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Evening star., 1942-02-16
Many toAid
.NavyLeagle
Benefit
Mrs. Roosevelt
Heads List of
BOxhOlderS

Mrs. Roosevelt heads the list Of
boxholders for Fashions With a
Future" the spring fashion show
which the District Auxiliary Navy
League will hold at the Mayfower
Hotel from to Z o'clock Friday
afternoon, February n. The entire
proceeds will go toward carrying on
the work of the league in providing
for the families of Navy officers and
enlisted personnel.
Mrs. Charles Carroll Glover, jr., is
chairman Of the Box Committee and
among the boxholders already listed
are Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph e. Davies,
Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury and Mr..
James H. r. Cromwell, Mrs. Eugene
Meyer, Mrs. c. Mathews Dick, Mrs.
Richard McCreery, Mrs. Joseph Lei
ter, Mrs. Robert Low Bacon. Mrs.
Carrere Barbour, Mrs. Orme Wilson,
Mrs. James Clement Dunn and Mrs.
Glover.
Other Boxholders
For the Benefit.
Still others who have boxes are
Mrs. Sumner Welles, Mrs. George
Angus Garrett, Mrs. Curtis Munson,
Mrs. Henry B. Spencer, Mrs. Mckee
Dunn, Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs.
Carter Glass. Mrs. Randall Haynes,
1t Comdr. Myron Hofer, Mrs. Julia
Brambilla, Mrs. Thomas Bell
Sweeney, Mrs. Jesse Jones, Mrs. Du-
rant Lloyd, Mrs. Daniel B. Devore
and Mrs. Mary Stewart, Mrs. Ralph
Snowden Hill, Mrs. John r. Will
liams and her daughter, Mrs. Fred
erick A. Sterling; Mrs. George Cor
don and Mrs. Morris Cafritz.
Small tables are to be set in the
boxes SO that tea and cocktails may
be served during the showing.
During the brief intermission
Mrs. Letter, chairman of the benefit.
has arranged for some professional
dancers to present new numbers.
Mrs. Forrestal Heads
Program Committee.
Mrs. James v. Forrestal, wife OF
the Undersecretary of the Navy. is
chairman of the Program Commit
tee. Programs, which are to be sold
by "bluejackets" at the door of the
Mayf1ower ballroom, will be num-
bered, those holding lucky numbers
receiving prizes.
The ballroom is to be decorated
with flags, according to Mrs. George
T. Pettengill, wife of the COM
mandant of the Navy Yard, who is
president of the local Navy Relief
The Navy Orchestra will furnish
music during the showing.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Informal Reception Given
At Polish Embassy for
Symphony Soloist
Spanish Envoy and Sonora de Cardenas
Hosts at Luncheon; Mrs. Mclean
Entertains at Friendship

The Polish Ambassador and Nine Cechanowka hosts
reception
Nathan Mien Russian voinist
Symphony Orchestra yesterday afternoon.
The Ambassador Cechanowka
more formal party within few Minister
their country Count RacMsk who
conferences with
The party yesterday comparatively small the guests including
ocers OF the National Symphony
Dr. Hans Kinder and Mrs Kinder Walter
chairman of the Woman Committee
Luncheon Party Given
At Spanish Embassy.
The Spanish Ambassador
luncheon earlier in the day. The planned
odman Arturo Heeren before marriage Senhoa
Aimee Lopez Her wedding took Embassy
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Engagements of Interest
To Society in Capital
MISS BETTY ROSE BURGESS.

