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Evening star., 1941-07-09
County Board Hears
Plea for Hospital
In Prince Georges
Maintenance Fund
From Special Doys at
Tracks Is Suggested
BY Staff Correspondent of The star

BY q SLdII SOIltSpOHueIll VI llAc oIoA'
UPPER MARLBORO, Md, July
ga plea for construction of a
Prince Georges County hospital,
coupled with suggestion that part
of the funds for its maintenance be
raised by holding special hospital
| days" at the Bowie and Marlboro
race tracks, was made before the
county commissioners here yeSter-
day.
The request came from Frank
Fierstein, president of the county's
Hospital Association, who appeared
with Mrs. N. G. Tayman, aSSocia-
ton auxiliary president. and Mrs.
Daisy La Coppidan, auxiliary treas
urer.
The commissioners decided to
withhold their decision until they
have received replies to letters writ
ten to Senators Tydings and Rad
cliffe and Representative SasScer, in
which it was suggested that the Fed
eral Government share construction
cost with the county.
$4,000 900 Bond Authorized.
At present, the commissioners are
authorized under a bill passed at
the last legislature to float a S400,-
900 bond issue to provide for the
hospital.
Board President William A. Car
son, after the meeting, said malnte-
nance would cost approximately
100000 annually and a Federal
Government contribution would al
low a part of the funds raised from
the bond issue to be used for this
purpose.
Mr.. FierStein told the commits
3ioners that private patients from
the county spend $4,000 annually
for facilities in Washington's already
overcrowded hospitals. In addition,
he pointed out that county govern
ment and civic agencies spend an
other S62 900.
Mr.. Fierstein contended that
private patients would patronlze
the county hospital and that the
s75 900 spent by them. plus the esti-
mated $4,000 derived from two
special hospital days at each OF
the two tracks would provide for
the maintenance of the hospital.
Urges Economical Work.
Mr.. Carson later declared he per-
sonally favors early construction OF
the hospital, adding that he be-
lieved the rest of the commissioners
are of the same mind. However, he
pointed out the necessity of eco
nomical construction for the benefit
of the taxpayers. Mr.. Carson said
construction costs might be cheaper
| two years hence but declared that
the need for hospital is immediate
and will be greater two years later.
At their meeting yesterday, the
commissioners approved petitions
for dance hall permits filed by T. r.
Brogan of Uncle Toms on Branch
avenue near the District line, Eu-
gene j. Owens of Club Esquire on
the Marlboro pike, Buete's Grill,
Inc, College Park: Mrs. Mary c..
Allen of the Hilltop Inn on the
Marlboro pike and William Rosen-
field of the Rustic Cabin in Colmar
Manor.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Fairfax Chamber
Indorses Civilian
Defense Registration
John W. Ferguson Named
To Boord Of Directors;
Williams Praised
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

Special DlSpatcn 20 Inc star.
FAIRFAX, Va, July 9.-The Fair
fax County Chamber of Commerce
last night unanimously Endorsed the
county civilian registration to be
held Saturday.
Former State Senator John w
Rust explained the purpose of the
registration is to obtain civilian vol
unteers who can be useful in defense
work. Senator Rust, who is vice
chairman of the Northern Virginia
Regional Defense Council, said
every one should register and offer tC
give part of his or her time to help
in defense. Registration centers will
be published later.
The following C. of c. directors
were elected: John W. Ferguson, w
B. Harrison, Maurice w. Fox. Mar
tin T. Webb, j. r. Eakin, Mrs. J
Sidney Wiley, Clarence B. Jett
Charles C. Wall, C. c. Carr. w. T
Woodson, T. E. McDonough, Mrs
David Wing, Mrs F.. M. Everly, Ome1
Hirst, DR.. Lennig Sweet, Mrs. Lee
Park, D. S. Mackall. jr.; Elmer T
Ayre, Senator Rust, John A. K. Don
ovan. Ralph o. Ennis and Mrs Mary
Cullen
Newly-elected directors along with
holdover directors will constitute the
board for the next year.
Need for the continuation of the
trade body was stressed by County
Agricultural Agent J. E. Beard.
Evening star., 1941-07-09

