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Evening star., 1941-05-18
City News in Brief
TODAY.

Meeting, Sigma Pi Sigma, Willard
Hotel, pm.
Luncheon, General Federation of
Women's Clubs, Mayflower Hotel,
pm.
Initiation and buffet supper, D. C..
Chapter, Catholic Daughters of
America, Willard Hotel, 2 pm.
Tea, Phi Gamma Pi Sorority,
Wardman Park Hotel, 3 pm.
Tea, American-Yugoslavic Society
of Washington, Mayflower Hotel, 4
pm.
Meeting, Albert Thatcher Yarnan
Group. Mayf1ower Hotel, $50 pm.
Dinner, Cosmopolitan Club, May
flower Hotel. 7.pm.
Dinner, General Federation of
Women's~ Clubs, Mayflower Hotel,
7pm.
Conference, Division of Opera
tions, Boy Scouts of America, Will
lard Hotel, all day.
TOMORROW.
Breakfast, General Federation of
Women's Clubs, Mayf1ower Hotel, z
am.
Meeting, Uptown Washington
Lions Club, Broadmoor Hotel, 1918
pm.
Luncheon, Washington Executive
Association, Willard Hotel, 1880
pm.
Luncheon, Newcomers Club, Carl
ton Hotel, 1890 pm.
Luncheon, Board of Governors,
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Books and Magazines
SOUGHT for Soldiers

A campaign to collect $4,000 books
and magazines for distribution to
Fort Meade, Fort Belvoir, Fort Myer,
Cuantico, Arlington Cantonment
and other training camps in the
Washington area will be started next
Thursday by the Junior Board OF
Commerce.
The drive, a national defense
project which Is expected to be
taken up by junior chambers OF
commerce all over the country. will
be started by contributions from
members themselves at their regular
luncheon Thursday at 1915 pm. in
the Annapolis Hotel. 1t will last
until May %.
Boy Scouts will canvass from
house to house for books and maga-
zines, which camp officials have said
they would welcome in, the rapidly
expanding camps.
Collection boxes will be placed in
all Peoples Drug Stores and the
Yellow Cab Co. will act as transfer
agent for patches of books and
magazines. The material will be
stored at the Federal Transfer Co.
until delivered at the camps.
Lyle F. ORourke, chairman of
the National Defense Committee of
the chamber, Is directing the cam
paign.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Boys Club Will Join
In Observance Of
National Week
Delegation to Visit
White House Tuesday;
Other Events Scheduled

The Boys Club of Washington will
Join with associated groups through
out the Nation tomorrow in be-
ginning observance of National
Boys Club Week, which will mark
the 3~.h anniversary of founding
of the Boys Clubs of America.
A delegation from the local Or
eanization will go to the White
House at noon Tuesday to present
to the President model of a clipper
ship made in a Boys Club shop.
On this visit the group will repre-
sent the 100000 members OF aftill-
ated clubs. Washington boys will
act for all units of the Boys Clubs
of America again at II am. Sat-
urday, when they place wreath
at the Tomb of the Unknown Sol
dier in Arlington National Gene
terry.
Exhibits to Be Shown.
The Capital club has sent num-
Der of exhibits for the Constructive
Use of Leisure" show to be held in
the Museum of Science and In
dustry, New York City, all this
week.
Special events here include:
Tuesday-Central Branch, freckle
contest; Georgetown Branch, faith
Grandson baseball game at Cor
coran School playground. Wednes-
day-Central Branch, essay contest,
what the Boys Club Means to Me"
Thursday-Eastern Branch, spring
carnival with Art Brown OF Radio
Station VOL as master of cere-
monies: Georgetown Branch, alum
nj" reunion and dance.
BOYS Clubs of America was or
ganized May 10, 1906, in Boston.
Jacob Riis, once called 'the most
useful American" by Theodore
Roosevelt, was the first president.
Glee Club Contest.
The national anniversary program
will include glee club contest
sponsored by Guy Lombardo, Or
chestra leader; model airplane
contest Saturday on Randalls Is
land, New York City; selection OF
the healthiest member in each COM
Ynunity by selective service phy-
sicians and several network radio
programs. i
The Cambridge and Bethnal
Green Boys Club of London will
participate in an international
broadcast.
The Boys Club of Washington
was founded in 1885 as the News
bows Home and Children's Aid So
ciety. 1t became an affiliate of the
Bows Clubs of America in 1920. 1t
now has more than 5000 boys reg
istered. Albert F. E. Horn is presi-
dent ana Charles M. Fyfe is execu-
tive director.
Evening star., 1941-05-18

