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Evening star., 1941-08-15
D. {. Eight and Forty
Elects New Officers
At Annual Session
Mrs. Virginia Mccarthy
To Head Auxiliary
Legion Organization

The District of Columbia's Eight
and Forty Society, Salon IA, opened
its 18th annual marche at the Hotel
Washington last night, electing
salon officers and delegates and Of
ficers to the American Legion Con-
vention, to be held in Milwaukee
September Is to l8. The Eight and
Forty is the womens auxiliary of
the Forty and Eight, American
Legion honor society.
Mrs. Catherine C. Crompton,
chapeau of the District salon, pre-
sided at the meeting. assisted by
Mrs. Virginia Mccarthy and Mrs.
Mary B. Corwin, dennis chapeaux.
Mabel F. Staub and Mrs. Ethel S.
Wilt acted as chairman. Edith p
Landvoight, pouvoir member, read
the annual report.
The following were elected salon
officers: Mrs. Mccarthy, chapeau
departmental: Mrs. Corwin and
Helen Ware, dennis chapeaux; Mrs.
Vesta L. Rodruck, la superintend-
ente; Mrs. Helen Hetzer, la con-
cierge:: Mildred Bell, raumoniere,
and Mrs Rae R. Zaontz, rarchiviste
Elected delegates to the national
convention we're: Mrs. Crompton,
Mrs Mccarthy. Mrs. Sarah Kohen,
Mildred Bell, Mrs. Wilt and Emily
Carey. Alternates were Mrs. Edith
Quinn, Helen Ware, Mrs. Zaontz,
Miss Staub, Nettie Peters and Mrs
Rosetta Wells.
Delegates at large will be Dorothy
B. Harper, past national chapeaux;
Ellen Louise Warren and Edith p
Landvoight.
Installation of the elected officers
will be held at pm. today in the
rose room of the Hotel Washington.
Memorial services, entertainment by
the Sons of the American Legion,
presentation of a scholarship to
Tharon Kiser, and a talk by Hay
wood Saunders, District deputy Le-
gion commander, will precede the
installation ceremonies. which will
mark the termination of the two
day marche.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Job Of Cleaning Up
Potomac Is Given
Tennessee Engineer
F. W. KittreII Will Open
Permanent Headquarters
Here October I

The job of cleaning up the Poto-
mac River, from the mountains to
Chesapeake Bay. was handed yester-
day to F. w. Kittrell, who has spent
nearly half his life in sanitary en-
gineering work.
Mr.. Kittren, for the last II years
sanitary engineer for the Tennessee
Department of Health, was ap-
pointed chief engineer and secre-
tary of the Interstate Commission on
the Potomac River Basin at a
meeting here yesterday in the
Transportation Building.
After a quiz by commission repre-
sentatives from the District, Mary
land, Virginia, West Virginia and
the Federal Government, he was
selected to head the technical work
aimed at ridding the Potomac and
its tributaries of industrial and towr
pollution. Beginning October l, HI
is expected to set up permanent
offices in the Transportation Build
ing.
Gov. O'Conor Presides.
Gov. O'Conor of Maryland, chair
man of the Interstate Commission
presided at the meeting. Others at
tending included j. B. Gordon, Dis
trict sanitary engineer; Oliver
Gasch, assistant corporation counSeI
for the District; State Senator
George H. Williams of West Vir-
ginia; Hugh Pomeroy, director OF
the Virginia State Planning Board
Frank Bane, executive director OF
the Council of State Governments
]. K. Hoskins of the United State.
Public Health Service, and Harold
A. Kemp of the United States En-
gineer's Office Their appointment
of Mr.. Kittrell will be subject tc
routine ratification by the full COM
mission this fall.
Mr.. Gordon said that Mr.. Kittrell
who is 80, was chosen because his
training and experience fitted into
the job. He took his engineering
degree from North Carolina State
College, then received a masters de.
gree in sanitary engineering at Har-
ward, where he was granted the
Herschel award for scholarship
Time Control Chemist.
He became a time control chemist
Of the dye laboratory of the New.
port Chemical Co., Carrollville, Wis.
and later analytical and research
chemist at the Standard Oil Co. re.
finery at Whiting, Ind. He went tC
his Tennessee position from the
North Carolina State Board oi
Health, where he.was a chemist.
Hell speak the language of the
State agencies he will have to work
with" Mr.. Gordon commented. The
commissions authority, granted by
act of Congress, is only to give ad-
vice to the States, and it has nc
punitive powers. Pennsylvania was
also included in the compact fol
pollution control, but has not yet
ratified the agreement.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Mrs. Barton Rites
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Maude
Barton, 63, who died Wednesday at
her home, 104 ST. Elmo avenue, Be-
thesda, Md, will be held at 9 am
tomorrow at Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Church. Bethesda. The
Rev. Joseph A. Little, pastor of the
church, will officiate and burial will
be in Arlington Cemetery.
Mrs. Barton, widow of Gus Bar
ton, was lifelong resident of the
Bethesda neighborhood. She is sur
vived by sister, Mrs. Ida Kieser of
Bethesda.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Fourth ofD.C. Defense Housing
Units Built Since October
Exponsion Of FederoIIy Finonced Program
In CopitoI Predicted by Official

