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Evening star., 1948-09-06
Draft Workers
Ready TO- Sort
Older Men =
Classification Forms
To Be Sent This Week
To Hundreds in D. G.

District draft boards will center
activity this week on mailing CLASH
f1cation questionnaires to hundreds
of older registrants and setting up
Office machinery to handle the first
induction calls for November.
Registration workers had a brief
breathing spell over the Labor Day
holiday. but tomorrow will resume
registering men who were born in
1925. With the regular registration
period for men Is through 25 due
to end September 18. the District
already has registered more than
24.600 men, almost half the total
expected.
First questionnaires will be sent
out tomorrow to 25-year-old men
who are single and nonveterans.
Thereafter they will go to men in
the other age groups, according to
birthdays. The questionnaires must
be returned within 10 days, and the
detailed information will provide the
basis for classification of registrants
in categories from IA through v.
The District has quota of only SIS
for the 10,000-man draft call for
November.
Members of District draft boards
and appeals boards will attend a
"briefing" session at 8 pm. We'd
nesday in the Interior auditorium.
Boards not yet organized will be
sworn in and all will be instructed
in detailed draft procedures.
The schedule for registration dur
ing the remainder of this week fol-
lows:
Tomorrow, men born in 1925:
Wednesday and Thursday, men born
in 1926; Friday and Saturday, men
born in 1927; September 13 and IA.
men born in 1928; September Is
and 16, men born in 1929; Septem-
ber II and IS, men born in 1880,
before September 19, 1880.
Men who become 18 thereafter
must register within five days after
their birthday.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Two District Guard Units
Beain Intensive 1Faininq

The 171st Military Police Battalion
and the 715th Transportation Com
pany, District National Guard,
started a heavy trtaining schedule
today at Fort Meade, wnere they
will spend the next two weeks
These Negro units, with so per
cent new men, we're out on the
training areas early, first with calls
thentics, then a fast period of close
order drill, followed by instruction
In basic first aid.
The troops which are participate
ing Id their first encampment, are
commanded by 1t. Col. Sylvester
Blackwell, q veteran of many years
service in the District Guard.
The military police and transpor-
tation units left the Armory yes
terday in convoy Of about 40
trucks.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Mother Of a Seriously Injured
When Couch Burns at Suit|und

A Suitland woman, the mother of
four young children, was in serious
condition today as the result of
burns suffered. when couch on
which she was sleeping caught fire.
Chief r. M. Baker of the District
Heights fire department said the
victim, Mrs. Doris Vogel, Is, was
unconscious from smoke when his
rescue workers arrived early yester-
day. They revived her in the yard
he said, and she complained of still
being hot. Unwrapping a blanket
some one had put around her, he
found thats her clothing was still
smoldering, Chief Baker said.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
ID. {. Fires Decrease
But Losses Rise 54%
Because Of Initiation

Fire losses in the District during
the IL months ended last June 80
amounted to $1,000, ,725-an increase
of 54l per cent over the previous 12
months.
But the Fire Department said the
jump in dollar loss was due largely
to replacement costs of material and
labor in an inf1ationary period
rather than any increase of original
value loss.
Actually, the $500 fires during that
period were 286 fewer than for the
previous IL months. the department
said in it's annual report TO the
Commissioners.
False Alarms Increase.
# During the period, covering the
fiscal year ended June 80, the num-
-ber Of false fire alarms was 1887,
an increase Of SO.
The department made 1923 fire
prevention inspections during the
year. This represents a decrease of
14,769 cases, an increase of 1,071.
The report said the average loss
per fire during the year was $392.59,
an increase of $15099 over the pre-
vious year. The per capita loss was
$2.38, an increase of 78 cents.
289 Men Promoted.
In the ranks of the Fire Depart
ment, 289 men received promotions.
there were 26 retirements and S
deaths. Seventeen men resigned from
the department and were dis
missed. Disciplinary action was
taken against II.
District firemen lost an average
of 1899 days during the year be-
cause Of illness or injury.
In the training division. As men
took the departments indoctrina-
tion course and 27 officers and 129
privates received instruction in the
pump school.
A. total of 16,462 emergency am
bulance calls were handled.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Thugs Tie WatehmaiIll
Work 5Hours on Safe,
But Fail 70 Crack L