Eleanor Sherburne, outstanding
senior student, was crowned May
queen at George Washington Uni
versity yesterday afternoon at a
ceremony climaxing a pageant CIV
ing high lights in the history of the
institution.
Miss Sherburne is campus
beauty but that fact is entirely Incl
dental to her collegiate career. She
was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, the
honorary scholastic fraternity, and
she majored in psychology. She
also was elected to Mortar Board,
senior honor society for girls, and
was identified prominently with
many other campus activities.
Miss Sherburne, who lives in Ia
koma Park, hopes to go into person.
mel work after her graduation next
month.
Five girls conspicuous for scholar
ship and all-around campus ability
had been nominated for May queen
by a faculty committee and voted
on by the student body. But the
results of the ballots were not an
nounced until the curtain parted
and the queen was crowned with
wreath of roses by William c. john
stone, dean of the Junior College.
The other nominees were mem
bers of the queens court. They are
Gretchen Hill Of Chevy Chase, Md;
Sue Burnett and Ruth Warren of
Washington and Anne Thomas of
Garrett Park, Md.
Juniors Tapped"
In the course Of the festivities,
Mortar Board tapped" juniors
chosen for membership next year.
The society elected as an honorary
member-an honor rarely bestowed
Mrs. Jessie FAINT Evans, a member
of the university's Board of Trus-
tees and regular contributor to
The Sunday Star.
New undergraduate members of
Mortar Board are Mary 10 Oslin,
Margaret Copeland, Marjorie Will
kins, Eleanor Sholtes, Elsie Fisher
and Katherine Hershey.
The pageant, driven from Lisner
court to the gymnasium by the
rain, recounted, through a series of
tableaux, milestones in the univer-
sity's progress of more than 100
years. First George Washington
was shown at his home, expressing
his wish that university be estab-
Evening star., 1941-05-18
VuIedietoriun Named

Jack N. Paisley of 3010 Wisconsin
avenue NV. has been named val-
edictorian of the 194l graduating
class at National University Law
School, it was announced yesterday
by Chancellor Leslie c. Carnett. A
native of Pittsburgh, Kans., where
his parents live, Mr.. Paisley is an
employe of the Government Print
ing Office.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Columbus, Mayfower Hotel, 9

Of Columbus, Maynower Hotel, 8
pm.
Meeting, Democratic Women's
National Council, Willard Hotel, 8
pm.
Meeting, Social Security Board
regional attorneys, Maytiower Ho-
tel. all day.
Convention, Eastern States Reg
ular Conference of Civil Service
Assembly, Wardman Park Hotel, all
day.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Col. Oliver to Speak

Engineers with the mechanized
forces will be discussed by 1t. Col.
Lunsford E. Oliver of the 1st Ar
mored Corps. Fort Knox, KY, at
the May meeting Of the Washington
post of the Society of American
Military Engineers at the Army and
Navy Club at 1890 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Defense Meeting Tuesday

Defense Committees of the District
American Legion chapters will meet
at the National Guard Armory,
Sixth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV, at 8 pm. Tuesday to CO.
ordinate their defense activities.
Development of air defenses for the
Capital, emergency aid and cooper
alton with future selective service
registrations, will be among the top
les discussed.
The government will buy all new
crops in Argentina this year.
Evening star., 1941-05-18
Washington Building Congress, May

IIUWtI IIUVtI, Il .oU pm.
Luncheon, Washington Associa-
tion for Union Now, Willard Hotel,
pm.
Luncheon, Overseas Writers, Will
lard Hotel, l pm.
Meeting, Woodbridge Stamp Club,
2607 Hamlin street NE, pm.
Meeting, Sigma Delta Kappa
Fraternity, Carlton Hotel, 8 pm.
Evening star., 1941-05-18

Over 8,500,o0o rubber balloons
from the United States were sold in
Mexico last year.
Evening star., 1941-05-18

