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D. C. Youth Teaching
In Paris to Remain,
He Writes Parents
Letter Tells of Helping
Care for Refugees
Streaming Into City
Because he feels perfectly safe
and because he has "papers to cor
rect and classes to give at the Sor
bonne” a 21-year-old Washington
youth has written his parents here
he has no intention of leaving Paris.
Via Atlantic Clipper, Mr. and
Mrs. William S. Smith of 2804 Four
teenth street N.W. have received a
letter from their %on. Edwin Burr
rows Smith, now studying and
teaching at the University of Paris,
in which he assures them they need
have no fears for his safety.
Written shortly before bombings
of the French capital began, the
communication said:
“In the event of serious bombard
ments Paris still has the best de
fense, both active and passive, in
the country. There is a good anti
aircraft organization; the city is
encircled by air bases for pursuit
planes, and the abris (shelters) are
perfectly safe. I am ‘on location’
and not half as disturbed about this
as you are, being 3,000 miles away.”
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Helped Receive Refugees.
Young Smith told of having as
sisted in receiving, feeding and bed
ding 1.200 refugees within four hours
recently in the College St. Nicho
las.
“All week I have been working in
the railway stations and temporary
refuges of the people who have been
evacuated from the north,” he re
lated “There are thousands and
thousands of them, sick and foot
weary, carrying all their worldly be
longings in a handbag or a sack.
They arrive by bus or train or wagon
or truck, without any destination
and usually without having eaten
for 24 hours.
“There have been 'centres d’ac
ceuil' set up in all the stations, where
they are fed and treated for minor
wounds and illnesses, where they
may bathe their feet and find new
shoes and pass the night lying dowm.
Then we find them refuge areas and
train tickets and send them on."
School Activities Continuing.
The letter mentioned his “carry
ing baggage and babies, sweeping the
floor, cutting bread, playing police.”
The youth expressed his opipion
the war would have taken “a definite
turn” by the end of June and that
the Allies ultimately would be suc
cessful in counterattack.
Pointing out normal business and
school activities were continuing, he
said he was preparing to administer
college board examinations.
Young Smith graduated from Cen
tral High School here in 1934 and
won a scholarship to Swarthmore
College, from which he graduated in
1938. In 1939 he received his mas
ter’s degree from Brown University.
He went to the Sorbonne last Au
gust and recently was granted a
scholarship there to pursue studies
for a doctorate.
Loan Sharks Assailed
By House Member
About 57 per cent oi the Govern
ment employes in Washington at
some time during the calendar year
are “working” for small loan com
panies located across the District
line, Representative John Edward
Sheridan of Pennsylvania told the
National Democratic League of the
District of Columbia at a luncheon
yesterday at the Grafton Hotel.
Mr. Sheridan said the employes
were trying to pay back loans, plus
42 per cent interest, plus service
charges. He asked every one pres
ent who knew a member of Con
gress to ask him to help bring out
of committees two bills to relieve
the situation. One of these provides
for the appointment of a special
committee to investigate loan com
pany practices and the other would
prohibit the solicitation of or the
making of any loan to any officer
or employe of the United States or
the District on Government property.
“You must realize,” said Mr. Sheri
dan, “that employes of your Gov
ernment, who have been unfortu
nate enough to get into the clutches
of these loan sharks cannot perform
their duties in an efficient manner,
due to the thought of always meet
ing the next payment or being
called on ‘the carpet’ by the chief—
when they become a day or two
delinquent.”
Mr. Sheridan said this legislation
would be of far-reaching benefit to
the Government employe and to the
merchants who will receive more
trade when exorbitant interest rates
release more money for spending.
Brown Takes Presidency
Of Chiefs of Police
Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superin
tendent of police, formally assumed
the presidency of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police here
yesterday afternoon, succeeding the
late Chief R. B. Jordan of Rich
mond. whose funeral was held in
the Virginia capital Friday.
Maj. Brown has been vice presi
dent of the association and auto
matically succeeded Chief Jordan.
He will serve until the annual con
vention in Milwaukee September 19.
As his first ofllcial act the head
of the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment presided at a conference which
officials of the association held with
J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation, for a
discussion of security measures
growing out of the war emergency.
