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Evening star., 1942-12-27
He Arrived as a Guest,
But Left as President
J. S. McNullen Chosen
Head of Glover Park
At His First Meeting
BY ELEANOR r. KRAVITZ.

An invitation to attend his first
citizens association meeting the
other night resulted in guest being
unanimously elected president of the
organization and receiving a promise
of the full support of two other COM
munity groups.
Because of his success at organ
izing his community's AFRAID
warden service, James S. McMullen,
zone and assistant deputy warden,
was invited to attend meeting of
the Glover Park Citizens Associa-
ton and comment on the co-opera-
ton between the civilian defense
groups and the civic organization.
He expected to participated in the
discussion. but was surprised when
the, president called on him for a
formal speech.
After expressing his desire to see
the efforts of the community
agencies combined and working to-
ward the betterment Of the Glover
Park area, the members attending
showed they believed he was capable
of bringing about this collaboration
by nominating him president when
the time came to elect officers
! The question of his eligibility was
raised and promptly settled when
the election was temporarily sus-
pended while Mr.. McMullen paid his
dues and became a member. Then
the election was resumed and he was
unanimously elected president.
Surprised, but still composed, Mr..
McMullen said later: 1T came as a
surprise and I was reluctant to do
it. as it would take time and energy
This Office is an extra duty because
do not want to give up my work
in the air-raid warden service. I
also realize that I have assumed
quite responsibility and will try
my best to coordinate the efforts
of the community agencies"
New to the association, but long
acquainted with responsible posi-
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W. H. III harrs' era duate of
Central High School, he was for
merly employed by a Washington
furniture company.
At Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
Three men from the Washington
area recently graduated from the
of1cer candidate course here al the
Army's Medical Field Service Scnoof r.
and were Commissioned second lieu-
tenants. They are Its. Sumner ].
Maletz, 46l8 Hunt avenue, Chew
Chase, Md; Leonard Lieoman. 5759
Thirteenth street NV, ard Roger;
3: Farquhar. 1888 Euclid street NV.
LIT. Maletz, prior to his entering the
armed forces June, l94l, was EN-.
ployed by a Washington firm. He
attended the University of North r
NaioIiiid. "r
At Midland, Tex.
Three men from the Washington
area recently graduated from the
Army Air Forces Bombardier School
mere and were commissioned second
neutenants. They are Its. Edward
Fancher, 26, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
W. Fancher of Washington; Leland
F. House, 102 Longfellow street NV
and James F. Kane, 1905 Queens
lane. Arlington, Va. 1t. Fancher q,
graduate of Georgetown Univef- =
sity. 1t. House attended De Pauwi
University, Ind, and the Colorado
School of Mines, Golden, Colo. aofuT
At Fort Monroe, Va. ~
James Cleburne, son Of Mrs. Mar.
garet K. Moseley of Washington
and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
F. Kunkel, 1928 Wisconsin avenue
NV, recently graduated from the
Coast Artillery Officer Candidate
School here and was commissioned
a second lieutenant Graduating
at the top of the class, 1t. Clebufns
was awarded special course Fat
Harvard University. He is a gradu. :
ate Of Western High School. saph
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zone OF q serieS.)

Ev the Associated Press.
For nearly seven months. starting
| last May when their B-25 bomber
was forced down, six American air
men were interned in French West
Africa.
They enjoyed a fair measure of
freedom because escape was deemed
impossible through jungles and
| deserts. They kept diaries which
were combined into one narrative
on their release, by Joseph Morton.
Associated Press war correspondent
in West Africa. The account of
their wanderings through 5000
miles of desert and jungle, from one
internment place to another, is pre-
sented in installments of which this
is the third.
Entries in the diaries were made
by Second 1t. Daniel E. Kelley of
Waco, Tex; Second 1t. George A.
Young jr.. of Westwood, Mass; Sec
ond 1t. Jerome M. Goldsmith of
Atlanta and Corpl. John F. Tom of
Leaky, Tex. The other two men,
| toned from time to time, are Sec
ond 1t. Erich Downs of Dallas, Tex,
and Pvt. Hubert H. Holmes, Is, of
Denver, Colo.
Previous installments told of the
mems long and arduous trip to
Bamako in the French Sudan, where
they arrived May %.
May 26-Lt. Kelley: We went to
cafe last night and spent a boi-
sterous evening after having dinner
on very good French food at an
other restaurant. We had cham
| pagne with our dinner. 1t is very
cheap here, the best not costing over
$6 bottle. We drank champagne
the rest of the night.
We really had rip-roaring time
at the outdoor cafe. It had quite
few American records. and be-
tween the music and the champagne
We put on quite show for the
crowd. 1 am afraid we put on too
good show, because, when we left,
the officer in charge of us was chal-
lenged by some natives who thought
We were British and they wanted
to pick brawl with us. The off,
Ger cussed them out and damned
near came to blows with them.
mo More Nights Out
May 27-Lt. Kelley: I guess we
won't have any more nights out.
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Chang Fetes Allied Soldiers
mChungking at YuIe Dinner
Each Banquet Guest Given Red Necktie
Before 12-Dish Chinese Meal Is Served

