Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1940, Page 23

Feast of Passover Will Be Celebrated By Jewry Here Religious Celebration Will Open Tomorrow At Sundown ‘Washington Jewry at sundown to- morrow will begin celebrating the Feast of Passover, commemorating the exodus of Jews from Egypt and freedom from Egyptian bondage. Seder rites will be held in Jew- ish homes throughout the city. There also will be the reading of the Ha- gada, the eating of unleavened bread and bitter herbs. The rites symbolize hardships suffered in bondage, thankfulness over having been freed and duties under the| freedom. There will be a special service in | connection with the feast on Tues- day morning in the Eighth Street Temple of the Washington Hebrew | Congregation. Special services also | will be held in many of the ortho- dox synagogues both Tuesday and ‘Wednesday ‘mornings. Many of the laws and traditions of the Jewish faith date back to the Feast of Passover, the laws| having been given members of the fajth by Moses, who led them safely | through the wilderness in the flight from Egypt. The feast will last eight days and will be celebrated by Jews else- where. The National Jewish Wel- fare Board announced that Y. M. H. As and Y. W. H. As through- out the United States will hold pub- lic Seder services on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Furloughs for tlie Passover holi- days are to be granted enlisted men in the Army and Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the C. C. C. The United States Veterans’ Administration also is to grant leave to disabled veterans whose condi- tion permits, it is announced. Spe- cial prayer books and unleavened bread will be distributed by the Jewish Welfare Board to' enlisted men of Jewish faith, and Army and | Navy chaplains and commanding | officers have been asked to lend as- | sistance in their distribution. Hobby Fair Set LEONARDTOWN, Md, April 20 (Special). — The Margaret Brent | High School will hold its fourth an- nual hobby fair May 4 and 5. Emer- son P. Slacum is in charge. ‘more & Ohio Railroad, and Hale Marriage License Applications John C. Spencer. tion, and Ma 3t J.Ci Mt 'Pleasant st. n.w 20: 3100 the Rev. Freeley Rohrer 3 Lynn B Armentrout. 30. Alexandria. V and Mary Ellen McQQuimm. 3. Arling- R H. Dunham 0. Mt. Rainier. Md., . Lima, Ohio: e A. Yarbrough. 47, Belle 8." Wood. Rev. J. 35. 814 26th st nw., 3 26th st. and Oth st. n.w. the 46th place ne, 30, 508 R At h_st. se. and (East Cavitol 14th st nw. 24, 4216 14th ‘Bishop. John T. White. and Dorothy st ne. and Harvard st T i H st. nw., Conn, ave. Befnard' Cised) 00 tnard Cissel. 27. 1200 C st “Ahne W. Peebles 21. 1461 %! the Rev, Duncan Fr erberi M. Crade e Lowlse B Self Aw.: the Rev ROCKVILLE. v. 21, Remington, Va. Hurt. 19. Culpeper. Va Darnestown and Md., . 'and Maria Ame shington. Washington Md, ames J. Da 8 Thelma L. and Births Refiorted Mordecai and Doris Hutchinson, twin girls. William and_Emma Hoffman. 2d, boy. Harold and Barbara Clift, James and M R John and Mattic Brehm William and Anne Unkles| Le Roy and Louise Taylor, ir. boy Richard and Gwendolyn Kephart, boy. Charles and Annetta Mostow, boy. Wallace and Jessie Colman, bos Stephen and Elcanor Nealon. girl Frederick and Katherine Robichau. girl. Frederick and Mary Pflaging. girl. Robert_and Kathleen Roberts, boy. Paul and Vera Siezel. girl Daniel and Jean Oberholizer, James and Ethel Marceron, ir., ohn and Elizabeth Stone. girl. IR A Anna. Price. boy. girl . girl ohn and Pearl Wilson. boy EobertTehd Rutn Monteomery. girl. Edgar and Lucille Smith. girl. George and Emily Jones, girl oy and Anna Moorefield girl BoTerr %and. Marian McPhérson. boy. William and Naomi_Bauman. boy. Frank and Amelita Weller, boy. Edgar_and Ruth Peters, boy. Lawrence and Nancy Moore. boy. Bernard and Constance Rooney.’ boy, Leo and Adelaide Gauthier. girl Medford and Nancy Frazier. girl Claude and Marzaret Brown. girl. John and Martha Schutz, girl. ank and Daisy Furr, gir alter and Bernice Warren, girl Theodore and Coradell Schaff. girl. onstantine and Janoula Galanls, girl. rnest and Margaret Parent, boy James and Beatrice Dennis, twin girls. Richard and Martha Fisher. boy. Thomas and Maude Pollard, boy. James andaSusan Archer, girl. Willlam and Viola Prue. girl Ifred and Elaine Carter. boy. &-nisnn and Mary Colirane, alter and Esther Hall, boy. Bamuel and Mary Minor. boy. Willie and Lillian Curseen, boy. Harry and Laura Pinkard, girl. reston and Thelma Mattison. girl. joseph and Caroline Carter. by Alexander and Frances Sharp, boy. Deaths | Reported a M. Glover, 86, Gallinger Hospital. s _Richard. &5 h st. n. R. Conley S. Soldiers’ Home | Hospital. william P. 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ADIOEAR L] Bronze Plaque To Be Dedicated At Union Station The patriotic services of American railroads in voluntarily forming a board in 1917 to co-ordinate rail transportation facilities to meet war- time needs will ne commemorated Friday at the®dedication of a bronze tablet at the Union Station. Guests of honor will include Dan- iel Willard, president of the Balti- Holden, retired railroad executive, who are the only surviving members of the Railroad War Board, which served for eight months until the railroads were taken over by the Government. i Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson will speak at the cere- monies, at which the bronze plaque will be unveiled by Miss Barbara Baird, granddaughter of Faitfax Harrison, chairman of the Railroad War Board. J. J. Pelley, president of the Association of American Rail- roads, sponsors of the memorial, will be master of ceremonies. Huge Problems Involved. On April 11, 1917—five days after war was declared—Mr Willard, chairman of the Advisory Commis- sion of the Council of National De- fense, addressed more than 50 ex- ecutives of the Nation’s principal railroads at the Wiilard Hotel here. He reminded his listeners that war meant to railroads the transporta- tion of millions of men for military service and the carrying of enormous quantities of supplies to feed them. It meant, he pointed out, the move- ment of millions of tons of steel, lumber, cotton, wool and other ma- terials for ships, munitions and clothing. In addition, the railroads would be required to handle the regular flow of traffic as well as supplies intended for our allies, he explained. To meet the Nation's transporta- tion needs, Mr. Willard said, the| railroads would have to operate as one vast system, and accordingly he | THE SUNDAY STAR; WASHINGTON, Railroads’ Role in World War To Be Commemorated Friday DANIEL WILLARD. —- ‘proposed the creation .of an execu- tive cgmmittee of five members with ; full power % run the roads. Pledged Co-ordination, The railrdads accepted his recom- mendation and pledged co-ordina- tion of their operations during the war “in a continental railway system, merging during such period all their merely individual and competitive activities in the effort to produce a maximum of national transportation fficiency.” The committee, which soon be- 4527 Walnut St. Philadel Furnished housekeeping sulf 1 to 3 rooms. Complete service. Garage. $2.50 u QUICK' & BRi Act. 8 8. E. C. 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Headquarters were maintained in rw-.smnmn for the operation of some 260,000 miles of railroad lines D. C, APRIL 21, 1940—PART ONE. and the management of scores of subcommittees. Record Established, As a result of the planning of improvements in operation and a spirit of co-operation a remarkable transportation performance was es- tablished. During the first eight months of the war more than 2,000,~ 000 troops were moved between mili- tary posts and to mobilization points, cantonments, the Mexican border and the Atlantic ports. In addition the railroads carried more {reight and passengers in 1917 than in any previous year. Scarcity of equipment, however, and a shortage of skilled labor for repair work, as well as conflicting 2.PC. TUXEDO SUITE Charming 18th century suite, with solid mahogany frame, covered in newest stripe damask; superbly constructed with sagless spring foundation. $ Soft, resilient spring cushions. Sofa and chair to match, special Open a J.L. Budget Account 2-PC. 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