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Evening star., 1941-10-01
New Cadet Colonel,
Robert Ashford,
0utranks Father
Wilson High Senior
Raised From Corporal;
West Point Is Objective

At II Robert Ashford, new COM
manding officer of high school Ca
diets. today outranked his dad, but
he does not intend to try and make
something of it.
Robert became a colonel yesterday
when he was appointed commander
of the cadet corps His father is
Mai. S. D. Ashford. U. S. A. now
on duty in New Jersey.
A Wilson High School senior
Robert made a long leap from the
corporal chevrons he wore only
last year.
The youth, who lives at 3433 Porter
street NV. said he hopes to enter
West Point eventually, but he is not
sure his eyesight will meet require
ments. At any rate he likes the
military and wants to stay with it.
An honor student. Robert also has
been active in sports at Wilson. and
this year is second string fullback
on the football team.
Appointment of the Wilson stu
dent as colonel means that the
brigade staff for the eight District
white high schools also will be
chosen from that institution. Wilson
has the 9Th Cadet Regiment.
Announcement of the promotion
was made by Assistant Superinten-
dent of Schools Chester w. Holmes.
IN charge of senior high schools.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Carriers 10 Discuss
Edict Fixing Fee for
Mount Vernon Buses
Sightseeing Agencies
Protest Order Requiring
Permits to Operate

Representative of four bus lines
are scheduled to meet at 10 am.
Friday with National Capital Parks
officials to discuss the order issued
by the Interior Department estab-
fishing fees for sightseeing vehicles
travelling to Mount Vernon over the
Mount Vernon boulevard.
Annual permits to operate are to
be issued at the rate of 50 per seat.
The fees were established by Sec
retary of the Interior Ickes with the
approval of President Roosevelt.
Secretary Ickes said control over
such vehicles would aid in improv-
ing traffic conditions on the road
way. The boulevard was construct
ed primarily to care for travel in
private cars, he said.
A protest against the fee was
voiced by William L. Bush. president
of The Gray Line, sightseeing
agency, who said the cost would
have to be passed along to school
children and other tourists who
came here without cars. His firm
he said. would have to pay a tax of
about $4,000 annually on some 80
vehicles, with capacity of from 80
to 35 persons. The additional cost
is too heavy for the firm to absorb,
he said.
B. c. May, general manager of the
Alexandria RarcrOft e. Wachipo
ton Transit Co, likewise protested
the charge, declaring it would add
somewhat to the cost of local pas
sengers travelling to and from Wash
ington to work. His firm operates
two buses with a capacity of % eacn
for local traffic on the boulevard as
well as some sightseeing vehicles.
Other firms that do a sightseeing
business to Mount Vernon include
the Greyhound and Capital Transit
lines.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Montgomery Paralysis
Count Mounts 10 IS

A new case of infantile paralysis
reported yesterday in Montgomery
County brought the county's total
this year to Is The total for Mary
land went above 200 for the first
time since 1928
The case diagnosed yesterday was
in Silver Spring, the first in that
section for more than a month.
Meanwhile. reports to the Mary
land State Health Department
showed State total of 201, including
two cases from Montgomery County
and one from Prince Georges Coun-
ty, recorded earlier this week.
DR.. c. H Halliday. Department
of Health epidemiologist, said. The
disease seems to be running itself
out although we probably will learn
Of occasional new cases throughout
the winter
He said a total of 98 cases were
reported during September. 81 of
them in the counties and 81 in
Baltimore City. These compared
with 81 in August, 43 from the
counties and 48 in the city. but, DR..
Halliday said, many of those re-
ported to us early this month ac-
tually were inflicted in August"
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Father and Mother
0f8Chi|dren Slain
AT Home in Virginia
Shotgun Found Beside
Formers Body; Crime
Called Murder, Suicide

