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Evening star., 1941-04-27
House Subcommittee
To Study -Four D.. {.
Health Measures
EmpIoye Safety Plun
Principal Bill TO Be
Considered Tuesday

Foul of the most important bills
pending before the Public Health
Subcommittee of the House District
Committee are to be considered at
a meeting at 1890 am. Tuesday.
Representative Schultz, Democrat,
of Indiana, the subcommittee chair
man said the principal measure
would create a special accident pre-
vention board whose duties would
De to foster, promote and develop
the welfare of wage earnerS" in
Washington and enforce existing
safety laws by requiring employers
to keep their places of employment
safe.
The proposed board would be
composed of three members ap-
pointed by the Commissioners.
Each member would serve a term
OF three years.
Other bills to be considered would
l. Prohibit experiments on living
dogs.
2. Provide for a referendum
among licensed BARRIERS to fix the
opening and closing hours of bar.
ber shops and also a uniform day
on which all shops would be closed
each week. The referendum woulo
be conducted by the Board of Bar
Der Examiners.
g. Give the Board of Public We'll
fare increased authority to provide
aid for dependent children, snc
bring the local child aid act into
conformity with the national socia
security law.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Huzen Due to Return
From Florida Tomorrow

Commissioner Melvin c. Hazen,
who became seriously ill at Lake
land, Fla, where he was vacation
ing. is expected to return to WASH
ington tomorrow morning.
He will be accompanied by Miss
Margaret Davis, secretary of the Al
coholic Beverage Control Board, a
niece of the Commissioners de-
ceased wife, and other friends. Miss
Davis went to Florida a few days
ago to make the return trip with
Commissioner Hazen.
Mr.. Hazen went to Florida Febru-
ary %, for his first extended trip
from the city since he became a
commissioner in November, 1888.
Shortly after he arrived there he
suffered a relapse from old ailments
and was taken to a Lakeland hos
pital. About a week or 10 days
ago he moved to a hotel room for
a convaleScent period.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
House Recreation Inquiry
To Open Wednesday

Investigation of the public recrea-
tional setup here will be started
Wednesday by the Parks and Play
grounds Subcommittee of the House
District Committee, it was an
nounced last night by Chairman
Hunter of Ohio.
Basis for the inquiry will be Rep
resentative Hunters bill providing
a new plan for the coordination of
recreational activities. Under his
measure board of three members
would be created to reorganize and
supervise a co-ordinated recreational
program. One member would be a
superintendent appointed by the
Commissioners. The two other men,
bers would be the director of the
Community Center Department of
the public schools and the director
of the Municipal Playground De-
partment.
Mr.. Hunter said he would an
nounce tomorrow the names Of Wit
nesses who win testify at the drst
hearing of the subcommittee.
Evening star., 1941-04-27

from the customary leave procedure,
and the story was the same at the
General Accounting Office.
Work Not Greatly Increased.
While most agencies have some
measure OF defense program tieup,
it is minor factor for the most
part and, consequently, the volume
of work has not increase notably.
In this connection it was pointed
out also by one official that the
additional tasks have been COM
pensated for by an increase in
personnel.
Under the leave regulations, per-
manent employees, receiving two and
one sixth days leave per month, or
26 a year, and can carry over an
accumulation as high as so days in
definitely. Many of the old-line
employees, particularly those in key
positions, usually have heavy
backlog of due leave and incur a
loss at the end of the year when they
finish with more than so days COM
ing to them. For the thousands of
workers added in the past II months
however, the matter or accrued
leave does not yet enter into CAL
culations.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
District Heads TO Testify
On Suffrage tuesday

The District Commissioners, and
possibly some former Commissioners,
are scheduled to testify on District
suffrage when the Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee, of which Senator
McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada is
chairman, resumes hearings at 10
a m. Tuesday.
A summary Of the Districts plea
for the franchise also is expected
to be presented Tuesday by Paul E.
Lesh, spokesman for the Citizens
Joint Committee on National Rep
reSentation.
The subcommittee hopes to COM
plete hearings this week on the
Capper-Sumners resolution, pro-
posing a constitutional amendment
which would place in the hands of
Congress power to grant the District
voting representation in the House,
Senate and electoral college, and
greater degree of local self
government as Congress may de.
termine.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
% Young BottIers, 3 to Is, Win
Navy Junior Boxing Titles
Most of Them Get So Tangled Up With Gloves
And Foe They Sit Out Most of Bouts

