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Evening star., 1941-06-21
u. 5. Begins Buying
1,500-Acre Tract
For Fort BeIvoir
Foirfox County Clerk
Records First of
About 70 Deeds
Special Dispatch to The Star.

FAIRFAX. Va, June 21-First of
a number of deeds by which the
Federal Government is expected to
acquire approximately $500 acres in
Fairfax County for the expansion
of Fort Belvoir was recorded in
the Office of County Clerk John
NJ Whalen yesterday.
The initial conveyance to the Gov
ernment comprised 35 acres in
Mount Vernon district between Pot
tiers Hill and Woodlawn, owned by
John w. Jacobs, who said he was
born during the cannon fire of the
Civil War.
Part of the 35-acre tract was ac-
quired by Mr.. Jacobs in 1897 and
the remaining portion in 1902. He
has been a farmer for the last so
years.
Abstracts of title to approximately
10 pieces of property the Govern
ment expects to purchase in the
county are now being rushed to COM
pletion by an Alexandria law firm,
dIlU Sb u dllSdItlOll 90 IlOoCb
yesterday.
Part of WOodlawn Estate.
Consideration for the transfer was
$500. A short while before Mr.
Jacobs deed to the United States
was recorded, another deed was ad-
mitted to record by which he ac-
quired title to a tract of 2.25 acres
at Engleside, short distance outside
the area the Government is acquir-
ing and where he intends to make
his future home.
The greater portion of the land
to be taken over by the Government
is a part of the original Woodlawn
Estate, owned by Lawrence and
Eleanor Parke Lewis, although
Woodlawn mansion is outside the
area. The mansion is now owned
by Mrs. Oscar w. Underwood. Gen.
eral boundaries of the territory to be
acquired are the Potomac River and
property of Joseph Cox on the
south; property of Harry D. Kirk
Orlando Kirk and Carl Tavenner on
the east; Telegraph road on the
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Girl Clerk Robbed Of SIS
By Two Daylight Bandits

The routine of crime in the Capt.
tai Yesterday included the armed
holdup of a cleaning establishment
at 2408 Fourteenth street NV. by
bandits operating in full daylight
Two colored men entered the
shop and one produced a pistol
from beneath a handkerchief, police
reported. Threatening the clerk
Miss Goldye Goldstein, 2701 Four
teenth street NV, the bandits took
SIS and made their escape on foot
down an alley.
A purse snatcher took $40 and a
$40 Government bond from Grace
T. Dobie of the 1900 book of Ver-
mont avenue NV. as she sat in
Meridian Hill Park last night. The
robber was colored youth. about II
years old, who approached her ask
ing for directions, police said.
Brandishing a knife, a colored
man took a purse containing 81
from Nettie Brent, colored, of 116
Thomas street NV, as she sat in
front of her home. police reported
Anna Lee Evans of 1889 Ninth
street NV. was flimflamed out OF
$50 by colored man and woman
operating at Seventh and F streets
NV, police said. The man pre-
tended to have found pocketbook
and offered to split its contents il
she would give him some money to
show her good faith.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Court Schedules Trial
Of Auhogen Monday

Monday was set at District Court
Yesterday for the trial of Friedrich
Ernst Auhagen. accused of failing
to register legally with the State
Department as an agent of a for
eign principal.
Justice F. Dickinson Let's set the
date after declaring that speedy
trials in such cases were necessary
in view of the troubled International
situation. The jurist made the state
ment in denying request of de-
fense counsel to take dispositions in
Germany in behalf of the accused.
The interests of the American
people and the American Govern
ment must not be made secondary
to those of an alien defendant" /"
Justice Let's said.
Evening star., 1941-06-21

debut. She abandoned her singing
career at the Stork Club in New
York several months ago.
Three other appellants also were
refused deferments by the Appeals
Board, but a clerk at the Federal
Bureau of Investigation was grant,
ed a Glass II occupational defer
ment. He is william Eugene st.
Marie, %.
Two Denied Appeals.
Two registrants-Alvin Steiner,
"a, statistical clerk at the Census
Bureau. and Oscar Brotman, %. a
clerk at the Securities & Exchange
Commission-were retained in Glass
A despite their appeals for a 1-B
rating as fit for only limited mill
tary service. The appeal OF Earl
Cleveland Shiffet, 81, a life insur-
ance agent. for a Glass II depend
ency deferment was denied by the
board.
Cases of the following registrants
were held over either for further
discussion or for additional informa-
tion:
Thomas Francis Heating. Is. Navy
Department clerk; Samuel Einfrank,
%. Navy Department clerk; Frank
Thomas Yannucci, "a, clerk at the
Federal Works Agency; Burton
Norman Chassin, Census Bureau
clerk. and DR.. Louis Levinson, 81,
a dentist.
Mr.. Keating asked for an occu-
pational deferment. The others are
appealing for dependency ratings,
DR.. Levinson noting both depend
ency and an occupationa appeal.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
House Receives Plan
To Study Removal
OF Federal Agencies
o-Member Committee
Would Examine Sites,
Facilities and Cost

