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Evening star., 1945-08-24
PARK-Semide-

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garage, h.-w;h,; some redecoratinR neces,
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ton; only i, Block to busline: close t,
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tached center r-hall brick home, located OF o.
baths snd d: finished attic. lovely screen
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WOODMOOR-Owner occupied: Dutch CO.
ionial. B rooms and tiled bath: less than
years old; full basement sanitary tubs
gas 2: C.. fireplace. att garage, copper
pinmp1ng, beautifully shaded lot 70x1OO,
Isnced; reasonably priced at S11,5OO
LEON Z. LAMB, Realtor, 927 18th It. NV.
800 sIock chks',Sfnss 81 axEvaRfDs SH fsta 81. NV,
oIsds g. srIsEs REEIis 81 sassSs Sas
CORNER BLDG. orisinally built for 2.
iamuy nat; all modern improvements;
blocks from Eastern High: Q ants. room
snd bath each, and one apt Of 4 rms. and
patn. garage, auto h.-w.h.; price, S15 $50:
food terms. LARRY o. STEELE, RE. 0493
c0MMEECIAL AND HoME-a5x1as r.,
automatic heat. 2-car saraee: excsiisni ,s
condition. early possession Ask for Miss
Shoemaker. LOUIS p. EHOYdAKER, 17iG
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Evening star., 1945-08-24

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det. brick, centsr-haii plan. i Complete bath
on o!.riI tirst and second hoors, Enotts pine
Saokup; siS45o Nc eaf srossqs iincoa
story and haf corner mod.rn S.l
bricb bnsbor ssunssIoy: about ~. yrs old;
AesRs coansry aas eab slSsnds
asHy s by eans1 u.s a Ss sis .,t at !,
house rssr, c9nd;; lst floor. living room. dining
bath bedrooms snd larss safSGas STicn risss naa
and screened side porch oyerlookins, rolf
ssTas a%icf possession eas "a. hfas sa
until 9 p.m. F. A. TWEED CO.. 65O4
PETW0RTH-s1o, 800. nr. Sherman Cir
such . nice row brick house st this low low
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excel 6asssnss1t; yard with dstscSsd ssr::
until pm. F. A. TWEED CO., 66O4
TSxKosiHe PARK. MD.-s-family detached
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this property is close TO transp. and shop
ping. You must see It,, 10 rooms, also
basement apartment. oil h.-w.h, Call
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FRSsrY Hs1s tHr r5sssSMod.rn 5ssEEs n5Sn. detached
brick. brick here here i is! This Is that dream
located on q. lovely corner lot In an ex-
elusive suburban subdivision. Less than 5
years DID,. this detached brick home Is
exceptionally modern In every respect.
en- on 1st hoor. large bedrooms on 2nd,
close tc ss trsnsportation; IT @ only sis. 80 on On
siE.Hi asa co csoss1saaI' 4aa 4as.l 11fs 4sh 4
g. nv "A Home for Every Incpme:
SILVER SPkKNG-Idea1 home In Hillan-
dale; 1-acre estate, well handicapped; 1st
noor has center hall. large living room.
and hoor, 2 large bedrooms with 5
gaxase With tooIhouse attached; electric
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Evening star., 1945-04-15
One Death Sends
Home Accident
| 7 oil Here to 50

One death last week from acci-
dental gas poisoning brought total
home accident fatalities for the year
to SO, the District Red Cross Acct
dent Prevention Service announced
yesterday.
Fifty injuries were reported treated
by hospitals. Cases included "a in
juries from falls. burns, 3 acciden-
tai poisonings, 2 of foreign bodies in
the eye and throat, 10 cuts, / con-
fusion and miscellaneous injuries.
Three hospitals did not report for
the week.
Most of the injuries occurred from
falls on steps. An 8-year-old child
was accidentally shot in the eye with
an arrow by a playmate. The eye
ball was injured. Another child. 8.
was injured when she jumped from
second-story window.
A 3-year-old suffered a burned
eyelid when the child ran into a
cigarette held in a relatives hand;
a girl, IL. was burned by grease
while frying an egg, an 18-month-
old baby took a quantity OF strong
drug, an adult got glass in her eye
when bottle she was opening broke.
A 1O-year-old girl was bitten by
white rat, another youngster was
bitten by a pet dog while playing,
and an adult was scratched by Q
cat.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Physicians Seminar
Planned at Howard

