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Curran Pledges
Aid to Police
In Vice Drive
Promises Co-operation
In Prosecution of
All Persons Arrested
Given assurances that all vice
cases in the District would receive
the “fullest attention” of the United
States attorney’s office, the Metro
politan Police today began to clamp
down on vice conditions here.
Maj. Edward J. Kelly, superin
tendent of police, said police in
spectors, precinct commanders and
members of the headquarters vice
squad had been given “the go
signal” by United States Attorney
Edward M. Curran at a special
meeting in police headquarters late
yesterday.
“Mr. Curran assured us that all
cases of prostitution would receive
the fullest attention of his assist
ants,” Maj. Kelly disclosed.
The police superintendent said Mr.
Curran had issued brders to as
sistants to investigate vice cases
thoroughly when such cases are
hmnrTht- irttn V*ic Affioo Wvtr aa1#>o
McCarran Demanded Action.
The District vice problem came
Jnto prominence early this month
when Chairman McCarran of the
Senate District Committee called
on law-enforcement agencies here
to “crack down” on vice. After a
special congressional hearing Sep
tember 30, Senator McCarran
charged that the law here was being
administered "too softly.”
At the hearing. Maj. Kelly main
tained that the law against solicit
ing prostitution on the street was
not broad enough to include solici
tation in taverns, dance halls and
other public places. He asked for
ail amendment to the law.
The hearing followed a statement
by Dr. J. A. Nolan of the Wash
ington Criminal Justice Association
that prostitution was rapidly be
coming a racket in the District and
that unless curbed would grow into
an extremely serious problem.
Maj. Kelly stressed today that
more than a month ago he had in
structed precinct captains to have
their men pay particular attention
to vice cases.
Provost Marshal to Help.
“Now that we have the go-ahead
signal from the district attorney s
office we will move forward in this
drive,” Maj. Kelly said.
Police officials w'ere introduced at
yesterday's meeting to Maj. James E.
Casteel, new provost marshal for
Washington, who will work in con
junction with local law-enforcement
agencies on such matters, Maj. Kelly
pointed out.
Senator McCarran advocated ap
plication otfthe padlock prosrlwonot
the Webb-Kenyon Act in combat
ing vice here. He promised that If
further statutes were necessary to
correct the condition here, legisla
tion would be forthcoming.
Brookland Group Opposes
Bus Line Discontinuance
Opposition to discontinuance of
the Twenty-second and Shepherd
streets bus line was voiced last night
by the Brookland Citizens’ Associa
tion at Its meeting in Masonic Hall,
Twelfth and Monroe streets N.E.
Harry S. Wender, chairman of the
District Recreation Board and vice
president of the Federation of Citi
zens’ Associations, discussed the
work of his board.
Other speakers were Russell Wolf
gram. chairman of civilian defense
in the’ Brookland and Dahlgren
area; George Schultz, chairman of
the emergency feeding and housing
uflit; the Rev. Paul Schilling and
Df. George Ellis, deputy warden of
the Brookland-Dahlgren area.
A motion picture portraying the
wartime activities of the Red Cross
was shown. President Marvin M.
McLean presided.
Children Will Parade
In Bethesda Tonight
^A bicycle parade of about 200
Biethesda-Chevy Chase children will
be held at 7:30 o’clock tonight to
celebrate observance of National
Fire Prevention Week. The bicycles
wdU be decorated and will carry
posters.
-The children will assemble at
the Bethesda Elementary School on
Wilson lane and ride down Old
Georgetown road to Wisconsin
avenue. The demonstration is spon
sored by the Bethesda auxiliary
firemen in co-operation with Chief
A. J. Bargagni of the Bethesda Fire
r>*nnrt.ment.
! Siren's Allure
Wrecks Auxiliary
Police Candidate
The Police Department pointed its
official finger at a prospective aux
Ili4ry policeman and blamed him
Jor a collision that spread the inter
section of Sixth and H streets N.W.
with damaged automobiles and a
flowing of sand shortly after 6 a.m.
today.
Expecting early appointment as
an auxiliary policeman, William J.
O’Donnell, 32, of 1503 Meridian place
N.W., had equipped his automobile
with a siren and, he had the warning
device wide open as he' drove across
H street, according to police.
