Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1940, Page 19

Washington News .~ War May Force Red Cross Call, Fieser Warns Urges Stronger ‘Humanitarian Preparedness’ (Picture on Page A-3.) ‘Warning that the world “is aflame about us,” James L. Fieser, vice chairman in charge of domestic operations of the American Red Cross, todey sounded a call for stronger “humanitarian prepared- hess,” because “at a moment’s notice we may find it necessary to appeal for war relief funds.” Challenge of war should stir the Red Cross, he told its annual con- vention at Memorial Continental Hall to plan for even greater mem- bership gains. The convention was pronounced by officials today to be the largest in the history of the organization. Registration shortly before noon had climbed to more than 3,500. “We know that planes are bigger and faster,” he said, “that mechan- 1zed armies move faster and do more damage, that modern explosives can quickly level what it has taken cen- turies to build, that wars have be- come total in the sense even that civilians may be punished more grievously than the personnel of armies or navies. “We know, too, about the terror of mass transplanting of minority groups from homes and environ- ments which have been theirs for centuries to places where they are unwelcome foreigners and strangers.” “Gypsy” Problem Cited. Pointing to the problem of the “American gypsy,” and disclosures in “The Grapes of Wrath,” Mr. Fieser said “We can sense the de- featism, terror of soul and mental paralysis of human beings whose love for their own is as strong as ours.” % Referring to war, *“We cannot 'dismiss these man- made cataclysms by saying they are too big to bother about, that they are none of our business * * ¢ As in case of big disasters, we may at a moment’s notice find it neces- sary to appeal for war relief funds. If so, we are ready.” He said the Red Cross was aware of need for expanding its work here for the Army and Navy. The District of Columbia chapter was listed in first place of honor among chapters who had made out- standing records in membership. ‘The District of Columbia chapter, he said, had enrolled 110,000 mem- bers, or 22 per cent of its population. Next came Youmgstown, Ohio, with 14 per cent of its population, Cléve- land with 11 per cent. Pointing out that the American Red Cross had increased its mem- bership to more than 7,000,000, a gain of more than 3,200,000 in five years, he said the gain this year alone was 1,400,000 members. Davis Outlines Activities Activities of the League of Red Cross Societies, in serving the people in war-torn Europe, were outlined last night by Malcolm Davis, as- sociate secretary general of the league, which has headquarters in Geneva. “Everywhere one goes,” he said, “there is evidence of the power that the Red Cross symbol holds, through recognition of the spirit for which it stands. At frontiers, in govegnment offices, and with the rank and file of people, it signifies a service of necessity which must be admitted—because the place of the Red Cross is not away from the places of struggle and trouble, but there where stress and suffering are. “As the war spreads and con- tinues,” he said, “and it is evident that it is likely to go on for an indefinitely long time—the mission of the Red Cross becomes more and more imperatively urgent . . . Be- yond the struggle, whenever it ends, there is prospect of a grim period of reconstruction.” To Enroll Technicians. Dr. William De Kleine, medical ad- viser of the American Red Cross, an- nounced at the morning session to- day that at the reques? of the Army’s surgeon genc:zl, the Red Cross has undertaken to enroll several groups of hospital and medical technicians for possible service with the military forces. “It has 1o immediate war implica- tion,” Dr. De Kieine stressed, “but 15 a necessary step in developing gen- eral preparedness measures for the nation.” He said (he Red Cross was acting s accordance with its traditional policy of co-eporation with the Army and Navy. ‘With about 3,500 delegates here for the convention, the program today included several sessions, in var- fous places throughout the down- town area. The annual banquet to- night at the. Mayflower Hotel will hear an address by Justice Stanley Reed, of the United States Supreme Court; and by Norman Sommerville, chairman of the Central council, Canadian Red Cross Society. The convention will close with a business gession tomorrow morning in Mem- orial Continental Hall, and iunch- eons for officials at the Willard Hotel, and the National Press Club Auditorium. * Membership Discussed. At the general session this morn- ing the subject of membership and support of the Red Cross service was discussed by Mr. Fieser, and Mrs. A, A. Salmon, of Spokane, Wash.; Ernest H. Pett, of Madison, wis.;. and Raymond W. Houston, of Nassau County, New York. Other sessions elsewhere today included: Junior Red Cross, Depart- ment of Interior and Mayflower Braille Corps round table, Willard Hotel; First Aid, Water Safety, Home and Farm Accident ber o(f: lvci(l:’mmerce ted States; an Re- &% Hotel; Roll Call, Mayfiower Hotel; and War Service, 3 Hotel." dinner he declared dance of the Junior be held at the Wash- at 7 o'clock tonight. Belmont will preside, [ participating in each session. he WASHINGTON, D. C, MAY ROYALTY—Shown here are the Riverdale queen and her court, who will take part in the May Day Festival at College Park Friday at 8 pm. Left to right are Camilla Flynn, 11; Joan Jones, 12; Queen Patsy Harrington, 13; Gloria Robinson, 11, and Doris Kenney, 9. The festival will be in four sections on Wednes- day and Friday, May 17 and May 24, with some 3,000 children —Star Staft Photo. Miss Boardman Quits Directing Red Cross Volunteer Services Prominent Worker Will Continue as Secretary Miss Mabel T. Boardman, guiding genius of the American Red Cross for 40 years, has given up her active direction of the volunteer