A resolution calling for creation
of a committee to investigate the
feasibility of transferring some
agencies of the Government away
from Washington was before the
House tOcey.
PROPOSED by Chairman SABBATH Of
the Hose RuleS Committee in a
resolution introduced late yesterday.
the committee would be composed
of nine members, including three
members of the House appointed by
the Speaker, three Senators ap-
pointed by the President of the Sem
ate and the director of the Budget
Bureau, the co-ordinator of defense
housing and the commissioner Of
public buildings.
A study of the location, extent
and cost of Office space and other
facilities rented by the various de-
partments. bureaus and agencies in
and outside of the District also
would be made by the committee,
under the terms of the SABBATH reso-
luton.
The committee would be required
to report from time to time during
the present Congress the result of
its Investigations, together with any
recommendations for legislation.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Pan-American Fire Causes
Commotion, Scant DAMAGE

A defective wire spluttered in the
Pan-American Union Building last
night. blinds and draperies blazed
up in the Office of Assistant Director
Pedro de Alba and IA pieces of the
Capitals firefighting apparatus
charged to the scene with two fire
chiefs in attendance.
They found the flames put out by
two Army War College sergeants,
Raymond Mattson and Robert H
Wagner, who had seen the blaze as
they walked along Constitution ave-
nue. The soldiers rushed in to
warn watchmen, seized extinguish-
ers. At the same time, Navy De-
partment guards across the street
summoned firemen.
Major damage: Scorching of an
oil portrait of Andres Bello, famous
in Venezuela as an educator and
jurist of the early 10Th century.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Doctor, 81, Drops
| Dead at Bedside
|Of Patient

DR.. Fred M. Brooks, 81, oldest
practicing physician in Fairfax
County, Va, died early this morn
ing at the bedside of a patient in
Burke, Va.
DR.. Brooks, who had been called
to Burke, was talking to the patient
while waiting for hypodermic he
had administered to take effect,
when he suddenly collapsed.
DR.. Brooks. a bachelor who lived
on a large farm between Fairfax
and Fairfax Station, started his
practice back in 1888, in the days
when roads often were so bad it
was necessary to ride to patients on
horseback. He was the first man
to register as physician at the
courthouse under the State regis
tration law in 1912.
DR.. Brooks was born at PapeS-
head, Va, December %, 1853 For
more than a quarter of a century
he was president of the National
Bank of Fairfax and was a former
chairman of the County School
Board. He was for many years
chairman of the county Republican
Committee and was once candidate
for the United States House of Rep
resentatives from the 9Th district of
Virginia.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
0ut-of-Doors TRIPS
Scheduled Tomorrow
For Hiking Parties
Two Shenandoah Park
Expeditions Planned
By LocoI Groups

Several organized trips for lovers
of the out-of-doors are scheduled
for tomorrow. They include walks
in Washington parks, tours and
hikes in outlying sections, incluoing
Baltimore and the Shenandoah Ma
tional Park.
Tine Potomac Appalachian Trail
Club plans a hike of 10 to II miles
through rugged country in the CEN
tral section of Shenandoah National
Park from Milan Gap southwark,
passing Pocosin Shelter, typical log
cabin in the park.
Information regarding the trip
may be obtained at club headquar-
ters. 1924 H street. from to 10
o'clock this evening.
Wanderbirds Plan Hike
The Wanderbirds Hiking Club will
leave in buses from the National
Theater at 7 am. tomorrow to visit
Shenandoah National Park and walk
in White Oak and Cedar Run Cam
yons. On the return trip the party
will stop at Sperryville. Va for din
ner, according to Carl eagle and
H. G. Peterson, leaders.
The Capital Hiking Club will fol-
low the gorge of the Patapsco River
from Marriettsville, past waterfalls
and unusual geologic formations,
crossing into Baltimore County to
Woodstock College. P. H. Starklauf
will lead the party, which will 60 by
bus.
An early morning bird walk in
Montrose Park in Georgetown is
scheduled by the National Capital
Parks to start at $50 am. at the
r street entrance to the park near
Thirtieth street NV. DR.. Louis C..
Wheeler will conduct
Tree Walk Planned.
Nearly so varieties of native and
exotic trees in Franklin Park, his
toric area dating back to the found
ing of the Federal City, will be
explained by DR.. Wheeler in a tree
walk to start at 2:30 pm. at the
Commodore John Barry Memorial.
Fourteenth street between I and
K streets. A tree map and guide to
Franklin Park, recently prepared
by the parks Office. will be dis
tributed to those participating.
, To guide Washingtonians through
the Fort McHenry National Monu-
ment, Baltimore, tomorrow after
noon special arrangements have
been made by the Office of National
Capital Parks. Visitors will as
semble in the parking area beside
the historic fort at 2 pm and will
be conducted by Ranger Naturalist
Victor ALEX, under direction of
Supt. Robert P. Holland.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
a Youths Hurt
AS Car Leaves
Road al Largo
. 'Woshinetonion May
Have Spine Fracture
From Accident