on the other, with the depletion of
the triumphant march of 81 United
Nations over the PROSTATE figures of
Japan, Germany and Italy. Uncle
Sam was faithfully pictured in his
usual costume, but wearing a mono
Gle. Chinese children from one of
Chiang's New Life" centers staged
a series of Christmas tableauX which
would have done justice to an
American Sunday school. Featured
were youthful angels heavily be-
winged and wearing red stockings.
Maj. Gen. j. l.. Huang, the gen.
eralissimo's portly master of, cere-
monies, who learned American ways
at Columbia University, later Off
ciated as Santa Claus. wearing a
huge tie labeled. Tie that binds the
United Nations"
Pretty Chinese girls then passed
out gift cravats each marked with
the Chinese character meaning
Chang"
Chinese Meal Served.
The guests adjourned to long
tables for 12-dish Chinese meal
which the menu enumerated as date
cake the early victory, lotus seed
soup for success, meat filled
dumplings for prosperity, shaomai
for promotion. spring rolls for
elegance, cake fritters for harmony.
fried noodles for the 10 scenes. :"
fancy cake for Christmas, oranges
for blessing, olives for peace, peanut
candy for longevity, and walnut
strips for fair weather. 1t was
strictly non-alcholoic occasion.
AS the party broke up the
youngsters who participated in the
program were let loose on the leav-
lngs and blitzed the tables clean in
the most unangel-like way.
1t Col. Joe Stilwell, jr.. and Capt
Chlang kWeikou, son of the gen.
eralissimo, were among the guests
and posed obligingly with their
fathers for interfamily photographs.
-Yule Mail Arrives.
Ching Chu Heng Tan"
That is the greeting that the
American soldier fighting Uncle
Sans battles at the opposite end of
this global war would have sent if
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spare the $125 needed for the weekly
transit company pass, and that
more time is lost making change for
six tokens for so cents than in the
case of three tokens for 25 cents.
Revenue Loss Feared.
On the other hand. the transit
company has argued that although
there may be some discrimination
it is not unreasonable dtscrimina-
ton. The proposed rate. it was
charged then, would cut annual
revenue by between $4,000 and
S260,000, with cash or pass users
changing to token fere The COM
pany has also held that the claim
that low income groups were suffer-
ing hardships was not well founded.
countering with the assertion that
this group is among the heaviest
users of weekly passes.
Milo H. Brinkley, chairman of the
Public Utilities Committee of the
citizens federation, who testified at
the last hearing for the new rate,
said he probably would present the
case again for his committee. He
said yesterday that he hoped to put
in new evidence which had not been
covered before in the hearings. Mr..
Rrinkley said he also plans to have
representatives there from the asso-
Citations, but did not have as yet
list of the ones to be present.
Virgil C. Heathcock. who spoke in
January for the civic federation,
told the commission that many
colored persons, in the lower income
brackets, are unable to buy the
weekly passes or tokens at the
present rate, and, that this was
especially true among those not
regularly employed.
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been plumb hell on the food. The
meat has been raw, no ice with our
meals, the bread stale, the beans and
peas scorched or not cooked at all
and never seasoned. So we started
buying our own ice. Potato salad
and cold meats from the hotel kept
us from starving to death these last
10 days. The army food was unbear-
able.
June 10-Lt. Kelley: Well. we still
didn't leave today Most of us are
getting plenty sick of our room and
its four white walls, and are anxious
to get out of there, even though
couple of us have malaria pretty bad.
Evening star., 1942-12-27
Anonymous Diamonds
Aid Red Cross Fund