bad heen a member of the Bethesoa
board since its organization
Mr. FITZGERALD has been cominlS-
stoned a major of infantry III tiie
State Guard and assigned as per-
sonnel officer. His resignation Is III
accordance with the selectlVe stls-
ice policv of not forcing double ou'y
on members of local boards VINO
become officers in the newly created
State Guard.
Mr. Curry. a native of Staunton'
Va was Judge of the Juvenile Court
for Montgomery County from 1881
until 1895, He served as a private
in the Army during the World war
and was in an officers training
camp when the armistice was con-
cluded. He is chairman OF the BOY
Scout Advancement Committee Tor
Montgomery County.
"a Men Asked for Induction.
Selective Service Boards OF Airing
ton and Fairfax Counties and Alex
andria were called upon by Virginia
Headquarters to supply "a men for
induction into the Army during
August Fifty-nine white men and
25 colored are prescribed in the call.
From the Statewide August quota
of 1856 men, 735 will be white and
l.02l colored. Alexandria will supply
l6 white and II colored. Arlington
Board No. l will send IA white.
Arlington Board No. 2 will supply
l3 white and 6 colored. Fairfax
quota is 16 white and 7 colored.
Other Virginia quotas announced
in Richmond were: Culpeper, 3
white, colored; Fauquier, 4 white,
10 colored: Loudoun, 5 white. COL
ored; Prince William. white, 4 COL
ored. and Fredericksburg, white,
colored
Meanwhile. Virginia Selective
Service Board clerks were told by
State headquarters to prepare for
one-day instruction classes, TO be
held later this month, on the duties
of draft board workers.
In a communication from State
Selective Service Director Mills F.
Neal, board clerks were told classes
will be held in Roanoke July 18,
Richmond, July %; Charlottesville,
July %, and Norfolk, July 80.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Alexandria Conducts
First Safety Town
By a Staff Correspondent of The Star


ALEXANDRIA. Va. July g.
Alexandria S first safety town" for
children opened yesterday at the
Jefferson School playground Queen
and West streets, as Boy Scouts in
structed boys and girls in the proper
ways to cross streets and obey traf-
fic signals.
With 20 small toy autos. and a
real traffic light, children practiced
obedience to traffic laws. Sergt.
Henry Grimm of the Alexandria
. police force, who is in charge of
schoolboy patrol activities here,
stood by and offered advice to the
Boy Scout instructors as they put
the children through their PAGES.
Eventually, Sergt. Grimm said,
the other five school Fairgrounds in
Alexandria will have their safety
towns" The Boy Scouts received
preliminary traffic safety instruc-
tionS from Sergt. Grimm.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Prince Georges Plans
To Ask S25O,0OO for
GreenbeIt School
County Is Obliged
To Seek Federal Aid
To Meet Expansion
By 6 Staff Correspondent Of The Star

By Staff Correspondent of The Star
UPPER MARLBORO. Md. July
9-The Prince Georges County
Board of Education will request
the Federal Works Agency TO pro-
vide s250,0O0 for an addition to the
Greenbelt High School and a new
elementary school, it was learned
yesterday following the board S
meeting here.
According TO Nicholas Orem, the
county cannot legally spend its
own funds to build schools On prop
erty to which it has no title. Con-
sequently unless the Federal Gov
ernment decides to appropriate the
funds, the rapidly expanding COM
munity will have no additional
school facilities, Mr.. Orem said.
Under the plan. the Federal Gov
ernment would provide 100000 for
a new high school addition con-
sl50,000 for a new elementary school
which. Mr.. Orem said, would prob
ably contain II claSsrooms and an
auditorium.
Mr.. Orem pointed to the need
which will be created by the COM
pletion of the 10OO-unit low-cost
housing project on Greerbelt's sur
plus acres.
After the meeting it was also
learned that John Speicher, assist
ant principal of Bladensburg High
School, has been named acting
principal of the OXon Hill High
School to succeed Thomas S.
Gwynn, jr., who has volunteered for
military service. In addition, Miss
Louise Archer, GreenbelJ High
School teacher, has been named act
ing principal at the model COM
munity's high school to take the
place made vacant by Roland Sliker,
who has been called up for duty
with the Air Corps Reserve.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Sports Carnival to Aid
u. S. 0. Drive Tomorrow

BY a Staff Correspondent OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, July 9.-The
Alexandria Junior Chamber of Com
merce will sponsor a sports carni-
val'' tomorrow night at Municipal
Stadium to raise funds for the local
United Service Organizations, which
has extended its campaign for an
indefinite period.
John w. Monroe, jr., general
chairman of the benefit, said a fea-
ture of the program will be a soft
ball game between the Junior
Chamber and the Washington Red
skins. Funds from the benefit will
be devoted to AleXandria's $500
quota in the U. S. o. drive.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Soap Box Derby
RacerCheckup
Ends Tonight
Youths Hasten
Final Preparations
For Event Saturday

