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The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-11
' BILLION D0LLAR5T
 BE SOUGHT
President, Congressional Authorities Agreed on
 Amount Requested
BULLETIN-WAsHINGTON,

BULLETIN-WASHINGTON, March 1I.-President Roosevelt signed the British Aid Bill at 12:5l pm. tPSTj just Is minutes after the bill arrived from Cap itol Hill. A battery of cameras set off flash light glare and a White House official waved to the newsmen, the signal that Roosevelt had signed the bill into a law.
 BULLETIN-WASHINGTON, March 11.-Congress completed action on the historic British Aid Bill just after President Roosevelt set seven billion dol lars for it's starting appr0pria- ton.
 This round figure is the largest peacetime appropriation ever requested in American history.
 A roll call vote sent the leg islation to the White House. The vote was 317 to 71 on the accept ance by the House of the Sem ate's amendments to the meas ure. The completion of the leg islation was almost two months to a day after it's introduction on January 10. As soon as the
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-03-11
Srocx Quozs1sosss


 NEW YORK, March 11.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is A, American Can 84A, Anaconda 25ss, Bethlehem Steel 80 Commonwealth and Southern ss, Curtiss Wright 8is, General Motors 43ss, Internation- al Harvester 48h, Kennecott 33ss. New York Central 127s. Northern Pacific 6A. United States Steel '58h. Pound $4.03ia
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials 123.27. rails 28. utilities 1850.
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United States Department of Agriculture experts have made two sppraisals Of the German battle
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Evening star., 1941-04-06
Arlington, Fairfax
Name Al. SeIectees
To Leave This Week
Appeals Board UphoIds
IA Classification for
Air Line Employee

Names of "a selectees from Ar
lington County and seven from
Fairfax County, Va, who will be
indicted into the Army this week
were announced yesterday.
Twenty-nine men from Arlington
Board No. 2 will be inducted Satur-
day, together with five from Airing
ton Board No. /. Previously Board
No. 1 had announced the names of
80 selectees to be sent to Baltimore
for induction Friday. All are part
of the boards ninth call.
The Fairfax men will be inducted
tomorrow.
Meanwhile Herbert o. Blunt,
chairman of the Fairfax Board, an
nounced that the area appeals
board had upheld a classification
made by the local appeals board
which placed a registrant employed
by an airline in class IA. He had
sought deferment because of his
occupation and the County Selective
Service Board originally granted an
oecupational deferment.
The 20 men to be indicted Satur-
day from Arlington Board No. 2
are:
Evening star., 1941-04-06
More Historic Homes Added
To Virginia Garden Tour

Archibald Stuart, also will be open.
The house has been occupied con-
tinuously by members of the family
for four generations and is now
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton
Cochran. The garden has emany
flowers descended from earliest
paintings.
Near Winchester in Clarke County
is Carter Hall, one of the mansions
built by King" Carter, who was
responsible for many of the finest
examples of architecture and land
scaping of Colonial times.
Other Estates to Be Visited.
Other estates which have been
added to the tour are Horseshoe
Farm, owned by Edward R. Stet-
tinius. jr., of the National Defense
Council; Annefield. another estate
IN the same area, and Scaleby.
owned by Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Gilpin.
Many of these old homes are still
held by families on the original
grant from the English crown.
Evening star., 1941-04-06
Fairfax zoning Body
To Debate 14PIeas
At April 16 Meeting
Most Of Applications
Concern Exceptions
In Building Houses
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, April 5.-Fourteen
applications for exceptions will be
considered by the Fairfax County
Board of Zoning Appeals at its first
meeting April Is in the courthouse,
it has been announced by E. Russell
White, county zoning administra-
tor.
The appeals follow:
l. Robert L. Kane, 10 permit erec-
ton of dwelling with less than 25-
foot side yards in Plymouth Haven
subdivision, Mount Vernon district.
2. w. Alvord Sherman, to permit
erection of dwelling on lot of less
than 100-foot frontage in Sherman's
subdivision on Chain Bridge road.
3. Grover c. Reddick, to permit
erection of dwelling in Mount Zephyr
subdivision on United States High
way No. l near Mount Vernon High
School, with side yards less than
25 feet wide.
4, 5 and 6. James P. Farmer, to
permit use of lots number 8, % and
81 in Cleveland Heights subdivision
on Leesburg pike with setback less
than 40 feet on each lot.
7. David P. Kelch, to permit use
of lots 81 and % in new Alexandria
subdivision, Mount Vernon district,
with setback less than so feet.
8. Eakin Poperties, Inc, to permit
use of lot in Hillwood subdivision
with setback less than 40 feet and
one yard of less than Is feet.
g. wellington Estates, Inc, to per-
NIT use of lots in Wellington Estates
subdivision, Mount Vernon district
with setbacks less than so feet and
with side and rear yards less than
25 feet in width.
10. r. K Pitts to permit erection
of house on lot 80 on Fairhill sub
division, near Merrifield, with 'front.'
age less than IS feet and side yards
less than Is feet.
II. Clarence Case to permit the
use of corner lot 81. block 2, Green
way Downs SUBDIVISION on Lee nigh
way, with setbacks less than required
by zoning ordinance.
II. C. L. Mohler to permit erec-
ton of store on Lee highway at
Centreville, adjoining business zone
13, Robert Zieger to permit erec-
ton of dwelling with setback OF
less than 40 feet in B. M. Smith
subdivision at Groveton.
IA. B. B. Ezrine to permit erec-
ton of dwelling on corner lot in
Groveton Heights subdivision with
setbacks less than required by Sec
ton TX of the zoning ordinance.
Evening star., 1941-04-06
Court Opens Monday
In Prince Georges;
15Liquor Cases Up
1872 Appeals on Docket,
Including Lash Sentence
Given Bradbury Man

