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Nogales international., 1941-12-25
Be Quick To Treat
Bronchitis

Chronic bronchitis may develop If
your cough, chest cold, or acute bron-
chitis is not treated and you cannot
afford to take chance with anymedi-
cine less potent than Creomulsion
which goes right to the seat of the
trouble to help loosen and expel germ
laden phlegm and aid nature to
soothe and heal raw, tender, inf1amed
bronchial mucous membranes.
CreomulSion blends beechwood
creoSote bySpecial process with other
time tested medicines for coughs.
It contains no narcotics.
No matter how many medicines
you have tried, tell your druggist to
sell you bottle of Creomulsion with
the understanding you must like the
way 1t quickly allays the cough, per-
m1tting rest and sleep, or you are to
have your money back. (Adv.)
Nogales international., 1941-12-25

compensation if infection is found.
Payment will range from $125 to
5000 for horses which must be four
to eight years OLD, Is TO is hands
high, $50 to 1000 pounds in weight,
and which must pass a demonstra-
ton under saddle. Mares, pintos
and palominos are not eligible, and
the animal must not have an ac-
quired gait.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
RAT Control Program
Planned After Case
OF Typhus Is Found
RuhIund Warns FIeos
On Rodents Have Been
Infected by Virus

Plans for development of a rat
control program for the District were
announced today by Health Officer
George c. Rutland after he re-
vealed that one case of typhus had
been found.
The typhus case was the first re-
ported in the District in at least 10
years, DR.. Rutland said. The victim
has recovered. He explained that
typhus should not be confused with
typhoid fever, that it is a virus
disease communicated to human
beings by the bite of rat f1eas.
The statement by DR.. Rutland
added that the Health Department,
in cooperation with the National
Institute of Health at Bethesda, Md,
"has examined rats in the densely
populated Northeast area of the
District, where the case was re-
ported, and has found the fleas on
these animals infected with the
typhus virus"
DR.. Rutland added that about
1000 cases a year are reported
throughout the United States, with
the great majority of these in the
Southeast States. He said the dis
ease has been moving slowly north
and that several cases have been
reported this year in Richmond and
Baltimore.
The Health Department has been
investigating the one case of typhus
here since December 80, when the
case was reported. No announce
ment was made at once of the case,
as the Health Department investi-
gated the circumstances.
The statement Ly DR.. Rutland
said:
The health officer issues an i'm
mediate warning to households
where there are evidences of rats
to use approved types of rat poisons
obtainable at local stores and to
keep all food and garbage covered.
A rat-control program, as soon as
completed by the committee, will be
released to the public"
Evening star., 1941-02-04
National Hygiene Day
Will Be Marked Tomorrow

The District of Columbia Social
Hygiene Society will join similar
groups in more than 5000 COM
munities throughout the Nation to-
morrow in observance of National
Social Hygiene Day. The local OBJ
servance will center around lunch
con meeting at Barker Hall, Seven
teenth and K streets NV, at 12:15
pm.
Taking as their theme women
and Girls in the Preparedness Pro-
gram" Mrs. Florence Kerr, assistant
commissioner of the Work Projects
Administration, and Miss Mary
Craig McGeachy, representative of
the Ministry of Economic Warfare,
British Embassy, will tell what
feminine leaders and their assistants
are doing in this country and Great
Britain to aid and supplement gov
ernment emergency planning sched-
uleS.
The William Freeman Snow Medal
will be presented at the Philadelphia
meeting to Mrs. Sybil Neville Rolfe,
director general of the British Social
Hygiene Council, 'for distinguished
service to humanity in recognition
of her life work in promoting the
social hygiene movement and fight
ing venereal disease among civilians
and military forces in the British
Empire" Miss McGeachy will
acknowledge the award.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Crime Study Undertaken
By Manor Park Citizens

A committee to make recommen-
dations on crime prevention in the
District was named last night at
the meeting of the Manor Park
Citizens Association, Leonard Bow
en-, T. w. Buckley and Ernest H.
Pullman being instructed to report
at the next meeting.
After discussing bus service the
association passed a resolution by
Mr.. Bowen objecting to any increase
in express bus fare and favoring
more adequate facilities on the pres
ent system. The association also re-
iterated Endorsement of a crosstown
bus by the Military road Concord
avenue route. On motion of George
A. Corbin, the routing of buses from
Sixteenth street to Thirteenth street
was not approved.
w. H. Seaquist was made chair
man of committee to study tax
exempt property in Washington.
John Smoot, James T. Scott, Mr..
Bowen and Mr.. Corbin were also
appointed to serve.
The association opposed the
amendment of the Zoning regula-
tions which would permit property
separated by an alley from zone A
or A restricted property to be used
for parking purposes.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Mrs. Roosevelt Absent
From Union Council

