be-
thesda-County Building; Kensing.
ton-postoffce Chevy Chase-post-
office; Glen Echo-fire house; Cabin
John-fre house; Rockville-police
headquarters in the old courthouse
Gaithersburg-postoffice; Takoms
| PdrK-nre mouse, SanQy Spring
fire house; Poolesville-postoffice
Hyattstown-postoffice: Laytonsvillt
-postofhce: Potomac-Hitchcock'
store; Colesville-T. R. Cissel's store
Darnesville Gassaway's store
Barnesville-postofce, and Dicker.
son-postoffice
Those wishing to register may d.
SO between 9 am. and 9 pm. Mei
volunteers should be at least Q
years of age and ineligible for mill
tary service, while women should b.
18 years of age or over. Volunteer
for air raid warden work will be re
uuired to take 10-hour Red Cros
training course in addition to othe
training.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Home Nursino Course

Sponsored by the Takoma Park
Branch, Montgomery County Chap
ter, American Red Cross, a home
nursing course will be conducted
each Friday morning from 10 am.
until noon at the municipal center,
8 Columbia avenue, Takoma Park,
for period of 16 weeks. Miss Lou
villa Honeker. county instructor for
the Red Cross, will conduct the
classes.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Bv CARTER BROOKE JONES.

War, defense and priorlties not
withstandlng, Christmas was in the
air yesterday.
WaShington's department stores
put on displays of Christmas toys
and held an opening reception for
BOYS and girls.
It's a pleasure to record that the
bitter business of war and the twl-
light of nations had not robbed the
children. There were changes and
restrictions, but its doubtful if any
boy or girl missed anything in the
array of playthlngs.
Santa Claus, necessarily collec-
tive character. was seated severally
in his gailv-decked booths, shaking
Young hands and listening, as usual
TO pleas for this or that Mothers
fathers and older sisters were also
in evidence
War Mn,if Conspicuous.
The war motif was conspicuous in
Tovland The bows wouldn't have
had it otherwise There were planes
and tanks large enough for them tc
climb in. and every manner Of gur
and battleship, large and small
This. the BUYERS were ready to
tell you. will be en all-American
Christmas. Virtually go per cent OF
this seasons toys were manufac-
tured in America.
1t wasn't always thus About sc
years ago, when Germans were not
straining every nerve on munitions
almost 80 per cent of the dolls came
from that country. Dolls also came
from Japan. China, Poland, Siam
and Scandinavia.
No more
But let it not be supposed that
there is any dearth of dolls. nor any
scarcity of gorgeous and varied
ones. The little girls who visited the
stores yesterday found a breath.
taking array. There were baby dolls
Junior miss dolls and sophisticated
young women.
Doll Has Beating Heart.
This Christmas prowler came
across one novel doll with beat
ing heart A mechanism withir
causes the heart to pulse at it:
proper anatomical post. and arounc
its neck is a stethoscope. Obviously
doll with which to play doctor o.
nurse.
The South American singer. Car.
| men Miranda, known as ''the Bra.
lillian Bombshen." was commem-
Grated in a new type of Latin doll
of fiery posture and flashing shawl
The Gone With the Wind" influ.
ence had not entirely waned. There
were dolls in enormous gowns o.
Scarlett O'Hara pattern.
The priorities threaten to cut into
! the toy industry substantially be-
fore long But the stores. by ordering
ahead, got a good many sheet meta
planes and tanks and armored cars
By ordering last March, one ever
got a good assortment of aluminium
doll dishes. But when these meta
Evening star., 1941-11-09
FuIIs Church Council
Adopts $42,25l Budget

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
FALLS CHURCH. Va, Nov. g.
The Town Council last night adopted
without change proposed budget
for the 1912 fiscal year.
The budget provides for expendi-
lures of S42 251, an increase of S2,531
over the current year.
The current tax rate of $1.85 was
retained.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Tab, It to Be Dedicated
Hon Hinq Moreen DuvoIl

A Bronze tablet in memory OF
Mareen Duvall, one of the three
brothers who landed in this coun-
try more than 300 years ago to
found the Maryland branch Of the
family, will be dedicated today by
the Society of Mareen Duvall's De-
scendants in St. Barnabas Church
at Leland, Md.
Services begin at $50 o'clock this
morning with the dedication at 10
o'clock. Rector J. G. M Shrevs-
bury Of st. Barnabas viii ofnciate.
Evening star., 1941-11-09

