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Evening star., 1941-03-24
Mother Campbell, Benefoctor
Of Service Men in Trouble, Dies
Former D. G. Woman
Had Been Helping
Them for 20 Years

Mrs. Lucy H Campbell, war mother
who made almost daily visits to
District Police Court for the last 20
years to help service men on trial,
died today in Avondale, Md. after
an illness of three days. She be-
came i'll Friday after returning from
Police Court.
Mrs. Campbell was known to
thousands of service men and to
the judges, lawyers and officials of
the court as Mother" Campbell
Her interest in service men started
after two sons and daughter lived
safely through war service.
Mrs. Campbell began by attend
ing the funerals of all the Ameri-
cans first buried in France and then
brought back to this country to be
buried in Arlington National Gene
terry. For years she placed flowers
on every new grave in the cemetery.
Her services to the soldiers, sailors
and marines called before the court
included getting in touch with their
relatives, getting them lawyers and
discussing their cases with judges
and probation officers to urge
leniency.
Born in Endfield, N. c., she came
to Washington As years ago with
her husband, Andrew j. Campbell.
an employe of the Government
Printing Office for many years, who
died in 1928. Her last Is years in
the District she lived at GOT Decatur
street NV. She moved two years
ago to 2103 Brighton road, Avondale,
where she lived with a daughter,
Mrs. George N. Benoit.
Organizations to which she be-
longed, which all helped in her ac-
tivities to benefit service men, were
the Washington Centennial Chap
ter, Order of Eastern Star; Federal
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Highway Program
Outlined by Schultz
Receives Support
Cleveland Agrees
With Traffic Plan;
Van Duzer Silent

Support Of the Schultz long-range
traffic program for the District plan
ming high-speed subway or elevated
highways and other forms of relief,
came today from some leaders of
organizations vitally concerned with
traffic conditions, while others want
ed more time to study the report.
Washington I. Cleveland, District
manager of the American Automo-
bile Association, agreed. on the
whole. with the report submitted to
the House District Committee Sat-
urday by Chairman Schultz of the
Streets and Traffic Subcommittee.
Mr.. Cleveland regarded as the two
most urgent needs pointed to in the
Schultz report as 100 additional
traffic policemen and a compre-
hensive plan of off-street parking.
Coincidentally. he said. high-speed
highways for traffic passing through
Washington should be planned.
Off-Street Parking.
Emphasizing the urgent need for
off street parking, Mr.. Cleveland
said there were no more than 5000
to 5000 curb spaces now available
downtown for parking, while more
than 10000 cars were driven to the
business district every day.
The A. A. A. executive was not
prepared to agree with some of the
recommendations in the Schultz re-
port. One of which he was dubious
would provide mandatory Jail SEN
tences for motorists speeding more
than 60 miles an hour Mr.. Cleve-
land said there were so many other
traffic regulations of Importance, he
did not feel that one should be
singled out. He was not prepared
to express an opinion on skip"
stops for street cars, feeling this
was matter for the transit COM
pany to work out.
Several officials and others charged
with responsibility in the traffic
situation preferred to await the
Federal-District Research Board re-
port authorized by Congress before
committing themselves to any radi-
cal changes.
"Unsightly' Elevateds.
William A. Van Duzer, District
traffic director, said he would rather
not comment on the Schultz report
until the board makes its recon-
mendations.
Mr.. Van Duzer did say, however,
that he did not think the people of
Washington would approve "un-
slightly elevated highways" and
probably would prefer traffic sub
ways.
Mr.. Van Duzer is a member of
the Research Board, which includes
20 engineers, District Highway
Director H. c. Whitehurst and
Thomas H. Macdonald, commits
sioner of the Federal Public Roads
Administration.
Whitehurst Has No Comment Yet.
Capt. Whitehurst. like Mr.. Van
Duzer, did not care to discuss the
Schultz report because he was in
volved in the Federal-District study
of traffic conditions. The District
highway director said the Research
Board had not agreed on even gen.
eral recommendations and any pre-
diction purporting to give the nature
of the report was decidedly pre-
mature.
This report, which will be made
to Congress, is expected to be COM
pleted some time next month.
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee said the Schultz
report would come before the full
committee next Monday. A COM
mittee meeting scheduled for today
was postponed because of a meeting
of the National Defense Subcom-
mittee.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Mortinsburg Factory
Open Despite Strike
By the Associated Press.