The mother and father of eight
young children were killed by blasts
from a shotgun fired by the father
in their home at Woodbridge, Va,
last night Six of the children
none older than I0-witnessed their
mothers death. then ran TO the
home of neighbor. The two
youngest slept through the shoot
ings.
The bodies of Henry Hale. 40, en-
ploye of a dairy farm, and Mrs
Lillian Hale, 80, were removed to the
Hall funeral home at Occoquan.
The children were being cared for
today in the home of the neighbor,
C. M Corder.
When the terrified children ap-
peared at his house at about $50
pm. they told Mr.. Corder that their
mother had been shot. He sum-
moned the Hall ambulance r. F.
Hall was the first to approach the
Hale house.
He said he found Mrs. Hale lying
on the front porch, apparently killed
instantly when shot in the back as
she ran out through a screen door.
In the front room, he reported, he
found that an earlier shotgun blast
had splintered the end of bench.
In a bedroom he found Mr. Hale,
killed by a head wound, he said. A
shotgun rested upon the body In
the same room was the 1-year- -old
baby. still asleep in its bed. An
other child was asleep in second
bedroom.
Mr. Hall quoted the older children
as saying their mother had finished
preparing supper when their father
returned home, and an argument
started.
Coroner E. M Marstellar said he
issued certificates of suicide and
homicide in the case.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
E. EtheIbert Downhum
OF Alexandria Dead

Spe cial Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct 1-E
Ethelbert Downham. As, treasurer
of the West Bros. Brick Co., died last
night at his home, 400 King street
road. Mr.. Downhama. a native of
Alexandria, had been i'll for some
time.
He was the son of E. Francis
Downham and the late Esther NJ
Downham.
In addition to his father, Mr.
Downham leaves his wife. Mrs. Mil
dred Hellmuth Downham; a son,
Charles T. Downham, and brother,
George F.. Downham, all of Alex
andria, and another brother, L. P.
Downham, of Detroit.
Requiem mass will be sung at 10
a m. Friday in ST. Mary's Catholic
Church followed by burial in st.
Mary's Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Wicomico Grand Jury
Indicts County Treasurer
Rv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
SALISBURY. Md. Oct. 1.-The
Wicomico County grand jury. con-
cluding its investigation of a SIS 900
shortage in county funds, indicted
County Treasurer Charles w. Ben
nett yesterday on charges of mis-
feasance in Office.
Mr. Bennett pleaded not guilty
and trial was set for October 9.
Already convicted of misfeasance
as a result of the theft of county
funds by their former clerk, Mrs.
Rachel Wright Day, are the five
former county commissioners, each
of whom was fined 500 and costs.
The commissioners resigned after
being accused.
Mrs. Day pleaded guilty to forgery
larceny and misappropriation of
funds involving approximately So 600
and was sentenced to nine years in
the Maryland Penitentiary.
Mr.. Benefits bond was set at
81 900, which he posted.
The boards resignation left county
business at standstill, but yester-
day long step toward Strengthening
out the kinks in county affairs was
accomplished with the formation OF
a new five-man board.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Silver Spring Red Cross
Committee Heads Picked

Mrs. Donald R. Sabin. newly elect
ed chairman of the Silver Spring
MD Branch, Montgomery Coun-
ty Chapter, American Red Cross.
yesterday announced a partial list
of standing committee chairmen
as follows:
Production, Mrs. Arthur Day: sur
glcal dressings. Mrs Calvin Schaef-
fer; school hot lunch program. Mrs.
D. A. Lundquist; first aid chair
man, Fire Chief John Cole; dis
aster preparedness, Staten Alden:
home service, Mrs John Keele. and
delegate at large, Mrs. William
Dahl.
Mrs. Sabin requests that any one
interested in nursing or first aid
courses call her at Shepherd 1430
before october Is.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Bible Lecturer Plans
Discussion Tonioht

j. L. Shuler, who is giving a series
Of Bible lectures at a tabernacle in
Silver Spring. Md, near the District
line, will speak on What and Where
Is Heaven?" at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
Other subjects for his nightly
lectures this week will include "FaS-
cinating Scenes Beyond the Veil"
tomorrow and The Greatest Won
der in the World" Friday.
The meeting is being sponsored
by the American Bible Institute.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Marbury Is |nducted
As Associate Justice
OF Marlboro Circuit
Succeeds to Post Hold
By Judge MottineIy
For Nearly 20 Years
By Staff Correspondent of The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO. Nd, Oct.


