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Evening star., 1941-04-18
Balanced DIET Value
To Be Stressed in
Week Program
Prince Georges Schools
To Use Cufeterius
In Campaign

A week of educational programs
to teach students in the eight
Prince Georges County high schools
the value of properly balanced diet
will be inaugurated Monday, Mrs.
w. S. Riley, supervisor OF home eco
nomicS for the county schools, an
nounced today.
Monday will be devoted to home
room instruction, during which
teachers in each classroom will give
brief talks on the requirements of
an adequate diet, illustrated with
charts showing the relative value of
different foods from the standpoint
of nutrition. Charts and posters
have been prepared by students in
the art classes in each school, Mrs.
Riley explained. B..
Picture to Stress Diet.
The program Tuesday will include
an assembly meeting at which a
motion picture stressing diet will be
shown. The lunch program also will
be started Tuesday to give the stu
dents an opportunity to practice in
the various school cafeteriaS what
the teachers have been preaching.
Students who select at the cafe
terra items which supplement the
lunches they bring from home to
fill out properly balanced diet will
be given a ticket. A record OF these
tickets will be kept by classrooms,
and the room with the largest ratio
OF tickets per student will receive
free luncheon as a class prize.
The cafeteria menu has been
planned with view to use of surplus
commodities, so that families en-
titled to receive these commodities
through the food stamp diStribu-
tion may make Use of the dietary
program in their homes, Mrs. Riley
explained.
Letters Sent to Parents.
70 round out the school work, let
tiers have been sent out to parents
outlining the nutrition program. ex-
planning its value to children of
school age and including sample
menus to illustrate the practical
use to which the program may be
put in daily home life.
The Friday program will empha-
size, in addition to the luncheon
menu, a balanced diet for the en-
tire days meals, showing how the
school lunches should be supple
mented by proper balance of foods in
the home. In carrying out the
program, more than 4,5OO students
will participate in the Hyattsville.
Marlboro, Oxon Hill, Baden,
Bladensburg, Surrattsville, Maryland
Park and Greenbelt High Schools,
Mrs. Riley said.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Mock Battle al Meade
To Test Attacking Skill
BY the Associated Press.

BY tre Associated Press.
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md,
April 18.-Hyattsville' Company F.
115th Infantry. was prepared today
for mock battle to demonstrate
how a rife company attacks in
modern warfare.
In the first maneuver of its kind
since the unit arrived at this post,
the heavy machine-gun platoon of
Company H. formerly of Westminis-
ter, and the 81 nm. mortar platoon
OF the same company were ordered
to support the attack of Company F
Other companies in the regiment
will be observers.
At the request of Col. D. John
Markey, Frederick, commanding
officer of the 115th Infantry Regi-
ment, the battle problem was pre-
pared by First 1t Millard G. Bowen
jr., Company F commander, and
Second Its. Robert E. Garner. Ar
thur B. Calhoun. jr., and Paul w
Costinett, all of Hyattsville, and 1t
William w. Quimby of Easton.
This post was toured yesterday by
800 members of the United Service
Organization for National Defense
They visited here after attending a
meeting in Washington and re-
turned to the Capital following din
ner on the reservation.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Former Senator Holt to Wed
Member of College Faculty
Miss Helen FroeIich,
Daughter Of Illinois
Mayor, to Be Bride

Former Senator Rush D. Holt oi
West Virginia. youngest man ever
elected to the United States Senate
will be married early this summer to
Miss Helen Froelich, daughter OF
William E. Froelich, Mayor of Grid
ley, Ill, and a member of the faculty
at National Park College, Forest
Glen, Md.
Formal announcement of the en-
gagement will be made tomorrow
according to an Associated Press
dispatch from Gridley.
Mr.. Holt and Miss Froelich met
several months ago at the home OF
Mrs. Ralph Chase, the former Sena-
tors sister, in Washington. The
wedding probably will be held in
Gridley.
Miss Froelich attended Stephens
College and holds degrees from
Northwestern University. She die
graduate work at the University OF
Missouri and the Marine Biological
Laboratory in Massachusetts.
Mr.. Holt, member of the Senate
from 1885 to 1941, was the only Sen
ator ever elected by popular vote
while under the age of 30-minimum
age for Senator'S He waited until
his 30th birthday before taking the
oath of office
The son of the late DR.. Mathew S
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Youth Is Cleared in Attack
On Falls Church Woman

A 17-year- old congressional page
was cleared yesterday Of charges
that he and another youth assaulted
Mrs. Elizabeth J. De Zerga, 3l-year-
old Falls Church housewife, Tuesday
in his parents home.
Mrs. De Zerga was released last
night from Georgetown Hospital,
where she was treated for frac-
tured skull and contusionS follow
ing the assault.
Sergt. w. H. Glenn of the Falls
Church police force said the youth
had established his innocence be-
yond doubt Mrs. De zerga told
police some one who used the youths
name called her on the phone on
the day of the assault and asked
her to come to the neighboring
house.
Mrs. De Zerga said she never ac-
tually saw her assailant, according
to police. She was struck, police
said, as she entered an upstairs
room.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Virginia {. Of {. Favors
Labor Act Amendment
BY the Associated Press.


