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Evening star., 1945-05-24
Suffrage
Continued From First Page

people Of the National Capital vot-
ing representation in the Congress
and among the electors of President
and Vice President.
IN plain language, it would make
it possible for these people to par
tlclpate in the government of their
country just as truly as the gov
ernment Of that country now re-
quireS them to fight. bleed and die
on its fields of battle and to bear all
OF the civic burdens precisely as ii
they had part in the government
The amendment for which your
petitioners pray is a brief, clear-cut
proposal which is strictly in har-
mony with the language and spirit
of the Constitution. 1t opens the
way for the United States to prove
the sincerity of its demand that the
people of all lands shall participate
in the Government of their own
country
First Required Step.
Passage of this amendment Is the
first required step toward affording
an opportunity to my friends on the
other side of this chamber to show
their adherence to the plank in the
Democratic party national platform
promising suffrage for the District
of Columbia.
These petitioners are not asking
that the control of the Congress
over the seat of the National Gov
ernment be taken away from Con-
gress or in any way diminished.
They are simply asking that the
Congress through the amendment
give to itself the power to make par
ticipatlng American citizens of our
fellow countrymen marooned in this
voteless and unrepresented realm.
Congress would continue to hold
and exercise every power over the
District which it now possesses, the
only difference being that after the
exercise by Congress of the new
power, the people here, through their
duly elected Representatives and
Senators, would be a part of that
Congress.
L
This is a fundamental Ameri-
can proposal to grant to Congress
power over the Federal District
which it should have possessed from
the very beginning. Now, with the
participation of nearly 100000 from
the District in the armed forces OF
our country in the greatest of all
wars, it is time that we pause and
ask ourselves if it is right, if it is
American, to deny to those who
fight our battles, who leave their
homes and undergo hardships, are
wounded and die, the same partici-
patton in the government of our
country as possessed by those who
serve from the States. They are all
comrades in arms, comrades in dan
ger and many are comrades In
death-why should they not be
comrades in exercise of peaceful
participation in the government OF
their country?
THE strangest experience in my
long membership in the Senate is
that I have never heard any one
give what could be considered as a
valid reason for depriving these fine
fellow Americans of our National
Capital of their natural-born right
OF participation in the government
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Clue in Death by Dogs
Sent 10 FBl Here
BY the Associated Press.

MIAMI, Fla, May 24.-A charred
blood-stained scrap of paper was en-
route to Washington today for ex-
animation by Federal Bureau of In
vestigation analysts in connection
with the death of Mrs. Doretta Zinke
80, victim Of an attack by pack OF
dogs.
Meanwhile, Dade County Solicitor
Robert r. Taylor was expected to
draw up criminal information to-
day or tomorrow against Joe Mum
43, OF Hialeah, owner of the dogs.
Mum remained in Miami's jail
under 5000 bond awaiting trial in
Criminal Court on charge of man.
slaughter as result of the assault
on Mrs. zinke last Wednesday night
Dade County Constable w. M
Hudson testified at yesterdays COM
bined inquest and preliminary hear
ing that he had snatched the SCRAP
Of paper from burning pile sci
alight by Mum outside the dog
owners Miami Springs kennels
shortly after Mrs. zinke was found
dying in a lonely field 100 yards from
the kennels.
Mr. Hudson said he stamped out
the fire the first time Mum set the
pile blazing, but that when he turned
his back the dog owner again started
the fire and all but the single SCRAP
of paper was destroyed in the sec.
ond attempt.
Witnesses yesterday placed Mum
within 10 feet of the scene of ths
attack, wandering around, looking
at the ground" and declared that h,
cried out in dismay when a soldier
pointed out to him the terribl,
mutilated figure of Mrs. Zinke few
minutes later.
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Army Doctors in u. 5.
Face Pacific Service

