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Evening star., 1942-02-08
Benefit Dance Planned
Feb. q for Girls Club

A grand ball for the benefit OF
the Washington Girls Club will be
held the night of February % at
Hotel 2400 under the sponsorship OF
the Lions Club of Georgetown.
Funds derived from the public
dance will be used to expand the
Girls Clubs activities, Lou L..
Brown. jr.. president of the Lions
Club, announced yesterday.
"The Girls Club endeavors to
provide moral guidance and recrea-
tional outlets for young girls who
lack proper parental guidance" Mr..
Brown said. Girls at the impress
sionable stage of life are definitely
aided by our programs and requests
for club branches in other sections
Of Washington have been received y
Music will be furnished by two
orchestras and a floor show will be
presented Mr.. Brown said. adding
that door prizes will be given the
first 100 couples attending the dance.
Mr. Brown is director of the
Girls Club, whose headquarters are
attached to the Curtis School on
o street west of Wisconsin avenue
in Georgetown.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
BY ALFRED TOOMBs.

Percy Granger was practicing
away IN an old storeroom on the
third floor Of Droop's music store
yesterday when q crowd began to
collect.
Mr.. Granger did not hear the
first arrival. His hands were racing
over the keyboard SO fast that
sometimes his fingers seemed to be
just white blurs.
He had his legs tucked under a
battered piano STOOL His ankles
were crossed, showing the tops OF
his high, brown shoes. In this in
formal pose ands surrounded by the
wrecks of pianos being repaired,
Mr.. Granger did not make the
appearance of q concert figure.
Touch Of the Master.
But there was no mistaking the
touch of the master at the piano
and, as the notes he played went
tumbling down the hall, an audience
came tip-toeing into the room.
Mr.. Granger, the Australian
Born composer and concert artist,
was putting in part of the eight
hours he spends each day in prac-
tice. When he paused for a rest,
he talked to the reporter who had
been listening.
"A musician can't get by on much
less than 16 hours work a day" he
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Judge Lets Speeders
Forfeit, al Rate Of 81
Per Mile Over Limit
Few Choose TO Stond
Trial os Newman Uses
Plan in Police Court

An idea proposed by Judge Hobart
Newman of Police Court to permit
forfeiture in speed cases was in
augurated yesterday by the jurist
in trafic branch Of Police Court.
1t was believed to be the first
time in court history that forfeit
ures on speed cases have been per-
mitted for drivers other than those
who live outside the city and whose
automobiles do not bear District
tags.
In general, the amount of forfeit
ures permitted yesterday was at the
rate of approximately 81 for each
mile per hour the motorist was
accused Of exceeding the speed
limit.
Defendants and police were called
before the bench in groups and the
defendants were asked whether they
wished to forfeit or stand trial. The
majority chose to forfeit.
Judge Newman also allowed for
FIXTURES on numerous other traffic
offenses. including S. for passing
stop signs and $40 for passing red
lights.
Judge Newman, in proposing the
forfeiture idea some time ago. sug-
gested that speeders should be per-
mitted to elect to forfeit in the
precincts.
Opponents of the forfeiture idea
have argued that as forfeitures do
not constitute convictions the sys-
tenn would do away with the null
tiple -offense penalty in speed cases.
Thus, there can be no second offense
until there is a conviction for a
first offense.
The maximum penalty for first
offense speeding Is $25 fine. for
second offense as$100 fine, and for
third offense 6 $500 fine or 80
days in Jail or both. Penalties i'm
posed by judges for second and third
offenses, however, have been far
below the maximum. records show.
Judge Newman said he will con-
tinue to permit forfeitures in court
on speed charges the remainder OF
this month while he is presiding in
traffic branch.
In suggesting that speeders be al
lowed to elect to forfeit in the
precincts, Judge Newman said 1t
would release many police for duty
who now must sit in Traff1c Court
waiting for their cases to come to
trial.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
4S,649 Volunteers
Enroll for Civilian
Defense Work Here
1890 Already Troined
For Jobs and 28, ,866 More
Are Tokine Instruction