os lDc hSSOCldltO
MARTINSBURG, w. Va, March
24.-The interviewer Stocking Co.
was operating its plant, employing
about $500 persons, limitedly here
today, despite picketing resulting
from failure of contract negotiations.
The strike was called Friday night.
G. w. F. Mulliss, vice president
and plant manager, said there were
few workers in the production
departments.
Mr.. Mulliss said the management
would not take any initiative in re-
opening negotiations in the dispute,
which involves demands for in
creased wages, a weeks vacation
with pay, seniority rights and the
protective union shop.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Man Is Badly Injured
In Fall Down Stairs

Charles Coart, 50. of Battery Park,
Bethesda, Md, suffered a fractured
skull and several broken ribs when
he fell down the cellar stairs of his
home last night. Montgomery
County police reported.
Mr.. Coart was found by his wife
when she returned home, police said.
He was taken to Georgetown Hos
pital by the Bethesda Fire Depart
ment rescue squad. His condition
was reported as undetermined.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Montgomery Schools
Will Get Flag Code
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special DlSpatcn 10 Inc star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, March a.
The Auxiliary of the Henderson
Smith-Edmonds American Legion
Post of Rockville has presented 500
copies of the flag code to the Mont
gomery County Board of Education
for distribution among the schools
of the county. The group also has
donated an American flag to the
Rockville Elementary School.
The auxiliary will entertain the
council of the Southern Maryland
district at luncheon at Lord Calvert
Inn, College Park. April 3. Reser-
vations should be made through the
auxiliary's secretary. Miss Rebecca
Lenovitz, Halpine, Md.
Mrs. J. Dan Louthan is president
of the auxiliary.
Evening star., 1941-03-24

City Chapter. Daughters of the
American Revolution, and the Dis
trict Chapter of the American War
Mothers.
Besides Mrs. Benoit, she is servived
by three other daughters and four
sons, Mrs. La Vern Tyles and Mrs.
Clifton Ralph of Washington; Mrs.
Malcolm E. Edwards, Vienna, Va;
Andrew j., Jr., and William M. Camp
bell of Bethesda; Frank Campbell of
New York, Gary Campbell of Brad
ley Hills, Md, and a sister, Mrs.
David R. Hogan of Washington.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Peter Stevens, 81, Dies;
Dean of Court Clerks
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, March 24.-The
dean of Maryland court clerks, Peter
Stevens, 81, died during the week end
after II years continuous service
that began in the Talbot County
courthouse.
Mr.. Stevens had been chief deputy
clerk of the Baltimore City Court
since 1929.
He grew up on a farm near Oxford,
Talbot County, and was appointed
court clerk while in his early 20s He
left the Eastern Shore in 1885 to be-
come clerk in the Superior Court
here and was transferred to City
Court In 1905.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Four Firemen Injured
In Lynchburg Blaze
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG, Va, March "a
One fireman was severely injured
and three others slightly hurt when
fire damaged the Economy Hotel
and two stores here yesterday.
Capt. A. R. Evans, jr., of No. 3
Company, the most seriously hurt,
is in Lynchburg General Hospital
with vertebrae injuries.
More than 80 persons fled from
the burning hotel and four were
taken from upstairs windows by
firemen.
Damage was estimated at from
$4,000 to $4,000,
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Meetings to Discuss
Farm Conservation
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, March 24.-A
number of farmer meetings to dis
cuss the 1941 agricultural conserva-
ton program will be held in Mont
gomery County this week, Otto w.
Anderson, agricultural agent, who
will be in charge, has announced.
Tonight, there will be meeting at
Colesville; tomorrow night, at Lay
louisville; Wednesday night, at
Damascus, and Friday night at
Jamestown. Farm plans for the
year, which are necessary for farms
to be included in the program, will
be filled out at the meetings.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Conservation MEETING

MANASSAS. Va, March "a (spe-
ciaD The Prince William County
Agricultural Committee, comprised
of P. A. Lewis, Manassas; T. o. La
than, Haymarket, and w. Raymond
Free, Nokesville. will meet at the
Office of Frank Cox. county agent, at
9 am. tomorrow to plan the local
conservation program.
Evening star., 1941-03-24