Mrs. Roosevelt last night failed
to attend the first meeting of the
Washington Industrial Union Coun-
Gil since her election as delegate
to it from the Washington News
paper Guild
She had announced at her press
conference yesterday that she was
waiting to receive additional in
formation about her duties as a
delegate before accepting the Office
to which she was named at the
guild election last week.
At the meeting of the council,
held at 532 Seventeenth street NV,
members adopted a resolution COM
planning that the rejection of selec-
tive service trainees after they reach
Army camps has caused much in
convenience to these men since some
of them have broken up their house.
holds, given up their jobs and then
have been forced Immediately to
try to re-establish themselves.
The resolution urged that the
preliminary physical examinations
be made sufficiently stringent that
none of the men would be rejected
by Army doctors.
The council also called on the
National Defense Commission to
ask the management of the Buck
ingham Apartments in Arlington,
Va, to rescind recent rent in
creases. The commission was asked
to determine whether any rent in
creases in the Washington area are
justified.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Drunken Driving Charge .
Holds Man Second Time

Everett S. Lowell, 80, of the 1900
block of M street NV, who last
October was placed on probation on
a charge of driving while drunk,
was arraigned in Police Court yes
terday on a second driving while
drunk charge and his bond was set
at $500 pending a jury trial on the
second charge.
According to information, Lowell,
listed as a sheet metal worker, had
been arrested on the first charge
last September after being in a
minor traffic accident at Wisconsin
and Cathedral avenues NV. He
pleaded not guilty on the first
charge and demanded a jury trial,
but several days later withdrew the
jury trial demand and on October
II was sentenced to pay 500 fine or
serve so days in Jail. Imposition of
sence was suspended, however, and
Lowell was placed on probation ffor
q year.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Hitler ReprisaI Fear
AssaiIed by Gibson,
Urging British Aid
Ex-senator Fovors
Use of U. S. Conveys
If Necessary

Fear of reprisal does not justify
objection to utmost assistance for
Britain because Hitler is going to
hate us just as much for half
hearted aid" former Senator Ernest
w. Gibson of Vermont. chairman of
the Committee to Defend America
by Aiding the Allies, declared to-
day at a press conference in the
local Office of the organization.
Mr.. Gibson admitted efforts of the
United States to supply Britain with
war materials have enlisted risks
and might bring more dangers, but
said public statements by the War
and Navy Department officials led
him to assume the best military
and naval brains of the country
think it's worth it."
Asked whether his group favored
American conveys for ships carrying
goods to England, Chairman Gibson
replied it was a question that would
be faced if the need for such pro-
lection became apparent. He indi-
Gated conveys would be approved if
getting the help there" could not be
accomplished without them.
The former Senator declared he
shared with Senator Barkley the
view that for Senators Wheeler and
Nye to inquire about British war
aims was like asking man with "a
knife at his throat" held by a mur-
derer why he was fighting.
Opponents of aid to Britain
haven't any answer to the fact
that if England falls, this country
for many years will have to support
a huge Army, Navy and air force
in addition to competing with slave
labor in most of the rest of the
world" he asserted.
Those who see dictatorship in the
lease-lend bill should ponder the
fact that it does not end freedom
of speech, press or worship or give
the President power to seize prop
erty of conscript labor, Mr.. Gibson
declared.
He said he was supporting the bill
as amended. but would not object
to ceiling on the amount Of money
involved, If the ceiling we're high
enough"
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Prudential Bank Case
Shareholders Upheld

The United States Court of Ap-
peals Yesterday upheld a ruling of
District Court to the effect that
former Municipal Court Judge
James A. Cobb and 20 others holding
shares in the defunct Prudential
Bank would not have to pay an
assessment of 100000 made against
them by John F. Moran, receiver of
the bank, which closed in 1882.
Judge Cobb, who said his case was
a typical one used as a test, had
been assessed personally for $1,000,
which he had refused to pay. Mr..
Moran lost the suit in the lower
court on the finding that the action
was barred by the statute of lini-
tations-three years within closing"
of a bank-and he appealed.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
A. 6. Borden, Hairdresser
And Inventor, Dies