UPPER MARLBORO. Md. Oct. l.
Charles c. Marbury was sworn in
here today as an associate justice
of the Seventh Judicial Circuit by
Brice Bowie, clerk of the court.
Judge Marbury was appointed last
week by Gov. O-Conor TO fill the
vacancy left by the retirement of
Judge Joseph C. Mattingly.
Judge Mattingly. who reached the
retirement age of 10 on July 7,
revealed yesterday that he plans to
continue the practice of law in
Washington and Marlboro.
Commenting on the appointment
of his successor, Judge Mattingly
said:
L think all appointments that
Gov O'Conor has made have been
excellent, made after thoughtful
consideration. and they will, I be-
lieve, aid in the public good and the
efficiency of the bench
Judge Mattingly recalled yester-
day his years on the Marlboro bench
which began with his election in
1928. Showing few of his years.
Judge Mattingly said his career on
the bench had been greatly aided
by the people of the county who
always proved friendly and Coop
erative. Since he began his first
term, Judge Mattingly has tried
nearly 10000 cases.
Georgetown University awarded
him three degrees; A B., 1898:
Ii. B., 1895. and LII. M, 1896. He
began his practice in 1898 in WASH
ington and Maryland and has fol-
lowed his profession through 40
years as judge and lawyer.
Descended from an ancestor who
settled in Maryland in 1910. Judge
Mattingly is neighbor of Under
secretary of State Sumner Welles
in Oxen Hill. He has three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Frank Mcguire of Airing
ton Miss Eleanor Mattingly. %. and
Miss Anne Matilde Mattin2ly. II.
Mrs. Mattingly died four years ago
Evening star., 1941-10-01
George c. Brenton
To Be Buried Today

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MANASSAS, Va, Oct. George
C. Brenton, 81, Prince William
County horse trainer and owner,
who died Monday at his home here,
was to be buried this afternoon in
the Manassas Cemetery, following
services conducted by the Rev. w. o.
Luttrell. He was native and life
long resident of this vicinity. Mr..
Brenton is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Nan Darlington Brenton.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Services Slated Today
For J. J. B. Lerch, so

Funeral services were to be held
this morning for J. J. Bernard
Lerch. so. wholesale grocer here for
many years, who died Monday at
Doctors Hospital following short
illness. The services were to be
held at S. H. Hines establishment,
with burial in Fort Lincoln Gene
terry.
Mr.. Lerch. who lived at 2945
Mills avenue NE, was vice president
of Mayo-LerCh Co., wholesale gro
Gerry firm, Fourth and D streets
SW He was a lifelong resident of
the District and belonged to East
gate Masonic Lodge.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Julia
S. Lerch; daughter, Louise, and
two sons. Howard D. and ]. J. Ber-
nard Lerch, jr.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
PIT. A. to Give Dinner
To Aid Fairfax School
spe cial pisra tch to The Star.

Spe clal Dlsratch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va. Oct IA dinner
for the benefit of Fairfax Elemen-
tary School will be sponsored by
the Parent-Teacher Association at
5 pm. tomorrow in the school base
ment under the direction of Mrs.
David Williams.
Mrs. Ethel o. Fox, president of
the PIT. A., has announced the
members of the Executive Com
mittee as follows:
Mrs. j. w. Monroe, Mrs. j. c.
Stickley. Mrs. j. W. Case, Mrs. H.
B. Meade, Mrs. Williams. Mrs. Mark
P. Friedlander, Mrs. Elmar S. War
ing. Mrs. Thomas P. Chapman. jr.:;
Mrs. David Meeker. Mrs. Philip
Trenis, Mrs Lennig Sweet, Mrs. J.
N. Howdershell, Mrs. Gunder Gill
bertson and Mrs. Helen Hill Miller.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
CheverIy Citizens
Will Elect Tonight

Officers will be elected at the first
fall meeting of the Cheverly Citi-
zens' Association at o'clock tonight
in the Cheverly-Tuxedo School.
Lee w. Quinn, president. said the
group also would discuss the
schools facilities, claiming it now
has a registration of 2O2 pupils for
its four classrooms The auditorium
is being fitted for one or two addi-
tional classrooms, Mr.. Quinn said.
Trash collections, tree paintings
and major problems raised by the
unprecedented expansion of the
community also will be discussed,
he announced.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Teachers to Hear
Speech Clinic Head

Richard R. Hutcheson, director of
the University of Maryland's speech
clinic was to address $50 Prince
Georges County elementary school
teachers in the Hyattsville High
School this afternoon on ways to
improve speech habits of pupils.
Mr.. Hutcheson's talk will be part
of Statewide program, sponsored
by the university's speech depart
ment, to promote interest in speech
training among elementary schools.
The department, headed by DR.. Ray
Ehrensberger, hopes to establish
speech clinics" throughout the
State.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Buckingham Tenants
Coll Protest Meeting