1t. Col. William Hampton Prosser,
Medical Corps. u S. A., and Mrs.
Prosser OF Fort Benjamin Harrison,
Ind. announce the engagement OF
their daughter. Miss Elizabeth Polk
Prosser. to 1t. Earl Hopkins Stirling,
Medical Corps, U. s. A.
Miss Prosser is the granddaughter
of the Rev Stewart P. Keeling, D. D.,
OF Washington. She is a graduate
Of the Hannah More Academy in
Reistertown, Md, and attended the
University of Hawaii and Butler
University in Indianapolis.
1t. Stirling is the son of DR.. and
Mrs. Earl Stirling of Sulphur
Springs, Tex. and a nephew of DR..
William c. Stirling of Washington
He attended the University of Texas,
where he received his B. A. and
M. D. degrees. and is a member of
Kappa Sigma and Phi Alpha Sigma
fraternities. Before entering the
Army he interned at Garfield Me-
mortal Hospital and held a fellow
ship in radiology at Georgetown
University Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

The wedding will take place Feb
ruary % at Fort Benjamin Harrison.
Volinda Lewis to Wed
1t. Hughes Call.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Irving Lewis
announce the engagement of their
daughter, Miss Volinda Lewis, to
1t. q. g. Hughes Call, U. S. N. R.,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Grant R. Call
of Chicago and New York.
Miss Lewis attended Holton Arms
and is a graduate of Vassar College.
1t. Call was graduated from Hackley
School, Harvard University and the
Harvard graduate school of business
administration. He also studied
abroad.
Gertrude Rogers Engaged
To Vernon Oettinger.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Rogers of
Kensington, Md, announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Miss
Gertrude Irene Rogers, to Mr..
Vernon S. Oettinger OF Philadelphia
No date has been set for the we'd
ding.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Maryland Society to Celebrate
Washington's Birthday.

VdSIfIIIB tOI1 OH tIfudy.
The Maryland Society will cele-
brate George Washington's birthday
anniversary at a reception and
dance at the Kennedy-Warren Fri
day evening.
The feature will be an exhibition
dance by the Madolin Smithson
Hodgson dancing class.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Miss Schunann WedS

Miss Florence Catherine Schu-
mann, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
L. Schumann Of Arlington, was mar
ried Wednesday evening to Mr.. Jack
Davis Williams of Meriden, Conn.
The ceremony took place in the
parsonage of Concordia Church at
$3.50 o'clock with the Rev. DR.. Lee
A. Peeler. pastor Of Bethel
Evangelical and Reformed Church Of
Arlington officiating.
The bridegroom is on duty at Fort
Myer, Va, and Mrs. Williams will
for the present make her home with
her parents at 1913 North Pierce
street in Arlington.
Evening star., 1942-02-16

Heeren is on duty with the United
States Army and his bride is visiting
the Commercial Counselor of the
Brazilian Embassy and Senhora de
Sarmiento.
The Military Attache of the Cuban
Embassy and Sonora de Munilla
entertained in their apartment at
Hotel 2400 yesterday for Senorita
Mirta Batista, daughter of the
Cuban President, who is visiting the
Ambassador and Sonora de Con-
cheso until today.
Mrs. Mclean is Hostess
At Dinner for 100.
Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean was
hostess at dinner last night, enter
tanning about 100 guests at Friend
ship. formerly Mount Hope, her new
home on r street at Wisconsin ave-
nue..
Her guests included the Argentine
Ambassador and Sonora de Espil,
the Brazilian Ambassador and Sen
hora de Martins, accompanied by
the Brazilian Minister of Finance,
DR.. Arthur de Souza Costa; the
Finnish Minister and Nine Procope,
the Danish Minister and Nine de
Kaufman, and the Australian
Minister and Mrs. Casey. Others in
the large company included repre-
sentatives of official and resident
society.
Sd Cavalry Officers
And Wives Entertained.
The departure of the Sd Cavalry
from Fort Myer was the signal for
a gay informal party yesterday
afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Nor
ris arranged the fete which was
given through the late afternoon in
the Chinese room of the Hotel May
flower. The guests included many
of those who have worked in other
years for the success of the Inter-
American Horse Shows in which the
officers and men of the Sd Cavalry
have always been active. Acting as
hosts were Col Edwin S. Bethlehem,
Brig Gen. Albert Cox, Col and Mrs.
Howell Estes and Col and Mrs. Law
renee Frizzell The guests were Of
ficers of the Sd Cavalry and their
wives.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Hostess at Party