Surg. Gen. Norman T. Kirk told
a press conference today that most
of the 14,00O to Is 900 Army medical
officers now in this country who
have not yet served overseas will
be sent to areas in the Pacific as
soon as replacements are available
Some can't be replaced, at least
for a long while he said in men
tioning such examples as those who
are specializing in technical matters.
Very few of the Army doctors in
Europe, he said have had special
lied training in teaching men to
use artificial limbs
Maj. Gen. Kirk appeared at the
weekly War Department news con-
ference at which Undersecretary of
War Robert P. Patterson lauded the
work of the medical department
and said it was prepared to take on
the job in the Pacific.
Mr.. Patterson declared that 10000
men have died during this war from
disease, on the basis of figures COM
piled through May /. He compared
this with the record of 62,670 deaths
from disease in the World War and
336,216 in all during the Civil War.
During the past three years. Mr.
Patterson pointed out, the medical
department has maintained a record
of less than one death from disease
per 1000 men each year.
Do you know that college edu-
cation for your child costs about
$1,000? Your regular purchase oi
War Bonds will come in handy for
his or her education.
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Miss RiseIing Is May Queen
AT Academy Of Holy Name

Miss Teresa Riseling. 3608 Park
place NV, reigned as queen at the
May day exercises held yesterday
at the Academy of the Holy Name
TIL Pershing drive. Silver Spring
Md. Miss Riseling, who was chosen
for her outstanding record in reli-
gion credits for four years, was at
tended by the Misses Patricia Brick
ley, Nancy Friel, Mary Murphy
Mary Peltz, Suzanne Dwyer, Jean
Tuhy, Patricia Flood and Eileen
Fitzgerald.
Miss Riseling placed a crown on
a statue of the Blessed Virgin at
the school grounds after a process
sion through the grounds by the
students. Those in the professional
formed large rosary, linked by a
chain of flowers.
The students recited the act of
conservation. after which new off,
GERS of the Sodality of the Blessed
Virgin were installed. They were:
Dorothy Lawler, prefect; Mary Ann
Schrider, vice prefect: Betty de Mont
Freely, secretary, and Stella Puglisi,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Two D. c. Marine Officers Play
Key Roles in Entry Into Nohu

Two Marine officers from Wash.
ington figured prominently in the
Okinawa fighting, during which the
4th Regiment penetrated the capt.
tai city of Naha. according to AS.
sociated Press dispatches received
here today.
The two are 1t. Col. Reynolds H
Hayden, 1929 Connecticut avenue
and Maj. Anthony Walker, 2009 Bel
mont road NV. ..-
According to the Associated Press
Col. Hayden was co-commandel
with 1t. Col. Brune A. Hockmuth Of
Houston. n Tex, of patrol which
forded the Asato River to spear
head the 9Th Marine Regiments
advance into the city.
"The PATROLS the dispatch said
crossed at a narrow point in bands
of five or six men each, sinking al
times almost to their knees in the
silt bottom of the river"
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I Maj. Walker commanded three
scout teams which moved in dark
ness to overpower japanese patrols
outside the city.
Col. Hayden's wife. Mrs. Elizabeth
Denham Hayden, lives at the Con-
necticut avenue address. Col. Hay
den, "a, is the son of Capt. Reynolds
Hayden, u S. N. He attended the
Naval Academy for three years and
then joined the Marines.
Maj. Walker, %, is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. John r. Walker of the Bel
mont road address. He is graduate
OF Yale in the class of 1899. and en-
listed in the Marines in December of
that year. He formerly served with
the 4th Raider Battalion under Col.
James Roosevelt. fighting on New
Georgia Island, and later he took
part in the conquest of Guam. He
wears the Silver Star and the Purple
Heart.
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Chicago Truckmen
Go Back 10 Work as
u. ). Seizes Lines
F. the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, May 24.-Chicago's
$500 independent truck drivers
whose week-long strike partially
paralyzed movement of war goods
and food in the Midwest, began a
mass return to work today, with the
Federal Government acting as their
boss.
The strikers. members of the In
dependent Chicago Truck Drivers
Union, called off their strike last
night, shortly after President Tru-
man authorized the Office of De-
tense transportation to seize the
trucking concerns.
The possibility that troops might
be called on to man the trucks van
lshed today when battalion of mill
tary police from Camp Custer, Mich.
was ordered to return to its base.
The troops came here Tuesday
and set up an encampment near
the Loop to be in readiness in case
they were needed.
The ODT seizure was effective at
12:01 am. today. However, some
trucks, with regular drivers at the
wheels, began rolling with delayed
shipments last night. Others re-
sumed operations early today and
there was no reported physical TAX
ing over of the properties by the
troops.
The Carriage Exchange Of Chicago,
an association of truck operators
controlling some 1000 trucks, said
all the reports it had received this
morning were that regular drivers
were resuming their. runs.
Edward Fenner. business manager
Of the union. said all drivers had
returned to their jobs with the ex-
ception of about 100 employed by
the KeeShin Motor Express Co.
Mr.. Fenner said the men reported
at the Keeshin Offices but refused
to man trucks when company off,
cials demanded that the men sign
new Job applications before resum-
ing work. He said the drivers re-
fused the company demand on the
ground it would mean loss of retro
active pay should the War Labor
Board eventually rule in favor of
the workers
Evening star., 1945-05-24
; Representatives Called
In Tennessee Poll Tax Suit
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. May 24.-
Three Tennessee Representatives are
being subpoenaed as witnesses in a
hearing by the Greene County Cir
suit Court of a suit attacking the
constitutionality of the poll tax.
Circuit Court Clerk S. B. Line
barger said subpoenas for June 13
hase been issued for Representatives
Carol Reece, Republican, of Ten
nessee; John Jennings, Republican
of Tennessee and Estes Kefauver,
Democrat, of Tennessee; Jennings
Perry, editor of the Nashville Ten
nessean; Greene County Judge S. w
Doty, and other county officials.
The hearing will be on an appeal
by the State and county from a
decision rendered by Magistrate j. R.
Sentelle, who held that J. D. John
son, a war worker, was entitled to
recover the 81 tax he had paid under
protest.
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of our country. I ask you, Sem
ators, what reason or excuse can
We give for prolonging this condi-
ton which is a contradiction of the
most cherished principles of ou1
Government?
What an example to the people
of all nations-the greatest demo-
cratic republic of all time preaching
the doctrine of participation ir
government by all peoples of al
lands and all the while maintaining
a contradiction of that belief at its
very heart! Senators, it is time
that we match our practice with
our preaching and remove this blot
from the national escutcheon."
Evening star., 1945-05-24
1900 IS Men in Pacific
Slated TO Return 10 u. ).