RICHMOND, Va, April 18.-The
Virginia State Chamber of Com
merce seeks amendment of the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act to allow
employers to present publicly their
views on labor disputes without
fear of punishment"
This amendment was recon-
mended in a resolution adopted at
yesterdays annual meeting of the
chamber. Other resolutions asked
close scrutiny of defense appropria-
tions, sound Federal revenue pol
icy and continuance of the Dies
Committee.
Pleas for united action in the
national defense program were
made by State Senator Henry T
Wickham of Hanover and Under
secretary of Commerce Wayne
Chatfiele Taylor.
Mr.. Wickham was presented at
last nights banquet with certif1-
cate in recognition of his efforts to
advance the States welfare. The
principal banquet speaker was Col
William J. Donovan, special presi-
Dental emiSsary to Central Europe
and Africa, who spoke off the rec
ord of his experiences abroad.
Belief that the United States
would not convoy merchant ships
was expressed by j. Fred Essary
Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun.
Charles w. Alpaugh of Manassa:
was among those named to the
Chamber of Commerce Board o.
Directors.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Cornerstone Rite Set
At Popes Creek Church

The cornerstone of the new Popes
Creek WaD Baptist Church, to re-
place the structure destroyed by fire
in January, 1910, will be laid by the
Colonial Beach Masonic Lodge at q
ceremony at 2:30 pm. tomorrow
The church is situated on High
way No. 3, half way between Wake
field, birthplace of George Washing
ton, and Stratford Hall, birthplace
of Robert E. Lee. 1t is of brick con-
struction and furnished in keeping
with the location and surroundings,
according to Mrs. Clarence w.
Weaver, chairman of the Furnish
ings Committee.
When the church is dedicated May
Is it will be a building without a
mortgage. Even the furnishings
have been provided by donations,
Mrs. Weaver announced. Many
residents of the. vicinity anG of
Washington are included on the list
of donors.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Blind Worker
Is Honored by
Red Cross Group

National officials of the Red
Cross joined members of the Ia
koma Park branch of the District
Of Columbia Chapter yesterday to
pay tribute to blind fellow worker
and extend greetings on her birth
day anniversary at a luncheon at
the Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church.
The honor guest was Mrs. Grace
Thompson, 500 Carroll avenue. re-
cording secretary of the Takoma
Park Red Cross branch and one OF
the community's active civic ano
welfare workers.
The party also marked 10 years
of service by Mrs. Thompson in REQ
Cross work The branch presented
her with a gift. the presentation
being made by Mrs. Albert Lingle
president of the unit.
A frst-aid class will be started
shortly in the community. 1t will
be held on Tuesdays from 10 tc
IL am. and Thursdays from l tc
3 pm. for six weeks A minimum
membership of 35 will be sought.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Mrs. Sarah E. Hilton
Rites Planned Today
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CEDAR GROVE, Md, April 18.-
Mrs. Sarah E. Hilton, "a, widow OF
John Brice Hilton, died at the home
of her son-in-law and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas King, Cedar
Grove, after an illness of two weeks
The funeral will take place this
afternoon from Mount View Metho-
dist Church, Purdum, with burial
in the church cemetery. The Rev
J. Elmer Benson, pastor of the
Methodist Church at Damascus, and
the Rev. Stephen Galley, pastor OF
Montgomery Methodist Church
Clagettsville, will officiate.
Besides Mrs. King, Mrs. Hilton is
survived by two sons, William W.
Hilton and Grover Hilton, both OF
Damascus; two brothers, Basil
Brown and Richard j. Brown, both
of Purdum, and two sisters, Mrs
Rose Hurley, Purdum, and Mrs. Julia
Pickett, Baltimore.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Montgomery's
Beer Bill 10
Get Hearing
Gov. O'Conor Lists
Reviews on Five
Other Measures