units in Alexandra for Government
workers, 16O units in Falls Church
for Government workers and IS de-
mountable units near Fort Eustis,
Va, for enlisted men and civilian
workers.
In addition to Messers Palmer
Ihlder and Vanderlip, officials on
the inspection tour were Horace
Peasley of the Governments Cen
trail Housing Committee; Maj. H. r
Parker of the United States Army
and Messers Jacob Crane, Ferd
Kramer and Carl H. Monsees, ex-
ecutives of Mr.. Palmer's Office.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Clowns to Help Benefit

Frank Portillo and "Bumpsey" An
thony, formerly clowns with the
Ringing Bros. and Barnum g.
Bailey circuses. will present a box
ing burlesque during the Police and
Fire Department Field Day, August
%, at Griffith Stadium. Proceeds
of the day will be turned over to
relief associations Of the depart
ments.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Reckord to Observe
Second Army Training
Rx the Associated Press

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE. Md.
Aug. 15.-Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reck-
ord, commanding officer of the 29th
Infantry Division, and several other
officers of the division will 60 Mon
day to the A. P. Hill Military Reser-
vation. Carolina County, Va, to OBJ
serve I'd Army Corps anti-mechan-
lied training.
Oflcers who will accompany Gen
Reckord include Brig. Gen. Amos w.
w. Woodcock, commander of the 58th
Infantry Brigade; Brig. Gen. G.. M.
Alexander, commander of the 88th
Infantry Brigade, and several men,
bers of the 29th Division staff.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Inspection Department
Offices Consolidated

Consolidation of two divisions OF
the department of inspection, now
in separate quarters, was announced
today by the District Commissioners
as move to simplify the heretofore
somewhat complicated matter Of OBJ
tanning building permits.
Under the plan, the offices OF
electrical inspection division and the
smoke and boiler division will be
joined in Offices previously occu-
pied by the Public Utilities Commits
sion on the first floor of the Dis
trict Building.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Entertainment,