Meeting, Newspaper Pressmen
group, Annapolis Hotel, pm.
Meeting, Fourth Degree knights
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his opposition to the operation of
any Government tribunal in such
manner as to deprive workers of
the right to exercise their economic
power in seeking redress of wrongs,
and his sympathy with the 'legiti-
mate aspirations of all members of
the I. w. A" He added, however,
that he hoped the striking workers
would meet at once for ratification
of the board proposal for resumption
of operations.
Meanwhile, Representative Starnes,
Democrat, of Alabama told the
House yesterday that Mr.. Orion was
"a Communist from Aberdeen,
Wash"
Representative Starnes said Mr..
Orion had been identified as Com
muniSt almost three years ago by
the House Committee on IN
American Activities.
In proclaiming his defiance Of
the United States Government, o. M.
Orion ran true TO form" Mr. Starnes
declared.
witness Reported Beaten.
The ALBANIAN disclosed at an
other point that he had received
telegram from the committees
Los Angeles representative stating
that a witness who testified here
last week concerning efforts to rid
the West Coast c. l. o. unions of
Communism was sent to Los
Angeles hospital last night after
being beaten as he left C. I. o.
headquarters.
Mr.. Starnes said the victim was
Jay Boiling Another witness who
appeared with Mr.. Boiling. Hugh
B. liner. had received two tele-
phone calls Threatening to blow up
his home" Mr.. Starnes said
Plane Strike Move Delayed.
The Mediation Board meanwhile
yesterday suspended for the time
being its efforts to mediate the day
old strike of the United Automobile
Workers &c. 1. o. at North Ameri-
man Aviation Corp, so that union
NIlLClS IOulO 1ClulIl W 1IlSlCNOOu,
Calf. and consult with local union
lists on the stoppage of work on
s196.000000 in warplane orders.
officials Of North American .Avia-
ton Co., where 1880 employees
were rendered idle by yesterdays
sudden c. I. o. strike call decided
for the time being against any effort
to keep up production. though
A. F. of L. machinists had previously
volunteered to man the machines.
Elmer Freitag, U. A. VIC I. o.
leader, declared union negotiators
would not compromise their de-
mands for a 75-cent basic hourly
wage, as compared with the present
50-cent rate, and for 10-cents-an-
hour boost in higher skilled CLASH
fications
The threatened strike OF 5000
drivers of trucks which haul steel
in Michigan. Ohio and Indiana set
for midnight last night. was post
poned until midnight Sunday. a
spokesman for the Transfers Union
"A. F. L. announced at Detroit.
In Pittsburgh Federal Labor Con-
ciliator John A. Moffltt expressed be-
lief a settlement was near in the
siX-day-old strike of 1900 truck
drivers which has disrupted motor
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A. F. L. Asks New Vote
at North American Plant

INGLEWOOD, Calf, June (P.-
officials of the c. I. o. United
Automobile Workers aviation di-
vision converged today for confer
ences with strike leaders at the
North American aircraft plant,
where work on $196, 100000 worth of
military planes was halted by
wage dispute.
Other developments in the strike
which precipitated suspension of
production at the huge plant yes
terday were:
/. The National Defense Media
ton Board indefinitely postponed
negotiations between union and
company representatives.
2. j. H. Kindelberger, North
American president, and other COM
pany officers remained in Washing
ton awaiting further instructions
from Government agencies"
3. The A. F. L. aeronautical ma
chinists' local asked the Office of
Production Management TO force the
National Labor Relations Board to
order a new bargaining election at
North American.
4. A. F.. L. officials, declaring 5000
company employees want A. F. L..
representa- ton, said they might de-
mand that the plant be reopened to
permit their return to work.
5. TWenty-nine training planes
and bomberS were removed from
the plant by Army officers and five
more were to be flown away today
From Chicago came Richard T.
Frankensteen. national director of
aviation for the c. I. GU. A. w.
union. Flying from Washington
were Lew Michener, C. I. o. West
Coast director of aviation, and three
members of the Negotiating Com
mittee who participated in sessions
with the Mediation Board.
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freight transportation here and in
Is industrial States
I'VE may be able to finish up the
negotiations today" Mr.. Moffitt said.
We've disposed of all the articles in
the contract except vacations and
wage clauses and the two sides are
not SO far apart on those"
The strike was called last Satur-
day midnight by the A. F. L.
Transfers Union.
Gather for Negotiations.
Representative of the $50 COM
panies which would be affected and
union business agents gathered in
Detroit today for negotiations. The
union alleged contract violations"
but did not specify them.
Meanwhile Detroit faced the threat
of a general strike on June 16 of
1000 municipal workers. members
of the City Employees Union "a. F.
L. unless wage increases were
forthcoming before that time.
A spokesman for the union said
last night the Walkout would involve
d uoZeu Guy departments, lncIuQlng
street railway workers and employees
of the Public Works Department,
Lighting Commission and Water
Board. The union asks a lucent
hourly wage increase over present
undiSclosed scales.
Possibility of a deadlock in de-
mands of railroad employees for
wage increases took shape in a
statement by the Western ASso-
citation of Railway Executives last
night that the roads could not
grant the unreasonable demands"
because they involved about $780,
600 900 while the carriers net in
come last year totaled S19l 900 900.
Fourteen incorporating railway
labor organization have proposed
pay raises of 80 to "a cents an
hour for their 100000 members.
Five operating unions, composed of
engineers. firemen, conductors,
sWitchmen and trainmen. voted
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mum raise of $3.50 a day: the nom
operating unions suggested mini
mum ranging from 10 cents an
hour for semi-Skilled men to $1.15
an hour for highly skilled workers.
Despite announcement by Pack
ard Motor Car Co. at Detroit today
of a $l0-a-month raise for salaried
employees, c. I. o. engineers and
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May 19 to seek 80 per cent increases
for their $4,000 members.
Demands of both groups will be
presented to the railroads Tues
day.
The association said the average
hourly wage for all railway work.
ers was II cents. The operating
brotherhoods voted to ask a mini
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craftsmen said they would au-
thorize a strike.
Spokesman for the union, the
Society of Designing Engineers,
charged the $40 offer was made to
counter a union demand for a 10
per cent boost.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