Arthur G. Borden, so, Washington
hairdresser and inventor, died yes
terday at his home, 1409 Ingraham
street NV.
Mr.. Borden, who was born in
Brooklyn, N. Y, came here in 1910
and began the operation of two hair
dressing parlorS, one in the 100
block of G. street NV. and the other
in the 700 block of Eleventh street
NV.
He retired 10 years ago and since
that time had developed electric in
haler and permanent waving ma
chimes, and headed concerns which
manufactured them. He developed
the Borden method of permanent
waving.
He is survived by his widow,
SAMMY D. Borden; one daughter,
Mrs. June Gates of Cabin John,
Md; brother, George C. Borden,
ST.; one sister, Mrs. Frank McCaslin
of California, and granddaughter
Funeral services will be at 2::30
pm. Thursday at the w. w. Cham
bers funeral parlors, 1400 Chaplin
street NV. Burial will be in Fort
Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Service Troops
Start ttoMeade
Is sDe|ayed
Reckord Orders
HoIdup Due to Lack
Of Hospital Facilities

Scheduled movement of 16O off,
GERS and men of the 29th Division
Special Troops to Fort Meade, Md.
today was held up for "a hours by
last-minute stand by" orders issued
by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord,
commanding general of the division.
Revised plans call for departure
OF this District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard unit at 6 am. tomor-
row.
Gen. Reckord said construction
OF hospital facilities is tagging and
he would not care to assume the
responsibility for bringing the di-
vision to Fort Meade under existing
conditions"
Officials explained later that the
special troops, including a number
OF military police and the lSt Bat
Italian, 104th Quartermaster Regi-
ment, would be transported to the
post this week to aid in preparation
for arrival of the bulk of the di-
vision.
200 to Be Examined.
Meanwhile, some 200 members of
the QuartermaSter Battalion we're
to be given physical examinations
today at the Pennsylvania avenue
armory-an induction procedure
completed by the special troops yes
terday when the District Guard was
modified. officials aspect the quar-
termaSter unit to leave for Fort
Meade late tomorrow or Thursday.
Examination facilities at the
Pennsylvania avenue armory will
be turned over tomorrow to induc-
ton of Guardsmen making up the
115th Infantry at Silver Spring, Md,
and Company I, lst Infantry, regu-
larly stationed at Alexandria. The
Marylanders will be transported to
the armory in the units trucks. The
latter will be used later in the day
by the Virginia troops.
Delay in Sending Part.
When examination of these men
Is completed the special medical
examining board will begin testing
the 500 officers and men of the 121st
Engineers. This regiment probably
will remain in the District several
days after completion of the exam
nations to allow additional time
for workmen to finish barracks and
hospital facilities at Fort Meade.
Mobilization of the District Guard
was effective yesterday, and by the
middle of the month all members
will have become actively engaged
in thir years training at Ford
Meade.
Commanding the special troops
Is Maj. Louis M. Gosorn, 1t. Col.
Peyton c. Nevitt, assistant adjutant
general of the District Guard, and
Col. John w. Oehmann, command
ing officer of the 121st Engineers,
already are at Fort Meade preparing
for arrival of the various units.
The new 1,000-bed hospital at
Fort Meade originally was scheduled
to be finished by February IS. How
ever, delays caused by bad weather
and other conditions have held up
its progress.
Gen. Reckord indicated that, in
his opinion, some portions of the
hospital would be ready between
February IS and 20.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Police Status, Pay Boost
For U. S. Guards Urqed

Favorable action by the House
Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds on pending bill to give
guards in Federal buildings regular
police status and increases in pay
was urged yesterday by Edgar H.
Taber, adjutant general of the Ma
tional Association of Regulars. He
made his recommendation in let
ter to Chairman Lanham.
Mr.. Taber called attention to the
fact the guards have millions of
dollars worth of Federal property
under their surveillance, adding that
he believed them to be the most
underpaid group in the entire Fed
eral service.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
freshman Finds
Textbook Error
Missed IS Years
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Feb. 4.-Charlotte
Safranski, 17-year-old freshman at
Mundelein College, was congratu-
lated by an author today for dis
covering in his book an error that
had escaped him, his co-authors
and hundreds of educators and
students for IS years.
In Composition for College
Students by Thomas, Manchester
and Scott, Miss Safranski found a
quotation credited to Max Eastman.
She knew the line had been written
by Max Beerbohm. She notified the
publishers and Prof. Joseph M
Thomas Of the University of Min
nesota wrote:
II find you are absolutely cor
rect I am very grateful,
indeed, to you for calling this error
to my attention, and I wish to take
this opportunity to congratulate
you on being the only person to
discover it although it goes back
to the second edition of the text
which was published Is years ago.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
DC. Penal Institution
PierPIan Abandoned; /;
Trucks 10 Be Used
Site Will Be Returned
To War Department to
Become Yacht Busin