Street dance, E street between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth NV, to-
morrow night, 8 o'clock.
Dance, sponsored by Women's
Battalion, Bureau of Engraving and
Printing, tonight, O'Clock.
Dance, Soldiers. Sailors and Ma
rines' Club, 1015 L street NV, to-
morrow night. o'clock; hostesses.
Open house all day Sunday.
Open house, National Capital
Service Mems Club, 606 E street
NV, tomorrow night; music, host
esses, game facilities.
: Talking pictures. Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church. tomorrow
night, free to men in uniform. Pro-
gram In Mount Vernon Square, to-
morrow night, 8 to 10 O'Clock.
Dance, National Catholic Com
munity Service Club, Knights of
Columbus Hall, 918 Tenth street
NV, tomorrow night, Q O'Clock;
hostesses. Open house all day SUM-
day.
Dance, Y. w. C. A., Seventeenth
and K streets NV, tomorrow nlgnC,
Q o'clock; small charge to cover re-
freshments and music.
All facilities at Y. M. C. A., 1736
G street NV, available to men in
uniform tomorrow and Sunday.
Open house Sunday, . am. to 8 pm,
refreshments.
All facilities at Jewish Community
Center, Sixteenth and Q streets
NV, open to service men Sunday.
Open house, st. Johns Episcopal
Church Parish Hall, Sixteenth and
H streets NV, tonight and tomor-
row, after 6 PM, hostesses.
Dinner and dance, sponsored by
Covenant-First Presbyterian League
for Men In the Service, Fellow
ship House, 1868 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NV, tomorrow night.
Lodging.
Lodging facilities for service men
In Washington over the week end
may be found at the Y. M.
G. A.. GeorRe washington Univer-
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Port-Time Employed
Fail to Claim Money

The District Unemployment Com
penSation Board is failing to dis
tribute much of the money to which
partially employed workers are en-
titled, John A. Marshall, director,
revealed today.
Many workers do not realize that
they are eligible for compensation
when their regular employer cuts
them to part-time labor. he said.
A man does not have to lose his job
to get partial benefits from the
board.
Board ofiicials, however. said they
were unable to estimate the number
of eligibles who have failed to apply.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Woman Killed, ; Hurt
In Glen Burnie Crush
ux tho Associeted press

GLEN BURNIE, Md, Aug. 49,
Mrs. Anna Payne, %. Baltimore,
was killed and three other persons
injured early today when their
automobile collided with a trailer=
truck on the Gov. Ritchie Highway.
Injured were Thompson E. Dun
mock, Is, Ellicott City; Miss Mary
Beck, and Buddy Baer, 20.
The truck driver, Edwin Hansen,
Iceland, Fla, was not hurt.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Reunion SIuted Sunduy

The Society of Virginians and
West Virginians in Maryland and
the District OF Columbia will hold
Its annual reunion at 2 pm. SUM-
day at Miller's Cabin, Beech drive,
Rock Greek Park.
Evening star., 1941-08-15

Totals to date IA 50
In August, Beware OF:
I. Crossing a street at some
point other than q crosswalk.
Three of the five pedestrians
killed in trafilc in August. 1910,
were fatally injured while COM
mitting this unsafe act.
2. The hours between 5 and
8 pm. Four persons met death
within this four-hour period
in August last year.
Evening star., 1941-08-15
IOdg1ng.

Lodging facilities for service men
In Washington over the week end
may be found at the Y. NJ
G. A., George Washington Univer-
Evening star., 1941-08-15
Make August Safer

Toll In Previous Months.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
Gunnnan


kidnapping a co-owner of the sta
ton and an employee.
Held said that Detroit had
agreed to waive their claim on
Matthews despite the fact that
the bandit was said to have con-
fessed to seven robberies of a
similar nature In that city.
Matthews was still in De-
troit Jail today while officers
continued their Questioning III
an attempt to clear up addition
nj holdups.
The former convict was ar
rested by Detroit police officers
eight hours after he held up
the Marshall-Beall station, To-
Gated on Terry and Gratiot,
shortly after $50 am. Monday.
Robert Beall, co-manager, and
John Reynolds, an attendant,
were forced to drive the fleeing
robber for several blocks in the
Reynolds car before the bandit
alighted and fled on foot.
Held said that Matthews had
signed a confession admitting
the robbery when questioned
this morning by the chief assist
ant prosecutor, Chief of Police
Arthur I. Rosso and Police Ser
geant Eugene Smith.
Matthews is expected to be
brought to Mount Clemens to
face trial later this week.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
canaan

