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Daughters Of America

John L. Burnett Council meets
April 6 at 5000 M street NV:
Eagle, April at 2407 Minnesota
avenue Sc; Martha Dandridge,
April 7 at 523 Eighth street NE;
Unity. April 7 at 2407 Minnesota
avenue Sc: Fidelity. April at
8O8 I street NV; Kenilworth, April
7 at Kenilworth, D. c.; Loyalty,
April at 523 Eighth street NV:
Esther will have initiation April 8
at Window place and Wisconsin
avenue NV. Mizpah, April 9 at 822
Twentieth street NV; Triumph,
April 9 at 523 Eighth street NE;
Goodwill, April at 808 I street
NV: Progressive. April 9 at 4l9
Seventh street NV; Pride of WASH
ington, April 9 at 523 Eighth street
NV; Golden Rule, April 10 at 523
Eighth street NV; Friendship.
April 10 at 8O8 I street NV; Peace,
April 10 at 523 Eighth street NE.
The Red Cross unit turned over
500 for the war fund and made
TOO finished garments. They meet
every Tuesday from IL to 3 o'clock
at 523 Eighth street NE. Members
are urged to help.
Pins will be presented at Old
Glory visitation April Is.
The State Council plans victory
class on June 8.
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Official Visitation
By Grand Master
OF Odd Fellows
Harmony Lodge Will
Be Host Wednesday;
Other Activities

Grand Master Edgar w. Parks Of
Odd Fellows will pay an official Wis
itation to Harmony Lodge next We'd
nesday in the temple.
There will be a meeting of the
press representatives in the temple
on April 13 at pm.
Friendship Lodge will confer the
Third Degree Wednesday at 822
Twentieth street NV. The candi-
dates are William r. Kenney and
Robert w. Zens.
Columbian Encampment will meet
Wednesday at 7:30 pm, with Grand
Patriarch william Zimmerman pre-
siding
Canton No I, Patriarchs Militant,
will confer the Patriarchal Degree
on April II in the temple.
Esther M. Andersen, president Of
the Rebekah Assembly, will make an
official visitation to the Theta Rho
Girls Club on April 10 in the tenn
pie.
On April IA Grand Patriarch
Samuel Lebowitz will visit Fred D.
Stuart Encampment in the temple.
The speaker will be Representative
Wilburn Cartwright of Oklahoma.
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Knights Of Pythios

Grand Chancellor William H. Har-
rington, accompanied by his Off
GERS. will officially visit Amaranth
Lodge tomorrow night at Northeast
Masonic Temple, and on Thursday
evening a joint visitation will be
held with Syracusians and Hermoine
Lodges at the Pythian Temple.
Hermoine Lodge will confer the
rank of page on q class OF nine
Thursday evening.
Mrs. Rose Bean will entertain the
Pythian Sisters at a silver tea at
her home April II from to pm.
District Deputy Grand Chief Mrs.
Sue Newcomb will ofncially visit
Friendship Temple on Wednesday
evening. Mrs. Clara Bridenbaker
will be initiated. Social and re-
freshments.
Mrs. Newcomb will officially visit
Rathbone Temple on Friday eve
ming. Refreshments and social.
Webster and Capitol Lodges will
meet Tuesday evening and Franklin
Lodge Wednesday evening.
Camp 8, P. o. Of A., will meet at
921 Pennsylvania avenue Sc. on
Tuesday evening.
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Scottish Rite Body
0fCo|ored Masons
Plans Service Today