,JuTIeS received
M arch 16 in
n e a r b y Mary
land.
John Ten Eyck
Tucker, "a, 1916
Window place
NV, died near
Lynchburg. Va,
shortly after he
lost control of
his motorcycle
and was tossed
headlong into a
ditch b e 81 d e
Route % a S I
night. He was
Nor nn1NQ
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Woodside Citizens to Meet

j. Donald Clagett and J. Darby
Bowman, officials of the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission, will
speak on the functions and activities
of the commission at meeting of
the Woodside Park Md Civic As
sociation Wednesday at 8:15 pm. at
Montgomery Hills Junior High
School Ernest F. Klinge. president,
will preside.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
Prince William Clubs
List Weeks Meetinqs
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 70 The star.
MANASSAS, Va, March 24.-Miss
L. Alice Webb, Prince William
County home demonstration agent,
has announced the following club
meetings for this week:
Tomorrow, at 1:30 pm, Hickory
Grove Club, at the home of Mrs.
Jack Hunt.
Wednesday, 1870 pm, Greenwich
Club, at the home of Mrs. Dillon
Wood.
Friday afternoon, Bristow Club, at
the home Of MYA Lester Breeden.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
BerryviIIe Pastor to Leave

BERRYVILLE, Va, March "a
(SpeciaD The Rev. Ernest H. Will
liams. rector of Grace Episcopal
Church at Berryville for the last 18
months, has resigned to accept a
call to a church in Pullman, Wash,
and will begin duties there the latter
part of May, it was announced yes
terday.
Evening star., 1941-03-24
3Die in Virginia
And Maryland
Traffic Mishaps
Victim of Accident
Near Marlboro on
March 10 Succumbs

Weekend traffic took the lives
of three persons in Maryland and
Virginia, while a fourth died at
Casualty Hospital last night of in
Evening star., 1941-03-24

In March, Beware Of:
l. Crossing street at a point
other than a crossWalk. Four
pedestrians were killed doing
this in March, 1910. Three of
these were over SIS years of age.
2. Standing in the street. A
93-year-old man lost his life do
ing this in March of last year.
The sixth traffic victim during
March, 1910, was a passenger on
a truck who was crushed be-
meath a spool of cable when the
truck overturned.
Evening star., 1941-04-05

Uganda raised over 135,000,000
pounds of cotton last year.
Evening star., 1941-04-05
Fire
Continued From First Page.)

openings. When one man attempted
several times to reach window
where the blaze seemed heaviest at
the time, Chief Porter shouted to
the f1reman's superiors:
Get that man down from there!"
The collapsed wall section left
about half of the blazing upper floor
on the D street side exposed and
the flames were whipped more
flercely toward the interior.
Water Tower Used.
Fire-hghting equipment sum-
moned to the scene covered an area
of several blocks. A water tower
was brought into use within a short
time after the second alarm was
turned in.
The heavy drain on the water
main serving the area after equip
ment answering the third alarm
arrived on the scene caused a per-
ceptible lowering of pressure in
the hose lines. However, the Water
Department was notified and addi-
tional water was pumped into the
16-inch main within 10 minutes.
The pressure was lowered again to
normal shortly after noon.
In addition to Maj. Brown, In
spectors Arthur E. Miller. director
of the Police Department Traffic
Evening star., 1941-04-05

