Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1936, Page 2

A—=2 w»x» GHILDREN ON RADID IN YULETIDE PLEA Needy Young Tell of Dreams In Interview by Capt. J. C. Morgan. The plaintive voices of small boys and girls whose Christmas happiness rests with charitable citizens came over the air last night to impress Washing- ton with the need for generous support of the sixteenth annual Metropolitan Police Christmas party. In a broadcast from the fifth pre- einct station over Station WMAL from 9:15 until 9:30 p.m,, Capt. Joseph C. Morgan, chairman of the police party, spoke to youngsters of the sort the campaign seeks to help. Before the microphone they told him of their fondest dreams—dreams which cannot come true unless those who heard hearken and provide. The broadcast was the third of a series being put on by the National Broadcasting Co. in connection with the Christmas toy campaign, in which they are co-operating with The Star, Warner Bros., the police and the Parent-Teacher Association. Siren Opens Program. ‘The shriek of a siren, heralding the emergency of forgotten children, opened the program in true police style. Officer J. V. Osterman, traffic division, provided this sound effect with the siren on his motor cycle, parked in an alley outside the window of Capt. Morgan's office. Then came the bass voice of 200- pound Watson Salkeld, precint detec- tive, warning in the ominous tone common to police radio dispatchers: “Calling all cars! Calling all cars! ‘There's an emergency in every neigh- borhood. Some child is in danger of being forgotten on Christmas. . . .” Gordon Hittenmark, “Your Time- keeper,” of Station WRC, explained the purpose of the broadcast and an- nounced the apprehension of “Christ- mas Gloom,” wanted for heartbreak- ing and stealing children’s happiness. Hittenmark then turned the micro- phone over to Bill Bell of The Star staff, who interviewed Jack O'Connell, veteran policeman in charge of dis- tributing gifts collected through the police. O'Connell told of the misery and suffering he sees on his visits to | the homes of the poor, explained that food and clothing were the most necessary kinds of gifts and dis- cussed actual examples of the un- happy circumstances which the Christmas campaign seeks to alleviate. Tells How Listeners Can Aid. Capt. Morgan, interview by Hitten- mark, told radio listeners how they can be of assistance in the drive to erase wretchedness cn Christmas day. ‘The high light of the broadcast was the captain’s talk with half a dozen youngsters who had come to him with their pleas to Santa Claus. Concluding the program, “The Rangers,” stringed instrument quartet of boys from the fifth precinct Boys' Club, played “Home on the Range.” Capt. Morgan announced today that policemen had been detailed in each Pecinct to solicit and collect contri- butions of money, food, clothing and toys. He asked that donors give only 0 these uniformed officers. The men are Arthur C. Poulsen, first precinct; George R. Browning, second; 'Arthur 8. Miskell, third; Edward L. Shelton, fourth; Bryan R. White, fifth; John R. Jenkins, sixth; Harry H. Reed, sgventh; Charles W. Peters, eighth; Joseph Junghans, ninth; Frank L. Ash, tenth; Raymond L. Eubank, €leventh, and John W. Gresham, twelfth. Nazis Bar Promise Suits. Breach of promise suits will be bar- Ped in Germany courts when the new Nazi family laws go into effect. THE SIXTH ANNUAL STAR-WARNER BROS.- N. B. C. TOY MATINEES and THE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL METROPOLITAN POLICE in co-operation with THE PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATION have joined forces to provide food, new toys and new clothing for needy children and poor families this Christmas. New toys and new clothing will be received at all Warner Bros. theaters and will be taken as the price of admission at 11 theaters on Saturday morning, December 19. Non-perishable food or any other gifts will be received at any Police precinct in Washington. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PHONE NATIONAL 5000 Branches 260, 293 and 418 SHOPPING DAYS LEFY Night Final Deli Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. FIDELITY. O ENTHUSIASTIC is she about votes for the District of Colum- bia, that Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the Board of Education, recalls an incident in her college days, when, she said, for the sake of “woman suffrage” she almost made the “ultimate sacrifice” of a suffragette. A young, and attractive young, man had asked her to a Harvard foot ball game, she said, on the same day on which she had promised to march in & woman suffrage parade. He wanted her not to march, but she wanted to march, Mrs. Doyle told the Associa- tion of Oldest Inhabitants recently at their symposium dinner on national representation and fiscal relations. “I marched in the parade and he took another girl to the foot ball game,” she said. “But I didn't lose out at last, because that young mag now is my husband.” * X ¥ % WHAT? J. E. H. might not appreciate this one, but it is 2 fact that as Capitel garbage collectors wheel through the alleys on their daily rounds they shout, “Watch out, here come the G-men!” * Xk ¥ % . SYSTEM. TH!: comely cigarette girl at a large hotel here knows how to handle the night club Romeos who pester her for her telephone number. She gives them a number, right, but when they call it they find | themselves connected with the Society | for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals! | * % ox x COLLECTOR. OVERNMENT officials frequently keep reminders of their hobbies in their offices, but it is doubtful that any Federal official’s desk could com- pete with the ornaments on the glass- | topped work bench of J. Edgar Hoover, | director of the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation. Here is a partial list: A large, bronze figure of a man. swinging & club' (not of the golf variety): a large, carved ashtray, with reclining nude; a small cowboy on horseback, an Indian ditto, a clock, a large vase of flowers, a bowl filled with several varieties of cactl, a tall, silver-plated movie camera mounted over an ash- tray; several framed inspirational pieces, including “The Penaltiy of Leadership” and “The Test”; two tall, bronze desk lamps side by side; & desk pad, an envelope holder, gold paper cutter, glass ashtray, a silver 0X, & small, wooden, long-horned steer; a telephone, several books, in- cluding the Congressional Record and a dictionary, which are supported by large book ends of toadstool motif; a | an unusual ornament comprised of an | arched fish supporting a tiny cup on its nose, an empty Indian bowl and & large, gieen cigarette box sur- mounted by two carved Scotties. * X ok x ILLUSIONS. MERICAN youth may be cynical, but doesn’t believe in destroying illusions of others. The daughter of 2 friend who clerks at one of the large department stores saw an attrac- tive child of about 9 standing in the aisle alone. Inquiry revealed he was waiting for his mother, and the girl, just to be nice, asked him what he wanted Santa to bring him, The reply was “a bicycle.” At that point the mother arrived and called to her offspring to come along and look at the bicycle she was going to get for him. “Shhh,” said the little boy, tndi- cating the clerk, “she still believes in Santa Claus.” * % %k ¥ REWARD. Clock-watching bosses are mo bargain, so far as some Federgl employes are comcerned. Thus philosophizes ome snappy secretary: “Yes, I've got a good job and the hours are easy—8:30 to 4—but the man I work for always closes his desk right at quitting time, 30 there’s no use for me to stay around—and it 7ust ‘makes you Jeel right unimportant.” * k% % NOT HISTORY. ONE of those fellows who is forever m:‘(oot in the night, and conse- quently sees many strange reports to us that he mfll:mh.:t' week the greatest shock of his career and has almost decided to retire from the night ow] profession. After a certain costume ball he de- cided to stop in for a bit of post- party celebration with some friends who were determined to keep the fuss flying until dawn. He had dressed up only mildly for the ball himself—as & vero y arriet Anywhere in the City ' THE- EVENING- STAR Washington (GHRISTMAS DRIVE. (MAXWELL KILLED GAINS MOMENTUM BY BLOW, IS VIEW Federal Workers Enlistingby [Defense Unable to 'Keep Scores to Assure Poor of Gifts. With Uncle S8am’'s army of workers enlisting by the geore today to defend the city’s poor against s cheerless ‘Yuletide the Federal Employes’ Christ- mas camPaign gained momentum that points to a decisive victory, Three Government departments— State, War and Agriculture—are among the organizations hitherto un- reported whose employes