They alleged that he ran through
a red light at the Sixth street cross
ing and struck a four-ton sand truck
with such force that the heavy vehi
cle upset.
Edward Garey, 927 Twenty-sixth
street N.W., the truck driver, and
Mr. O'Donnell escaped injury but the
intersection was a tangle of traffic
until a wrecking crew cleared away
the sand and damaged vehicles.
L. D. Jackson and S. H. Brennan
#f the Automobile Investigation Unit
announced that a reckless driving
charge had been placed against Mr.
O’Donnell.
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Hawaiian Delegate to Return
To Navy; Nephew Joins Army
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iving yyirnaraws
His Candidacy
'For Re-election
The Army and Navy will soon be
increased by two more Kings of
Hawaii—Samuel W. King, Terri
torial Delegate to Congress, and his
nephew, a student at Georgetown
University.
From Honolulu the Associated
Press reported that the senior King
had withdrawn his candidacy for
re-election to the post he has held
eight years in order to seek active
duty in the Navy, in which he holds
the retired rank of lieutenant com
mander.
In Washington the Board of Draft
Appeals announced yesterday it had
refused occupational deferment to
James A. King to allow him to fin
ish his last semester at Georgetown.
The Hawaiian delegate’s office
said the 20-year-old student, who
worked part time as a clerk there,
had hoped to go home to Honolulu
in February to be inducted with his
friends. Since the deferment was
refused—although a 60-day stay of
induction was recommended by the
appeals board—Mr. King has joined
the Army enlisted reserve.
In last Saturday’s territorial pri
mary, Delegate King not only won
the Republican nomination but re
ceived more votes than all other
candidates of both parties com
bined. A graduate of the Naval
Academy, Mr. King served with the
Navy almost 20 years. His two-year
term as delegate expires next Jan
uary, when he plans to re-enter the
Navy.
SAMUEL W. KING.
In his letter to Republican com
mitteemen of the Territory, Dele
gate King said: "The great expan
sion of our naval strength and the
rapid increase in our naval forces
demand the services of all who can
contribute to the winning of the
war.’’
The Delegate's three sons are all
in the service or in war work, the
oldest being an ensign, the second
at the Naval Academy and the third,
too young for the draft, a rigger at
Pearl Harbor. The youngest boy
was a student at Georgetown, but
left for home soon after the Pearl
Harbor attack.
Draft Appeals Board
Grants 6 Deferment,
Rejects 18 Requests
Induction of 5 Stayed
Because of Dependents,
Sixth Because of Job
Five men were granted deferment
because of dependents and a sixth
was allowed occupational defer
ment by the District Board of Ap
peal during the week ending Sep
tember 25, District draft head
quarters announced yesterday.
Among those refused deferment
was Victorino Paredes, 26, stamp
agent in the office of the resident
commissioner of the Philippines,
who had asked it on occupational
grounds or because of dependents.
In all, the appeal board granted
six of the 26 requests for reclassi
fication it considered, rejected 18,
returned the case to a local board
for *4d»tanaJ lnlor»atttSi and re
objector td the United States at
' torney, • -
-The five men granted deferment
on grounds of dependents were:
Albert P. Smith, 26, Washington
Terminal Co., fireman; Vernon A.
Williams, 27, police department,
civilian driver; Samuel L. Weissman,
21, assistant supervisor of the tele
type section of the War Department;
Vernon Louis Lacy, 24, United States
storekeeper and gauger at Bards
town, Kv., and Clarence W. Davis, 21,
Home Owners' Loan Corp, janitor.
Hospital Guard Deferred.
The only appellant granted occu
pational deferment was Donald D.
Lacey, 43, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
policeman.
Those denied deferment on occu
pational grounds were: Francis D.
O'Sullivan, 23. Federal Bureau of
Investigation file clerk; Stephen D.
Garst, 35; William F. Patterson, 22,
j member of the District Fire Depart
ment for whom a 60-day stay of
induction was recommended; Eugene
R. Dant. 26, Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co., cable testman, and
James A. King, student at George
town University, and nephew of the
Delegate to Congress from Hawaii.