Abandonment Of plans for con-
Struction of a new District penal in
Stitutions pier at Sixth and o
streets SW. was announced today
by the Commissioners after they
had approved an arrangement for
trucking of materials between WASH
ington and Lorton, Va, instead Of
using river scows.
While plans for the new pier have
been included in the general scheme
for the new waterfront develop
ment, exact estimates have not been
drawn. However, Engineer Com
missioner David McCoach, jr., said
it was believed the proposed new
pier would have cost about 5000 900.
He added that a report by COM
that the plan to truck materials
back and forth would not prove
more expensive than the old ar
rangement.
Will Become Yacht Basin.
Water front development plans
called for the abandonment of the
present penal institutions wharf
and building at the foot of Ninth
street. Jurisdiction over this prop
erty will be returned to the War
Department but later will come
back to the District since it is
planned to use this site for one OF
the yacht basins in the water front
development program. Two yacht
basins now have been developed.
Part of the trucking will be done
by trucks of District institutions
and part by commercial arrange
ment. The change is to be effective
by July l but the Commissioners
directed that intermediate steps be
taken as rapidly as possible. Brick
and other stocks which have been
stored at the Ninth street wharf will
be handled elsewhere. The penal
institutions tug is to be disposed of
and the scows are to be kept under
control of the penal institutions.
Move for Efficiency.
In a move to make the most eff
cient use of the institutions trucks
the Commissioners directed that
those bringing brick and castings to
the city from Lorton Reformatory
be loaded with scrap iron, building
supplies, steel and oil or other mate
rails on the return trip to Lorton.
Laundry trucks and trucks haul
ing tags, clothing, brooms, printing
materials and other things to Wash
ington are to take back to Lorton
items obtained from the Procure
ment Division of the Treasury De-
partment and furniture sent to
Lorton for renovation.
The new program was recon-
mended by a committee including
Assistant Engineer Commissioner
Beverly C. Snow, Welfare Director
Robert E. Bondy, Penal Director
Ray L. Huff, Director of Construc-
ton John Person, Highway Director
H. C. Whitehurst, Sanitary Director
j. B. Gordon, Purchasing Officer
Roland M. Brennan, Acting Auditor
Arthur r. Pilkerton and Engineer
Department Chief Clerk Porter M.
Lumpkins.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Hershey Advises Against
Druft Law Chances

Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey ad-
vised the House Military Affairs
Committee today against any imme-
diate major changes in the selective
Service law such as the American
Legion's proposal to restrict the
draft to men between 18 and 81.
Gen. Hershey, deputy director of
selective service, said the number of
trainees brought into the Army thus
far was insufficient to demonstrate
conclusively what changes, If any,
might be desirable.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Keech Acts 10 Speed
Trial OF Serious
Traffic Charges
Records Show l76
Drunken Driving and
Other Cuses Are Listed

Trials in serious traffic cases, some
of which have been pending for a
year. were speeded up today as Cor
poration Counsel Richmond B.
Keech continued his personal OBJ
servation of Police Court procedure
in an effort to make our Office
function more effectively"
Meanwhile, records of the Bureau
of Vehicles and Traffic showed 176
cases involving charges of driving
while drunk, hit-and-run and reck-
less driving remained untried on the
docketS of Police Court. Scheduled
for hearing today. however. were
two drunken driving cases. four of
reckless driving and three of hit and
run.
Mr.. Keech made an unannounced
visit to corporation counsels Office
in Police Court yesterday because
of the revelation that a drunken
driving charge against Attorney NJ
Edward Buckley, jr., had been mod
ified to a lesser charge.
The corporation counsel said he
had taken no action as yet on the
report submitted by his senior
assistant at Police Court. Mean
while, he is seeking a broader view
of court procedure in dealing with
traffic cases. Yesterday he con-
ferred with all four assistants at the
court and sat in with several as
they discussed cases with complain
ing witnesses and police prior to
filing charges. Mr.. Keech did not,
however, attend court sessions.
Pending cases include Ill of driv-
ing while drunk, 80 of hit and run
and 80 of reckless driving. The court
is scheduled to try 80 of these cases
tomorrow, Thursday and Friday, it
was said.
A. D. Singer, secretary in the
Office of the Board of Revocation at
the Traffic Bureau. was at Police
Court today checking over the
Traffic Department list of drunk
driving cases to determine whether
or not disposition has been made of
them. He said that his checkup was
not complete, but that it appeared
that very few of the cases had been
disposed Of.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Two Robbers Get $50
In Apartment Holdup