The corps of inspectors assigned
to check coaster cars entered in the
Washington Soap Box Derby plans
to complete its work late tonight,
Zeb T. Hamilton. director of the
race for boys, said today. No racer
which has not been presented for
inspection by the time the inspectors
leave the Randle Highlands School,
Thirtieth street and Pennsylvania
avenue Sc, will be permitted to
compete Saturday, he emphasized.
Entrants given extensions because
of last-minute difficulties were strug-
Cling to complete their motorleSs
cars today in order to be present at
7:30 pm. for the final Weighing-in
session. Among these was Eugene
Carroll, IA, 1921 Fifth street NV,
who said he never had so much
trouble with anything" The ship
ment of wheels in which his set
was included was delayed. and a
power failure halted the electrical
tools in his workshop, he related.
Boys Really Took Pains.
Broken in by Monday nights
| labors. the American Legion Inspec-
ton Committee performed its duties
smoothly last night. Chairman Ed
win Thomas was called upon re-
peatedly to pass upon doubtful points
of construction. Defective steering
assemblies and weak brakes were the
principal causes for shakes of the
head, but officials expressed them
selves as well-pleased with the quail
ity of workmanship.
The boys really took pains with
their jobs this year" Mr.. Hamilton
commented. We expect very few
unequivocal disqualihcations. En-
trants are being given opportunity to
Evening star., 1941-07-09

An 18-year-old Army private and
his mother were reunited today at
the new Arlington Recreation Gen.
ter after a separation OF seven years,
during which neither mother nor
son knew the whereabouts OF the
other.
The reunion was brought about
when the mother. Mrs. Earl Johnson
Willis Lewis. read an article in last
Sundays Star, in which it was re-
ported Pvt. Clarence Willis was
looking for his mother, whom he
knew lived in Washington, but
whose name he did not know.
Pvt. Willis. recently transferred
to the recreation center from Fort
George Meade. said his mother had
Evening star., 1941-07-09

remarked, but he did not know her
new name The soldier said his
mothers sister also lived in WASH
ington. but he did not know her
married name either.
Mrs. Sidney Laudermilk, 1922
North Livingston street, Arlington,
Va. the boys aunt. read the article
about Pvt. Willis in The Star AS a
result he not only found his mother,
but also his grandmother. Mrs. P. T.
Johnson; two aunts, Mrs Lauder
milk and Miss Myrtle johnson. and
two uncles, Robert and Hugh
Johnson.
The Willises are natives of Chase
City, Va. Mrs. Lewis said she too
had been searching for her son.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Virginia Buses
Use NewRo
Tomorrow
Constitution Avenue
Line Is at Last
Approved by Iokes

The way thrown open by the
Interstate Commerce Commission S
ruling and the approval OF Interior
Secretary Ickes. the three bus COM
panies operating between the Dis
trict and nearby Virginia today COM
pleted plans for routing their carriers
over the Arlington Memorial Bridge
and along Constitution avenue to
the central downtown area.
r. T. Mitchell. traffic manager of
the Alexandria, Bancroft and WASH
ington Transit Co. authorized
spokesman for the three bus COM
panies. said all planned TO start
service over the bridge and along
Constitution avenue tomorrow
morning.
The other companies affected are
the Arlington and Fairfax Motor
Co and the Observation-Disclosures
and Maryland Coach Co.
Mr.. Mitchell said his company had
made several test runs over the
new route. In an effort to learn
patrons reactions to the new Serv-
ice. the A. B. & w. Co. will distribute
queStionnaireS to riders on eStab-
lished routes.
Won't Affect Schedules.
Diversion of buses to the new
route will not affect previous sched-
ules and routes, Mr.. Mitchell said
The fare will be the usual 10 cents,
he stated.
Mr.. Mitchell explained that all
three lines planned to gear schedules
of the buses entering the city over
Memorial Bridge to existing Sched-
uleS in Virginia so that the new
service will amount to an "ampli-
flcation" rather than a change in
the old Connection will be made
at key points in Virginia. he said,
and all companies will continue to
use their customary Washington
terminals
He outlined the routes for the
three companies as follows:
A. B. & w. and A. & F.. will follow
the same path along Constitution
avenue to Twelfth street. north on
Twelfth to E street. east on E to
Tenth street and the terminal on
Tenth between E and D streets NV.
Wv. G. M. will continue along
Constitution to Ninth street. proceed
north on Ninth to E street and west
on E to the terminal at Eleventh
and E streets NV.
Ickes Gives Approval.
Approval of the l. c. c. was given
shortly after Secretary IckeS, long
an opponent of permitting COM
mercial vehicles to use roads under
his jurisdiction, signifle ed his
authorization of the new routing in
the interest of the defense program
Specifically. he said he hoped it
would improve service to the eX-
pandlng War and Navy Depart
mentS and other agencies along
Constitution avenue
Mr.. Ickes also said he hoped the
three bus companies would arrange
their schedules so attractively that
many persons now using private
automobiles to reach their Offices
would use buses instead. This, he
pointed out, would reduce traffic
congestion and conserve gasoline
The Public Utilities Commission
made known its approval of the
new routing late yesterday.
Mr. Mitchell said the three bus
companies Jointly had petitioned
the l. c. C. for the re-routing in
February. A similar effort was made
several years ago without success,
he said. The Virginia State
Corporation Commission gave its
authorization last month.
Evening star., 1941-07-09