Enrolment of volunteers in civilian
defense services here will reach a
total of 48,649 on January 81, ac-
cording to a progress report yes
terday by Col Lemuel Bolles, civil
liam defense director for the Met
ropolitan Area.
OF this number 1890 have been
trained as afraid wardens. aux
iliary police and firemen, rescue
squad members, emergency medical
aides, motor transport helpers,
emergency feeding and housing
aides and public works assistants.
Col. Bolles said 28,866 are now in
training. 2
The civilian defense ONCE gave
the following totals In each serv-
ice:
Air-raid warning service, 1884
enrolled. more than 5000 trained
and more than $4,000 In training.
Auxiliary firemen-1,200 enrolled,
900 trained and 900 in training.
Auxiliary policemen-.1s6 en-
rolled, 800 trained and 1896 in train
ing.
Rescue squads-400 enrolled, 200
trained and 200 in training.
Emergency medical Services-9OO
doctors, 1900 nurses, 4s0 nursing
aides, 900 stretcher bearers.
Motor transport-1,6 800 enrolled.
600 trained and 670 in training,
with several hundred to be assigned
to training.
Emergency feeding and housing
Feeding, 2,O40 enrolled. 1880 trained
and $40 in training; housing, 8,l34
enrolled, $3.50 assigned to duty, l,75o
trained and $500 in training.
Public works-7,550 enrolled, 5000
trained and 1850 in training.
The latter service is for clearance
of debris following air raids, decon-
tamination work, and for repair OF
water, sewer and road facilities. All
members have been trained for the
work in their daily vocations.
In addition. the defense office
has the services of 10 volunteer
staff workers.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Transit Company 10 Buy
70 Diesel Motor Buses

Diesel engine motor buses will ap-
pear on Washington streets some
time in May, it was disclosed yes
terday when the Public Utilities
Commission authorized the Capital
Transit Co. to purchase 20 such
buses on a conditional sales ar
rangement.
Each bus will accommodate As
passengers. Recently Washington
ians had a preview when the tarnsit
company tried out q huge twin bus
with Diesel power.
Transit officials said the Diesel
powered buses have some ad-
vantages over gasoline-driven We
hicles in that there is no shifting
of gears and starting is easier.
The company now operates 915
buses. Another 496 have been Or
dered.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Spice Supplies in U. S. Will Last Year

Even If all other sources are
gone, we should get an adequate
supply from the South within a
year or two" an Agriculture De-
partment official said.
The departments Bureau of
Home Economies already has
launched e program to encourage
the growing of domestic herbs
to be used as seasoning in place
of some of the more exotic spices.
The bureau suggests, for instance,
that housewives try orange and
other fruit flavors in preparing
cakes and puddings in place of
nutmeg and cinnamon.
Spice scarcity also will increase
the domestic cultivation Of such
spices as mustard, sage and red
pepper. the department reports.
0age formerly came from Yuso-
Evening star., 1942-02-08
| Lonely Soldier
| Pines for Notes
From D. G.. Girls

A hint that life among soldiers
at Schofield Barracks. Hawaii, has
returned to something like normal
came to The Star yesterday.
It was in the form of the follow
ing letter
Dear Sir.
IT am a very lonely soldier, way
OF In Hawaii and would like to
hear from some girls in D. G. 1t
certainly makes a fellow feel good
to get a letter from the States.
Would you please put my ad in the
paper? I would appreciate 1t very
much.
"Yours truly,
pvt. Chester Brochelbank, Jr.
"Schofield Barracks, T. Il" +"
Wen, girls?
Evening star., 1942-02-08

slavia, now In German hands.
It Is grown in q limited way in
various parts of this country
and cultivation will increase as
the demand grows.
White pepper is the scarcest Of
all spices with about a six to
eight months supply on hand, &C
cording to an ofncial Of the large
spice concern.
From the West Indies and
South America now come supplies
of nutmeg, ginger, black pepper,
pimentoes and Cheyenne pepper.
Spice merchants continue to
receive limited amount Of spices
from the Far East but are doubt
full 1t will continue In any large
quantities as the war In the
Pacific u tntenstded.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Show to Be Presented
By Woodside PIT. A.

