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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
LITCHFIELD CAST
 IN SEVENTH PLAY
Here Today" to Be Given By Apple Orchard Thes-.
 plans Starting Tuesday

Dione Lewis will present the Apple Orchard Theater in Here Today" a lively comedy of badman- ners a5 the Litchf1eld Playhouse, August 12 through 16, under the direction of Francesca MendeIssohn
 Specializing in gay and witty dia-
 logue this play made hit on Broad way recently with Ruth Gordon in the leading role of Mary Hilliard. Violet Duke Barnard, who has dis tinguished herself repeatedly with the Litchfield group. will have the madcap part of Mary. Serving as an excellent foil for Mary's brilliant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

Joel McCrea rode 6 horse in, a mob scene when a youngster in his film bow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08

overflowing wealth he achieved aft erWards.
 The contrast between the devo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-08
HOLT SCORES AGAIN

Rapidly becoming the most popu- lar young western actor on the screen, Tim Holt scores again ir RKO Radios "Six Gun Gold" 8 picture dealing with banditry in a Rocky Mountain mining camp. Jar Clayton has the feminine lead op- poSite Tim.
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6. A. R. Planning Services
And Parade May 80

Arrangements are being made by
the Grand Army of the Republic
Memorial Day Corp. for annual serv-
ices in the amphitheater in Arling-
ton National Cemetery and parade
on May 80. Brig. Gen. Frank T..
Hines, administrator of veterans
affairs, will speak at Arlington, and
the morning parade along Constitu-
tion avenue will be one OF the out
standing events of the program.
James G. Yaden, past department
commander, United Spanish War
Veterans, has been reelected presi-
dent of the corporation. Other Of
1cers include John M. Kline, Grand
Army of the Republic; Charles w.
McCaffrey, United Spanish War
Veterans; Daniel E. Campbell, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars; Ralph L..
Chambers, Disabled American Vet
erans; William Leo Collins, Ameri-
can Legion, vice presidents; Arthur
c. Fowle, V. F. W., secretary; Harry
F. Patterson, U. S. w. ", treasurer;
Ralph Werner, assistant treasurer;
Howard S. Fisk, American Legion,
director of public relations.
Mr.. Yaden will preside at the ex-
erciSes at Arlington, while E. Claude
Babcock, D. A. ", will be chairman
of the General COMMITTEE on Ar
rangements. Other committee chair
men include: Harlan Wood, past
department commander, American
Legion, broadcasting; ushers and
seating, Mr.. Campbell; transporta-
ton, Mr.. Werner and William T.
Slattery. past department COM
mand, American Legion; program,
invitations and tickets, Mr.. Yaden,
with the department commanders OF
the various veteran organizations
comprising the Reception Commit
tee.
The parade will start at GAS am.
from Ninth street and Constitution
avenue, along the latter thorough
fare. disbanding at Eighteenth street
and Constitution avenue NV. Mr..
Collins will be marshal, assisted by
G. Francis Mccarthy, both of the
American Legion.
The laying of wreathS will start
at noon, with Haywood Saunders,
department vice commander of the
American Legion, in charge. The
exercise will be from ! to 2 pm,
following the wreath-laying cere-
monies.
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Two-0cean NAVY
Officer Demands
Total Thousands
Greatest Increase
To Be Expected
In Next ; Years