Montgomery County police today
searched for three thugs who bound
a night watchman with rope, robbed
him of about SIC, then worked un-
successfully for five hours to crack
the safe in Silver Spring bottling
plant.
The 1,400-pound safe in the Office
of Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc,
1901 Fast-West Highway, contained
S1,500, half in cash.
The watchman, Richard Oliver
Lowe, IS, was unharmed. by the
three who broke into the plant late
Saturday night.
Says They Weren't Professional.
r. X. Quinn, production manager
for the bottling company, described
the burglars as "non-professionals. "
He said they worked with a welding
tip instead of hardy cutting tip
which could have been attached to
the welding equipment from the
plants machine shop.
The thugs burned hole 4 inches
square in the top Of the safe.
Police quoted Mr.. Lowe as saying
the three men, all colored, surprised
him in the company Office after he
had made a check of the premises
about 10:30 pm. He inquired what
they wanted and one replied that
they were looking for jobs, the
watchman said.
When he told them to return in
Office hours, Mr.. Lowe said, one OF
the men overpowered him, binding
his hands and. tying him to So
gallon drum. He said he was forced
to tell where the welding eqTlip-
ment was kept and he was turned
so he could not watch the thieves
at work.
Wallet Given Back Empty.
Meanwhile, he said, he was re-
lieved of his wallet. The money
was removed but the wallet re-
turned. He reported they threat
ened to blow your brains out" If
he tried to call for help.
The burglars knocked of the
dial on top Of the safe and then
burned the hole.
When they quit about $3.50 am,
MIR. Lowe said, they tied his feet
and severed the ONCE telephone
wires. He managed to free him.
self and ran two blocks to a fire
station to send word to the police.
Mr.. Quinn said the watchman
gave a full description of the men
and thought he recognized one of
them. The manager said plant
damage, desires the safe and tele-
phone line, consisted of three
smashed doors and some injury to
tools.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Livestock Judging Begins
Today at Timonium Fair
BY the Associated Press

TIMONIUM, Md, Sept. Give
stock judging gets under way today
at the 67th annual Timonium State
Fair.
Cooking and homemaking demon
strations and Dahlia judging also
highlight the days activities.
Virginia Ellen Howard of Upperco
led parade Of TOO All club men,
bers yesterday to open efficially the
agricultural events of the fair.
Officials estimated the days at
tendance at 1880.
A special program dedicated to
theS4-H Club membership was pre-
ser1ted, with all counties repre-
serited by boy or girl delegates in
the parade
Paul E. Burke, representing hall
a dozen Baltimore bands, presented
a blue ribbon to Matt Z. Dagger
president of the. Timonium An
Club, in recognitian of his work or
behalf of Maryland young people,
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Harlan Page Sanborn,
Athletic Coach and
Teacher, Dies at 58
Funeral services for Harlan Page

Funeral services for Harlan Page
Sanborn, So, former high school
teacher and athletic coach here, will
be held at 2 pm. Wednesday in Fort
Myer Chapel. Burial will be in Ar
lington National Cemetery.
Mr.. Sanborn, who lived at 5027
Forty-first street NV, died Thurs
day in Montreal while conducting
an educational tour He had been
conducting historical tours for edu-
cational groups for about 10 years.
A native of Wakefield, N H., Mr.
Sanborn attended Brewster Acad-
envy at Wolfeboro, N. H., and was
graduated from Dartmouth College
in 1911.
Coached at Several Schools.
He then taught romance Ian
guages and coached football, base
ball and basket ball at Greenbrier
Military Academy, Lewisburg, Va;
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, Va; Woodbury. Forest
School. Orange, Va, and Asheville
IN. Co School for Boys.
Mr.. Sanborn came to Washing
ton in 1924 He taught and coached
I at Mckinley and Eastern High
Schools and Emerson Institute be-
fore starting his educational toui
work.
He refereed many Southern Con-
ference basket ball games and, in
1926, when the basket ball coach
at the University Of North Carolina
became i'll, he substituted as coach
Served in Both Wars.
During World War I. Mr.. Sanborn
served as a first lieutenant in
France with the Army and during
World War II was major in Army
ordnance.
He was mason, a member OF
Acca Temple Shrine in Richmond
Va. and a member of the Chevy
Chase Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Martha l.. Sanborn; two daughters,
Joan Lawton Sanborn of the Forty
first street address, and Mrs. James
D. Appel of 1865 Runnymede place
NV, and a grandson.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Mail Cancellation Slogan
To Warn on Forest Fires

A ceremony inausurating first use
of a mail cancellation slogan to
promote the 1948 Nation wide forest
fire prevention campaign will be
held at 10 am. September Is in
tne City Post Office, North Capitol
street and Massachusetts, avenue.
officials of the Agriculture and
Post Office Departments, the State
Foresters' Association and other
organizations interested are sched-
uled to attend.
The slogan on the new cancella =
ton dies reads: "Remember-only
you can prevent forest fires"
The slogan is intended to help the
appeal being made to visitors to the
Nations forests to be careful and
help to prevent forest fires. Last
year fires damaged more than 49,
100000 acres of timber and young
trees.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Druftee and Veteran Guide
By Maj. Thomas M. Mol =