Division, and Maurice Collins hur-
ried to the fire area.
Although flremen apparently sue
ceeded in confining the blaze
to the top floor, smoke and water
were damaging the two lower floors
extensively.
Partly Covered by Insurance.
Mr.. Miller, the store manager and
brother of William E. Miller, the
owner, said that the property was
partially covered" by insurance. He
said he did not know how much in
surance was carried
He was in the store at the time the
fire was discovered.
IT heard somebody up on the top
floor yell fire." he said. Il grabbed
a fire extinguisher and rushed up
there, but as soon as l saw how bad
the fire was 1 ran downstairs. 1t
was too hot for me.
I'VE called for the fire engines
from around the corner and l got
every employe out of the building
Immediately.
Started in Storage Room.
The room in which the fire started
was used for storage purposes. Mr..
| Miller said. There were number
of rugs and lamps, which had not
been uncrated, in the room, he
added, but there were no oily rags
or other combustible material and
there was strict prohibition
against smoking in that part of the
store. Mr.. Miller said he had no
idea how the fire could have started.
Mr.. Miller estimated that $4,000
had been spent on improvements on
the building during the last few
years. He said $4,000 had been
spent in the last two months. The
MILF Co. has occupied the property
for about eight years.
William E. Miller president of the
company which also operates store
at Seventh and E streets SW., is in
Pinehurst, N. c. He maintains a
racing stable at OXon Hill, Md, and
travels extensively with his horses.
Evening star., 1941-04-05
California Flood Rising;
Two Die in landslide
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5-Flood
waters went on a rampage in North
ern California today in the wake
of downpour which damaged crops
extensively and caused two deaths
in spectacular landslide.
Napa's 5000 residents expected the
racing Napa River to inundate the
city's business district and perhaps
repeat the havoc of a flood last
year which chased $50 families from
their homes.
The swollen Sacramento River
reached its highest stage of the
season. Indications were it might
food the area between Red Bluff and
knights Landing.
Dave S. Murdock, &c. and William
P. Shores. 10, lost their lives when
their cabin, built on the side of
Tampalpais Canyon in Marin Coun-
ty, was carried to the bottom by a
landslide
Evening star., 1941-04-05
Texas Governor Signs
Strike Jail Term Bill
Ry thf Associated Press

BY tnt Associated Press.
AUSTIN, Tex, April 5.-Gov. w
Lee O'Daniel signed into law yes
tefday bill making it a penitentiary
offense to use violence or threats of
violence in strikes or in preventing
any one from engaging in a lawful
vocation. The measure became ef-
fective on signing.
Terming the act one of the most
constructive pieces of legislation in
Texas in many years, Gov. O'Daniel
added:
1T does not interfere with the
right of labor to strike and protects
the forgotten man. 1t should have
a strong influence in bringing new
industries to Texas"
He said four States, Florida, ILL
nois, Michigan and North Carolina,
already had asked for copies of the
bill.
Evening star., 1941-04-05
War Aid Threatening
Social War in u. s,
Duce's Editor Says
Strikes Disrupting Flow
Of Supplies to Britain,
ooydo Declares
Bv the Associated Press.

DN tIt ESSOCldIeO HIeSS.
ROME, April 5.-Virginio Gayda,
Fascist editorial spokesman, said to-
day that American aid to Britain
threatened to start a social war in
the United States and said the evil
dence was in the present wave Of
strikes.
Not only are the strikes disrupt
ing the flow of war supplies to Brit
ain, but also, since they are caused,
as is known, by request for in
crease of wages" they threaten TO
upset American economy and ham
per postwar trade expansion, Gayda
declared in II Giornale dItalia.
Opening National Crisis"
These strikes are all creating
conflicts which arise from social, po-
ltical and moral reasons, and are
opening up a national crisis which
may develop still more dangerously
with the entrance of racial reasons"
the Fascist writer continued.
In one city one has already seen
Negroes against whites. Interven-
ing to assure peace in the world,
American war-mongering threatens
to ignite the powers of war within
its own territory.
These strikes are also diSorgan-
izing war production, delaying de-
llverieS ever more urgently awaited
in England and other theaters."
But these strikes also are threat
oH1ir1n q Uinloy7t n1
economic system of the United
States and with this an expected
crisis in all its ambitious plans"
High Prices Seen Disadvantage.
The requested wage increases, he
added, are causing a higher cost
of production, therefore, higher
prices. Higher prices are disad-
vantageous both for British finances,
which must pay them for its war
supplies, and for American export
erS who intend to profit from the
war to take a sovereign place on
world markets"
But it is evident" he added,
that high salaries, once achieved, =,
do not turn downward again without
new social conflicts. 1t is evident,
therefore, that the regime of high
salaries and high costs in war time
will be a burden on North American
economy in the near peacetime and
will make still more difficult that
expansion on world markets which
is the main objective of North
American imperialism.
Evening star., 1941-04-05
Package of Eggs
For British Consul
Causes Bomb Scare
py the ss,ociated press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 5.-De-
livery of a mysterious" pack
age created a short-lived bomb
scare today at the home of
Godfrey Haggard. British Con-
sui General in New York.
Police, summoned after a
maid became suspicious, rushed
to the Haggard apartment in
exclusive Sutton place and
carried off the package in a
pail of oil.
Cautiously opened later by
bomb squad experts, the parcel
disclosed four dozen eggs.
About the same time, Hag-
gard opened a letter from Mrs.
cambridge Colby, wife of the
former Secretary of State, ad-
vising him she was sending him
the eggs.
Evening star., 1941-04-05
Sinkings

