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Evening star., 1941-02-14
Farley Slated
On Merger Of
Two Courts
Croft Of New Bill
To Be Discussed at
Tuesday Session

A draft of a new bill to merge
Police and Municipal Courts will
be discussed at a conference at the
Justice Department Tuesday, it was
learned today.
The proposed measure, drawn up
at the instance of the department,
Is designed 10 provide more efficient
disposition of cases. officials said it
fills the same purpose as a merger
bill introduced February 7 by Rep
resentative Randolph, Democrat, of
West Virginia and approved by the
District Commissioners, but is more
effective"
Justice Department officials said
United States Attorney Edward M.
Curran and Corporation Counsel
Richmond B. Keech are expected to
meet with Matthew M. Mcclure, as
sistant to the Attorney General to
discuss the proposed measure, which
1t was emphasized is only in tenta-
tive form.
Chief Justice Provided.
Chief difference between the bill
introduced by Representative Ran
dolph and the proposed measure,
officials said. is the provision in the
latter for administrative organiZa-
ton" of the courts. The draft would
provide for the naming of a chief
justice for the consolidated courts,
who would be empowered to assign
the other judges to handle cases in
order to keep up with the docket.
Some consideration also is to be
given to increasing the number of
judges, but no provision is made
for raising salaries.
One of the present problems at
Police Court is the disposition of
jury cases pending trial, many of
which are ressigned again and
again because of the inability of one
court to handle the volume of cases.
Under the proposed setup, the
Chief Justice would be authorized
to delegate other judges TO hear
some of the jury cases as soon as
their cases are cleared up in the
other branches of the court.
Longer Terms Considered.
Other provisions under conSidera-
tion include longer terms for the
judges. suggesting 10-year terms for
the merged court instead of the
six-year appointments of Police
Court judges and the four-year ap-
polntmentS of Municipal Court
judges as at present; an overhauling
of Municipal Court procedure and
increased jurisdiction in civil cases.
which would act to relieve the
crowded civil case docket of Dis
trict Court.
If the draft is approved, with
draWal of the bill previously intro
duced by Representative Randolph
probably will follow The previous
measure originated in the corpora
ton counsel's Office.
The legislative proposals were
drafted by Alexander Holtzoff, spe-
cial assistant to the Attorney Cen
eral after a study of local court pro-
cedure which has consumed several
months. The inquiry was under
stood to have been undertaken when
observation convinced officials that
improvements we're possible.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Army Trains 2-Way
Pigeon Messengers
BySecretSy System
Feothered Couriers
Pictured as VitoI Link
In War Operations

The United States Army has de-
veloped a method of training hon.
ing pigeons to fly two wayS-some-
thing new in the pigeon world-and
as a result these feathered military
messengers have assumed new i'm
portance as a means Of communica-
ton in war.
For many hundreds of years,
pigeons have been used TO carry
messages, but in one direction only.
The Army now is training them to
carry messages two wayS-to the
front lines and back to headquarters,
for instances-and this is expected
to eliminate the problem of trans
porting pigeons forward.
Maj. John K. Shawvan, officer in
charge Of the Army's pigeon service,
a branch of the Signal Corps, out
lined this new development in talk
yesterday before the North Wash
ington Lions Club.
He appeared at luncheon of the
club to receive pigeon from one
Of Washington's leading pigeon fam
ciers, Capt D. c. Buscall, retired
Marine Corps officer, who was in
charge of the pigeon service In the
World War.
The pigeon, Satan by name, Is the
flrstbird selectee from Washington
accepted by the Army in plan for
recruiting talent for Army pigeon
companies. The service is register
ing pigeon fanciers throughout the
country so the Army can borrow
pairs to be used for breeding pur-
poses.
The Army'S method of training
pigeons to carry messages two ways
is a closely guarded military secret
Maj. Shawvan said
The carriers also are being
groomed for both night and da!
work and for service under tn,
worst battle conditions, he said.
"Homing pigeons are one mean
/ of communication that a blitzkries
or anything else can't STOP" he said
To-day, it would be absolutely i'm
possible to disrupt the military COM
munications of a United States
Army on the battlefield-and that's
because of the pigeons"
/ Battles in modern warfare, Sai6
Maj. Shawvan. are directed from
headquarters far behind the front
lines by a staff of highly trained
officers who are dependent on q
tremendous traffic of communica-
tionS.
IF these lines of communications
are severed for as long as three
hours, the staff. officers are sunk,
he said. When all other methods
fail, homing pigeons can be relied
on to fly through with messages.
He pointed out pigeons travel at
mile-a minutes speed and have
been found to be amazingly eff
Gent getting through with mes
sages 96 per cent of the time.
The Army also has developed a
house trailer type of pigeon loft
with a capacity of 120, which can
be moved from place to place at a
speed of so miles per hour. New
equipment also has been devised
for attaching messages on a pigeon
without handling the bird.
The first pigeon company to be
mobiEzed by the Army will take
part in field maneuvers in the South
this summer. The company viii
number from 5000 to 5000 pigeons
Maj. Shawvan said.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