Buddah Chapter, Rose Croix and
Jonathan Davis Consistory of col
ored Scottish Rite Masons, today at
Tam. at the Scottish Rite Hall, 1888
Eleventh street NV, will conduct
the ceremony of "Relighting the
Lights" The Rev. Melvin J. Key,
sublime prince. will be the principal
speaker. Illustrious Comdr. in Chief
Abner Moore will preside.
The John w. Freeman Grand
Commandery will hold its 74th semi
annual conclave at Scottish Rite Hall
on April 8 at 8 pm. Grand Comdr.
Colvin Bethea will preside.
The Marie I. Smith Grand Guild
Of Heroines Templar Crusades and
the Most Royal Grand Court Of the
Order Of Cyrenes will meet at the
hall on April 20 and "a, respectively
Queen Of Sheba Chapter, o. E. s.,
will celebrate its SD anniversary on
April 20 at Scottish Rite Hall.
The Past Matrons and Past
Patrons Council, Prince Hall Chap
ter. will be guests tomorrow evening
at play, "Seedtime" to be presented
by the officers and star points at
the hall.
The Marie I. Smith Grand Guild
Heroines Templar Crusades, will pre-
sent an Easter drama tomorrow
night at Third Baptist Church.
Past Grand Patron Melvin Key
will deliver the sermon today at
am. at Scottish Rite Hall, unde,
auspices Of Jonathan Davis Con-
sistoIy.
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B. P. 0. {. Will Meet
In Cumberland Sunday

Many members of Washington
Lodge, B. P. o. Elks, will attend the
third regional meeting of the Mary
land, Delaware and the District of
Columbia Elks' Association at Cum
berland, Md, next Sunday. John E.
Lynch, past exalted ruler of Wash
ington Lodge and president of the
association, will preside.
On Saturday will be a bowling
tournament when IS Elk lodges will
compete for the association cham
pionship. A dance and social will be
held at the Cumberland Elks' Club.
On Sunday, at pm. the business
session will be addressed by Philip U.
Gayaut, chairman of the Grand
Lodge Committee on Judiciary.
The imitation CT Washington
Lodge, scheduled for Wednesday, has
been postponed until April IS. when
the newly elected officers will induct
their first class under the direction
of Exalted Ruler Ambrose A. Durkin.
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Past Masters Night
To Be Celebrated in
Anacostia Tomorrow
Benjomin B. French Lodge
Also Plans Social and
Musicui Entertainment

Past masters night will be cele-
brated by Anacostia Masonic Lodge
tomorrow under direction Of Master
william M. Garretson.
Benjamin B. French Lodge will
have social tomorrow night. Grand
Chaplain John c. Palmer will be
interviewed. A short history of the
lodge will be given by the historian,
J. w. Mcclure. Eastern High School
singers will entertain. Refreshments
will be served.
The F. c. degree will be conferred
in National Lodge on Tuesday eve
ming with Senior Deacon Nixon in
the East and Junior Steward Knud-
sen as senior deacon.
The M. M. degree is scheduled for
King David on Tuesday night. Re-
freshments.
Master Louis Barrow of Chevy
Chase Lodge announces the M. M.
degree Wednesday night.
st. Johns Lodge will confer the
E. A. degree on Friday night with
Senior Steward J. Day Torrey In the
East.
Lafayette Chapter, r. A. NJ, will
meet Tuesday at 7:30 pm. in the
Masonic Temple to exemplfy the
Mark Master degree. Scribe Pascal
D. Fallon will preside
Petworth Chapter, r. A. NJ, has
postponed Mondays meeting to April
20 when an entertainment program
will be presented.
At the banquet of the Association
Of Worshipful Masters of 1917 at
the Raleigh Hotel. Marx E. Kahn
was elected president: Frederic Z.
Hodge, vice president, and Arthur
| s. Henderson, secretary.
Evangelist Chapter, Knights Rose
Croix, Scottish Rite, will hold its
Easter service at the new Scottish
Rite Temple, 2800 Sixteenth street
NV, today at pm. AS this Is one
of the Scottish Rite obligatory serv-
| ices, all members are expected to
attend and visiting members are
welcome.
On Tuesday evening Robert de
Bruce Council. knights Kadosh, will
confer the Twenty-f1rst Degree. The
same evening Mithras Lodge of Per-
fection will hold a business meeting.
On April 8 Kallipolis Grotto La
dies Auxiliary will hold a card party
at Grotto headquarters, to which all
members and their ladies are in
vited.
On May % the Grotto will hold q
father-and-son night. The feature
will be number of boxing bouts by
the Boys Police Club.
At a meeting of the South Atlantic
Grotto Association at Fredericks-
burg, Va, Past Monarchs c. Walter
Umhau and w. J. Erskine were
elected vice president and secretary
treasurer, respectively.
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Jobs Daughters