Continued From First Page)
a 13.245-ton craft and the Britannia
an 8,799-tonner.
Evening star., 1941-04-05

Victory, al least, III lIle case. OppOS-
ing counsel shook hands.
AS the trial closed there was little
comment available from those con-
cerned.
The first came from DR.. Morris
Fishbein, editor of the Journal of
the A. M. A, and DR.. Oln West
secretary and general manager OF
the A. M. A. 1t was joint state
ment saying:
Regardless of the verdict, the
A. M. A. will continue to do its
utmost for the prevention and treat
ment of disease and the improve
ment of the public health"
Counsel Decline Comment.
John Henry Levin, of prosecution
counsel, and William E. Leahy, who
presented the case for the defense,
declined comment last night.
John E. Laskey, counsel for one
of the defendants, DR.. Prentiss Will
son, said: I'm glad all of the in
dividual defendants were acquitted" !"
All defendants, with the single
exception of DR.. Arthur C. Christie,
who is i'll at his home. were in the
courtroom to hear the verdict setting
them free from the charges of
criminal conspiracy.
They were:
From the American Medical As
sociation-Dr. Fishbein, DR.. West.
DR.. William c. Woodward, DR.. Will
liam Dick Cutter and DR.. Rosco
Genung Leland.
The Washington defendants-Dr.
Christie, DR.. Coursen B. Conklin,
DR.. James Bayard Gregg Gusts, DR..
Robert Arthur Hooe. DR.. Thomas
Ernest Mattingly, DR.. Francis x.
McGovern, DR.. Thomas Edwin Neill,
DR.. Edward Hiram Reede, DR.. Will
liam Mercer Sprigg, DR.. William
Joseph Stanton, DR.. j. Ogle War
field, jr.; DR.. Wilson and DR.. Wal
lace Mason Yater.
Four Defendants Previously Freed.
Two other corporations and two
individual defendants had been
freed by directed verdicts of Justice
/ Proctor earlier in the case. They
were the Washington Academy of
Surgery, which had been represented
by DR.. William B. Marbury. its presi-
dent, in the role of technical de-
fendant"; the Harris County (Tex)
Medical Society, DR.. Leon A. Martel
and DR.. j. Rogers Young of this city.
The District Medical Society was
represented at court by its presi-
dent, DR.. Daniel L. Borden, as tech
nical defendant, not a personal de-
fendant.
One of the original defendants,
DR.. Thomas Allen Groover, died be-
fore the trial begun.
The antitrust medical case was
prosecuted by Mr.. Levin, Grant w.
Kelleher, Walton Allen and Compton
Timberlake.
Defense counsel included Mr.. Lea
by, Edward M. Burke, general coun-
sci of the A. M. A; Seth w. Richard
son, Charles S. Baker, Warren Ma
gee and Mr. LaSkey.
Wives Hear Verdict.
In the courtroom to hear the ver-
dict were several wives and daugh-
tiers of the defendants and other
women interested in the outcome Of
the trial
From Chicago there were Mrs. Will
liam D. Cutter, wife of the secretary
of the Council on Medical Education
and Hospitals of the A. M. A. and
their two daughters, Miss Margot E.
Clltter of Princeton N J. and Miss
Ruth Dick Cutter, lawyer of New
York City Mrs. Rosco G. Leland,
wife of the director of the Bureau of
Medical Economics of the A. M. A.,
and Mrs. William c. Woodward, now
of this city, wife of the former di-
rector of the Bureau of Legal Med
icine and Legislation of the A. M. A.
Among the Washington women
! were: Mrs. Daniel L. Borden, wife of
Evening star., 1941-04-05
Rhenish WestphoIion Area
r. A. r. Target, Nozis Say

BERLIN, April (P).-The Ger
mans said their air force had con-
centrated on the west coast port of
Bristol in attacks on England last
night. setting many large fires.
Weak Royal Air Force units at
tempted to attack the Rhenish
Westphalian region during the night,
it was said, but failed to come within
so or 70 miles of the western border
of the Reich.