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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Legionnaires Elect
9Th District Officers
All aIIsChurch
Elmer {. Payne Named
Commander at Porley;
Reports Are Heard
Special Dispatch to The Star.

optCldl DiopdbNA " AhS SNoA'
FALLS CHURCH, Va, June g.
Elmer E. Payne of Lorton was
elected commander of the Eighth
District American Legion organlza-
ton at the annual convention here
yesterday. Mr.. Payne succeeds Ver-
non F. Kiblinger of Louisa.
Capt. John M. Gait of Falls
Church was elected vice commander
for the district; Jones Cox of Alex
andria was elected delegate to the
national convention to be held at
Milwaukee and Arthur Cavanaugh
of Falls Church was named al
ternate
Delegate Charles T. Fenwick of
Arlington County described the
work being done by American
Legion groups in uncovering sub
versive elements in the country
Reports we're given by the fol-
lowing: J. C. Cord, Alexandria,
department membership chairman:
Carlton YAK of Vienna, 9Th district
athletic officer; Rufus Coldwell OF
Burke, oratorical contest chairman:
A. D. Respass. Alexandria, eighth
district essay contest chairman; G.
Raymond King, Alexandria, de-
partment rehabilitation officer: F.
Clinton Knight, Alexandria. 194l
convention chairman; Sidney We'll,
Alexandria, department vice COM
mander, and Carl C. Brown, Oak
crest, national rehabilitation officer.
The convention Endorsed a resolu-
ton offered by Falls Church Post,
hosts for the convention. asking
the Virginia department to increase
financial aid to the war offering
fund.
1t was reported that membership
in the eighth district organization
has grown from 1,240 last year to
1900 at present.
Delegates from the Legion posts
of Alexandria, Arlington, Vienna,
Herndon, Falls Church. No. 1874;
Falls Church, No. 1870: Alexandria,
l29, colored; Leesburg, Culpeper,
Quantico, Warrenton, Louisa. Ma
nassas, Lorton, King George and
Culpeper, No. 1874, colored. took part
in the convention. Mr.. Kiblinger,
retiring commander, presided and
a buffet luncheon was served at the
Legion hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Bishop Leonard Addresses
u. Of MARYLAND Graduates
By the Associated Press.


University of Maryland graduates
were told yesterday by Methodist
Bishop Adna Wright Leonard of
Washington to stand firm for the
principles and doctrines for which
this country was founded and seek
changes with caution"
Bishop Leonard spoke at bacca-
laureate services in St. Andrews
Episcopal Church, College Park, or
1--WE Are Debtors"
I'VE cannot separate ourselves
from the past" he declared, be
cause man is unalterably and def
nitely related to that which has
gone before.
Those who would prepare on
coming generations for the world
must take their lessons from the
past"
Bishop Leonard warned, however
that men should not become slaves
to the past, and cited China as an
example of what he said might be-
fall nations which close doors to
Western civilization. progress and
education.
The 194l class, he said, is grad
uating during the most tragic Pc
Rod in the worlds history-one in
which both Christianity and democ-
racy are being challenged"
For this reason, he added, democ-
racy must work hand-in- hand with
Christian idealism and make the
world better for future generations. )"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
New Clothing Quotas Given
Red Cross Workers

New clothing quotas for Silver
Spring Red Cross workers to fill have
been announced by Mrs. Joseph B
Matre, chairman Of the Silver
Spring Md chapter.
Mrs. Matre also announced the
formation of a new unit, the St
Michael Sodality, at st. Michaels
Church. The group will sew at the
rectory.
A total of 4,63l garments has
been assigned to Silver Spring, in
Guiding l25 mems sweaters, $50
women's sweaters, 800 children's
sweaters, 125 children's mittens, lao
convalescent robes, $50 hospital pa
jamas, 80 layettes, 81 women's cot
ton dresses, $50 girls cotton dresses
go women's wooden dresses, 400 girls
wooden dresses, 300 women's wooden
skirts, $50 girls wooden skirts, ESQ
boys shirts, 100 boys overalls, SOC
boys shorts, 400 fodder packs and
$50 children's knitted suits.
There is demand for knitters as
we'll as sewers, Mrs. Matre said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Child, 5, Killed,
10Hurt in D. {.
Area Traffic
Nations Toll From
Holiday Week End
Is 46O Dead