Miss Beverly Marshall entertained
at an after party yesterday after
noon. She had assisting her Miss
Gloria Grosvenor. Miss Patricia
Grady, Miss Lura Belle Wyatt, Miss
Peggy Essary and Miss Marjorie
Souby.
A feature of the party was pro-
gram given by Mr.. John Yard and
Mr.. Joseph Collins of Pittsburgh.
who have sung with the Pittsburgh
Opera Co.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Ramseys Attend
Ship Launchings

Mrs. Frederick Ramsey. wife OF
Col. Ramsey, and her sister have
returned from Philadelphia, where
they went for the launching of the
destroyers U. S. S. Gherardl ana
u. S. S. Butler.
Mrs. Ramsey was joined in Phila-
delphia for the christening by her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Henry Schaffert,
whose marriage took place earlier
in the month and who have been
spending their honeymoon at At
lantic City.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Miss Wrightson
IEntertains

Miss Ida Woods, Miss Anna Bry-
ant Hill and Miss Harriet Hill were
guests yesterday afternoon at a
cocktail party given by Miss Pris-
ella Wrightson. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William D. Wrightson, at her
home in Chevy Chase. The Misses
Hill have had as their guests Miss
Margaretta Reynolds of Rome. Ga.
and Washington. and Mr.. Delevan
Montague of Roanoke.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Miss Patricia Akin
To Wed Mr.. Eckert

Mr. and Mrs. Lee Elmer Akin of
Arlington announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Pa
tricia Winchester Akin. to Mr.. Dom
aid Thomas Eckert of Pittsburgh.
Mr. Eckert is the son of Mrs. Spence
Eckert of Pittsburgh and Mr.. Clyde
John Eckert of Mayville, N. Y.
The wedding will take place at 8
o'clock Saturday evening in St.
Mary's Episcopal Church in Ar
lington,
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Virginia Society to Give
Colonial Ball Thursday.

4lC virginia o1dOC OOStcIy . SO-
lonial ball will be held Thursday
evening in the Willard Hotel and
members and their guests are asked
to wear costumes of the Colonial
days. However, costumes will not
be compulsory.
Judge Walter r. Mccarthy is
president Of the Society and Col.
Christopher B. Garnett, past presi-
dent, is chairman of the entertain
ment committee. Representatives Of
allied nations will furnish the pro-
gram, which follows the plan at
the society's Lee-Jackson ball earlier
in the winter, in which representa-
tives of Southern neighbor repub-
lies took part.
Senator and Mrs. Garter Glass,
with other members of the Virginia
delegation in Congress, are plan
ming to attend. Dancing will begin
at 10 O'Clock, with the program
scheduled for 1870 o'clock.
All native Virginians are eligible
for membership. Information may
be obtained from the secretary, Mr..
I. G. Buchanan of Arlington.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Delaware Society
Meets Tomorrow.

The Delaware State Society will
hold its monthly meeting this eve
ming at the Thomas Circle Club, 1925
Massachusetts avenue.
Mrs. Emily Hilbert will give lee
ture illustrated by colored motion
pictures made on her recent trip to
Cuba.
Mr.. Sheldon w. Fairchild, who is
president of the society, will preside
at the meeting. Other officers are
Miss Elizabeth Groves, executive
secretary; Miss Martha M. Curry,
recording secretary, and Mr.. Howard
c. Denning, treasurer.
Evening star., 1942-02-16
Activities
State
Societies
Many Dances Are
Being Scheduled
For This Week

The Kentucky State Society win
honor its congressional delegation at
a dance tomorrow evening at the
Willard Hotel.
A special program of entertain
ment has been planned by Col. c.
E. McQuesry. Miss Anne OBrien,
daughter of the former Mayor of
Lexington, KY, will give several
harp solos. At the intermission of
the ball, Miss Frances Jennings,
dean of Arlington Hall and native
Kentuckian, will introduce Miss
Phoebe Guthrie, head of the dance
department, and a number of girl
students, who will present several
dances in costume.
Evening star., 1942-03-31