The Appeal Board rejected the
requests of the folowing men for
deferment because of dependents:
Mack Blum, 36, Wise Shoe Stores
salesman: William Earl Nalley, 36,
carpenter: George Hertz. 32, propri
etor of a linoleum and carpet estab
lishment; Joseph D. Barnes, 28,
Government Printing Office laborer;
Wesley B. Brown, 36, taxi cab driver;
Day H. Edwards, 26. George A. Ford
Electrical Co. electrician; Sol Al
berts, 23, Interstate Commerce Com
mission; Gratten Snoddy, 32, dis
tributor of out-of-town newspapers;
George Middledorf, 24, Post Office
special delivery messenger, and
Robert J. Sopoum, 26, painter and
decorator.
Divinity Student Loses Plea.
Those whose appeals for classi
fication in either 3-A or 2-A were
denied were Mr. Paredes and Allan
S. Altschuler, 30, safety engineer.
The appeal of Cornelius K. Rand,
30, divinity student, for classification
in 4-D as a minister was rejected.
The case of Theodore Denslow, 32,
accountant, who sought classifica
tion as a conscientious objector, was
referred to the United States At
torney, while the appeal of Elmer
Schwartz, 39, District permit clerk,
for deferment on grounds of de
pendents, was returned to his local
board for additional information.
This Fire Prevention Week
Tough on Fire Fighters
By the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. Kans., Oct. 9.—
Fire prevention week started offi
cially Wednesday.
Elaborate ceremonies were inter
rupted Wednesday night by a $150,
000 lumber yard Are that burned
for 24 hours and caused injuries to
five firemen.
A second fire broke out last"night
while the lumber yard still was
smoldering. This fire, in a seven
story building formerly occupied by
the Morris Packing Co., blazed out
of control for six hours, causing at
least $75,000 damage. One fireman
was injured.
The fire department is considering
dropping fire prevention week.
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Court Gives Youth, 18,
Maximum Penalty
On Hit-Run Charge
Prisoner Reprimanded
Sternly and Jailed on
Two Other Counts
An 18-year-old hit-and-run driver
whose ‘ borrowed” automobile struck
and seriously injured a pedestilan,
received the maximum penalty and
a stern reprimand from Judge Ar
mond W. Scott yesterday in Munici
pal Court.
Robert Brown, colored, 464 Vir
ginia avenue S.W., the defendant,
drew a fine of $500 and six months
in jail on a charge of leaving the
scene of an accident, an additional
six months’ imprisonment in default
of the rflne; $200 or three months
for reckless driving, and $25 or 25
days for driving without a permit.
The youth and a companion,
ClUtfwn Jacobs; 19. colored, 829 Vir
ginia avenue S.W., earlier in the
day were held under $1,000 bail for
grand jury action on a charge of
taking an automobile without the
consent of the owmer.
Judge Scott in imposing sentence
declared he believed Brown was the
first defendant ever to face him who
deserved the maximum penalty.
“You’ve ruined the life of a good
citizen,” he said. “I happen to
know he is a good citizen because
he lives right across the street from
me.”
The injured man, Edward Fray, 33,
of 1538 T street N.W., was reported |
in serious condition at Casualty Hos
pital. The accident occurred Mon
day night at Fourth street and In
dependence avenue S.W.
Policeman J. W. Trotter, who with
Policeman C. B. Reed arrested the
pair, testified that the car driven by
Brown entered the intersection at
high speed, struck a safety island
and went into a skip, it jumped the
sidewalk and struck the pedestrian,
then crashed into the scout car,
which Mr. Trotter had driven up to
head off the joyriders.
He added that the car was owned
by Reuben Steinmeyer, 3031 Sedge
wick street N.W., and had been
taken by the two youths from a
parking place a short distance from
the scene of the accident.
Marylanders Told to Take
Steps to Guard Health
Constant vigilance over the water
and milk supply throughout Mary
land was urged yesterday by Dr. C.
H. Halliday, assistant director of
the State Health Department, in
order to prevent any epidemic during
and after the War.
Dr. Halliday spoke at the Southern
Maryland Regional Conference of
the State and County Health De
partments at the Upper Marlboro
Courthouse. The Conference was
attended by health representatives
from Montgomery, Prince Georges,
Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles and
St. Mary’s Counties.