Cases of Is persons indicted by
the Prince Georges County grand
jury last october on liquor law vio-
lations will come up for trial dur
ing the April term of the county
Circuit Court which opens tomor-
row at Upper Marlboro.
The cases were to have been tried
at the last term, but defense at
torneys sought a demurrer to the
indictments. Their motions we're
overruled. and the cases were con-
tinued until the new term.
In addition to these cases the
court will hear 1872 criminal appeal
cases. The county's grand jury will
consider .l59 cases.
Among the criminal appeal cases
on the docket is that of Daniel Sea-
lock, 80, Bradbury sheet metal work.
er, who was sentenced to six lashes
at the whipping post last Novem-
ber by Judge Walter L. Green in the
Prince Georges County Police Court.
Sealock was arrested on a warrant
obtained by his wife, who told the
court her husband beat her with his
fists and inflicted bruises on her
face and cut her lips.
The grand jury is expected to
consider the case of John I. Tar
taglia, 81, Washington insurance
salesman, charged with assault with
intent to rape in a Riverdale case.
Mr.. Tartaglia waived preliminary
hearing.
OF the 159 cases to be consid-
cred by the grand jury. 81 involve
homicide, 18 of them automobile
deaths.
Other cases include aggravated
assault, %; simple assault, IS;
HOUSEKEEPING, s; larceny, 7; forg-
cry, 4; false pretenses, 13; nom
support, 38, and miscellaneous, 81.
Benjamin Sherwood of Mount
Rainier will be foreman of the grand
jury. Judes Joseph c, Mattingly,
Ogle Marbury and William M. Loker
will preside.
Evening star., 1941-04-06
Home at Gaiihersburq
To Mark Anniversary
Special DISPATCH to The Star.

special DlSpatCn 10 II ne cldT.
GAITHERSBURG, Md, April S
The Methodist Home for the
Aged here will celebrate its 18th
anniversary with a reception at S
pm. April 19. The ladies of the
Home Guild will preside at tea
This annual event is sponsored
by the Home Guilds of the two
Washington districts under the di-
rection of Mrs Ida R. Groover, gen.
eral chairman; assisted by Mrs. c.
G. Koonce, president of the Wash
ington east district; Mrs. Richard
S. Clark, president of the Wash
ington west district; Mrs. Fred Mel
son, Mrs. William Gorham, Mrs
Ruby Owens, Mrs. j. N. Swartzell
Mrs. L. w. Long and Mrs. c. E
Thomas.
Since the opening of the home,
1874 guests have been received. The
Rev. j. Howard Wells of Balti-
more is president of the Board of
Trustees of the home, situated on
an 125-acre estate, and the Rev,
Herman M. Wilson Of Gathers
burg Is superintendent.
Evening star., 1941-04-06
Brookings Aide 10 Speak
To Kensinqfon League

DR.. M. v. Ziegler of the United
States Public Health Service, who
prepared the health portion of the
Brookings Institution report on
Montgomery County, will address
the Greater Kensington Md
Civic League at pm Wednesday
in the Kensington Junior High
School.
He will answer questions from
the floor after speaking on Pub
lie Health Administration as 1t Re-
lates to Problems and Needs in
Montgomery County" A general
discussion will follow.
A resolution urging Gov. O'Conor
to veto the bill authorizing the
game of jai alai with pari-mutual
betting in the county will be SUBJ
mitted during a brief business ses-
sion, Washington I. Cleveland, pres
ident, announced.
Evening star., 1941-04-06