The vast expansion in personnel
which will be required to man the
proposed naval feet to defend the
Atlantic and Pacific shores of the
United States and protect its ships
on the high seas is indicated from
the figures sent to Congress, which
call for an increase of 14,500 of Of
f1cers and enlisted personnel of 300,-
500 between 1941 and 1947.
1t was explained the Navy now
is not having any trouble in get
ting sufficient enlisted personnel, but
the officer personnel will have to
come from other sources than the
United States Naval Academy un-
less there is an increase allowed by
Congress in the number of midship-
men.
The greatest increases will be
needed during the years 1941 to 1914,
which, of course, would make it
practically impossible for the naval
school to provide the personnel, so
that the department will have to
look to the Reserves to furnish this
personnel. In addition, it will have
to provide intensive training for COL
lege graduates to provide an influx
OF young personnel with an aptitude
for the service. The courses will be
continued at the universities which
have naval officer training in con-
nection with their regular schedule
These coures raise a problem which
probably will have to be considered
by the naval officials, and that is
the matter of taking these students
into the Army under the selective
service. In other words, if a young
college mans number is called by
his draft board, he can only be
deferred for the term for which he
is attending school. Although in
connection with his college work, he
is taking a course to make him
available for service to the Navy,
there has been no present recogni-
tion of this any more than the fact
that many schools also have Re-
serve officer training courses for
the Army. 1t would seem, it was
explained, that this training serv-
Ice for officer material, although
spread over a period of four years,
might be more important than send
ing a man into the field for a year
to become an enlisted man on some
particular specialized work.
The figures presented to Congress
show that 11,600 line officers will
be needed during the next six years
and 2,100 additional staff oficers.
including doctors, paymasters, civil
engineers, etc. During the next
year, it was said, 5000 additional
line officers will be needed to man
the ships which are expected to be
placed in commission, and between
1912 and 1943 1000 line officers.
AS for the enlisted personnel, it
was said that the Navy is receiving
from five to ten times as many ap-
plcations than the service at pres
ent requires, and the personnel is
reported to be Of exceptionally high
caliber.
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Capital Transit Legion Post
To Install Officers Tuesday
I'D. Merrill Will Deliver Address;
Baseball League Opens Today

Capita Transit Post, No. as, of the
District of Columbia Department,
American Legion, will have installa-
ton of officers and formal presenta-
ton of colors on Tuesday at $50
pm. at Central High School. De-
partment Comdr. William Hargrave
and his staff will offlciate, accom-
panied by the National Guard of
Honor, commanded by Capt. E. E.
Kennard.
The Washington Gas Light Band
will play and Mr.. Allison will be the
soloist. National Executive Commit
teeman Joseph J. Malloy will act as
master of ceremonies. The prin-
cipal speakers will be J. D. Merrill,
president of the Capital Transit Co.,
and Representative j. Hardin Peter
son of Florida. Legion posts are
urged to make seat reservations with
Adjt. F. F. Fletcher.
The American Legion Junior
Baseball League will officially open
today, with two games scheduled for
1870 pm. on the north and west
diamonds of the Ellipse and two
games following at $3.50 pm. Teams
in the league this year are sponsored
by the following posts: National
Cathedral, Quentin Roosevelt, Ser
geant Jasper, Vincent B. Costello.
Cooley y-McCullough, Police and Fire,
Fort Stevens.
The Kenneth H. Nash Post met in
their clubrooms. 209 Pennsylvania
avenue Sc. Wednesday with Comdr.
George Seiders presiding.
Col. James Sparkes of Paris Post
No. |, Paris, France, spoke on the
European war and the collapse of
France. Mrs. Ann Seiders, depart
ment auxiliary Red Cross chairman,
spoke of forming of first aid class,
to start on April 81 at 3072 M
street NV. Senior Vice Comdr.
Edwin Luther reported on the visit
to England by National Comdr. Milo
Warner and his committee.
Applications approved were Van
Ness Stephens, John H. Adley and
Fred Roach.
Mrs. Louise Warren, who has been
Endorsed for auxiliary president, and
Mrs. Marie Totten, unit president,
were guests.
The next meeting will be held
April % in clubrooms.
At the last meeting of the Sergt.
Jasper Post at the Pythian Temple
with Comdr. Ayden A. Dibble pre-
siding, the post admitted to mem
bership Daniel c. Davidson, James
H. Hite, George H. Rygmyr, Marvin
M. Vaughn, Albert L. Duss, William
L. Redmond and William A. Sim
mons
The Sergt. Jasper junior baseball
team, last years champions, will
take the diamond this month in an
effort to again represent this city
in the regional play-offs, under the
direction of Manager Thrall Price,
with Jack Elliott as coach. Mana
ger Price is seeking the use of a
16-mm. talking protector for May
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Increased EnIistments Sought
For u. S. Naval Reserve
Specialists in Aviation Groundwork
And TeIegruphers Being Sought