Dr. Halliday declared that an in
crease could be expected in influenza
and meningistis during the emer
gency, due in a large part to the
rapid population growth. He also
warned of a possible jump in malaria
and smallpox cases, explaining that
these diseases probably would be
brought in by the people from rural
areas.
A more intensive ‘'follow-up” of
venereal disease cases in order to
check the sources of veneral diseases
was urged by Dr. N. A. Nelson, State
deputy health officer, In charge of
venereal disease control. Dr. Nelson
also said additional funds are needed
to establish venereal disease clinics
in the counties.
Jail Sentence Suspended
Suspension of a three-month jail
sentence on a charge of receiving
stolen gasoline ration books was
granted James Allman of the 2400
block of Cameron Mills road by
Judge William P. WdWls in Alexan
dria, Va„ Corporation Court yester
day. Mr. Allman was given the
sentence on July 28 by Judge James
R. Duncan of Police Court after he
had pleaded guilty to receiving a
package of gasoline ration books
from a minor who had taken them
from George Washington High
School where they were being dis
tributed by the ration board. I
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Triple Slaying
Called Murder
And Suicide
Bodies of Mother
And Two Children
Found in Cottage
Certificates of suicide and murder
were issued today in the shooting
yesterday of Mrs, Jean Gentry, 25,
and her two children, Ernest, 1, and
Betty Lou, 3, at their cottage in
Franklin Park, Fairfax County.
Dr. R. E. Feagans, acting county
coroner, said he signed the certifi
cates after an investigation showed
that the mother had shot the chil
dren and then turned the .22-caliber
rifle on herself.
The weapon, a single-shot type,
had to be reloaded each time before
it could be fired again, police said.
The bodies were discovered by the
husband and father, Ernest Gentry,
a carpenter employed on a War De
partment building project, when he
returned to his home early in the
afternoon.
Found on Return From Store.
Mr. Gentry had not gone to work
yesterday, but made a trip to the
store to get some groceries. He told
police that his wife seemed to be
normal when he departed.
He told Police Capt. Carl McIntosh
that he was gone “several hours." As
soon as he discovered the bodies, he
ran to the home of a neighbor.
van uic pc/nvc ; lie oucaiucu.
“They’re all dead. They are all
dead.”
It was some time before police
were able to find the Gentry home,
which is deep in the woods and can
be reached only over a winding,
rutted dirt road. Mr. Gentry led
one or two women who live nearby
back to the house, but refused to
enter. m
Baby's Body in Crib.
Some one called a relative who had
been staying with Mr. Gentry. The
neighbors did not want to enter the
house and it was not until a taxi
driver from Washington reached the
scene with Mr. Gentry's relative
that any one other than Mr. Gentry
went in to determine whether the
mother and children actually were
dead.
When police arrived, they found
the baby’s body in a crib in the bed
room of the three-room cottage.
The little girl's body was on the
floor of the second room and the
mother’s body was on a bed.
Both children had been shot
through the forehead and the
mother had been shot through the
temple. There were powder burns
near the wounds. Apparently Mrs.
Gentry had sat on the edge of the
bed and had fallen backwards after
the bullet entered her head.
She the gun
was found lying across her body.
Police searched the place thor
oughly. but found no notes which
would have explained the act. Mr.
Gentry said that his wife had been
in poor health. Relatives, who live
nearby, said that Mrs. Gentry had
threatened to kill the children and
herself, but that they “hadn’t paid
any attention to her talking."
States Attorney Paul E. Brown,
and his assistant, W. Lewis Leigh,
questioned Mr. Gentry and the rela
tives. They said that the couple had
lived in the vicinity since 1935. hav
ing come here from North Carolina.
They had spent some time in Wash
ington and some time in the Vir
ginia house.
Samuel Scrivener Named
To Zone Adjustment Unit
Samuel Scrivener, jr„ attorney, to
day was named by the Commission
ers as a member of the Board of
Zoning Adjustment for a three-year
term to begin October 18.