dressed to the President this
year. The fancier ones are
sorted out and sent to cheer up
patients in local hospitals.
Candy stores, florists and deal
ers in fancy ice cream figures
say their business beats any,
thing that has been known be-
fore on Valentines Day.
Some of the dealers in paper
valentines say they have elimi-
mated the old penny dreadful
comics, in favor of something a
little more subtle but no less in
sulting.
People got to coming In to
read those comic valentines and
they'd spend hours" 1t was ex-
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Stogge Under Posted Sweetness Wont You Be Ny Voenne

The postman's back was bend
ing little more than usual to-
day under the weight of the
heaviest load of lovely sentiments
ever dispatched in washington
on Valentines Day.
In spite of everything, it ap-
pears, roses are still red and vio-
lets are blue, which, of course,
they aren't. The latter is just
one of the idiosyncracies of a
celebration which is staged in
spite of the fact that no one
knows why.
Local odds-and-ends empo-
RUINS say that they've sold more
Evening star., 1941-02-14

planned at one store. "Then
they'd buy penny or maybe 2
cents worth. They never seemed
to be able to think of more than
a couple of cents worth of people
they were mad at. 1t just didn't
pay"
The Valentine population of
the District has increased sharply
in a year. There are % Valen-
tines listed in the phone book,
an increase of some II per cent
over last year. ...
This is a bad day for most
Valentines, since 1t is practically
impossible 10 get a check cashed
or be introduced or to get the
telephone to stop ringing.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

valentines this year than ever
before, about so per cent of them
being the non-sentimental, or
little stinkeroo, variety.
The Post Office Department
says that it can't find anything
in its history which compares to
the volume of Valentines mail.
The lace-edged mail is playing
hob with the canceling machines.
The canceling machines are
0 constructed to take mail of ordi-
nary shape, but the valentines
like Christmas cards-came in
all sizes. 1t makes it little
tough.
The White House reported .
heavy barrage Of valentines I'd.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

No one is quite sure why VAL
entine's Day is celebrated. There
is one legend which says that
February IA was the day when
the birds began to mate.
DR.. William Mann OF the local
Zoo says that nothing like that
goes on in his birdhouse and that
as far as the Zoo is concerned
it's just another Friday.
There we're two holy men who
are known as st. Valentine. One
was thrown in Jail by the Roman
Emperor Claudius, beaten and
then beheaded. The other one
cfoked to death on a fish bone.
So proceed carefully with that
mackerel today.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Divorce Granted

ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. IA (Spe-
ciaD.-A absolute divorce from
Harry Campbell Conway has been
granted to Mrs. Dorothy Louise
Conway, of Burtonsville, Md, by
Judge Charles w. Woodward in the
Circuit Court here. The decree al
lows her to resume her maiden name
of Jenkins. Desertion was charged.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Legion Auxiliary Party

A bingo party will be held to-
morrow night at the home of Mrs.
William E Marvel, 802 Roeder road,
Silver Spring, Md, under the aus
pices of Cissel-Saxon Auxiliary,
American Legion. Proceeds will be
used to purchase gifts of stationary
and stamps for selectees from this
area.
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Make February Safer
Februory, l94l
In February Beware OF:

In February Beware OF:
l. Crossing streets carelessly
In rainy weather, particularly at
night. The four pedestrians
killed in February, 1910, were
struck in wet weather, three
after dark.
2. Crossing a street at a point
other than a croSSWalk or cross
ing against a red light. The
former cost two lives in Febru-
ary, 1910; the latter, one. The
fourth pedestrian was struck by
a hit-run motorist at an uncon-
trolled intersection.
Of the four pedestrians, three
were 60 years of age or older.
The fifth February victim was
truck driver killed in q collision
with an automobile.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