A Swear old child was killed and
at least 10 persons were injured IN
traffic accidents in the District and
on nearby roads during the holiday
week end.
The child, John Lee, 5, of Brent
wood, Md, died in Casualty Hos
pital shortly before 7 o'clock this
morning. He was struck by an
automobile, according to police,
near his home at 1890 pm. yester-
day.
His death was one of 400 from
violent causes reported throughout
the Nation. Traffic took 300 lives,
train mishaps, ID; drowning, IS,
and miscellaneous causes. So. Cali
fornia, with SO fatalities, led all
States and was followed by Michi-
gan, with 43.
Boy Still Unconscious.
Vernon Pheifer, Is, colored, 1873
Q street NV, still was unconscious
at Freedmen's Hospital today as a
result of a possible skull fracture
and other injuries received when he
was knocked down by an automo-
bile yesterday at Third and N streets
NV. Police said the. driver was
Arthur A. Cooper, %, of the $500
block of Fourteenth street NV.
Police said the striking car. while
en- route to the hospital with the
youth, collided with another ma
chine at Rhode Island and Florida
avenues NV. and caused back in
juries to Charles Brown. IS, colored,
433 @ street NV, who was walking
with the Pheifer> boy at the time he
was struck.
Chechquita E. Evans, 3, colored,
2644 Nichols avenue Sc. was ad-
mitted to Gallinger Hospital yester-
day afternoon and treated for pos
sible skull fracture, cuts and bruises
after she had been hit by an auto
bile near her home.
Car Strikes Pole.
Fowler Taylor, Is, of 304 East
Capitol street, was treated at Provi-
dence Hospital early yesterday
morning for scalp decorations re-
ceived. according to police, when he
fell asleep at the wheel of his auto
mobile, which struck a pole on Lee
highway in Cherrydale. Va.
Struck by an automobile at Flor
IDA avenue and Third street NV,
James F. Allison, %, colored, 1927
Fairmont street NV, was treated
for head injuries and Dorothea D.
Crawford, l9, colored, 760 Hobart
place NV, for cuts and bruises.
Both were taken to Freedmen's
Hospital So
8 Evelyn Milstead, 81, Vienna, Va,
was brought to Georgetown Hos
pital yesterday afternoon and
treated for minor cuts and bruises
following an automobile accident at
Tysons Corner, Va.
Mrs Helen Bell, 20. of $40 Pow
hatan place NV, received COM
pound fracture of the jaw early
this morning in a collision of two
automobiles at Window and Thirty
ninth streets NV. She was taken
to Emergency Hospital in unde-
termined condition.
Mary E. Miles, A, colored, Fair
mont Heights. Nd, was struck by
an automobile, police reported
while she was walking in the 4400
block of Sheriff road NE.
Police also reported that Robert
Seaton, 7, of lis E street NV. was
treated at Emergency Hospital for
cuts and bruises received in fall
from the rear step of an ice wagon
at Third and E streets NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02

60 to this purpose. Otherwise II
will eventually 60 to some Baptist
charitable cause.
Worry About Cemetery.
Beside the church is the well
kept cemetery where relatives of the
members of Liberty Church are
buried. Whether this cemetery
will be ruined by the Army is q
question foremost in the minds OF
the communicates.
The Army already has acquired
the deed to the church but not to
the cemetery. One member ex-
pressed the opinion of all when he
said. I'VE couldn't take a cent for
the ground where our loved ones are
buried, and we won't deed 1t tt
the Army if we can help it."
1t is the hope of members OF
Liberty. Church, as expressed in a
resolution drafted yesterday. that
the Army will use the building fol
religious services for the soldier.
and will maintain it. For this reason
the church furnishings were left
untouched.
Long after the business session
was over and the minister had left
the little group stood about, re-
luctant to leave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02

George G. Davis, Lemuel ]. Davis
and A. F. Hunsberger, judges, and
Mrs Raymond Demory and Alton
A. Hampton, clerks.
Mount Vernon District.
Mount Vernon district-Accotink
precinct: A. M. Pettitt, N. B. Denty
and Horace D. Buckman, judges,
and John T. Haislip and j. w. Cox,
clerks. Gum Spring precinct: Harry
c. Zimmerman, Earl l.. Popkins and
S. Harold Buckman, judges, and
Ellsworth Nightingale and c. Kirk
Wilkinson, clerks. Franconia pre-
cinct: w. E. Broders, L. c. Elgin
and George A. Dearborn, judges,
and John r. Pearson and John w,
Allen, clerks. Pulmans precinct:
Arthur Schaffer, Mrs. Mary r. Leah.
man and E. H. Roberts, judges, and
Mrs. Vivian Blunt and Mrs. Bertha
M. Roberts, clerks.
Providence district-Fairfax pre-.
cinct: H. M. Gibson, S. w. Sisson
and Roy Hollis, judges, and Mrs.
Mabel E. Nickel and Frank E. Jones,
clerks. Langley precinct: S. Ralph
Pearson, Oswald " Carper and John
w. Preston, judges, and Mrs. Pau
line r. Arnold and H. E. Wright,
clerks. The Lick precinct: o. I.
Nigh, j. R. Llewellyn and D. M.
Mills, judges, and J. Preston Rog.
ers and Mrs. M. Blanche Scheid,
clerks. Vienna precinct: Charles K.
Myers. C. C. Pierpoint and John
Wagner, judges, and NJ Vernon
Leigh and Elmer E. Cockrill, clerks.
Canvassers of election were named
as follows: Charles K. Myers, Sam
uel H. Styles, Earl L. Popkins, B.
w. Middleton and John w. Preston.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
LibertyChureh Holds
Farewell Service;
Tears Flow Freely
Supply Pastor Reminds
That Sacrifices Must
Be Made for Defense
Special Dispatch to The Star.

