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Evening star., 1941-05-23
New Central Library
Building Need Told
D. {. Subcommittee
Bids Will Show Work
Con Continue on Present
Fund, Miss Herbert Says

The urgent need for construction
Of the first unit of the new Central
Library building on Pennsylvania
avenue was stressed this afternoon
by Miss Clara w. Herbert, District
librarian, before the subcommittee
on the District appropriation bill.
Miss Herbert emphasized her con-
fidence that when the bids for this
building are opened June 10 they
will show work can be continued
under the present authorization of
$l,118,000. She also told the COM
mittee the present library force and
equipment are taxed to the limit
by increasing demands from the
growing population brought to
Washington by defense prepara-
tions.
All witnesses representing various
departments of the District govern
ment, who were before the sub
committee today at both morning
and afternoon sessions, pointed to
the increasing requirements for
sewers, garbage and trash disposal,
health and all municipal services
due to defense workers, and their
families brought to the District by
the Federal Government.
Commissioners Attend.
AT the morning session Commits
sioners j. Russell Young and Brig.
Gen. Charles Kutz, the new En-
gineer Commissioner and Walter
Fowler, the budget officer, attended
the hearings with the heads of
various departments.
Others present included G. M.
Thornett, secretary of the Board of
Commissioners; Francis F. Healey,
surveyor; Thomas Gillespie Walsh.
chairman of the Commission on
Mental Health; Frank R. Jelleff,
chairman of the District Parole
Board; Theodore Cogswell, register
of wills, and William j. Tompkins,
recorder of deeds. All Of these dis
cussed in general way the appro-
priations needs of their departments,
including the salaries of District
workers.
There has been no mention made
yet in the hearings regarding the
share that the Federal Government
will pay toward maintenance of the
Capital City.
Others scheduled to be heard this
afternoon are Emil Press, assistant
to Director John B. Gordon, Sani-
ta1y engineer, regarding the needs
of the sewer department.; Capt. H.
c. WhitehurSt, speaking for the
electrical department. and William
A. Xanten, supervisor of city refuse
"Alcoh0l Racket" Denied.
The committee resumed hearings
today after hearing a fiat de-
NAL from Thomas E. Lodge, chair
man of the Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board that an alcohol racket"
exists here.
Behind closed doors, Mr.. Lodge is
understood to have told the subcom-
mittee late yesterday there is no
alcoholic racket" in Washington as
far as he knows. 1t was said he
admitted the sale and consumption
of beer, whisky and wine is on the
increase here, and that prices for
imported liquors are going up.
Mr.. Lodge made the statement, it
was said, in response to question
of member of the subcommittee.
The subcommittee, at its initial
hearing, took the testimony of a
number of District government Off
cials, including Commissioner Young,
who sketched the local govern
ment's financial situation
The subcommittee, it is under
stood, took under consideration a
proposal that the local gasoline tax
be increased from 2 to 4 cents a
Evening star., 1941-05-23
AssoiIont Driven OFF
By Womon's S Screams

Mrs. Catherine Barnes. 25. of 1911
Olive street NE. reported to police
that she screamed and frightened
away a colored man who grabbed
her by the throat and dragged her
across the street in front of her
home early today.
Mrs Barnes said she was on her
way home from work and had just
aighted from a streetcar at Kenil-
worth and Douglas streets. She de-
scribed the man as about 25 years
of age, dark-skinned, weighing about
$50 pounds and dressed in dark
trousers and light coat.
Her brother, Milton Roberts. she
added, heard her screams and ran
out of the house to her aid. but ar
rived too late to overtake the at
tacker.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

gallon to finance the s44,000,000
highway improvement program re-
Gently recommended by Capt. H. C..
Whitehurst, director of highways.
There was considerable discussion
also, it was said. over fire insurance
rates in the District. One member,
it was reported, urged reduction
on the ground the fire losses here
are lower than any place in the
country.
The subcommittee headed by
Representative Mahon, Democrat,
of Texas, is expected to complete
hearings on the 1912 budget esti-
mates in about week. The esti-
mates call for appropriations total
ing about $50 100000, and a Federal
payment of 100000 toward munic-
ipal expenses, the same amount ap-
propriated for the current fiscal
wear
Evening star., 1941-05-23
b. the Associated Press,