have added their support to The Star, Warner Bros, National Broadcasting, Metro- politan Police Department and the Parent-Teacher Assoclations in an ef- fort to provide gifts for the poor and all | | small dog paperweight, a calendar, a | tall, slim, golden bullet, a desk pen set, | needy in Washington this Christmas, according to announcement by Harry R. Daniel, chiet’ co-ordinator of Fed- eral workers, State Department officials, enthu- siastic in their statements regarding the campaign, advised Daniel that Forrest D. Van Valine, room 188, has been designated to accept contribu- tions in the Department of State, which will be turned over later to the fund of toys, food and clothing being collected by The Star and its afliated agencies. Officials also have posted a notice of the campaign on bulletin boards with an invitation to the entire department staff to co-operate. From the War Department Daniel received word that his communication with campaign information has been relayed by John W. Martyn, adminis- trative assistant, to chiefs of bureaus and services. Also employes have been requested to make their contributions to Miss Mary Oliver, room, 34, State Department Building, or to any of the department's welfare workers. Agriculture Department activities are concentrated jointly in the hands of Miss Gertrude Rest, Division of Operation, and Archie C. Edwards, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, and president of the Agriculture Recrea- tional Association. Receptacles for the collection of gifts already have been placed throughout the department, Edwards said, and the Recreational Association has arranged a benefit dance to be held December 19 for fur- ther contributions. The Works Progress Administration, in co-operation with the campaign, announced that Mrs. Ruth Goss, room 16, Walker-Johnson Building, will P. A. employes. The National Youth Administration has placed Mrs. Ernestine B. Grigsby, director of the division of community organization, in charge and has in- have been posted to call attention'to the campaign. Tariff Commission, appointed by Sid- tioning and has set up two open chests for contributions. The committee in- | cludes C. K. Lewis, president of the | Tacomic Club; Arthur E. Woody, chief of the statistical section, and Mrs. Mae R. Riddle, chief of the stenographic section. Accepting an appointment from Francis P. Brassor, secretary of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Willlam E. Becker, room 304, notified Daniel that he is at work now on plans to set up an organization in the com- mission to co-operate. The Division of Press Intelligence of the United States Government re- ported William A. Disbrow, room 2067, Commerce Building, in charge. ‘“Spurred on by the wholesome desire to co-operate in this plan to bring a real Christmas into every home in ‘Washington, response from all parts of the Government has exceeded our fondest hopes,” Daniel commented. “None has hesitated. The most fre- quent reply to our invitation has been, ‘Whatever you say. Just tell us what you want us to do and we'll do it.’” December 18 has been set as the date for the first and only general col- lection of gifts from the Federal agen- cles. At that time, contributions will be taken to the Warner Bros.' Earle Theater and from that point will be turned over to the Parent-Teachers Association for distribution in co-oper- ation with the Metropolitan Police. After December 18, collections will be made by the police in response to call. Volunteer workers in the Federal campaign are being referred to the office of the chief co-ordinator, Dis- trict 2200, branch 2421. 0 —————————————— George Washington, complete with white wig, ruffied silk shirt front, red coat, silk knee breeches. “Glory be,” quoth he. “Whozat?"” “Oh, Washington,” said his host. “Out cold,” and led his new guest toward the drawing room. Federal Workers Aid huc‘ur‘.A.A no’:mr- 'arner Bros-N. | mas 5 Lindner, have charge of contributions from W. | formed the co-ordinator that notices | pang and a cut on his right little fin- A committee from the United States | Autopsy Surgeon’s Testi- mony Out of Record. BY the Associatea Press. WISE, Va., December 11.