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. June 2.
Tears ran freely yesterday as the
last Of the hundreds of persons or
dered out of the northern part OF
Caroline County, to make way for
the Army, gathered in farewell serv-
ice at Liberty Baptist Church, where
congregations for 100 years over
came all obstacles until the building
stood in the way of the national
defense program.
Only a handful of the 1870 members
was present to take part in the last
assembly before dissolution of the
congregation. The little brick edi-
flee. atop a knoll surrounded by tall
pines, about 20 miles from here, will
be preserved as storage house for
the Army.
In his final sermon the Rev. T.
Ryland Sanford, D. D., of Fred
ericksburg, who has occupied the
Liberty pulpit for the last several
months as supply pastor, recalled
that sacrifices must be made to in
sure the Nations defense, and urged
his listeners to have faith in the
Word of God.
Services Start Late.
The congregation did not arrive
until late, and services started an
hour and a half behind time. DR..
Sanford said it was the first time
he had begun a sermon so late.
Another first" in his experience,
he said, was that no collection would
be taken.
Until his retirement from active
work a few years ago because OF an
illness and a leg af1liction which
makes it necessary for him to sit
while preaching, the Rev. DR.. San
ford was one of Virginia's leading
ministers.
The early arrivals, including most
of the deacons, stood in the church
yard and discussed the coming of
the Army. We'll do anything to
help keep Hitler away" one said.
Old Members Reminisce.
Among those in the group who
reminiSced was 84-year old Miss
Augusta Bradley, who had attended
the church since she was child
and was its oldest member. Her
grandfather, Absalon Bradley, built
the first Liberty Church. Another
pioneer member of the congregation
was 72-year-old Elliott T. Vaughan,
senior deacon, who came from his
new home in the Sparta section of
Caroline County, outside the Army
area. .s
Following the service, the mem
bers spread tablecloths upon the
ground beneath the trees and for
the last time on the site ate the
usual Sunday dinner of fried
chicken. country ham and pickles.
Later they again gathered in the
church to receive letters" and GER
tificates of membership for use
should they desire to join another
church. .I
The money to be received from
the Federal Government for the
church will be placed in bank for
an indefinite period. Should as many
as so members decide that they
would like to form . congregation
and build . church, the fund will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02

farmer living on the Altamond3
Swanton road, said he was in a
field when the plane took of and
began losing altitude yesterday
morning. after the flyers had been
forced down by fog the night be-
fore.
The plane flew under high ten-
sion wire bordering the road, Mr.
Friend said, and then attempted to
gain more altitude but struck ant
electric feeder wire leading from the;
road to the Friend house and vas
DETECTED into the frame dwelling.
Three Children Escape. I
Mr.. Friends daughter, Mrs. Nora
Alexander, 10, and her l0-month- old
baby were standing in the front
doorway of the home directly under
the gable where the plane crashed
Two younger daughters of the farm
er, Betty and Evelyn, were eating
breakfast in the dining room when
the nose of the plane smashed
through the roof to within feet of
the table. None of the occupants,
of the house was injured.
The pilot apparently shut off the.
planes ignition to prevent a fire
just before the plane crashed, Nh.
Friend told investigators. s
The plane remained jarmed
through the roof as rescue workers.
carried the men down a ladder. Mr..
Rogers was killed almost instantly
while Mr.. Thomas was rushed to
Memorial Hospital in Cumberland
where he was treated for probable
skull fracture and internal injuries
before he died last night.
The farmer declared the impact
of the crash carried the newly-built
farmhouse feet off its foundation.
Was Due for Promotion.
Mr.. Friend said the men had been
forced down late Saturday by heavy
fog and had spent the night in his
house. They had planned to fly to
Mexico Farms Airport at Cumber-.
land yesterday before making the
last leg of their journey to Wash
ington.
Mr.. Rogers had been flying for
about three years. training under
the c. A. A. student pilot program.
He enlisted in the District of CO.
lumbia National Guard and was.
serving as an inactive staff sergeant,
in the l2lSt Observation Squadron.
Mr. Rogers parents said he was
scheduled for promotion to technical
sergeant on July l, at which date
he was to be sent to Chanute Fields
La
Mr.. Thomas, an electrician. lived
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W.
E. Thomas in Mount Rainier. He
had some flying experience but was
not a licensed pilot. I
The two men had flown to Indian
apolis last Friday to attend the
races. Friends of the two men said
they were inSeparable, having grad
uated from Mckinley High School
together in 1896. I
Corpl. Thomas Currie of the State
Police said the plane was a Lin
coin Cub, owned by the Federal
Flying Club.
Paul Burwell, air safety investi-
gator for the Safety Bureau Of the
c. A. A in the Washington area,
went to Swanton to investigate the
crash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Wet Tree Limb Causes
5o-Minute BIuckout

