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Nogales international., 1941-12-19
|Pre-Christmas
Dinner Party
At Smith Home

DR.. and Mrs Charles S. Smith
were host and hostess Saturday
evening at a pre- Christmas dinner
party at their home on Crawford
street. The Christmas theme was
carried out in the decorations.
Cards were played during the even
ing.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs
Chester Rose, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Bow
man, Mr.. and Mrs. Craig Pottinger,
DR.. and Mrs. E. G. Houle, Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Sykes, Mrs Flora Igo,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Manson and
DR.. and Mrs. Smith.
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BACK FROM HONEYMOON
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hoeffer
(Olga Holler) have returned from a
honeymoon trip to California,
Grand Canyon and Hermosillo.
They report that the prettiest por-
ton of the entire journey was
through Oak Creek Canyon between
Flagstaff and Jerome. They were
married here November 8.
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Miss Blossom Capin, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. P. M. Capin, will ar
rive home today to spend the holi-
days. She attends a business col
lege in Los Angeles.
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Mrs. F. w. Maner and Mrs.
Charles Cole of Warren were visitors
here Tuesday. Both are former
residents of Nogales and have a
host of old friends here.
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Mrs Bailey Russell of PhoeniS
and son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Douglas H. Clark, spent
/ the last weekend visiting Mrs
Russell's father, Writ G. Bowman
and family.
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Mrs. John Fast has returned from
a trip to Chicago and was accom-
panied home by Miss Florence An
derson of Chicago.
Nogales international., 1941-12-19
HOLIDAYS HERE

T1OLAOAx L . K1GNG
Mrs. Famine r. Barney is expect
ing her son, Ralph Barney, civil
engineer at Flagstaff, and his wife
and son Dale to arrive Wednesday
for the holidays. Mrs. Barney's s
daughter, Mrs. T. c. Graydon, and
son Michael, arrived week ago
and will remain until after the holi-
days before returning to their home
in Huntington Park, Calf, where
Mr.. Graydon is manager of the
Kress store, a position he formerly
held in the local company store.
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Miss Nancy Marsteller, student at
Immaculate Heart High School in
Hollywood, will arrive tomorrow to
spend the two weeks holiday vaca-
ton period at her home, the resi-
dence of her uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. Otto Herold, on Marsh
Heights.
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Victor j. Wager, Jr., and family
will spend Christmas in Phoenix
visiting Mrs. Wager's parents.
Nogales international., 1941-12-19
Party In Honor
OF Former
Nogalians

Mrs. F. w. Manner and Mrs.
Charles Cole of Bisbee, both former
residents of Nogales, were honored
Tuesday with luncheon given by
Mrs. Charles S. Smith at her home
on Crawford street.
Those bidden were Mrs. Manner,
Mrs. Cole, Miss Eleanor Davis, Mrs.
E. S. Edmonson, Mrs. r. Y. Meeker,
Mrs. r. v. Cheshire, Mrs. G. H.
McNulty, Mrs. P. j. Bughman and
Mrs. Paul Arend.
Nogales international., 1941-12-19
Eastern Stars
Visit Tombstone

c.. E. Bells, Worthy Grand Pa
tron of the Order of Eastern Star
in Arizona, paid his official visit to
Venice Chapter No. IL at Tomb
stone Friday evening. He was ac-
companied by Mrs. Bells, Mrs. L
Burgoon, Mrs. Lon Bellman, Mr.
and Mrs. Mike Levy, Mrs. Harry
Brann, Mrs. GLADDEN. Elliott, Mr.
and Mrs. w. A. Gatlin, Mrs. Edith
Farrell and Mrs. Roberto Lamma o1
Patagonia.
A Christmas party was arranged
for the visitors and each was pre-
sented with a gift.
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Nogales international., 1941-12-19
NEW CUSTODIAN

Born to Custodian and Mrs. l.. R,
Caywood of Tumacacori Mission at
Tubac an eight and one quarter
pound boy at ST. Joseph's hospital
7:30 am. Saturday. Mrs. Caywood
before her marriage was Miss Wini-
fred Brett of Prescott.
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Miss Dorothy Diehl is arriving to-
day from the State Teachers Col
lege at Tempe to spend the holiday
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Lou Diehl.
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Miss Julia Beam Farrior and
Mrs. L. S. Armstrong returned yes
terday from a trip to Tucson.
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Miss Gilmore Joffroy arrived Sun
day from Oakland to spend the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Joffroy. She attends
college in Oakland.
Nogales international., 1941-12-19
Mrs. Shannon
Hostess
To Bridge Club