The Buckingham Civic Associa-
ton will hold a special meeting at
8 pm. tomorrow at st. Thomas
More Church at the Arlington (Va)
community to protest against evic-
ton Of tenants at the development.
Leo c. Lloyd. Arlington County
Board member, and Kenneth Craw-
ford, newspaper correspondent, will
speak. Ed Warren, member of the
associations Executive Board, will
preside.
An unlawful detainer suit in
which the Buckingham manage
ment seeks to evict Frank Ingram
is scheduled for trial in the Arling-
ton County Trial Justice Court to-
morrow
Evening star., 1941-10-01
W. c. McComb Rites Held

WAYNESBORO, Va, Oct. l
(SpeciaD Funeral services were
held yesterday for William Coiner
McComb, 80, Waynesboro justice of
the peace, who died Sunday. A ma
tive of Augusta County, he attended
Roanoke College at Salem and was
for many years a school teacher in
Texas. Surviving are his widow. three
sons. two sisters and . brother.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Z Tokomu Park Residents
File Suits for Divorces
Special Dispatch to The Star

Special Dispat tch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. Oct. Cliff
ton E. Hayes of Takoma Park, Md,
has filed suit in the Circuit Court
here for an absolute divorce from
Mrs. Barbara D. Hayes of Balti-
more, charging desertion. Mr.. HAYES
also asks to be awarded custody
of the couples two children, Clifton
E., jr., II, and lola May, 10.
In another suit, Mrs. Catherine
H. Manton of Takoma Park seeks
a limited divorce from Daniel ].
Manton of Washington. Desertion
is charged.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Lorton School Contract

FAIRFAX, Va, Oct. (SpeciaD -
Contract for the construction of two
classrooms and an auditorium at
Lorton School has been awarded to
c. E. Nichols of Richmond, on a
low bid of $4,000, it has been an
nounced by Division Supt. w. T.
Woodson. Because of the difficulty
of obtaining material and labor, it
is not expected the project will be
completed in time for use this ses-
sion.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
$1,000 Pints of Blood
Sought in Maryland
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Oct. IA call for
Marylanders to supply $4,000 more
pints of blood for the Army and
Navy and for use in civilian defense
disasters was announced yesterday
by DR.. j. M. T. Finney, chairman
of the Baltimore Red Cross Chapter
The new quota will be handled
by the national emergency volun-
teer blood donor project here and
DR.. Finney said a drive would be
made to have residents of Hagers-
town, Frederick, Annapolis and
other cities come here and donat te
their blood
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Children Get Scudder Estate

ROCKVILLE, Md, Oct. (Spe-
ciaD Under the will of Mrs. Halle
S. Scudder of Bethesda, Md. which
has been admitted to probate in the
Orphans Court here, her entire
estate, which includes the premises
at 224 Rugby avenue, Woodmont.
Bethesda, goes in equal shares to
her eight children-EStelle Powell.
Lula Blueford, Agnes Sipes, Rosa
Diehl and Stiner. William G., Harry
L. and Edward Powell. The vslus
of the estate is not given.
Evening star., 1941-10-01

In Capital Gains
$4,000 in Year
TotoIed 100000
Here in August,
Miss Perkins Says

Employment in the District in
August totaled 100000, an increase
of 1000 over July and 10000 more
than in August, 1910, Secretary of
Labor Perkins reported yesterday.
Virginia and Maryland led the
country in percentage gains in nom
agricultural employment since Aug
ust, 1910. The number of employees
in non-agricultural establishments
in Virginia totaled 603,000 a gain
of 10000, or 228 per cent over the
total of a year ago. Maryland en-
ployment totaled $4,000, as COM
pared with 518,000 in August. 1910
Maryland and Virginia reported
August employment gains of 10000
and 5000, respectively.
Comparable With 1888.
Civil non n-agricultura employment
In the United States reached a total
of 80 ,542 900, an increase of 3640 900
workers since August. 1910, and
1,l66,000 greater than in August,
1929. The employment gain for the
month was 26l000 This was the
fifth consecutive month in which
employment has exceeded all pre-
vious peaks.
The increase of employment in
the first year OF the defense pro-
gram has been of record breaking
proportions" Secretary Perkins said
only once before has there been
an equally large increase in the
number of wage and salaried work.
ers engaged in agricultural in
duStrieS in a period of II months
Between the spring of 1888, and the
spring of 1884, the increase was
about the same as that which we
have experienced this last year.
ITO achieve this record this year.
however, we have had to build and
equip new plants, train hundreds
of thousands of workers to new
Skills, and learn to make things
which have never before been in
mass production in this country.
Remarkable Achievement.
by contrast, in 1933-l934, our
prODlem was merely tnat OF putting
unused resources back to work This
achievement is all the more re-
markable because we have with
drawn also nearly million and a
half men for the armed forces"
The boom in manufacturing
pushed both the employment and
pay indexes to new high levels in
August. The employment index
reached 1925 per cent of the 1929
1924 average, and the pay rool index
rose to 157.
The increase over the past year
has been twice as great in pay rolls
as in employment, rejecting sub
stantial increases in working hours.
overtime payments, and wage rates"
Secretary Perkins pointed out.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Duirymen to Have Banquet