He will fill a vacancy caused by
the resignation of Culver B. Cham
berlain. Mr. Scrivener, 37, is a na
tive of the District and has lived
here continuously since 1932. He
was educated in the local public
schools and won degrees in engineer
ing and law from Lehigh University
and George Washington University,
respectively.
His appointment was recom
mended by Engineer Commissioner
Charles W. Kutz, Edward C. Baltz of
the Perpetual Building Association,
Harry N. Stull, president of the Fed
eration of Citizens’ Associations;
Thornton W. Owen of the firm of
Thomas J. Owen & Son and Arthur
C. Smith of Smith’s Transfer &
Storage Co.
Washington Boy Dies
Of Wound Inflicted
By Accidental Shot
Two Young Frog Hunters
Are Questioned About
Tragedy in Woods
Elwood Reginald Stump, 8, of 110
Thirty-third street N.E., died last
night in Casualty Hospital three
hours after he was accidentally shot
with a .22-caliber rifle carried by a
10-year-old boy in the woods at the
foot of Blaine street N.E.
The child was felled by a single
slug which entered his head as he
played on a platform erected in a
tree, police said. The boy fell from
the platfrom, catching his foot In
a limb of the tree. Hanging head
down, he was finally removed by
neighbors.
Deputy Coroner Christopher J.
fcturphy said the 10-year-old boy
and a companion, 11, were to be
questioned today before any certifl
cate was issued., pa# £w<u®WK«3h
were released in custody (JT tnefit
parents last night after ttu»y had
been questioned by homicide squad
detectives.
Detective Sergt. Richard Felber
reported that the two boys had
gone into the Anacostia woods to
hunt frogs and that they had shot
two when they came on Elwood
playing in the tree. Police quoted
the 10-year-old boy as saying he
believed the safety catch was on the
rifle when the group started playing
with the gun.
Elwood was taken to the home of
Kenneth O. Bradley, 3315 Blaine
street, where Mrs. Bradley, a former
nurse, administered first aid before
arrival of an ambulance. The ac
cident occurred shortly after 5 p.m.
and the child died at 8 p.m.
The boy’s .father, Elwood E. Stump,
a mail carrier, was called to the
hospital from the main post office.
Besides his father, the boy is sur
vived by his mother, a twin brother
Eugene and 16-month-old sister.
Donna Marie. The Stumps, who
came from York, Pa., have been resi
dents here for three years.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day. Burial will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery,
Pair of Klipspringers
Go on Exhibit at Zoo
The Zoo's first pair of “klipspring
ers”—African antelope—went on ex
hibition yesterday.
Antelope of this type rarely grow
more than 22 inches tall.
Zoo officials said the word “klip
springer” comes from the Dutch
and means cliff jumpers. The French
call them rock jumpers.
The animals have been placed in
the paddock adjoining the antelope
building.
Regular Diet of Horse Meat
Solves Rationing at Zoo
Carnivorous animals at the Na- i
tional Zoological Park here will not
be affected by “meatless days”—at
least not as long as horse meat re
mains off the ration lists.
Dr. William Mann, director ot
Washingtons Zoo, revealed today
that meat eaters at the Zoo have
been on a diet of horse meat for the
last two years, and that since imports
from Europe and the Orient have
been curtailed or cut off entirely
substitute rations for some of the
more delicate birds fcnd animals have
been found.
Zoo officials say that horse meat
was used for many years at the Zoo,
but was discontinued when prices
"sky-rocketed” in about 1930. Then,
it was explained, it was cheaper to
buy beef. .
Commenting on a report thjit the
Bronx Zoo recently has placed its
carnivorous animals upon a horse
meat diet, Dr. Mann said: j '
“We are very modest at the Zoo
here, but in all modesty I can say
that where we lead, others follow.
We have been feeding a diet of horse
meat now for the last two years.
“There was a tinie, back during
the depression, when beef became
cheaper than horse meat and we fed
it then, but since then we have been
feeding horse meat almost entirely.”
Dr. Mann said that the Zoo’s meat
diets were purchased from an East
ern dealer and therefore no trans
Y
portation difficulties are expected.
“We once tried a Western dealer,” he
said, “but the delivery was so slow
that we made no further attempts to
get meat from the West.”
