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Evening star., 1942-08-04
Labor Peace Talk
Grows as Leaders
Gather in Chicago
Green Promises to Reply
To Clio Chiefs Invitation
For New Negotiations
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispa tch to The Star.
CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-The Nation S
two great labor groups, the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, were on the brink of a new
peace movement here today.
Friendly overtures have been made
by two influential leaders of the
CIO, President Philip Murray and
R. j. Thomas, head of the United
Automobile Workers.
The next step, apparently, was up
to William Green, president of the
AFL, who was Chicago-bound to
open a Today session of the Fed
eration's Executive Council.
Presidents Influence Seen.
Mr.. Thomas already was here. at
tending convention of CIO Auto
mobile. Aircraft and Agricultural
Implement Workers, and Mr. Murray
was expected early in the day.
Thus the stage was set for a re-
neWal of the peace negotiations be-
gun in 1887 and 1899, but broken off
each time when the organizations
found themselves still too far apart
to agree. War and the good offices
OF President Roosevelt. who recently
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Reds Counterattackinq
36 Times Daily, Nazis Say
e. the Associated Press.

e, he Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Russian
concentration are communicating
sometimes 36 times a day with a
force of six infantry divisions and
three armored brigades. in a fight
for bridgeheads at Voronezh, Ger
man officials said today, according
to Berlin broadcast.
They reiterated their claim that
their troops still held Voronezh, 10
miles east of the Don at the north
ern flank of the wedge into the Don
bend and the Caucasus.
The Russians repeatedly have de-
MED that Voronezh ever fell into
German hands.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Mild Polio Epidemic
Reported in Arkansas
B' the Associated Press.


LITTLE ROCK. Ark, August A.
Reporting 80 cases since January |,
State Health Officer w. B. Grayson
said today polio-myelitis outbreak
had taken on mild epidemic pro-
portions in Arkansas.
Most cases are of the mild or abor-
tive, type which rarely reach the
paralysis stage and only two deaths
have been reported, the health Off
Ger said.
Health department records showed
the epidemic was less severe than
that Of 1887, when there were 90
deaths and more than 200 cases in
Arkansas.
DR.. Grayson said most 1912 cases
turned up during the hot, dry sum-
mer months.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
BY MAJ. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.


The Russian press is clamoring
for second front in western Europe
to relieve the German pressure on
the Russian Army, and Russian Of
ticials in London and Washington
are reported as pressing very strong
ly for some action in this direction.
The Russians have made great
sacrifices. They are fighting our en-
emies and Great Britain's enemies.
and they are fighting them with a
courage and a resolution which not
only excite our admiration but en-
title them to all the support that
we can possibly give them. Even
from the point of view of sheer
self-interest, it is of vital necessity
to us and to the British that the
Russians should be helped
But the choice of time, place and
means is of transcendent import
ance. A correct choice may make
the difference between victory and
defeat. The making of these choices
by the British and American high
/ commands must be based on &C
curate, dependable information.
Enemy's Plans Well Hidden.
Military intelligence seeks not
general but precise information. 1t
is difficult enough at all times to
obtain such information about the
enemy. He does everything he can
to prevent it.
He does everything he can de-
hberately to mislead and mystify.
At the very best, some items of in
| formation about the enemy will be
no better than approximations, and
we may we'll be content if. in pre-
pairing our estimate of the situation,
we are not completely wrong on
more than two or three points as to
the enemys forces and capabilities.
! Lack Of accurate military intelli-
eence about the enemy is sufficient
handicap in the making of strategic
plans without that handicap's being
Increased by lack of information
about our own or Allied forces and
plans. In fairness to the American
and British high commands and to
their political superiors. it should be
pointed out that the Russians have
not been inclined to afford the
Americans and British opportuni-
ties Tor obtaining information about
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Fire Destroys Mess Hall
At Naval Air Bose

GREAT LAKES, H.. Aug. 4
Ninth Naval District headquarters
announced that fire last night de-
stroyed an uncompleted mess hall
located in the center of the Peru
GndJ Naval Air Base.
1t. Arthur White of the district
press relations office said damage,
confined to the tWo-story building,
was estimated at Sl50,000.
Fire departments from Peru, Lo-
eansport. Kokomo and Wabash were
called to the scene, he said.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Troops Rout Mine Bondits