63-pound class-Jack Basil de-
feated Carlisle Aulls.
39-pound class-Buddy Clarkson
defeated Franklin Meredith.
100-pound class-Dick Kavanaugh
defeated Christian Rust.
45-pound class-Skipper Slayden
defeated Andrew Glutting.
44-pound class-Eph Mclean de-
feated Lester Fulton.
46-pound class-John Hurt de-
feated Robert Leatherman.
113-pound class-Lacey Evans de-
feated Penniman Rust.
86-pound CLASSIFIED Foster de-
feated Arthur McHugh.
82-pound class-Skipper Champion
defeated Neill Wev.
80-pound claSs-Bradford Schwartz
defeated Bill DuSinberre.
33-pound class-Teddy Coyle de-
feated Lee Reiter.
55-pound class-David Porter de-
feated Edgar Lewis.
79-pound class-Kenneth Salzman
| defeated Philip Lohman.
78-pound class-Fred Leatherman
won by default.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Man Found Dead al Home
With Stove Gas JETS Open

Chester Hill. SIS, of 1920 Seven
teenth street NV. was found dead
on the kitchen floor of his apart
ment last night with all five gas
jets of a stove wide open, police
reported.
Another resident of the building,
Phillip M Whelan, who lived di-
rectly above Mr.. Hill, smelled gas
coming from the apartment and
summoned police. Two policemen
found the door to the first-foor
apartment unlocked and discovered
Mr.. Hill on the kitchen floor. DR..
B. L. Namian, in the building, was
summoned and pronounced the vic
tim dead.
Police said Mr.. Hills wife Bertha
was in Atlantic City, where she
was notified of her husbands death.
Deputy Coroner Christopher Mur-
ply said three notes were found.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Posi- Offices 10 Begin II
Selling Defense
Stamps Thursday
Pocket Album to Be
Given Purchases of
More Than 10c Worth

The days of 1918, when every
body had his stamp book" even
down to the youngest kindergarten
member, will be revived Thursday as
postofflces throughout the Nation,
including the District, Maryland and
Virginia, join in the sale of defense
savings stamps and bonds.
An attractive pocket album in
color, with a United States battle
ship and the American eagle on the
cover and painting of the Minute
Man statue by Daniel Chester
French on the back, will be handed
out to purchasers of any stamp
higher than 10 cents. The stamps
will be sold for 10, 25 and so cents
and 81 and IS.
Thirty million of the albums, to
be used until the buyer has enough
to buy a S25 bond or one of higher
denomination are being prepared.
Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau appealed to boys and girls
to buy the stamps and said that even
10 cents will help the country in
its effort to build an impregnable
defense, both militarily and finan-
cially.
The bonds are in denominations of
$25, $50. 500, $500 and $1,000, to be
sold for rs per cent of their maturity
value, with all maturing in 10 years
The S25 issue, for instance. will sell
for S18.75 and in 10 years may be
cashed for S25, an increase of 33l
per cent. This is equal to an annual
interest return of 90 per cent, COM
pounded Semi-annually.
The bonds may be redeemed for
cash 60-days after purchase in ac-
cordance with a table of redemption
values printed on the face of each
bond.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Dance Muy 10 to Benefit
Jewish Charities

Proceeds of dance to be given
jointly May 10 by the National Coun-
Gil of Jewish Juniors and the Wash
ington chapter of Junior Hadassah
will be divided among several chari-
ties, it was announced yesterday
by Ruth Morganstein of Junior Ha-
dassah, chairman.
The disqualification fund of the
Jewish Social Service Agency will
benefit, as will the Palestine fund,
Center Camp fund, Hannah G..
Solomon scholarship fund and the
national port and dock project.
Also sharing in proceeds will be
the Washington Post Blood Serum
Bank, National Symphony Orches-
ira and Ex-Patients' Tubercular
Home in Denver.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Outlook for Vacation Leave
Good Despite Emergency,
Most Federal Workers Expected to Get
Reasonable Time Away From Jobs