While members of the, 1st Bat
talon, District Naval Reserve, are
pushing their training with all vigor
possible, and are yet without in
formation as to when they might be
taken into the active service, the
Navy Department is conducting an
intensive recruiting campaign along
two lines, one to obtain men for
enlistment in the Reserve for yo-
cational training in aviation sub
jects and the other for cable and
telegraph operators.
1t is understood that the depart
ment is concentrating its efforts in
trying to get men for these classes
for the Reserves rather than the
Regular Establishment, because in
many instances the six-year enlist
ment does not appeal to many men
who would like to get into the
service during the current emer-
gency, but would not desire to stay
in the event that the emergency
should be cleared up before the six
year period of enlistment in the
Regular Establishment. Under the
law men may be enlisted in the Re-
serve for a period of three years,
and, of course, the Navy is not get
ting all of its personnel from the
selective service.
Local Reserve headquarters is
making an effort to assist in the
work of obtaining its quota of the
1900 men who are desired for train
ing in aviation subjects at voca-
tional schools. It is contemplated.
it was said, that approximately 900
of these enlisted men will be Or
dered to active duty at the voca-
tional schools on or about June l
and that an additional 600 will be
ordered to active duty approx
mately eight weeks later, If the
Government is able to fill the quota.
Enlisted men ordered to duty
will be housed in Naval Reserve
armories so far as practicable. 1t
is expected that the course of vo-
cational instruction will cover about
16 weeks.
Applicants for this vocational
training must meet the following
requirements and must be willing
to accept active duty and should
have mechanical aptitude: Be male
citizens who are between their 18th
and their 28th birthdays; be OF
good moral character; possess the
moral, educational and physical re-
quirements specified for enlistment
in the Regular Navy and be gradu-
ates of an aviation, vocational, or
aviation trade school. or possess
equivalent experience through pre-
vious employment; must have nc
dependents or be able to support
those he has on the pay of the rate
for which he is enlisted.
Upon completion of the course
the men will be ordered to further
active duty in connection with
aviation as their services may be
required.
In the call for cable men and
telegraphers, it is expected that
some difficulty will be found in
filling the needs of the service. Par
ticularly are the cable operators
needed. Because of the expected
difficulty in obtaining the necessary
number of men the department has
not made any ALLEGATION by districts,
but they will be taken in from what
ever area they might apply.
Communications men of all classes
are becoming very scarce, particu-
larly in the radio field. 1t was said
that at the local communications
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Department Auxiliary President
Ethel Sendlak announced that the
department Americanism program,
scheduled for April Is, is changed
to April 80 at the Church of Atone
ment.
Equality Walter Reed Auxiliary
met, with the vice president pre-
siding. The hospital chairman,
Ruth Friday, reported that the aux
iliary members were visiting their
adopted ward at Mount Alto every
week and taking cigarettes and re-
freshments to the patients. The
department president installed the
following officers: Martha Reyn-
olds. president; Sue McLeish, senior
vice president; Ethel Holiday, jun
ior vice president; Katherine
= Haynes, treasurer; Elsie Nordouist,
chaplain: Viola Bacon, conductress;
Ruth Overton, guard; Florence
Armstrong, 18-month trustee; Ruth
Friday. secretary; Mrs. Fenton, his
torian, and Winifred Dove, musician.
National Capital Auxiliary was
presided over by President Hersie
Thompson. 1t was voted to have
only one meeting a month during
June, July, August and September.
The membership prize was won by
Mildred Carter, Florence Grubb and
Edith Hiser. Officers elected we're:
Edith Hiser, president; Maud
Wright, senior vice president; Es-
ther Barker, Junior vice president;
Ethel Orme, treasurer; Gertrude
Lehman, chaplain; Ethel Sendlak,
conductress; Harry Hagan guard;
Hersie Thompson, 18-month trustee.
The president-ele appointed the
following: Secretary, Florence
Grub; color bearer, Laura Athe-
son; historian, Laura Weaver, and
patriotic instructor, Florence Mus
chlitz. The auxiliary will hold
joint installation with the post April
90 AN evening of games will be
held April "a at 1414 street NV.
Federal Auxiliary met. with Presi-
dent Josephine WEIGH presiding.
The department president installed
the following officers: President,
Betty Williams: senior vice presi-
dent, Bonnie Moore; Junior vice
president, Lucy Clementson; treas
urer. Ida Howell: conductress, Ruth
Nichka; chaplain, Josephine WEIGH;
secretary, Rita WEIGH; l8-month
trustee, Charlotte Strathern; patri-
otic instructor, Mabel Buckingham.
A Joint installation was held with
the post. A past presidents pin
was presented Retiring President
Josephine WEIGH.
Treasury Auxiliary will hold an
evening of games tomorrow at l4l4
I street NV.
Police and Fire Auxiliary will
hold a joint installation tomorrow
with the post.
Al-American Auxiliary and Post
will hold Joint installation Tuesday
at Confederate Memorial Hall, 1922
Vermont avenue NV. There will be
a social.
Bingo at Mount Alto Hospital will
be held Thursday at tbs pm.
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Jobs Daughters