'Legionettes' Will Sing
At College Exercises
Four women singers from Keyser,
W. Va., who call themselves the
“West Virginia Legionettes,” will
appear at the commencement exer
cises of Southeastern University in
Memorial Continental Hall Wednes
day at 8 p.m.
• The quartet, composed of Marie
Farley, Anna Montgomery, Virginia
Kolkhorst and Nyta Greenwade, has
won the national championship for
three successive years at American
Legion conventions. It is the offi
cial quartet of the American Legion
of West Virginia.
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee, who teaches
public'speaking at the university,
arranged for the appearance of the
quartet. The university will award
him an honorary degree of doctor
Of literature.
PREPARING FOR CONCERT—Ralph Williams,
a member of the Chevy Chase (Md.) Elementary
School Band, aimed his trombone at the camera
and puffed away during the band’s rehearsal
for its concert to be given at 6:30 pan. Tuesday
on the school lawn.
The brass section of the 45-piece band receives some intensive training at the hands of Ray
mond Hart, Montgomery County music instructor, who will conduct the concert. In case of rain
the concert will be given in the school auditorium. —Star Staff Photos.
Size is no handicap to Jack Schmid, who not
only is the smallest drummer in the band, but
who also beats on the smallest drum. Here he
is trying hard to please Mr. Hart during re
hearsal.
Late Sports News
Cunningham Is Near
Record in Winning
At 1,500 Meters
B> the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. June 8.—They all
said Glenn Cunningham was
through, but today he showed them
by smashing the Missouri Valley
A. A. U. record for the 1,500-meter
run and came close to equaling the
world mark.
The veteran Kansas distance run
ner showed Archie San Romani his
heels from a distance of nearly 70
yards, winning in 3:49. He entered
with the Lawrence, Kans., K. Club.
Cunningham's time bettered by
1.3 seconds the mark set by San
Romani in 1937 and was only 1.2
seconds slower than the world
record set by Jack Lovelock of Eng
land in the Berlin Olympic games.
Cunningham was second to Lovelock
in Berlin.
An unattached competitor, Rich
ard Schnacke of Iowa State squeezed
up a quarter of an inch over the
6 feet 3*a inches that Stevens of
Pittsburg, Kans., State Teachers
high-jumped last year.
Navy Captains Elected
For Seven Sports
By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md., June 8 —
Comdr. Warde P. Bavis, Naval
Academy graduate manager of ath
letes, has announced the election of
new captains and managers for
seven Academy sports. Those mid
shipmen chosen are:
Track—CaDtain. L. L. Delatour. New
Orleans. La.; manager, J. E. Hokr, Kan
aDolis. Kan*.
Sailing—Caotain. W. E. Lemos. River
side. R I manager, W. V. Downer. Jr„
Chicago, III.
Rifle—Caotain. R. M. Stricter. Rock
Island. IH: Manager. J. K. Taussig, jr.,
Norfolk. Va.
Lacrosse—Caotain. B. P. Seaman, jr..
Garden City. N. Y . manager, P. Costag
iiola. Providence. R I
Baseball—Co-Captains. T. E. Blount,
Rye. N. Y.. and H. R. 8choenbaum. Hunt
ington. W. Va.. manager. R. C. Glenn.
Manhatten. Kans
Golf—Captain. R C. Knight. Baltimore;
manager. R. L. Schreier. Buffalo. N. Y.
Tennis—Captain. E. Russell Blair. Mem
phis. Tenn : manager. P. O. Leighton. Long
Beach. Calif.
Blount is a shortstop and Schoen
baum a southpaw pitcher on the
Navy nine; Knight, a unior. was
elected captain of t£e divot-diggers
even though he is not a senior.
There were no first classmen on the
golf team with a varsity N.
British toy manufacturers are do
ing a big business.
Parker, Riggs Battle
In Final at Tennis
Bt the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, June 8.—Frankie
Parker of Pasadena, Calif., and
Bobby Riggs of Chicago meet to
morrow for the second time as
finalists in the heart of America
tennis tournament.
Riggs, who lost narrowly to Par
ker last year, wound up preliminary
play by defeating Junior Coen of
Kansas City, 6—0, 6—1, 7—5.