Foundry Methodist Church. Guest
singers will participate.
A series of messages on The
Cross" will be given by the pastor,
the Rev. Dorsey K. SturgiS Of Con-
gress Street Methodist Church dur
ing the evening, through Friday.
A 10:30 am. women's lenten Serv-
ice will be held at the Albright
Memorial Evangelical Church.
The Life of Christ in Hymns"
will be the theme of candlelight
meditation service at pm. at
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church. The candlelight communion
service will be held Thursday.
At 7:45 pm. the tenebrae services
will be sung by the seminarians of
the Holy Trinity Missionary of the
Cenacle at the Church of the I'M
maculate Conception. The sermon
will be given by the Rev. DR.. John
K. Cartwright.
The Rev. N. M. Simmonds will
conduct 8 pm. services at Highland
Church. Services here will be con-
tinued through Friday.
The Rev. M. D. White will speak
at 8 pm. at st. Marks and the In
carnation Church Services will be
continued through Friday.
Evangelist Carl Brumback will be
special speaker at 7:45 pm. at
Calvary Gospel Church.
The Rev. DR.. Gerhard E. Lenski,
pastor of Grace Lutheran Church,
will preach on Garments of Re-
pentance" at 8 pm. Public confess
sion preparatory for holy COM
munion will be held.
"Ye Must Be Born Again." is the
sermon subject of the Rev. DR.. Orris
Gravenor Robinson, pastor of CAL
vary Methodist Church, at 8 pm.
Services will be held at Grace Re-
formed Church through Friday.
DR.. H. Framer Smith, president
of the Bible Institute of Pennsyl-
vania, will teach Revelation" each
evening, beginning tomorrow, at
Wisconsin Avenue Baptist Church.
The Rev. D. Ernest A. De Borde-
nave, rector of st. Paul's Church,
Alexandria, Va, will be guest preach
er at st. Stephens and the Incarna-
ton Church at pm.
Services beginning tomorrow,
through Friday, will be held at Sher-
wood Presbyterian Church.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Weather Bureau Predicts
Liqht Freeze TONIGHT

What little snow is left may get a
slight coating Of ice tonight, the
Weather Bureau predicted.
A high of about 48, Z degrees be-
low yesterdays maximum at pm,
is expected for today, it was said,
with the mercury dropping to about
freezing tonight. No more snow is
in sight.
The 11-inch fall of Saturday night
and Sunday remained only where
drifts were heavy or the army of
street cleaners had piled it.
Workmen were still busy repairing
telephone and power lines. Officials
said the damage was more serious
than any they could recall.
Approximately 4,400 lines of the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. were broken, knocking out many
more than this number of tele-
phones Normal service was ex-
pected to be established shortly.
The Potomac Electric Power Co.
reported widespread damage to its
lines by falling trees and by swaying
limbs that rubbed through insula-
ton.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Dismissal of Cancer
Medicine Case Reversed

The Court Of Appeals has re-
versed and sent back to District
Court patent case involving a med
icine for reducing cancer pain, for
which a patent had been sought by
The Canadian American Pharmaceu-
tical Co. of Toronto. Canada.
The lower court had dismissed the
firms complaint, seeking a patent,
on the ground that the proposed
medicine and its process for manu-
facture lacked usefulness. Pre-
viously the patent Office here had
refused the company q patent.
The appellate tribunal. however,
in decision yesterday, declared that
"the District Courts finding that
the invention is not sufficiently re-
liable. useful and important to war
rant the grant of patent is in
correct" On the basis of evidence
examined by the tribunal "it seems
to U.s." Associate Justice Henry W.
Edgerton wrote, that the medicine
"in many cases reduces the pain of
cancer and that it causes no harm.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Potomac River Steamer
Catches Fire al Dock

