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Society and General
WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1941.
Nine Governors
Have Accepted
Inaugural Bids
Five Republicans
Listed; Presidential
Stand to Be Started
Nine Governors, five of them Re
publicans. already have notified offi
cials here that they will be on hand
to participate in the third-term in
auguration of President Roosevelt.
Many more State heads arc ex
pected in person and those unable
to be here will send representatives.
The governors and their aides
will ride in automobiles in the in
augural parade following the oath
faking ceremony at the Capitol.
They will be placed directly behind
the parade marshal. Gen. George C.
Marshall. Army Chief of Staff At
the end of the parade route, thev
will take up places in the pic-irien
tial reviewing stand to watch the
rest of the two-hour procession
hTe Republican Governors who
have replied affirmatively to In
augural Committee invitations are
Dwight H Green of Illinois, Sumner
Sewall of Maine. Robert O. Blood
of New Hampshire. William H. Wills
of Vermont and Leverett Saltonstall
of Massachusetts.
Democratic Governors accepting so
far are Frank M. Dixon of Alabama,
Keen Johnson of Kentucky, Paul B.
Johnson of Mississippi and Burnet
R. Maybank of South Carolina.
Meanwhile, construction of the
presidential reviewing stand is ex
pected to be started within a few
days. Contract for this work has
been awarded to Skinker A: Garrett
of this city. Engineer Commissioner
David McCoach announced last
night.
The reviewing stand, in which the
President himself took a hand at
the design, will be of American
Colonial motif and will be In front
of the White House.
Nearby will be posted a guard of
honor, including representatives of
w-ar veterans’ organizations and
Boy Scouts.
Col. McCoach. who is chairman
of the Grandstands Committee of
th® Inaugural Committer, said the
award for this project was $5,000.
Committee Complains
Of Civil Service Methods
Protest against methods of the
Civil Service Commission in report
ing to department heads complaints
against Federal emnloyes. in alleged
disregard of their "civil rights and
liberties." was contained in a letter
from the Washington Committee
for Democratic Action to Chairman
Harry B Mitchell made public to
day.
The committee cited the case of
an employe of the National Labor
Relations Board as evidence of "the
contempt in which the commission
holds the rights of Government
workers ' The commission was said
to have forwarded to the board a
letter from a New York attorney
charging that this employe's office
was "filled with Communists." The
charge was without proof, according
to the committee, which accused the ■
commission of leveling "vague
charges and then inviting "appro
priate action" from the departments
affected.
The committee is the local chap
ter of the Federation for Constitu
tional Liberties.
Court Adjourns in Honor
Of George W. Offutt
Justice Jesse C. Adkins yesterday
held a short special session in Dis
trict Court and after being officially
advised of the recent death of George
W. Offutt. attorney and civic leader,
adjourned court out of respect for
his memory.
Attorney E Hilton Jackson, leader
In the District Bar Association, of
ficially announced the death of Mr
Offutt.
"Mr. Offutt was not only an illus
trious member of the bar for a long
time, but engaged in a wide variety
of civic activities, such as would at
tach themselves to a forw’ard-look- 1
ing citizen.' Mr Jackson said.
Responding. Justice Adkins said: 1
"Mr. Offutt was an esteemed mem
ber of the bar for many years. He
was very active in many forms of
civic enterprise. The bar and the :
community have suffered a great
loss In his death."
Ice Cream Store Robbed
Of $ 10; Truck Is Looted
Mary Fowler, manager of a High
Ire eream store at 1855 Calvert street
N.W.. was robbed of about $10 last
night by a colored gunman who en
tered the establishment, she re
ported to police. The man escaped
by running down Calvert street.
Twenty-five cartons of cigarettes ;
and $113 in change were taken from
a truck yesterday while it was j
parked in the 400 block of H street |
N.W.. Robert W. Ramsey, 32. of!
Glen Echo. Md., driver of the truck, I
told police.