Mrs. I. H. Shannon entertained
members of her weekly dessert
bridge club Wednesday afternoon at
her home on Plum street.
Christmas gifts were exchanged
among members and prizes for high
and second high scores at bridge
were won by Mrs. j. S. Gonzalez and
Mrs. Lon Bellman. Others present
were Mesdames Herman Medlen, z.
B. Noon, r. T. Frazier, T. NJ F'alvey,
Craig Pottinger, Dennis Healey
and the hostess.
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DINNER GUESTS
Out-of-town Christmas dinner
guests at the John w. Phillips
home, 147s Court street, are to be
Mn. and Mrs. Sam Headman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jarvis ,Houck and
daughter Theresa Of Tombstone,
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Givens OF
Tempe, and DR.. and Mrs. Carlton
e. .Towne of Tucson.
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CHRISTMAS DINNER
Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Karns are
entertaining at dinner party on
Christmas day at their home on
Grand avenue. Guests will include
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Milliken, Miss
Frances Burlinson, Mr.. and Mrs. I.
H. Shannon and son Terry, and
Buzzy and jeanne Cumming.
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Miss Alice Baer of Los Angeles is
arriving Saturday to spend the holi-
days with her sister, Mrs. Grover
Marsteller.
Nogales international., 1941-12-19
Miss Harrison
Hostess At
Birthday Dance

Miss Virginia Harrison, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs r. M. Harrison,
was hostess Friday evening at a
formal dance given at the Woman S
Club ON Grand avenue in celebra-
ton of her birthday anniversary.
Invited guests included the Misses
Marion Kelly, Alice Mary Edwards,
Martha Ann FrazierL Jane White,
Margaret Wise, Mary Ann Myers.
Phyllis Jean Westerlund, Audley
Holm, Irene Peterson, Helen Mans
field, Jean Hudgin, Elizabeth Smith,
Joan Ashby, Betty Wadsworth, Kay
Cheshire, Nanette Hood, Mary Ann
Gibbs, Margaret Firkins, Joyce
Capin, Mary Harrison, Renee Mar
Gus and Evelyn Chernin.
Masters Buddy Chatham, John
Wadsworth, Craig and Earl Pottjn-
ger, Warren and Stephen Slldduth,
Louis Rose, Walter Holm, Billy
Titcomb, Dayton Kemmeries, Eg-
bert F'irkins, Richard and Peter
Salamanca, George King, Joe Al
len Cumming, Hubert Latimer,
Karl Peterson, Milton Gibbs, Earl
oyde and Colin Edmonson, Gerald
Underwood, Bruce Powell, Orvillc
Smith, Leonard Edwards, Edward
Mansfield, Hudson Harmon, Kar
RAIDER, Mack Lewis, Charles Red
dOch, John Peterson and Jim Har.
rison.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
D. {. Anti-Saho3aue Plan
Given Senator BRIDGES

Assurances that the District has
taken and is following through on
anti-sabotage measures were given
today to Senator Bridges, Repub-
lican. of New Hampshire during a
conference with the Commissioners.
Police Supt E w. Brown and Cor
roration Counsel Richmond B
Kcech.
Senator Bridges suggested that the
citv heads send to the Senate Dis
trict Committee any recommended
TORS they deem advisable and prom
ised mis- cooperation. The question
of whether the District should estab-
lish home guard to supplement the
dvindling ranks of the District Ma
tional Guard was raised and the
Commissioners said this subject now
Is being studied by the District De-
fenSe Council.
Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen
said the Council will be asked to
meet soon to develop recommended
tions which NAV result from studies
1t already is making. Mr.. Hazen said
he was not yet convinced the District
needed home guard since there are
so many Federal troops in or near
Washington. =
Maj. Brown said the sabotage
problem was well in hand" in view
Of protective measures which have
been taken for vital public and pri-
vate utilities, and extra police guards
posted"
Evening star., 1941-02-07