Bethel No. will have initiation
April 9 at East Gate Temple Ar
lene Grossman will be initiated.
The choir will meet April IL at
2:30 pm. at the home of May Weld
ner.
Members are invited to 60 skating
April at the Coliseum. Meet at
the temple at 7 pm.
On April 10, Bethel No. 5 will have
grand visitation. having as their
guests Mary E. Dent. grand guard
ian, and Karl Pitt, associate grand
guardian, and their officers. An
Easter cantata will be presented.
The business meeting of the drill
team of Bethel No. 1, originally
scheduled for Monday, will be post
poned.
The line officers will attend the
banquet in Baltimore on Monday
night.
On Tuesday. the Mothers Club
will meet at the home of Mrs. Abel
at 8 pm. That night the bowling
team will meet at the Spiuway
Alleys at 7:30 pm.
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Spunish War Veterans
To Honor L. D. Lietz

Leo d. Lietz, first president OF
President william Mckinley Camp,
Sons of Veterans of the Spanish
American War, will be decorated
with a badge for meritorious service
at the department headquarters, 92l
Pennsylvania avenue Sc, tomor-
row at pm.
Department Comdr. Elvin M. Lus-
key and stan will make their an
nual visitation to Gen. Henry w.
Lawton Camp tomorrow, and to
Admiral George Dewey Camp on
Thursday.
Spanish-American War night will
be observed on Wednesday at 8
pm. by Lincoln Post at the Ameri-
can Legion Home. 2437 Fifteenth
street NV. Band music, stage
show and buffet supper comprise
the program. Delegations from all
U. S. w. v. camps will attend.
Other meetings this week: Mon
day, Col. John Jacob Astor Camp,
United States Soldiers Home; Fri
day, Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp,
Miles Auxiliary, Pythian Temple.
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Women of the Moose

Columbia Chapter met Friday
evening at 935 G place NV. with
Senior Regent Ola D. Lee presiding
The chapter voted to buy $4,000 in
Defense bonds.
The Child Care and Training,
Homemaking and Membership Com
mittees will meet at the home of
Clare Hagan on Wednesday at 8
pm.
The next meeting of the chapter
will be April 10 at 935 G place NV.
at BIS pm. There will be social
service program. A speaker from
the Public Relations Bureau of the
Goodwill Industries will give an
illustrated lecture.
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Stephen P. McGroarty Post. No. 27,
will meet at the American Legion
Club tomorrow at pm.
Potomac Post, No. 40, will meet
at the Palisades Field House on
April 9. The development of the
posts action in the aid of civilian
defense will be discussed. Past
Comdr. Walter D. Cunyus, who has
recently been graduated from two
week course in chemical warfare at
the Civilian Defense School. Edge
wood Arsenal, will give the mem
bers a resume of the course.
A joint blood bank party will be
given by the post and the auxiliary,
April 16, at the American Legion
clubhouse.
The post has indorsed Past
Comdr. Alex D. MacKinnon for de-
partment commander for the COM
ing year. Charles A. Foley, Melvin
D. Meyers and M. D. Shea were ad-
mitted to membership at the last
meeting.
At the last meeting of the q. S. S.
Jacob Jones Post SIS was appro-
priated for Easter baskets, which
will be distributed by tho child
welfare chairman. Selma Fucker. to
needy families during Easter week.
Hospital and sick chairmen. Freda
Hames, will distribute Easter gifts
to sick comrades.
At the monthly meeting of the
Bureau of Internal Revenue Post
several amendments to the bylaws
were voted on. Past Comdr. Russell
Jefferies presented a moving pic
ture showing scenes of the American
Legion members around the Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier.
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Order of the Eastern Star