Mexican troops recently frustrated
bandit raid on mines near
Guanajuato City, the raiders
dropping large amount of stolen
money and tools and fleeing to the
hills when the soldiers opened fire.
Evening star., 1942-08-04

W lllC " q 1 q IL
officer grade OF
marine gunner,
Marine head
q u a r t ers a t
Quantico a n =
nounced.
Frank H. Rent
frow, whose strip
of a hard boiled
Marine sergeant
was first intro
duced in 1887,
joined the Ma
rine Corps in 1923
and remained in
service until 1899
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Australia Gets Boom Towns

As result OF the government S
plan to disperse war factories, boom
towns are springing up In Australia,
and country towns are finding 1t
difficult to house their rapidly in
creasing population.
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Roosevelt Is Proxy Godfother
For Baby Prince, His Nomesuke

Of the Netherlands, the Duke of
Gloucester. the Crown Princess Of
Greece, Lady Patricia Ramsay, and
the Dowager Marchioness of Milford
Haven
Evening star., 1942-08-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.

bills other than those contracted by my
self. ALFONS A. RIDER, 1339-A Mass
achusetts ave. Sc. 81
WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
bills other than those contracted by myself
ALLEN J. JOHNSON. 1243 Simms pl. ne.
Sc
Notice to All Bricklayers of
Local No. 4, D. C.
Special meeting called. Friday. August 7,
At pm
Evening star., 1942-08-04

when he retired Frank H. Rentfrow.
to devote all his time to the comic
strip. In June, 1941, he was recalled
to active duty, but continues to
write his feature
Long before this country was in
Evening star., 1942-08-04
Sergt. Stony Croig's Author
Is Promoted by Marines

The man who produced the comic
strip, Sergeant Stony Craig which
appears daily in The Star, has been
promoted from technical sergeant
Evening star., 1942-08-04
FOUND.

BRING OR REPORT ABANDONED. STRAY
ANIMALS to Animal Protective Association.
1900 Wheeler rd. Sc. AT. 1888. Present
facilities limited 10 that class only.
GOLD RING. lady's, red set, in Tiffany
mounting. Warfield 1069.
TOOL BOX, steel containing motor me-
chanic's tools. vicinity 25th and Virginia
ave NV, Owner can have same by calling
DU. 303i.
TOY BOSTON BULL. female. found in
Rock Greek Park Monday afternoon.
Evening star., 1942-07-19

lov's the Ionesomsst girl in town. She's witty, she's
prerty-and she could be gay. But LOUIS on the side
lines watching others have all the fun. For what
man will shower attentions on the girl with dull
teeth, dingy gums, drab, unattractive smile!
Evening star., 1942-07-19

Today its fame rests mainly on a rosebush that
covers 1900 square feet, the worlds largest.
MORNING -CLORIES are exceptional ,ceatler
baron,eters. They close their blossoms before a
rain. If the blossoms unfolded, no matter
ho.p threatening the skies, it ,ciH not rain.
TURTLES have splendid chances of surviving
gas attacks. Efforts to kill swapping turtles in
gas chambers prove that when they dislike the
air they are breathing they can suspend breath
ing for unusually long time.
SPIDERS hare eight eyes, yet they do not hare
to rely on sight to ,ceare. Their touch is SEN
sitipe they spin their delicately designed
sUebs in total darkness.
EGCS of crawfsh laid 900 years ago and found
Is feet deep in Siberia's region of eternal frost
have been Matched out by Soviet scientists! At
least 10 generations of normal crawfsh have
already been obtained.
Evening star., 1942-07-19

FUR SEALS go hungry longer than any
other active animal. In mating season the male
does not eat for three months!
CHIMNEY SW1TTS never touch the ground, ex-
cept by accident. They even eat in fight and,
except when they roost in chimneys, they live
entirely in the air.
Fish thrire on sa,cd,ist' Hatchery men hare
included sa,cd.st - principally for roughase -
in the diets Of fish and hare found it reduces
mortality. The fish flourish on it. growing only
little less rapidly than those fed on more con-
rentiOnaI diets.
TOMBSTONE, Arizona, was one of the widest
towns on earth in the days of the Old West. 1t
was famous for its rich silver mines, pros
pectors, gamblers, gunmen and wicked ladies.
Evening star., 1942-07-19