Residents in the upper Connecti-
cut avenue area between Thornapple
street and Chevy Chase Lake ex-
perienced a 59-minute blackout last
night when wet tree limb fell
across a 4,000-volt power line, .caus-
ing a short-circuit.
The limb fell on the wire near
Jones Mill road and Connecticut
avenue, thus throwing OUT the
Bethesda automatic substation, Po-
tomac Electric Power Co. officials
explained today. The blackout be-
gan at 1913 pm. and by 11:17 pm.
trouble shooters of the company
had found and removed the limb
and restored service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Two Maryland
Flyers Die as
P|aneCrashes
Four Narrowly
Escape as Craft
Hits Farmhouse

Two nearby Maryland amateur
aviators were killed and four MEM
bers of farmers family narrowly
escaped injury when a private cabin
plane crashed through the roof II
house west of Cumberland, Md,
yesterday after it had struck an
electric feeder wire. !
The dead are the pilot. Ned Win.
field Rogers, "a, of 4400 Holiday
street, Brentwood, and his passen.
ger, William r. Thomas, %, of 1888
Thirty eighth street, Mount Rainier.
The two men were en- route to
Washington from indianapolis
Ind, where they attended the
Memorial Day auto races, the Assoc
cited Press reported. Vernon Friend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Little Gurden Club Show

SANDY SPRING, Md, June
Especially 18th annual flower
show of the Little Garden Club of
Sandy Spring will be held from
pm. to 9 pm. Wednesday at Cherry
Grove, the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roger B. Farquhar, Sandy Spring.
Mrs. Charles Carroll, Mrs. Floyd A.
Goebel and Mrs. T. Alvin Long have
been appointed judges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
B. B. Iden Again Heads
Electoral Board in
Fairfax County
Judges and Clerks for
Various Districts
Are Announced
Special Dispatch to The Star.
EATpEAY We Inv