Honored Queen Lorrain Fox OF
Bethel No. 8 has set aside April
"a as Masonic and Eastern Star
night. The work will be exem-
plified and there will be entertain
ment by a church choir. The hon
ored queen hopes that many Ma
sons and members of the Eastern
Star will attend.
Bethel No. ! will meet May 3.
The Ways and Means Committee
will have a silver tea today at 1120
East Capitol street, from 4 to pm
All invited to attend.
The drill team will meet April Il
at the Masonic Temple for drill at
7:30 pm.
The meeting on Friday night OF
Bethel No. 2 will be Neighbors and
Past Honored Queens Night. The
Dramatic Club will give a play and
there will be refreshments.
Members of the drill team are
urged to be present for rehearsal
tomorrow at Z pm. at Stansbury
Temple.
On April 26 the bethel will spon-
sor a night club, with floor show
and dancing, at stansbury Temple
from $50 to ! o'clock.
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MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK.
Sunday-Junior League base
ball, Ellipse, 1:30 and $3.50
pm.
Monday-Gardner, Army &
Navy Club, luncheon, 1890
pm; Quentin Roosevelt, Po-
tomac Boat Club; Depart
ment of Justice, F. B. I. as
sembly room; Gas Light. 1927
Wisconsin avenue NV; 8
pm.
Tuesday-Capital Transit, in
stallation, Central High
School, $3.50 pm; James
Reese Europe, 1886 Fifteenth
street NV; National Cathe-
dral, Reno Esther Hall; 8
pm.
WedneSday-Nash, 209 Pennsyl-
vania avenue Sc; Spengler,
1926 Massachusetts, avenue
NV; 8 pm.
Thursday-Department Execu-
tive Committee, District t
Building; James E. Walker,
1916 Twelfth street NV; 8
pm.
Friday-Bureau of Engraving,
7f3 D street NV, 8 pm.
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Reserve Corps Berths
For Warrant Officers
Suspended
Candidate Schools
To Provide Opportunity
For Commissions