Two armed robbers, who obtained
$50 in a holdup last night at the
Westchester Apartments, were
sought by police today.
The two approached Mrs. Cor
nelia M. Pearson, a receptionist at
the apartment, and confronted her
with a gun. She surrendered q
strong box which contained a num-
ber of checks in addition to the
$50 cash.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Safety Board Is Urged
For Construction Job

A proposal for legislation to estab-
ish an accident prevention board
in the District, with power to en-
force safety laws in the construction
industry, was made last night by
Willy Arnheim, business agent for
the Road, Highway and Heavy Con-
Btruction Laborers Union.
At meeting of the Legislative
Committee of the Central Labor
Union, Mr.. Arnheim proposed the
legislation as a remedial measure
against repetition of the large num-
/ ber of accidents in this city last ye&
On construction jobs.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
RetuiI Food Costs Rise
IL Per Cent in District

Retail food costs in the District
increased IL per cent between De-
cember II and January IA, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
today.
Meats advanced S per cent and
fruits and vegetables At per cent,
while eggs declined 16.5 per cent ar
dairy products, 2.7 per cent. 9th
items in the household food budg
increased fractionally.
In Baltimore food costs also
vanced Il per cent. while in Ric
mond they dropped 0.8 per &C
Norfolk reported a decrease of
per cent.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Annapolis, Morgontown
To Get 200 Housing Units

Building of so new houses for
families of Navy enlisted men at
Annapolis and $50 dwelling units
for civilian ordnance workers at
Morgantown, w. Va, has been ap-
proved by President Roosevelt.
The houses at Annapolis are to
rent for $11 to $26 a month and are
to be constructed by the United
States Housing Authority under the
Lanham Act. The units at Morgan
town will have rentals varying from
$35 to $50 a month and are to be
built by private enterprise.
Construction of the houses was
recommended by C. F. Palmer, de-
fense housing co-ordinator of the
Office of production management.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Band Concert

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra in Stanley
Hall in the home today at $50 pm.
John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmas-
ter; Anton Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, Under Orders" Glogau
Overture, 'Trumpeter of the
Fort" - ---- Gruenwald
Oriental morceau, "Hindoo
Pictures" --- Hansen-Lotter
(a) Approaching and Passing a
Hindoo Temple"
b) THE Shepherdess of the Him
alayas."
Excerpts from musical comedy,
Miss Springtime" -Kalman
Popular numbers,
go Long, Mule" King
"Hasta Manana" Van Alstyne
Waltz song,
Moments With YOU Shilkret
Finale,
THE Rockies" George Drumm
THE Star S5angled Banner"
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Rites Set Tomorrow
For Helen Hayes Uncle

Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning for Harry A.
Brown, uncle of Helen Hayes, the
actress, who died Sunday at his
home, 1884 Ontario road NV.
Mr.. Brown was a native of Wash
ington and until his recent retire.
ment had conducted a meat busi-
ness in the o street market.
A brother, Andrew j. Brown, sur
wives.
Funeral services will be at 9 am.
at the Sacred Heart Church. Burial
will be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Youth Congress Group
Seeks Rooms for DELEGATES

A delegation representing the
American Youth Congress called to-
day at the Office of Chairman Rey-
noldS of the Senate District Com
mittee asking his aid in finding
accommodations for about 900 of its
delegates to the convention of the
organization, which is to open here
Friday.
Evening star., 1941-02-04
Will Give Old Instrument

A set of podiatric instruments
to be 100 years old will be preSeI
to the District Podiatry Society
meeting at 8 o'clock tonight
the Public Health Service Buildir
Donor of the instruments is R.
Lynn, colored podiatrist, who is en-
ployed in the office of Geoffrey
Thornett, secretary to the Commits
cinnarc