many pentents have long been anxious to restore unto
Caesar the things that Caesars but waited until
they better able to do
From Lake Pleasant North Dakota recently
registered letter containing SO An accompanying note
in the hand of very old had this touching postscript
There is lot due you in the future. All Of
become honest the Great Hereafter I
need only sign as Conscience
In 1887 farmer living in Michigan sent in $50 as
duty he should have paid horse driven the
Canadian border from Manitoba number of years before
month later he wrote to pay duty the harness the
horse at the time and enclosed additional SO.
received by the Fund foreign draft
22515 1t sent TO the Treasury by the Rev
erend Prebendary Barff Vicar of st. Giles Church,
Crppegate, London The money entrusted to him by
person who admitted that he had into possession
exactly that amount by defraudng the United States
Government.
All these records of Americas quckenng conscience
carefully filed and separate record is kept of the
Fund which becomes part of the nations finances
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

NROBABT.Y the worlds most eXclu-
- sive bird. the Antarctic skna has
! recently been brought back from
the South Pole by Admiral Richard f.
Byrd and added To the rare-brd col
lection of the Smithsonian Institution
Living at the most southerly point of
the earth. it is the only higher animal,
except man and his dogs, that APP
proaches the South Pole and occasion
ally crosses il. Dwelling in this inhos-
pitable place. the skua survives only
because it is both brutal killer and a
Cannibal.
Born hard-boiled, representing an
extreme example Of Darwin's philos-
ophy of survival of the fittest, this bird
begins life as a cannbal. There are
ordinarily two eggs to nest and the
baby skuas come out of their shells
fighting one chick is a bit weaker
than the other. and the Trailer brother
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

the biggest year record the amount received was
nearly 5000. Much little it all into the general
fund That is where Secretary Morgenthau put the So
sent to the President by the party who signed himself
Unhappy Penitent"
Treasury Department receives about 10000 letters
daily. morning there arrived in the mail package
in ordinary wrapping 1t bore just enough stamps
carry first class mail and nothing whatever to
indicate its contents sender.
Imagine the Treasury clerks establishment when the
shaken out and 1000 in paper money slid
his desk The accompanying letter stated briefly
that this for income tax evasons and
simply signed "a Sinner" which is common signature.
And add to the worries of ncometax dodgers to
learn that the Department of Taxation does not hold that
such refunds square cheatngs If the
defauer caught he can't set them off against penalties
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Does The Worlds MeaneSt Bird
Live Near The South Pole ? : Z