The War Department disclosed
today that 1900 veterans from Pa
cif1c areas with high scores under
the point system for demobilizat tion
are preparing to return to the
United States.
1t. Gen. Robert C. Richardson,
commanding general of the Pacific
Ocean headquarters. made the re-
port to the War Department and
disclosed further that furlough and
rotation already have accounted for
the return of more than $4,000 men
from the Pacific.
Undersecretary OF War Patterson.
who made the announcement. said
the number reported by Gen. Rich
ardson does not include men in the
Southwest Pacific operating with
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces.
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T okyo
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the extent of night fighter opposi-
tion.
Some flyers told of seeing ''fire-
balls" but disagreed as to whether
they were robot bombs, jet-propelled
fighters or harassing flares.
Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay. who
contends that air power alone can
wipe out Japan's industries, sent out
the record force from his 21st
Bomber Command six months to the
day after Marianas- biased B-29s
struck Tokyo the first time.
The Tokyo radio said the raid
lasted two hours, also took in Kawa-
saki and Yokohama south of Tokyo
and that some fires still were burn
ing four hours after the attack
began.
The $500 tons of incendiaries
dropped equaled the weight of two
1,000-plane raids on Berlin from
English bases by Flying Fortresses
or Liberators.
A Bomber Command spokesman
said the target area, provided "one
of the happiest combinations of in
f1ammability and congestion.
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Nozi Cruisers Moved
To WiIheImshuven
Y the Associated Press

LONDON. May 24.-The captured
German cruisers Prinz Eugen and
Nuremberg have been moved under
an escort of British warships from
Copenhagen to Wilhelmshaven for
security reasons.
A naval spokesman explained to-
day that the security considerations
did not mean the ships were in any
danger at Copenhagen, but that
since they we're part of the German
surrender booty it was necessary to
move them to a port controlled by
Supreme Allied Headquarters.
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Pilot toWed Daughter
OF Man Whose Home
He Unroofed in Crash
Ey the Associated Press.


