Evening Star Newspaper, July 11, 1935, Page 20

RIVALRY MENACES| ENLISTMENT DRIVE Army Fears 46,500 May Not Be Added to Rolls in Fixed Period. By the Associated Press. With the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Civilian Conservation Corps en- gaged in the most ambitious enlist- ment drive since the World War, War Department officials faced the realiza- tion today that the rivalry between the services was jeoparizing the Army’s chances of adding 46,500 fighting men to its present forces within the pre- scribed period. The Army has been authorized to expand to 165000 men, but the “rookies” pay of $21 per month, in «contrast to higher immediate and eventual monthly payment from the Navy, the Civilian Conservation Corps and from relief program pay rolls is expected to necessitate maintaining recruiting through the remainder of the year. 8,000 Waiting List. By contrast the Navy reported today it had a waiting list of 8,000 men and had been forced to limit recruiting to & 1,500-a-month basis. Army officers said they preferred enlisting new recruits over a period of months so that their enlistment terms ‘would not expire at the same time. All Army recruits are being enlisted at military posts near their homes, sent to the nearest camp for train- ing and assigned to existing units to increase each company to an author- ized peace-time strength of 120. That policy, Army officers said, will result in a 30 per cent increase of actual fighting men in all units in the United States, Hawali and Panama. | The Navy is making a drive to in-| crease its total force from 82,500 to 92,500 to man new destroyers to be Jaunched this year and to increase the active crews on all ships now in service. A number of the Navy's ves- | sels are now said by naval officials to | be short handed. | Marine Objective. ‘The Marine Corps’ recruiting ob- | Jective is an increase from 14,900 to | 16,000 men. The C. C. C. has set out to increase enrolees from 353,000 to 600,000, with | enrollment averaging 25,000 a week. Congress appropriated $20,000,000 for the maintenance and pay of in- creased Army forces, including uni- forms, food and needed equipment, while the other services were granted increased sums in their regular ap- propriations, The Army and C. C. C. have a daily ration allowance of 45 cents to feed their men, while the Navy’s present | average ration amounts to a fraction more than 41'; cents per man per | day. All Army recruits will be housed at existing military posts without any | additional construction. The C. C. C,, | however, which now has 1,640 camps, | 1s engaged in constructing 1,276 new | <amps to house the 250,000 additional | men. Teacher of Foch Dies. Xavier Bruner, sergeant instrucior to Marshal Foch as a cadet, has died at Colmar, France. . CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Meeting, Psi Lambda Tau Sorority, Raleigh Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Capital Council, Royal | Arcanum, 930 H street, 8 pm. TOMORROW. | Luncheon, R. P. Andrews Paper Co., Raleigh Hotel, 12:30 p.m. Meeting, Ford Motor Co., Mayflower Hotel, 9 a.m. Luncheon, District Bankers' Asso- ciation, Willard Hotel, 12:15 p.m. Meeting, Military Service Legion, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Meeting, Cap}ax‘c}mary Club, 712! Twelfth street, 7:30 p.m. Dinner, General Electric Co., Ward- man Park Hotel, 7:30 pm. Meeting, Gulf Refining Co., Hamil- fon Hotel, 4 p.m. Dinner, Wisconsin delegation, Ham- ilton Hotel, 6 p.m. H North Dakotans Shun Reno Courts To Settle Troubles Attorney General Says Marital Rifts Are Dis- posed of at Home. By the Associated Press. BISMARCK, N. Dak, July 11— Marital difficulties of North Dakotans are settled at home—in State courts and