Low. time is It's fun TO be popular to be
to be the Big Moment mans life Ask Lou-Sne KNOWS %
sparkling smile mans heart! Let ipana ana
massage heip make your smile brighter, oveler!
Evening star., 1942-07-19

NAVAJO indians ,cere not the original creators
Of the beauti ul designs their famous rugs and
blankets. Credit belongs to the Cila monster "a
poisonous lizard found in the Southwest. The
indians merely copy the reptiles back designs.
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Yacht Clubs 5Oh Anniversary Recalls Early Boating Days Here

and his brother Charles. "Cap'n" Hoeke
berg treasurer.
Thus began the club which in time
became one of the most important groups
in yachting south of Long Island Sound
Capital Yacht Club today boasts some
of the best helmsmen in small sailing
craft, and leaders active in organized
yachting on Chesapeake Bay.
Every Day Was Race Day
Every day was race day then" said
Skipper Hahn when interviewed at his
home here. Every time we went out
we raced each other" That first winter
the club found quarters in the old Build
ers' Exchange Building in the TOO block
of Thirteenth street NV. After club
meetings, some of the members made a
practice of dropping by Jordon's saloon
on Ninth street. And it was Proprietor
Jordon himself who donated the first cup
ever raced for by members.
The race was held in 1898. 1t was an
18-mile affair, from the mouth of the
Anacostia River-about where Hains
Point is today-to Riverview, just above
Fort Washington. Vice Commodore
Nelson's Startle, a 22foot gilling skih
once used by river fishermen, was the
winner. The biggest yacht in the fleet
that year was 30-footer, the smallest
was 16-footer.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

a total of 81 berth5 for cruisers and 80
slips for small boats. 1t is considered one
of the finest basins of its kind in the
country.
Leads in Sailing
Today Capital Yacht Club again leads
in sailing here. Many of the sailboat
owners are also members of Potomac
River Sailing Association, which has been
Each Sunday the Capital is the gathering
place for sailormen who talk over the
days events. This afternoon shippers
who have competed earlier in the day in
PRSA races will mingle in sailing rigs
with those old-timers who have put
away sailing clothes for more sober garb.
The present officers Of the club are
E. Hillman Willis, commodore; Walter H.
Smith, vice commodore; j. B. Sellars,
secretary y-treasurer; Col. H. H. Jacobs,
measurer; DR.. Valentine Hess. fleet
surgeon, and Richard S. Doyle, Daniel
H. Fowler and r. Clyde Cruit, members
of the Board of Directors. The flag
officers of other yacht clubs have been
invited to- attend the reception to be held
from 4 to pm.
Capital members have included Sena-
tors and Congressman, an Ambassador
and publishers. The professions rep-
resented by that group in October, 1892,
included physician, boatbuilder, paper
hanger printer and craftsman. The
group this afternoon will be Just a.
varied, but with common interests-boats
and boating.
Evening star., 1942-10-25
By Malcolm Lamborne, Jr.

oy NAolIO11ll
Two wars and two major floods have
weathered and Scared the Capital Yacht
Club, now celebrating so years of exist
ence, and today Washington sailormen,
old and young, are gathering with fellow
power boatmen to toast its golden jubilee.
The club, Washington's oldest yachting
group, came through the latest inunda-
ton with small damage and no loss in
enthusiasm for the sport of yachting.
That is typical of Capital Yacht Club,
and old-timers who recall the last two
wars say the club will come through this
one too.
1t was so years ago last Monday that
small group, drawn together by a
mutual love of sailing, met aboard the
naphtha- burning launch Alert, owned by
the late DR.. A. c. Rauterberg, and decided
over their glasses to form a yacht club.
There were no clubs devoted to sail
racing in those days." Frank Hahn, IL
year-old retired Government photographer
and only original member surviving in
Washington, recalled yesterday.
Others aboard the Alert that October
afternoon were John Hoeke, retired
Navy man who went to sea as cabin
boy at the age of 8; L. J. Nelson, who
was elected vice commodore: Allan c.
Smith, named secretary; Charles Faunce,
Frank Page, Charles Deardorff, Mr.. Hahn
Evening star., 1942-10-25