Several homes and gardens in and
around historic Winchester and
Staunton and along the Eastern
Shore of Virginia have been added
to the itinerary of the garden tour
for the benefit of Bundles for
Britain, Mrs. Arthur Woods, chair
man of the Garden Club Tours
Committee, announced yesterday.
Persons on the tour to be from
April % through May will have
an opportunity to view The Manse,
birthplace of Woodrow Wilson, in
Staunton, which has been restored
within the last year and opened
for the first time. Mrs. Wilson will
be present to receive the guests.
Mrs. Cordell Hull is president of the
foundation responsible for the resto-
ration. The garden has been re-
stored by the Garden Club of Vir-
ginia.
Stuart House to Be Open.
Stuart House in Winchester. built
in 1871 from plans drawn by Thomas
Jefferson for his former law student,
Evening star., 1941-04-06
28 Pairs Of Players
Compete in Bridge
Match at Alexandra
: Open Old Dominion
Tournament Held at
George Mason Hotel

Twenty-eight pairs of players last
night were competing for the open
pair championship and the Rich
mond News Leader Trophy IN the
Old Dominion championship bridge
tournament at the George Mason
Hotel in Alexandria, Va.
Leading at the halfway mark,
playing the Mitchell movement,
were the following:
Section A, North and South posi-
tions, tied for first place were the
teams of Mrs. w. S. Athey and DR..
E. B. Conolly, and Mrs. James H.
Lemon and Oscar Brotman, all of
Washington. In third position were
Mrs. Rose Hobbins and Hillel King,
also of Washington.
In the East and West positions,
James H. Lemon and Alvin Roth,
both of Washington, were leading;
Leroy Phurtell of Washington and
R. L. Miles of Norfolk, second, and
Miss Maize Buie and Roger S.
Payne, both of Washington, third.
Section B, North and South,
Thomas Flood and Warren Jones,
both of Washington, first; Mrs
Frederick EberSon and William
Cheeks of Washington, second, and
DR.: A. j. Steinberg and Louis New
man, also of this city, third.
In East and West, Mrs. Irene Sur
guy and Eugene Hermann, first;
Clagett Bowie and Col. Robert Gill
both of Baltimore. second, and S. G
/ Churchill and H. E. Rohrbach, third
The trophy is. now held by Mrs
Athey and Mrs Charles Cavanaugh
The latter is i'll and was unable to
take part in the competition.
| Teams of four will compete today
for the Schwarzchild Trophy, now
held by Baltimore team.
Evening star., 1941-04-06
TubercuIin Test Clinic
To Be Held Wednesday

The chest and tuberculin test
clinic, sponsored by the Arlington
County tuberculosis Association.
will be held Wednesday in the
Cherrydale Health Center, 4OO6 Lee
highway, Mrs. E. c. Butterfeld,
president, announced yesterday.
Information regarding the clinic
can be obtained from the county
health department or from the clinic
Office, she said.
Evening star., 1941-04-06
O'Conor Takes Vacation
Before CONSIDERING Bills

ANNAPOLIS, Md, April 5.-Gov.
O'Conor, accompanied by his wife
and a few friends, is taking a mo-
tor trip vacation before consider
ing hundreds of legislative bills
awaiting his signature or veto.
The party left Annapolis Thurs
day and is expected to return late
Tuesday, the Governors office said.
Action on the bills, all of which
will be studied by the State law de-
partment, is expected to last into
late May.
Evening star., 1941-04-06

Wilmington. William Stavron, George P.
Johnson, Thomas P. Forester. Thomas N.
Morgan, Francis w. Duggan, Jay e.
Austin, Clarence E. Piatt, Cleophas F.
Kirkland, Robert l.. Lubbes, julius C.
Jones, Emerson r. Kelly, Ralph 8.
Clark, Daniel r. Hohl Samuel F.
Owsley, Charles H. George Arthur e.
Wright Francis r. Courtney. Lawrence
Smith, Ernest w. Horner, Charles K.
Milstead Earle E. Taylor James N
Young. Stanley T. Sutphin, Elvin T..
Fenton, Edwin L. Souder, Philip H.
Wynkoop, w. D. Hoppe, John H.
Wicker, Jesse C..
Those to be indicted Saturday
from Arlington Board No. /:
Lang, Luther Eaton, Martin L.
McVsy, Raymond D. Williams. Edward, jr
The Fairfax selectees to be in
Quoted tomorrow are:
Eswlins. Harry Young. Robert
Llnkins. Joseph, tr. Shields Marvin D.
Birch, joseph Barnes, Frank
Evening star., 1941-04-06
Toll in Previous Months.