The fact that supplies of ant eggs
used to feed birds, formerly ob
tained from Japan and Northern
Europe, have been cut off, also has
failed to bother Zoo officials here.
Dr. Mann revealed that the Zoo now
is raising meal worms for its birds
and caterpillars for birds and lizards.
Another imported bird .food
hemp seed—used as the basis for
almost all bird seed mixtures, also
has become scarce due to the war,
and Zoo officials are trying out va
rious types of American-grown grass
seeds as-substitutes.
‘‘We still are getting about 15 per
cent of the amount of fresh bananas
We once used,” Dr. Mann said, “and
these we are feeding to the more
delicate animals and birds that de
nfand a banana diet. For the last
four or five months, however, we
have been getting dried bananas in
75-pound drums.”
Dr. Mann said that recently he
had heard from the director of a
zoo in Scotland and that the English
were feeding their birds a diet of
carrots and boiled potatoes. He
added that the Zoo here has been
feeding potatoes for some time.
Dr. Mann said that so far, none
of the diet had caused any ill ef
fects on inmates at the Zoo.
WAR FUND POSTER SHOWN—Irving Berlin, here with the soldier show, “This Is the Army,” is
shown displaying the new Community War Fund poster at a Government Unit campaign dinner
last night ai the Federal Reserve cafeteria. Left to right: Bruce Allen, James V. Bennett, chair
man of the Government speakers division; Herbert L. Willett, jr., executive director of the War
Fund; Mr. Berlin, Floyd D. Akers, campaign chairman, and Oscar L. Chapman, Assistant Secre
tary of the Interior, who is Government Unit chairman. (Story on Page A-3.)—Star Staff Photo.
ELWOOD STUMP.
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20 on Refugee Ship Held
For Checkup at Baltimore
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 9. — Customs
and immigration authorities today
studied the papers and effects of
more than 20 European refugees,
passengers on the Portuguese
Wtkhtit ’ttierHrWhich doclgnteWt
yesterday, to determine Whether
tt»y should be permitted on United
States soil.
Less than half of the Thome’s ap
proximately 50 passengers had been
cleared last night, and harbor au
thorities said it might be several
days before all were examined.
The Thome brought nationals of
Poland, France, Switzerland, Latvia,
Hungary, Luxembourg and Belgium,
as well as eight United States citi
zens and 11 persons of undetermined
nationality.
One of them, Dr. Hans Bahler, a
Swiss dentist who traveled with his
American-born wife and their
daughter, said they had each paid
$500 for passage on the Thome, com
pared with $75 in peace times for
similar facilities. But, he added:
“Any price is cheap to get out of
Europe.” ;
Gen. Morris Locke Rifes
Will Be Held Tomorrow
Funeral services will be held at 3
p.m. tomorrow In Arlington National
Cemetery for Brig. Gen. Morris
Ernest Locke. U. S. A., retired, who
died July 3 at York Harbor, Me.
The Rev. Markham Stackpole,
chaplain of the 102d Field Artillery,
which Gen. Locke commanded at
Chateau Thierry, will officiate.
Chaplain Stackpole officiated at a
previous service in Maine.
Gen. Locke, who was 67 years old,
made his home at 1761 R street N.W.
He was retired at his own request
after 30 years of duty in many out
posts, including the Philippines dur
ing the insurrection of 1899.
Gen. Locke was the holder of the
Distinguished Service Medal. Sur
viving are his widow, the former
Grace McMillan Jarvis; a step
daughter, Mrs. Gale McLean of
Washington, and a stepson, James
McMillan Gibson of Silver Spring,
Md.
Gen. Locke was a member of the
Alibi, Chevy Chase, University and
Army and Navy Clubs and a director
of Children’s Hospital.
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FWA Providing
Bedding for 600
Soldiers Here
The Federal Works Ageney is
making available bedding facilities
for transient soldiers staying over
night in Washington, and these fa
cilities will be put in churches,
schools and other centers here, it was
learned today.
Henry J. Sullivan, FWA assistant
regional director for Washington,
said the facilities would be available
in a few days.
The FWA is providing 600 cots,
1,200 sheets, 1,200 blankets, 600 pil
lows and 600 pillowslips!, he stated.
