Evening star., 1942-10-14
Fight Against Alcohol
Must Go On DESPITE
War, WCTU Is Told
Liquor Just os Much
A Killer os japanese,
Mrs. c. }. Crouch Says

The fight against alcohol must |
continue unabated despite the pres
sure and excitement of the war
effort, members of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union of the
District were told today as their
two-day convention in the Calvary
Baptist Church moved into its final
day.
Mrs. Clyde J. Crouch, chairman of
the Religious Education Committee,
declared alcohol was our enemy
long before Pearl Harbor and will
continue to be our enemy when this
war is won. To lessen our vigor
for the dura ton would be like hav-
ing our doctor and research men
abandon their fight against cancer
or infantile paralysis. We must
continue to show that the intemper-
ate use of alcohol is just as much
killer and wrecker of homes as
the total warfare of the Nazis or
the Japanese.
Officers Elected. fys3sssl 4
Other business of the convention
today included election of officers
and members of the board of trus-
tees and committee heads. Mrs.
Ida NJ. Ramsey was reelected Dis
trict president.
Other officers elected we're: Mrs
F. S. Berry, first vice president; Mrs.
Jessie Eiker. second vice president:
Mrs. Clifford Hurley, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. Gertrude Hoage,
treasurer: Mrs Cleve c. Pulver r"
cording secretary, and Mrs. Ival "A
Stout, assistant recording secretary
Results of the formal balloting were
to be announced this afternoon.
Elected to the Board of Trustees
were Mrs. B. S. CARRIER Mrs. A. M.
Cooper Mrs. Marguerite Prohaska,
Mrs. Warren j. Hadley, Mrs Mary E.
Arnold, Mrs. Frank Gregory, Mrs j.
Edgar Hiatt, Mrs. A Turner Cox,
Mrs. Ira L. Pfrimmer. Mrs j. A.
McDormand and Mrs. B. L. Collins.
Mrs. Ramsey sketched the high
lights Of the recent national conven-
ton WCTU in Birmingham, Ala.
and memorial service for the 80
WCTU members in the District who
died during last year was led by Mrs
Charles Williams and Mrs. r. E. S.
Boss.
Drinking Increases Claimed.
Yesterday delegates were told by
DR.. Clarence w. Crawford, pastor of
the Calvary Baptist Church, that in
the section of Washington bounded
by the Mall, Fifteenth street, Florida
avenue and North Capitol street
there are more liquor licenses than
can be found in the entire State OF
Alabama"
You can't get away from the
liquor problem DR.. Crawford said.
recalling that two full quarts of
liquor recently were found hidden in
the church hedge. Drinking is on
the increase in this country. Not
nearly so much liquor was drunk in
prohibition days as is being con-
sumed today"
Describing liquor as "a narcotic"
the Calvary Church pastor listed
/ greater legal control and program
of education. directed principally
to the young people, as means of
solving the problem. More Youth
Temperance Councils should be or
! ganized. he said.
Cites Poster Contest.
AS an example of indirect teach
ing, which he declared to be par
ticularly good, DR.. Crawford cited
a temperance poster contest con-
Quoted among the young people of
Calvary Church. 1t praised the
WCTU as "the one organization
that didn't let down during prohi-
bition days" ,
Mrs. William Watt, chairman OF
the Medal Contest Committee, an,
nounced that a. grand diamond
medal contest, an oratorical COM
petition open to high-school stu
dents who previously have won sill
yer, gold, pearl and diamond medals
for temperance speeches, will be
held at 8 pm. Sunday. October Is,
| In the WCTU headquarters building,
522 Sixth street NV. This viii be
the second grand diamond contest
to be held In the District and the
fourth in the Nation, Mrs. Watt
reported.