Bill Coyle. radio director of The
Star staff. will act as master of
ceremonies at a variety show to be
presented by the Woodside Md
Pafent-Teacher Association Febru-
ary II for the benefit of the school S
defense fund.
Included among the entertainers
will be Justin Lawrie, singer: Miss
Thelma Herriman and Miss Lor-
raine Magneson, dancers; Miss
Joyce Reside and Miss Jean Nc
Candlish, pianists. and Miss Anna
FARRELL who will portray "Old
Glory" A one-act play will also
be presented.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Truck Drivers Killed
In Crashes ! Here and
Near Savage, Md.
Unconscious Man Soved
! From Burning Auto
After Collision
D. C. Toll
Killed in 1912 -16
Killed in same period Of 1s41 IA
Toll for all OF l94l 95

A truck driver was injured fatally
late yesterday when his vehicle
crashed into a light pole after strik-
ing a taxicab at Sixteenth and Ken
nedy streets NV.
The trafic victim, Washington's
sixteenth of the year, was Frederick
smackum. IS, colored, 1924 Seven
teenth street NV. He died shortly
after the accident in Emergency
Hospital
Police said he was driving half
ton truck which struck the rear OF
a cab operated by M. J. Kelley, e.
of 1345 Perry place NV. The truck
then hit a light pole 100 feet away,
tossing out the driver, and came to
halt in a front yard, according
to the report.
Fatal Crash in Maryland.
Melvin Sharp Thompson, ~, OF
Graham. N. c., was killed instantly
early yesterday when his truck over
turned after striking parked truck
on the washington-Baltimore ooule-
ward near Savage, Md.
MARYLAND State Policeman Thorn-
as M. Ward said Mr.. Thompson
apparently was unable to sWerve
his truck in time to avoid the otner
machine.
A 22-year -old man, knocked un-
conscious in an accident, was res
cued last night from his naming
automobile after it had been struck,
police said, by the auto OF a man
allegedly fleeing the scene OF an
other mishap.
The injured man was Eugene
Proxell, of 1928 Owen street NE,
who was taken to Casualty Hospital
with a possible fracture of his back.
Policeman G. E. Chappell OF NO.
II precinct, who was of duty at the
time and who happened to be pass
ing by, pulled Mr.. Proxell from his
automobile at the scene OF the mis-
hap at Fifth and X streets NE.
Fleeing Man Captured:
fOl1Cc SdlQ CcOISS n. bCC, SoAoACo,
80, of the 600 block of K street S.W,
listed as the driver of the auto
which struck Mr.. Proxells, fed on
foot after the accident, but was
caught by Policeman Chappell
about a block away.
At the time of the accident. Lee
was being chased by Willie Hawkins,
80, colored, Of $40 Eastern avenue
NE, who charged that Lee had
failed to stop after colliding with
his automobile at Seventh and G
streets NV, according to police.
Lee was charged at No. 9 precinct
with reckless driving and hit-and-
run.
The Fire Department was sum-
moned to put out the blaze which
enveloped Mr.. Proxell's auto.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
High School Pupils TO Get
Free Dental Examinations

For the first time in public school
history, the Health Department to-
morrow will offer free dental exam
nations to the $4,000 students in IL
senior high schools here.
The announcement by Health
Officer George c. Ruhland said that
the dental survey would get under
way.at am. at the Woodrow Will
son High School.
After the examination of a stu
dent, a report on any defects will
be made to the parents with the
recommendation they take the child
to dentist. The health department
dental clinics will provide free den-
tai service for needy pupils.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

