Evening star. [volume], October 20, 1939, Page A-16, Image 16

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President of School Board
Watches Safety Dog Perform
Shown, left to right in the back row, are Miss Elizabeth
O'Hara, principal of the Takoma School, and Mrs. Henry Grat
tan Doyle, president of the Board of Education. In the front
row are Evelyn Nelson, Gladys Merritt, Paul Rains, Bobby Brown
and Roy Herndon. —Star Staff Photo.
With a large number of parents
watching. Knee-Hi, The Star's
safety dog, yesterday carri«l her
safety message to the children of
the Takoma School with an out
side demonstration at Pinev Branch
road and Cedar street N.W., fol
lowed by an inside demonstration
In the school auditorium.
Among the spectators who watched
the little canine perform was Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle, president of
the Board of Education. The dog
Is sponsored by The Star with the
co-operation of the Board of Edu
cation, the Police Department and
the Department of Vehicles and
Traffic.
‘‘Knee-Hi sure is a smart dog,"
one lad confided to Sergt. T. T. Hef
fernan of the Police Department,
assigned to help run off the dem
onstration.
Arrangements for the demonstra
tion were worked out with the co
operation of Miss Elizabeth O'Hara,
principal of the school. As usual,
the dog was presented by her teach
er, Dr. George E. Brunson, child
psychologist, and her announcers,
Jack Dalton and Bill Tobin.
The little dog was to make her
final appearance of the week today
at 9:30 a.m. at Third and E streets
S.E., before the children of tire
Brent. Dent and St. Pe er's Schools.
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Pro-Russian Cabinet
Expected for Bulgaria
B? the Associated Press.
SOFIA, Oct. 20.—It was widely
predicted in political circles today
that a new Bulgarian rabinet to
replace that which resigned yester
day would lean toward Soviet Russia
rather than Germany.
The cabinet of Premier George
KiosseivanofI had followed a mildly
pro-German course.
King Boris III conferred today
with a number of political leaders,
including Stoircho Mochanov, presi
dent of the Chamber of Deputies:
former Presidents Tzenkov and
Mouchanov of the Senate and for
mer Foreign Minister Kalfov. 1
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Peasants 'See Red'
When the beautiful Lake Sirlo, at
the foot of the Italian Alps, turned
bright red recently, superstitious
Piedmontese peasants declared “Now
that Germany has gone to Moscow
even our lakes go red.” Botanists
in Turin, however, declared the col
oring was due to the release in the
lake of millions of red algae, Just as
the water turned red a year before.
Mysore, India, is rapidly becom
ing an important industrial center.
National Guard Intensifies
Campaign for Members
The District National Guard today
intensified its drive to recruit 552
new members from all sections of
Washington.
Tomorrow night will bring to an
end the main campaign, which has
been featured by anti-aircraft dem
onstrations of the 260th Coast Artll
lery, establishment of recruiting
stations in all sections of Washing
ton and appearances of Guard
officers before civic organizations.
In order to raise the full increase
recently granted by the War De
partment. however, the drive will
continue next week through the ef
forts of individual officers and their
enlisted men.
The Coast Artillery Regiment was
allotted 465 new men, making its
total strength 1,187.
The regimental commander, Col.
Walter W. Burns, will speak tonight
to the Glover Park Citizens' Associa
tion and the Cooley-McCullough
Post of the American Legion. Maj.
Sidney Morgan, inspector and State
staff officer, spoke on "The Battle
of Yorktown" today at 10 a m. in
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution broadcast over Station WMAL.
A searchlight and machine gun
demonstration will be presented by
men of Battery A and Battery O
at Thirty-fourth street and Benning
road N.E. tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
Capt. James S. Heizer will be in
command of the program, which is
sponsored by the Benning Citizens'
Association.
Music will be furnished by the
Sons of the American Legion Drum
and Bugle Corps.
Other batteries of the regiment
also will be in action tonight and
tomorrow night in the windup of
the recruiting campaign.
The 121st Engineers, commanded
by Col. John W. Oehmann, have
been assigned 70 men of the aug
mented Guard. Seventeen were as
signed to Company A. 372d Infantry,
colored troops, commanded by Capt.
Sylvester Blackwell.
Children of Japan have a new
racing game played with toy air
planes.
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