A five-day seminar for practlclng
colored physicians in the Washing
ton area will be held at the Howard
University College of Medicine be-
ginning tomorrow and continuing
through Friday.
Sponsored by the District Tuber-
culosis Association, District Medico-
Chirurgical Society. Social Hygiene
Society and Howard University Col
lege of Medicine, the seminar will be
the fourth of it's kind to be held
here. Speakers will discuss the pre-
vention and treatment of tubercu-
losis, syphilis, rheumatic fever and
poliomyelitis.
Those appearing on the program
will include DR.. Herman Hilleooe
chief, tuberculosis Control Division,
United States Public Health Service;
DR.. T. Duckett Jones, associate in
medicine, Harvard Medical School,
DR.. Walter K Myers, assistant clin-
ical professor of medicine, George
Washington University; Capt. Sid
ney Orlanski, United States Public
Health Service, physician in charge,
Gallinger Municipal Hospital Rapid
Treatment Center: DR.. John L.
Parks. adjunct clinical professor of
obstetrics and gynecology, George
Washington University, and DR..
John Toomey, professor of pediatrics,
Western Reserve University.
Col. w. Palmer Dearing, medical
officer, Health Division, United Ma
tions Relief and Rehabilitation Ad-
ministration, will preside at the
luncheon session on Wednesday. He
will discuss the medical and public
health program of UNRRA.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
D. &. Tax Returns
Due Tomorrow:
| Many Are Late

Tax Assessor Edward A. Dent yes
terday reminded taxpayers that the
deadline for District income taxes
is tomorrow.
The District expects to receive
about S8,8OOO0O this year in income
and corporation taxes Although in
come taxes must be filed by tomor-
row. only half of the taxes must
be paid at this time, the balance
being payable October Is.
Those who wish to file their tax
return in person must do so by 445
pm. tomorrow, closing time for the
District Building. The deadline for
mailing returns is midnight tomor-
row
Failure to meet the deadline for
filing draws a Is per cent penalty
and l per cent monthly charge for
delinquent taxes. So far only an
estimated $1,068,39l has been re-
ceived at the District Building ''over
the counter in the tax collector S
office. considerably less than the
more than $4,000,000 expected from
these returns.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Navy Officer Burned
BY Acid; Wife Held

A naval lieutenant is in a serious
condition in Bethesda Naval Hos
pital, suffering from burns from a
vial of acid spattered in his face
during an argument with his wife
police reported yesterday.
1t. q. g. Nicholas Golovin, 33, of
1744 P street NV, police said, faced
loss of his sight as a result of the
incident, which occurred in front of
hotel in the 100 block of E street
Friday afternoon.
According to police, Mrs. Sophie
Golovin, 33, of New York, the lieu
tenants wife, was charged at the
Women's Bureau with mayhem and
released on 81 900 bond.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Capital Churches Join
In Clothing Drive;
.Sorters Are Needed

AS complete organization of Wash
ington churches in the United Ma
tional clothing collection was an
nounced yesterday by Commissioner
John Russell Young. another appeal
was made for volunteers to sort and
pack the clothing for shipment to
the destitute people of war-torn
countries.
Mr.. Young said that all of the
Roman Catholic churches have es-
tablished collection depots under the
direction of the Rev. E. Jerome
Winter of ST Stephens rectory He
also made public a letter from
Frederick E. Ressig. executive secre-
tary of the Washington Federation
of Churches, listing 200 Protestant
churches completely organized with
chairmen and depots.
Trucks Make Rounds.
Trucks of the Salvation Army the
Goodwill Industries and the VOL
unteers of America yesterday made
their rounds of the city's collection
depots for garments to be sorted at
the central warehouse, rear of 469 C
street NV A truck of the Wash
ington Wholesale Liquor Dealers
Association. under the direction of
the AWVS, continued collections
from apartment building depots.
Members of the Order of job
Daughters yesterday brought to the
warehouse a bundle of clothing COL
lected by their organization under
the direction of Miss Dorothy Good
man, honored queen of Bethel No. 2
Charles Stofberg, director of Or
ganization. also issued an appeal to
those who have trucks or cars avail
able to make pickups of clothing to
call National 4000, Extension 258
Beginning tomorrow, the central
warehouse under the direction of
Mrs. Mary Rochester will be open
evenings until 10 pm. Volunteers
for packing may call the District
Volunteer Office, Republic 5105. The
work of sorting and packing began
yesterday and so large cartons of
clothing were made ready for ship
ment.
Jewish Committee Busy.
Louis Mirman, chairman of the
committee in charge of organizing
collection depots in all Jewish syn
agogues, said large amounts of cloth
ing are being contributed through
that channel.
The volunteer motor corps of
women drivers covering all sections
of the District is nearing compile
ton under the Craftsmanship of Mrs
Lawrence Koenigsberger. Those
wishing to join may call National
1000, Extension 258.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Fourth PIuy Tourney
To Open Here Tomorrow