In April, Beware OF:
Stepping out between parked
caes to cross a street at point
other than a crosswalk. 1t was
this action, at pm. of a rainy
day, that led to the death of the
35-year-old pedestrian who was
the Districts only traff1e victim
in April, 1910.
Evening star., 1941-04-06
John Overholt to Speak

John A. Overholt will discuss the
"Tax Dollar" at the annual meet
ing of the Bethesda Md Chamber
, of Commerce at pm. tomorrow
In the county building. Officers
will be elected.
Evening star., 1941-04-06
Students Plan PIuys

The students of Fairland (Md)
School will give two plays, Bear
Finds . Playmate. and TOY Rab-
bit Comes to Life" Wednesday at
pm.
Evening star., 1941-04-06
Retired Chaplain Called

Col. Alva j. Breasted of Alexandria,
Va. retired Army chaplain, received
orders today placing him on active
duty.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-01
reich Your Dollar BY Shopping From The Daily Cdsstied
Classified Aduenising

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follows
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CALLED TO CARPET

Lansing. Mich. Feb. Inns 800
Apparently because he supported
the state labor board In It's conten-
tlon that 30-days' notice must be
given before a strike can be called
in defense industries, Walter
Moers. board member. has been
called on the carpet" Lansing Fed
Grafton Of Labor officers said Fri
day. Moers IL a union man
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-01
Business Services

Business Services Offered
.FURNACES-and furnace repairs
II new and used. rs r Cross 81
Phone 4S4-T
RoOFING-new applied or old re-
paired. Fave trough. furnace work.
Shauan Roofing Co. Phi. g24-M-
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-01

Egon l. s. Hanfstaengl. 10, son
OF Ernest F. Hanfstaengl, pianist
who once was one OF Adolf Hit
ler's closest friends, has joined
the U. S. army air corps. As he
left his studies at Harvard he
said. This is my country" Egon
was born in the United states and
Is an American citizen. His father
now is confined in a Canadian in
ternment camp.
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Financial
Business opportunitles

MES NND WOMEN Service route
cigarette and CONNECTION machines.
Profitable business y aggressive.
Investment small Regal Products
60 Madison MI
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Live Stock and Poultry
20 sale-lIYeatoek. poultrY

DEAD OR ALIVE,
Farm animals collected promptly.
Horses and cows Sunday service.
Highest Market Prices. Paons collect.
CENTRAL DEAD STOCK CJMPAS I
Ann Arhor 2-22ft
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-02-01

TWO ROOMS furnished. new re-
frigerator. heat, Hight. gas. 1850
week 3l7 r.. Michigan.
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More heating days means low cost
performance. We invite you to
try ton OF this chardcteristically
clean burning fuel today and check
the savings for yourself Regular
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INSURANCE of all kinds in honor.
able Stock Companies.
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Merchandise
Musical Eauipmsn,

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - new
and used Lessons given Radios.
etc. Carty's -0i Peal Ph iu80-M
SPGNET slightly used vii
sacrifice. Terms f14 T.. Michigan.
Phone SIS
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For Rent Real Estate


LARGE MODERN HOME newly
decorated. stoker. 2 car garage.
Chicken house. four acres, also
orchard. 1856 ~ Huron. owner
5O07 Lincoln. corner Warren. Pm.
Temple i746B. Detroit. Open Sun.
70
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Lots

LOTS s375-Elgible for FILA FIN.
ancing. Call Williams Realtor
Huron Homes. Phone 1919.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30

of Private Ned Truman in the
fracas on a bus bound for the
camp. Acquittal came from Cen
eral Court from which there is no
men and white soldiers at the camp
who had a hand in the roundup,
disarming and insulting of Neg
roes on the night Of August 6,
have not been punished.
The NAACP stated that if such
drastic punishment can be mated
out to a soldier for not cleaning
his quarters and for splitting On
the floor" Fort Bragg authorities
should be made to explain their
failure to prosecute the soldiers
who swore at, bullied, and inflicted
unnecessary indignities on fellow
soldiers and superior officers.
This is further evidence, said
the Association, that routine army
procedure is not satisfactory or
sufficient to deal with the condi-
tons arising from the conflict be-
tween colored soldiers and pre-
JUDGED military and civil authority
in the South.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30