—Dr. T. J. Tudor, testifying today at the second trial of Edith Maxwell on charges of killing her father, said he belleved injuries at the base of Trigg Maxwell's head caused the death of the 52-year- old miner blacksmith. ‘The Norton, Va., physician, who as- sisted in the autopsy, told the jury his examination showed three wounds on top of Maxwell’s head and clots in various parts of his brain. These injuries, he said, could have been inflicted with a blunt instrument wielded with “tremendous force” or a sharp instrument used with less force. Defense attorneys for the 22-year- old school teacher plan to contend Trigg Maxwell died of natural causes, and the blows Edith said she struck her father with a slipper were not sufficient to cause death. Did Not Examine Heart. Under cross-examination, Dr. Tudor said he had not examined Trigg Max- well's heart, because he felt it was unnecessary. Asked directly what he thought re- sponsible for the death of Trigg Max- well, Dr. Tudor said: “I think the wounds on top of the head, concussion and blood clots caused his death.” The defense sought to exclude the physician’s testimony on grounds that the prosecution had not proved that the 22-year-old brunette school teacher “so much as laid a finger” on her father, Judge Ezra Carter overruled the protest, saying that the testimony of 27 witnesses yesterday showed that Maxwell was wounded about the face and head when neighbors found him lying in his cottage doorway that July evening in 1935, Clots at Brain Base. Dr. Tudor said the major wound found on the head of the 52-year-old miner-blacksmith was three-quarters of an inch long and penetrated in the bone one inch back of the hair mar- gin. He said two other blood-spot scars were found, each one inch from the center of the head. The physician said blood clots were found both in the upper part and at the base of the brain. However, while blood spot scars found about the dead man’s nose and eyes led doctors to expect to find a fracture at the base of Trigg Max- well’s skull, none was found, Dr. Tudor testified. MacDonald to Testify. Witnesses testified there were minor bruises on Maxwell's left forearm and ger, in addition tp the head injuries. The defense noted exceptions to the introduction of this testimony in line | with its pl “ i - ney Morgan, secretary, is aiready func- | s plan to produce “expert” meg ical authorities to testify the wounds found on Maxwell's body could not | have caused death. The former school teacher’s attor- neys have summoned Dr. J. H. Scherer, Richmond coroner, and Dr. A. Ma- gruder MacDonald, District of Colum- bia coroner, to testify Maxwell died of “natural ‘causes.” Surgery (Continued From First Page.) rants for his arrest from South Caro- lina authorities, Schwartzman will be given a removal hearing next week before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage and it is planned to have him taken back to Milwaukee, where the indict- | ments against him were returned No- | vember 20. Scwartzman, an optician by trade, once was sentenced for fraud to two years in Sing Sing Prison, New York, and four years ago was arrested by Pennsylvania State police on a war- rant charging false pretenses. At that time he used the alias of “Dr. Bush.” Each pseudo-doctor who attended Mrs. Emmanuel gave her name to his colleagues in the racket, the inspector said. These colleagues allegedly then would get in touch with Mrs. Em- manuel and tell her that the previous specialist was a fraud. Scwartzman is the twenty-fifth per- son arrested in the postal inspectors’ drive against the “glimmer racket” since last June, Only Swimmers Wanted. ‘The government of Holland has been petitioned by the Dutch Ship- ping Board at Amsterdam to make it illegal for a man to be signed up by a Dutch ship unless he can pro- duce a certificate that he is & pro- .| ficient swimmer, =N. B. C. and the P.-T. A, in the ‘WASHINGTON, D: €, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11,1936, — Youngsters Broadecast to Aid Needy ONE DEAD, S5 HURT INCHESTER ROTS |Fire Engines Run Down Crowds in Shipbuilding Strike. B3 the Associated Press. CHESTER, Pa, December 11.