A Washington youth suffered q
possible fracture of the spine and
three young MARYLAND men were
injured shortly before last midnight
when their automobile careened off
the road at Central avenue and
Landover road, at Largo, Md, police
reported.
The car struck two roadside poles
before 1t was halted, police said.
Members of the Bladensburg Rescue
Squad freed John Thomas Cowan.
20, Of 12l Alabama avenue Sc, from
the car, and rushed him to Casualty
Hospital. In addition to the spine
injury, he suffered contusions of the
chest and many abrasions on his
body. it was reported.
Listed as driver OF the car is
Hardy Mattera. 20, of Capitol
Heights, Md. He has a badly lac
Grated hand. Dick Flynn, 19, of the
same town. suffered head, knee and
arm injuries. They were taken to
Casualty in a private car. Treated
at Casualty and released was Leo
Clifton Poe, II, also of Capitol
Heights, who received abrasions on
his arms and body.
Woman Hit by Car.
Alexandria Hospital reported a
Washington woman. Mrs. Louise
Hall, 27, of the 400 block of C street
NE, was in fair" condition today.
She was struck by an automobile on
the Richmond-W Washington Highway
last night. The hospital said the
accident took place near the Temple
View Inn. Mrs. Hall suffered a pos
sible injury to the spine and nu
merous cuts and bruises.
In the District, a 4-year-old girl
was injured when she ran into the
side of neighbor's car almost in
front of her home, police said. The
girl, Mary F. Ward, 1916 Emerson
street NE, was taken to Casualty
Hospital with multiple abrasions of
face and legs.
Hit and Run Accident.
Yale Lewis, 13. colored, of POPS
Clagett street NE, was struck and
injured by a hit-and-run driver at
New Jersey avenue and H street
NV. yesterday.
Taken to Freedmen's Hospital. he
was admitted for observation. His
condition is not believed to be seri-
Gus. He suffered slight brain con-
cussion, physicians said, and had
cuts on his legs and hip.
One accident marred the passage
through Washington yesterday of
an Army truck convoy bound for
Fort Meade, Md, after maneuvers
in Caroline County, Va. A COM
mand car from the anti-tank COM
pany formerly of Kensington, Md,
and civilian delivery truck COL
lided on Benning road NE. The
delivery truck overturned but no one
was injured.
Evening star., 1941-06-21

would have to be dropped under
present plans. This would not be
too serious a blow, said Mr.. Van
Hyning, since most of the importan1
construction work has been finished.
The school lunch project. which
provides free lunches for thousands
of needy children, would be cut from
286 to 100. Obviously, said Mr. Van
Hyning, some additional help would
have to be found elsewhere If this
essential program" is to be con-
tinued. 1t has been suggested that
it might be necessary to call on
teachers and pupils to help out.
The household training program,
which now has % workers, also
would be eliminated. This project,
Mr.. Van Hyning said, is tied in
closely with the entire relief pro-
gram. So does the housekeeping
aid project, which would undergo
slash of from 162 to so.
Involves tuberculosis Work.
Dismissal of w. P. A. workers en-
ployed in the city's Bureau of Tu-
berculosis would interfere seriously
with highly important work now be-
ing done to find active tuberculosis
cases." the District of Columbia
tuberculosis Association said in a
statement sent to District w. P. A.
Administrator Paul Edwards.
In a letter to the Senate sub
committee on District appropria-
tions, the association also urged
restoration of the amounts cut from
the Bureau of tuberculosis budget
requests by the House.
There are now 20 w. P. A. cleri-
cal workers in the bureau. If they
are dropped. the clerical staff will
be reduced from % to 6, land the
work will inevitably be reduced pro-
portionately," said the association.
Highway Director H. c. White
hurst also has a number of projects
involving 285 w. P. A. workers. who
would be cut of under tentative
plans.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
$50 Fine Is Imposed
In Animal Cruelty Case