Cats were queens at Odd Fellows
Temple today.
They lay on satin cushions &C
cepting as their due the homage of
their mistreSSes.
ROYALTY of the feline world was
there and few alley cats, too,
meowing gently in response to a
variety of talk reserved exclusively
for cats.
The owners curried, combed and
powdered. Women compared notes
on the tricks their cats had mas
tered. They hung satin drapes to
show off the silvers and tans and
blues.
The occasion was the champion
ship cat show, sponsored from 9 am.
to 10 pm. both today and tomorrow,
by the Columbian Cat Fanciers, Inc,
and the American Tabby and Tortie
Club. In the cages lining the hall
were 180 cats ranging from the
streamlined Siamese to thick -furred
Persians.
Refugee Takes Her Ease.
There was a rare chocolate col
ored Burmese that Travelled from
New Orleans, an alley cat saved
at the eleventh hour from extinc-
ton. Persian beauty reclining or
a cat-size chaise lounge
A refugee from bombs took her
ease in lavender lined cage. The
aristocratic blue Persian had beer
owned by a professor of voice at the
London Academy of Music. The
owner wanted to send her cat Il
safe haven but the rates for travel
ing cats were too high. Finally, two
Canadian music students volun-
teered to carry Hesperus and three
other cats to America.
They travelled in a convoy of II
ships. Somewhere in the North At.
lantic a submarine was sighted anc
suddenly the ship next to the one
Evening star., 1941-02-14
Band Concert

BY the United States Soldiers
Home Band Orchestra in Stanley
Hall at the home tomorrow at $50
pm. John S. M. zimmerman,
bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assist
ant.
Evening star., 1941-02-14

BY the United States Army Band
in the band auditorium of the Army
War College tomorrow at 11:30 am.
Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, leader;
Karl Hubner, assistant.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26
Lefty Grove
 Gamers 300
 vietory Mark
Tanks Sill on Rampage in League with Seven
 Straight Games
(By Associated Press)

Robert Moses Iefty) Grove stag gered temporarily yesterday but steadied to join baseball's 300-gan1e winning immortals, as Boston came from behind to whip Cleveland. Grove gave 12 hits, but Boston's two rallies saved him for yesterdays s victory and his third attempt to reach the magic 300 figure. Said he, I'm going out for another 300"
 Yankee Sput Chandler pitched three-hit ball yesterday, defeating the Chicago White Sox and keeping the Yanks on a rampage through the American League for their sew enth straight victory.
 Philadelphia moved to within a game of the first division yesterday, pounding out Is hits against Detroit for their fifth straight victory. St. Louis Eldon Auker pitched win ming seven-hitter against the Wash ington Senators yesterday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26

land and the states of Missouri and Rhode Island, approximately 20 percent increase; Louisville, up 38 percent; the state of New York, 27 percent; and California, 32 percent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26

 15T INNING
 E WINNER
Seattle Jumps on Beaver Reid Last Night-AngeIs
 Win with Homer
II. I. ". Radiophoto
(By Associated Press)

The Seattle Rainiers jumped on the Portland Beavers Earl Reid for six runs in the first inning last night and coasted to another victory, giv- ing Turpin his fourteenth win of the season.
 San Diego rallied in the ninth in ming last night for one run to nose cut Sacramento. John Jensen tripled and came home on Eddie Pellaen- rini's single.
 Los Angeles took the first victory of the series last nioht with Holly wood, featuring by Johnny Moore's
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CANADIAN FIGURES JUMP

The national park figures are slow coming in, but estimates for the first month or six weeks of the season indicate 10 to 20 percent visitor increase in all parks over ast years high figures.
 D. Leo Dolan, chief of the Cana dian Travel Bureau, reports that in one week, at eight Canadian entry points in New Brunswick, Quebec and Ontario, travel to Canada on 60-day permits (per- sons who stayed 48 hours or less and did not have. to have extend- ed permits were hot counte6 ln- creased from twos to two and a half times aYer 1940.
 In recent months I have had a number of queries from readers asking if it is possible to go to Canada while she is at war. Ac- cording to MT. Dolan, more than 14,0OOO00 Americans went TO Canada in 194O for stays of longer .han 48 hours and restrictions are no different now than they were then.
 The same applies to Mexico. Because of some Whimsy not yet made clear, travel to our nearest good neighbor' to the south started off very slowly this year. ror four months, it was no more than normal and little under last year; but the next two months saw approximately a 30 percent increase over last years high flg- ures. Since then, the flow across the Rio Grande and borders to the west is developing into a sizable flood.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26
L055 GIVEN
 TO DODGERS
 BY PIRATES
Giants Put Screws on Chi eago as Ddh|gren Makes
 Costly Error in First
(By Associated Press)