Marshall, pastor of New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church, officiating.
Burial will be in Rock Greek Gene
terry.
Succeeded Father as President.
Mr.. Crawford was born in Brook
lyn on December 8, 1870, the son
of Maj. Henry L. Crawford and
Mrs Margaret Mum Crawford.
When he was l year old, his par
ents moved to Washington Here.
a year later, his father founded the
company of which he was to be-
come president.
Educated in the public schools
here, Mr. Crawford was graduated
from the Emerson Institute and
Immediately entered his fathers
business. When his father died in
1896, he became the company's
president.
During more than so years of its
existence, the Crawford company has
laid more than a million square
yards of asphalt paving, footwalks
and roadways on Government reser-
vations and property.
Its work here includes the ex-
perimental model tank at the WASH
ington Navy Yard, the Century
Building. the foundation for the
Ohio Hall of Government at Amer
ican University, the foundation for
the Union Trust Co. Building and
the Carnegie Library Foundation.
In Charge of Masonic Temple.
The company also was in charge
of building the George Washington
Masonic Memorial Temple in Alex
andria Under Mr.. Cranford's di-
rection, it became established as
one of the foremost concrete con-
struction companies in the Nation.
Mr.. Crawford considered himself a
native of the District of Columbia
and took an active part in its social
and community as we'll as COM
mercial life. He was connected with
the Union Trust Co. and the Farm
erS & Mechanics National Bank. He
also was member of the Washing
ton Board of Trade. Temple -Noyes
Lodge, No. 80, of Masons; Washing
ton Commandery, knights Templar,
and Almas Temple of the Shrine.
He held memberships in the Loyal
Legion, Blue Ridge Rod and Gun
Club. Racquet Club, now the Uni
versity Club, and the Columbia
Country Club.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
WASHINGTON Hich|ands Unit
Opposes Street 0peninu

The projected opening of First
street from HALEY place to Whining
ton place Sc. was opposed by the
Washington Highlands Citizens As
sociation last night, meeting in the
home of John j. Juergen.
According to Walter E. Nair, presi-
dent. the association at one time
recommended the opening of First
street. After extension of Nichols
avenue, the need disappeared. he
said. and the people of the COM
munity consider the cost of con-
demnation of the necessary property
useless. The condemnation hearing
was to be held today in the District
Court.
The association approved the Mil
itary road route for crosstown bus
on a motion by Murray T. Warren;
asked the opening of Fourth street
from Nichols avenue to Valley ave-
nue Sc, urged stop and slow signs
for the corner of First street and
Atlantic avenue Sc, and opposed
any increase in the District gasoline
tax.
Miss Bessie B. Warren was ap-
pointed chairman of the committee
to raise funds for the Metropolitan
Police Boys Clubs. Others on the
committee are Mr.. Juergen, Mr..
Warren, Mrs. G. j. Wall and Mrs.
H. D. Butler.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
New Meter Lootings Launch
Charges and Counter Charges
No Juvenile Court Commitments
Made in IS Arrests, Brown Says

Stung by Congressional criticism,
police officials today were seeking
means of halting a fresh outbreak of
parking meter looting costing the
city an estimated S700 a week. Dis
trict officials and the Juvenile Court
were draw into the picture by
blame fixing charges and counter
charges.
Representative DirkSen of Illinois,
ranking Republican member of the
House District Committee, touched
off the investigation yesterday by
referring to the parking meter
depredations as an amazing situa-
ton" which is "a definite reflection
on the District of Columbia and the
policing of meters by both the Po-
lice Department and public"
Informed of Mr.. Dirksen's CEN
sure, Police Superintendent Ernest
w. Brown declared the looting of
parking meters was being done by
boys in their teens and that it was
therefore problem of juvenile de-
liIlqucllCS. ne Sdlu Ile lldu Dtel
informed by Capt. Harvey Callahan
Of the first precinct, which encom-
passes all streets on which there are
parking meters, that rs arrests for
breaking in parking meters had been
made during the last six months.
Says Court Doesn't Act.
"In every case" Maj. Brown as
serted, "the person apprehended was
boy between the ages of 10 and 18.
OF those taken to Juvenile Court,
Capt. Callahan tells me that so far
as he knows not one was committed
to a corrective institution. What is
the use of making arrests if nothing
further is done about it?"
Maj. Brown said he has suggested
time and again that money be COL
lected from the parking meters every
day, thus removing the incentive for
looting them.
I'm the long run" he commented.
"this would be lot cheaper than
detailing policemen to watch over
the meters"
Guy w. Pearson District collector
of taxes, whose office is responsible
for collecting money from the park
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Recreation Inquiry
Request Awaits Action
By Senate Rules Unit
Associations Willingness
For Accounting Expressed
After Tobey's Charges