Gov. O'Conor of Maryland will
hold meeting at Annapolis on the
Montgomery County bill granting
the county Liquor Control Board
authority to extend its monopoly
to include wholesale distribution Of
beer, he announced today.
The announcement was made as
the Governor listed hearings on five
other bills passed at the recent ses-
sion of the Maryland Assembly,
among them the anti-sabotage
measure opposed by labor organi-
cations, the Associated Press re-
ported.
The beer bill was opposed by
fore the House Ways and Means
Committee during the session, but
finally was given committee ap-
proval and passed by both House
and Senate without further debate.
1t makes the county liquor dispen-
sary system the sole distributor for
beer in Montgomery County but
does not change the. retail distribute
ton system Of individual licenses
now in effect
1t was announced at the Gov
ernor's Office also that he would
take final action on approximately
/ 200 bills Wednesday, The hearings
are scheduled to start Thursday.
Included among legislation listed
/ for the Governors signature or veto
Wednesday is bill liberalizing the
unemployment compensation law by
/ increasing benefits to unemployed
workers and decreasing the waiting
period necessary before compensa-
ton is paid.
Gov. OConor said the measure
called for additional expenditures of
/ approximately s2200,000 in unem-
ployment benefits.
Some of the other bills on which
hearings will be held follow:
Strengthening the legal position
Of electric co-operatives in Mary
/ land.
/ Exempting Maryland automobile
/ dealers from paying taxes on used
motor vehicles taken in trade.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Fairfax Citizens Plan
Study Of Secondary
Road Problem
Advantage Of State
Over Local Control
Is Questioned
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SpcSial DlSpdlCH 10 4Tc CIdI
DUNN LORING, Va, April ia
study to determine whether it will
be to the best interests of the county
to remain under the Byrd road law
or to operate its own secondary road
program was launched at a meeting
of the Federation of Fairfax County
Citizens Associations last night.
DR.. Thomas P. Martin, president
Of the federation, was instructed to
invite H. G. Shirley, State highway
commissioner, to attend the next
meeting May IS and discuss the local
road question.
Charles Pickett of Fairfax outlined
the present setup under the Byrd
road law and explained the method
of making appropriations to counties.
He offered his services to the COM
mittee in its study.
r. G. Buckelew of Dunn Loring said
citizens should know whether or not
they are getting the most for their
money in road construction and
maintenapce through State control
A resolution was adopted urging
the Board of Supervisors to appoint
public utilities commission as soon
as possible to cooperate in the
utilities study being made by the
federation.
Donald S. Paris of Hillwood.
chairman of the Transportation
Committee. reported on a petition
that has been submitted to the Inter-
state Commerce Commission urging
better bus transportation locally and
reduced fares. He said reply had
been received from one bus company
stating it plans to revise it's schedule.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
William and Mary Essay
Contest judges Named
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WILLIAMSBURG, Va, April 18-
President John Stewart Bryan of the
College of William and Mary today
announced the names of the ma
tional and q regional judges who
will select the winners of the essay
contest sponsored by the college on
principles of a constructive foreign
policy for the United States.
The national judges are Senator
Thomas, Democrat, of Utah; Han
son w. Baldwin, military and naval
correspondent of the New York
Times, and Admiral Harry E. Var
nell, U. S. NJ, retired former COM
mander of the Asiatic Fleet.
Schools competing in region II,
and with their faculty advisors, are
Catholic University, Prof. Herbert
Wright; George Washington Uni
versity, Prof. j.. w. Brewer, and
Howard University, Prof R. j.
Bunche.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Maryland Traffic Toll
Reaches 140 Total
For First Quarter
March Figure Is Below
February, but Above
Lost Yeor's Deaths
SN the Associated Press.


BALTIMORE. April ls.-Trafic
accidents cost 40 lives in Maryland
in the first quarter of 1941, a Joint
report of the Maryland Traffic
Safety Committee, the commissioner
of motor vehicles, the State police
and Baltimore City police showed
today.
The total for March was Al deaths,
10.8 per cent decrease from Febru-
ary's toll, but an equal increase over
the figure for March. 1910.
The counties reported 29 traffic
deaths last month. the same number
as in March, 1910, but Baltimore
City reported IL, so per cent in
crease over March, 1910.
Kent County had a completely
clean slate. with no deaths and no
accidents or injuries reported.
Counties which reported no deaths
were Calvert. Carroll, Garrett, Mont
gomery, Queen Anne, st. Marys
Talbot and Wicomico
Pedestrians accounted for 81 per
cent of the total fatalities during
the month, the report said. Balti-
more City experienced 40 per cent
increase in this type of accident,
while the counties had a 12,5 per
cent increase.
The agencies issuing the report
"look forward to a substantial de-
crease in fatalities during the sum-
mer months, when the daylight pc
riod is heightened" they said.
Longer days increase visibility be-
tween 6 and 8 pm, which has been
the peak traffic fatality period, the
report said.
Counties reporting fatalities in
cluded Anne Arundel, /; Charles,
l; Frederick, /; Howard, 3, and
Prince Georges, 3.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Alexandria Merchants
Urge Bus Fare Change
By . staff CORRESPONDENT Of The Star.