The fourth annual Junior one-act
play tournament" sponsored by the
District Recreation Department. S
Division of Neighborhood Centers,
will start at 7:30 pm. tomorrow at
Langley Junior High School.
Nineteen groups from various
neighborhood recreation centers will
participate in the tournament, which
includes a program of several plays
each evening through Thursday.
Judges will select plays to be pre-
sented in the finals scheduled for
April % and "a.
The players are divided into Sub
juniors" composed of youngsters
between 8 and II, and Juniors" 4"
from Is to 10.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
By MARION WADE DOYLE.

Mrs. Bess Truman, who has been
cooking her own apple pie and
cleaning her five-room apartment
without help, will move the be-
longingS Of the new presidential
family to Blair House this week.
From there she will move across
the street to the White House and
begin hostessing on an international
scale. The East Room is far from
the canning parties she used to give
in Independence, Mo, and from the
second floor apartment at 4701 Con-
necticut avenue NV. where she
carried her own groceries upstairs.
She will have a veteran houSekeeper,
Mrs. Henrietta K. Nesbitt, and
large staff at her command. She
will have a host of customs to
follow and the privilege of setting
new ones.
But her closest associates believe
the former school teacher will not
bother with setting new customs.
They think she will operate just
as she has been doing. leaving PEG
Sisterhood meetings a bit early to
be home when Harry" got there;
going to the store with her daugh-
ter. Margaret, 20, to buy new
dance dress and staying awake to
find out if she had a good time
and mending pair of her hus-
bands socks while he played the
piano and their daughter sang.
Called Typical MatrOn.
AS far as it is possible, her friends
think Mrs. Truman will 60 on being
Bess Truman. For example. when
they called the night of Mr.. Roose-
velt's death and found the Truman
telephone cut off. most of her
friends understood the necessity for
privacy. But the next morning at
9 am, after she had cooked the
new Presidents breakfast and seen
him off to his first day in the White
House executive Office. Mrs. Truman
sat down at the telephone. She
called every one of the close friends
who had left their names the night
before and asked them to pray for
her.
BY persons meeting her for the
first time it has been said that Mrs.
Truman looks like a typical Amer
ican matron attending a parent
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Py the Associated Press

Ry the Associated Press.
Harry L. Hopkins talked with
President Truman yesterday but
told reporters afterward not to draw
conclusions that he would figure
in the new administration.
The 54-year-old close friend and
adviser of President Roosevelt, hag-
gard from a series of illnesses. few
here from the Mayo Clinic in Roch-
ester. Mimi, to attend the Roosevelt
funeral.
He had lunch with Mr. Truman
and met later with reporters. Asked
whether he had offered his services
to the new President, he replied:
Naturally. like every other citizen
I would want to do everything !
could to help him make his ad
ministration a success.
But there should be no implica-
ton in that general statement that
should apply to me personally"
For years, Mr. Hopkins was a
right-han aide to Mr.. Roosevelt
flying all over the world on secret
missions, helping the President with
advice and information, and ever
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Close Ranks and Garry on,
Red Cross Group Is Told