A request for a probe Of the We'll
fare and Recreation Association
was before the Senate Rules Com
mittee today following a sharp at
tack yesterday on the organization
by Senator Tobey, Republican, of
New Hampshire, who recommended
an appropriation of $1,000 for the
inquiry.
Basing his attack on a year-old
report by the then acting Con-
troller General, Richard N. Elliott,
Senator Tobey said that "respon-
sible officials of the Government
who direct the affairs of the orgar-
ization-"have played fast and loose
with funds belonging to the Gov
ernment."
The association operates the cafe
terias and other concessions in Fed
eral buildings, in addition to recrea-
tional facilities in the parks.
Association Willing to Answer.
Senator Tobey's criticism came in
Senate speech. and brought an
expression of willingness on behalf
OF the association Ito answer the
ridiculous statements in the report
of the acting Controller General
in a court of competent jurisdiction
or any other proper place"
Two principal charges were in
cluded in the Elliott report. It al
legged that the contract which the
association has for operating on
Government space is illegal. be
cause it was improperly negotiated" !"
and that the association owes the
Government s187,0O under a profit
sharing arrangement.
Conferences Seek Harmony.
The association contends that the
contract, entered into in 1927. is
legal, and says that when the fiscal
arrangement was in dispute in 1887,
a settlement was effected with the
Government for $4,000. Efforts at
present are under way, it was said
yesterday, to harmonic both the
accounting dispute and the con-
tention over the contract, by con-
ferences between officials of the as
sociation and officials of the G. o. A.
AS one method of settlement, the
Federal Works Administration has
proposed taking over the associa-
ton. but the trustees refused to
consider such an arrangement.
F. w. Hoover, director, in declar-
ing that the association welcomed
an inquiry into its affairs, insisted
also that Senator Tobey was in
error in saying that the report
alleged that officials of the associa-
ton had charged private purchases
to association accounts. The report,
he said, took exception to the fact
that Federal employees had been
permitted to purchase automobile
tires through the association, but
that the Government actually had
profted by this arrangement.
Mr.. Hoover had no comment on
the personal illusions" in Senator
Tobey's speech.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
By w. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.

The engineers may not be all the
Army's brains, but they're a big
part of its ingenuity.
That's the tradition anyhow-one
which meant toll, perspiration and
some perplexity yesterday for 200
Reserve officers newly summoned to
active duty at Fort Belvoir, Va.
Building pontoon bridges and rig
ging elaborate hoists with timber,
rope and blocks, the Reserve officers
found it hard to believe that only
a fortnight ago they were sales
men, contractors, clerks and busi-
ness executives in civil life.
The 200, summoned to the third
instructors course at the expanding
post January 27, broke no speed
records when they constructed a
100-foot section of pontoon bridge
into Accotink Bay yesterday after
noon. but when they got the bridge
in place it held a lotion Army
truck.
Learn BY Doing.
The Reserve officers-frst and
second lieutenants and captains
are supplying the manual labor for
tasks which they will direct when
they complete the training course
on March l. Fort Belvoir is being
expanded as an engineer replace
ment center and with its completion
the last of March will house some
$1,000 enlisted men and $50 officers.
When the replacement center is
in full operation it will train 5000
selectee troops as engineers every
three months.
The third class of Reserve Off
GERS in training here will be di-
fided. with a few exceptions. as in
structors between Fort Belvoir and
the engineer post of Fort Leonard
Wood in Missouri. The class was
gathered at Fort Belvoir from 40
States and the District of Columbia.
The cadet officers range in age
from 81 to 40. The majority are
graduates of engineering schools and
all have received previous engineer
training, mostly in the R. o. T. C.
Directed by Sergeants.
Regular Army sergeants were put
ting the cadet officers through their
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Prince Georges Seeking
$4,000 for BOYS Club

A loan of $4,000 to help finance
its new clubhouse is being sought by
the Prince Georges County Police
Boys Club today after a meeting of
the Board of Governors.
The board, meeting in the County
Service Building, Hyattsville, au-
thorlzed it's Finance Committee to
seek funds to complete the s2S,562
needed to build the proposed club
house on four lots at Magruder
Park, Hyattsville.
The club has $4,000 in the bank
as the result of a drive for club
house funds conducted last year, it
was reported. Originally a $39 1893
clubhouse had been planned. Lack
of funds, however, prompted the
Board of Governors to revise plans
and seek a loan.
Mayor E. M. Cover of HyattSville
presided and announced that until
the clubhouse matter is settled. the
board will meet every Wednesday
night.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
New Postal Bus Calls
At Capitol Today