One of the startling surprise do
nations to the Red Cross in London
was magnificent diamond neck
lace which arrived roughly bundled
IN brown paper. Although some Of
the gems were extraordinarily large,
there was nothing to indicate the
donor.
The necklace was put up at special
sale all by itself Bidding started
at $4,000 and in less than five min
utes jumped to s976oO Another
superb gift was l8 lots of diamonds
worth 100000, which arrived unex-
pectedly with nothing more than a
card bearing the words. With the
compliments of Miss Patterson of
Paisley"
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va oAASh "a CfAOdo dCNASiOil d6ollloI
the sale of three tokens for Is cents.
The hearing. to be held in the board
room of the District Building is
scheduled to get under way at 10 m.
The order denying the plan was
handed down November 20. although
dated May IL. 1t was withheld to
await the dissenting opinion of Com
missioner Gregory Hankin.
Utility Law Cited.
In its request for rehearing, the
Fort Davis group charged that at
the previous hearing we were
not represented by a peoples counsel
as required by paragraph ola of the
public utility law
The petition of the citizens asso-
citation took exception with the
majority of the commission for not
finding the prevailing arrangement
of six tokens for so cents discrim-
lnatory and lin failing to find that
there is no justification from the
operating or financial standpoint of
the Capital Transit Co. for refusal
to sell tokens at the rate of three for
25 cents 1t also argues that the
commission erred in failing to
find that large numbers of persons
in low income groups do not have
so cents at any one time available
for payment for transportation.
though they may have 25 cents at
such times for such purpose.
In the previous hearing, both rep
resentatlves of the Federation of
Citizens Associations and the Fed
Grafton of Civic Associations testified
that the present rate of six tokens
for SO cents works a hardship on
persons in the low income group. 1t
was also argued that the majority
of this lower income group could not
Evening star., 1942-12-27

he had expressed his merry Christ
man in Chinese.
Some of our boys out here have
picked up enough of the Chinese
tongue to say, Ching Chu Heng
Tan" but in an accent so broad
that no Chinese. and certainly no
American, could understand it!
In addition to Gen. Chiangs re-
ception yesterday, the Yanks here
had a busy Christmas. There was
only one thing needed to make the
day perfect, and that arrived Thurs
Gay by special airplane-23 sacks Of
American letters and packages.
You don't know what that means.
TO have a home and receive mail
from it, until you have seen these
eager youths standing around the
little Army post Office waiting for
the harassed mail clerks to distribute
the booty.
Have Goose Dinner.
For weeks the boys had been saw
ing tlnfoll and cigarette packages
for Christmas tree decorations.
Every house had a tree and a.
Christmas dinner. Goose was served
as "ersatz' turkey, with plenty of
stimulant to go with it. Each man
received a present from his Uncle
Sam.
The Chinese. too, did what thew
could to make the Americans feel
al nome. Gen. and Mrs. Chang
Chen, who have special weakness
Tor Americans, gave two Christmas
parties, one for officers. one for en-
llsted men. American educated
ChineSe girls provided the charm.
Gen. Stilwell, who Just returned
from India, also held receptions for
his men.
tCopyright' 1912, by Chicago Daily News)
Evening star., 1942-12-27
Three Meetings
Are Scheduled
For This Week
Oldest Inhabitants
Plans Traditional
Holiday Gathering

High lighted by the traditional
New Year Day meeting of the As
sociation of Oldest Inhabitants of
the District, this weeks civic cali
endar will include only three meet
ings.
The Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations will hear reports from its
various committees and the South
east Citizens group will discuss pro-
posal for appointment of peoples
counsel for the District.
The time and place of the three
meetings follow:
TUESDAY,
Southeast-Frierdship House, 619
D street Sc. 8 pm.
FRIDAY.
Association of Oldest Inhabitants
The Old Union Engine House,
7:30 pm.
SATURDAY.
Federation-District Building, 8
Evening star., 1942-12-27

he arrived in Washington eight
years ago. he had the impression
that the civic groups were purely
social After attending his first
meeting he said These citizens
associations are agencies through
which citizens who can't vote may
express their ideas"
3 While living in Florida Mr.. Nc
Mullen held a number of Offices.
among which were Mayor of a small
town, president of a Chamber of
Commerce and chairman of a school
board in a Florida district.
Mr. McMullen is now connected
with the Alley Dwelling Authority.
Evening star., 1942-12-27
Fourth Set of Twins
Arrives for Christmas

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. - There are two
Christmas babies at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Hoff-the
fourth set Of twins to arrive at the
home in the last II years-and in
creasing the number of children to
an even dozen.
Mrs. Julia Hoff, 35. gave birth to
twin sons. Now there are eight
boys and four girls. the eldest IA.
Evening star., 1942-12-27

fNI, EUHlullu
H. Harris, son
of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. F. Harris,
5746 Colorado
avenue NV
W a s recently
promoted to the
grade of pri-
vate first class
i'll the Army Air
Forces here. He
is attending the
7 e c h mic a /
School Squad
ron to become A
crew chief A
Evening star., 1942-12-27
Lifetime Food Estimated