officers. The Grand Chapter line
officers are special guests.
The Auxiliary Temple Board will
meet April 10 at the home Of the
matron.
Mrs. Martha Sisk, matron Treaty
Oak Chapter, announces Temple
Board meeting with Ruth Perry on
Tuesday evening, also the Acorns
meeting at the home of Marie Will
liams, with Mae Walters and Amelia
Elliot assisting, on Friday.
The annual meeting Of the 1880
Association Of Matrons and Patrons
will be held at the Masonic Temple,
Takoma Park, Md, Wednesday eve
ming. A covered dish supper will
be served at $50 pm, followed
by the election Of officers. and the
showing of colored motion pictures
by Past Matron Ruth Zeitler.
The present officers Of the associa-
ton are Past Matron Florence Wal
tiers. president; Past Patron Frederic
Zeitler, vice president, and Past
Matron Bertha Wealthall, secretary
treasurer.
Harmony Chapter will entertain
Its members. past matrons and past
patrons on Thursday evening.
The matron of Trinity Chapter.
Mrs. Ruth B. Wertz. announces
joint meeting of the Home and
Temple Boards on Friday at the
home of Past Matron Eunice j.
Gettings.
Mrs. Mary r. Lewis, matron Of
William F. Hunt Chapter, announces
a meeting on April 8. The Auxiliary
Home Board will entertain the
Campbell-Loefier Sewing Club April
8 at l pm at the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home. The Ways and
Means Committee will sponsor a
card party at the home of Lenora
Self on April II at 8 pm.
Mrs. Vera Low, matron of Miz-
pah Chapter, announces a busi-
ness meeting on April 7. Program
and refreshments.
The meeting of Federal Chapter
on Thursday will be in honor Of
Associate Matron Marian P. Marani
and Associate Patron Charles E.
Hadley. Associate Grand Matron
Irma Smith and Associate Grand
Patron William E. Birgfeld and the
associate matrons and patrons are
honored guests. Entertainment and
refreshments.
A game party will be held on Sat-
urday at 8 pm. at the home OF
Conductress Lucille Hilton.
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Sons and Daughters
OF Liberty

Monroe Council will meet Tues
day night at 7 Fourth street NE.
and entertain the State and Ma
tional officers Of the District of Co.
lumbia, Maryland and Virginia.
Councillor Mrs. Irma Ogden will pre-
side.
Columbia Council will meet We'd
nesday night at Northeast Masonic
Temple when Councillor Mrs. Sue
Mechanic will preside.
True Blue Council will meet
Thursday night at 7 Fourth street
NE. Councillor Mrs. Dora Fletcher
will preside.
Washington Council will meet
April 13 at 935 G place NV. Coun-
cilor Mrs. Mary e. Nichols will pre-
side.
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District Legionnoires to Honor
Spanish War Veterans
Lincoln Post Host on Wednesday;
Other Activities Scheduled

Spanish War Veterans night
will be observed by Lincoln Post,
the American Legion, next Wednes-
day night at the American Legion
clubhouse, 2437 Fifteenth street
NV. Department Comdr. Elvin M
Luskey and his staff, of the Span
ish War Veterans, with members of
the organization, will be guests. Post
Comdr. John D. Germer will pre-
side. Department Comdr. Haywood
Saunders and his staff will also at
tend.
Included on the program will be
q showing of motion pictures, SAll
Out for Defense"
The department has been in
formed that a public information
program. with outstanding speakers,
is available to posts free of charge,
through contact with M I. Bal
dinger. National 348o, or Scott Kel-
logg,. National 1852. The program
is sponsored by the Junior Bar Con-
ference of the American Bar Asso-
citation.
Chairman Russell S. Jeffreys of
the Emergency Aid Committee an
nounced that physical examinations
for draftees will be held April Z,
10. II, 81 and %. Members of the
Legion are asked to assist.
John E. Lindholm will give a
course of instruction in carpentry
for members of the Sons of the Le-
gion, who desire to help in con-
struction of the camp on West River
near Chalk Point. Those who desire
to take the course, contact Charles
Chase, Chestnut hit, Monday,
Wednesday or Thursday evenings.
A course in emergency communi-
cations. one evening week, to last
about two months, will be begun
soon. Contact Jay Dodd, Franklin
6480, evenings.
The Drum and Bugle Corps de-
sires to increase its membership.
Any one interested, report to the
armory, Roosevelt High School,
Tuesday, $50 pm.
Della Rocca Luther will conduct
aRed Cross first-aid course for those
of II years of age and over Con-
tact Helen L. Saunders, Georgia
5649.
The Juniors of Nash Unit are in
vited to attend the meeting of Nash
Squadron on April 81 at p m. at 209
Pennsylvania avenue Sc. Refresh
ments and dancing.
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Ben Hur News