JERUSALEM, Palestine, May q
Delayed "A French colonel who
crossed into Palestine from Syria
to Join Britain's forces in wrath
over what he called "treachery and
lying" by French mandate authori-
ties, charged today that they had
supplied French munitions to the
Nazis for use in Iraq.
The officer, Col. Collet, brought
an undisclosed number of French
officers and men to the British side
and beSought his fellow soldiers still
in Syria to follow him under the
flag which, he said, will save us
and preserve our country from the
slavery that is planned for it."
CA French Col. Philibert Collet,
then the French delegate to
Hatay, the former Sanjak of
Alexandretta, participated in the
negotiations by which that ter
ritory was ceded to Turkey in
1899.
Col. Collet and 200 volunteer
soldiers have deserted to the
British in Palestine and Trans
Jordan after a fight with frontier
guards in which a few were
killed and wounded on both sides,
it was announced officially in
Damascus, Syria, tonight.
authorities denied that any
De Gaullist Free French troops
had entered Syria or that regular
French troops in Syria under
Gen. Henri Dentz were retiring.
Such reports had been broadcast
by the De Gaullists from Equa-
torial Africa.
However, Beirut dispatches to
Vichy said that two French
officers were killed in fight with
an isolated group of native
cavalry attempting to cross the
Syrian frontier into Trans-Jordan
to join the De Gaulle Free
French forces)
Beirut authorities contended
that only 5 per cent of the men
in Col. Collet's command went
over to the De Gaullists. They
said the remainder were back at
their posts today.
Commenting on Col. Collet's
charges that authorities in the
French mandate were supplying
the Germans from French stores,
authorities said he undoubtedly
was referring to French war sup
plies handed over to the Armistice
Commission as one Of the armis-
tice conditions)
Col Collet, described as the
French military commander ano
creator of the famed Circassian
Squadron. addressed this message
to his compatriots in Syria.
French officers and soldiers OF
the Levant:
We all determined the day after
the armistice to defend the Levant
Our chief proclaimed it many times
Gen. Dentz was charged himself
with defense on his arrival and
convinced US of his decision.
Now, on May II, although they
long tried to conceal it, German
aircraft landed on our airdromeS
for fuel and to take on fresh mu-
nitions.
"On subsequent days French
trains transported toward Tel
Kotcheq arms from our stores,
which the Germans gave the Bagh-
dad government in the struggle
against Britain.
Honor bids us do nothing against
our former allies, as Petain said on
May 7.
Il had not cared to be fooled
any longer by those who cultivate
treachery. lying to you, and too
will refuse to allow that this coun-
try, which is entrusted to your keep
Evening star., 1941-05-23
John P. Hill Dies Here
Suddenly; Led Fight
For Legal Home Brew
Former Congress Member
From Maryland Found
Unconscious in Mushroom

Brig. Gen. John Philip Hill, 81
whose test case established the
legality of home brew during pro-
hibition, collapsed and died sud-
denly today in a washroom in the
>Shoreham Building, Fifteenth and
H streets NV. Gen. Hill was a
former member of Congress from
Maryland and World War veteran.
Gen. Hill reported for work at
9 am. at the Offices of Robert c.
Jones & Co., investment and secur-
tiles firm, which he joined only
last Monday, and a few minutes
later Oscar P. Hunt, a partner in
the firm, found him unconscious on
the floor Of the washroom.
He was pronounced dead on ar
rival at Emergency Hospital. Cause
of death was not determined i'm
mediately. The body was taken to
Hines Funeral parlors.
In Congress Three Terms.
Gen. Hill, who had been living
at 321 Maryland avenue NE, served
three terms in Congress as Repre-
sentative from the Third District
of Maryland. He was a Republican.
His service in Congress was from
1921 to 1927. He gained prominence
in 1924 when he was tried and
acquitted on charges of illegal man.
ufacture of wine and cider in his
home in Baltimore. A strong foe
of prohibition, he placed a sign
reading. Franklin Farms" on his
home in the heart of Baltimore and
brewed cider in his back yard.
He was indicted on six charges of
illegal manufacture of wine and
cider and the jury deliberated 20
hours before acquitting him The
case established the legality of FAM
lily manufacture of wines and cider
with the ordinary alcoholic con-
tent in private homes for private,
non-commercial consumption.
Won World War Medals.
Gen. Hill served in France during
the World War and received Dis
tinguished Service Medal from the
United States Government and the
Croix de Guerre and Legion of
Honor from France.
Before the war. he served as
United States attorney for Mary
land, was an unsuccessful candidate
for Mayor of Baltimore in 1915 and
a delegate to the Republican Ma
tional Convention at Chicago in
1916. He was an unsuccessful candi-
date for election to Congress in 1908.
Lost in Race for Senate.
After receiving an honorable dis
charge from the Army in 1919, Gen.
Hill again became active in politics
and in 1921 was elected to the first
of three consecutive terms. In 1926,
he made an unsuccessful attempt to
defeat Senator Weller for the Re-
publican nomination for Senator.
He was also a candidate for the
Republican nomination for Gov
ernor of Maryland in 1888.
He was born in Annapolis May
?. 1879, and was graduated from
Johns Hopkins University in 1900
and from the law department of
Harvard University in 1903 He was
admitted to the bar the same year
and began practice in Boston. He
returned to Baltimore in 1904, con-
tinued the practice of law, and en-
listed in the National Guard.
In 1887, Gen. Hills wife, Mrs.
Suzanne Carroll Hill, won an abso-
lutte divorce on charges of desertion.
They were married in 1918 and had
three children.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