A London statistician has found
that food and drink consumed by
a man during an average life of
70 years would I'LL Is one-ton
trucks.
Evening star., 1942-12-27

street NV, also recently arrived
here at the Field Artillery Replace
nent Training Center to begin his
basic military training.
At Amarillo Field, Tex.
Evening star., 1942-12-27
Zoning Authority Transfer
Is Opposed by Federation
Central Citisens' Body Submits Three
Resolutions on Subject to Randolph

Three resolutions concerning coming authority in the District
received last week by Chairman Randolph of
Federation Citizens
by Zoning Comrltee approved
strongly registers the objection
posed change transfer of authority from, the
Evening star., 1942-12-27
New Battle in Prospect
Over Token Sale Proposal
CifiSens Supporting Thrce.f fora. Quarter
pI0n pr0,u;So 'Nore, Er,;dopco' 1f Hoo.;,,o
BY CAMBRIDGE CRIST.

The old fight between
hm may launch the 1943
On the petition
taken
Commission reconsideration
Evening star., 1942-12-27
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Revamping House D. c.. COMMITTEES;
Civic Protest Prevails in Housing
BY JESSE C. SUTER.

Proposal to Improve House District Committee
Civic and business groups showing great interest in the
announced attempt by Chairman Jennings Democrat
OF West Virginia of the House District by Repre-
sentative Everett M Dirksen Republican illinois, ranking
minority member to bring about improved
House District Committee The this effort was
one OF the civic highights of the past week.
Inc nrst part OF this plan
from q members 5 The parliamentary right
OF way for the consideration of District ready instead
OF being held for the bmonhly District of the
quantity of local legislation pressing
this te the House leadership reported friendly the
proposed innovation.
IL Is understood also that attempt will to have
more care used IN selection of members
committee from the representatives who
understand local conditions willing give service
practice long followed in the which increased
the influence of its District Committee
addition to the Randolph and
rksen The Senate regularly assigns members legislative
District Committee to sit in members ocio
committee Appropriations of the
Columbia appropriation bills practice
has had decided tendency promote
legislative and the appropriations committees
made in the past to have this adopted by
without
This rule of the Senate applied
not only as special privilege granted the District Committee
Another feature of the Randolph Drkn proposal
non-partisan committee through the
and seven minority members
Evening star., 1942-10-11
Doris w. Black
Bride Yesterday
In Georgetown
Weds ". F. Smith
In Christ Episcopal
Church Ceremony

One Of yesterdays many weddings
took place in Christ Episcopal
Church in Georgetown when Miss
Doris Winnifred Black became the
bride of Mr. William Francis Smith.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
Frank Keely and Mr.. Smith is the
son of Mrs. William Frank Smith
and the late Mr. Smith. The Rev. M
Mills Perkins offciated and the Rev.
Peyton R. Williams assisted. Organ
music was played before the cere-
mony by Mr.. Richard Bell.
Given In marriage by her uncle,
Mr.. Bernard Elwood DeNell, the
bride wore an ivory duchess satin
gown, cut on princess lines with a
full skirt and circular train. A single
strand of pearls was worn at the
sweetheart neckline and the full
length veil of imported ivory illusion
was gathered in a scalloped halo cap
of ivory tinted Chantilly lace
Through the center of the halo was
wreath of orange blossoms. The
face veil and full-length veil were
scalloped to match the halo. The
bridal bouquet was of gardenias and
bouvardias.
Mrs. Thomas Rogers Lusk was the
matron of honor, wearing a gown of
wood-violet faille, made on princess
lines, with three-quarter length
sleeves. Her headdress was q small
ruff1ed cap Of fuchsia and with 1t
was worn a shoulder veil of wood
violet color.
Miss Lucille Smith, sister OF the
bridegroom, wore moss-green gown
and cap matching that OF the ma
tron OF honor.
Other attendants for the bride
were Mrs. Charles H. Macdonald
and Mrs. Cecil Hugh Watts. Their
gowns and caps matched that OF the
maid of honor. All of the attendants
wore long white silk gloves and
triple-strand pearl necklaces and
carried shower bouquets OF pink
chrysanthemums, purple asters and
blue Michaelmas daisies.
Maj Lathrop E. Smith, brother
OF the bridegroom, was his best man
| and the usherS were Mr.. Rodman
Smith, another brother; Mr.. Carlton
S. Saunders and Mr.. Joseph Semmes
Ives.
A reception at the home OF the
brides mother followed the cere-
mony. Mrs. Keely wore a gown OF
green crepe with a small hat faced
with a green feather trim and a
corsage Of purple orchids. The
mother Of the bridegroom was
gowned in raisin-color crepe and her
small velvet hat was matching. Her
corsage was also of purple orchids
| Also present and assisting in the re-
Evening star., 1942-10-11