Capt. Everett M. Pershing ad-
dressed United Court.
Open meetings for the next three
months will be held by this court
when members will be permitted to
invite friends to the entertainments
and refreshments. John B. Dick
man, secretary, Oldest Inhabitants
Association, and Samuel Trupp,
Chairman, Executive Board, also
spoke
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Jewish War Veterans

Washington Post will meet April
9 instead of April 7. National Comdr.
Ben kaufman will make an address.
A membership campaign is being
conducted by Phil Stearns. A num-
ber of new members will be in
Quoted at the next meeting. Comdr.
Abraham Miller will report on his
visits to other service organizations
and plans for cooperative action
relative to veterans and men in the
present service.
Applicants for membership con-
tact Adjt. Max L. Pech, 1880 Irving
street NV.
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MEETINGS THIS WEEK.

Monday-Stephen P. NEGRO
arty, 2437 Fifteenth street
NV; Department OF Com
merce, Department Of Com
merce.
Tuesday-George Washington
and Vincent B. Costello, 2437
Fifteenth street NV; I'd Di-
vision, New Colonial Hotel.
Wednesday-Kenneth H. NASH,
200 Pennsylvania avenue Sc;
Police and Fire and McAlex-
ander, 2437 Fifteenth street
NV.
Thursday-James E. Walker,
1916 Twelfth street NV: Po-
tomac, Palisades Field House.
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Blood Bunk Purty

Fidelis Camp, Royal Neighbors Of
America, will hold card party to-
morrow at lis pm. at so M street
NE. for the benefit of the "All
American Fund" being created by
the society for the Red Cross blood
bank
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Women's Benefit Association.

WOmcnS benent ASSOclatlOn.
Board of Directors meeting Mon
day, 2 pm.
Girls Review Wednesday, 8 pm.
DR.. Annie E. Reynolds. supreme
medical examiner, from Port Huron.
Mich, will be here, April 8, 8 and 10.
and members are requested to call
to see her. She will be the guest
of honor at the lunch and meeting
of National Review Friday noon.
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I..dies' Oriental Shrine.

Su Zu Court will meet Tuesday,
at 8 pm, at Stansbury Hall, with
High Princess Myrtle Craley presid-
ing. 4
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officers. The Grand Chapter line
officers are special guests.
The Auxiliary Temple Board will
meet April 10 at the home Of the
matron.
Evening star., 1942-08-24
EVENING STAR WASHINGTON G, MONDAY,
Board
Pledges Adherence
10 Brazil in War
Bittencourt Foresees
Axis Thrusts Against
His Nations Neiehbors