Three colored strong-arm bandits
struck Charles S. White, of 1226 Fit- i
teenth street N.W. as he was getting
out of his car in the 1500 block of
W street N.W. and stole his car kevs.
They fled, however, without taking
either the car or his wallet.
M. L. Ramsay Is Detailed
To Federal Works Office
M. L. Ramsay, director of informa
tion and research at the Rural
Electrification Administration, has
bpen detailed to the office of Federal
Works Administrator Carmody. it
was announced today.
Mr, Ramsay will work on special!
assignments from Mr. Carmody. Mr.
Ramsay was the administrator's
assistant when he was R. E. A. chief
This is Mr. Ramsay's second such
detail to special service. In 1938 he
was borrowed by the Federal Com
munications Commission for six
month*.
Mr. Ramsay formerly was a Wash
, tngton newspaperman.
FORT BELVOIR SPEEDS DEFENSE—Arriving at one of the new
barracks at the nearby Virginia post to enter a non-commis
sioned officers’ instructors course, David Gallagher of Utah (.left)
and S. G. Clark of Texas are shown with their equipment.
-A _
It's a merry life off duty for men of Company A, 84th Engineer Battalion (camouflage', as
they relax after a hearty meal to strum the guitar, sing songs, clean rifles or enjoy a bit of “bunk
fatigue.” The barracks are well heated from a plant in the same building, from which hot air is
circulated by a fan through ceiling ducts.
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Sergeant Skipper, the dog
mascot in the bag, is one of
the favorites of Company A.
Pvt. Robert B. McCullough
carries him into the barracks.
Added Bus Service
Is Given to Areas in
East Washington
Penning and Hillcrest
Sectors and Naylor
Road Are Affected
i Additional bus service in East
: Washington areas not linked with
intercompany points of the Wash
ington. Marlboro & Annapolis Mo
tor Lines. Inc., was placed in effect
today by the Capital Transit Co.
The changes include rerouting or
extension of Pennsylvania avenue
bus services in the Benning and
Hillcrest areas and the creation of
a new branch over Naylor road and
Alabama avenue. This also will in
clude more frequent service, accord
ing lo the local line.
In Benning a bus began operation
west over the Benning road viaduct
to connect with the Benning street
cars instead of sending the bus
north on Minnesota avenue to Deane
avenue. In Hillcrest. the line will
be extended over Camden street to
Thirty-third street, south on this
street to Hartford street, thus af
fording an extension of service to
the south.
Residents of the Skyland Apart
ments area. Twenty-fifth street and
Good Hope road S.E.. will be af
forded additional service with ex
tension of bus service over Naylor
road and Alabama avenue.
Meanwhile action on intercom
pany transfers, demanded by resi- 1
dents of the area, who complain of 1
paying double fares to reach certain
points, has been delayed until at
least next Monday.
The Public Utilities Commission
has given the two companies, until
that date to file briefs explaining
why the transfer plan should not
be instituted.
Both companies were recently or
dered by the commission to issue
transfers to the other on payment
of a 10-cent fare, but the lines ap
pealed to the District for recon
sideration.
The commission then elected to
reconsider without a public hearing, i
which previously had been held.
Locked-Ouf Man Sentenced
To 180 Days Locked In
Daniel Magruder. 29, colored, j
wanted police and went to the I
Women’s Bureau of Police De
partment to call them. The police,
however, would have wanted Ma
gruder more than he wanted them
had they known certain facts a few
minutes later.
Magruder, it was testified in Police
Court yesterday, said he wanted
Police to help him get into his home,
from which he had been locked out.
Shortly after leaving the bureau
Monday' night, Magruder was ar
rested by a policeman for dis
orderly conduct when he was
found swearing, it was testified.
Then, when he was searched at No.
2 precinct after his arrest on the dis- i
orderly conduct charge, police found 1
18 six-month police street car passes
which had disappeared from Capt.
Rhoda Milliken's desk in the Wom
en's Bureau.