If questions are bothering you and
you're bothering other people trying
to get the answers but can't-then
send them to me by way of your
newspaper.
I'll answer them in the Guide.
If you'd like personal answer, that's
okay, but I have to ask that you
inclose a self-addressed, stamped
envelope When that happens I'll
send you a letter back just as soon
as can. Sometimes it will only be
matter Of two or three days, but
at other times it may take longer
But say you're content to see your
question and my answer in the
Guide and don't expect a personal
reply. When should you start look
ing? 1t takes about three weeks
for your letter to reach me, for the
question and answer to be written
into a column and for the column
to be sent to your newspaper.
Now come some questions:
From j. L., Spokane, Wash: GAS
a 25-year-old, 1 registered August
80. But I'm going to be 26 next
month. If I'm not drafted before
then, does that mean I'll never be
drafted and can forget all about it?'
AS it stands now, that's probably
what 1t will mean. Once you turn
Is and have not been drafted, you'll
be put into separate classification
with all other 26-year-olds. II
Congress should decide in the future
TO raise the draft age-maybe in a
national emergency-then you might
be subject to call under the new age
limit.
But this isn't even contemplated
today. It's just possibility. If the
draft age is not raised tit would
take Congress to do it, then you
can forget all about the draft.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Fairfax Schools 10 Open
Tomorrow for Half Day

Fairfax County schools will open
tomorrow, the same day that pupils
register, but class sessions will last
only half the day.
An enrolment surprising last
terms alI-time high of 1893 Is
expected and the county has con-
structed q IS room elementary
school in Falls Church and added
classrooms at Franconia Elementary
and Mount Vernon and Fairfax
Hign Schools.
It was erroneously reported
yesterday in The Star that classes
would begin Wednesday. Actually,
pupils will report tomorrow but full
schedules will not begin until
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Virginia High School Coach
Dies in Crash Near Pulaski
BY the Associoted Press

PULASKI, Va, Sept. 6-Edward
P. Jennings, g. of Fairlawn. head
coach and director of physical edu-
cation at Dublin High School, was
killed yesterday in a head-on auto
mobile collision near here. Three
members of a Washington family
were slightly injured in the crash.
State Trooper Stephen C. Shell
ton said Mrs. Jennings, who was
driving, pulled out to pass another
car and truck when she collided with
a vehicle driven by Nelson Key
Hart, 1000 Connecticut avenue NV,
Washington.
Mr.. Hart, his wife and their s.
year-old son suffered minor in
Juries. Mrs. Jennings had severe
cuts on both knees and a possible
fractured nose.
The accident occurred on Route
II, miles west of Pulaski.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
District Checker Players
In Tourney With Virginians

District and Virginia checker en-
thusiasts today began three-day
tournament at the YMCA to deter
mine the champion of the two areas.
The groups are competing for top
rating, the District Checkers Club
and the Old Dominion Checkers
Association.
Before play started, the Virginia
association was to determine where
the tournament will be held next
year and elect officers.
Two places are being considered
for the next meeting. Lynchburg
and former President Hoover's Vir-
ginia camp on the Rapidan.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Blood Donations Sought
For ParaIyzed Girl, IS

Garfield Hospital again needs
blood donors for Aline Kathmeyer
Is, of 1912 Noyes drive, Silver
Spring, paralysis victim who is re-
ceiving transfusions every other day
ojcials said today.
The girl, confined to wheelchair
for seven years, has been in the
hospital since July %. She needs
blood of the rare type B-RH mega
tive or Orb negative, the hospital
said. Volunteers are asked to call
the blood bank.
The girls need for blood was an
nounced last week when the first
appeal for donors was made.
Evening star., 1948-09-06

Mrs. Vogel was treated at Casualty
Hospital for burns of the chest and
abdomen. She lives at 1912 Forty
fourth street, Garry Houses, Suit
land.
Firemen who answered the alarm
at 2:40 am, said the blaze. appar-
emily was caused by cigarette.
They said they had been unable to
learn how it was discovered or who
first ministered to the victim.
The blaze was confined to the
couch, which had been removed to
the yard when firemen arrived. The
children, asleep in the house, were
uninjured, Mrs. Vogels husband,
William, was not at home.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Arlington Center Plans
Five Dance Glasses