Adequate stocks of most of the
popular spices will be available
to housewives for at least a year,
and in the case of pepper, two
years, despite the cutting off Of
foreign supply due to the war.
This was revealed in check
yesterday with Government
agencies and one of the country's
largest distributors of spices.
The ONCE for Emergency
Management reports more than
two years supply of black pepper
in warehouses, while stocks OF
cinnamon. ginger, paprika, mace.
nutmeg and cloves are adequate
for a year. Cinnamon, however,
may be hard to get when present
stocks are exhausted.
Great majority Of spices come
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Tokomu Park to Show
London Air-Roid Film

"An Air Raid Over London" is the
title of the latest Of a series of mo-
ton pictures sponsored by the Visual
Education Committee of the Mont
gomery County Civilian Defense
Council. which will be shown in the
auditorium Of the Washington Mis-
sionary College in Takoma Park at
8 pm. tomorrow.
The motion pictures are shown
free to the public as part of the
councils educational campaign.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
u. S. Chamber Fuvors
STAGGERED Store Hours

Nation wide staggering of de-
partment store hours to permit late
shopping by Government workers
and relieve peak Loads on trans
portation systems is recommended
by the Transportation and Com
munication Committee of the United
States Chamber of Commerce in a
report to the board
Washington is cited as an exam
pie of the benefit which could be
brought to cities by staggering store
hours. The influx of workers here
and lengthening of Government
agencies hours make shopping
harder for the employees, the report
points out. The stagger system
would give the late-shift workers a
fair time allowance for shopping.
Evening star., 1942-02-08

from areas now overrun or
threatened by the Japanese. This
country's yearly spice bill from
the Netherlands Indies amounted
to $4,O00,000 before the war. Black
pepper alone totaled 100000
pounds in 1910 and $4,000, 900
pounds the year before. accord
ing to the National Geographic
Society. This was about 96 per
cent of our domestic consumption.
BY the time existing stocks
are depleted, this country will be
getting nearly all its spices from
South America and the West In
dies The Agriculture and Com
merce Departments are working
with Latin American interests in
q plan to grow spices on q scale
that will make up for other for
eign losses.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Two Husbands Request
Divorces in Rockville
4, .,,sIDispatch to The Star

e, et,sI Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Feb. IA suit
for absolute divorce, in which the
principals are the parents of nine
children has been filed here by
Louis William Schwartzbeck of
Washington.
He charged that his wife, Mrs.
Mary C. Schwartzbeck of Washing
ton Grove, whom he married in
Rockville in 1912, deserted him more
than five years ago.
Charging that he was deserted
more than IS months ago, Willard
H. Middleton, Takoma Park, Md,
has filed suit for an absolute divorce
from Mrs. Harriet E. Middleton Of
Takoma Park, D. G. The Middletons
were married in Washington June
Is, 1884, and have a daughter.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Notre Dame AIumnue
PIun Benefit Purty

A card party and dance, the pro!I
ceeds going to the fund for Notre
Dame Academy, will be given tod
morrow night at Wardman Park
Hotel under auspices of the Notrs
Dame de Namur Alumnae. MRS.
Henry s. Buchanan is general
chairman of the arrangements
committee.
Mrs. James F. Hartnett, president
of the International Federation Oh
Notre Dame de Namur Alumnae, 4
member Of the local chapter, win
assist Miss Ann veihmeyer, chair.
man of the reception committee, Id
receiving the guests. E
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Visiting Times Changed

Beginning tomorrow. with the
start of war time, visiting hours at
the Lincoln Memorial and Washing
ton Monument will be from 8 am.
to S pm, daily and Sunday. The
Lee Mansion will be open from 8
am. to $50 pm. daily and Sunday
The Lincoln Museum and House
Where Lincoln Died will operate on
a weekday schedule from am. to
$50 pm. and on Sundays from 1890
pm. to $50 pm.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
u. F. w. to Entertain

