Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1940, Page 10

A—10 = THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 28, 1940—PART ONE, Success of Mission's Youth, 16, Reverses | Army Bombers May Make May 6 to 8 meeting are| eril of the League of Red Cross wift, vice chairman in| Societies in Geneva, and James T. foreign operations; M Drive for Funds Held Imperative Mrs. Bennett and Aides Need Additional Space To Carry on Work One night about 24 years ago Mrs, Jean Bennett, who at that time had her late husband’s aid in directing Washington's Central Union Mis- sion, tucked two little girls in bed. The children were homeless. Mrs. Bennett had taken them into her own home after a social worker, not knowing that the mission cared .nly for men, requested her to care for the children there. Since that time Mrs. Bennett has looked after thousands of children whose homes have been shattered by discord or death. Today they are cared for in a modern seven-story building at 624 Indiana avenue N.W, that can accommodate 40 children. Yet the home, built in 1925, is now unable to meet the demands in a city with a heavy population in- crease in the last 15 years. Forced to turn down scores of requests, Mrs. Bennett and her co-workers know that the challenge can only be met by the success of the current drive for funds with which to con- struct an addition to the ouilding that will increase the facilities for caring for children by one-third. Only For Emergency Cases. The home is only for emergency cases. A mother, deserted by her husband, is forced to go to work arnd has no place to leave her three- year-old child. The home provides a shelter until the mother can make permanent arrangements. There is no “red tape” to placing the child there, no waiting, no papers to be made out, no tedious legal proceed- ing. The children sleep in long, im- macuately kept dormitory rooms, the rows of neat, white beds lining the walls. The youngsters, ranging in age from 2 to 14 years, are pro- vided food from the mission’s farm. Last year more than 40,000 meals were provided at the mission’s home for children and at its summer| camp. Clothes for the children are either donated or made by a group of civic interested women who regu- larly meet at the home each week. Last year the home provided 6,223 articles of clothing. Shelter for Homeless Men. The home for children, however, is only a part of the mission’s work. Facing C street N.W. is the entrance to the mission's temporary shelter for homeless men. Washington's severe weather last winter sent men by the scores hur- rying there. Many of them ill- Doris Waugh (left) and Raymond McLean, 3-year-olds being cared for at Central Union Mis- sion’s Emergency Home for Children, are shown saying their prayers at bedtime. —Star Staft Photo. tive nights’ sleep In a six-month! period. Officials point out that the shelter is provided only until the | men are able to help themselves. The dormitory for the men is kept |no less clean than that for the children. John Bowman, laundry Jefferson (Continued From First P: oughfares protested that many out-‘ of-town friends who came to visit here got lost in the maze of Jeffer- clothed, they all found a plate of | Man at the mission for eight years, | son streets. warm food waiting but only 80 of the usually more than 200 present took the elevator to the sixth floor where beds were ready. The rest were forced to sleep in the mission’s chapel on the bare floor, covering themselves with their overcoats or newspapers. The new building addition will provide 110 free beds nightly to those who otherwise would sleep on the floor or wander Washington's streets. The number cared for has in- creased steadily during the last few years. In 1937 the mission provided 124,514 free meals, while last year the number jumped to 164,700. More than 25000 free beds were provided last year. The home for men, like that for the children, is only temporary. ‘They are permitted three consecu- ‘ikeeps ready dozens of freshly laun- | dered sheets for the two-tiered steel bunks in the well-ventilated room. The men are required to take shower baths nightly—a rule that is never relaxed, officials state. | | Religious services are held| nightly in the mission chapel and | | representatives of ‘.Vashmgkm's: churches volunteer to give messages. | Robert B. Drummond, director of | men’s activities, frequently conducts | | the service. | S Firemen Plan Bingo Party | The Boulevard Heights (Md) Volunteer Fire Department will give a bingo party at 8 p.n. Friday at| the engine house for the benefit of | the department. John B. Harris| is chairman of the committee