Evening star. [volume], August 10, 1940, Page A-5, Image 5

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Letters Show Desire
Of English to Send
Children to U. S.
Americans Just as Eager
To Receive Them,
Committee Reports
The urgent desire of English par
ents to get their war-menaced chil
dren in safe homes on this side of
the Atlantic and the willingness of
American families to receive the
small refugees were revealed in let
ters released yesterday by the Wash
ington Committee for the Care of
European Children, which acts un
der auspices of the Council of So
cial Agencies.
• The committee at the same time
announced that a request for group
sponsorship of European child ref
ugees had been referred to the New
York office of the United States
committee for a ruling. The ques
tion arose when a local club offered
to support one or more children in
Washington homes.
A letter from a British writer to
a friend in Washington reveals the
Spartan spirit of the parents so far
as their own safety is concerned
and their anxiety for their children.
“A Tiny War Job.”
The writer asks his friend “to look
about a bit, please.” for a temporary
home for his two girls, aged 12
and 7. The letter continues:
“I'm all right. I’ve a tiny war
job and I can just manage to live.
I mess about in a steel helmet and
get any amount of traveling, some
times all night, and I like it and
I'm happy. My wife is working en
thusiastically as a volunteer in some
war thing and my boy is a soldier,
of course.
“The only thing that worries me
Is those two girls. Once I can get
rid of them somewhere safe I don’t
care a damn what happens. And
nobody I know cares a damn either,
once they can get their kids into
safety.”
British children can come in on
visitors’ visas, though other chil
dren will probably have to come in
on regular immigration quotas, be
cause visitors must have homes to
which they may return at the ex
piration of their visa.
U. S. Official Wants Boy.
A Government official in Wash
ington wrote Mrs. W. A. Roberts,
secretary of the local committee:
• "We want to take a boy into our
home and have him share equally
with our son in all ways, probably
sharing a room together.”
"Having lost a little girl of 4 we
would prefer the youngest girl pos
sible,” writes another family here.
"We are more than willing and
able to take care of a little child
and could assure her good care and
a good education as long as we are
allowed to keep her.”
“I'll be glad to take a girl over
15,” writes another District mother.
"I want one I can keep as my own
* * * I want her as one of the
family and more of a companion
than anything else.”
From a Virginia home, the wife
of an officer in one of the armed
services asks for the child of a Brit
ish Army officer the couple had met
in Shanghai years before: “The sur
roundings here are ideal for a young
child, including school facilities. We
have no children of our own. We
would naturally wish to have the
child for a while in a summer home
we have on the salt water in Massa
chusetts, and so I want to expedite
the coming and to send money for
passage, passports, etc., at once.”
These letters are typical, accord
ing to Mrs. Olive W. Swinney of
the committee’s Child Care Commit
tee. Many such letters have reached
her office since the organization of
the committee here, she said.
Many people, she said, had tele
phoned to find out about the possi
bility of getting refugee children,
but persona’ interviews are still
necessary.
Mrs. Swinney asked today that all
sponsors who wish to offer shelter
or support for refugee children tele
phone the office of the Washington
Committee, 1101 M street N.W.,
Metropolitan 2284, and arrange for
an interview with her or Mrs. Stuart
Rice, head of the Information Sub
committee.
Grand Jury Gets Evidence
On Death of Mrs. Howard
The action by the grand jury in
the case against Jerome Howard,
26, accused of slaying his mother
with a butcher knife and who yes
terday was declared to be of un
sound mind, is expected to be made
public Tuesday.
The jury considered evidence
presented yesterday. At the same
time the Commission on Mental
Health announced its findings that
Howard is of unsound mind at this
time but did not conjecture as to
his mental condition at the time
of the slaying last March.
Chairman Gillespie Walsh of the
commission said that after the grand
jury acts the commission will file
a supplemental report. The com
mission made no recommendation
as to Howard’s custody.
Assistant United States Attorney
Aline J. Krouse presented the evi
dence to the grand jury. If an in
dictment is voted or the evidence
ignored it probably will be made
known on the usual day—Tuesday.
Howard was found by police in
his home at 815 Taylor street N.W.
with the body of his mother, Mrs.
Bessie C. Howard, 66, in an upstairs
room on March 30. Police said the
woman had been dead about two
weeks, and the young man had been
living at the home during that
period.
Southeast Transportation
Hearing Is Postponed
The hearing before the Public
Utility Commission in connection
with adequate transportation serv
ice for Southeast Washington has
been postponed from August 22 to
September 18. the commission an
nounced yesterday. Postponement
i was at the request of the Capital
, Transit Co. and the Washington.
! Marlboro & Annapolis Motor Lines,
Inc., the two companies now having
routes in the sector, it was stated.
■ A previous hearing was held last
j spring, when civic spokesmen from
: the area insisted the facilities were
inadequate, particularly inasmuch
as there was no transfer service
between the two companies.
The commission has already found
the service ‘‘discriminatory” but is
withholding final ruling pending the
j new hearing, at which additional
I evidence will be presented.
Coal production in Canada during
the first quarter of 1940 totaled
4.529.273 tons.
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Four-button Suede Gloves,
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"Sparkling"—note and letter paper ensemble,
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Parker Vacuum Pen and Pencil Set, $5.
Stationery, Aisle 2, First Floor.
Brogues by Arnolds_$10.95
Brown Slunk Boots_$7.75
Spalding Saddle Shoe, brown and white, $6.95
Pandora's Vicki Pumps_$14.75
Daniel Green's Comfy Lounge Slippers, $5.50
Teddy Bear Scuffs, cotton, $1.95.
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"Annie Laurie" Wool Socks, $1.
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Hosiery, Aisle 17, First Floor.
Revlon Nail Polish, 60c. Revlon Lipstick, $1
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Cash's Woven Names; 6 dozen, $2.
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Harriet Hubbard Ayer's Luxuria Cream, $3.50.
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Casual Sports Fur Felt, $3.95.
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Colorful, breeze-weight silk and wool scarf, $1.
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"Lazy Lady" Robe, rayon crepe, $3.95.
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Parker Wilder Wool Flannel Robe, $5.95.
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Cotton Flannelette Nightie, $1.95.
Cotton Broadcloth Pajamas, $1.95.
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Barbizon's Impeccably Tailored Slip, $2.25.
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Vanity Fair Pechglo Panties, $1.
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Kleinert's Garment Gripper, 50c.
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Striped Canvas Wardrobe Trunk, $34.95.
Matched Luggage—con vos case (21-inch),
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Shortie Skirts. Wool Shetland, $6.95.
Calots and Pillboxes to match, $3.95.
Pure Silk Shirts, long sleeves, $3.95.
Reversible Raincoat, $13.95.
Belt and Bracelet in suede, $1 and $1.50.
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Jane Wandl Rayon Faille Dress, $16.95.
Softly Tailored Wool Jersey Dress, $16.95.
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"Rowdy-Dowdy" Jacket, Shetland wool, $5.95.
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Spalding Saddle Oxfords_$6.95
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