IlleSUd WAS dIl-
nounced today
as boards in
nearby Virginia
r e C e i v e d new
quotas for in
duction in Au-
gust.
N a m i n g of
Mr.. Curry, a
Washington at
torney living in
DID UGLY I d l II,
Md, " a S a n
nounced after
the resignation
yesterday of Mr..
FITZGERALD, who
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Walker Is Sworn In
As County Boord Clerk

J. Forest Walker. president of the
Montgomery County Board of Liquor
Control for three years and manager
of the county dispensary system,
was sworn in yesterday as clerk to
the Board of County Commissioners
by Clayton K Watkins, clerk of the
Montgomery County Circuit Court.
Mr.. Walker, who served three
terms as county treasurer from 1927
to 1899, will replace Richard H
Lansdale, who recently was named
to head the county's new permanent
Board of Assessments.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
QUIET Please!

DON'T BEAT A TOM-TOM-
Savages give vent to their emo
tions through the weird rhythms
of their native drums. Well
admit that Washington traffic
sometimes is enough to turn any
driver into savage. But, for
the sake of community peace in
modern civilization. don't turn
your automobile horn into 6
tom-tom. -
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Divorce Granted

ROCKVILLE, Md. July 9 (Spe-
ciaD Circuit Judge Charles w
Woodward has granted Mrs Bernice
May Williams of Spencerville, Md,
an absolute divorce from Donald
Stanley Williams of Washington and
awarded her custody of the couples
only child, Donald Stanley Williams,
jr., 5. Desertion was charged
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Divorce PIeo Filed

ROCKVILLE, Md, July 9 (Spe-
ciaD Mrs. Ruth C. Millard of
Silver Spring has filed suit here
for an absolute divorce from
Charles H. Millard of Hartford,
Conn. charging desertion in 1898.
The Millards were married at Miller
ton, N. Y, in 1884.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
In July, Beware OF:

In July, Beware OF:
!. The hours between $3.50
and $50 pm. All four of the
persons killed in traffic in July,
1910, were fatally injured within
this three-hour period.
2. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in July last year.
The two other traffic victims
were fatally hurt while either
crossing a street at an uncon-
trolled intersection or driving
an automobile.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Year of Traffic Sufety

BRISTOL, Va, July 9 (P.-Bristol
police reported that no traffic fatal
ity occurred within the city during
the II months ended June 80.
Evening star., 1941-07-09
|CurrySucceeds
Fitzgerald on
Draft Board
Change at Bethesda
Made; New Quotes
Given Out in Virginia

The appointment Of r. Granville
Curry to succeed James Blaine Fltz-
gerald on Montgomery County Sc
lective Service Board No. 3 at Be-
Evening star., 1941-07-09
Make July Safer

Every blot is a District traffic
death. The toll thus far eX-
ceeds that reported here during
the same period last year. Keep
the July calendar clear.
IaII
Evening star., 1941-07-09
July, l94l
July, 1910
July 6 July " July Is July %
. . . .

Toll in Previous Months.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Catoe Testifies Police
Beat Him 10 Obtain
Murder Confessions
Signed About Is Popers'
While Sick and Weak;
Jury Out of Room

Jarvis r. Catoe, 36. colored, took
the witness stand in District Court
this morning and charged that po-
lice used blackjacks. twisted his
arms and kicked him in order to
obtain from him confessions in half
a dozen murders and criminal at
tackS.
Catoe said that at the time police
arrested him he was sick and
weak" and that he was kept without
food or sleep until he had signed
about Is papers"
They throwed lot of papers at
me and told me to sign them" he
testified Il told them I'd sign all
they gave me. The law told me to
sign and I did"
Occasionally gesturing with his
large hands, Catoe spoke in a voice
that was so low that Justice James
w. Morris had to ask him to talk
louder. He took the witness stand
while the jury was out of the room,
testifying as part of the defense
effort to keep his alleged confession
of the murder of Mrs. Rose Abram-
owitz out of evidence.
Catoe is on trial before a jury of
IL men and l woman on charges
of numbering and criminally as
saulting Mrs. Abramowitz, a bride
of month, last March 8, in her
(See CATOE, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Nevada Wreck Suspect
Is Arrested in Ohio
BY the Associated Press.