Military and naval degelates of 21
New World nations at a plenary
session of the Inter-American De-
fense Board today unanimously ex-
tended to Brazil a resolution Of
adherence and friendship on the
occasion of her declaration of war
against the Axis.
The action came at a dramatic
session, after Brig. Gen. Amaro
Soaros Bittencourt, military attache
Of the Brazilian Embassy. had
warned the board that the acts
which have driven Brazil to war
may be considered only prelude to
similar aggressions against other
South American nations, which will
force them to oppose the "intoler-
able, absurd and exotic ideologies
and ambitions" of Germany and
Italy.
The meeting was held in the
boards conference room in the Fed
eral Reserve Building.
Above blue uniformed Gen. Bit
tencourt. hung engravings Of George
Washington and of Simon Bolivar,
Josede, San Martin and other Latin
American heroes He spoke in a
grave and at times angry, voice as
he told of Axis aggressions against
his country.
Maj. Gen. Arturo Espinosa Mu-
hica, chief of the Chilean Military
Mission, presided at the session.
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QuisIing Policeman
Killed by Oslo Bomb
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-Norwegian
sources in London reported yester-
day a Quisling policeman was killed
and two others injured seriously by
q bomb explosion in an Oslo police
station Friday.
Several persons, described by
Quisling authorities as "Commun-
ists," were arrested in connection
with the case, but two of them es-
capped.
The same sources said disturb
ances have broken out among sew
eral thousand Norwegian workers
compelled to build Notifications at
the Tromsoe naval base.
The Germans, who have intensi-
fed their guard over the area, have
threatened the workers with re-
prisals If the outbreaks don't cease,
the sources said.
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Veteran S Widow, Rewed,
Indicted on Pension CHARGE

A Philadelphia woman was in
dicted by the District grand jury
today on a charge of illegally get
ting Government pension as the
widow of a war veteran after failing
to reveal her remarriage.
Mrs. Alice M. Sheridan, As, widow
of Eric Wurfel, was accused of fall
ing to notify the Veterans Admin
istration that she had married Syl-
van A. Sheridan on August 81,
1886. The monthly pension of $50
was to have stopped if she remar-
ried, it was said. 80
The jury also returned an indict-
ment in test case involving pin
ball machine that automatically
gave free games. The true bill
charging the offense of setting up
gaming table, was returned
against Mama Shadid, So, operator
of a delicatessen at 1882 East Cap
itol street. It was said to have been
the first indictment to be handed
down in such a case.
Richard S. Rich, 10, was indicted
on charge of illegally wearing
the uniform of Navy lieutenant
and Alfred Wheeler, 10, on a charge
of illegally wearing a uniform OF
an Army lieutenant.
William M Fagin, %, colored, who
claimed to be a member of the
Moslem faith, was accused of failing
to register under the Selective Serv-
ice Act. A number. of other men,
bers of the sect have been indicted
and convicted on the same charge
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Last Rites Slated Tomorrow
For N. |. Stone, Builder

Services for Martin L. Stone, 81,
builder and real estate man, of 3629
Veazey street NV, who died at his
home Saturday following an illness
of month, will be held at 6 pm. to-
morrow at the Hines funeral home,
2901 Fourteenth street NV, with
burial at 2 pm. Wednesday at River
view Cemetery, Richmond
Mr.. Stone came here in 1886 from
Norfolk, where he also was asso-
ciated in real estate and building.
He was native of Charleston,
w. Va. Mr.. Stone is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Sarah E. Stone; a
son, y. Russell Stone, who is serv-
ing the Army; three brothers, Paul
T. Stone Of this city, Wesley Stone
OF Norfolk and E. E. Stone, Parsons,
Kans.; three sisters, Mrs. Minnie
E. Walburn of Huntington, Ind;
Mrs. Elizabeth E. Heuser of Potters-
vile, N. Y, and Mrs. Myrtle Vim
dorf, Dayton, Ohio, and two grand
children.
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Ross N. Lehman Named
Assistant Tax Assessor

Ross NJ. Lehman, an examiner In
the Office of the District assessor of
taxes, today was appointed by the
Commissioners as assistant assessor,
at $4,000 a year.
He takes the place caused by the
death last September 9 of Augustus
Wllige. Mr.. Lehman has been a
resident of the District % years. He
will be made a member of the
Board of Personal Tax Appraisers.
At the anne time, the Commis-
sioners promoted 1t. Charles j. P.
Weber of the Police Department to
captain. effective September /. 1t.
Weber has been acting as captain
for some time.
Military leave was granted to DR..
w. Warren Sager, as member of
the Board of Police and Fire Sur
geons. While DR.. Sager is away,
his place will be filled by DR.. F. x.
McGovern of 1885 I street NV. This
change is effective September l..
At their board session this morn
ing. the Commissioners also ap-
pointed SO additional rookie police
men.