OF Parents and
Teachers OPEN
ing Tuesday in
Silver Spring.
P i n C i p a !
speaker for the
first afternoon
sessions will be
Mrs. S. C. Cox
Of Roanoke. Va.
vice president of
the N a t / on a |
Congress of Par
ents and Teach
ers. DR.. Herbert
B. Bruner, pro-
fessor of educa-
tiOn at Column
Evening star., 1941-11-09

Totals to date so 30
In November. Beware Of:
/. The hours between 4 and 6
pm. Six of the nine traffic VIC
tins in November last year were
killed within this two-hour pc
riod.
2. Crossing a street at some
point other than a crosswalk.
Three pedestrians lost their
lives in November, 1910, while
doing this.
8. Inclement weather. Three
fatal accidents occurred last
November while 1t was raining
or misty.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
PIT. A. Meeting Put or

The November meeting OF the
Montgomery Hills Md Junior High
School Parent-Teacher Association.
has been postponed from Tuesday
until November l8. it was announced
yesterday by Mrs. James Wilson.
president.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Miller Divorce Granted

ROCKVILLE, Md, Nov 8 (Spe-
ciaD-Mrs. Louise v. Miller of Rock
vile has been granted an absolute
divorce from Francis M. Miller of
Hollywood Park, Md, by Judge Sted-
man Prescott. Desertion was
charged.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Metal Croft Class to Open

An art metal craft class will be
held at 7:3O pm. tomorrow in the
Montgomery Blair High School, Sill
yer Spring, Md. Two-hour sessions
will be held each Monday and
Thursday nights. Arnold Croddy is
class instructor.
Evening star., 1941-11-09
Maryland P.-T. A.
Will Open Sessions
tuesday Morning
Port in National Work
Will Be Discussed at
Three-Doy Meeting

National defense and its relation
to the parent-teacher association
will be discussed at the annual con-
vention of the Maryland Congress
Evening star., 1941-11-09
CoIesviIIe PIT. A. Purty

A bingo party will be given by tht
Colesville Md Elementary Schoo
PIT. A. at 8 pm, Friday In thu
school.
Evening star., 1941-11-09

(See ARMISTICE, Page A-17D
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Crew of Sessu
Only Three Reported
Safe After Sinking
By the Associated Press.


The Maritime Commission today
announced that the following Of
ficers and crewmen were aboard
the American-operated freighter
Sessa sunk near Iceland on August
II:
(The commission lacked in
formation on which three of the
27 listed survived the torpedo
ing of the vessel. The State De-
partment said ~ were pre-
sumed lostD
Master, Niels Nielsen, Danish /;
chief mate, H. T.. Bjerregaard, 81,
Danish; second mate, T. v. Peter
sen, "a, Danish; third mate, G.
Larsen, As, Norwegian: radio oper-
ator, w Mohammad, A, New York
Able-bodied seamen: G. L. T.
Ljunggren, 80, Swedish, New York;
K. Thomson, II, Danish: S. Wendell,
20, Reykajavik, Iceland; w. Dwyer,
%, Edmonton, Alberta; j De Oil
viera Correia, 25, Portugal.
Ordinary seamen: H. Granick, Is,
Stepney, London; j. Ryan, 20, Lon
don.
Chief engineer, A. Laursen, A,
Danish; first assistant engineer, r.
Morch, 80, Danish; second assist
ant engineer, M. Christiansen. So,
Norwegian; third assistant engi-
neer, j. Aim, 38, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Ii. Howard Fisk Urged
For Employment Post
Earlier Story On Page B-1.)