Parker won a tough engagement
over Prank Kovacs, Berkeley, Calif.,
6—4, 2—6, 4—6, 6—1, 6—2.
Bernice Abar Helps
Pawnees to 10-to-8
Win Over Aztecs
Bernice Abar returned to the
firing line last night as the Wash
ington Pawnees defeated the Chi
cago Aztecs, 10 to 8, in their Roller
Derby game before 3,500 spectators
at Riverside Stadium.
This proved Washington's ninth
victory in 19 starts and places it
in a position to deadlock the Aztecs
at 10-all in the events it repeats in
tonight's game at Riverside at 8:15
O'clock.
Abar, inactive this past Friday
night due to bruised ribs, showed
no ill effects last night and pro- j
vided some fine skating and spec-1
tacular team play throughout.
Pawnees. Aileea.
Girls;
Connor (2)_ __(40) Novak
Aber 13)_ . (41) McClelland
Thomas (4)_(42) Farrell
Patereau i5)_1431 Gadias
Sachs (d)_(44) Phillips
Boys:
Gowin (2)_(40) McCaskey
Carter (3)_(41) Peterson
Fetter (4>_(42) Hatcher
Satterfield (5)_<4.3) Irwin
Kaiser id)_(44) Rasmussen
Scoring: First period—None. 8econd
period—Satterfield (W.). Third period—
Abar (W.i Fourth period—McCaskey (C ).
Open house—Abar <W.). Irwin iC.). Fifth
period—Sachs i\V). Sixth period—Sat
terfield (W.l. Seventh period—Thomas
<W). McCaskey iC.l. 2. Eighth period—
Gorski <W.), Hatcher <C.). Redd (C).
Fetter (W.i. Open house—Thomas iW.),
Carter H i, Irwin <C>.
Penalties: Washington — Abar. three
minutes: Fetter, three minutes: Satterfield,
five minutes: Thomas, three minutes;
Gowin. three minutes. Chicago — Irwin,
nine minutes: Peterson, three minutes:
McCaskey. eight minutes; McClelland, five
minutes: Farrell, three minutes.
Score by periods:
Wash. _0 110 11112 2—in
Chicago _ 0001100 2 2 2— 8
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your vacation consult the
special resort section of
the Sunday Star, June 16.
News about the cool and
attractive mountain and
seashore resorts where you
may relax and enjoy your
self away from the cares
and heat of the city.
U. S. H. A. Denies Trying
To Mix Races in Housing
The United States Housing Au
thority issued a denial yesterday of
reports that it had exerted pressure
on local communities to shelter Ne
gro and whije families under the
same roof in public housing proj
ects.
“Every tenant living in every
project under the U. S. H. A.-aided
program was selected solely by the
local housing agency.” Administra
tor Nathan Straus declared in a
statement.
Only in States where statutes for
bid discrimination on the basis of
race in the use of public facilities,
he said, are housing projects open
to Negro and white tenants alike.
“In this respect the housing pro
gram is exactly the same as the
program for schools and other proj
ects owned and operated by local
communities and built with Federal
financial assistance,” Mr. Straus
pointed out,
There are now six projects under
this U. S. H. A. program, three in
New York and one each in New
Jersey, Ohio and Nebraska, to which
Negro families have been admitted,
as well as white families.
“Statutes of New York, New Jer
sey, Ohio and Nebraska forbid dis
crimination on the basis of color,”
he said. “These State statutes re
flect both local law and local cus
tom which govern the action of local
housing authorities in these areas.”
"No local housing authority in the
North, South, East and West has
ever criticized policies regarding
racial occupancy of projects,”, the
statement added. “Indeed, the lo
cal authorities could not criticize
these policies, for they themselves
are making them.”
Mr. Straus declared reports cir
culated about racial occupancy of
housing projects came from an un
identified “opponent” of the admin
istration bill to enlarge the loan
authorization of the U. S. H. A.
Late Sports Scores
SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Greenville, 12: 8avannah. 7.
Augusta, 6: Spartanburg, 4.
PIEDMONT LEAGUE.
Norfolk. 7: Rocky Mount. S.
Durham. S: Winston-Salem, S.
Columbus, 7: Columbia, .‘I.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Houston. 3: Beaumont 2.
