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but some of the laborers who were not
went secretly, and unsupported by the
Georgetown boys down to the branch
and cut themselves shillelagh. With
these concealed about their persons
they returned to where the amusement
was still being INDUCED in by the other
party, and at given signal drew their
cudgels and began to beat the George
town boys in most unmerciful man
ner. The latter, being taken by surprise,
defended themselves for some time as
best they could, but having no weapons
to resist the other party with and the
blows falling on them thick and heavy,
they were at length forced to retreat
in the direction of the lower bridge.
1.-THE armed party struck them when
ever they had chance, and when they
arrived at the lower bridge they ceased
pursuing and returned, the Georgetown
boys continuing onto their homes. Some
of the Georgetown party, it appears,
defended themselves brarely, with such
objects as they could lay their hands on.
Among them was Leonard Cook
endorfer, Georgetown blacksmith, who
lived on High street, nearly opposite to
where Forrest Hall now stands. He had
Q powerful frame, and grip of the
hand like wise. 1 have several times
felt his grip in my younger days. He
was good-natured, friendly, jovial
man. He, it appears, at the commence
ment of the melee seized fence rail and
defended himself manfully; for, as fast
as they would come up to him to give
him blow with their cudgels, he, with
his fence rail, would lay them PROSTATE
on the ground and in this manner he
fought his way through to Georgetown"
An Early Residence
One Of the earliest, If not the earliest,
residence erected off Washington Cir
Gle. was built about 1920, by Joseph I.
Kuhn. paymaster OF the Marine Corps,
who made it his home for 10 years. The
place then being offered for sale, 1t was
bought by Gen. Charles Gratlot, OF the
Engineer Corps. In 1886, Henry Stephen
osx, Minister from Great Britain, bought
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
BY John Clagett Proctor.

Washington Circle and It's vicinity, for
years an important part Of what was
once the old first ward and significant
ares in city politics when Washingto-
mans had the voting franchise, COM
mands new interest now that 1t is
planned to remove all the buildings In
one of the abutting squares to the circle
and erect upon the ground a huge hos
pital.
But what different picture this part
of town presented to- the eye of the
traveller who passed through 1t just
prior to the coming here of the Federal
Government in 1900, in contrast to the
and avenues lined with beautiful shade
trees and its substantial homes and
business houses.
An early historian of Washington
tells us that the first house he lived in,
to which his father moved in 1899, was
between Twenty-third and Twenty
fourth streets Our neighbors,' he
says, were few and far between, the
nearest being William King, esq, who
then lived in a brick house near the
corner of F and Twentieth streets, later
owned and occupied by Joseph Forrest,
esq. The greatest difficulty we expert
enced then was in getting water, as
there were but few pumps and they at
a great distance, so we had to go to
a spring near Hamburg wharf, not far
from the old glass house, about half
a mile distant, and occasionally to old
Mr.. Wilson'S, near and Twenty-first
streets
Early Recreation Spot
Washington Circle about this time
was the place for cock fights and sports
on holidays by the laborers employed on
public and other buildings then in
course of erection.
Upon one occasion, while these men
were thus engaged in their usual pas
times, according to an old account, "a
dispute arose between the laborerso and
those men who came from GEORGETOWN,
which resulted in a few blows between
them. Order was soon restored, how
ever. apd they continued their sports,
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this house and died here 10 years later
and is buried In Congressional Gene
terry, where monument marks the spot,
As diplomat he was certainly an un-
usual man, for 1t Is said he was q
misogynist, or in plsiner English. q
woman hater, and also that he was
gambler and loved all games Of chance,
including poker, which he liked to play
with such noted characters as Henry
Clay, Daniel Webster, John M. Clayton
and James Buchanan-and probably was
trimmed by these clever men. Years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
World Wide Photo.