ceiving line at the reception were
Mrs. w. T. De Nell, maternal grand
mother Of the bride, wearing a dark
purple and mauve crepe gown with
a corsage Of pink roses, and Mrs. E.
r. Mereness, maternal grandmother
Of the bridegroom, who wore a gown
Of black crepe and a corsage of deep
red roses.
For travelling the bride wore q
dark brown gabardine basque suit
with dark brown accessories and a
corsage Of talisman roses. At the
neckline of her white blouse she
wore an heirloom cameo brooch
which was gift of the bridegroom
Upon their return the couple will
make their home in Georgetown.
Mrs. Smith attended George Wash
ington University and the Georgia
State College for Women. The
bridegroom is graduate Of the Ma
tional University School of Law.
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the Washington Association o1
Model Airplane Clubs.

the Washington Association Of
Model Airplane Clubs.
The Ambassador Of Mexico and
Sonora de Castillo Najera will be
among Judge and Mrs. Goodwin's S
guests, the Ambassador broadcasting
this morning over Station WJSV at
1918 o'clock along with Senator
George L. Radcliffe, Senator Tom
Connally, Mr.. Gill Robb Wilson,
president Of the NAA, and Mrs.
Goodwin. The solidarity of America
on the subject Of aviation for chill
dren will be stressed by all the
speakers, following the close of the
meet, in which more than 100 con-
testants will compete with their
model planes for the prizes and
awards.
Others at the supper will be the
Secretary Of Commerce and Mrs.
Jesse Jones, Senator and Mrs. Con-
nally, the Assistant Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Ralph A. Bard,
the Assisting Secretary Of Com
merce for Air and Mrs. william A.
M. Burden, Brig. Charles l.. Linde-
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want, District commissioner Of the
Girl Scouts; Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Firestone, Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Fire
stone, Mr.. and Mrs. William p Mac
Cracken, jr.; Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill
Meigs, DR.. and Mrs. George w.
Lewis, Col. and Mrs. Robert M. Gug-
genheim, DR.. and Mrs. John Stude-
baker, Miss Fielder, representing the
Camp Fire Girls, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris Cafritz. Officials OF the NAA.
of Air Youth and of the Model AIR
plane Club also will be present.
Mrs. Goodwin Is arranging small
tables with red and white as the
motif, these to be set up In her
apartment, and, If the night be
warm, out on the terrace adjoining.
where Lighted trees always
attract guests at her amusing par
ties
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mann, counselor Of the British En-
bassy; Air Marshal G. v. Walsh Of
Canada and Sir Richard Fairey,
director of the British Air Com
mission, and Mrs. Fairey.
DIR. Gill Robb Wilson Is here from
New York for the days events and
will be present at the supper. Other
out-of-town guests will be Mrs. E.
Swift Newton Of Philadelphia, q
member Of Mrs. Goodwin's commit
tee, and her daughter Bobby, and
Mrs. Thomas H. Peck of New York,
representing the Girl Scouts, many
of whom will participate in the
meet.
Others who will be among the
supper guests Of Judge and Mrs.
Goodwin will be Federal Security
Administrator and Mrs. Paul v. Nc
Mutt, Mrs. Edward Warren Sturde-
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Louise De Vaughn
Is Recent Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth G. De-
Vaughn announce the marriage OF
their daughter, Miss Louise Lorraine
DeVaughn, to Mr.. Eugene Grant
Marshall, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Reuben S. Marshall, October 2 in
Arlington.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Perry Mitchell.
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Goodwins Hosts
Tonight After
Plane Contest
Air Youth Victory
Model Display at
White Oaks Today.

Judge and Mrs. Clarence Norton
Goodwin will entertain at a supper
party this evening in their apart
ment at the Shoreham following
the Air Youth Victory model air
plane contest at White Oaks, Md,
today. Mrs. Goodwin is chairman OF
the Womens Auxiliary Of the Air
Youth Division OF the National
Aeronautics Association, which is
sponsoring the meet together with
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JohnsOns Hosts

Col. and Mrs. Roswell Round Of
Craig Field, Ala. were guests dur
ing the past week Of Col. and Mrs.
w. T. johnson of South Arlington
Ridge.
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MICHIGAN Visitors

Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Knott have
their son and daughter -in-law. Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy s. Knott of Crosse
Point, Mich, as their guests for
about = week.