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GENTLY guarded and handsomely
provided for"
Legal experts of the foreign
office, meanwhile, were looking
into the jurdical aspects Of the
case. Apparently one point at
issue = whether the "a Ameri-
cans who were ambulance driv-
ers already were part Of De
Gaulle's hospital corps or whe-
ther they merely were en- route
to become such.
authorized sources said active
members Of hospital squads are
treoted - prisoners Of war when
captured.
Thus, apparently, It still Is
LETT In doubt whether American
11nhulance men are TO be freed
~ detained. Germsny's concern
over the possibility that they
might expose military secrets in
dicates the possibility that, II
they are released, they will be
bound by pledge not to. talk.
ct also II possible that the
Germans count on the lapse of
time before any release to multi
~ the importance of any infor-
rnAtion the Americans could
rive.
(Among secrets the Germans
might be anxious to preserve
may be the type and identity of
the raider, where and when 1t
encountered the canaan and
how the rescue ship penetrated
the British blockade to reach the
French coast.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
Howoii UndersoesA Air BIitz
in Widespread War Games
HONOLULU TRIES 'BLACK-OUT''
AS 'ENEhAY' PLANES ATTACK

oHONOLULU, May 2l-R-
Lights were blotted out In the
Hawaiian Islands shortly after
. p. m. last night (2:30 .. m.
Wednesday EST a. residents,
warned Of the approach of theo-
retical enemy bombers. tested Q
protective blackout.
Sirens, radio announcements
and motor messengers heralded
the approach Of the planes.
Isolated hamlets Of farthest
north Kauai Island were dark
ened and, far south on Hawaii,
japanese grocers extinguished
their kerosene lamps. Lighthouse
keepers doused beacons.
The blackout, part Of the
army's spring war games, found
soldiers manning observation
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
Schools
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wage scale for teachers. What
need, for instance, would there
be for q trade school, such as
Cass Technical High School, in a
rural district"
superintendent of schools
throughout Michigan have band
ed together to sponsor a bill in
opposition to the M.E.A. bill,
which has already passed the
House of Representatives. The
superintendent bill mo. 354)
is still in committee and indica-
tons are, observers say, that 1t
will not be reported out. I'm
der the bill the state would be
divided into three types of dis
tricts so that the eqalization
fund would be fairer to all.
FATED TO DIE?
Because this bill appears fat
ed to die in committee, Fast il
advocating passage Of q bill
sponsored by State Superintend-
ent of Education Eugene S. Eli
OFT, which would provide the
same amount of money as the
M.E.A. Bill-S46, 100000. The
equalization fund, however,
would be increased to Is per
cent, instead of Is per cent. In
der terms of this bill Mount
Clemens would receive $4,000
more than was allocated this
year, and, Fast said, school sys-
TENS in other cities would not
be damaged because the amounts
provided would be very similar
to those they now receive.
Fast urged interested persons
to write or wire Mr.. Harold
Sauer, chairman of the Senate
committee on education, urging
passage OF Elliotts bill, No. 307.
Fast also explained the Teach
ing Unit Bill, also pending be-
fore the state legislature, and
its merits but said Il stood lit
tie chance of passing because Il
was too advanced.
The meeting was held st the
nome Of Mrs. Z. T. Nunneley. *
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21

posts burrowed into lava peaks
awaiting attackers who, when
they came, dropped flares in
stead Of explosives.
Then lights blazed again from
Kaena Point to Koko Head and
another blackout, third for the
islands In two years, was over.
Governor J. b. Poindexter, in
q radio broadcast, said Hawaii's
many racial groups are loyal to
America and welcomed the op-
portunity to cooperate.
Lieut.. General Walter c.
Short, commanding the Hawaii
department. said the territory
"outdid" itse If.
Army planes had scattered
leaflets over the islands warn
ing of the blackout and urging
full cooperation. Leaflets were
printed in English, Japanese,
Chinese, Hawaiian and a Fill
pino dialect.
During the blackout, civilian
controlled this yeAr, 1900 Red
Cross workers set up emergency
stations; motorcyclists patrolled
highways; 100 civilian trucks
equipped with emergency sup
plies fastened to bombed" Sec
tons and blackout patrols were
active.
Yesterday, unidentified per-
sons distributed leaflets in Homo
lulu urging the population to
take the blackout seriously"
because "this time bombs may be
just around the corner"
The leaflets assailed President
Roosevelt and said his part in
an imperialist war" already had
brought super profits to big
business" a 80 per cent increase
in the cost of rice and many
"suppressionist" laws.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
- (IesIIoIl
oIIsxAgsnty
Nemen voters Discus
cellsetjen Propossl