A ride in jeep is a luxury, but 1t
doesn't seem like one to reporter who
spends whole day going after-not
the story or the soldiers name which
he already possesses-but only his home
town. Relman NORM drove through
rain and sleet and finally hail in
Italy's winter from a clearing station
to an evacuation hospital to three reg
ular hospitals. He twice was misdi-
rected. A full IL hours later he caught
up with his man. "One whole day."
gloomed NORM, "for that one home
town address"
And it's job of perpetual motion.
Murlin Spencer wrote home that a ma
rine enlisted man named Kersey needed
new pipe because the japanese had
broken his. A kind-hearted lady in
Wisconsin sent the Milwaukee Journal
a pipe for Kersey Reports Spencer,
The Journal forwarded it to me. Now
I'm looking for Kersey again"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-08
BY Trudi Mccullough,
Annotated press ,taR wr,tey


The toughest Of all war correspond
ents' jobs is the Joe Bio" yarn.
That's the story that carries the here-
tofore unsung CTS name, his home town
and often his street address, and gives
glimpse Of him In action. From the
Southwest Pacific theater alone the
Associated Press stan has sent 5000
names-a full division--in Joe Bio"
stories since the war began.
More risks have been TAKEN" says
Correspondent Murlin Spencer, ito get
the street address and home town OF
some individual soldier than Id covering
large-scale operations. Every Associated
Press correspondent In the field has
risked his life at least once to get such
stories, even though it may mean the
name Of only one soldier and story OF
interest to only one newspaper or town"
These stories involve--as opposed to
overall coverage from headquarters
maximum Of old-fashioned leg work In
fire-cracker territory.
Tips From Every Source
In front-line coverage you get tips
from every source" says Spencer. pvt.
Doe Of X Company has performed
heroically in actionAand the story seeps
back to a rear command post The post
knows the details, but when you ask,
And what is Does home town?' You
are told, I'm not sure, but it's some
place in Wisconsin--or Texas.
Then you ask, Where is his COM
pany?' And the reply invariably is, Its
up on the line You have no alterna-
tive, II you want to complete the story,
but to 60 to the front"
Correspondent Asahel Bush got just
such a tip on q CT named Carl H.
Parsiola, who for some feat OF bravery
and leadership had been promoted to a
heutenancy in the field.
Bush covered 10 miles of ''mudhole"
territory, with occasional time out for
communion with the ground when
shippers made themselves heard, only to
find Parsiola had just been sent to the
rear for disqualification. A month later
the Parsiola story was on the wires from
Correspondent Fred Hampson, who had
run across him in another area.
Getting the Addresses
Names, names, Names" Is one OF the
first-and last-instructions to war re-
porters. Spencer saw the final assault
that captured Hill $50 at Cape Glouces-
ter; but he couldn't send his story until
after he had gone to the top, through
surviving Japanese machine-gun nests.
and come down again with q notebook
full pf hometown addresses.
Sometimes. after all the hazards, the
names are lost. Bob Eunson spent four
hours In the water after japanese guns
blasted the rubber boats attempting a
landing at Arawe. but he groaned most
over the loss Of his notebook. Then a
press relations officer, to whom Eunson
had intrusted duplicate bet, turned
up wounded, but still carrying the list.
Sometimes 1t involves as much re-
search as leg work. A "lost battalion"
story is natural and the LIST Army
in France had one. 1t was just being
relieved after being cut OF on = hill
fosarS-add a half days. Correspond
~ H1ixaHfsS. White bee-lined ii the
spoE but couldn't get to the battalion
itself. He ran down the sshstt Alion's
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written by the late Rev. Alfred Harding
when he was its pastor and who later
became Bishop Of Washington, we quote
the following:
The consent Of the Diocesan Con-
vention having been given, a meeting
Of the signers of the application was
held June 10, 1857. and the parish duly
organized, a vestry and wardens being
elected. At this meeting. the register,
Mr.. Harry c. Whiting, was instructed to
inform Benjamin Tilley that the vestry
accepted his proposition to sell the
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-ntrIlb-GWlnk fnOLo.
stone OF the church was laid with inn
pressive services which were conducted
by the Rev. Augustus jackson, rector;
Rev. ]. v. Lewis and Rev. G. K. War
ner. The Rev. Charles H. Hall de-