By q Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 18.-
The Alexandria Retail Merchants
Supper Club last night urged estab-
lishment of a scent bus fare between
downtown Alexandria and the Presi-
dental Enthusiastically Hills area.
The merchants charged the pres
ent l0-cent rate causes residents of
the two affected areas to journey to
Washington to purchase goods they
might obtain in Alexandria. 1t was
pointed out all other sections of
Alexandria may be reached with a
scent fare.
Julian F. Chauncey was appointed
chairman of a committee to confer
with City Manager Carl Budwesky
and representatives of the A. B.
& w. Transit Co. on moves to re-
duce the fare.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Work 10 Start Soon
On National Museum
For Manassas Field
Park Service Building
Will House Library
And War Relics

Plans for the National Museum on
the Manassas Va) battlefield are
nearing completion and work is ex-
pected to be started in the near
future, it was announced today. 1t
is hoped to dedicate the museum
late in June, on the anniversary OF
the first battle of Manassas, if the
present schedule can be followed.
The meseum is being erected by
the National Park Service and will
be headquarters for the service and
a starting point for battlefield tour
lists. 1t will be constructed of native
brown stone on an acre of land on
Henry Hill, about 400 feet from the
equestrian statue of Gen. Stonewall
Jackson. The cost has been esti-
mated at $4,000.
The building will include the main
museum, a library and Offices for
Supt. Raleigh Taylor and his staff
1t will house many relics turned over
to the Park Service by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, the
Sons of Confederate Veterans and
individuals. including maps of mill
tary operations, wartime photo
graphs, drawings, shells, medals,
cannon balls and cannons and other
objects found in excavating the park
area.
The library will include many VOL
umes donated privately and by Or
ganizations. The Fredericksburg
Battlefield Park has given Rrscom-
plete record of the campaigns of the
Union and Confederate armies pub
lished by the Government. and books
have been donated by relatives and
descendants of veterans in distant
States.
A road to the museum is now under
construction with funds from the
Emergency Relief Administration.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Democrats 10 Select
Candidate for Byron
Seat Tomorrow
Committees From Five
Counties Will Meet
At Hoeerstown
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAGERSTOWN, Md, April l5.-
A Democratic candidate for Congress
will be nominated here tomorrow
night at a meeting of Democratic
State Central Committees from the
five counties in the sixth congress
sional district.
The Democratic nominee. whose
selection by the county committees
is subject to ratification by the State
wide committee. will run against A.
Charles Stewart of Frostburg, the
Republican nominee, In a special
election to fill the seat left vacant
by the death of Representative
Byron in a Georgia airplane crash
last month.
Meeting to Be Earlier.
Truman B. Cash of Westminster,
State chairman, who issued the call
for tomorroW's meeting, said the
State committee meeting. tentatively
set for about May l, would be moved
up to an earlier date.
w. David Tilghman, jr.. Repub-
hcan State chairman, said his COM
mittee would meet in Baltimore 10
days after Gov. O'Conor sets the
date for the special election to
ratify Mr. Stewards nomination as
the G. o. P. candidate s--N.
Members of the Democratic COM
mittees from Allegany, Garrett,
- Washington, Frederick and Mont
gomery Counties will meet in the
Alexander Hotel at 7 pm, following
dinner to be given by William
Preston Lane of Hagerstown. Demo-
cratic national committeeman.
Cobey Winning Support.
Despite a move to draft" him.
Mr.. Lane has declined to- become a
candidate and political observers
felt that support was shifting to
Earl Cobey, Cumberland lawyer, as
the possible nominee, and away from
Mrs. Katherine Byron of Williams
port. widow of Mr.. Byron.
These observers expressed belief
that Mr. Cobey, a law associate of
Attorney General William C. Walsh.
would make a stronger bid than
Mrs. Byron to hold down the normal
Republican support Mr.. Stewart
would muster in Allegany and Gar
rett Counties.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Two Suits for Divorce
Filed in Rockville
Special Dispatch to The Star.