— | Strikers and workers at the Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. clashed in two riots at the gate of the plant today, and one man was killed and |about 36 injured, ome so seriously he was not expected to live. Chester police hurled tear gas bombs to break up the first disturbance after several thousand strikers and sym- | pathizers had gathered about the main entrance. In the melee, police said, about 300 broke through the picket lines to enter the plant. About 10 minutes later another riot started and some one turned in a false firm alarm from a box at the main gate. All of Chester's fire ap- paratus responded, scattering the crowd gathered about the plant. Some of the injured asserted they had been run down by the fire ap- paratus. John Young, 63, of Chester was picked up unconscious and died a few minutes after being taken to a hos- from a heart attack or from an in- Jjury received during the disturbances. While strikers and others began to gather up the injured, more workers enter the plant. Several of the injured were badly battered by clubs, fists, rocks and bricks. Some of the fire trucks were used as ambulances to take the in- Jured to doctors and hospitals. Windows and automobiles in the vicinity of the plant were damaged by flying sticks and stones. OVING COMPANIES o o e Evel tar and the Federal bwnl in the drive to aid needy fam- ilies this Christmas, by fur- nishing trucks to collect gifts from Federal bureaus for de- livery to the Earle Theater on December 18, are requested to communicate with Mr. Harry Daniel, campaign co. ordinator for Government employes, at DISTRICT 2200, BRANCH 2421, Santa Claus pital. Physicians said they could not | determine immediately if he had died | dashed through the picket lines to ! JURY COMPLETING GRAFT INQUIRY !Keystone Club Attorney May Present Last Testimony Today. Investigation of police graft charges | by the Prince Georges County, Md., grand jury was expected to be com- pleted today, according to indications at the close of yesterday's session in Upper Marlboro, although the panel's report probably will not be made be- fore Wednesday. After hearing eight more Washing- ton motorists yesterday, the jury was planning to sum up the evidence to- day prior to release of its findings next week. Sixteen witnesses have gone before the group. Scheduled for appearance today, probably as the last witness, was Walter Newrath, Keystone Auto- mobile Club attorney and auditor, who was to tell of his findings obtained from analyzing documentary evidence. Although the group may finish the must consider flve other cases, not connected with the law enforcement investigation, before they disband, State’s Attorney Alan Bowie said last night. Since Circuit Court Judge Joseph C. Mattingly probably will not be in the Upper Marlboro court house on Monday or Tuesday, and since the panel will not meet tomorrow, the Jjurymen were scheduled to recess this afternoon until Wednesday, when the judge returns from a two-day hearing in Charles County. ‘Whether other Capital autoists would testify today was not known this morning. Washington police have been asked to contact several witnesses, but since the individuals are not Maryland residents they can- not be forced to appear by summons. ‘Two Washingtonians have been un- able to appear because of illness or work, while one District driver has refused to testify without revealing his reason for such action. The 16 motorists who have com- plained of alleged police irregularities in two days of jury session presented evidence in 12 cases. Bowie and Special Prosecutor Ogle Marbury have based their information on about 35 afidavits by Washington motorists and on records impounded by the grand jury at its first session last October. College Elects President . Trustees of the University of New Hampshire elected yesterday as presi- dent of the university Dr. Fred Engel- hardt, 51, a professor in the University of Minnesota. police inquiry today, the jurymen ' DURHAM, N. H,, December 11 (#).— | Scenes at the fifth precinct station last night during a broadcast over Station WMAL from the office of Capt. Joseph C. Morgan, chairman of the sizteenth annual Metropoli- tan Police Christmas party. Upper: “Maj. Brown’s No. 5 Rangers” of the precinct’s Boys’ Club. Left: Gordon Hit- tenmark, announcer, talking to a group of children about their great expectations for Christmas. —Star Staff Photos. Toys (Continued From First Page.) | purchased, what could be left for | Christmas? A rough estimate brings the number of men, women and young folks dependent on these small salaries to around 40,000. In addition there are widowed or de- serted mothers with large families working for low