livered the address. Among the clergy
present were the Rev. William Pinkney,
d. D., afterward Bishop OF Maryland;
the Rev. Mark L. Olds, after whom
st. Marks was named; the Rev. james
A. Buck Of st. Paurs. Rock Creek, and
the Rev. r. W. Lowrie.
The church building was completed
in 1868 at cost of about $4,000, in
Guiding the old east window which so
long ago adorned the chancel. The
church was about one-third smaller
than at present.
The seats In the church were rented
for about six months, but afterward
the principle Of supporting the church
by voluntary offerings, with seats un-
appropriated, was adopted and has
ever since been maintained. st. Pauls,
according to Bishop Harding, was the
first free church In the city, had the
only vested choir and was the only
church with weekly celebration Of the
holy communion and the altar lights
for some years.
The present rector of st. Pauls Church,
the Rev. Arlington A. McCallum, is a
widely known clergyman, who in addi-
ton to. his church duties, served for
year and a half as chaplain with
Gen. Douglas Macarthur in the Rain
bow Division in France and Germany
during the First World War. In 1910
he went to Texas with the 260th Coast
Artillery, D. C. N. G., and was soon
thereafter retired.
"Fossy Bottom"
ST. Pauls Church Is Just about q
block and half to the north of the
northern line Of Hamburg, or Funks-
town. or Foggy Bottom, as we used
to call it, town conceived In the
mind of Jacob Funk, who laid out 281
lots in this part OF Washington about
ITO. Up to the time Of the selecting
of this part Of Maryland for the Fed
eral Capital no one seems to have built
anything in this subdivision and the
L'Enfant plan Of highways was Sub
stituted for those Of the town as orig
inally laid out. rs - 800.
Coningham's brewery was In this
section as early as 1877, in stone
building in the block bounded BY
Twenty-first. Twenty -second, B street
tnow Constitution avenue) and the Po-
tomac It was operated by c. Coming
ham & Co. DR.. Cornelius Cunningham,
the head of the Arm, was a physician,
as we'll as a brewer, and lived on the
done. However, he did not conduct his
business here very long, but soon moved
to the Navy Yard section of the city
He was a native of England
OF the two sites set apart by Jacob
Funk for church purposes-one at the
corner Of Twenty-second and G streets
and the other at Twentieth and G
streets-one for Calvinist society and
the other for Lutheran society-only
the latter was occupied in accordance
with the desire OF the donor. However
no effort was made to build churches
on these sites for a long while and they
(Continued on Page C-5. Column rs
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ago some one said of him: "He was a
solitary man, entertained but very little,
and, indeed, during the time he remained
at Washington, the Legation was as
solitary as himself. i was currently re-
ported that his losses sWess sa3eayyy@
eventually he was recsIlsd save q
scandal it was said. He never went to
assAnbling house, hut Who in
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fHere = story that takes yo1
back Of the scenes Of sCar reporting,
to tel 1Qnle Of the drama behtsd the
little stories 81 the mar.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Reds Want Billions
In American Trade,
Johnston Says
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW. June 2o.--Russia wants
to buy many billions of dollars
worth OF American goods on pur-
chase terms mutually advantageous
to the two countries involved" Eric
Johnston, president OF the United
States Chamber of Commerce. dis
closed yesterday.
Mr.. Johnston. who Is touring
Russia. told press conference he
had been authorized 10 make the
statement by Foreign Trade Com
mlSsar AnaStas Mikoyan. with whom
he had conferred earlier,
The Russians would pay for their
purchases strictly on agreement
and time purchases. Mr., Johnston
added, There is no question about
their not paying In full"
Asked for specific figures on busi-
ness which the Russians wished to
do with the United States. Mr.,
Johnston replied that II haven't
sot the figures. All could get was
many billions
He said he had seen a very great
amount OF American equipment
around Moscow. and that 1t was of
the very latest design. He said that
in talks with Mr.. Mikoyan. which
preceded his press conference by
only few minutes, he obtained the
impression that the Russians prin-
cipally want capital goods.
Mr.. Johnston has visited Lenin-
grad and plans to inspect industrial
areas in the Urals before returning
to the United States by way Of
Teheran. about July s.
Evening star., 1944-06-20