The vacation outlook is considered
good. for Government employees this
year, despite the emergency.
During the World War, there was
a general order prohibiting leave
taking unless justified by compel
ling circumstances" Personnel Off
GERS anticipate nothing of the sort
now. however, unless unforeseen con-
ditions develop, a check yesterday
/ disclosed. One official expressed
the opinion that it likely would be
expected that employees generally
be reasonable" and not plan any
world tours" but he did not look
for restrictions other than those
usually invoked-that the leave be
taken at a time convenient to the
employing Office.
Navy May Be Exception.
One possible exception to the gen.
eral rule is at the Navy Department,
where leave sentiment is on the
bearish side. Pointing out that the
work week there is 40 hours, as
compared to the customary 80,
Charles Piozet, personnel officer,
said that 'the emergency is such that
we must &C forward; don't see how
we can grant extended leave" Mr..
! Piozet added, however, that no def
mite policy had been formulated yet.
and this same situation was reported
at the War Department, another
hot spot"
/ At the opposite pole is the Gov
ernment Printing Office, where Rus
sell, H. Herrell, personnel officer de-
] clared that I'VE will very definitely
=. arrange so that no employe will for
| felt any leave-though they may
! have. to delay it." Mr.. Herrell said
/ that G. P. o. workers generally now
have an average of 80 days leave
| due and that because of the rush
! of work in some sections, leave is
being denied in all but exceptional
{ cases.
o. p. M. Is Undecided.
The Office of Production Manage
ment is another where no policy has
yet been announced and, in the ab-
sence of any prohibitions, it is ex-
pected that vacationing will not be
interrupted.
The Civil Service Commission linn
tied leave to 10 days in midsummer
last year when the vast recruiting
program for the defense agencies
was getting under way, but doubt
was expressed yesterday that this
would be repeated. The commits
sion, in common with many other
agencies, is on an overtime basis
! for some activities.
The Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton, whose work has been greatly
increased by the defense emergency
makes out a leave schedule at the
start of the year and is attempting
to follow this as far as possible. The
bureau is another of the groups
where overtime is the exception
rather than the rule.
The so-called summer vacation
is never a problem at the Agricul-
ture Department. Work there is
so distributed through the year
that some agencies take time off in
the winter and others in spring
and that spread" is not being dis
turbed, it was explained.
Officials of Justice, Treasury and
Labor anticipated no departure
Evening star., 1941-04-27
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, April 26.-Discard-
ing rompers and knickers for fight
ing togs, % youngsters ranging in
age from 8 to 13 today were
crowned champions of their respec-
tive weights at the 22nd annual
Navy Junior boxing championships
at the Naval Academy.
The fighting Kavanaugh brothers,
Dick and Robert-sons of Prof. Den
mis- Kavanaugh, jr., of the Navy
Postgraduate School-scored the
only double victory, but the 2, 3 and
year olds stole the show.
The ''paperweights' hts'-recent grad
yates of the diaper class-pawded,
padded, showed and wrestled their
opponents all over the ring.
Most of them got so tangled up
with each other that they lost their
balance and sat most of the bout
out. Some burst into tears, caused
more by stage fright than by blow
delivered by an opponent.
Gloves Bigger Than Their Heads.
The gloves were larger than most
OF the "paperweightS'" heads and
caused no damage.
In the 30-pound class, the light
est division, Jimmy White, 8, grabbed
Bobby Fulton. also 3, with one arm
closed one eye and began punching
He came off the victor.
Teddy White, 6, and Maris Fravel
S. both 41-pounders. doomed out
from their corners with the bell and
collided in mid-ring, both goine
down together. Although the bouts
were only one round affairs, their
fight was so close they had to battle
an extra round.
Teddy swung a haymaker in the
deciding round, catching Maris right
on the nose. Maris put both gloves
to his face and fought back tears
Maris had enough.
Slugger, 8. Stands Out.
Bob Reds" Kavanaugh, 9, was
the outstanding slugger of the day
He swung roundhouse lefts and
rights at Jonas Kessing and most
of them landed. In defeating Kes-
sing, Reds won his third straight
| championship.
His big brother, Dick. took Chris
tian RuSts measure in the 100
/ pound bout.
/ Bradford Schwartz scored a sur
prising victory over defending Chamr
Bill Dusinberre in an extra round
80-pound set-to. The judges dis.
agreed on the winner and Midship-
man Maury Yager, who relieved Mr.
Godfrey as referee, awarded the
bout to Schwartz.
The Summaries.
42-pound class-Douglas Rigler de-
feated Bruce Stout.
6l-pound class-Patrick Niede-
man defeated Gene Burkhart.
41-pound class-Ted White de-
| feated Maris Fravel.
52-pound class-Bob link defeated
Robert McQue.
59-pound class-Neil Crichton de-
feated Eddie Harrison.
81-pound clasS-Jerry Arthur de.
feated James Willis.
717pound clasS-Robert Kava-
naugh defeated Jonas Kessing.
30-pound class-Jimmy White de-
feated Bobby Fulton.
43-pound class-Carol Olsen de-
feated Sherod Earle.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Apple Blossom Queen
To Enter. Her Realm
Today for First Time
Miss MoiIie FouIkes Lee
Will Be Feted Prior
To Shenandoah Event
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER, Va, April 26.-
With Northern Virginia orchards in
full bloom, the queen of the 18th
annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom
Festival will enter her realm for the
first time tomorrow.
Miss Mollie Foulkes Lee, New York
song writer and descendant of the
famous Virginia Lees, who has been
chosen to reign as Queen Shenan-
doah XVIII at the fete here Thurs
day and Friday, will attend party
tomorrow in Endless Caverns. The
affair is being given in her honor
by Maj. and Mrs. Edward Brown.
Blossoms May Be Gone.
While the blossoms are expected
to attract throngs to the orchard
area this week end, there Is little
prospect that the fete will have its
white and pink blossom background
for under ordinary conditions, the
blossoms remain on the trees only
ABOUT 1Our Gays.
Miss Lee will broadcast festival
invitations from Washington Mon
day morning before visiting the
White House at 10:45 am.
Miss Lee will return here on
Wednesday as the guest of Mrs. H
B. McCormac. The coronation will
be held Thursday afternoon at the
Handley High School Stadium with
the crown being placed by Edward
r. StettiniuS of the Office of Pro-
duction Management. A pageant
by 1000 Handley School children
entitled Our Heritage-Pageant OF
Springtime" will follow the coro-
nation.
Torchlight Parade.
The queen and her court will at
tend a tea dance later that after
noon. A torchlight and mummers
parade and a fireworks display are
set for the early part of the night
to be followed by a reception for
the queen and princesses, represent
ing 80 colleges of Virginia and near
by States.
A repeat performance of the
pageant will be given Friday morn
ing and the queens parade will
start at 2 pm.
Gov. Price will attend the festival
on Thursday as the guest of former
State Senator T. Russell Gather
chairman of the Festival Executive
Committee.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Joseph MoReynolds,
Once Wealthy Auto
Dealer, Ends Life
Fortune Had DwindIed
After Being Rated as
Millionaire