So yesterday Judge John P. Mc
Mahon sentenced Magruder to 180
days in jail on a larceny charge and
fined him $10 or 10 days on the dis
orderly conduct charge.
Two Divorce Suits
Filed in Montgomery
Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md.. Jan. 1.—A lim
ited divorce from Mrs. La Verne
Canres Dickey of Chicago is asked
by Granville E. Dickey of Mont
gomery County in a petition filed in
Circuit Court. The plaintiff also
seeks custody of the couple's only
child. Rosemary Lt Verne Dickey.
Desertion on October 15, 1940, is
charged.
In another suit filed here Charles
F. Schlichter of this county asks
an absolute divorce from Mrs. Kath
ryn B. Schlichter of Washington
and the custody of the couple's
three children.
Typical of the new construction of about 680 buildings
being erected by the Charles H. Tompkins Co. of this city to
house the spring flood of selectees is this group of two-story
barracks and one-story mess hall, now used as headquarters
of the Replacement Center. More than 50 new structures have
been or will be occupied this week, and a total of 124 will be
available soon. The whole project is to be completed during
March. —Star Staff Photos.
Silver Spring Youth
To Go to Marine Corps
On Graduation
Robert L. Leashure in
Annapolis Class Soon
To Be Graduated
A Silver Spring tMd.l youth.
Robert L. Leashure. is one of 25
members of the Naval Academy
graduating class selected for ap
pointment as second lieutenants in |
the Marine Corps following their
graduation February 7, an Associat
ed Press dispatch from Annapolis
reveals.
ext
Of
the pressing need for officers under
the expanding naval program.
Victor Delano, son of Capt. Har- j
vev Delano of 3700 Huntington
street N.W.. was named one of
seven midshipmen slated to receive
prizes and special awards at the
exercises. He will be awarded a
wrist watch, sponsored by the Na
tional Woman's Relief Corps, for
proficiency in rules of the road.
Others receiving awards, accord
ing to an announcement of Admiral
Wilson Brown, academy superin
tendent. include:
Walter P. Murphy, jr„ Boonton, .
N. J., a wrist watch, sponsored by
the class of 1928. for the senior who
has done the most to promote Naval
Academy football while a member
of the junior varsity squad.
Dante R. Marzetta. Ogleby, 111., a
pair of binoculars, sponsored by the
United States Lines, for the senior
who stands highest in foreign lan
guages.
Robert M. Stricter. Rock Island.
111., the Secretary of Navy's trophy
for proficiency with a service rifle.
Joseph T. Materi. Aberdeen, S.
Dak., a gold watch, sponsored by the
class of 1912. for senior standing
highest in English course.
Midshipmen tp be commissioned
in the Navy have not yet been
named.
Democratic Committee
Moves to Mayflower
With the new year the Demo
cratic National Committee was in
stalled in new offices today, a 25
room suite on the second floor of
the Mayflower Hotel.
The committee moved yesterday
from its 18 rooms on the 12th floor
of the National Press Building. The
rental there, it was reported un
officially, was about $1,000 a month, j
while the new quarters will cost
more than $3,000 monthly.
National Chairman Edward J.
Flynn explained that the committee
was too crowded in the offices it has j
occupied for 10 years and could not I
obtain additional space in the Press
Building.
Mr. Flynn obtained for himself a
three-room apartment at the May
flower so he could be near the com
mittee.
Boy's Picture With Bread Crust
Wins Four Quarts of Milk Daily
The Star, during its campaign
for funds to spread Christmas
cheer to the needy, published
the picture of a child breaking a
crust of homemade bread.
The child's sweater was
patched The table at which he
sat showed the marks of time
and wear. His face was turned
away, but you could see his fin
gers holding the rough bread.
Because of that picture, seven
children, deserted by their father,
barely kept alive by their mother,
will find four quarts of milk on
the front porch of their shack
every day for the next year.