These facilities are to be distributed
to the following places in Washing
ton:
St. Mary’s Church, St. Margaret’s
Church, Epiphany Church, Vermont
Avenue Baptist Church, 8t. George’s
Episcopal Church, Mount Lebanon
Baptist Church, Mount Bethel Bap
tist Church, First Baptist Church
of Georgetown, Shiloh Baptist
Church, Odd Fellows’ Hall, John F.
Bennett Service Camp, Volunteers
of America, Banneker Recreation
Center, Recreation Center of Gun
ton Building and the Mott School.
A
Congress Backers
Of National Lottery
Press for Action
Knutson Asserts Most
People Would Prefer
It to Sales Tax
By the Associated Press.
Based on the contention that a
Nation that uses a lottery to
draft its men for war shouldn’t
object to the same method for
helping to finance the struggle,
a drive for a national lottery law
was under way today on Capitol
Hill.
Representatives Knutson, Repub
lican, of Minnesota and Sabath,
Democrat, of Illinois, authors of
legislation to raise money through
Government - sponsored lotteries,
said the apparent need for more
revenue had revived chances of fa
vorable consideration for their bills.
A member of the Ways and Means
Committee, which is responsible for
tax legislation in the House, Mr.
Knutson said he would press for
inclusion of his proposal in any new
tax bill the Treasury requests. Sec
awtary MorgsMUau mdttateaearlier
this week he would ask Congress to
raise an additional $6,000,000,000 as
*0$* as the present tax bill is out
of the way.
$100,000 First Prize Set.
“It’s either a sales tax or a lot
tery," said Mr. Knutson, adding that
of the two he believed the people
generally would prefer the lottery.
A lottery, he said, would raise just
as miirh mnnpu onH criim tho
payers a chance to get some of it
back.
Mr. Knutson estimated his plan
would yield around a billion dollars
a year.
There would be more than 140.000
monthly winners under the Knutson
system, the prizes being distributed
as follows for each $100,000,000 of
gross receipts: First prize, $100,000;
four $50,000 prizes, eight $25,000
awards. 50 $10,000 prizes, 100 $5,000
returns, 1,000 awards of $1,000 each,
10.000 of $500 each, 30,000 of $250
each and 100,000 of $100 each.
Tickets, handled through the
Treasury and Post Office Depart
ments, would cost $2 each, with half
share tickets available for $1. One
half of the value of a prize worth
$1,000 could be paid in Government
bonds.
Church Opposition Scored.
There would be more winners un
der the proposal offered by Mr.
Sabath, who is chairman of the
Rules Committee. For every billion
$1 tickets sold there would be 2,223.
832 winning ticketholders, and they
would split $125,000,000 in cash and
$250,000,000 in 20-year war loan
certificates.
Top prize under the Sabath plan
would be $62,500 in cash. The high
est certificate award would be
$125,000. Every one who bought a
ticket would get something back,
one-eighth of the gross amount of
the sales being distributed among
holders of non-winning tickets in
the form of loan certificates.
Principal objection to the lottery,
Mr. Sabath said, likely will come
from church groups. But, he added,
some of these objections lack sin
cerity because the objectors in many i
cases themselves participate “in j
bingos and raffles for church bene
fits, and these things are nothing j
Kilt fnvmn /\9 mKlino.
A. U. Park Association
Asks for Sidewalks
Talks on the Community War
Fund and on the Red Cross
nursing courses were presented last
night at a meeting of the Ameri
can University Park Citizens’ Asso
ciation in Hurst Hall. John S. Gor
rell spoke on the War Fund drive,
after which motion pictures on com
munity services of the organization
were shown. Mrs. Norman Mun
ster represented the Red Cross.
Requests were made for installa
tion of sidewalks along Massachu
setts avenue and Forty-sixth street
N.W. to Ward Circle and for ex
tension of a bus line from the Wis
consin avenue and Fessenden street
juncture to Thirty-ninth street N.W.
Chairmen of the association’s
standing committees were named:
Mrs. Gertrude D. Howard, educa
tion; Dr. Eugene W. Higgins, health;
Harry L. Colman, law and legisla
tion; Robert A. Mauer, jr., member
ship; D. R. Koiner, programs; Dr.