A fall program which will include
five dance classes will open tomorrow
at the Arlington Recreation Center,
3700 Lee highway.
The first class, basic rhythm for
pre-school age and beginners, will
begin at 3 pm. tomorrow. Other
Tuesday classes will be beginners
tap at pm. and advance tap at
S pm. On Wednesdays, ballet
classes will meet at pm. and
aHobatics at pm.
A nominal instruction fee will be
charged. Registrations may be
made by telephoning Oxford 1928
or by attending the opening class.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Woman Shot in Leg
while Emptyina Trash

A District woman, so, was shot in
the left leg as she emptied trash in
her back yard yesterday, police re-
ported.
The VICTIM. Mrs. Odessa Biggs,
colored, 2535 M street NV, was
treated at Freedmen's Hospital and
released after being struck by a
bullet believed to have come from a
nearby alley. Police had not de-
termined the source.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Truman Rally, Picnic
Put Off in MONTGOMERY

Postponement of the Truman
Barkley-Austin rally and picnic
supper from September 18 to Sep
tember Is has been announced by
the Democratic State Central Com
mittee of Montgomery County.
The rally will be held at Meadow
brook, East-West highway at Beach
drive, beginning at pm.
Co-chairman William F. Carl said
the reason for the postponement is
TO let the public have "breather"
on the week end after the Silver
Spring underpass ceremony Satur-
day.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Purse Snatcher Shoots
Woman as She Resists

Police today were seeking a would
be purse snatcher who shot and
slightly wounded an intended wom-
an victim early yesterday.
The victim, Mrs Minnie Dom
oghue, 35, of 27l2 Sixth street NE,
told police a tall colored man at
tempted to wrest her pocketbook
from her as she was walking on
Fourth street between Adams and
Bryant streets NE. When he failed,
he stepped back and shot her in the
hip, police said.
Mrs. Donoghue ran to her home
and was taken to the hospital, where
she was treated and released. The
purse snatcher escaped.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
Dr.. Page N. Etchison
Twill Head Organized
Bible Glass Group
By Cospor Nonnes
Sips Sfoff Correspondent

WESTMINSTER, Md, Sept. g.
DR.. Page NICK. Etchison was nomi-
mated for his 18th consecutive term
as president of the Organized Bible
Glass Association today at the 9th
annual conference of the organiza-
ton. The association, meeting on
the Western Maryland College cam
pus, will end it's three-day conven-
tion today.
DR.. Etchison, whose nomination is
unopposed, was first chosen head of
the association in 1881, after help
ing to found it. He is a member
of the Hamline Methodist Church.
He is also religious work director
of the YMCA, a job he will leave
october to become executive secre-
tary of the Washington City Bible
Society, an affiliate of the American
Bible Society.
Other officers renominated today,
all unopposed, were Howard Stack
house of Emory Methodist Church,
executive vice president: George
Watson of National Baptist Memo
rial Church. treasurer, and Miss Al
berta Cissell of Kenilworth Presby-
tyrian Church, assistant treasurer
To Open Offices Here.
1t was also learned today that
the Organized Bible Glass Associa-
tion and the District branch of the
American Bible Society will occupy
offices in the Washington Building,
Fifteenth street and New York ave-
nue. NV, on October /. A Bible
Glass Association spokesman pointed
out one of the organizations major
projects for the coming year will be
to furnish the new Offices of the
two groups.
Wars are caused by racial differ
Iences, religious disagreements, eco
.nomic pressure or lust for power,
DR.. Edgar Cordell Powers, executive
secretary, Maryland Bible Society,
told the conference this morning.
I'VE cannot cure war from the
outside any more than you can
overcome inequalities in economic
world simply by reducing all men
to a dead level" DR.. Powers de-
ciared. ITO bring about peace, peace
must be first in the human heart.
We need great faith in God to
overcome war"
Reports to Be Made.
installation of the new officers to-
day will be conducted by DR.. j. Lloyd
Black. pastor of Ninth Street Christ
ian Church. II
The annual reports OF thesexecu-
tive vice president. Mr. Stackhouse,
and of the treasurer, Mr.. Watson
will be given at the meeting today.
The appointment of chairmen of
the various organization committees
will also be announced later today.
DR.. Paul c. Warren, minister of
Second Presbyterian Church, Balti-
more, will conclude his series of lee
lures at the final session this after
noon. He will speak on Pilgrims
of the Way The lectures were
based on the conference theme, Life
According to Gods Plan"
The association, founded in 1922
at Leesburg,r Va, with % delegates
representing IL Washington Bible
classes, today has more than 10000
members in 220 classes
Evening star., 1948-09-06
6D..C. Residents
DieinAccidents
0verHo|iday
One Drowned in River;
Others Killed in Traffic
Mishops in States