Pittsburgh took a doubleheader from Brooklyn yesterday to step into third place while knocking the Dod- gers farther away from the lead and handing Whitlow Wyatt his fourth defeat in the opener and trimming Curt Davis in the nightcap. Davis had previously won six games in a row.
 Rookie Tom Hughes of the Phil lies proved too much for Cincinnati yesterday with an eight-hitter.
 The Giants punched over four
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f Nazi consul general San Francisco latter by plane after clos York City, They will home the ner spurnng offer of transportation and safe which and Italian
 nationals Lisbon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26
TAKE YOUR CHOICE

So there you have it. America is on wheels as it never was be- fore. From Lake St. Jean to Aca- pulco, they are angling for ouan- aniche or red trout, or buying gar denias at few cents an armload, or sending wish-you-w u-were-here post cards to the folks back home.
 The good neighbor" boys in Washington have their own yer sion of the travel to Canada and Mexico (and the rest of Latin America), but the travel experts here who take g broader view say
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26

it's just simple case of restless ness and rising incomes.
 The former always occurs in periods of great national tension. When money comes along at the same time, folks just have to get out and get going, whether it's to see the Gaspe, Popocatepeu, or to visit son John, who is earning his $21-per as trainee in Uncle Sam's own version of blitzkrieg army.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26
GAMES FRIDAY Pacific Coast League

Seattle 2; Portland 2. San Deigo 3; Sacramento 9. Oakland 2; San Francisco 0. Los Angeles g; Hollywood 5.
 National League Brooklyn 4, 2; Pittsburgh 8, 8. Boston 8; St. Louis 0. New York 5: Chicago 2. Philadelphia 4; Cincinnati 3.
 American League New York 8; Chicago 0. Cleveland g.; Boston 10. Detroit 5; Philadelphia II. St. Louis 5; Washington 3.
 Gastineau Channel League Elks-Moose game postponed on ac- count of rain.
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Americans Are Seeing
 America This Season:
 Tourist Play Is Heavy

(Continued rom Page One1
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Empire Classiiieds Payi
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STARTING EARLY

DALLAS, July 26-F ee IT. month-old Paul Haney, son of MT. and Mrs. Ernest Haney, already IS following in his parents footsteps as a bowling enthusiast. He has a small ball. drilled to fit his tiny hand, and actually performs qn the alleys.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26

homer with the bases loaded in the first inning.
 Jack Salveson, of the Oaks, pitch ed six-hit ball last night, blanking San Francisco. The Oaks got only three hits but they made them count.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26
TRADE BACkFIRES

CINCINNATI, July 26 - Perhaps there are moments when Manager Bill McKechnie is sorry he trad ed outfielder Vince DiMaggio. For three times this year, Pittsburgh's Vince has hit homers against the Reds with two on base to win ball games.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26
L0T5A FANS

BROOKLYN, July 26-Pete Reis- CT, star Brooklyn rookie outfielder and hitter, can round up a good sized cheering section by just in- viting his brothers and sisters to the park. Pete has five sisters and two brothers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-07-26
American League

SnhScrrDe to the Daily Alaska Empire-the paper with the larges paid circulation.
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runs all based on Babe Dahlgren's error in the first inning yesterday and relied to victory over Chicago.
 Boston shelled two St. Louis pitch CTS from the mound yesterday.
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Added Revenue Seen
I'D. {. Modernizes
Law on Corporations
Hill Says Million Lost
Annually BY Advantage
Given Outside Firms

Urging various civic organizations
TO support a projected law to mod
ernize the statutes governing cor
porations here, Francis w. Hill, jr.,
president of the Bar Association of
the District of Columbia, in state
ment today declared that if this be
done, the District government would
be enriched by $l,000,000 annually.
Mr.. Hill revealed that an associ-
alton committee headed by Camden
r. McAtee, has made a study of
the corporation laws and has sub
mitted a draft of proposed legisla-
ton to the District Commissioners,
who, in turn, have referred it for
study to Corporation Counsel Rich
mond B. Keech.
Meanwhile Chairman Randolph OF
the House District Committee today
introduced "by request" a bill de-
signed to correct deficiencies" in
existing law regulating corporations
here.
William j. ThompkinS, recorder of
deeds, whose Office passes on certifi-
Gates of corporation, is understood to
have requested the proposed legis-
lation. The present law, he said,
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Frank Foer, 81, Dies;
Interior Decorator