San Ontonio. ft: Shreveport. 1,
Port Worth-Dallas. rain.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
St. Paul. S; Indianapolis, 1.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
8»racuse. 10: Montreal. 7.
Baltimore Methodist
Conference Votes
'41 Session to D. C.
Pastoral Assignments
To Be Announced at
Closing Session Today
By the Associated Press.
WESTMINSTER, Md., June 8 —
The Baltimore Annual Conference
of the Methodist Church heard
various committee reports today
after deciding to meet next June
in Washington.
New pastoral assignments will be
announced at the closing session to- 1
morrow.
An Invitation of the Rev. Dr. John
Rustin of Mount Vernon Church,
Washington, to meet there in 1941
was accepted.
Purchase of Building Recommended.
The Committee on Publishing In- j
terest recommended that the Board i
of Publications of the Methodist
Protestant Church purchase the
headquarters building of the former
Methodist Protestant Church at
Baltimore.
Supt. P. Reid Isaac of the Straw
bridge Home for Boys, Eldersburg,
reported 49 boys were now being
taken care of, and that the Rev.
and Mrs. Charles H. Anderson had
been added recently as home parents.
The Rev. Herman M. Wilson was
reappointed superintendent of the
Methodist Home at Gaithersburg.
Sale of Parsonage Favored.
The report of the Joint Adjust
ment Committee of Nine, represent
ing the former Maryland Conference,
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This report recommended that
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timore, valued at between $10,000
and $12,000 be sold and part of the
proceeds be used to pay off a con
ference debt of $4,250, represented by
a note held by a Westminster bank.
The balance from the sale would
be divided between the Baltimore
and Peninsula Conferences. *
The Adjustment Committee also
recommended that the Maryland
Conference Church Home at West
minster be maintained as a joint
project by the Baltimore and Pen
insula groups.
Youth Conference Elects.
Prank Cleaver of Washington was
re-elected president of the Balti
more Methodist Conference Youth
Organization.
Other officers named included
Mary Jane Keeley, Washington,
commissioner of missions.
Jesse Owens Injured
In Auto Accident
By the Associated Press.
ELGIN. 111., June 8.—Jesse Owens,
1936 Olympics sprint champion, suf
fered cuts and bruises today in an
automobile collision. He was treated
at a hospital.
The Negro track star, who holds
world and Olympic sprint records,
said he was driving from Sioux City,
Iowa, to Toledo, Ohio.
Silver Spring Meeting
The Silver Spring <Md.) Business
men’s Association will meet Tuesday
night at National Park College,
Forest Glen, when they will be
guests of Dr. Roy Tasco Davis, presi
dent of the college.
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Red Cross Gets $56,137
From Belmont Racing
By the Auociated Preu.
NEW YORK, June 8.—Belmont
Park announced today that its war
relief day on Thursday netted a
total of (56,137.23 for the Red Cross.
Of this total, (52,824,73 comprised
the proceeds from admission fees
and betting.
The rest of the charity purse came
from individual contributors, among
whom were the New York Turf
Writers' Association, the Morning
Telegraph and Daily Racing Form
and the jockeys at the track.
Purse Snatcher
Badly Injured
By Streetcar
A colored man who had snatched
a purse from a woman near Thir
teenth and U streets N.W. last night
was seriously injured as he dashed
into the side of a moving streetcar.
Police reported the man grabbed
a pocketbook from the arm of Lytha
Bosket, colored, of 922 Fifth street
8.E. He fled across the street and
ran head-long into the streetcar.
The impact knocked him uncon
scious Police removed him to
Freedmen’s Hospital, where he was
believed to have a fractured skull.
Officers said they found the purse
tucked into his shirt.
At a late hour last night the man
had not regained consciousness to
learn that the purse contained only
29 cents.
Army Medicos Defeated
Naval Receiving Station staved off
Army Medicos’ closing rally to eka
out a 4-3 decision in their Militia
League game. Powell, losing pitcher,
gave up only four hits and also
helped the attack along with a
homer.
Devitts Listed First
MERCERSBURG, Pa., June 8
(Special).—Devitt Schopl of Wash
ington is the first grid opponent of
Mercersburg Academy next fall.
The game, one of seven listed, will
be played here October 5.
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