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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20

He came out of the World War a lieutenant colonel of the famous Fighting 69th," with three wounds. and six decorations for bravery, to which later was added the high est of all our honors, the Con- gressional Medal of Honor The stories of his courage and calm ness under fire are legion One of the members of his regiment once told me: Instead of being one of those officers who said Now go out there, boys, and give 'em hell, he was the kind who was always glancing back and saying Come on, men, a little bit further and we got 'em on the run"
 Four years after the war, Dono- van was appointed United States Attorney in New York, and two years later he was appointed As
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
MaxWeIIs
 In Juneau

MT. and Mrs. Harry Maxwell, Jr, arrived on the Aleutian from An chorage and during the brief stay in Juneau are the house guests of Mrs. Mae Godfrey at the Hillcrest
 MT Maxwell is on leave from AL aska Game Commission and will go to Fullerton, Cal, accompanied by Mrs. Maxwell, where the elder Maxwell is not in the best of health.
 Notwithstanding the very en- clement weather the Aleutian ar rived early this morning, many friends were at the dock to greet MT. and Mrs. Maxwell
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20

came from the right side of the tracks, but so far over that she was a member of one of Buffalos very first families.
 Having become interested in the National Guard and risen to the rank Of captain, he was ordered out for the Mexican border ,rouble. The order found him :n Poland, where he had been sent by the American Relief Commis- sion. He did join his company later and demonstrated at once that he vas 9 born military leader.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20

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Meei Wild BiII" Donovan, lOI Boss; His Job Now Is
 Selling ihe ,. 5. Abroad

sConunueo rom rage One) doesn't talk much and, when ne does, he doesn't talk about him self.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-10-20
SCHEDULED SAILINGS

. SCHEDULED SAlLiNGS . Denali scheduled to sail from . Seattle 9 am. tomorrow. . Aleutian scheduled to sail . from Seattle am. October . 23. . Northland scheduled to- sail e from Seattle October 23 . Tyee scheduled to sail from . Seattle October 23. . Princess Louise scheduled to . sail from Vancouver 9 pm. October 23. North Coast scheduled to sail from Seattle October 28 at 10 am. . SOUTHBOUND SAILINGS Alaska scheduled southbound
 October g. Yukon scheduled southbound o october B. c Columbia scheduled south bound Saturday. . Tongass due southbound Sun . day. LOCAL SAILINGS . Estebeth scheduled to sail every Wednesoey at 6 pm. for Sitka and wayports.
 . Dart leaves every Wednesday at T am. for PetersburG, Port Alexander, Rake and way . ports.
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Empire Classifieds Payl
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Young Hits Both Taste and Art
In Police Activities Mural
Commissioner DisIikes Brutal implications
As Well as Technical Faults

the sketches for this mural. l must
have been asleep at the time"
Mr.. Young's distaste for the
mural matches that of the police
men who have viewed it from the
windows of their new headquarters
at time when the force is under
fire from several directions. In addi-
ton to Investigations of the de-
partment by the Commissioners and
Congress, a case is pending in which
a motorist charges he and two COM
panions were beaten by officers
when they went to a station house
to answer a traffic violation charge.
Designed by New Yorker.
The 80-by -8-foot mural was in
stalled a few days ago in the court
of the Municipal Building. 1t was
designed and executed by Weyland
Gregory, New York sculptor and
winner of a competition among five
artists conducted by the Fine Arts
Commission
Mr.. Gregory colored and glazed
the tile after method developed by
early Chinese and italian artisans.
Nathan c. Wyeth, municipal ar
chitect, said the artist apparently
had employed touch of realism"
in picturing police activities in
Washington.
District officials said yesterday
they we're uncertain if the design
of the mural had been submitted to
the Commissioners for approval.
They we're inclined to give the re-
sponsibility to the Fine Arts Com
mission.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Cancellation OF Anfi-Axis
Latin Ad Drive Reported
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June % - The
Herald-Tribune said today that a
100000 advertising campaign to
help Latin American newspapers
Withstand Nazi subsidization had
been cancelled.
The paper said the step was taken
because of diSagreementS between
the State Department and the Com
mittee for Commercial and Cultural
Relations between the American
republics. headed by Nelson A.
Rockefeller
Begun in April under auspices
Of the Rockefeller Committee, the
campaign repeatedly brought pro-
tests from American diplomatic
representatives who complained
that some advertisements were
placed in papers with pro-AXis
leanings.
The plan called for $50 South
American newspapers to receive
full-page advertisements weekly for
30 weeks. II ended about three
weeks ago after an expenditure of
approximately 100000.
Ostensibly the campaign was
aimed at promoting Latin American
travel to the United States, but
committee members said privately
that the real purpose was TO combat
Nazi propaganda through counter
propa panda in substituting the news
papers.
Evening star., 1941-06-28