For allegdly throwing a puppy of
the roof of shed, Mrs. Ida Lind
berg, colored, of the 900 block of
Twenty-sixth street NV, was fined
$50 by Judge Walter j. Casey in
Police Court yesterday and given
the alternative of serving 30 days
in Jail.
A witness said the defendant
threw the 6-month-old dog off the
shed, causing it to suffer fractures
of the leg and pelvis. Mrs. Lind
berg, pleading not guilty, testified
that the animal had a fit and fell
OH the roof. The case had been
investigated by the Washington
Humane Society and a charge of
cruelty to an animal pressed.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
In June, Beware OF:

In June, Beware OF:
1. Crossing a street at point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in June last year.
2. Crossing an intersection
against the proper signal. Two
pedestrians we're killed while
committing this act during
June, 1910.
The seven other traffic vic
tins we're fatally injured while
either crossing a street at an
uncontrolled intersection. at
tempting to hitch ride on a
moving vehicle. playing in the
gutter, riding in a truck or driv-
ing an automobile.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
D. c. Grand Jury Hands
Down 10 Indictments

Moving toward the end of its
three-month assignment. which ex-
pires June 80, the District grand
jury yesterday handed 10 indict-
ments to Justice T. Alan Goldsbor-
ough in District Court.
Those indicted and the charges
against them are: Lue L. QUITS, joy
riding; Zachary j. Wright, rape and
assault with intent to commit rape;
Geneva S. Davis, robbery; Jerry Ed
ward Sullivan, assault with a dan
gerous weapon; Elizabeth Edwards
and John r. Payne, HOUSEKEEPING
and larceny, and Laura I. williams,
receiving stolen property.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Winners of Week
In Photo Contest
Appear Tomorrow

Seven prize winning photos
the first weeks winners in
The Stars Amateur Snapshot
Contest-will be published in
tomorrow's rotogravure. The
first prize of $5 goes to Harvey
Colpe, 402 East Gusts avenue,
Alexandria.
A page of winners will b
published each week through
September Z. All winners will
then compete for $25 grand
prizes and the latter will be
entered in the national contest
to compete for prizes totaling
$4,000.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Safe Drivers to Compete

Twenty-four District boys and
girls. selected from hundreds of
young drivers, will compete here on
July l for the title of safe driving
champion of the District. The
contest, sponsored by the Ford Good
Drivers League, is one of nearly so
being held simultaneously in cities
throughout the country.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Jewish Service Dance

A dance for service men in uni
form will be held by the Jewish
War Veterans and the Washington
Army and Navy Committee of the
Jewish Welfare Board in the Cafritz
auditorium of the Jewish Com
munity Center at Sixteenth and @
streets NV tonight at 8 O'Clock
Nathan Silverberg is chairman Of
the Committee on Arrangements.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Boot Club Plans Outino

The Old Dominion Boat Club will
hold its annual outing tomorrow at
Colonial Beach, Va. Members will
leave the Seventh Street wharves
at 9 am.
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Band Concert

BY the Soldiers Home Band In
the bandstand of the home atz7
pm. today. John S. M. Zimmss-
mann, bandmaster: Anton Pointner.
assistant.
Program. n
March. Salute to Montreal"
Boisvert
Overture, The Marriage of
Figaro" ----- Mozart
Grand fantasia, The Evolution
of the Immortal Dixie" Lake
Excerpts from musical comedy,
Eileen ----------------- Herbert
Popular numbers, Tin Pan
Parade" - Whitinv
Tear Drops" John snn
Waltz medley. "Old Timers" ISts
Finale, "Porter's Catalina Band'sT
Caugfiey
ss&
Evening star., 1941-06-21
Make June Safer
June, 1910

