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Evening star., 1941-02-19
III Wind Blows Many d Hole
In D. 6. Stocking Budgets

have been leftovers from the sand
ing of streets or from construction
Jobs, it was said, although there has
been no sanding of District streets
for more than two weeks.
I'VE had to put little bit of sand
down in the recent snowstorm," said
City Refuse Supervisor william
Xanten, but that was not in the
downtown area. The downtown sec
ton hasn't been sanded since the
snowstorm in the latter part Of
January"
Howard E. Shearer, research asso-
ciate for the National Association
of Hosiery Manufacturers stationed
at the Bureau of Standards, was
continuing an investigation into the
cause of the stocking blitzkrieg to-
day. His office reported several calls
yesterday from women who were in
vited to send in their damaged
stockings for examination.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Patent Law Changes Asked
To Guard Arms Secret
b. the Associated Press.

Conway P Coe, patent commits
sioner, recommended to the Mo-
nopOly Committee today patent law
changes designed to prevent use Of
patents to impede the defense pro-
gram or give secret defense in
formation to foreign nations.
He made the proposal at a meet
ing of the committee called to con-
slider its final report.
Mr.. Coe recommended that during
the present emergency the courts
should not be permitted to issue an
injunction on patent when that
would imperil or impede the defense
program and he proposed limita-
ton of the patent owner to rea-
sonable compensation for the use
Of his patent
The commissioner also asked a
law forbidding application for
patent in a foreign country without
obtaining specific permission first
from the United States Government,
and imposition of a fine or i'm
prisonment for violation of secrecy
orders provided under present law
for domestic patents.
Existing law. Mr.. Coe said, merely
provides for forfeiture of patent
rights when a secrecy order has
been violated.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Court Merger Bill
Being Rushed for
Jackson S Approval
Measure Provides
For Chief Justice and
10-Yeor Term for Judges

The bill to consolidate police and
municipal courts here to improve
procedure and facilitate litigation
was being whipped into final shape
at the Justice Department today,
with the likelihood that it would be
ready in a day or so for final ap-
proval of Attorney General Jack
son. 1t then will go to the Budget
Bureau as the last step prior to
introduction in Congress.
The details of the measure were
agreed on late yesterday at a con-
ference of Justice Department Of
f1cials, members of the two courts
and representatives of the bar.
In consolidating the courts the
bill provides for appointment of a
chief justice, with full administra-
tive powers; a 10-year term for the
judges. with a retirement plan, and
an expansion of the civil jurisdic-
ton of the consolidated court to
cover cases involving $4,000. At
present. police judges hold office six
years; municipal judges, four, and
the civil jurisdiction of Municipal
Court is limited to $1,000, other cases
going to District Court.
The measure is the result of sew
eral months study at tbs Justice De-
partment.
Participating in yesterdays con-
ference were Matthew M. Mcclure.
assistant to the Attorney General;
Alexander Holtzoff, special assistant
to the Attorney General; Police
Judges John P. Mcmahon, Walter
j. Casey and George D. Nelson,
Municipal Judges George C. Aukam,
Ellen K. Raedy and Nathan Cayton,
United States Attorney Edward M.
Curran, Corporation Counsel Rich
mond B. Keech and Harlan Wood,
John j. Carmody and Seton Darr
of the District bar.
Evening star., 1941-02-19

Yesterdays i'll wires blew plenty
of good in the direction of Wash
ington stocking merchants.
The strong gusts that swept the
city's streets caused runs in the
hosiery of hundreds of Washington
women which resulted in good sized
holes in their budgets for replace
ments.
A number of women, according
to store clerks, rushed in during the
day and ordered several dozen pairs
of stockings "for the other girls at
the office"
However, officials at the Bureau
of Standards made it clear that the
blame for the epidemic of hosiery
runs could not fairly be laid at the
door of either the stiff winds or the
low temperatures alone. More prob
ably, they reasoned, it was sand or
other gritty material tossed around
by the gusts. The particles may
Evening star., 1941-02-19
West Point Cadets
To Have Leave Cut

West Point cadets will have their
graduation leaves cut short by one
month this year, the War Depart
ment announced today.
Graduation leaves for the mem-
bers of the 1941 class will be termi-
mated July 81. In the past cadets
have gone to their first station
about September /. The shorter
leave was set to permit the cadets
to attend courses of instruction at
special service schools before they
start their Army duties.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
al CoIored SeIectees
Sent 10 Baltimore
Today for Induction
ITO Men Making Plans
To Leave Tomorrow;
Others to Go Friday