special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va. June 2.-The
Fairfax County Board has reorgan-
lied for the year with the reelection
of Benjamin B. Iden, chairman;
and Benjamin F. hewitt, clerk.
George r. Bready is the third mem
Der of the board.
The Electoral Board has an
nounced appointment of the fol-
lowing judges and clerks of cleo
ton:
Centreville district Centreville
precinct. Ernest Harrison, Robert
H. Halves and John F. Rose, judges,
and Mrs. Agnes R. Robey and Les
ter Mohler, clerks. Clifton pre-
cinct-A. J. Kidwell, James B.
Cross and Anthony Hart, judges,
and Mrs. Alice Woodward and Mrs.
Fannie Hart, clerks. Fender pre-
clnct-Clarence Manuel, Alvin A.
Birch and Mrs. Lydia Palmer,
judges, and F. Broders Alder and
Albert w. Thompson, clerks.
Swetman's precinct-Clarence H.
Kruse, Michael Carroll and Henry
B. Jones, judges, and Robert N.
Ions and c. P. Jones, clerks. Wells
precinct-C. B. Fansler, Stuart A..
Gheen and c. A. Hylton, judges,
and Mrs. Daisy Wells and M. l..
Wells, clerks.
Dranesville District.
Dranesville district Dranesville
DECENTRALIZATION S. Money, Mrs.
Christie H. Hammond and Mrs.
Daisy M. Rooney, judges, and Mrs.
Mary F. Conner and Carl D. Nc
Wander, clerks. Forestville pre-
cinct-R. L. Lanham, D. D. Corn
we'll and L. B. Morris, judges, and
William c. Walker and Samuel Mil
lard, clerks. Herndon precinct
M. Franklin Gilmore, E. E. Gillette
and Mrs. Mary F. Mcmillan, judges,
and Russell A. Lynn and Mrs.
Katherine Kirk, clerks.
Pleasant Valley precinct-R. E.
Wagstaff, Holcombe Rogers and
Marvin Perkins, judges, and R. E.
Rector and Lomax T. Wamsley,
clerks. Thompson's precinct-Peter
Dove, Jether Dove and B. w. Mid
dleton, judges, and R. Townsend
Harrison and H. M. Middleton,
clerks. Thornton's precinct-Mark
L. Money, j. Leo Crowell and A.
Vernon Thompson, judges, and Will
liam A. Wine and Joseph A.
Wheeler, clerks,
Falls Church district-Annanda
precinct: r. T. Creel, A. j. Dean and
D. F. Hannah, judges, and Mrs. Bar
bara A. Bladen and Willie Sipes,
clerks. Falls Church precinct:
Samuel H. Styles, John w. Kerns
and W. T. Westcott, judges, and
Mrs. Marie Groves and Mrs. Hattie
j. Keyser, clerks. West End pre-
cinct: Victor C. Donaldson, M. G.
Sanborn and Jesse R. Harlowe,
judges, and Mrs. Arthur D. Kerby
and Harry M. Weakley, clerks.
Lee district-Burke precinct: Col
den Blincoe, Mrs. Annie T. Staub
and Mrs. Rufus C. Coldwell, judges,
and Mrs. Meta r. White and j. w.
Harlow, clerks. Lorton precinct:
Ernest l.. Plaskett, Thomas E. Denly
and Milton F. Violet. Judges, and
Mrs. Louise H. Davis and Kenneth
J. Baker, clerks. Woodyards precinct:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02

Installation of officers and an
nual reports will feature meeting
of the Robert E. Lee Parent-Teacher
Association at 8 pm. Wednesday in
the school at Lexington street and
Lee highway, Arlington, Va. Mrs.
H. L. Mccormick, retiring president,
will preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
D. A. v. Names Hickman

NORFOLK, Va, June 2 (P.-
Frank c. Hickman of Roanoke was
elected department commander OF
the Disabled American Veterans Of
the World War at the concluding
session of the Virginia department.
annual convention here yesterday
Other officers elected included John
p. Divine, Arlington, adjutant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Methodists PIun PorIey

BALTIMORE, June (R.-The
annual Baltimore conference of the
Methodist Church will open We'd
nesday for a six-day program to be
presided over by Bishop Adna
Wright Leonard Of the Washington
area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-02
Toll in Previous Months.
In June, Beware OF:

In June, Beware OF:
/. Crossing a street at point
other than a crosswalk. Two
pedestrians met death by this
action in June last year.
2. Crossing an intersection
against the proper signal. Two
pedestrians were killed while
committing this act during
June, 1910.
The seven other traffic vic
tins were fatally injured while
either crossing street at an
uncontrolled intersection, at
tempting to hitch a ride on
moving vehicle. playing in the
gutter, riding in a truck or driv-
ing an automobile.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1941-07-18

sion of what to Frank himself is
a difficult undertaking. During
the course of the hot summer ev-
ening as Waldo Frank talked to
me, I confessed to him that some
of what he wrote was too meta
physical for my understanding.
He had complimented me by ask
ing whether his work meant any,
thing to me. 1t does; decidedly.
Again and again the metaphysical
maze that confuses me suddenly
opens on a bright pinnacle, around
which the varigated worries of the
individual relation to many of the
phases of his life lie LUMINOSITY
delineated.
Whether ones reading his work
or talking to him, however, the
courage with which Waldo Frank
pursues his thought com S
through. When he thinks about
the Jews he holds on to his con-
cepts of the world at large, so
that he rejects any attempt to
talk of the Jews as being separate
from the rest of the world. He
even sees their faults as merely
Jewish reproductions of world
errors. To strengthen themselves,
he believes, Jews must support the
aesthetics of life-but the whole
world, Frank believes, neglects
aesthetics.
"Jews have come too far away
from the understanding of the
artist in their midst" he says.
THE Jewish basis of life is JUS
tice, and art is an inseparable part
of justice. If the Jewish COM
munities would awaken to the ex-
istence of their artists, if they
would support artists, they would
take. recognizable step forward
toward regaining the position they
held a few centuries ago, when
they were allied with the healthy,
Notwithstanding groups of
civilization"
Nor is art an isolated concept