wages. Children in institutions, children in hospitals, children in foster homes—all these, too, are the concern of Washing- tonians eager to prevent youngsters from deciding that Santa Claus is a hoex. Grown-ups made the grand old fel- | low with the white beard and twinkling | eye the patron saint of Christmas. It |u up to adults, those participating in ;the campaign believe, to see that to every child in Washington he remains a chuckling saint and aoes not become a lost illusion. Even for young persons who no longer believe in Santa Claus there is a need for some attention from the | world on Christmas, says Miss Patricia Morss, chief of the Child Welfare Di- vision of the Board of Public Welfare, 5o that they may retain their self- esteem. It's a sad young lady of 15 years of age who receives not so much as & handkerchief or pair of hose on Christmas day. Motherless lads of 16 years or so can be heart-breakingly nonchalant about not having received |even one necktie wrapped in Christ- mas paper, Miss Morss knows from experience. For all these reasons The Star-War- ner Bros-N. B. C. Christmas cam- paign gains momentum every hour of the day. Santa Arrives December 18. The arrival of Santa Claus in an American Airlines airplane at about 10 p.m., December 18, at Washington- | Hoover Airport will be broadcast over Station WRC, as will his drive to the Shoreham toy ball that night. Toy parties take piace Monday at the Rus- tlhn Club Troika and Wednesday at |the Club Volga Boatman and the | Heigh-Ho Club, all to be on the air |over N. B. C. “Radio Joe,” who is Joseph D. Kauffman and an aerial institution at the Nation's Capital, will devote his program from 7:30 to 8 p.m. over WMAL next Tuesday to the campaign, co-operating with Gordon Hitten- mark’s doll house, allied with the drive. > Persons far away from home” for | Christmas may join the holiday car- nival of giving by contributing to bas- kets placed in 10 hotels and apart- | ment houses, the Shoreham, the Wil- |lard, the Raleigh, the Carlton, Ward- | man Park, Cathedral Mansions, Da- venport Terrace, the Boulevard, the Chastleton and 2700 Connecticut avenue. Mrs. J. Darlington Denit, P.-T. A. first-division representative, reports that her mothers have high hopes of giving a present to every child on lists 20w being prepared by the P.-T. A. and checked by the Council of Social Agen- cies. Distribution of gifts in her sec- tion will take place from the Curtis School on O street, near Wisconsin avenue, December 22 and 23. The fol- Federal Bureau Christmas HONOR ROLL £ Federal employes wishing to co-operate with The Evening Star’s Christmas Campaign sponsoring the Sixth Annual Star-Warner Bros.-N. B. C. Toy Matinees and the Sixteenth Annual Metropoliten Police Party with the aid of tke Parent- Teacher Association, to provide toys, food and clothing for needy families in Washington, . DANIEL, municate with ; HARRY R Public relations chief of the .are kindly requested to com- Department of Commerce, in charge of the Federal Employes’ drive, at DISTRICT 2200, : BRANCH 2421, THE EVENING STAR, NATIONAL 5000, Branches 260, ?8 and 385 JOIN THIS WORTHY CAUSE. HELP THE POOR AND THE NEEDY IN YOUR ADOPTED CITY. MAKE THIS A MERRY CHRISTMAS FOR ALL WASHINGTON, e POPEADSINMASS AFTER DEE LEE Pontiff Has Most Tranquil Night Since Being Stricken With Paralysis. By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, December 11.— From his bed, Pope Pius XI assisted at mass today in a chapel adjoining his sick room, after what was de- scribed as his most tranquil night since he was stricken with paralysis of the legs. ‘The pontiff was given a dose of digitalis shortly before dawn. This was the only medicine he took during the night, attendants said. Vatican officials said the Pope was holding his own against the paralysis which has confined him to bed for the last week. He went to sleep last night after reciting his rosary and expressing gratitude the British throne had not fallen and a divorcee would not bee come Queen. The Pope’s rest, reliable reports said, was deep but fitful, his swollen legs causing him pain at frequent intervals when he stirred in his slum- ber. Although he might be lifted into an armchair today to strengthen his blood circulation and to relieve his restless spirit, it was considered ab- solutely out of the question that the 79-year-old pontiff would be allowed actually to get up. A reliable Vatican source yesterday #aid he suffered a relapse and ex- pressed the belief the Pope might never be able to walk again. Other well-in- formed persons said the Pope's ment was stasis—stagnation of the blood—and would keep him at leass partly bed-ridden for some time. _——— Peace (Continued From First Pnge)‘_ delegations in co-ordinating views on United States Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull's neutrality pact. | 2. Brazil and Argentina were re- liably reported to have reached an agreement by which a revised, modi- fled Inter-American security pact would be unopposed. 