Barometer readings are low over TIE
Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic States.
Portland, Me. 1,0ll.5 millibars t29.s9
inches, while an extensive area of high
pressure accompanied bv cooler weather
is spreading southeastward over the lake
region, the middle and upper Mississippi
Valley and the middle and southern plains
Tyndall, S. OAK. l.O33.9 millibars go. 90
inches. Pressures continue relatively hish
along the Gulf coast, Biloxi Miss l,022 4
millibars t30.19 inchesD. During the last
"a hours there have been showers from
the southern Rocky Mountain region east
northeastward over the middle and south
ern plains, the middle Mississippi Valley,
the northern portions of the Ohio Valley
and the Middle Atlantic States. Abnor-
mally high temperatures continue in the
Middle Atlantic States.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
al Harpers Ferry; Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senate:
Routine business.
Special Defense Committee in
vestigates West Coast shipbuilding
strikes.
Interstate Commerce subcommit-
tee continues study of telegraph in
dustry.
Joint Senate-HouSe Conference
Committee expects TO reach COM
promise agreement on bill for Gov
ernment acquisition of refugee for
eign ships.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Syria French Gave Nozis Arms
For Iroq, Insurgent Charges
Colonel Who Brought Force to British
Side Appeals to Others to Follow

ing, be handed over to the real
enemy, one who in France is soil
ing our homes and trying to crush
our vitality.
BE sure that the way I have
chosen, under the free French flag,
will save us and enable us to save
this country from the slavery that
is planned for it."
American and British citizens are
still arriving in Palestine from
French-mandated Syria. Fifty
Americans arrived yesterday and
$50 more are expected today.
Evening star., 1941-05-23

will be little or no better of finan-
cially than the average selectee," "
Col. Arnold stated.
Col. Arnold explained that Mr..
Bollings deferment is on a tenn
porary six-month basis and that he
will be subject to military service
on completion of his work at Ber-
muda.
Mr.. Boiling said today he plans to
sail for Bermuda in the next two
weeks. He lives at 2l22 Florida
avenue NV.
One hundred and twelve white
selectees from Washington we're to
be inducted into the Army at Rich
mond, Va, today. The men came
from l8 local boards. Their names
follow:
Evening star., 1941-05-23

Use of private automobiles may be
banned in Fire.
Evening star., 1941-05-23
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 90. pm. yesterday. Year
ago 70
Lowest. 20. $50 am. today. Year
ago. so.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Hishest, 90 on May %.
Lowest, Is. on March 1S.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, % per cent, at 4:3Q am. today.
Lowest, % per cent, at 430 pm. yes
terday.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow.
High 6:O5a.m. SAT am.
Low - 1927 am 1:13 Am.
High - 6:32 pm. 7:13 pm.
Low - 1908 pm. 1:5O pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today 4:49 1:20
Sun. tomorrow - 4:4a T:21
Moon, today - 333 am. 5:02 . m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haf hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
lQ41 RAcord
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Losses in War at Sea

The following box during
the I'D of the January 1S INCLUSIVE
Evening star., 1941-01-19

Gold sovereigns are being snug
gled into Syria from Palestine.
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Inauguration
Continued From First Page.)