water front, didn't sit well with some of
the members, who began to complain
that the club was getting "too DANCED
social" That is why several years before
the Spanish War the club ac-
quired an old sand scow on which mem
bers erected two-room house with a
nautical bridge on top. Dubbed the Ark,
it was anchored in Washington Channel
at the foot of Ninth street.
Members were ferried out to the Ark in
a club tender. In the winter the Ark
was towed into the Little Basin at about
where the Lincoln Memorial Rejecting
Pool is now located. One winter it
moored in what is now the Tidal Basin.
There an ice jam crushed the Ark and
drowned the attendant. In 1900 the
club, now grown to a membership of over
80, leased property at 900 Maine avenue
then Water street) and built one-and-
one-half story wooden building on piles
which once formed the old Cumberland
dry dock. It was also the year Of its
incorporation.
Evening star., 1942-10-25

ment brick house. numbered 1903. It
was rather plain but nice house for
early Washington. The building has
long since been removed, but the site
is especially interesting because Edgar
Allan Poe is said to have once resided
here. The reader will no doubt recall
him as the author of The Raven" The
Bells and other celebrated poems.
During the Civil War the Poe House,
as it was frequently called, was occupied
as a ladies seminary by Mrs. Cleophite
P. Burr, widow of Henry A. Burr, who
had previously taught school of her
own as early as 1S46 at the northwest
corner of Ninth and E streets NV.
Nine. Burr, as she was called, taught
the daughters of some of the first FAM
lilies of Washington.
Nine Burr was a real Frenchwoman
Abandoned by her parents and brought
up in New York in one of the large
schools, she became an outstanding
teacher. She was lovable person and
was regarded with affection by her pupils
and friends.
Nearby, to the west OF Poe House, on
the site of the Capital Garage, once
stood a summer garden, conducted by
Evening star., 1942-10-25
BY John Clagett Proctor.

In its century and half of existence
Washington has been called many names,
some nice and some not so pleasing, but
all seemingly fitting in with the time and
circumstances. though we must agree
rather beautiful name was accorded 1t
about 1916, when the Portuguese Min
lister, Jose Correa de Sierra, is given
credit for having called it the CITY of
Magnificent Distances" Other names
given it, though perhaps justifable, in
cluded the Wilderness City, City of
Miserable Huts, the Mudhole and City
OF Streets Without Houses.
Alexander r. Shepherd, who did so
much to carry out L'Enfants plan and
make Washington the City Beautiful,
once called it the City of Mud and
Dust" while Longfellow referred to it
as the "City of Lost Footsteps" and
many other names could be mentioned
However. If the writer were going to add
his sobriquet to his native city he thinks
Evening star., 1942-10-25
South Side of Avenue.

to the Bay, plans were made for the
formation of a Bay yacht racing associa-
ton. Washington boatmen were respon-
sible, in 1910, for such an organization.
Other member clubs were Chesapeake
Bay Yacht Club, Easton, Md; Hampton
Yacht Club in Virginia, and the old
these clubs would stage week-long
cruises, racing from one Bay port to
another, remaining over for a day, and
then starting off on another race.
World War I put stop to the Bay
activities of Capital Yacht Club, but not
years later was the present Chesapeake
Bay Yacht Racing Association formed.
Capital, again, is a rnember club. Some
loss of membership was recorded during
the First World War but otherwise the
club carried on. Strangely enough,
Capitals membership this time has
grown rather than dropped of. The
many newcomers to the city are the
explanation.
The present brick and wood, Colonial
style clubhouse at 1920 Maine avenue
was constructed in 1922 from designs Of
Architect Oliver Clarke. The members
subscribed to a bond issue to pay the
cost of construction. Until 1888 the
club had but 20 slips for boats. The
majority moored their craft in the
channel. That year the Army Engineers
began work on yacht basin No. 2. Early
last spring the club leased the completed
basin from the District, giving members
Evening star., 1942-10-25
Scenes Along Early New York Avenue