IMPORTANT
NOTICE TO
THE 1871
A AND HIGH
SCHOOL
JUNE GRADS

Three days set aside especially
for you. All June grade and high
school graduates n especially
invited to pay The Omaha Guide
Publishing Co.'S sixty thousand
dollar printing plant investment a
visit. We want you to inspect our
No. 9 and 26 linotype machines
which do everything for a newspa-
per but talk, and also our 26 thous-
and pound printing newspaper
press that will turn out 2,10O pa
pers per hour.
Remember every June grade and
high school graduate is welcome to
this party. REFRESHMENTS
WILL BE SERVED.
September 1, 2, 3, Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday from 2 p. m.
to 6 p. m. Miss Ora Lee Britt, Miss
Edna Mae Taylor and Mrs. Marie
Parker will be on hand to see that
your visit will be a pleasant one.
Oh YES! Miss Ora Lee Britt
will want to see each of you in
her private office before you leave
....She has something of import
ance to talk over with you.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
NATIONAL BODIES BACK
NAACP o REQUEST

New York-Backing up the Ma
ACP. request for a civilian-milit-
ary board to investigate the mil
itary police situation in army
camps, George Gordon Battle, CO.
chairman Of the Council Against
Intolerance in America, sent let
ters affirming their stand to Pres
ident Roosevelt, Secretary Of War
Stimson, and Brigadier- General
William G. Rose
The NAACP request was also
endorsed by the Non-Sectarian
Anti-Nazi League whose board Of
directors chairman, James Fl.
Sheldon, sent a telegram to Cen
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
NEGRO WPA WORKERS
SHARE IN $13O,O0O, 600 WPA
AIRPORT DEFENSES


Washington, D. C.-The part
which Negro workers are taking
in the $13O,OO0,OO0 defense airport
program of the Works Project Ad-
ministration is reflected in en-
ployment figures issued this week
by Alfred Edgar Smith Staff Ad-
wiser of the Federal WPA.
In every state except Delaware,
an army of 1900 men was en-
rloyed at the beginning Of the
current fiscal year on 278 sites
certified by the Secretary of War
or the Secretary Of avy as hav-
ing military Importance. In IL
Southern States, where 81 of the
sites are located, there were H.
600 WPA Negro workers on airp'rt
projects. The estimated complet-
ed cost of these airport construc-
ton and Improvement projects in
the South is s38,366,566 in WPA.
funds and contributions of the
sponsor.
For the southern region, Negro
We rkers in the defense airport pro
gram were about 49 percent of
the total. They ranged from 80
percent in Louisiana, where a
$2,644,941 program was under
way, to IA percent in Texas, where
funds for Is airport sites reach the
$5,0O0,O 900 mark.
Figures cited by Mr.. Smith also
reveal that Florida's 81 airport
project sites lead all other States
in this type Of WPA defense con-
struction. The 2,75O Negro work
r in Florida were approximately
SO percent of the total number of
workers employed at these sites on
work to cost SIS, OOO,O 0O.
Another large WPA airport con-
struction program is in Alabama,
where 81 percent of the workers
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
ARGUE OVER
STAGING BILL ROBINSON'S
hot MIKADO"
10y Dolores Calvin

New York (C)-"The Hot Mix
ado" did 80 well in Maplewood-
New Jersey) Theatre, as a "come
back, surprising the Helen Hayes
and Maurice Evans Twelfth
Night" by $1O5 that Michael Todd
who did it on Broadway, said he
was bringing it back to little New
York town at a $3.50 top immed-
lately.
But that wasn't the final word.
Next, John Wilberg, said that he
and his partner had control Of the
rights and if anybody brought it
back, especially to Broadway, it
would be them.
When "Mikado" was having it's
troubles on Broadway and at the
Worlds Fair, Robinson turned part
Of his salary back to the show and
took a half interest in further prof
its. He did not, however, accept
any stock. Nevertheless, he APP
parently still holds what amounts
to a production interest.
But Marty Forkins, Bojangles
manager, says that Bo isn't going
to work On Broadway at a $1.50
top for anybody.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-30
SIGNAL CORPS SEEKS
TRAINED u MEN

Washington, d. C.-From the
War Department the NAACP
learned last week that the signal
corps is recruiting civilians with
certain qualifications for second
lieutenants.
Applicants must have a college
degree in electrical engineering,
with a specially in radio commun-
ication or they must be electonic
physicists. They must be unmar-
ried, with dependents, between the
ages of 81 and 35 years and able
to meet the physical requirements.
Applications should be made by
letter to the Chief Of the signal
Corps, Washington, D. O., giving
name, address, age, technical quail
ifications and experience.
The NAACP is urging it's bran
ches to circulate this information
in their communities so that quail
flied Negroes may apply.