walks will be lammed with specta-
tors. the grandstands built along the
upper part of the avenue filled with
ticket holders
At high noon Mr., Roosevelt will
appear on the stand on the east side
of the Capitol
First Vice President elect Wallace
. will take the oath Then the Presi-
dent will move forward.
Charles Elmore Croplev. clerk of
the Supreme Court. will hold in
front of the President the Roose-
welt family Bible. printed in Dutch
and believed to be about 200 years
old. The Bible will be open at
place designated by Mr.. Roosevelt
This is the 18th chapter of First
Corinthians. 1t is a passage he
has used on four previous inductions
into offce-twice when he was
sworn in AS President, twice when
he took the oath as Governor of
New York.
The Verses and the Oath.
The chapter begins, Though I
speak with the tongues of men and
of angels, and have not charity, am
become as sounding brass or
tinkling cymbal.
And though I have the gift of
prophecy, and understand all mys-
teries. and all knowledge; and
though I have all faith. so that
could remove mountains, and have
not charity. I am nothing"
The chapter ends with the fa-
miliar: And now abideth faith,
hope and charity; but the greatest
Of these is charity
Chief Justice Hughes will ad-
minister the oath. The President
will say: Il do solemnly swear that
1 will faithfully execute the Office
of President of the United States;
and will, to the best of my ability,
preserve, protect and defend the
Constitution of the United States
Then, facing another four years
in the White House-the first Presi-
dent to hold a third term since
George Washington began guiding
a new republican,. Roosevelt will
deliver his inaugural address The
message, momentous with the
significance of the hour in history,
is expected to last only II minutes.
To the Ends of the Earth.
The broadcaSting companies will
carry the Presidents words to the
ends of the troubled earth. Ships
at sea and soldiers crawling across
deserts; people lowering in air raid
shelters and hungry, cold refugees
will pick up these words.
With his brief message given,
the President will be escorted back
to the white House, along the same
route.
At 1 pm. there will be a buffet
luncheon at the Executive Man
sion, with approximately 1000
guests invited.
The Parade Route.
The lull in the public ceremonies
undoubtedly will find fresh masses
of spectators pushing for a glimpse
of the parade soon to form
While they are waiting, if
the weather follows the Weather
Bureaus bright augury, a thrilling
air show will reward them. The
Army and Navy plan to maneuver
$50 planes above the city.
At AS the inaugural parade is
Evening star., 1941-01-19
Garner, Hoping to Reach SO,
Quits Public Life Tomorrow
Vice President Turns Over Official Car
To Successor Two Doys Early

John Nance Garner. who rose to
greater fame than any native or
citizen of Texas except. possibly,
Virginia born Sam Houston, will re-
turn to private life tomorrow-to
his home in Uvalde, where he can
hunt and fish and live to be SO years
old, he hopes
The retiring Vice President. now
Y, has often eXpressed a desire
to reach the 93-year mark, accord
ing ton an article written by Bas-
com N. Timmons, Washington cor
respondent for several Texas papers.
Mr.. Garner has served "A years
in public Office and has explained he
would have to live long enough to
achieve his ambition for half life
time and little more as a private
citizen, Mr. Timmons related.
The white haired bushy-broWed
Texan yesterday turned over to
Vice President-elect Wallace the
Vice Presidents official automobile.
Normally, the car would be Mr..
Garner's until tomorrow, but :.
Henry will have a lot of places
to go in the next few days. so I'm
giving the car over to him at once"
Mr.. Garner said. "All have to do
is get to the Capitol Monday"
Mr., Garner said goodbye to
many of his colleagues of the SEN
ate yesterday at luncheon given
at the Capitol by Senator Clark of
Missouri.
Receives Many Offers.
Mr.. Garner was reported to have
told his colleagues he had received
many offers to enter private busi-
ness but had decided to reject all
of them.
The most attractive offer - Mr..
Garner was said to have described
it as the only one which made him
think While proposal that
he write daily newspaper column
at a salary of $500 a week
Friends said the Vice President
told the gathering in a short i'm
promptu speech that he felt the
freedom of life on his Texas farm
was more to be desired than any
business connection.
The luncheon was attended not
only by Senatorial colleagues but
also by William S. Knudsen, CO.
director of the Defense Production
Office; Secretary of Commerce Jesse
Jones, Texan like Mr.. Garner;
Judge Finis Garrett of Tennessee,
who preceded Mr. Garner as minor
ity leader of the House: S. E. c..
Commissioner Leon Henderson, and
Joseph Tumulty, former secretary to
President Wilson.
Secretary of Labor Perkins was
one of many who called at Mr.
Gamers Office during the day to
bid him goodbye
Will Swear in Successor.
Mr.. Garner will spend today quiet
ly at his hotel apartment, swear in
his successor tomorrow and then
wait for a train to Uvalde.
At long; cordial conference with
President Roosevelt a few dayS ago.
Evening star., 1941-01-19