GROTON, Conn, May "a
Although unrecognized instant
ly, romance rode out of the
clouds on an October night last
year when Navy plane piloted
by 1t. William J. Mccartney of
Toledo, Ohio, struck the home
Of Philbert L. Bergeron here,
ripping off part of the roof and
snatching a blanket from the
crib of a sleeping infant without
harming the child.
Yesterday Mr. Bergeron an
nounced that his daughter.
Cecilia Alice. Spar now sta
toned at New York, would be-
come the flyers bride on June ..
Evening star., 1945-05-24

Theodore W. Moves chairman Citizens Joint
Trade Wilbur Finch president Federation
unons Gertrude Parks president Federation
G Bell president Merchants and Manufacturers
Clarence kefaver president District Columbia Building
League John caroy president Bar Association Nadine
president Womens
cent Federation Business Mems Associations ga assoaons
Maryland
alton OF Labor s local unions Harry stu chairman
Theodore W. Noy
Roscoe jenkins president Northeast Washington Citizens
sSocaton Lewis T. Bennger president Washington
5oara Matt Meyer president Advertising Club of Washington Mrs
howard g. Nichols president Twentieth
aueksr Ns John r. president Womens City Club Eta Tagga
society OF Natives of District
Cox Washington zonta Club Lillian Detre president
Section National Council
Motion Picture Theater Owners the District
dent associated Retail Credit Men of Washington
Hotel Greeters of America Charter
Cb Florence Meara president
Iaggart president The Washingoians
Fennng president American Association
d. Neville thompson department commander
OF Columbia Veterans of Foreign Wars
department commander Department District
Legion "a posts) John Saunders
RAINBOW Division Veterans
National Committeeman
ada republican National Committeeman
Mrs M Fetzer president
Teacher Associations
trlct OF Columbia Suffrage
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Soboth in Naval Hospito
With Lorynqitis Attack

BY the Associated Press.
Representative SABBATH, Democrat
of Illinois is in Bethesda Naval Hos
pital suffering from laryngitis.
Hospital authorities said his con-
dition is very satisfactory"
The 79-year-old Representative Is
dean Of the House, serving his 10th
term.
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Missouri Alumni Club

Senator Briggs, Democrat. of
Missouri will address a meeting of
the University of Missouri Alumni
Association at 1890 pm. tomorrow
in the Stratford Room, Hotel Shera-
ton.
Evening star., 1945-05-24

quires them to fight to bleed and,
perhaps to die.
That as a fundamental right
they are as justly entitled as are
other Americans, to voting rep
resentation in the Congress and
among the electors of President
and Vice President.
That the only sound reason
which can be offered for any de-
parture, in the case of the Dis
trict of Columbia, from the fun
damental American concepts Of
representative government is for
protection of the national in
terest in the Nations seat of
government and then only to the
extent required for such effec-
tive protection.
That this protection of the
national interest-coupled with
recognition of the interest and
rights of the people of the District
us provided i'm our proposed
constitutional amendment which
confirms in Congress continuing
control of District representa-
tion so that both the Nations and
the Districts interests may al
ways be equitably protected.
We, therefore. respectfully Pc
tition the adoption of H. J. Res.
81 and the identical S. J. Res. 8,
which propose an amendment to
the Constitution of the United
States empowering Congress to
grant the above sought relief to
the citizens of the United States
resident in the District Of Co.
lumbia.
The Congress shall have power
to provide that there shall be in
the Congress and among the elec-
tors of President and Vice Presi-
dent members elected by the
people of the District constituting
the seat of government of the
United States, in such numbers
and with such powers as the
Congress shall determine. All
legislation hereunder shall be
subject to amendment and re-
peal" (SignedD
Evening star., 1945-05-24
Citizens Petition for
National Representation