The vanguard of Washington S
February selective service quota
At colored selectees-left for Balti-
more today for induction into the
Army.
There were two absentees, officials
said, but they we're expected to re-
port to the National Guard Armory
later in the day. They will be sent
Immediately to the Baltimore induc-
ton station.
Some ITO selectees were making
final preparations today to depart
for Baltimore early tomorrow as the
Districts contingent. Two other
groups, 10 men Friday and "a next
Monday. will complete the citY's
February quota of 353 selectees,
with the exception Of requirements
for men who may be rejected at
the induction station.
Twelve selectees from Local Board
No. were named today to fill that
boards quota Monday. They were
Godfrey Charles PaSka, jr.; Joseph
Patrick Donohue, Socrates Lagos,
James Fillie Cleland. Alexander
John O'Connor, George William
Maxwell, Thomas Emery Mullican,
Charles Wesley De Priest, Dennis
Nelson Jordan. Thomas Luther
TinSley, jr.: Charles Max Ketch-
um and Charles Marcus Pixton.
Only the names of II Selectees
from Board No. l remained to be
listed for the Monday induction
quota. They we're expected to be
announced later today
The colored selectees who went
to Baltimore today were to be
shipped to the Fort George G.
Meade Md reception center this
afternoon to begin preliminary
training. They will remain there
for several days before receiving
permanent assignments, probably at
Fort Bragg. N. c.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Substitute Bus
Plan Slated for
Further Airing
Commission to Hear
Transit Spokesman
On Compromise Today

A substitute and modified plan for
a cross town bus line was to be out
lined again this afternoon by q
spokesman for the Capital Transit
Co. as an alternative to the cross
town lines requested by civic groups,
as hearings were to be resumed be-
fore the Public Utilities Commission
on the issue.
Dean j. Locke, staff engineer OF
the company. protested yesterday
that neither the proposed Park road
or Military road routes would prove
anything but a financial burden to
the company, and he offered as a
substitute, should the commission
determine that some cross-town
service should be established, link
ing of the Bureau of Standards-Park
road bus lines as the least expensive
This would be at regular fare and
would call for transfer between the
present routes of these two lines,
made possible by some extension of
service
Mr.. Locke told the commission the
proposed Military road route, de-
manded by some civic groups, would
be wholly impracticable financial
ly"; that the proposed Park road
route from the far Northwest to the
far Northeast would also be a bur
den" to the company. but that the
latter was the least expensive.
Gives Figures on Outlay.
The transit company spokesman
introduced figures to show that to
establish the proposed Military road
route would cost the company an
annual outlay of $105,732. In order
to cover this cost, Mr. Locke said,
the company would have to carry
1,510,457 new, additional passengers
year He voiced serious doubt as
to whether any such number Of new
passengers would be found.
The company spokesman declared
that to establish the Porter street.
Klingle road-Park road route, as de-
manded by civic groups, would cost
the company S58,115 year. He
added that to meet this cost the
company would have to obtain $780,
214 new fares and he doubted this
would prove to be the case.
The cross town bus connection pro-
posed by the company as a COM
promise, if the commission sees fit
to order one. would provide for
free transfer between the Bureau of
Standards bus. by an extension of
its service to Adams Mill road, Nine
teenth street and Walbridge place
NV. and the Park road bus which
would connect with the Monroe
street Catholic University bus, but
which would not provide a connec-
ton with Bladensburg road NE
That latter connection, Mr.. Locke
said, should be considered as a
separate matter.
Civic Leaders Heard.
During yesterdays session argu-
ments for the Park road line were
voiced by Frederick H. Kohler,
speaking for the Cleveland Park
Businessmen'S Association; George
Falkenstein, Columbia Heights Bus
inesSmen's Association; M. C..
Schwartz, Park View Businessmen's S
Association; Lyman F. Kebler, Citi-
zenS' Forum of Columbia Heights,
and Walter I. Swanton of the Co
lumbia Heights Citizens Association.
Henry c. Hensley of the Six
teenth Street Heights Citizens AS
sociation took the stand to argue
for the Military road route, declar-
ing it would serve students of the
University of Maryland, Catholic
University and American University
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Ecuador Literature Topic