Fire broke out early today in the
supers sructure around the smoke
stack Of the s. 8. Francis Scott Key,
better known as the Fort Wash
ington ferry" while the Government
steamer was berthed at the foot of
o street NV. The blaze was ex-
tinguished before serious damage
resulted.
Firemen expressed the opinion
stray sparks caused the fire. Crews
of the District fireboat and land
companies succeeded in conf1ning
flames to the wooden framework
around part of the stack
Damage was estimated at $500.
The ship plies between Washing
ton and Fort Washington. Md
Earlier. two persons were burned
in fire at 1912 Capitol avenue NE,
the cause Of which was not de-
termined. The victims, Annie Wood
son, 80, and Henry Chapman, Is,
both colored, were admitted to
Casualty Hospital.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Nazi Spy Hangs Himself
In Atlanta Federal Prison

Carl Herman Schroeder, con-
victed March 20 by a Federal Court
on charges of espionage and con-
spiracy to transmit national de-
tense information to the enemy,
committed suicide in the Atlanta
Penitentiary early Sunday, the JUS
tice Department announced yester-
day.
Schroeder, who arrived at At
lanta Friday to serve a 10-year
sentence, was found by prison Of
flcers in his rooms shortly after
midnight. His wrists were slashed
and he had hanged himself with
a sheet attached to a vertical water
pipe. Justice Department officials
said that he had used the diaphragm
of a radio headset to slash his
wrists. A coroners jury returned a
verdict of suicide.
Schroeder was one of nine de-
PENDANTS recently convicted in New
York City of espionage for Ger
many.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Steel Warehouse Quotas
Cut for Priority Evasions
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Twenty-Five steel warehouses,
from Maine to California, were
penalized for priority violations yes
terday in a series of suspension
orders which represented w. P. BIS
broadest punitive action in the steel
industry to date.
w. P. B. officials charged that the
firms had accepted deliveries Of steel
in excess of their authorized quotas
during the last three months OF
1941. They will be penalized in the
next three months by deduction
from their quotas of the amount
which w. P, B. said was added to
their inventories without authorize
ton.
Depending on the degree Of will
full culpability" involved, some OF the
companies were penaized by addi-
tional DEDUCTIONS Of amounts ranging
from Is to 50 per cent of the guam
titles OF unauthorized steel.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
'Over-Income' Families Granted
Indefinite Stay at GreenbeIt

clared. It was indicated that the
acute housing situation in and
around the District was partly re-
sponsible for the decision allowing
the families to stay.
The original maximum income for
persons living in Greenbelt was
$4,000 for six persons. In Novem-
Der, when plans were first made to
move over-income families, this
maximum was raised to $4,000. How
ever, ITO families were making COM
bined salaries over this figure.
Mr.. Barr did not state when the
new deadline for the families to move
would be set. However, families
with children in school can plan to
continue in residence at least until
the close of the present school
year." he said.
Evening star., 1942-03-31

Families in Greenbelt, Md, who
have incomes over the minimum al
lowed in the community, and who
were scheduled to leave Greenbelt
today, now will stay there indef1-
nitely, Roy S. Braden, town mana
ger said today.
According to letter received by
Mr.. Braden from Mason Barr, di-
rector of the Resettlement Division
of the Farm Security Administra-
ton, the "over-income" families will
not be moved because of the many
varied problems" involved.
Income of these families, repre-
senting about 20 per cent of Green
belts population, rose above the
maximum through husband and
wife both working, Mr.. Braden de-
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Cash Registers Will Present
Savings Stamp Message

A new drive to increase sales Of
Defense stamps s being developed
here by the National Cash Register
Co. in cooperation with the Retail
Advisory Committee of the Treasury
savings staff Special stickers will
be placed on 5000 900 cash registers
throughout the Nation, reminding
customers to take part Of their
change in Defense stamps.
Company officials estimate the
campaign will increase the number
Evening star., 1942-03-31
6. 0. ?. Victory Program
Outlined by Martin
B. the Associated Press.