vet it's strength is SO great that it's
tw0-inCh bill can carry chunks Of meat
larger than itself over great distances.
1t has been seen 800 miles inland where
it spends the Winter and returns TO the
coast of the Antarctic about the middle
of October. The arrival is timed with
clock-like precision with the egg-laying
of penguins for the principal food of
skuas is penguin eggs and chicks which
are devoured by the hundreds. Unable
to match the superior size and fighting
strength OF adult penguins the skuas
use clever strategy in separating the
parent birds from their chicks and then
Strengthening them wholesale. Scores of
half eaten and trampled bodies of baby
penguins have been found near penguin
colonies.
Although DR.. Herbert Friedman,
curator of birds Of the Smithsonian
Institution finds no recorded estimate
II.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
TON. FRANKLIN ID. ROOSEVELT,
II The Capitol, Washington, d. G.
Dear Mr. preSidpnt

you will find So which please place in the
National Treasury. it should be there by rights Some
time ago made a purchase of article abroad and
evaded paying duty when the customs inspector came
My has hurt sorely since and
desire to pay the Government and know of no better
way than by sending it to Washington. dislike very
bother you, but please help me out of my diff
Guilty by giving the money to Uncle Sam, and you will
have the thanks gratitude who is really sorry
Unhappy Pentent.
letter turned to Secretary Morgenthau
recently by President Roosevelt fifth of its kind he
has received during his office although the Treas
uy Department records similar by the hundreds For
100 years contributions penitent individuals through
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

All these efforts unnecessary, for the United
States does not dvuge the names even when
occasionally signed by the conscience stricken
contributor the sender to know that his
tributon has reached the Fund announcement of the
amount the is made in newspapers of
the city where the letter was posted But no
effort is made to discover who paid.
Many confessed wrong-doers are women Their trans
gressions rule involve small and often petty trans
actions largest contributions from smuggers
booteggers income evaders the rest from
cancelled stamps sent frsclass mail under
thirdcass rates actually stole articles from Govern
ment buildings forts reservations.
Reformed thieves who pay back the Federal Govern
usually send big amounts Last year the Treasury
received sos 900 in a lump and when McAdoo was
Treasurer $4,000. One sent in penny
for he had picked souvenir on the Gettys
burg battlefield Another sent 5000 just five times
much he said he had stolen to ease his troubled
conscience" years only little is received For
example, in 1927 the total just Sc, while in 1916,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

OF a different
turn Of mind was
a penitent a few
years ago who
sent in $4,000 as
conscience bal In
He tore The bills
in two and sent
the Treasury De-
partment one half,
explaining that If
[ h e Government
w ould publicly
acknowledge it's
receipt, he would
forw ard I h e
matching half of
the torn notes.
True to his word,
upon a published
a c k nowledgment,
he mailed the
other half. Pieced
together, tn e s e
were legal tender.
While [ n c con-
tributions and the
interesting letters
concerning them
are sometimes a
source of amuse-
ment, the whole
custom is a very
serious one to
m o s { penitents.
Many communica-
tions show poign-
ant remorse.
A few years ago
many letters re-
Vealed a strong re-
ligious Fl vor.
During the present
period of prosper
ity contributions
have been increas-
ing, and some off
Gals believe that
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

nest and killed and eaten by its
rapacious blood If survives the ferocous attack of
a brother sister IL may become the prey of it's
hungry parents The slua also eats its eggs. This
cannbastic behavior maintains delicate balance between
population and severely limited food supply.
only weighs about two and one-half pounds,
by Weekly
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

out America have
been flowing into
the Nations Con-
science Fund Gre
ated for the pur-
pose during Presi-
dent M a d is o n 8
administration in
1911. Up to the
first of this year
the sums received
from thousands of
men and women
who confessed that
they defrauded the
G. o We n m G n I
amounted to near
ly $700,0 600.
One woman, not
so long ago, sent
a single one cent
stamp to the Sec
rotary of t h e
Treasury, explain
ing that she had
defrauded Uncle
S a m o f t h a I
amount in postage.
In marked con-
trast was a draft
for $4,000 sent to
the Fund" by an
American living in
England.
One popularity
revealed by many
letters Of repen-
tant citizens is the
effort to disguise
IN ir identity.
They frequently
w r l t e. | n a
cramped, unnatur-
al style or print"
the communica-
tons as children
do. or purposely
n1issDell words.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

the wing spread of the s0a, museum-skin measure
ent shows its fodeding to be 10 inches and its tail
nearly five long The size of this souhernmos bird
is roughly that herring gull and yet brutal little
killer counterpart Among man and animals 1t
example Of every individual for itself and
the one creature that does not show parental affection
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30

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