The contemporary literature of
Ecuador will be discussed at 8 pm.
Friday at Catholic University by the
Rev. Aurelio Espinosa Polit, S. j.,
who is visiting the United States at
the invitation of the Division of Cul-
tural Relations of the State Depart
ment. He has been for years pro-
fessor of Greek and Latin at the
Colegio Cotoellao in Quito. officials
said the public is invited.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Miss Murchison to Speak

Miss Lucia Murchison of the
Washington Board of Health will
address members of the Womens
Guild of Sibley Memorial Hospital
at a meeting in Rust Hall at the
hospital at II m. tomorrow. De-
votionals will be given by the Rev.
Rubin Gould, minister of the Fran
els Asbury Methodist Church. After
the meeting new kitchens at the
hospital will be opened for inspec-
ton.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Mosons Launch Sale
Of Cherry Buds Today

The annual cherry blossom sale,
sponsored by the National League
of Masonic Clubs to raise funds to
maintain II scholarships at George
Washington University, will open to-
day and continue through Friday.
A ceremony, including cherry
tree planting in rear of the univer-
sity library at 4:45 pm. will touch
off the drive. President Cloyd Heck
Marvin of the university and Mel
vile D. Hensey, chairman of the
drive. will speak
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Ex-Justice Devuney
Recovering From Flu

The condition of John P. Devaney,
former chief justice of the Supreme
Court of Minnesota, who has been
Ill here with influenza for several
days, was said by Mrs. Devaney to
be improved today.
Mr.. Devaney conferred with Presi-
dent Roosevelt last week to urge him
to allocate a greater share of ma
tional defense work to Minnesota.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Dies in Massachusetts

Mrs. Rose M. Pollock, wife of
George M. Pollock, formerly of
Washington, died Monday in Spring.
field, Mass. Besides her husband,
she leaves one daughter, Mrs.
Charles w. Hall, Longmeadow, Mass,
with whom she made her home.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Dickin-
son-Streeter funeral home, Spring.
field.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Make February Safer
In February Beware Of:

In February Beware Of:
l. Crossing streets carelessly
in rainy weather. particularly at
night. The four pedestrians
killed in February, 1910, were
struck in wet weather, three
after dark.
2. Crossing a street at a point
other than a crosswalk or cross
ing against a red light. The
former cost two lives in Febru-
ary. 1910; the latter, one. The
fourth pedestrian was struck by
a hit-run motorist at an uncon-
trolled intersection.
Of the four pedestrians, three
we're so years of age or older.
The fifth February victim was q
truck driver killed in a collision
with an automobile.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
RossIyn Firm Gets Contract

A War Department contract for
S15,8O0 was awarded today to N. w.
Martin & Bros. of Rosslyn, Va, to
provide roofing, sheet metal and
iron works at the Army Medical
Center at Washington. This con-
tract was included in miscellaneous
orders amounting to 81 1,8e1,13 most
of which we're for ordnance mate
ri9lS
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Motor Course Opens

A basic course has just opened
for 200 enlisted men at the quar-
termaster motor transportation
school, located at the Holabird De-
pot in Baltimore, the War Depart
ment announced today. 1t will
run through April 10.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Wines Will Be Topic

Viscount Pedro Domecq Of Jerez
de la Frontera, Spain, will speak
before the Washington chapter of
the Hotel Greeters of America at
$50 o'clock tonight at the Lee
Sheraton Hotel. He will discuss
wines and wine service.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Band Concerts

BY the Marine Band in the band
auditorium at the barracks at 2:30
pm. tomorrow. Capt. William F.
Santelmann, leader; Henry Weber,
second leader.
Program.
The Marines Hymn"
March, Hail to America" Huffer
Grand scenes from La Tosca,"
Puccini
"Badinage" ----------H Herbert
Entr'acte and valse, "Coppelia,"
Delibes
March, "Brooke's Chicago Marine
Band" .-------.-- - Seitz
Hymn, Long Live America"
The Star Spangled Banner"
BY the Soldiers Home Band Or
chestra in Stanley Hall in the home
at $50 pm. tomorrow. John S. M.
Zimmerman, bandmaster; Anton
Pointner, assistant.
Program.
March, Chimes of Liberty"
Goldman
Overture, 'The -Four Haymons
Children" Balfe
Entr 'acte-
(a) Meditation from That's"
Massenet
CD "Melodie in Alb (FlaO,"
Zimmerman.
Excerpts from musical comedy, The
Yankee Princess" - Kalman
Popular numbers
Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" :"
Harris
weary Rivers" --.-- Silvers
Waltz suite, Love Thoughts"
Waldteufel
Finale, Garry On" Lake
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Talk on Marketing