B. the Associated Press.
ENID, Okla, March 3l.-House
Minority Leader Martin, Republican
national chairman, said last night
the Nations war effort should not
be used as a cover under which to
destroy our American way Of life.
Declaring that 1--WE must all re-
alize now that II the Axis political
and social doctrines gain prevalence
in the world human liberty will
vanish" Mr.. Martin outlined at a
Republican meeting, his party S
victory program.
The sole consideration In the
choice Of both military and civilian
administrators and directors of the
war effort shall be their ability
training and capacity to do 4 good
job and to do it as quickly as
possible" he said.
Every motive and purpose of
American industry, agriculture and
labor must be geared to the greatest
possible war effort. . ."
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Clark Lee, A. P. Writer,
lis Safe in Australia
BY the Associated Press.

| By the Associated Press.
MELBOURNE, Australia. March
31.-Clark Lee. Associated Press
correspondent whose dispatches
from the foxholes Of Bataan were
described by United States Army
men as "the best the war has pro-
duced on any 'front.'" has reached
Australia to continue his work of
covering the hero Of the Philip
pine stand. Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur
Mr.. Lee left the Philippines few
days ahead Of Gen. Macarthur, who
made a dramatic dash by speed
boat and airplane to take supreme
command in the entire Southwest
Pacific. Just how Mr. Lee trav-
eled has not yet been revealed
Mr.. Lee. native OF Oakland,
Calf, joined the Associated Press in
1929. He was on his way home
from serving In the Orient when
the war with Japan caught him In
Manila.
His graphic dispatches reported
the steady encirclement of Manila
from the time the japanese landed
in the north until he sent word that
the southern japanese wing, ad-
vancing from Atimonan, was within
80 minutes OF Manila by automobile
Then he was not heard from
until January g. He had escaped to
Corregidor Fortress In Manila Bay,
and he began telling the great story
of Bataan Peninsula.
His dispatches reached into Amer
| ican homes with a vivid picture of
the heroic American-Filipino stand
against superior odds at time when
many still were bewildered by the
sneak blow" at Pearl Harbor.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Hard Coal Price Frozen
Al Present Levels

The Once of Price Administra-
ton last night froze producers prices
on Pennsylvania anthracite at pres
ent levels. The order is effective to-
morrow.
The ceilings established are the
prices which prevailed October lis
and which have been maintained
since that time by voluntary
compliance of coal producers with
the request Of o. P. A.
The order requires that the GUS
tomary seasonal discounts of domes-
tic sizes of anthracite be kept in ef-
feet. These start with so cents per
ton discount for deliveries in April,
40 cents for May. Is cents for June
and 10 cents for July.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
D. G.. Red Cross Gets
2 Gifts TotuIinq $3.50

The District Red Cross War Fund
was swelled yesterday by . 500
check from the Daughters OF Amer
lea and a $50 gift from the class OF
1913 at Dunbarton College, the pro-
ceeds Of q dance.
The Daughters 70 America, which
was also active during the first
World War, has made more than
900 Red Cross garments since early
in January in its production unit
organized by Mrs. John Clark.
Red Cross headquarters also an
nounced today that a six-week
course in home nursing will be
given from 10 an. to noon on Mon
days and Wednesdays. Enrolment
will begin tomorrow at Walsh House
2020 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Evening star., 1942-03-31
Howard Graduate School
To Hear Talk on India

DR.. Taraknath Das, lecturer on
history and international relations
at the College of the City Of New
York, will speak on india and the
Anglo-American Powers In the
Present Crisis" in the assembly
room, Douglass Hall, Howard Uni
versity, at pm. Friday. 1t will be
the fifth in a series Of lectures on
war time problems sponsored by the
graduate school of the university.
At pm. Friday, April 10, DR..
Faith williams, chief of the Cost Of
Living Division, United States Bu-
reau OF Labor Statistics, will speak
on Consumer Shortages and the
Cost of Living"