To the Congress of the United
States
Your petitioners, the Citizens
Joint Committee on National
Representation for the District of
Columbia, and the presidents of
its constituent and cooperating
organizations, whose names are
subscribed below, hereby reaff1rm
the principles proclaimed by the
founders of our Republic that
Taxation without representa-
ton is tyranny; that
Governments derive their Just
powers from the consent of the
governed; and in order that
Government of the people, by
the people and for the people"
may become an accomplished fact
for ALL the people of the United
States, respectfully represent:
That the over one half million
totally disfranchised and unrep-
resented citizens of the United
States resident in the District of
Columbia obey national laws, out
number the residents of each of
- States and pay more national
taxes than each of % OF the
States.
That over two decades ago,
when they outnumbered only SIX
States, they supplied to the Army
and Navy of the United States a
larger number of men than any
one Of seven of the States, and
oversubscribed their quotas of all
wartime funds.
That again in the present war
for the preservation of the prin-
ciples of democracy and civiliza-
ton as against despotism and
barbarism thousands of these
voteless and unrepresented Amer
leans of the District of Columbia
are now by voluntary enrolment
and by draft serving in the
armed forces of our country.
That these, your fellow Ameri-
cans, now have no voice in their
national government which re-
Evening star., 1945-05-24
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Draft Board Sends IS Men
Over 80 Home; Keeps II

Only II District men were left to
send to the induction station today
after IS men in the over-3o age
group were told to go home because
of the new draft regulations calling
for a review of all cases of older
men now In la.
The men sent to Baltimore for in
duction today included:
Hartbower, Carl Brewer W, jr.
Pozin, Thorn NOVEL;, Henry
Rose, Ralph Zahn. George
KatZ Leo Atkins. Wesley
Baker, Emerson Green, Shade
Bass, Harold
Evening star., 1945-05-24

1888 q week invested regularly
through payroll savings will bring
you $5,416.97 in 10 years!
Evening star., 1945-07-29
In the Old Post Office Neighborhood

In 1862 Andrew Hancocks son John
was clerking for his father, and by
1865 had succeeded to the business, the
father moving to SIG Virginia avenue.
In the 1867 City Directory John Han
cock advertised as follows:
HANCOCK HOUSE.
Established 1910.
Bass 81 Co.'S Celebrated Ale and
Mauder's Porter on Draught, Wines,
Cigars, &c, of Superior Quality, at
No 239 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Bet. 18th and 18th SITS.
John Hancock, Proprietor"
After conducting the business at the
old stand for about 20 years, John Han
cock died,
Andrew w. Hancock succeeded his
father in business and was of the third
generation of the name of Hancock
to run the same business at the same
place, which from outward appearance
was by no means as attractive a place
as number OF others in the city, and
yet this place succeeded and even
gained fame when others failed and
went out of business entirely. Nor is it
probable that the refreshments sold
firms engaged in a similar business
Perhaps, after all, it was due to the
personalities of the several proprietors
and the display of mementos and relics,
each telling its own silent story of some
particularly notable person or event.
In The Star of November 7, 1885, this
place of business is referred to as The
Old Curiosity Shop" and the scribe,
in addition to referring to Mr.. Ham
cocks death, also refers to the wonder
full collection then on display at his
place of business. Since it has not been
printed in recent years, no doubt it will
prove new to many at this time. So
here it is:
The sudden death of Mr.. John
Hancock, proprietor of the Old Gu
riosity Shop restaurant, has directed
public attention to the collection of
curiosities in that place. Years back,
prior to the clash of arms in civil con-
flict, Hancock's was a favorite place of
resort for public men. 1t was patronized
with especial fondness by Southern
men. The old-time Southerner had a
weakness for mixed drinks and indeed
this taste is by no means extinct among
his descendants. At Hancocks, as it
was understood, they got choice liquor,
and got it mixed in way to please their
tastes. At any rate, 1t became the GUS
tom for prominent Southern men,
Congressman, cabinet ministers and
others to make frequent visits to Han
cocks.
Nor was the patronage of the place
confined to Southern men. For many
years past it was not an infrequent
thing to see leading men of both sec
tions, men whose utterances for the
public ear were in bitter antagonism,
sitting around the plain table in the
plain back room in the most friendly
spirit of social intercourse. AS they
slipped punches they would forget the
acrimony of debate and join in most
cordial devotion to the shrine of
Bacchus. Even in all the animosities
of the reconstruction period the most
political antagonists
often met around the social board at
Hancocks and drowned their bitter feel
ingS in the seductive influence of palat-
able punch"