Irwin Lechliter, chief administra-
tive attorney of the Marketing Laws
Survey, will discuss state Market
ing Legislation and National De-
fense" at a luncheon of the Federal
Bar Association at 1890 pm. tomor-
row at the Harrington Hotel.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Fall Victim Called Suicide

Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
said today he had issued a certifi-
cate of suicide In the death of Frank
M. Russell, AZ, Marine Corps pay
clerk, who was killed in fall from
the fourth floor of a hotel last Mon
day.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
Lecture on Well DriIIino

An illustrated lecture on Drill
Bits and Well Drilling" will be
given by Jesse r. Stone of Houston,
Tex, at 3 pm. tomorrow in the
Commerce Department auditorium.
Evening star., 1941-02-19
BOYS to Present PROGRAM

The st. Vincents Boys Club will
present an entertainment tomorrow
night at st. Vincent de Paul's School,
231 I street SW. More than 100
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Eleanor Roosevelt were tsaAeH4 Il la4. rainy ds,
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For prices ranging from 81 ~ $40 Iofapd wrote srches lectures
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-05

In Berlin during part of 1880,
the author entered into the sc-
tiVitieS of the most colossal
Communist machine outside the
Soviet frontiers. The Berlin
ConnnteTn was uddied with in
trigue. IL was Moscow policy
az that time 10 wage war on the
Social Democrats rather than
the National Socialists (NazIs).
whom the Red powers held IN
contempt. Jan Vsitin was sent 10
attend big marine conference
m Moscow. where he was met
by a sIy-faced German who was
openly critical of Stain and the
Five-Year-Pisn.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-05
Better
Baby's Teeth Need
Inspection, Too
BY LOGAN CLENDENING, MD.
ITS only the baby teeth
don't bother about IT,

nOn \ Doiher aDout IL.
How often have those soothing
words been uttered as the epitaph
or funeral sermon Of what would
have been good mouth!
The fact is the deciduous teeth.
the baby teeth. should have dental
attention from the very first. This
includes X-ray OF the teeth and
Jaws after the temporary teeth
are pretty well erupted, say at
three years. TO see that the per-
manent teeth are coming in prop
erly.
Sometimes the premature pull
ing Of a temporary tooth may
make room for the permanent
tooth above. In childrenS mouths
the two layers of teeth can DC
plainly seen on the X-ray film
The temporary teeth in the edge
Of the gums and the permanent
teeth in various stages of develop
ment in the Jaws.
In the prcadolescent c h ! d r.
from 9 10 about - years. there
is tremendous amount of activity
going on in the Jaws, far outrank-
ing. in terms of bulk of tooth sub
stance involved. any other period
of equal length in the life of the
individual.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-05
Elsie
Robinson
Sometimes I'm Ashamed
to Be an American
BY ELSIE ROBINSON
I'M ASHAMED TO BE AN
u AMERICANA