Appointments in the Officers Re-
serve Corps. which have heretofore
been authorized for certain war
rant officers and enlisted men of
the Regular Army and for enlisted
men Of the Regular Army Reserve
who qualify for appointment
through extension course work, have
been suspended by the War Depart
ment. This action was taken in
view of the fact that officer candi-
date schools, which are to open in
the near future, will provide oppor-
tunity for warrant officers and
enlisted men to gain Reserve COM
missions. The suspension will not
apply to warrant officers and en-
listed men of the Regular Army who
are enrolled for extension courses at
the present time.
A thorough canvass of all Reserve
Officer Training Corps units, other
than those of the Signal Corps, and
of all Reserve officers, regardless of
whether they now are or are not
on active duty, will be made imme-
diately for the purpose of securing
from 1900 to 5000 additional off,
GERS for duty with the Signal Corps.
J. C. Harsch, former Berlin cor
respondent of the Christian Science
Monitor, who was in Denmark three
days after the German occupation,
will address a meeting of District
Reserve officers in the Department
of Interior auditorium on the eve
ming of April "a. Also scheduled to
speak is Col. Lockhart, recently on
duty with the anti-aircraft .defenses
in England and now on duty in
Washington as a member of the
British Military Mission.
The assignments to units of
number of prospective graduates of
the r. o. T. c. at Georgetown Uni
versity and George Washington
University will become effective
upon date of their acceptance of
appointment in the officers Reserve
Corps. The group of Georgetown
officers and their assignments in
clude First Its William G. Best,
John B. Brady and John F. Bren-
nan to the Goth Surgical Hospital;
Joseph A. Dugan, Peter N. Lombard
and Richard K. OLoughlin to the
364th Medical Regiment and Sec
ond Its. william v. Burke, William
R. Desobry, George G. Fowler, jr.;
Joseph H. Giebel, ir, and John P.
Rupert, all to the 320th Infantry.
Assignments of the George Wash
ington group will be as follows: First
Its. Jackson A. Barton, Philip A.
Cox, Abraham w. Danish, Frederick
Y. Dom, jr.; George A. Gray and
Norman B. Kanof to the 73d Gen.
eral Hospital; First Its. Manuel P.
Landman, Mark H. Lepper, William
Lewis, jr.; George D. McAfee, John
S. Moore and Austin B. Rohrbaugh,
jr., to the 74th General Hospital
and First 1t. Andrew L. Smith to
the 9O2d Medical Regiment.
District cavalry officers will meet
at Fort Myer, Va, today at $50 am.
for instruction in equitation.
The tactics of seacoast artillery
and tracer-drawn artillery will be
the subject of the coast artillery
meeting Tuesday evening. Military
intelligence officers will meet We'd
nesday evening and the general
meeting Of all District Reserve Of
ficers will be held Thursday evening.
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Meetings This Week.

Monday-Internal Revenue
Post, 1903 Fourteenth street
NV; Police-Fire Post, 800
Monroe street NE; Overseas
Military Band, National Guard
Armory; Junior Drum and
Bugle Corps, National Guard
Armory.
Tuesday - National Guard
Post. 935 G place NV; Potomac
Post, TIA H street NE.
Wednesday Washington
Post and Front Line Post, 1903
Fourteenth street NV.
Thursday - Follow Me-De-
fense Post, 1902 Rhode Island
avenue NE.
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Ruinbow Division Veterans

Elmer Francis Neagle, national
honorary president, is general
chairman of the 22d annual spring
dance of the District of Columbia
Chapter to be held at the Indian
Spring Country Club on May 8. be-
ginning at 10 o'clock. Walker H.
Colston, senior national executive
comitteeman for the District of Co.
lumbia, will be master of ceremonies
and Col. Davis G. Arnold, president
of the chapter, honorary chairman.
Tickets may be obtained from any
member. Table reservations should
Evening star., 1941-04-20