Joseph McReynolds, ST, son OF a
carriage maker who rose to be a
millionaire in the automobile busi-
ness, shot himself to death yester-
day at the door of the empty show
room which had housed his last
small business venture-closed two
days before.
Discovery of his body marked the
end of a career which had seen
him amaSs a fortune during the
early years of his life, only to see
it dwindle away in his latter days.
In the pocket of his coat, police
found papers dealing with one of
the suits which had marked the
decline of his business fortunes.
Mr. .McReynolds made his home
at SOIL Connecticut avenue. The
body was found on Twenty-fourth
street, back of the McReynolds
Packard agency he had operated in
the $500 block of Connecticut ave.
nue..
Pistol Clutched in Hand.
Apparently, Mr.. McReynolds had
driven the car up near the place
sometime during the early. morning
hours. A small revolver, which was
clutched in his right hand when
the body was found, had fired the
fatal shot into his temple.
Scores of persons passed the cal
without seeing the body. Charles
Wormer. %, colored delivery boy fol
a liquor store in the block, saw Mr.
McReynoldS in the car at 8 am.
but thought he was asleep.
When he saw the body in the
same position several hours later
he looked more closely-and saw a
gun in his hand. Then Worme,
called police.
Mr.. McReynolds' son, Robert j
McReynolds, in whose name the
Connecticut avenue automobile
agency was operated, was sum-
moned
Mr.. McReynolds started in buSi-
ness here about so years ago. His
father was owner of carriage anc
blacksmith shop, which-after Jo-
seph and a brother, Will, Joined the
firm-was known as R. McReynolds
& Son.
Built Apartment House.
Their place of business was or
L street NV, near Vermont ave.
nue.. After the World War, Joseph
went into business as distributor
for Studebakers in Washington.
He was highly successful, and hac
large showroom at Fourteenth
and R streets NV. With the money
he made in automobiles, he bought
real estate. He built large apart
ment. house at Eighteenth and 6
streets NV. which bears his name
At this time, he was rated mil
lionaire.
But the depression set in, and his
fortunes were reversed. Where be-
fore, everything he touched had
turned out well-now everything
turned out badly.
He gave up the Studebaker agency
and lost much of his property. His
son, Robert J. McReynolds, went
into the automobile business, with
his fathers backing. They had
showrooms at several locations-the
Connecticut avenue place being the
last.
This small showroom was closed
suddenly Thursday.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
was informed that Mr.. McReynolds
had been in poor health, in addi-
ton to his business worries. The
coroner issued a certificate of sui
eide.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
w. P. A. Group Coming Here