lowing announcement of the event
taken from the press of that date, should
be conclusive evidence for this state
ment. The advertisement reads:
Begin the New Night
By Seeing the Marpel OF the Age,
Limited Engagement Beginning
NeU Years at Willard Hall
And Continuing Daily at 2 P.M,z
Pm. and 8 PM.
Absolutely First Time in Washington
OF Lunliere's
Cinematographe.
Motion Photographed. Nert to life
itself there is nothing so real as the
Cinematographe.
Admission, Soc. Children, 25c.
No ReserUed Seats"
When Church Was Built.
Sometimes 1t is not always possible to
quote reliable sources for dates and other
information regarding our early build
ings. But as to the erection of the New
Evening star., 1942-10-25

east front of the Presidents house, since
it was only four squares from the point.
The Stuntz store was not pretentious
one: in fact, it had a frontage Of but
IA feet inches, and the lot upon which
it stood IS feet inches. 1t was two
story brick, with slanting roof, and orig
inally had balcony across the entire
front, at the second story, protected by
an ornamental iron railing. Mr.. Stuntz,
the founder of the toy shop, was born
in Tyrol, but we are told that the name
Bonaparte pulled him to France, where
he was apprenticed to Cadieux. who was
cabinet-maker to the Emperor Napoleon.
After the death of Mrs Stuntz in 1900
the adopted daughter, Miss Kate France,
succeeded to the business and conducted
it until her death, August Is, 1918. A
few months later it was sold at auction
and bought In by R. T. Warwick for
$12,100. Adam A. Weschler conducted
the auction.
A few years ago the Lincoln Toy Shop
was removed and the site is now used
for bus station.
On the south side of H street, opposite
the New York Avenue Church, once
stood on terrace two-story- and base
Evening star., 1942-10-25

It was undoubtedly the argument ad-
vanced by Theodore w. Noyes, editor
of The Star, on June 6, 1894-as chair
man of the Board of Trade Committee,
before the House Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia-that resulted tn the
approval Of the measure.
Where the Masonic Temple stands was
formerly two stores, Oedekoven d Sav.
ages saloon and on the New York ave-
nue. corner was q grocery store. The
present building stands directly on top
Of what was once a good-sized stream,
lin Park and vicinity. In the early days
a tannery occupied the site. A hundred
years ago there were few houses in this
neighborhood.
On the north side of H street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, op-
posite the Presbyterian church, were
once three historic residences erected by
Count Charles J. De Menou then the
French minister, who resided in the CEN
ter one. Massive iron chains hung on
low stone pillars, suggested the name Of
the chain house but the DE Menou
buildings" and French Minister'S were
the more dignif1ed names. When they
were built they were among the hand
soonest houses in the city. Several dis
tinguished residents occupied them. in
Guiding Gen. Winfield Scott, Admiral
Chauncey and Mrs. Hamilton, relict Of
Alexander Hamilton, first Secretary of
the Treasury. In referring to these
buildings, Mrs. John M. Binkley, bark
ing back to her childhood days. has said:
"One of these houses was occupied by
Gen. Winfield Scott. How we'll I remem-
ber watching him, as swung on one OF
the chains which hung in tempting loops
before Mrs. Hamiltons house. as he
piled his great size and magnifcence, his
splendid cooked hat and gorgeous uni
form, with great difficulty into cab,
preparatory to his departure for some
function at the White House. A hall a
sitting room, and a dining room on the
ground floor and above. across the whole
front of the building a beautiful drawing
room, stand out in my vivid memories
of this old home
Evening star., 1942-10-25

men who sailed them became leaders in
the sport here and on the Bay. Sailing
regattas were held each Memorial Day
and Fourth of July of 1ndianhead.
Weekend races were staged Of Marshall
Hall. For the regattas, members charted
each year the old tug Minerva, now
rotting in Anacostia River. She towed<
the fleet downstream.
A Bay station was established at An
napolis in 1908, which was maintained
until nearly the opening OF the First
World War. This was q signal for more
ambitious races, and the following year
the first Washington n-to-Annapolis sail
ing event was held. It began on Memo
rial Day. AS many as 10 yachts have
competed in the l48-mile event. Not
only did it afford members the oppor-
~tunity Of the keenest competition, but 1t
enabled them to move to the Bay in q
group. Many Of them remained there
until the close Of the season.
With the coming Of Capital yachtsmen