through lawyers. And the reason, Attorney General P. O. Sathre said today, was because the residents of the State “are of a higher moral standard.” He drew his proof, he said, from the fact that North Dakota was the only State not represented in the 1,286 divorces granted at Reno, Nev., during the first six months of this year. “The people of this State have a respect for the sanctity of marriage,” he said. A check, however, of several of the larger counties in the State revealed divorces were increasing in some counties over last year. No official State report was available. THE EVENING LIBRARY EXPANDS IN TAKOMA PARK 1,000 Books on Shelves Now, With Adequate Staff for Handling. Aided by private contributions, the Takoma Park Public Library now has approximately 1,000 books on its shelves and an adequate staff to han- dle the volumes. A record is being made of the names of the books and their donors so that the permanent accession book of the library always will show who the con- tributors have been. Recent donations were made by| Mrs. H. E. Ewing, who presented the library with 57 books; Mrs. L. D. Hopkins, 39; Mrs. J. W. McKenney, 39, and Mrs. J. W. Kerns, 37. Mrs. W. McAllister Green and Mrs. Edmond Frazer are on the library’s staff in the special field of “tellers of children’s tales.” The general staff includes Mrs. Kerns, Mrs. Edward S. ‘Widdifield, Mrs. Edmond H. Graham, Mrs. W. H. Walker, Mrs. William Archer, Mrs, Arthur Tool, Mrs. F. A, STAR, WASHI Mrs. F. C. Lincoln and Mrs, F. L. Pratt. All the young people in Takoma Park have been invited to attend the opening ‘“children’s hour” Monday at 3 pm. at the library’s temporary quarters, 808 Jackson avenue. s GTON, Fountain to Operate Again. ‘The fountain at Chevy Chase Circle, long inoperative because of repairs, today was ordered placed in operation by Frank T. Gartside, acting superin- tendent of the National Capital Parks. Schumaker, Mrs. J. A. Robertson, Pajamas of Handkerchief Cloth for Coolness! J Summer Pajamas Famed Lastex ‘‘Wonderbelt” trousers—no binding—for comfort 1.19 3 for 3.50 Light weight ...and we mean LIGHT WEIGHT! Sheer, cool, thin materials—that are fine qualities, too. middy and low neck styles. Many have short sleeves and knee length pants. Some trimmed v Notch collar, vith smart piping. Also plenty in the long-leg-long-sleeve type. Checks, plaids, plain colors— white, blue, tan, canary. Men's Shop—Main Floor THE HECHT (0. F STREET AT SEVENTH e NATIONAL 5100 Meeting, A. F. G. E., District de- | partment, Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets, 8 pm. MICKEY'S A FRIEND OF MINE, TOMMY, LIKE TO MEET HER? "GRAATZ TEACHES TOMMY Dancer, starred in owTO TURN HELLO, MICKEY/ THIS IS MY KID ME TO TURN A PINWHEEL ? GEE! 515, AND 1 CAN'T EVEN STAND ON MY HANDS A, MINUTE WHEN | GAT A BAS- TIRED AND HUNGRY AFTER ALL THAT EXERCISE ? THE ENVY OF THE GANG ./ APPETITE OR LOAD YOU DOWN. NWHEEL "y . IT’S THE “DOUBLE-ROAST- ING” THAT MAKES THEM SO DIGESTIBLE. DELICIOUS, CRUNCHY. AND, ERTEN BE- TWEEN MEALS, THEY'LL GIVE YOU 2’ HOURS’ EXTRA ENERGY DAILY. D. 11, 1935. SUMMER Suits that have all Quality features of costly, year 'round Suits! A saving unheard of this early in the season' Sport models, e ze-swing, shirred and yoke backs. Conservative types. Checks, stripes, plaids, flecks. Plain greys, tans, browns, blues. All sizes 34 to 48. There is plenty of variety. Also sizes for men of gen- erous proportions, or thin or short types. AIR-COOLED Men's Shop—Second Floor. Packard-Kent - "Hits" in WHITE No. 806—White Nu-Buck Plain Toe Oxford. No. 864—White Nu-Buck Wing-Tip Oxford. No. 866—Ventilated Oxford. Sizes 6 to 11. (The Hecbt Oo. Men's S8hoe Shop, Main Floor.) THE HECHT (0. F STREET AT SEVENTH e NATIONAL 5100