SLecial Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, April 18.-Mrs.
Frances Elizabeth Norwood of
Jamestown has filed suit: in the
Circuit Court here for a limited
divorce from William Henry Nor
wood of Gaithersburg, and asks to
be awarded custody of their two
children, Margaretta and William
Henry Norwood, jr.
In another suit filed here, Ernest
D. Palmer, jr., of this county seeks
an absolute divorce from Margaret
Ellen Palmer of New York, on the
ground of desertion. They were
married at Sandy Spring, October
13, 1927.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
New Fire Destroys Ruins
Where Six Lost Lives
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
PRINCESS ANNE, Md, April 18-
Fire early yesterday destroyed the
ruins of a Princess Anne College
building where six colored persons
were killed in a blaze March 81.
The fire quickly ate through the
charred walls of the frame building
and burned bales of cotton rescued
in the first fire and then placed back
in the structure.
Fire Chief Raymond M. Carey
said the cause of the fire was unde-
termined, and said a report that
the building has been Smoldering
since the disaster 18 days ago posi-
lively is not true"
The college is the colored branch
of the University Of Maryland.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Winchester Has Second
Pot O. Gold Winner

For the first time in the history
of the Pot O. Gold radio program
the golden lightning" last night
struck a second time in the same
town-Winchester, Va.
The winner was C. S. Hartman,
railway express clerk, who answered
the telephone to learn he was to
get $1,000.
On February Horace Heidi, band
leader, who directs the program,
called Mrs. c. A. Cammer of VIM
chester with the same news. Two
weeks ago a Washingtonian-Co-
burn S. Hamilton, 101 Eighth street
S.E.-was the winner.
The show, last night was broad
cast from the Carlton Hotel over
Station WMAL.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Funeral Services Held
For Melvin c. Poole

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DAMASCUS, Md, April 1S.-
Funeral services for Melvin c. Poole,
81, who died of pneumonia at the
Montgomery County General Hos
pital, Sandy Spring, after an illness
of three weeks, were held yesterday
at Montgomery Methodist Church
Clagettsville. The Rev. Stephen
Galley, pastor, officiated, and burial
was in the church cemetery. He
was a son of Melvin D. Poole, Da-
mascus, and also leaves a sister, Mrs.
Raymond Burns, and a brother,
Harold Poole, both of Damascus
He was a lifelong resident of Mont
gomery County.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
v. F. w. to Hear Jensen

Representative Jensen, Repub-
lican, of Iowa will address members
of the John Lyon Post, No. $3.50
Veterans of Foreign Wars, at {
o'clock tonight in the Masonic
Temple at Cherrydale, Va. Mr.
Jensen was a lieutenant of the
World War and is a past command
er of the seventh district of the
American Legion.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
April, l9N
Toll in Previous Months.
In April, Beware OF:

In April, Beware OF:
stepping out between parked
cars to cross a street at 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 traffic victim
in April, 1910.
Evening star., 1941-04-18

Holt and Mrs. Lele D. Holt of
Weston, w. Va, Mr.. Holt attended
West Virginia University and Salem
College. He was athletic director
at West Virginia and Virginia high
schools and taught political science
in Glenville State Teachers College
and Salem College, both West Vir-
ginia institutions.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
CheverIy Legion Post Dance

Cheverly MD Post of the Amer
ican Legion will hold dance at its
new clubhouse tomorrow night, Mel
son G. Tayman, chairman of ar
rangements, announced today. Pro-
ceeds will be used to beautify the
clubhouse grounds.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Scouts to See Muuiciun

Colin Cameron of Annandale, Va,
will present a program of magic
tonight, at 7:30 o'clock, at the
monthly meeting of the Cub Scout
Troop No. 81, in the Arlington Pres
byterian Church, Columbia pike and
South Lincoln ktreet.
Evening star., 1941-04-18
Scout Troop Charter Granted

Presentation Of a Boy Scout troop
charter to the Ruritan Club of King
George, Va, was announced today
by Ben F. Buckner, assistant Scout
executive in the National Capital
Area Council. Joe M. Miller is
scoutmaSteY.
Evening star., 1941-04-18

Canada right now are having their
troubles.
"As most of you know, model legis-
lation for rent control has been
drawn up, and any abuse in the
direction of exploitation is apt to
be and should be dealth with sum-
marily."
Evening star., 1941-04-18
U. of Va. Gloss Secretary

william B. Marbury, jr., son of
DR.. and Mrs. William B. Marbury,
1888 @ street NV, has been elected
secretary of the class of 1912 in the
college of liberal arts of the Uni
versity OF Virginia, II was announced
today.