Tire picture came to the at
tention of an anonymous con
tributor. He wanted to order a
quart of milk daily for that boy.
He talked tne matter over with
Edgar Brawner. president of
Chestnut Farms Dairy.
He had been told the family
lived almost at the city limits.
Could milk be delivered to the
shack? Mr. Brawner said it
could. He went further. He
! also would like to send milk to
the family—three more quarts of
milk because the welfare agency
j taking care of the family told
I him that much was needed to
■ give the seven children the milk
they should have.
The contributor who had re
sponded to the appeal of a small
boy with a crust of bread reported
to The Star:
"I know that 1941 will be a
happy year for all of us because
we were able to help this family.’’
Former Capital Woman
Dead in Shooting
A 26-year-old woman, identified
by police as Jane Helen Ligon, for
merly of Washington, died Monday
in San Antonio, Tex., of a gunshot
wound received Christmas eve, the
Associated Press reported.
The dispatch said Miss Ligon was
found seated in an automobile and
that her companion. Wallace Elvin
Butler. 25. was discovered shot to
death a little distance from the car.
WASHINGTON’S FIRST BABY OF 1941—Mrs. Dora Ackerman,
649 Irving street N.W., is shown with her 8-pound 2-ounce baby
girl, born about 15 seconds after midnight last night at Garfield
Hospital. So far no one has disputed the parents’ claim that it
is the first child borikhere in 1941. —Star Staff Photo.
Naval Reserves Sail
Today for Service
In Caribbean Waters
84 Officers and Men Go
To Norfolk; Will Leave
There Tomorrow
Eighty-four officers and men of the
3d Division. 1st Battalion. Naval
Reserves, were scheduled to board a
Norfolk & Washington steamer at
6:30 o'clock tonight, bound fot serv
ice in Caribbean waters.
The Reserves will journey to Nor
folk where they will sail tomorrow
for the Canal Zone aboard the U. S.
S. Nitro. All but one of the Reserves
will report for active duty to the
destroyer U. S. S. J. Fred Talbot.
Lt. R. C. Hoffman will be transfer
red to the destroyer Barry.
A farewell ceremony, scheduled to
begin at 5 o'clock, will be attended
by Lt. William Croft Jennings, com
manding officer of the 1st Battalion.
The three divisions of the battalion
are to depart for active duty in
reverse order, the second and first
divisions following the third within
the next few months.
The 3d Division is headed by Lt.
F. S. Kirk and Ensigns Samuel
Spencer and B. C. Royster. Lt.
Hoffman will leave the group at
the Canal Zone for his special
assignment.
Equipment of the unit was to be
transported to the Washington
Channel wharf today so the men
will be able to board the steamer
unencumbered by heavy supplies.
Part of the farewell ceremonies
was scheduled to be broadcast by
Lt. Comdr. Arthur Godfrey of the
Reserves over Station WJSV from
6:15 to 6:30 o'clock.
Marine Reserves to Go
To Cuba Before February 1
Marine Corps Reserve units, in
cluding the local 5th Battalion, are
scheduled for transfer to Guan
tanamo Bay, Cuba, some time be
tween January 6 and February 1,
the Navy Department announced
yesterday.
The Reserve units were mobilized
November 7 and sent to the Marine
Barracks at Quantico, Va. Since
that date the organization has been
actively engaged in conditioning
maneuvers.
On arrival at Guantanamo Bay
they will join the 1st Marine Bri
gade and will participate in train
ing exercises and maneuvers now
under way by that unit.
The Reserves include 84 officers
and 1.658 enlisted men. The or
ganizations and their home stations,,
are as follows:
Fifth Battalion, Washington, D.1
C.; 1st Battalion and 3d Battalion,
New York: 2d Battalion, Boston:
7th Battalion. Philadelphia: 8th
Battalion, Toledo, Ohio, and the
17th Battalion, Detroit.