= Creation Of Z central collec-
don agency for taxes and the
estnbliShment of . stats depart
utoht Of revenue was urged In .
resolution passed Tuesday by
the Mount Clemens League OF
Women Voters.
A bill 70 create such q depart
Snsut u now pending before the
House Of Representatives after
having been passed unanimously
BY the Senate.
The need for such q central
agency has been advocated for
many years by governmental
bodies, q spokesman for the
League. Of Women Voters said.
It viii ave N estimated $lS,-
OO0, 200 TO SIS, 000, 900 . year,
which the Michigan Tax Study
Commission reported Is now b.
-in9 lest under the present sys-
tenn, under which Al separate
agencies have . part in collect
ing revenues.
The bill would abolish the
state board of tax administra-
ton and set up q department of
revenue as q centralized collec-
ton agency for all state taxes. A
score Of other states have adopt
"a similar legislation and In al
most every case have expert
enced m increase in collections
from existing taxes, usually also
with . decrease in collection
costs, Il IL said.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
Scouts


old Schwartz; Troop 72-Tom
Papajohn, Bob Spier; Troop 70
Robert Temple, Milton OAR
ling, Don Green, John TORY and
Herman Jacobsen; Troop IL
]. Ullrich, r. Sullivan, c. Town
er and p. Champion; Troop IS
Peter DeBruyne.
Troop &c New BALTIMORE
William Gagnon. p. Killer and
T. West; Troop - (Richmond)
&C. Wilson, p. Ernst. william
Bing and c. Snitchler; Troop 81
(Romeo) - Allan Bradley and
Richard High; Troop sc.
O'Grady, Floyd Pierzina and j.
Allor.
Besides Judge Reid, the fol-
lowing men were 70 accompany
the scouts: Ivan A. Johnston,
william Floore. Jewel West, Of
Romeo, Martin Schwartz, Nick
Papajohn and Harold Charben-
eau.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
Hudson


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tons over q wage dispute. The
UAW-CIO had demanded q Is
cent hourly increase, and the
company had offered q three
cent boost.
The Hudson company has $10,-
600, 900 in national defense con-
tracts for airplane parts which
were under production at one
of the Detroit plants. Union
officials said production had
been maintained, but company
spokesman said work on the
parts was impeded by the strike
action.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
War


(COntlnucO rIOm rage
naissance group and other units.
Striking from Greek main
land bases, IS to 100 miles away,
Hitler's "men from Mars" were
said to be using . fleet of $50
huge new Fockewulf air tram
sports carrying so to IS men
each, and an undisclosed num-
Der Of gliders.
So far, there were no reports
that the Germs had landed air
borne tanks on Crete-A feat
hrst exploited by Soviet Russia
in the Balkans.
FIGHT TO DEATH
Defending the island, the gov
eminent seat Of King George II
and Q British naval stronghold,
were said to be two full Greek
divisions and large numbers Of
British imperial troops under
orders TO fight ITO the death with
no thought Of retirement"
British reports said the Maxi
gliders were cut loose from tow.
ing planes at . great height,
many miles away from their OBJ
jectives, and coasted In among
the Grecian isles olive groves
and mountains without the tell.
tale drone of motors.
Some troop-carrying planes
were reported shot down.
In Berlin, authorised quarters
angrily denied Prime Minister
Winston sChurchill's assertion
that 1900 Mari ''chutists dis
guised in New Zealand battle.
dress engaged in the initial a.
sault.
The Germans said Churchill's
remark was Infamous" and
threatened that any brutal or H.
legal treatment Of Naxi 'chutiste
would bring stern reprisnla
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
Wilson
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er seven other individuals who
ranked higher on the rating
list, despite the commission
own rule that employees shall
be selected from among the top
three on the list.
Such an action, Mrs. Starr
said, "undermines the confidence
of all civil service employees in
their expectation of fair and
non-political treatment by the
commission" and shakes the
faith of the public in the inte-
gritty and motives of the men,
bers of the commission"
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
French Enjoys Word Loses
Volue in yes of Capitol
Halt Mskss Equivalent Of
'Diplomotie cell' for Settlement