Six Washington residents have
been killed in accidents during the
Labor Day week end, but only one
death-the drowning of a 22-year-
old man-has accurred In the Dis
trict.
The other five were killed in auto
mobile accidents in adjacent States
Friday and Saturday.
The drowning victim was Angus
tine Lufriu, 1410 Sixteenth street
NV, an employe of the Washington
Terminal Co. He was drowned in
the Potomac River yesterday about
300 yards above the Three Sisters
Island and about 80 feet from shore
when a canoe overturned. He was
with two companions at the time.
National Toll Reaches ri.
Nationally, the Associated Press
reported that the Nations death
toll from accidents over the holiday
has reached 247. OF that number,
1873 deaths have been caused by
traffic accidents as record crowds
took to the highways, 80 by drown
ing and the rest by miscellaneous
causes.
California, with 81 deaths, and
North Carolina. with II, are leading
the fatality list.
The Potomac drowning occurred
about 4:3O pm. yesterday. Mr.. Lu-
friu and two companions, Miss
Frances Spencer, Is, a decorator at
the Hecht Co., and 1t. q. g. Donald
Miller, 25, of the Navy Departments
photo division were in the rented
canoe. All lived at the Sixteenth
street address.
Men Tried to Swap Seats.
When the two men tried to swap
seats, the canoe turned over, throw
ing them all into the water.
1t. Miller, knowing that his friend
could not swim, went to his assist
ance but was unable to pull him to
safety when he began struggling.
He finally swan ashore while Miss
Spencer padded the water filled
canoe 70 SQOre.
Harbor police recovered the body
In about an hour. Deputy Coroner
Richard Rosenberg said today he
would issue a certificate of acci-
dental death.
Mr.. Lufriu is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Maria Lufriu of New
York City.
Peruvian Attache Injured.
In another accident early yeSter-
day, Jose Adrianzen, "a, Assistant
Commercial Attache at the Peruvian
Embassy, was struck by an auto
mobile at Sixth street and Penn
sylvanla avenue NV.
He was taken to Emergency Hos
pltal with fractures of both legs, a
brain conclusion and other injuries.
His condition was described by hos
rItal physicians as serious.
Police said the driver of the auto
mobile was Oscar R. Cutting, %, a
soldier stationed at Boiling Field.
He was charged with leaving after
coll1ding and with reckless driving.
The five District residents who
we're traffic victims were Charles
Alfred Binford, 81, of 1923 Sixteenth
street NV, killed near Stafford,
Va, Friday; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Rivers. colored, of the 100 block of
Second street Sc. killed Saturday in
Prince Georges County; Ivor oJnes,
%, of 2150 Florida avenue NV.
killed near the Page County Warren
County line Saturday, and Mrs
Matte johnson, IA. of 2314 Naylor
road Sc, killed at Upper Darby,
Pa, Saturday.
Evening star., 1948-09-06
GI Housing Lack Causes
Divorce, Mcmahon Says
By the Assoeioied Press

By the Associated Press
The lack of housing for veterans
is causing couples to seek divorce,
Senator Mcmahon, Democrat, of
Connecticut said yesterday.
And If we cause more divorces,
we are striking at the very thing
we are out to protect, the State" he
said. For divorce destroys the
family, and the family Is the
cornerstone of the State"
Speaking over station WEAM, he
blamed the Republican Congress
for the housing situation and said
it is not President Truman's fault
that veterans haven't proper hous-
ing"
Evening star., 1948-09-06

GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKWAY GRADING UNDER Way
1t will be next before traffic will able the
newest link in the George Washington memorial parkway
which ultimately will from Mount Vernon to Great Falls
This photo taken from Key Bridge looking upstream The
traffic lane to the right along the bank will traffic
upstream while the winding down from the hill will carry
Washington bound traffic The dual-lane, divided artery
tinues upstream about mile and then winds inland point
not shown here 1t will Spout Valley
Evening star., 1948-09-06

NOT NICKELMaking his first appearance for the
benefit visitors who crowding the Zoo is this
newborn buffalo, shown here with her mother For
may Lberan brush the young lady born
Saturday and brought back from
Africa by the Zoos director william Manu. National
Geographic expedition years The calf weighs 80 pounds
and the third offspring OF the pair Star Stan Photo
Evening star., 1948-09-26

With the resilient wool
Of beautiful Lees Carpet
undr,Joot yon have a sound
and loueiy foundation
fer Your decorative scheme.
That handsome effect
that YOU have
dreamed Of becomes
a r1eh reality.
The carpet shown
is Virg'n'an
in Spanish Moss Green.