on ar- | rangements. The Commissioners, following their usual procedure in such cases, | had Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown | assign a policeman to poll Lhe‘ Georgetown Jefferson street resi- dents on their sentiments. | “I think this iis an outrage,” | Mrs. Goodman declared last night | as she sounded the call to battle. | “If they change the name of this street theyll take away the | last vestige of what is really an au- | thentic Jefferson memorial. It | LEAKY ROOFS! « . Quickly and ‘Surely Repaired! We empioy only skilled mechanics. as- suring you of guaranteed work on any type roof at most oderate cost. RE. for estimates! would be a shame to change the name of the one Jefferson street where Jefferson himself lived at one time.” Where Jefferson Lived. Mrs. Goodman said Jefferson lived at No. 1047 Jefferson street in Georgetown when he was Secretary of State. (Rider’s “History of Wash- ington” bears out her contention.) Mrs. Goodman, who is vice presi- dent of the Georgetown Progressive Citizens’ Association, said her or- PIANOS for RENT Good selection of new amall uprights and spinets for rent ot from 35 monthly up Also low raies on baby grands and consoles. Money you pay as reatal will be deducied from peico f you buy later. Call NAtional 3223 JORDAN'S Corner 13th & 6 Sts. Special Six 2-Door Tourin£ edan, as Illustrated, $838 Statement Jealousy Led to Girl's Killing Father, After Visiting Son in Cell, Says Boy ‘Didn’t Love Edith’ By the Associated Press, ABINGTON, Pa,, April 27.—Six- teen-year-old Robert Heineman, charged with murder in the slaying of a pretty girl classmate, reversed today his statements that jealousy goaded him to shoot Edith Snyder as she studied at home Thursday night. The boy's father, permitted to visit his son for the first time since Robert was committed to the Mont- gomery County prison, quoted him: “I did not love Edith. I knew she had dates with other boys, but I didn’t care—and I told her I didn't.” The boy said yesterday, Assistant District Attorney David E. Groshens announced, that he drove to the girl's home and fired a pistol at her as she sat at a desk doing school homework. “I was in love with her and she had dates with other boys,” Mr. Groshens quoted young Heineman. But when Gustav Heineman, gymnasium instructor at Temple University, visited his black-haired, handsome son in jail today, the ooy told another story. It left his father “completely stumped.” “I thought I knew something about boys,” the grieving parent said, “but now I give up.” County officials, setting Thursday for an inquest in the girl's death, pointed put that the boy may stand trial for murder despite his age. Conviction of first-degree murder is punishable by death in the electric chair. ganization already has made plans Mass Flight fo Hawai By the Associated Press, HONOLULU, April 27~A possible mass flight from California of the Army’s newest bombers as a spece tacular demonstration of the feasi- bility of reinforcing Hawall’s de- fense from the mainland was seen today. = Maj. -Gen. Charles D. Herron, commanding genersl of the Ha- waiian Department, was reported authoritatively to have requested such a flight. The Star-Bulletin added an Army spokesman in Washington had con- firmed that the venture had been under consideration for some time, but that formal application had been delayed because of Navy pres- sure, ! Several Navy mass flights from California have been completed without mishap. v Gen. Herron was reported to have asked for a flight by a single squad- ron, but plans here indicated three or four squadrons probably would participate. Air Corps_experts pointed out the Army's B-17 bombers could fly the 2400 miles in 11 hours. Best time so far has been 16 hours 17 minutes. An Army spokesman said it was “high time” the Army made the flight to demonstrate its high-speed, lo‘ng-rlnn striking . power in the alr. He added the only factor which would block the venture was the “ticklish” situation in the Orient. Red Cross Will Hear Its European Workers By the Arsociated Press. Delegates to the American Red | Cross Convention next month will hear4 some first-hand reports on the fBgency’s relief work in the European war zones. Among those scheduled to speak — e e to protest to the Commissioners against the change. Other residents, | she added, are taking up the fight. “The officer told us to get our| protests in quickly,” . Mrs. Good- man said. “I hope we're not too late.” | The Commissioners will not act on the proposal until they get the officer’s report of his poll and study written protests. 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