Earlier Story On Page B-1)
1t. Howard 8. Fisk. U. 8. N. r.,
was recommended by District Selsc-
tive Service Director William E.
Leahy today for the new post as
employment oficer of selective serv-
ice here.
Mr.. Leahy sent 1t. Fisk's name to
national headquarters Of selective
service after it had been submitted
to him by the United States En-
ployment Service where 1t. Fisk has
been employed.
1t. Fisk, who is said to have had
long experience in employment
work, will direct the employment
Office for returning soldiers which
will open Monday in a ground floor
Office of the National Guard Armory,
Sixth and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
1t will be his job to see that men
released from Army service are
either re-employed on their former
jobs or get new jobs.
1t. Fisk, who lives at 1854 Quebec
place NV, is q past commander Of
George Washington Post, No. /,
American Legion, and was the first
post adjutant for the American Le-
gion in the United States.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Navy to Control
Chesapeake
| Boy Entrance

The photographic once Of the
Navy Department late today an
nounced establishment of q joint
harbor entrance control post At the
entrance to Chesapeake Bay and
said that from this time on all
ships desiring to enter or leave will
be required to answer the control
signals before proceeding.
The bay, key approach to vital
industries and military and naval
positions of the Central Atlantic
Coast, has not been equipped with
such a control since shortly after
the World War
The post has been set up in the
United States Weather Bureau
Building at Cape Henry. Va. 1t is
equipped with radio and visual sig
nal apparatus. The radio call is
five George zero one and the
visual call is George zero one -
Regular watches have been set up
at the post covering a 24-hour pc
Rod.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
American Tanks Have Proved
Worth, Manufacturer Says

American Car g. Foundry Co., he
said, has built and turned over more
than 500 light tanks to the United
States and other governments and
is building them now at the rate OF
Is day. -Four tanks are being as
sembled daily at st. Charles. Mo-.
the others at Berwick, Pa.
Mr.. Stevenson was q speaker at
the first of series OF sectional
meetings, sponsored by the Amer
lean Society of Mechanical Engi-
neers at the request of the Gov
ernment. to acquaint the public
with defense production problems.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
President Names Eight
$50 7Nf~T- A..
For Promotion 10 Colonel
Rr tie Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
President Roosevelt yesterday
nominated eight lieutenant colonels
In the Army for promotion to col
onel. They were:
Julian Francis Barnes. Washing
ton; Frank Cadle Mahin, Washing
ton; Harold Cornelius Vanderveer
New York City; Kenna Granville
Eastman, Harrisonburg. Va; Henry
Terrell, jr., San Antonio, Tex;
Lawrence Sprague Churchill, Os-
wego, N. Y; George Elmer Armenian,
Two Rivers, Wis, and Cliff Andrus,
Hawaiian Department.
The President also nominated the
following first lieutenants to be
captains in the Marine Corps:
Frank L. Kilmartin, Washington;
Alexander A Vandergrift, jr-, Lynch
burg, Va; Robert w. Boyd, Coving-
ton, Va: Charles w. Harrison, Da-
wilson. N. c.; Arthur A. Chidester
Fort Smith. Ark; Robert A. McGill,
San Francisco: william w. Buch-
anan. Athens. Ga; Eschol M. NAL
iory. Orlando. Fla: Lawrence II. Nc
Culley, Lenoir. N. c.. George B. Bell
Artesia, Calf: Frederick r. Dow
sett. Battle Greek, Mich, and Orin
c. Bjornsrud, Toronto, S. Oak.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
/ Janitor Admits Asking
Slain Girl for Kiss

By the Associated Press.
AKRON. Ohio. Sept e.-Detective
I. J. Davis testifying in the murder
trial of Albert B. Lukens, said today
the janitor had confessed asking
Miss Ruth Zwicker for a kiss, and
showing her to the floor when she
slapped him. Miss zwicker's body
was cremated in the furnace of
North Hill Methodist Church, where
Lukens worked.
"Lukens said she struck the piano
as she fell" Mr.. Davis related. He
said he left her lying there and went
to lunch. He later returned and
showed her into the furnace"
Miss zwicker, "a. had been prac-
ticing piano at the church. In a
later confession, the State contends,
the 58-year-old defendant ad-
mitted he tried to assault her.
Evening star., 1941-09-09
Di Maggie Back in Come
As Yunks Beut Browns

NEW YORK, Sept. 9 tP.-Joe Di
Maggie, out of the Yankee lineup
since August 10, returned to his post
in center field today as the new
American League champions de-
feated the st. Louis Browns, to o.
Tom Henrich's 28th home run of
the season in the eighth inning de-
cided an air-tight pitching duel be-
tween Bob Harris and Spud Chan
dler In favor of the latter.
Di Maggie sprained his left ankle
during a double-header with the
Tigers and has been on the side
lines ever since.