The $4,000 terra Gotta mural at
the new Municipal Building en-
phasizing the brutal side of police
activities" is very bad work of
art, in the opinion of at least one
District Commissioner.
John Russell Young, whose hobby
for many years has been painting in
oils or sketching with charcoal, re-
marked yesterday when shown a
photograph of the newly
mural that he was unpleasantly
surprised by the work for many rea-
sons.
Commissioner Young felt the
mural was in bad taste because, for
one thing, 1t laid stress on the
action of a policeman swinging a
club on culprit while his partner
twisted the mans arm. He also dis
liked the cringing attitude of an
other man seated between the two
blue-coats and stripped of his shirt
Cites Harsh Expressions.
A third policeman is showing a
manacled man toward a patrol wag-
on in the background. The express
sions on the faces of all three Of
ficers, Mr.. Young remarked, was
harsh in the extreme. go.
Il don't pretend to set myself up
as an art critic" Mr.. Young said,
but I think I can say this is bad
work of art. Aside from the impli-
cations of the police activities
panel, there are technical faults. I
don't like the perspective and the
drawing Is indifferent.
IF the Commissioner approved
Evening star., 1941-06-28
New Drive Is Planned
To Link Garrett Park
And Rock Creek Park
Planning Commission
Indorses Road Thut
Will Ease Traffic

. A new drive connecting Garrett
Park, Md. with Rock Greek Park is
being planned by the National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commission.
in cooperation with Maryland park
officials.
Motorists eventually will be able
to follow the scenic Rock Creek
all the way from Garrett Park to
Potomac Park, thus avoiding the
heavy ruSh-hour traffic on the
Rockville pike and Wisconsin ave-
nue.. t C. Jeffers, landscape archi-
tect for the commission. presented
the plan at yesterdays closing ses-
sion and it was received enthusi-
astically
Hospital Plan Presented.
A plan for development of the
grounds Of Gallinger Hospital also
was presented by Mr.. Jeffers.
The proposed driveway from Gar
rett Park will follow Rock Greek
to Wisconsin avenue and extend
to. the Kensington-Garrett Park
road into Rock Greek Park.
Preliminary plans for the ulti-
mate development of the Gallinger
grounds take care of new circulating
roads and proposed new group of
ward buildings on high ground
overlooking the Anacostia River.
To Extend Massachusetts Avenue.
1t is planned to extend and de-
press Massachusetts avenue through
the grounds. No arrangement had
been made for study of ground
treatment at the time of the P. w.
A. program that enlarged the hos
pital facilities, so the present study.
it was said, is designed to provide
roads to take care of all future
buildings as funds are made avail
able.
The commission also reported
progress on its revision of plans
for the development of East Capitol
street to the river front. This in
wolves widening of certain streets
and the construction of under
passes.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
School Board Gets
Commissioners Aid
In Repair Problem
$500, 900 Fund to Be Used
To Cover Maximum
Number Of Jobs

The Commissioners today prom
ised 100 per cent co-opera ton
with the Board of Education in
stretching a s50O0OO public schools
repair fund as far as it will go in
an effort to improve the situation
whereby the District Repair Shop is
1000 jobs behind in school plant
improvements.
Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, chair
man of the Boards Committee on
Buildings, Grounds and Equipment,
outlined to the Commissioners six
points offered by school officials 10
remedy the difficulties. These were {:
!. That Assistant Supt. of Schools
J. j. Crane. in charge of buildings
and grounds, be given co-orcinpte
authority with w. A Draper, head
of the Repair Shop, in determining
repair priorities.
g. That a portion of the appro-
priation be earmarked for emer-
gency repairs and any left over be
used for other repairs.
3. That lists of repairs of non
emergency but necessary type be
worked out and Systematically taken
care of.
4. That quarterly reports be pre-
pared on competitions and non-com-
pletions of repair jobs.
5. That major repair items be
done by contract during the summer
months when children are not ir
school.
g. That the repair shop have the
facilities TO prepare the reports fol
the school officials.
1t was contemplated that these
suggestions form the basis of re-
vision of the order of 1927 under
which the repair shop now operates
Authority Specified.
In the matter of coordinate au-
thority between Mr.. Crane and Mr.
Draper. the Commissioners agreed
to let rEr. Crane determine the pri-
critics in interior repairs such as
painting. but reserved the priority
on exterior structural matters to Mr.
Draper.
They agreed to the furnishing
of quarterly reports, but thought
that major repair items should gr
through the Bureau of the Bulge
as earmarked items. An auditor
ruling has required this procedure
on major items but it has served
Evening star., 1941-06-28