Under sponsorship Of the United
Federal workers Recreation Com
mittee, 1 recorded musicale will be
given from $50 to $50 pm. today
at committee headquarters. 1407 l.
street NV. Apple Cider Night"
beginnins 1t . o'clock this evening.
VIII be marked by square dancing.
Evening star., 1942-02-08
Army School Bill Signed

President Roosew
day legislation per-
to detail officers an
students at techn
and educational d
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26
Steal Skunk
AT Pei Shop
Window Is Broken
To Get "Stinkie"

~ You were = burglar. would
you steal q skunk And what
IN the world would you do after
you hurEled it,
Police were pondering those
ruzzlers Friday. and unanimously
agreed that skunk rustlin' won't
he tolerated in these here parts
stranger.
Stinkie. an affeetionate little
skunk (mephitis mesomelaSl that
Is owned by a. c. oiafson Of lo2o
So. L ST. is among those missing
Friday.
Stinkie has been boarding re-
Gently in the display window Of
the Pet Shop. 74s Pacific ave.
and has had SIS price tag on
him.
Sometime between midnigh, and
5 o'clock Friday morning. accord
ing to police, burglar smashed
the large plate glass window and
stole Stinkie.
Police say they haven't yet
obtained clue as 10 his
whereabouts. Stinkie has been
deodorized.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26
81 Will Attend
OAPU Meeting

Thirty-one delegates from Ia
coma will attend the state OAPU
convention to be held in Seattle
Saturday.
The convention, statewide In
scope, will telescope a two-day
meet into one. Varied reports will
be heard during the mass rally.
state officers said the Pension
Union meeting will be the most
enthusiastic yet held. Their theme
is. and must be, according 10 Off
Gals. All Out for Victory"
THE conventions job will be
to rouse the senior citizens and
their allies 10 the Importance of
full mobilization behind the presi-
dents program. to rout the APP
peasers. defeatists and division
lists who are holding back the
war effort" officials concluded.
Plans were made TO provide
overnight housing for delegates
staying in Seattle to attend the
WCF convention Sunday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26
Put Trio in Jail
After Accident

As result Of q smashup with
their auto at 3bth and Pacific
ave. about 40 a. m. Friday. two
women and a man are held In the
city Jail.
Mrs. Hazel Graves. as-year-oid
driver Of the auto. Y. N. Graves.
her 33-year-old husband. and Helen
Hemingway. 20, were held by
police after their machine crashed
into a parked auto.
All admitted they had been
drinking, police said. Mrs. Graves
was booked for drunken driving:
her husband and Miss Hemingway
were charged with being drunk In
an auto.
Mrs. Graves was unhurt by the
accident, but the other two were
given emergency treatment at the
county hospital for minor cuts
and bruises before being taken
into custody.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26
Doom Ahead for Axis in Russia,
Speech Of Nazi Chiefiain Hints

Russian winter begins, or we
viii have Lost onc~ and for all.
I'VE must Win with the wea-
pons we have now. and not
with those We win have next
year.
we can win only n every
man capable of hearing arms
n NJ the front and we must
put all we have In the front
line whether this IL going 10
de deleterioos TO postwar In
dustry or not"
That statement, In addition Ia
recent strenuous efforts of the
German government to force labor
and military strength in the occu-
pied countries to Join the Nazi war
effort. stimulated belief here that
Germany IL faced with n growing
shortage Of manpower. Allied dip
lomats believe that the strong re-
sistanoe OF the Soviet armies will
force more stringent military and
labor draft regulations in Germany
and In the occupied countries.
The Nazls' recent attempt 10
force French Premier Pierre
Laval to donate French labor
10 Germany was said here 10
be only part of the picture Of
Germany's manpower short
age. Diplomatic sources re-
ferred also TO the recent Mari
rulings which imposed q mill
tary draft on Luxembourg and
on the French provinces of Al
mace and Lorraine.
Still another problem OF German
manpower IL said TO exist in con-
nection with the food situation.
That has been partly met by yolnn-
teer agricultural activity among
students. But other more strin.
gent measures are said 10 be con-
templated. including the drafting
of students TO work In the fields in
1e43 in czechoslovabia.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26