3. A central American proposal for | an Inter-American Court was reported | to have met hard sledding at the | hands of an unsympathetic commite | tee with prospects it would not go further. | Authoritative quarters predicted a draft embodying the major provisions of the original United States plan | might be sent to committee tomorrow, ‘The conferees were spurred by Sece retary Hull's insistence on a proposal acceptable to all and submitted at the earliest possible moment for the double purpose of assuring the American ree publics against embroilment in war and, by unanimity, of setting an exe ample to the rest of the world. Although the delegates still were meeting after another day-long ses< sion, they were reliably understood ta have agreed on all essentials, having only details of procedure to perfect. The most important change, au- thoritative sources said, was in the language setting up a permanent ine ter-American consultative committee, | modified to provide for a system of consultation in case of emergency ot | aggression. ‘ The revision was said to have been at the insistence of Argentine Fgreign | Minister Carlos Saavedra Lamas, \pere manent chairman of the conferende, who demanded there be no rival in this hemisphere to the League of Nae tions. The Brazilian security pact, delibers ately withheld until Argentine obe jections were met, was revamped and, it was understood, will not be opposed, Members of the United States dele- , | gation, encouraged by the progress on the Hull pact and the strides in the neutrality discussions, were hopeful | the conference ncew would slip inta | high gear. | Such was the general optimism, the | Bteering Committee was slated to meet | Saturday to consider an adjournment date, with December 23 regarded & possibility. Railways to Merge. The electric railway running bee tween Tokio and Yokohama, Japan, will merge with the Tamagawa Elece tric Railway. - lowing workers at first-division schools wrap and present gifts that cheer: Kenilworth School: Mrs. Minnie Farr, Mrs. Zemma Lyles, Mrs. Dorothy Lynn, Mrs. G. Lingebach, Mrs. Dolly | Fitzgerald, Mrs. Alma Hudson, Mrs. | Leslle Hinkel and Mrs. L. Herrick, Phoebe-Hearst Schooi Group. Phoebe-Hearst School: Mrs. Clar- ence Graham, Mrs. Charles Sinclair, Mrs. Norman Hammett, Mrs. Oscar Hunt, Mrs. William H. Savin and Mrz, Julian Hammock. Stoddert School: Mrs. Walter J. Smith, Mrs. Harry F. Davies and Mrs. J. R. Van Fossen. Weightman: Mrs. Joseph L. Mills, Mrs. Floyd Walkinshaw and Mrs. Lawrence Petrey. Francis Scott Key School: Mrs. Joseph Lyddane, Mrs. Joseph Simi and Mrs. W. Loye. Curtis-Hyde-Addison Schools: Mrs. Leo Thomas. Pilmore School: Mrs. Frank Jersey, Mrs. Carl Sanders, Mrs.' Monroe John- son, Mrs. Robert A. Wood, Mrs. Louis Hollman, Mrs. L. N. Erickson and Mrs. Reese Stephens. Janney School: Mrs. C. A. Wright, Mrs. J. 8. Baldwin, Mrs. J. C. Hill, Mrs. Louis A. Delwig, Mrs. Charles P. Trussell and Mrs. C. K. DeWitt. So that these ladies’ jobs will be thorough, attend or send—or ask a de- partment store to charge and send—a new article of clothing or new toy to the following Warner Bros. toy mati- nees, to be held Saturday morning, December 19: Metropolitan—Joe E. Brown in War- ner Bros.’ “Earthworm Tractors.” Tivoli—Freddie Bartholomew in United Artists’ “Little Lord Faunt- Ambassador—Harold Liloyd in the Paramount picture, “The Milky Way.” Uptown—Laurel and Hardy in M-G-M’s “Bonnie Scotland.” Penn—Laurel and M-G-M's “Bohemian Girl.” Earle—Jane Withers in the Twen- tieth Century-Fox production, “Paddy ODay.” Apollo—Eleanor Whitney in the Paramount picture, “Timothy Quest.” Home—Joe E. Brown in Warner Bros.’ “Sons o’ Guns.” ‘York—Buster Crabbe in the Para- “Desert Gold.”