TIT, Branch 154.
The Softball League of the Sons
of the Legion will be formed in the
near future. Squadron captains
who are entering a team should
communicate with j. Paul Peters.
5433 Hawthorne place NV, or
phone Woodley 1882.
Post historians are reminded that
the contest for post histories will
close on May l, when all post his
tories must be in national head
quarters. All completed histories
should be turned into the depart
ment by April 27.
Treasury Posts recent party
netted $50 for the blood bank serum
fund.
The National Guard of Honor will
escort a delegation of Legionnaires
in the annual pilgrimage Of the De-
partnent of New Jersey to the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for
appropriate exercises at 1:30 pm.
today.
Internal Revenue Post will meet
at the Hayloft Club, 1926 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV, on April %,
with Comdr. Russell S. Jeffreys
presiding. The invited guests will
be the blood donors who are mem
bers of the blood donating squad
of the post. There will be enter
tainment and refreshments.
There will be arrangements made
for the boat ride on June 81 for the
benefit of the welfare fund.
Bernhard Edwin Bentson is a new
member of the post.
At the last meeting of Potomac
Post, Miss Madorah Donohue, chief
of protective service for children,
Board of Public Welfare, spoke on
child welfare relations and Mrs.
Genevieve B. Stone. director of the
American Legion Welfare Depart
ment, spoke on welfare activities.
The post donated $40 for child well
fare. At previous meeting S5 was
donated to the Metropolitan Police
Boys Club.
Because of insufficient funds, the
post went on record to discontinue
the support of a baseball team in
the Junior American Legion League.
James A. Duval, Joseph Mauro
and Walter C Rhodes were accepted
as new members.
The joint meeting of the Detach-
ment OF the Sons of the Legion,
scheduled for April % at the Bunker
Hill Post hall, has been indefinitely
postponed.
Fort Stevens Post Executive Com
mittee will meet on Wednesday at
pm The monthly meeting of the
Sons of the Legion Squadron will be
held Friday at 8 pm. Each meet
ing will be held at the post clubroom,
1924 Georgia avenue NV.
The Entertainment Committee of
the post announced that the annual
spring ball will be held at the In
dian Spring Country Club on May 81.
New members admitted to the post
at the previous meeting were Charles
F. Angelier, Morris Cohen, Douglas
Hobart, David Miller and George r.
Ranow.
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neeQed 10 make
the national
quota of 1,54O,
accordin G to
Mrs. E / l e n
Louise Warren,
d e p a r t m e n t
m e m b e r S h / p
chairman.
The member
ship chairman
of units report
Ing 100 per cent
and who will re-
ceive Mrs. War
ren's personal
I,..4I L1xy xrTarH
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Would Govern Color

Declaring that flowers take their
colors from sugars, London sci
enlist proposes to control the colors
of blooms by supplying the neces-
Sary sugars.
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1885 Membership
Reported by District
Legion Auxiliary
Total Is Only l54 Short
Of National Quote;
Awards to Be Made

The District of Columbia Depart
nent, American Legion Auxiliary,
had a paid-up membership on
March 81 of 1886 with only 154
Evening star., 1941-04-20
Shepherds of Bethlehem

Trinity Lodge will meet Tues
day ut 8 pm. at 7 Fourth street
NE. It will hold birthday ami
versary party.
Evening star., 1941-04-20

A large delegation of members of
Alcantara Caravan, Order of the
Alhambra, will go this morning to
Baltimore to visit Alcala Caravan
this afternoon and to attend their
banquet in the evening. Alcala Car
avan will hold an Alhambra run"
during the afternoon when a class of
about so will enter membership in
the order. John M. Miller, supreme
commander, with other members of
the supreme body will attend.
Evening star., 1941-04-20
Knights of Columbus

Spalding Council will celebrate its
42d anniversary on April % with a
supper dance at the Mayf1ower Ho-
tel beginning at $50 pm. Timothy
j. Quirk. past grand knight, is gen.
eral chairman. Entertainment will
be in charge of Harry R. Statham.
R. Frederick Brady is in charge of
tickets and Francis J. Malloy is TAX
ing reservations. Lawrence A. Gage,
grand knight of the Council, will
preside.
Evening star., 1941-04-20

The National Guard of Honor will
escort a delegation of Legionnaires
in the annual pilgrimage Of the De-
partment of New Jersey to the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for
appropriate exercises at 1:30 pm.
today.