'The thing President Roosevelt
would want us to do is to close up
ranks and carry on, Representative
Ellsworth, Republican, of Oregon
told 236 men and women yesterday
at graduation exercises of the Amer
ican Red Cross at American Uni
versity.
The Oregonian told the group Mr.
Roosevelt was as much a casualty
of war as if he had been killed on
the field of battle.
Just as in war, when a superior
officer is killed, the next one moves
up to take over, so in this emergency
we must close the ranks and do the
job to be DONE he said.
There are now 383 men and
women, the largest training class
ever held for overseas and domestic
workers in the American Red Cross.
preparing for their assignments at
American University. The largest
group is in training for hospital serv-
Ice here and abroad. A total of II
is taking the recreation training
course for services to the armed
forces here and overseas
Evening star., 1945-04-15
DR.. {. B. Wi||ingham
Will Become Pastor
Of National Baptist

DR.. Edward B. Willingham. pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church
of Huntington, w. Va, has accepted
the call to become pastor of Ma
tional Baptist Memorial Church
here, it was announced yesterday
He succeeds the late DR.. Cove G
Johnson. who served for 80 years
as minister of the church until his
death December 3, 1914 Dr. Willing
ham will take up his new duties
on June l.
Dr.. Willingham, native of Rich
mond, Va, comes to Washington
after five years at the Huntington
church A leader in both the North
ern and Southern Baptist Conven-
tions, he is the 1945 chairman of
the program committee of the
Northern Baptist Convention and a
past president of the West Virginia
Baptist Convention, His father, DR.
R. J. Willingham, was secretary of
the Southern Baptist Foreign Mis-
sion Board.
After serving as second lieuten-
ant in the Army in the World War
DR.. Willingham took degrees at the
University of Richmond and South
ern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville. Ky. He received his D. D
degree at the University of Rich
mond in 1888.
Before taking his pastorate al
Huntington in 1910, DR.. Willingham
served for two years as associate
professor at the University of Rich
mond and for another two years as
field secretary of the Virginia Bap-
tist Board of Missions and Educa-
ton. He then became pastor of the
Rivermont Avenue Baptist Church
at Lynchburg, Va. staying there five
years, and then went to Delmar Bap-
tist Church at St. Louis for eight
years.
DR.. and Mrs. Willingham have two
children, Harriet r. Willingham ano
Edward B. Willingham, jr. They
will live at 42l2 Eighteenth street NV
The Rev. DR.. John Fraser, Balti-
more, is serving National Baptist
Memorial Church as interim pastor
Evening star., 1945-04-15
; Hurt When Army Truck
And Streetcar Collide

Three women streetcar passengers
were injured late yesterday when
11a-ton Army truck and a street.
car collided in the 800 block of K
street NV, according to police.
The women were taken to Emer-
gency Hospital. Police said they are
Thelma Crosslin, %, of 4552 Shaw
drive NE, admitted with a pos
'sible leg fracture; Carrie Adams,
81, of 604 Massachusetts, avenue
NV, released after treatment for
back injury, and Helen Matthews,
81, colored, of 929 Fifth street NV,
treated for face cuts and released.
Police said the streetcar was east
bound and the truck westbound at
the time of the crash. The front
end of the streetcar was badly
damaged.
The truck driver was Pvt. Oliver
Oglesby, %, South Post, Fort Myer,
police said, and the streetcar op-
orator, William Reiner, %, of 1923
North Oak street, Arlington, Va.
Police said the truck operator was
( turned over to military authorities.
Evening star., 1945-04-15

lures, DR.. r. M. Williams of Asbury
NJ E. Church offered the prayer and
DR.. I. M. Gray of the A. M. E. Church
gave the benediction. DR.. Mordecai
Johnson, president of Howard Uni
versity delivered the eulogy.
An estimated 10000 uniformed
and civilian personnel attended the
brief outdoor prayer service in men,
ory OF President Roosevelt in the
center court of the Pentagon. Other
thousands watched the service from
windows opening on the court.
Acting Chief of Chaplains George
F.. Rixey led in prayer and Col.
Harold D. Kraft of the Army Air
Forces opened the ceremony by
reading Secretary Stimson's order
to the Army which was issued Friday
to announce the death of the COM
mander in Chief. Music for the
hymns and the National Anthem
was played by the Fort Myer Band.
Evening star., 1945-04-15