Although training requirements
n birth hr.reh<s sf~ slmzlsr. th<
air fore sp<ei.lz<s ecFps hss
srsSn <lme<s rive tines - msny
enflstees At ths Tsecus army re-
eruItlnk st.sica thls sneufA q. IN
sisnsi ecrrs, sceeFsinx = Capt.
cecll n nhes. n ehsfss % th<
ststiun.
GO the ttns ern enlisted threaxh
The ssstinn ur O. rhuressy. SO
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26
Harold r. Pirrei
Named President

Harold r. Pirret was elected
president Of the University-Union
club Thursday. He was unopposed
on the ballot.
Five new trustees were named
George Cartier. Joseph Gordon. jr..
Charles ID. Hunter, r.. Leon v
Titus and Arthur T. Norman. Hold
over trustees include. Walter
FARMLAND. James Dixon, Fred
Hansen. Edmond Richards and J.
Corning Todd, retiring president
The annual meeting Thursday
night featured vaudeville enter
tainment and an informal talk by
1t. r. y. Hodgson of tho Britirh
Royal Navy reserve.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26
3 Superior Court
Judges in Spokane

Only one Pierce county judge
held court Friday az the other
three judges were in Spokane for
the annual convention Of the
Washington state Bar association.
Judge Fred G. Remain did not
attend the convention and served
as presiding judge during the
absence Of Judge y. ID. Hodge.
Judges Ernest NJ. Card and Joseph
A. hsliery were the other jurists
absent.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26
Escaped Jail Prisoner
Launches Brisl Manhuni

ronTt-AND t<'il ec=ns
ssom<' ~sxKinx n. tai h<slad
him C1ifford Pup. . prisoner
listed On The civ I'll dcek<,. 70
Gently started ths mskinxs Of .
msnhunt when rclles discovered
that ire prlsensr reported missing
from the leekur vss . de- tat
had followed . drum . t.li ard
had e<en h<nked IN sal with ne
drunk ~ -mlschiescuss fzlles.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26
Three Tacomans
Enlist in Army

Enlisting through the Tacoma
army recruiting station Thursday
were 20 men, three of whom were
Tacoma residents, Capt. Cecil NJ.
Rhea. in charge of the station, re-
ported.
Men enlisted from Tacoma in
cluded Albert A. Hunt. 36, son
Of Thomas NJ. Hunt of 400 So.
Wright ave, who entered the
transportation corps: Glen r. Nc
Kinnon. 20, son of Ray Mckinnon
Of 4o2 So. seth st, who enlisted
in the transportation corps. and
Howard r. Hanson, 81. son Of Mrs,
Amanda l.. Hanson of 20i0 Ea.
Sherman st, who entered the air
force.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26
Revenue Freight
Loudinqs Hit Peck
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON : Rev enut
freight loadings on the nations
railroads in the week ended Sept.
10 totaled eO3, 0ee cars, a new peak
for the year and an increase Of
ss.2i4 cars over the previous week.
the Association Of American Rail
roads disclosed Friday.
The latest weeks loadings rep
resented a decline Of $50 cars
from the corresponding 1871 period,
but a rise Of SOTO cars from the
1910 week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26

WASHINGTON - Allied diplo-
matte sources revealed here Friday
they have received copy of a re-
cent speech by DIR. Albert Speed.
Nazi minister of ornaments and
production. quoting him as saying
I'VE must win this war by
the first OF October, when the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-09-26
Signal Corps Men Are Sill Needed

entered IL air fcrre. whlie 10
rrl<r~t t. signal earps
r1viIisns trained n fzt<rhcs>
sna telegraph wuFk have fasI>5 =
fezpenA - TIE arrays rcd -
eagerly - hsSe mechanics. p<l-
marty easing ~ azffsf<ree.