Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1940, Page 5

. Citizens Told Test Will Confinue on Air in Streef Cars Health Officer Replies To Complaint From Brightwood Association Inspection of the atmospheric conditions in Capital Transit Co. street cars and buses will be con- tinued by the District Health De- partment, the Brightwood Citizens’ Association was informed last night by Dr. George C. Ruhland, District health officer. | Replying to a letter complaining of conditions, Dr. Ruhland advised the body that samples showed the air change to be within the range of the recognized standard. William McK. Clayton invited at- tention to a Southern Legislature, which voted to eliminate instruce tion in such principles ~f voting from the civic textbooks for Negroes. He presented a resolution, which was adopted, requesting the Board of Education to look into the situa- tion with a view to “striking out all reference to voting as the corner- stone to our liberties from history textbooks used in the public schools of the District of Columbia.” Representative . Jennings Ran- dolph, chairman of the House Dis- trict Committee, assured the mem- bers of the association -that Dis- trict citizens would be recognized in connection with the proposed re- organization of the District govern= ment after the committee had studied the new draft of-the bill. _The "association was informed that the Capital Transit Co., at the suggestion of the association, shortly will make a study of the ad- visability of running street cars from the intersection of Georgia and New Hampshire avenues to the Eleventh streev car line, at its ternminus at Eleventh and Monroe streets N.W. David W. Gabelein, president of THE EVENING. STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, the Chillum Heights Citizens’ sociation, spoke briefly, commend- ing the body for its accomplish- ments and lauding particularly the civic work of Mr. Clayton. The meeting was held in Paul Junior High School. Two D. C. Men Take Reserve Appointments Two Washingtonians have ac- cepted appointment in the Officers’ Reserve Corps, the War Depart- ment announced yesterday. Robert Wesley Chrisp, the Earle Building, has been named a first lieutenant in the Air Corps Reserves, and Fowler Santa Taylor, of the 300 block of East Capitol street,) has been made a second lieutenant of infantry, the announcement stated. Fred John Hughes, jr, of the 6300 block of Broad Branch road, Chevy Chase, Md., was designated as a second lieutenant of cavalry, and Francis Marion Smith Miller of the 400 block of Garfield avenue, Hyattsville, Md., has been named a captain in the Air Reserves. 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