scheduled to begin at the south
east corner of the Capitol. 1t will
move north through the Capitol
grounds, then turn west along Con-
stitution avenue and into Penn
sylvania avenue. West along Penn
Sylvania to Fifteenth the half-hour
procession will march. north on
Fifteenth street past the Treasury
to New York avenue and back into
Pennsylvania avenue, then through
the Court of Freedom in front of
the White House to Seventeenth
street where it will disband At
The Court of Freedom the Presi-
dent will review his parade
A motorcycle platoon of Metro
politan police will head the parade.
Then will come Gen. George c.
Marshall, Chief of Staff of the
Army, grand marshal of the cav.
Other high officers of the ArmY,
Navy, Marine Corps and National
Guard will make up the general
parade staff
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
Will head the first division. Pre-
ceded by the Army Band. all Tie
Governors or their representatives
attending the Inauguration will
ride in this section.
West Pointers and Midshipmen.
The second division, headed by
massed colors and the Marine Band
VIII bring a battalion of cadets from
the United States Military Academy.
a battalion of midshipmen from the
Naval Academy and a battalion of
cadets from the Coast Guard Acad.
emy at New London, Conn.
Next will appear the mounted
SD Cavalry Band, heading the lst
Squadron of the 3rd Cavalry of
Regulars and Battery c of the 55th
Field Artillery.
The 18th Infantry Band will head
composite infantry battalion in
cludlng a rifle company each from
the 18th Infantry and the 44th Di.
vision, rife company of selective
service trainees of the 44th Division,
and heavy weapons company
from the 18th Infantry.
The Navy Band will head a pro-
vlsional battalion of Marines. a bat
talon of bluejackets of the Navy
and Coast Guard landing force.
These forces will be followed bv
the National Youth Administration
Band and the only civilian marchers
"A company each from the N. Y. A..
the Civilian Conservation Corps and
the w. P. A.
Honors for President.
The third division will bring a re-
inforced battalion of the lst Armored
Regiment, battery of 75-millimeter
guns from the 9th Division. a 155-
millimeter howitzer battery and the
213th Coast Artillery Anti-Aircraft
Regiment.
The military units will march or
ride grimly under full arms. rifle
units carrying bayonets fixed. They
Evening star., 1941-01-19

will wear helmets, gloves, belts,
OvercoatS.
Honors for the President will be
paid by detachments as they pass
his reviewing stand. The prescribed
f1ourishes and appropriate marches
will be played by the bands, and
the troops will execute "eyes left"
With the close of the parade, the
public spectacle will be over, though
scores of public and private parties
will remain to round out the more
festive portions of Inauguration
Day.
President Roosevelt will receive
the Governors at the White House
at 4 pm. At O'Clock Mrs. Roose-
velt will preside at tea.
Concert at Night.
At pm, in the Departmental
Auditorium, public concert Will
feature colored artists. including
Ann Virgins Brown, noted singer;
the Southernaires. quartet, famed
for splrituals. and others. The Pres
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt head the
list of patrons. No admission will
be charged, though a large section
Of the auditorium will be reserved.
Order will be kept, traffic facih-
tated and other measures of safety
and aid taken by 1900 policemen,
detectives and flremen. The various
Washington police services and the
Secret Service will be augmented
by visiting police from several
cities. including Baltimore. Phila-
delphia, New York and Chicago.
Offlcials pointed out that elab-
crate precautions we're taken. not
only to guard the President. but to
prevent turbulent congestion on the
streets, keep the parade route clear
and traffic flowing throughout the
downtown area. Secret Service
men, however, have made a careful
check of buildings along the route
to be traversed by the President.
The Capitol Plaza has come under
particular scrutiny.
Credentials to Be Required.
W III Ol HI
persons entering the inaugural
grounds. including members of
Congress. Maj. Ernest w. Brown
superintendent of police, has issued
orders that suspicious men. who
cannot give satisfactory accounts
OF themselves be picked up.
The Inaugural Committee. under
the general Craftsmanship of Joseph
E. Davies. former Ambassador TO
Belgium and Russia. has made the
most complete arrangements ever
made for an Inauguration.
The Housing and Hospitality
Committee is supplying housing in
formation at booth at Union Sta
ton. A list of available rooms
rapidly dWindling last nights kept
up to date and visitors directed to
any location that sounds feasible to
them. There we're few hotel rooms
left at the last report. but still
rooms to be had in private homes.
Many visitors will live in Pullman