Maryland Assembly
Members Trickle
Into Annapolis
Party Caucuses Meet;
First Session Tonight
To Hear O'Conor
Bn the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md , Jan. 1.—Mary
land's 1941 Legislature, faced with
the prospect of doing more work in
a shorter space of time than any of
its predecessors, trickled quietly into
town today, causing scarcely a ripple
in the Capitol's holiday surface.
Seemingly somewhat subdued, in
comparison with past years, early
arrivals among the Assemblymen
had little to say.
Principal business today was the
pre-session caucus to select House
and Senate leadership. However,
with alignments all settled in ad
vance and the return of Speaker
Thomas Conlon and Senate Presi
dent Arthur Brice a virtual certain
ty, the caucus occasioned little early
j excitement.
Few Legislators Arrive.
It was generally understood that
th» majority and minority floor
leaders likewise would continue, bar
ring last-minute developments.
By midmorning, the Statehouse
still was practically deserted, only a
scattering of legislators having ap
peared. Gov. O'Conor remained at
the Executive Mansion celebrating
the holiday with his family.
The regular reception for the
Legislature, held by the Governor
at the mansion, was set for 4 p.m .
after the caucus, and the Assembly
was not scheduled to convene until
8 p.m.
O't'onor to Give Report.
At that time, in joint session, the
Assembly will hear Gov. O'Conor
read his unusual message reviewing
the work of the last two years and
citing the accomplishments of his
administration. His report was ex
pected to require about an hour for
delivery.
Under present plans, both houses
then will adjourn until 10 a m to
morrow. at whirh time some 75
Legislative Council bills will be in
troduced.
Such subjects as taxation, tax
administration, conservation, fire
works regulations, the merit sys
tem. county almshouses and roads
bid fair to keep the legislators busy
and are sure to bring a sharp divi
sion of opinion.
Some of these subjects are cov
ered in bills prepared by the Legis
lative Council and floor battles on
some recommendations are in the
offing.
Land-Use Co-ordinator
Appointed by Wickard
Permanent appointment of Milton
S. Eisenhower as land-use co-ordi
nator of the Agriculture Department
was announced today by Secretary
Wickard.
In 1937 Secretary’ Wallace assigned
Mr. Eisenhower to set up the office
of Land-Use Co-ordination while
continuing to serve as the depart
ment's director of information, a
post he had held since 1928.
The office was created at the re
quest of heads of land-use agencies
in the department—the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration. Soil
Conservation Service. Farm Security
Administration and Forest Service.
Mr. Eisenhower has been in the
Agriculture Department since 1926.
He is a native of Kansas and a
graduate of the Kansas State Col
lege of Agriculture. He worked on
newspapers in that State before
entering the department and also
served as vice consul at Edinburgh.
Scotland. He now will devote his
full time as land-use co-ordinator.
He is a resident of Falls Church, Va.
Admiral Towers Honored
Rear Admiral John H. Towers of
Washington was elected honorary
president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity at the organization's con
vention Monday in Fort Worth.
Tex. George Short of Butte. Mont.,
was named president. Evanston. Ill.
was designated as the scene of the
1941 convention.
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Three Persons
Die in Nearby
Auto Accidents
No Serious Mishaps
Mar District's New
Year Eve Events
The District came through its New
Year eve without any serious traffic
mishaps but in nearby Maryland
and Virginia three persons lost their
lives as the result of automobile ac
cidents. Altogether 11 other persons
were injured in the Washington
area.
Miss Lynde Crocker. 21. of 601
King street road, secretary to the
Alexandria tVa.) superintendent of
schools, was killed last night when
the automobile in which she was
riding struck a fire plug at King
street road and Callahan drive about
midnight.
Miss Crocker had been with the
school department of Alexandria
for about four years She was a cIosp
friend of the latp Richard Hallibur
ton. who was living at the Crocker
home at the time he wrote 'The
Flying Carpet." one of his adventurp
books.