teacher association or church meet
ing. BY persons who have known
her longer, it has been said she has
heart of gold" and keen sense
Of humor." But perhaps her hus-
band expressed Mrs. Truman's role
best of all.
Worries Over Weight. ,
"She looks" he said at the Demo
cratic National Convention last year
putting his arm around her, lust
like a woman ought to look who's
been married for 25 years" Wher
he was criticized for listing his wife
as a $4,000 clerk on his office payroll
last year, he replied, "She earns
every cent of it. She's there because
I need her there. She reads and
edits every speech I make"
Mrs. Truman is 5 feet inches tall
and weighs about l30 pounds. Typ
ically too, she worries about this
weight. A friend asked her when
she returned from the convention
how it felt to be the wife of the
vice presidential candidate.
We've been eating too much,
she replied. I've gained"
Compared to Mrs. Coolidge.
Mrs. Truman gets a permanent
wave every four months and wears
light rose polish on her nails. She
buys her tailored clothes in Kansas
City because they know me there
and can pick up things quickly.
She wears medium size heels, which
hurt her feet on Inauguration day
until Mrs. Roosevelt told her to
loosen youIA knees little" She
does not like, huge crowds and has
said she would be glad to get back
to Independence. :
But these statistics, interesting
as they may be to a Nation which
hardly kpows its new leading host
ess, stili do not answer the one
question forernost-"What will she
be like in the White House?'
A veteran Secret Service man
murmured as he saw her leave the
funeral services with her husband
and daughter yesterday, She re-
minds me of Grace Coolidge"
A friend put it another way
"Bess,' she said. always stops
what she's saying to listen to Harry
And at a party, he's the one who
decides it's time to 60 home
Evening star., 1945-04-15
Hopkins Confers With Truman;
Hints He Is Not in New Family
RooseveIt's Adviser Flies From Clinic
For Funeral; to Return for Treatments

living al the White House for a
year and half
He has no such ties to President
Truman, whose main adviser has
been Hugh Fulton, lawyer who
served as counsel for the Senate
War Investigating Committee when
Mr.. Truman was its chairman.
In refusing to talk Of his future
Mr. Hopkins told reporters:
Il just came back to say goodby
to very good friend of mine. And
I came down to pay my respects tc
the President and wish MIN we'll ]
know he'll get what he deserves-the
support of all the American people
in this time"
Mr.. Hopkins will return to the
Mayo Clinic. When he gets out OF
the hospital, he said, he intends tc
see Mr. Truman again and "ac-
quaint him with any information
might have acquired in my relation
ships with Mr.. Roosevelt"
/ Mr.. Hopkins spoke so low that his
voice was barely audible to the re-
porters. But he said, I'm getting
along pretty we'll and I hope it wont
be too long before I can leave the
hospital"
Evening star., 1945-04-15
F. A. Genou Reelected
By Humane Society

Frederick A. Genau, Chevy Chase
Md, has been reelected president of
the Washington Humane Society
the organization has announced.
Other officers elected at a recent
meeting in the Washington Loan
and Trust Building were George P
Alt, Justice Department attorney,
first vice president: Mrs. George
Barnett, Mrs. Christian Heurich,
Miss Barnes Richardson and Mrs.
George Gordon, vice presidents, and
Edward F. Henderson, secretary and
treasurer.
Mr.. Genau, who has been associ-
ated with the Washington Loan and
Trust Co. for the last % years, is a
trustee of the Somerset School and
a member of the Bethesda Lions
Club.
Evening star., 1945-04-15
DR.. Rutland 10 Address
Temporary Hospital Unit

DR.. George C. Rutland, District
health officer, will speak at meet
ing of the Northeastern Temporary
Hospital Association at 1915 pm.
Wednesday at the YWCA, Seven
teenth and K streets NV, Edward
P. Lovett, chairman of the associa-
ton, announced yesterday. The
meeting has been called to discuss
means of providing adequate hos
pital facilities for colored people in
the northeastern area.
DR.. Rutland will talk on Hospital
Needs of the Community"
Other speakers on the program
will be DR.. Dorothy B. Ferebee and
DR.. w. H. Bruce, local physicians.
DR.. Ferebee will talk on Hospital
Needs of the Negro" and DR.. Bruce
on Proposal for Community Hos
pital." Mr.. Lovette will preside at
the meeting.