Make the good news better: Buy
more War Bonds.
Evening star., 1944-06-20

DANCE.
Jewish Community Center roof
8: 80 o'clock tonight.
EXHIBITS.
Army Air Forces captured enemy
equipment exhibit, Washington
Monument Grounds. 10 am. to 10
pm. daily through July 6. Special
programs. 4 and pm. daily.
Richard F. Lahey art exhibit,
Corcoran Art Gallery, 8 am. to 4:30
pm. weekdays.
LUNCHEONS.
Rotary Club, Willard Hotel, 1890
pm. tomorrow. Members only
Soroptimist Club, Willard Hotel, /
pm. tomorrow Members only.
MEETING-DANCE.
Columbia Technical Institute,
Hotel Statler, $3.50 O'Clock tonight.
Dance follows. Members and their
guests.
MEETINGS..
District Chapter. Catholic Daugh-
ters of America, Willard Hotel, 7::30
o'clock tonight. Members only.
Washington Society of Amateur
Evening star., 1944-06-20

tft itNt Htttt'L Fadtt WY VA n Al -
craft. peerins over the edge of the
little boat as II drew nearer arc
4aaey.er to the beech The hescf
itself was 2 forbidtIins sight with
stS balJeaf wire entenglementS snt
sinister iron ohstIPctions sticking
III, through the shallow we ter The
narrow strip of sand looked TERRIBLY
exaoses ans the Steep bluff back ot
Il held nays1e1y and danger, perhaps
death.
TIE BOYS IN The bost, waiting foy
Ere heavy a,ao7's thai protected them
80 swing 5pen, didn't look ike
heroes. Under the can7ou7aeee
steel helmets ara above the l1esr~
ily eur6enea shoulders. weighted
down with fighting equipment, their
faces seemed very young and inno-
cent. They didn't look happy, by
any means. although occasionally
one. his attention sttTacted by the
clicking of the camera, would turn
to smile at the man making the
picture. There was TO turning Of
heads, however, when this sound
was drowned out by the ripping
clatter of machine gun bullets
across the blunt nose of the boat.
Hesitate in Spirit.
The heavy doors swung open. and,
II the men in the front line hesi-
tated, it was only in spirit. for they
began Immediately jumping clum-
silly off into the water and stumbling
forward. In twos and threes. their
companions followed them. None
held back, of course, but none
hurried. Apart from the fact that
1t didn't seem to be the sort of thing
that could be done hurriedly be-
cause of the crowded space and the
awkwardness caused by the equip
ment each carried. the boys must
have been deeply troubled and
afraid, although that fact wasn't
written on their faces
Others may find more poignant
scenes in this newsreel, scenes of
men actually being killed, scenes of
the dead lying heavily on the sand
or being rolled gently by the water,
and scenes of the wounded being
carried back to the boats But to
me the cameras graphic portrayal
of that last second of suspense was
most moving of all. For in this
moment these young men must have
been asking once more certain ques-
tions that had been in their minds
since the day they were taken into
the Army. There was the question of
what would happen to themselves;
would it be death or good luck?
There was the question of who had
the right to put them where they
were.
The second question comes back
to lis as we see the picture. For it
is we who have put the boys where
they are, on battlefields all around
the world. -
Terrible Responsibility.
The answer is that custom, the
custom of ages, seems to have given
us the right-and the terrible re-
sponsibility. AS you look at the pic
ture, however, you are apt to be
asking yourself. Should we be doing
it?" You ask 1t, although you know
the answer.
You know we are doing some
thing we cannot escape doing. You
know that while we didn't start
this bloody business, we do have to
stop it-that nobody else can. Brit
ain could not stop it and Russia
could not. Both were about to go
down to destruction when we
stepped in. And we did not step in
simply to save ourselves from a war
that was moving close to lis. We
Evening star., 1944-06-20
On the Other Hand
Belief Way to End War Can Be Found
Is Deep in Hearts of ALL Says Writer

stepped In to ohliterate war itself
A lot Of cynical things are being
said these days, but deep in the
hearts Of American fathers and
mothers who have given their sons
10 the war and deep in the hearts
Ni all or us. is the conviction that
way can be found and Will be
found Ia make war impossible,
Without that conviction, We could
NOT look AT what the newNcels now
have 10 show GS,
Evening star., 1944-06-20

Service men and women may OBJ
tain information on other activities
Evening star., 1944-06-20

Cinematographers. Mount Pleasant
Branch Library, o'clock tonight.
Florida and World War I films to be
shown.
TWILIGHT PROGRAM.
Musical program, service honoring
men and women in Navy, led by
the Right Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop of
Washington, Washington Cathedral,
7:30 o'clock tonight. Tour through
Cathedral, $50 o'clock tonight.
FOR SERvICEMEN.
Stage Door Canteen, Belasco
Theater, tonight; baseball game by
diamond-graph, Cal Gilford's Or
chestra and Starboard Band from
Naval Air Station.
Lnuch, dinner, lounge, library and
garden, Junior Officers Club of
735 Seventeenth street
NV, II am. to midnight daily.
Dances, Thursday, $50 pm.
Service men and women may OBJ
tain information on other activities
Evening star., 1944-06-20