BY the Associated Pre-
The new post. Office bus, going
into service next week between
Washington and Harrisonburg, Va.
was to call at the Capitol today to
receive first trip letters from the
Virginia Senators.
Senator Glass letter will be ad-
dressed to Mayor Wade Swank of
HarriSonburg and Senator Byrds to
Postmaster Fred Switzer, Harrison
burg.
Vice President Wallace. Chairman
McKeller of the Senate Post Office
Committee, Postmaster General
Walker and Representative Robert
son, Democrat, of Virginia, also will
attend the ceremonies on the front
steps of the Capitol.
Plans for the occasion were made
by Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary
of the Senate.
President Roosevelt, an ardent
philatelist, last week posted his
first trip letter on the new bus
when 1t called at the White House
for his inspection.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Joseph H. Crawford,
Paving Firm Head,
Dies Of Pneumonia
Contractor 10, Took
Active Part in District
Affairs; Rites Tomorrow

Joseph H. Crawford, TO- who, as
president of the Crawford Paving
Co., built many of Washington's
sidewalks and streets, died yesterday
in Montgomery County General
Hospital. Olney, Md. He had been
Ill since last Friday with pneumonia.
In virtual retirement for five years,
Mr.. Crawford lived with his family
on an estate near Potomac, Md. He
is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ada
Crawford; a daughter, Mrs. Martin
Berghers, who was at his bedside
when he died; two sons. Henry L.
and L. Filbert Crawford, all of Poto-
mac, and brother, Percy Crawford
of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at Mr.. Cranford's
Maryland home, with the Rev. Peter
Evening star., 1941-02-07

ing meters, said last week had seen
an unprecedented number of rob-
berries from the meters, with II
broken Thursday, 13 Friday and 81
Saturday.
Collects From bad Spots"
He said he understood this had
caused the Commissioners to order
Maj. Brown to take any precautions
he saw fit. AS far as he was con-
cerned, he said, the situation had
resulted in his office making collec-
tions every day from the bad
spots" Most frequently robbed, he
said, were the meters on Seventh,
Eighth and E streets and Market
space.
Mr.. Pearson said that so many
machines had been damaged that
today only 156 of the 309 are in
service, adding that under normal
circumstances about 2S0 should be
in use all the time.
when you figure the loss per
meter per week at a little less than
S." he said, you learn that it is
costing Washington somewhere be-
tween $500 and $700 a week"
Not Anxious to Criticize.
Mr. Pearson said he was not anX-
ious to criticize anybody in con-
nection with the parking meter loot =
ingS. but advised more attention.
to catching the culprits and more
drastic punishment" as a solution
to the problem.
Actual physical maintenance of
parking meters is the job of Will
liam A. Van Duzer, Director of We
hicles and Traffic. Mr.. Van Duzer
said repairs to smashed meters was
costing the District about 500 a
month. IF things go on like they
have heen this week" he added.
that figure will have to be raised"
Judge Reserves Comment.
ut is juvenile problem" Mr.. Van
Duzer asserted Those kids aren't
afraid of neing put on probation"
Judge Fay L. Bentley of Juvenile
Court, with which some fault was
found in the matter, said she would
rather reserve comment until she
had looked more carefully into the
situation.
Evening star., 1941-02-07
Commission Action
Expected Next Week
On zoning Changes
Amendment Relative
To Crystal City Also
Due for Consideration

The District Zoning Commission
is expected to meet in executive
session sometime next week to pass
on 18 changes in property classif-
cations and several amendments
to the Zoning regulations consid-
cred at a public hearing yesterday.
One of the questions involved was
the proposal of the National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission
for an amendment to provide for
community use" of large tracts of
land. This was offered originally
in a move to aid the proposed SIS
100000 Crystal City" development
of the Dean tract at Connecticut
and Florida avenues NV.
Case Sent to Commission.
However, IN the meantime, the
Board of Zoning Adjustment has
moters of Crystal City" for in
creased height limits and for COM
mercial zoning along Connecticut
avenue, the case being referred to
the Zoning Commission. Earlier
yesterday, John Nolen, Jr.. Of the
planning commission staff, had sug-
gested decision on the proposed
community unit" plan should be
deferred to permit its language to
be perfected.
There was no opposition to the
community unit" amendment, and
while Crystal City was not Off
cially represented, an observer"
was present.
Parking Plan Protested.
Representatives of the Manor
Park Citizens Association protested
against the use of vacant lots in
residential districts for the tenn
porary parking of automobiles as
proposed by the zoning Commits
sion. The commission said the va
cant lots adjoining a restricted area
could not be used for off-street
parking unless the lot separated the
restricted area from a commercial
zone or adjoined an alley.
A petition signed by about a
dozen residents of Upper Connect.
cut avenue was filed with the COM
mission opposing the requested per-
mission for the construction of a
s500.000 apartment house develop
ment on the south side of Legation
street west of Connecticut avenue
NV. Andrew Tore, owner, said he
planned to provide a building for
ITO family units.