The dual task of forecaSting the
weather for the public and for air
craft operators is being consoli-
dated at the elaborate new United
States Weather Bureau station now
IN operation at the just-completed
National Airport.
The straight forecasting service
has been moved from the old
Weather Bureau headquarters on
M street near Twenty-fourth street
NV. for coordination at the new
airport with the airWays Office for
merly operated at Washington
Hoover field. The personnel of the
station now numbers about 35.
Special equipment for charting
three -dimenSional' weather condi-
tions and foreca sting has been set
up on the third floor of the airport S
administration building. where at
least one forecaster and observer
will be on duty "a hours day.
The Weather Bureaus admins
u q liCll bClo VIII Ill
the old building on M street. but
forecasts for the District, Maryland
Virginia. West Virginia, Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee
and New York will be issued from
the airport station. AirWays fore
casts also will be issued for these
areas.
Balloons Broadcast Twice Daily.
Twice daily, at 1890 pm. and
1890 am. the station sends up g.
feet helium balloons equipped with
a radio-sound recorder for broad
casting the temperature, humidity
and pressure at levels up to a high
point in the stratosphere where the
expanding balloon bursts and drops
the broadcasting unit in a small
parachute.
Four times daily, at 6-hour inter-
walls, the bureau dispatches pilot
balloons to determine wind velocities
at attitudes within sight of ground
observers. The radio balloons are
released from about 80 stations
scattered over the United States
and the pilot balloons from some
100 stations, including two on Coast
Guard ships near the North Atlantic
airways.
Data gathered from the balloons
and from ground observations are
put on interconnecting teletype sys-
TENS for the compilation of wealth
er charts. The station here gets
clearance from the air control tower
before releasing the larger balloons
to prevent possible collisions. The
lighter balloons could scarcely dam
age an airplane in flight, it was
said.
To the layman, there is magic
about the instruments and con-
trolls in the big room where the sta
ton functions.
Visible through the glass wall at
one end of the room is a shifting
pointer marking the velocity of each
gust of wind and an arrow pointing
the true direction.
On slow-moving scrolls of paper
tiny crystal pens trace tell-tale lines
to record permanently the sunshine,
the rainfall, the temperature, the
atmospheric moisture, the wind s
Evening star., 1941-06-28

The place: In front of 1923 M
street NV.
The accident: A 23-year- -old
colored man riding a bicycle was
run over by the right rear wheel
of the trailer of truck going west
on M street NV. The cyclist, ac-
cording to witnesses, swerved into
the fore part of the trailer in pass
ing another truck that slowed down
to pull to the curb and pick up a
passenger.
The time: 7:l5 am. June is.
The street: Straight, level and
dry.
The weather: Clear.
The vehicles: Trailer-t truck going
about 18 miles per hour; its brakes
were very good" Bicycle in good
condition before being damaged in
mishap; not going at excessive
speed.
The driver: A 32-year-old colored
man with Is years driving expert.
ence. He testified he did not know
his trailer had run over cyclist
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Elaborate Station at Airport
To Concoct Weather Forecasts
Special Equipment Installed for Compiling
Doto for 4th Dimension Representations

direction and speed Many of these
feet away, we'll apart from any local
influence of the building or the fly
ing field.
All these readings and several
more are going out over the tele-
type network of the Civil Aero
nautics Authority to all parts of the
United States. and by radio to ships
at sea. while from all these points
readings like them are pouring in,
with an ease and quickness never
possible in the old station in
Georgetown.
Data Go on SynOptic Chart.
AS they come in on specially
equipped teletype lines, partly in
letters. partly in figures and partly
in symbols, the reports are entered
on one large map known as a synop-
tic chart
There are graphs to show the
physical characteristics of the upper
air and small maps to show the cir
culatlon of the winds at various
levels above the earth. giving the
forecaster third dimension to his
picture.
Other charts are being prepared
at the same time. each containing a
part of each report, with changes
computed from previous charts, CIV
ing a fourth dimension of move
ment. Still other charts are made
which can only be described in the
specialized language of thermody-
namicS and mathematics.
Calling to his aid his knowledge
Of meterology and its many kindred
subjects, using an ability gained
only through long practice in visual
iZation, the forecaster puts all these
charts together in his head. in
picture of the present weather and
its movement that is as complete as
modern science and equipment can
make 1t and makes mis- predictions.
Two separate types of forecast
work have gradually emerged since
the advent of commercial flying
one a generalized survey of the
weather for the next 36 hours-the
report most persons are familiar
with in the pages of newspapers. The
other is highly specialized forecast
for eight hours ahead, designed
solely for the use of aircraft pilots.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Former Laurel Man
Found Shot 10 Death
In Auto in Virginia
Sheriff Thinks Carpenter
Was Slain; Probers Find
Gun Beside Body
Bys staff Correspondent OF The star.