G Are many professional boxers
in the armed foncesP--M, Q. r,
A. At The end OF ia&S more than
1000 were IN the armed forces.
Evening star., 1944-06-20

Is being shown
in most Of the
houses. IT is the
newSreel of the
Invasion
This l>ictsli'e is
as near as most
cf us will set to
tl7e actual fight
ins. Possibly
some viii find It
90 near. Tor
there sFs many
scenes thst
hurt.
One thet hurt
Tae m hSt I
Ibirk ~tey that
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Held in EmbezzIement

DETROIT, June 20 (P).-Carl A.
Kippert, A, treasurer of Sears, Roe
buck g. Co. Employees Credit Union,
was held yesterday on a warrant
charing embezzlement. Detective
Joseph M. Althof of the police spe-
cial investigation squad said Kippert
admitted he had taken $21 900 over
a period Of eight years.
Evening star., 1944-06-20

by calling the United Nations Gen.
ter. National 5000. or any Of the
following USO numbers: National
0614, Republic 1927, Executive 0428
or National 3431. Colored service
men may call USO, Decatur 1864,
or War Hospitality. Decatur 7768.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
sv gas sasN,N SERVICE.

9. Has the birth rate ot Japan
continued to be high during the
war?-A. l.. s
/ A. Authorities say the claims that
Jansn's high birth rate was eeins
maintained cannot be verified, II
was said that = milton population
T'ss added to the nation each year,
c Are many professional boxers
in the armed foTcesP--M, Q. r,
A. At the end Of ia$S more than
1000 were IN tie armed forces.
. DO the British use the ba-
zcoSa ID, l. l.
A. The British counterpart Of the
bazoosa is the Plat tproiector. in
fantrv, sntitsnk). This weapon
projects 2& pound bomb filled
With high explosive,
G, Who originated the slogan,
Keep En- Flying" IN. w. r.
A. 1t. Col. tnow Brig. GEM Har-
old Napoleon Gilbert in 1941 was
in charge of the recruiting sections,
enlistment division, Adjutant Gen.
erals Office, and as such established
the Air Corps expansion program.
He claims to have originated the
slogan.
Q. Who is the author of the
Apostles Greco" "?-S. B. B.
A. Despite centuries of study the
origin of the creed is still subject
of controversy. A legend of the
early 4th century existed until the
18th century that the Apostles
Creed" was formed by the apostles
themselves, but there is slight docu-
mentary proof of this.
@. What is the source of the ex-
preston sour grapes"?-A. B. Y.
A. The allusion is to Aesop's fable
of the fox who tried in vain to get
some grapes, but when he found
they were beyond his reach went
away saying. II see they are sour"
Hence, today, "sour grapes" is some
thing disparaged because 1t is be-
yond reach.
O. What was the pay of a full
general in the Civil War?-T. w.
A. The United States had no full
general in the Civil War. Grant
served as major general and then
lieutenant general. In the latter
rank he received s270 a month pay,
$720 subsistence while in the field
and $50 for four servants. He was
promoted to full general on July
%. 1866, when his pay became $400,
his subsistence $3.50 and the provi
sion for servants rose to s126 a
month.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
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To Honor Shuna Chen

Gen. Shang Chen, head of the
Chinese Military Mission, will be the
guest Of the Overseas Writers at a
luncheon at l pm. Thursday at the
Willard.
Evening star., 1944-06-20
Bv LowcH .NeHrff

I have seen a motion picture that
every one should sec, 1t is one that
every one is likely to see II he goes
to the theater at this time. since 1t
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-11-20

THERE can be no victory until the final
battle is won. There can be no victorious
homecomings until the last shot is fired and
the last enemy surrenders.
Itcosts billions of dollars month to fight
Japan. A mountain of new.type equipment
is needed for the battle of the Pacific. And
that's why the 9th War Lean Drive is just
as important perhaps more IMPORTANT
than any previous war loan drive.
You know all the personal advantages OF
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