owASHINGTON, May 21-tR
The United States, II was
learned authoritatively to day.
has made Tie equivalent Of = dip
lomatic call on the vichy gov
ernInant for . fortnight. declare.
tion Of Frances future intentions
In collaborating" with Ger
many.
vichy has been given to UNI
derstsnd. Il was said, that II. can
not hops 70 restore Franco
American relations TO harmony
unless II u nrst prepared to sup
ply full assurances In writing
that Francs will hold rigidly TO
the terms Of the June, 1910 ar
Imistice In ill subsequent deal.
ings with the third Reich.
Secretary Aull's stsrnly-word-
ed explanation Of u. 3. views TO
French ambaegAdor Henry-Haye
contained the diplomatic cue, in
formed sources asserted. that q
formal note, putting France on
record, was the only solution.
ROUTINE EXERCISE?
The uncertainty over French
intentions meanwhile increased
overnight with the news from
Martinique that the French
cruiser Emile Berth and the air
craft carrier Beafn had been out
to sea for what the commanding
admiral called routine exer-
cises." The officer was quoted a.
saying that no real preparations
for the ships departure were
being made.
As far q Is known here, this
was the farst time the vessels
have ventured out of port since
they berthed at the French COL
ony in the. Caribbean when
France fell last year.
Informed sources were slow to
accept the Martinique explana-
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-05-21
Price Advance,
Aid Farmers
They Reap Harvest ,
Of 0ollors -

Q WASHINGTON. May 2l-(R
Recent sharp advances In COM
modify prices have put millions
Of extra dollars into the pockets
Of farmers who stored 1910
cotton and wheat under the
agricultural departments "ever-
normal granary" crop program.
Designed to assure ample re-
serves for the country md stable
prices for farmers, this program
permits growers to store crops
under government loans with thu
privilege of redeeming them and
selling them in the market
should prices advance above
loan rates.
Taking advantage of the pro-
gram, farmers placed 3,163, 900
bales of cotton and 278, 000, 900
bushels Of wheat from last years
crops under government loans,
which average about 9.3 cents Z
pound for cotton and IS cents .
bushel for wheat.
These farmers have been able
to cash in on It'd profits as . re-
suit of recent price advances.
With cotton selling around II
cents q pound at New York and
wheat close to a dollar q bushel
at Chicago, growers could re-
deem loan commodities and sell
at the higher prices.
Agricultural department Off
Gals said that on the basis of
current prices, loan cotton was
bringing from $40 to $40 q bale
above the redemption cost, de-
pending on staple lengths.
Wheat, likewise, was said to
be bringing from 10 to 20 cents
q bushel above the redemption
cost.
Officials said that about L.
$50, 900 of the 1888, 900 bales of
1910 cotton stored under loans
had been redeemed. They esti-
mated that approximately 100,-
100000 bushels of the. 1910 loan
wheat also had been redeemed.
The recent price advances
were attributed by officials to
trade speculation over the posi-
bility that government loans on
1941 crops would be made at
much higher rates.
The loan rates tend to set
minimum market prices. Farm
ers would be reluctant to sell II
they could get more through
government loans.