She is survived by her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Crocker and
a brother. Paul N. Crocker. Funeral
services were to be private, the
family said.
Four Others Hurt.
Miss Crocker was riding in a car
also occupied bv James Tirer. 20,
270 South Fairfax street, the son
of former Mayor E C. Ticer of
Alexandria, who was reported in
jured. Others injured, according to
Alexandria police, are Boyd Myers,
19. 601 King street road: Owen
Chappelle. 2605 Ridge road drive,
and Bordon D. Rust. 717 Timber
Branch drive.
After the car in which she was
riding crashed into a telegraph pole
on route 224 near Pomonkey. Md ,
Annie Mae Boyd. 20. colored, of 930
T street N.W.. died yesterday in
Providence Hospital. She remained
unidentified for several hours after
her death.
Her companion. Julius Enps. 29,
colored, of the 2400 block of P street
N.W.. was also brought to the hos
pital by the Indianhead ambulance.
Suffering from head injuries, his
condition is said to be serious.
Man Killed Near Damascus.
A man tentatively identified as
Regan Russell. 28. of Baltimore, was
killed instantly, and Edwin Harris;
about 30. also of Baltimore, was
taken to the Frederick. Md.. City
Hospital when the automobile in
which they were riding last meh*
overturned on the Olney road near
Damascus.
Marvland State Police said the car
left the road on a curve. Mr Harris
was said to have suffered two broken
legs.
Reed Gale. 19. of 1448 Girard street
! N.W. received a fractured right leg
last night when his car was side
; swiped on the Baltimore boulevard
near Laurel by a hit-run driver Mr.
Gale was brought to Garfieid
Hospital.
While washing an antomobile at
Observatory Circle in the District.
James Stanmore. 31, colored, was
struck by a passing car. He was
taken to Emergency Hospital where
it was found he had received a
fractured right leg and chest in
juries.
Others injured include John Free
man. 70, of Blue Plains. Adolphus
Richardson. 35, 607Rhode Island
avenue N.W. and Nathan Jones,
34. of Gaithersburg. Md.
Dr. and Mrs. Mann to Give
Geographic Society Talk
Dr. William M. Mann, director of
the Zoo. and Mrs. Mann will present
motion pictures and a lecture on the
1940 Smithsonian-Firestone expedi
tion into unexplored portions of
Liberia before members of the Na
tional Geographic Society Friday
night at Constitution Hall.
Dr. Mann, who headed the expedi
tion. brought back many rare speci
mens in 47 crates for the Zoo and a
film account of his trip.
The primitive bush people whom
he photographed sneak some 19 dia
lects. so the expedition took many
interpreters, in addition to about SO
porters, with a small armv of natives
to drive wild animals into 1.000 feet
of net used in capturing them.
Msgr. Sheen Is Elected
By Philosophical Group
The Right Rev. Msgr. Fulton J.
Sheen of the Catholic University
School of Philosophy yesterday was
elected president of the American
Catholic Philosophical Association at
the group's convention at Detroit.
Tire Rev. Charles A Hart, also of
the school of philosophy, was re
elected secretary-treasurer.
The association voted to hold its
1941 convention in Philadelphia De
cember 29 and 30.
Fort Myer Soldier Shot
Pvt. Francis Boswell. 21. a soldier
stationed at Fort Myer, Va . re
mained in critical condition at Gal
linger Hospital today after shooting
himself in the chest last night with
a 22-caliber target pistol in a Ninth
street shooting gallery.
Marriages Boom
As Draft Comes
In Leap Year
The year just passed into history
saw a big increase in marriages in
the Washington area, but whether
leap year or the draft, or both, can
be held responsible is a matter of
conjecture.
There were 8,133 marriage licenses
issued at the District courthouse
during 1940.
There were only 5.906 in 1939
The two previous years prove
nothing, except perhaps the impos
sibilitv of predicting or accounting
for trends in matrimony.
There werp 4.833 applications !n
1938 and 6,882 in 1937.