One hundred men and women w.
P. A. workers, all members of the
Joint Committee to Defend W.. P.
A. Workers, who have been sus-
pended from pay rolls pending in
vestigation of charges of radical
ism" against them, will >cone to
Washington tonight from New York
to ask Howard o. Hunter, w. p. A.
commissioner, about his recent state.
ment that it will take another month
to come to a decision on their cases.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Lee w. Cowon Heads
Jewish Center Group

Lee w. Cowan has been elected
president of the Service Council
of the Jewish Community Center,
it was announced yesterday. He will
be installed Saturday.
Sam Bossin is first vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Michael Shapiro, second
vice president; Morris Oshinsky,
third vice president; Miss Jeanette
Applestein, fourth vice president;
Miss Dorothy Caplan, corresponding
secretary; Miss Gertrude Izakoff,
recording secretary, and Miss Sadie
Edlavitch, treasurer.
The council will plan music ap-
probation activities, hiking. the
Town Hall and arrangement of the
hospitality room.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Ladies' Night Planned

The Washington section Of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers will observe its first Ga
dies night" with a reception and
entertainment at pm. tomorrow
in the ballroom Of the Potomac
Electric Power Go, Tenth and z
streets NV,
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Measles Epidemic
Is CONTINUING Here

Washington's mild epidemic of
measles is still continuing. according
to reports released yesterday by the
District Health Department.
For this year to date, 1851 cases
of measles have been reported to the
department, it was said. There were
total of 140 cases reported Friday
and Saturday.
For the whole year 1889, when
the last epidemic occurred here, $500
cases were reported TO the depart
ment.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Critics Forum Postponed

The final meeting of the Critics
Forum, Catholic thought on the best
sellers, originally scheduled for
Thursday in the Mayf1ower Hotel,
will be held there instead at $3.50
pm, May 6. The Rev. DR.. Edmund
A. Walsh, vice president of George
town University. Is to review Union
Now With Britain" By Clarence K.
STREET.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Burmo Rood Terminus
Bombed by japanese

BY the Associated Press.
RUNNING, China, April 90
Nine Japanese planes bombed this
Yunnan province terminus of the
Burma road today, infiicting cas-
ualties. Frequent alarms have
sounded since the big attack Of
April c.
Evening star., 1941-04-27
Toll in Previous Months.
In April, Beware OF:

In April, Beware OF:
Stepping out between parked
cars to cross a street at a point
other than a crosswalk. 1t was
this action, at 7 pm. of a rainy
day that led to the death Of the
35-year-old pedestrian who was
the Districts only trafie victim
In April. 1910
Evening star., 1941-04-18

sand" by Morris Magmignati, G. I.
o. organizer, patrolled today out
side the Trenton IN. j. plant Of the
John A. Roebling's Sons Co, where
production of aircraft strand needed
in national defense was halted by
strike.
A company spokesman said de-
fense contracts at two plants, both
affected by the walkout, amounted
to millions"
Federal conciliators attempted to
arbitrate the strike of approximately
5000 workers, called by the Steel
Workers Organizing Committee &C.
7. o., originally because of STEP
ped-up production schedule.
Steel Strike Ended.
A strike of 800 employees of the
Stanley Works, a Bridgeport Comm
steel mill, was ended last night when
the c. I. o. Steel Workers Organ
izing Committee voted to accept a
company offer of a 10 per cent wage
increase and recognition of the un-
ion as a bargaining agency.
Monsanto Talks to Go On.
At ST. Louis Federal Labor Con-
ciliator William F. White said today
attempts to settle a strike at the
Monsanto Chemical Co., which pro-
duces chemicals vital to national
| defense, would be resumed next
week.
A conference between represent
atives of the $50 strikers, members
of the A. F. l.. Chemical Workers
Union, and the company ended in a
stalemate last night. The union re-
manned firm in its demand for a
closed shop and wage increases, Mr..
White said.
The company has offered wage in
creases less than those demanded by
the union. An old contract expired
April IS, the day before the strike
was called.
A strike of 212 members of the
Molders and Foundry Workers
Union closed the Liberty Foundry's
main plant in st. Louis and its fur
mace division today after a break
down in negotiations over the
unions demand for a closed shop
and wage increases.