Frank Foer, 81, who had been in
the paper hanging and interior
decorating business here for more
than 40 years, died today at his
home, 1915 Seventeenth street NV.
Born in Russia, Mr.. Foer came
to this country at the age of IA
and lived in Newark before NOV
ing to Washington. He was an
organizer of the Samuel Gompers
Lodge of the Masons.
He leaves his widow, two sons,
Jerome and Walter Foer; two sis
ters, Mrs. Beckie Kushner and Mrs.
Bessie Ehrlich, and four brothers,
Albert, Nathan, Louis and Meyer
Foer.
Funeral services will be at 1890
pm. tomorrow at the Danzansky
funeral home, 3501 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Adas Israel
Hebrew Congregation Cemetery.
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Harris Takes Oath
As House Member
By the Associated Press.

B, the Associated Press.
Winder r. Harris, Norfolk news
paperman, took his oath of Office as
Representative from the second Vir-
ginia district yesterday and renewed
acquaintance with many Capitol
Hill veterans he knew from Is to 90
years ago as Washington news
man.
Mr.. Harris was escorted to the well
of the House Immediately after it
convened at noon by Representative
Bland, dean of the Virginia delega-
ton, and the oath was administered
by Speaker Rayburn.
Among the members who greeted
him when he took his seat as a
member was Representative Ludlow,
Democrat, Of Indiana, who was a
member of the press gallery with
Mr.. Harris.
Evening star., 1941-04-16
Celebration to Honor
Pastor and Association

Tribute to the Rev. E. T. Broadus,
pastor of the Central Baptist
Church, will be combined tonight
at 8 o'clock with celebration of the
29th anniversary of the Deanwood
Civic Association.
Main speaker at the ceremonies,
to be held at the DeanWood School,
will be w. j. Tompkins, recorder of
deeds. Testimony to the Rev. Mr..
Broadus will be delivered by the
Rev. Hampton T. Gaskins, pastor
of the Liberty Baptist Church.
Also speaking will be Miss Alberta
Lawson, who will discuss THE Negro
and the Constitution" Charles M.
Thomas, teacher at Armstrong High
School, will be master of ceremonies,
and the Rev. George E. Curry, pastor
of the Randle Memorial Methodist
Church, will pronounce the invoca-
ton.
Entertainment will include a solo
by Mrs. Jessie Alexander, a mono
logue by Mrs. Sarah T. Honesty,
and piano solo by Miss Geraldine
Brewer.
Frank L. Shears is in charge of
the program.
Evening star., 1941-04-16

does not require corporations to
designate or appoint business agents
and that all corporations are not
required to file annual reports, with
the result it is impossible to keep
a record of management changes.
In addition, Mr.. ThompkinS ex-
planned, foreign corporations are per-
mitted carte blanche" existence in
the District, since they procure no
license to do business, file no reports
and designate no business agents.
Inconsistencies Seen.
Mr.. Hill described the existing
District laws governing the organi-
zation of corporations here and ad-
mitting those organized elsewhere
to do business in the District as
grossly inconsistent"
Our laws governing the organi-
zation of corporations in the Dis
trict of Columbia are very strict
the requirements are far more diff
ficult to meet than are the require
ments in most States throughout
the United States declared Mr..
Hill. On the other hand, a COR
poration organized elsewhere may
come into the District of Columbia
and engage in business to the same
extent as may a local corporation,
but the foreign corporation is not
made subject by our corporation
laws to any supervision. Certainly
a foreign corporation seeking to do
business in the District of Columbia
should be made to meet the same
requirements as is a corporation Or
ganized under our own laws"
$4,000 Operate in d. c.
Mr.. Hill pointed out that about
80 per cent of the corporations en-
gagged in business in the District
are organized elsewhere, adding
that about $4,000 corporations are
operating here, but about $4,000 of
them are organized under State laws
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Lecture on Chemistry

DR.. Ernest A Hauser of the chem
ical engineering department of the
Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology will give an illustrated lee
ture on Theoretical Colloid Chem
iSry and Industry" tomorrow at 3
pm. in the Commerce Department
Auditorium.
Evening star., 1941-04-16

and do not pay to the District OF
Columbia any franchise tax.
He estimated that the 19,800 cor
porations pay $1,O0O,00O to the vari-
Gus States, which would be paid to
the District Government if the
laws here, were moderniZed.