By staff Correspondent Of The star.
BOWLING GREEN. Va. June %.
"A man identified from letters in
his pocket as Otis Roscoe Bramlett,
%. a carpenter. formerly Of Laurel,
Md, found shot in his car at the
bottom of a ravine near here yes
terday, is believed to have been mur-
dered. Sheriff T. S. Henshaw of
Caroline County said tooay.
Sheriff HenshaW said there was a
.22-caliber bullet wound in the man S
forehead and a .22-callbeT rife was
found beside his body in the car,
which had run off the road about
Az miles north of Port Royal and
plunged down a steep embankment.
The body is being held al a Bowl
ing Green undertaking establish
ment while Sheriff Henshaw and
State Policeman Frank Slater are
investiga ting No verdict has been
issued by DR.. John Broddus, county
coroner.
No determination could be made
from examination of the body
whether the man had been beaten,
because of cuts and bruises probably
received when the car rolled down
the ravine, the sheriff said.
Letters in the victims pocket
were found addressed to him at the
Horseshoe Restaurant in Laurel
Md. and at Pontotoc, Miss. accord
ing to Sheriff HenshaW. A set OF
carpenters tool was in the rear seat
of the car.
The sheriff said the victim haC
only a scent piece on him wher
found. No pocketbook was found
he added.
Maryland State police who Wer'
aiding in the case said Mr. Bramlett
had boarded at the Laurel restau-
rant up to about two months age
while working at Fort Meade
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Capt. Charles Bensinger
Dies al Waller Reed

Capt. Charles Bensinger, U. S. A.,
retired, veteran of the Spanish
American and World Wars, died
yesterday at Walter Reed Hospital
after an illness of several weeks.
Capt. Bensinger, who was SO and
a native of Auburn, Pa, was guard
for the National Park Service, a
position he had held since 1927.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs.
Dova V. Bensinger; a daughter,
Mrs. Margaret Caviness; son,
Robert Bensinger, all of Takoma
Park, Md, and three brothers, Will
liam. Robert and irwin Bensinger,
all of Pennsylvania
Funeral services will be held at
II m. Monday at Fort Myer Chapel,
followed by burial in Arlington
National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Early Passage
OF Promotion
Bill Seen
Romspeck-Meod Plan
Given Approval by
Senate Subcommittee
By J. A. OLEARY.

Prospects were bright today for
early enactment Of the Ramspeck-
Mead Government employe promo
ton bill, which has passed the
House and late Yesterday won ap-
proval of a Senate subcommittee.
After spokesmen for the Budget
Bureau, Civil Service Commission
and empIoye organizations had N
dCrsed the measure at hearing
yesterday. Senator Mead. Democrat.
of New York, who presided. an
nounced the subcommittee was
ready 10 report it favorably 10 the
entire Senate Civil Service Com
mittee That committee may meet
within the next few DAYS.
Designed to end what witnesses
called the present "haphazard'
method of making promotions in
different agencies. the bill would
establish the uniform rule of giving
one Step-up within grades every IL
months to those below the $4,000
salary level and every 80 months
above that pay level. provided eff
cheney rating standards are met.
S5,5OOO 900 Initial Cost.
Although the cost for the first
year is estimated al S5.5OOO0 Rep
resentative RamspeCk. Democrat, Of
Georgia said the amount would
taper off to an average Of about 81
100000 a year over a 10-year period.
Under existing conditions. how
ever, he told the Senators, Con-
gress has appropriated as high as
$1,000 600 in one recent year for
promotions and nothing in other
years. Testimony also was pre-
Sented to show wide variation in
the percentages Of employees pro-
/ NOTED in different departments,
ranging from Rs per cent of the
personnel in one agency TO only Is
percent in another
Senators Mead and Aiken. Pepub-
liCan of Vermont, suggested the
variations are due partly to favorlt-
ism and partly to differences IN the
appropriations made available TO the
agencies for payment Of salaries.
Bureau Sees Economy.
In expressing the Budget Bureaus
7 Endorsement of the bill, Edgar B.
Young, personnel officer. Joined with
Mr.. RamSpeck in the belief that this
uniform promotion plan would prove
economical for the Government in
the long run and improve morale.
Ismar BaruCh. indOrSing it for the
Civil Service Commission. said the
commission Is glad Congress is cone
slderlng a bill under which the ef-
flClency ratings of employees Will be
used for a pleasant purpose, since
they have been used heretofore for
the unpleasant task Of dropping en-
ployes or reducing them.
Luther c. Steward. head Of the
National Federation Of Federal En-
ployes. and Charles I. Stengle of the
American Federation of Government
Employees. went on record for the bill
and urged prompt passage. Miss
Eleanor Nelson of the United Fed
eral Workers Of America said her or
ganization preferred the Downey
bill for automatic annual promo
tiOnS. but takes the view regarding
the pending bill that any raises are
better than no raises" She asked
for one change in the RamspeCk-
Mead bill
Evening star., 1941-06-28
locul PIusterers
Remain on Strike