4 AMERICANA
| look with amazement at
these words as l write them.
for | doubt if any one ever
loved or gloried in her coun-
try more than l. | watched
It's building in the Far West
fl. saw the courage. sacrifice
and lusty JOY that went into
that tough adventure. And
the pride that warmed IL.
Never, in those days, did I
think i would be ashamed 10
be an American. Yet today
| am ashamed.
I'm ashamed because mil
lions of workers are selling
this country short smear
ing the record of good sports
manship which was once our
treasured achievement
taking advantage of their ma
tons need in her hour OF
greatest peril.
Mind you, I'm not saying
that we're facing war. Or
will have to face it in the near
future. But one thing is plain:
we need defense. Gobs OF
defense. And we need it
bigger and faster than ever in
our history.
VES-we have great and
wonderful land. And a
beautiful idea behind it. But
if any one thinks God is going
10 defend us just because we
talk pretty. he's crazy.
I'm no authority on the
Almighty. But / have OBJ
served frequently. and pain
fully, that He doesn't operate
that way. He gives us the
brains to beat our various
jinxes. If we don't use .'em,
that's just our bad luck.
Neither wishful thinking nor
heavenly hosts are going TO
keep our coasts clear of hos
tile pests if they see a favor
able opening. What we need
is guns-and we need them
quick.
IT HAS REMAINED FOR
AMERICAN WORKING MEN
TO HANG UP THE WORLDS
RECORD IN DISLOYALTY
AND GREED AND
GIVE DEMOCRACY HER
ULTIMATE KICK IN THE
TEETH,
q NOTHING THAT A
FOREIGN FOE MAY EVER
DO TO US CAN BE AS
DEEP A WOUND TO OUR
AMERICAN REPUTATION
AS THE ACTION OF GER
TAIN UNIONISTS TO-DAY.
I'm for the unions. / know
the deep necessity and in.
justice which lay behind their
birth. i saw much of the
brave fight for fair deal
which the first union or
ganizers made. BUT THERE
NEVER WAS A TIME WHEN
THEY WOULD HAVE HELD
UP THEIR COUNTRY IN
HER DESPERATE PERIL
TO LINE THEIR OWN
POCKETS.
The American worker has
had the greatest opportunity,
the widest privilege and the
highest wage in the world.
Poor men, hungry men.
obdSth iilCti, SuilcItu dIlu CIpu
to make them possible. And
now their grandsons bubble
and quit because green. in
experienced kids only get SO
day in sf1ipyards.- If that's
patriotism. give me pand-
handling.
And the worst Of 1t Is. In
nine cases out of 10, these
embattled bleaters are being
motivated by conniving aliens
who don't give a boot for
American welfare who
wouldn't spend a nickel TO
alleviate the distress they
cause but are just out to
raise cain and play the trust
ing toiler for a sucker.
Which they certainly do.
And how!
Copyright. 1871, King Features synd., In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-05
RUNS AWAY

1t was a clear ivory. with
the blood pulsing close 10 the
surface. | watched with the
breathleSs excitement of a
half-Starvcd wanderer who
secs lighted trees through
windows on a raw Christmas
night, feeling empty-handed
and poor.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-05

progress with these machines IS IN Reno
New. where the percentage allowed the
machine is regulated by law.
FAMOUS Delaware shad are now some
what scarce as most OF them have
been killed of by the sewage and chemicals
dumped INTO the Delaware River and Bay
An Interesting Delaware law Is the
mothers pension law which provides pen
sons for widows for The support OF children
under l6 . Is claimed one Delaware OK
weighed 2.66S pounds That's lot of OK
-. Wilmington has trackess trolley cars.
This aids in making the downtown section
very quiet at night. The noisiest street IN
America is Market street, San Francisco,
which has four lanes Of trolley tracks
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-05
MEETS HER AGAIN

And then / suddenly met
her again ! was sauntering
along the waterfront. The
harbor was full of ships and
noise. The air was redolent
of tar and brine. and the Ant
werp cathedral stood mas
sively against the blue sky.
On rusty bitt. at the edge
of a wharf. SAT the girl. Her
legs dangled over the green
water of the docks.
Again she was drawing. her
eyes leaping diligently from
the paper TO conglomeration
of river craft moored nearby.
and back. Behind the river
SHIPS reared an assembly of
cranes and sheds, and beyond
them the roofs of Antwerp
and the tower Of the cathe-
dral glistened in the sunlight.
L came nearer. This time
I would speak to her. In the
workaday patchwork of sun
light and shadow she seemed
far less. distant than in the
church-like sanctity of the
Museum. The harbor was my
domain.
The river barges had ro-
mantle names. They hailed
from Amsterdam and Stras-
bourg. and some had come all
the way from Rouen and
Paris. On their decks. men
Squatted in the sunshine.
Some smoked their pipes.
resting. Big-hipped women
called to each other from ship
10 ship. a fat little dog was
barking al line of flutterlng
laundry. The girl had drawn
the stern of French Rhine
barge. There were moorinC
lines and the large horizontal
steering wheel. and a con-
tented woman nursing a baby
in the shadow of a compan-
ionway. The girl saw me. She
gave me smile of recogni-
ton. looked at her drawing.
at looks real" I said. She
flushed.
1T Is 80 difficult TO capture
the moods of the docks" she
observed.
Have docks moods ."
She laughed and closed her
skeichbook. She was a girl
who liked to laugh. She was
not bourgeois" Hers was
captivating simplicity that
made the application Of
label seem idiotic.
Ito Be Continued)