Toll in Previous Months.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Looking for a well-designed home
at low cost? Well, here's the answer in
Detroit Times House Plan No. sal. There
are four rooms, large basement and
bath. Four sets of blueprints and three
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Deiroif Home Registration attempting Obtain
inventory local housing available
the of Stuart Walker
told members Of the brokers division of the
Real Board last Wednesday
"If set this housing inventory can present
situation
community fails
housing government in. This
attempt housing
problem"
available quarters urged 20 list then
facilities with the Home Registration Bureau at 300 West Fort street
fter has and inspect the
prospective will There's charg
for It's the OF national defense.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
Defense Housing Aided

OF particular significance at the
present time, when overcrowdlng
and other unsatisfactory housing
need alienation as q
defense measure, Ferguson pointed
out. is the provision continuing
Title / loans and permitting loans
up TO $1,000 for the purpose oil
older dwellings into
multiple living units. Previously
property improvement loans had
been restricted TO 81, 500. The ne"
amendment also extends the time
of payment on loans above S2,5OC
to five years, as against the previ-
Gus three years. Loan insurance
under Title / was extended for
two years until July l, 1913.
Ferguson emphasized the i'm.
portant part played by Title
loans in improving living stand
ards and stressed the value Of
maintaining properties In gooc
repair. both for economy OF op-
Grafton and for preservation Of
values.
Other provisions affecting Title
+ increased the amount of insur'
|ance reserve under that section Of
the act from S100.000,000 TO Sl65,'
100000. The maximum amount Of
loans for certain types of new
small dwellings under Title / wa
increased to $1,000 from s.. 500.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
FILA Powers
by


Federal Housing Administrator
Abner II. Ferguson Saturday re-
LEASED figures showing new home
construction under the FILA Pro
gram going forward at the rate Of
1000 homes a day. At the same
time he called public attention TO
the fact that legislative action has
been completed 10 extend certain
FILA powers under Titles | and III
which were due TO expire July l.
During the week ended June e
new homes started under FILA
inspection reached new peak al
I5.637. far exceeding the former
record of 5.044 established in the
previous week and compared with
l3.363 in the corresponding week
year ago. All but small mum
Der of these homes are being built
lin defense industrial areas, Fer
guson said.
Recent action by the President
in signing legislation passed b,
Congress amending Titles 1 ant
III of the National Housing Ac
assures that the complete service!
lof the Federal Housing Admin
Iistration will continue to bt
available to the public, the admin
IistratOrs said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
Building Pace
Slows Down

The pace Of homo building In
all urban areas Of the United
states slowed down during May
by 50 per cent. as compared with
April. although 124 per cent
ahead of~the corresponding month
Ia year ago, The division of re-
search and statistics Of the Federal
Home Loan Bank board reported
Saturday.
TIE decrease from April TO May
lis accounted for by a decline in
the amount OF publicly financed
construction.
For the first five months Of the
year. the volume OF residential
construction toialed S636. 683 600,
a gam of 1915 per cent over the
same period in 1910. The number
of dwelling units built, including
all types. increased from l52. l52
10 1880. OF the total Of S63b
6S3. 00O Valuation for homes built
from january 20 May, $500 100000
represented private construction
and S76A7iOO0 was building
financed by governmental units
Increases in home building were
scored in four of the twelve Fed
eral Home Loan Bank districts In
May over April, and in eight dis
tricts over May, 1910. The largest
relative gain over April was re-
ported by the Topeka bank dis
ltrict. including Colorado. Kansas,
Nebraska and Oklahoma. with l6.6
per cent.
The greatest increase from May
1910. figures. AS per cent. was
Registered i'm the Pittsburgh bank
district. embracing Pennsylvania
West Virginia and Delaware
Next was the Boston bank district
Including New England, Where the
rise was 31.9 per cent.
The board figures are based or
an analysis of building permits re.
lported TO the United States De-
lpartment Of Labor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06
Costs
Continue Rise

The slow but steady upward
trend in construction costs for a
standard six-room house continued
in May. according to economists
Of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board. The increase over April
was a of ! per cent May costs
however. were 90 per cent above
May. 1910.
The construction cost index
reached 111.6 in May as compared
with 1922 in MaN 1910. The aver
age month of 1935-1939 is taken
as the base month of the index
equaling 100.
Analysis of the statistics shows
that labor costs rose more than
building material prices during the
month. Over the II months period
the price of manpower in the home
building industry also increased
more than materials. labor costs
going up 1913 per cent as compared
with riseSUf IA per cent fol
building supplies.
While building costs were rising
the residential construction indies
declined 1873 in May as compared
Ito April. but was PA higher thar
in May. 1910. The index is adjusted
f 10 normal seasonal variations II
home building. NN