The strike of several hundred
plasterers here continued today with
negotiations between union, Local
BAL "a. L. of L. and the Contract
ing Plastering Association. Inc, dis
continued since last Wednesday.
Warren Dyson, president of the
association which represents a num-
ber of plastering concerns in the
metropolitan area, said 1T seems to
me the union is concentrating on
a few contractors on few big
jobs"
He said the association would hold
another meeting Monday.
Evening star., 1941-06-28

according to school officials, in pre-
venting the repair work because
the earmarked items are frequently
eliminated.
School board members said they
were well satisfied with results of
the conference. Those attending
included Mrs. Smith. Mr. Crane,
Supt. of Schools Frank w. Ballou;
DR.. James A. Cannon, Charles D.
Drayton and Mrs. E. 2. Watkins,
secretary of the board.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
3-to-9- Year Sentence
Given Slayer

Willie A. Penamon 25. colored
313 Sixth street NE, was sentenced
yesterday by Justice T. Alan Colds
borough in District Court to three
to nine years imprisonment for the
fatal shooting of Harold Scott, 81
colored, at GIT Third street S.W.
on March 81. Scott died May 7.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Jim Meade Inducted
BY the Associated Press.

RICHMOND, Va, June 28.-Jlm
Meade, the University of Maryland's S
all-Southern Conference back and a
member of the Washington Red
skins Football Squad last season, was
inducted into the Army here yes
terday and sent to Camp Lee.
Evening star., 1941-06-28
Former Guardsmen
Not Yet Registered
Warned 10 Do So
Cox Cites Requirement
For Men Whose Terms
Of Service Have Ended

Former National Guardsmen who
are within the selective service age
limits must register next Tuesday
with the new 21-year- old registraRs,
if they have not previously done so
Brig. Gen. Albert l.. Cox, selective
service director for the District,
warned today.
Gen. Cox pointed out that num-
Der of Guardsmen who have been
discharged by reason of the ex-
piration of their service have failed
to register with their local boards
Registration Mandatory.
Selective service regulations pro-
vide that National Guardsmen who
have completed six or more con-
secutive years of service in the
active National Guard are relieved
from the liability of training in
peacetime but they are not ex-
cused from registration The ma
jority of the District National
Guardsmen are now engaged in ac-
tive duty and will not be affected.
The responsibility for registration
also applies to the organized reserves
the Naval Reserve, the Marine Corps
Reserve and the Coast Guard Re
serve.
Induct 80 Today.
Meanwhile 30 colored selectees
were named for induction today in
Baltimore. They included:
Board No. &
Taylor. George Clark. Albert NJ.
Tate. Walter P, IT. Williams, Elmo I.
Rattley. T. A.
Board Ne. "a.
Millard, Earl B.
Board No. 95.
Smith. Willie E. King. James r.
Harrison George White. Samuel j.
Prophet LeVsnce Boykin. Robert
Fuller. Baskum, ir Miller. Julius J.
ChamDion James z. Connolly. Dock
Griegs. william. jr. Moore. James E.
Lewis, Clyde watkins Lonnie
Evans. Eugene ShellinR ton Willie
Moss. Garnett Nj. Coleman, John H.
Blue. Nal D Gaskins. Leonard c.
Redc, Levi W. Ellis. Joseph T.
Smith, Vergil Morrow. James r.
Connolly. Dock