Charles P. Ryland, public utilities;
Dr. Ralph W. Bamhard, play
grounds and recreation; Arthur
Pilkerton, streets; Walter W. Rowe,
police and fire; Lambert O’Donnell,
aoniac.
Union Station
Parking Rules
Are Revised
Change to Provide
Legal Space for
Private Vehicles
On recommendation of Traffic
Director William A. Van Duzer, the
Commissioners today revised auto
mobile parking regulations near
Union Station to provide legal
spaces for private vehicles.
The traffic director explained that
under a new plan space immediately
in front of the station is used for
loading and unloading taxicabs and
private cars. He said the result of
this and the great increase in pas
senger traffic had been a reduction
in available parking space near the
station along with a great increase
in the demand for parking near
there.
The Commissioners ordered the
following new provisions:
E street N.E. from North Capitol
street to Union Station Plaza, one
hour parking at all times on both
sides, but between Massachusetts
avenue and Second street N.E., no
parking at any time on the south
side.
Louisiana avenue N.E. from North
Capitol street to Union Station
Plaza, one-hour parking on both
sides, except for a distance of 150
feet south of the plaza on the east
side, where there is to be no parking
at any time.
Union Station Plaza: At all curbs
on the Plaza, no parking at any
time except on the north curb of the
roadway next to Columbus Me
morial from the east to the west
fountain where parking shall be
limited to one hour at all times, and
except on the south curb of the same
roadway, from Delaware avenue to
California street * N .E.) where park
ing shall also be limited to one hour
at ail times.
First street N.E., on the west side,
for a distance of 100 feet north of
the vendor stand located just north
of Massachusetts avenue, parking
shall be limited to 15 minutes, at all
times, and from this 15 minute zone
north to G street parking shall be
limited to 30 minutes at all times.
First street N.E. (the first street
east of Union Station Plaza between
California street and F street N.E.),
one hour parking at all times on
both sides.
Farmer Shares Bumper
Harvest With Army
By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. Oct. 9.—A Woodlnville
farmer, Mark Anthony, decided he
had harvested enough of his 23
acre crop to cover his year’s work,
so—why not turn the rest over to
the Army?
He called Edward M. Joyce,
supervisor of agricultural properties
of the War Relocation Authority.
"I believe in sharing; I'd like the
Army to have it,” he said. Mr.
Joyce relayed the message to Fort
Lawton. Maj. Graeme Easson. with
four Army trucks and 35 men. ar
rived at Mr. Anthony’s farm. They
| all pitched in to harvest nearly
4 tons of pole beans, 10,000 ears of
corn and other produce.
Mr. Anthony said the suggestion
of giving away extra produce came
from his son, Lt. Lucius Anthony,
who returned from Alaska on leave
six weeks ago.
Anthony and his two younger
sons, now 16 and 19. could have
harvested the crop and sold the sur
plus, but decided the Army should
have it. The family took the farm
over last spring, before the crops
were planted, from a former Japa
nese owner.
WPB Releases 30,000
Pounds of Carpet Wool
By the Associated Press.
Thirty thousand pounds of re
stricted carpet wools were released
by the War Production Board today
for the manufacture of rugs, carpets
and floor coverings.
The Government previously had
prohibited manufacturers from us
ing this wool for floor coverings in
the belief that it could be adapted
to the manufacture of clothing.
“However, only a very small part,
j of these fibers were consumed by the
! apparel industry,” WPB explained.
★ ★
Wkai tlfou&u4f With
WAR BONDS
L*_★
The ship’s compass is the guiding
hand of every warship as well
as merchant ship. It is usually
located immediately in front of the
wheel so the steersman merely has
to look down to watch his course
through the trackless waters.
Uncle Sam is on a record ship
building program, the greatest in
the worlds history. We must have
ships to win this war and your
purchases of War bonds will not
only provide the all-important com
pass, but the ships as well. Invest
■ at least 10 per cent of your Income
in War. bonds every payday and
’ do your bit toward winning the war.
r Buy from your bank, building and
’ loan association, your radio station
’ or at some retail stores.
• —U. S^ Treasury Department.