FINDLAY, Ohio, Oct. 1S.-Sheriff
Lyle Harvitt disclosed last night that
he is holding for railroad police a
suspect in the Harvey, New, train
wreck of two years ago in which "a
persons were killed and lit were
injured.
Mr.. Harvitt described the man
as a "73-year old f1oater" and said
his fingerprints, submitted to the
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
checked with those found on tools
near the accident scene.
The wreck occurred near Harney
on August IL, 1899, and railroad Of
ficials said tools and two jackets
found near the scene indicated that
the train, the streamlined City Of
San Francisco of the Southern Pa
cific, had been deliberately derailed.
Mr.. Harvitt said the aged man
was arrested in q "hobo camp
three weeks ago on a vagrancy
charge and that odd stitches in the
vagabond's ripped trousers led him
to submit the fingerprints to Wash
ington.
The stitches resembled those
found in a torn jacket at the scene
of the wreck, the sheriff said. They
were unusual stitches, resembling
somewhat those found on q base
ball." Harvitt added.
The sheriff said the man denied
ever having been In Nevada.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Asst. Attorney General Clark
Shot Hunting in Connecticut
Tax Division Head
Wounded in Face
In Accident

BY the Associated Press.
WOODBRIDGE, Conn, Oct. 18.-
Samuel o. Clark. jr., Al, Assistant
United States Attorney General, was
accidentally shot in the side Of the
face and shoulder today while hunt
ing here with his brother, Theodore
Clark of Woodbridge, and another
man.
He was taken to Grace Hospital,
New Haven, where attendants said
that on the basis of a preliminary
examination his wounds did not ap-
pear to be critical. His name was
not on the danger list.
Judge Charles E. Clark of the Fed
eral Circuit Court of Appeals, an
other brother, who hurried to the
hospital, reported that the accident
occurred when Theodore Clark, fol-
lowing about 100 feet behind his
brother as they moved through q
wooded section of the Ansonia road
stumbled and his shotgun went off
The wounded man, with the as
sistance of his brother and Fred
Scherer of Woodbridge, third man in
the party, was able to make his way
to their automobile.
The group was hunting pheasants
sport which Judge Clark said his
brother keenly enjoyed.
Eye Specialist Called.
The hospital reported that, after
an X-ray examination of the in
jured man, an eye specialist had
been called for a consultation to de-
termine whether an operation would
be necessary.
The accident occurred sometime
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Service Mems Center
To Be Set Up Downtown

The $16200 defense public works
grant allotted to the District this
week by the Federal Works Agency
will be used to convert three floors
Of the Gunton Building, Ninth and
Pennsylvania avenue NV, into q
recreation center for Servicemen on
leave from nearby camps and bases,
it was learned today.
To be operated by the Recreation
Services Committee of the District
Defense Council, the center is the
first municipally-operat recrea-
ton unit authorized by the Federal
Government.
Hugo Wolter, director of the COM
mittee, said today the center will
be in use within a month. embracing
the three upper stories of the build
ing, which have been leased by the
Government.
Mr.. Wolter said the lower floor
will contain social and recreation
hall and games, the middle floor a
lounge and offices for the superin-
tendent and the top floor a 50-bed
dormitory.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
-Four Killed, "a Injured
In British Raid on Sicily
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME, Oct 18-Four civilians
were killed, "a were injured and
buildings we're damaged last night
in a British bombing raid on Syra-
cuse, Sicily, the Italian high COM
mand said today.
Elma, near Cagliari, Sardinia, also
was attacked, but no damage was
reported, the communique an
nounced. Italian planes were said
to have struck at the British strong
hold of Malta.
British flyers bombed Italians be-
sieged at Gondar, Ethiopia, losing
one plane, the war bulletin reported.
Clashes between ground troops in
the Colquabert and Celga sectors
were declared to have resulted in
favor of the italians.
British forces besieged at Tobruk,
Lydia, were shelled by italian ar
tillery. the high command said.