MANASSAS, Va, Oct. l (Spe-
ciaD The annual banquet of the
Prince William County Dairy Herd
Improvement Association will be
held at 7 pm. tomorrow in the
dining. room of the Presbyterian
Church. B. w. Dickson of Blacks
burg, supervisor of Dairy Herd I'm
provement in Virginia, will be prin-
cipal speaker.
Evening star., 1941-10-01

Mr.. Bradford was graduated from
Atlantic Union College in Massachu-
setts, where he received a bachelor
Of theology degree, and from the
George Washington University
Teachers College. He has taken post
graduate work at George Washing
ton, in addition to attending the
University of Virginia and Ameri-
can University. He taught mathe-
matics and science in public schools
in Fairfax County, Va, and in
private schools in New York State,
before starting to teach at Wash
ington Preparatory School three
years ago.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Aide Boys Steer Wins
At Baltimore Show
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. IA pure
bred Hereford steer, fitted and
shown by Ned and Jimmie Tyler,
brothers, of Aldie, Loudon County,
Va, was judged grand champion
steer of the 18th annual Baltimore
Livestock Show yesterday
The champion was described by
w. B. Kennedy of st. Joseph, Mo,
internationally known cattle judge,
as better than any 4-SI club cham
pion which has been shown at the
Chicago Interpational."
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Bridge Name Offered

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. l (P.-The
Board of Supervisors of Warren
County has recommended that the
new bridges over branches of the
Shenandoah River near Riverton
and Front Royal be named for Will
liam E. Carson of Riverton, former
chairman of the State Conservation
Commission.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Future Farmers Open
Fair at Stephens City
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpeclaI DISPATCH 70 The Star.
WINCHESTER, Va. Oct l.
With exhibits of field and orchard
crops reported to be below average
because of the drought, the annual
fair sponsored by the Stephens City
and Middleton Chapters of the Fu-
ture Farmers of America opened in
the Stephens City Agricultural High
School today. Henry Carbaugh is
general manager of the fair, as
sisted by Roland Snapp. The fair
will close tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Manages Student Paper

WAYNESBORO, Va, Oct. l
(SpeciaD Adolf Torovsky of Wash
ington has been named business
manager of the student newspaper,
The c. O." at Fishburne Military
Academy, Col. Morgan H. Hudgins,
superintendent, announced today.
Evening star., 1941-10-01

nounced yeSter-
day. The school
offers prepara-
tory school work
for adults.
Mr.. Bradford
succeeds Leroy
j. Mas as prin-
cipal. Mr.. Mas
has been named
a director of the
school and head
master of the
w o o d W a r d
School for Boys,
succeeding the
late James j.
King.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Toll in Previous Months.

In October, Beware OF:
/. The hours between mid
night and 2 am. Three persons
were killed within this two-hour
period in October last year.
2. Crossing a street at some
point other than a crosswalk.
Two pedestrians met death in
October. 1910. while doing this
One of the two ran out from
between parked cars.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Heads Berkeley Roll Call

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Oct. l
(SpeciaD John H. Hodges was an
nounced today as director of the an
nual Red Gross Roll Call for Berke-
ley County, starting November II.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
DrunesviIIe Supper

The Women's Society of Christian
Service of Dranesville, Va, will hold
q fried chicken supper from S to 8
pm. tomorrow at the old Dranes-
vile tavern.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Judqe Chesnut's Wife Dies

BALTIMORE, Oct. l P).-Mrs
Florence Carroll Chestnut, wife of
Federal Judge w. Calvin Chestnut,
died Unexpectedly yesterday at her
Roland Park home.
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Bradford Named Principal
Of Preparatory School

William Bradford, veteran teacher,
has been named principal of the
Washington Preparatory School at
the Central Y. M. C. A., it was an
Evening star., 1941-10-01
Holt the Toll
Every blot is a District traffic
death. Stop the october toll.
October, lo4l

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