special services, but continues as secretary of the organization. v This was announced following & meeting of the Central Committee yesterday, when it was said Miss Boardman will be succeeded by Mrs. Dwight F. Davis as head of the volunteers. Headed Roll Calls. Miss Boardman not-only has been nation: prominent in_the Amer- ican Cross, but headed the Dis- trict of Columbia roll call campaigns for years and is proud of the fact that this city leads the country in percentage of population enrolled. Miss Boardman served as Com- missioner of the District of Colum- bia from September 25, 1920, to March 4, 1921 Continuing as secretary of the Red Cross, she goes forward in a post which -she has held continu- ously since 1919. Of Miss Boardman, President William Howard Taft said: “We cannot think of the Red Cross without thinking of Miss Boardman, and we cannot think of Miss Boardman without thinking of the Red Cross.” Built Up Organization. In 1900 she took the small loose- knit society founded by Clara Bare ton and shaped it into the far-flung quasi-governmental institution the world knows today. Mrs. Davis, who succeeds Miss Boardman as head of volunteers has been vice chairman of the volunteer service of the District of Columbia Chapter, which has produced thou- sands of garments and surgical dressings for war relief in Europe. On behaif of the central com- mittee, it was also announced that Col. Daniel B. Strickler of Lancaster, Pa., has been named chairman of the Committee on Nominations, and John M. Harrison of Minneapolis, chairman of the Resolutions Com- mittee, | Berry Placed in Charge Of Navy Press Office - Lt. Comdr. Robert W. Berry has been placed in charge of the press relations office of the Navy Depart- ment, relieving Lt. Comdr. B. L. Austin, who has been ordered to sea duty. Lt. Howard Wright Gordon, jr., also has reported for duty in the public relation branch, taking the place of Lt. W. G. Beecher, jr., who has been ordered to command of the light mine layer Pruitt. Comdr. Austin temporarily will remain in the public relations branch filling in for Comdr. Leland Lovette, who also has been ordered to sea duty. Comdr. Austin is ex- pected to hold the post until the 1st of August. 3d Division Meeting Maj. Gen. Peter C. Harris, re- tired, former adjutant general of the United States Army, and Lt. Col. Ralph C. Bishop, secretary of the Civilian Military Education Fund, will be present at the meet- ing tomorrow of the 3d Division Society, A. E. F., in the non-com- missioned officers’ club at Fort Bel- voir, Va., at 8 pm, Capt. Frank J. Jervey, society president, an- nounced today. and James T. Nicholson will be dinner speaker. Mrs. Franklin _D. = Roosevelt planned to receive the delegates this afternoon at a garden party, un- less it rained, in which case the function was to be canceled. - ‘The general session last night at Constitution Hall in addition to hearing Mr. Davis, also was ad- dressed by Eliot Wadsworth, mem- ber of the Central Committee; Charge of Insular wnd.fofelgn oper- charge of an( oper- ations and James T. Nicholson, di- rector of the Junior Red Cross. Federal Bar Is Urged To Study Influence 0f Radio on Crime Dr. Colvin Also Suggests Extension of F. B. . Power Here Be Considered Special study of the influence crime dramatization on radio pro- grams may have on crime was proposed to the Federal Bar Asso- ciation last night by Dr. H. Milton Colvin, chairman of the association’s Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure, “These radio presentations are doubtless well ‘ntended,” said Dr. Colvin, “but life of the criminal frequenti~ 2 so exciting that some you.._ Aers have difficulty in .?wnx whethersxthey woul rathér“be the lawl er- or the detective, . 6 Dr. Colvin declared he had heard of instances in which criminals ad- mitted adapting methods described on radio programs. He quoted a re- cent news story in which a Midwest- ern: police official said he listened to a Nation-wide “crime doesn't pay” radio program each week to find out what new tricks juveniles in his district would be working during the coming week. D. C. Problem Considered. The study, if approved, would be made by the Committee on Criminal Law and Procedure. Dr. Colvin pro- posed also that this committee con- sider the practicability of extending the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion's jurisdiction in the District of Columbia. “Many fine citizens from all parts of the Nation visit their Capital City, but along with them, it must be remembered, come criminals of various degree seeking a new field of activity,” asserted Dr. Colvin. “This makes law enforcement in Washington much more compli- cated and difficult than in cities of comparable size.” He suggested also that the asso- ciation confer with the Washington Criminal Justice Association of the crime problem here. The Committee on Public Utilities, headed by John W. Scott, reported that prevailing rate-making pro- cedure “neglects the fact that in our national economy the utilization is Just as important as the right to a fair return upon the money invested in utility property.” Report on Walter-Logan bill. The association adopted the report of the Committee on Administrative Law, voicing oppesition to further congressional action on the Walter- Logan bill to reform adMilnistrative procedure of the Federal Govern- ment until the Jusfice Department has completed its study of the matter. The association, meeting for its annual dinner at the National Press Club, elected the following officers for the coming year: Heber H. Rice of the Home Owners’ Loan Corp., president; Thurman W. Arlonld, As- sistant Attorney General, vice presi- dent; Willlam E: Reese, second vice president; Marguerite Rawalt, third vice president; Bernard Burdick, fourth vice president; David S. Davidson, secretary; Edward R. Hicks, treasurer, and Wilbur N. Baughman, financial secretary. Drive Pressed For Symphony Orchestra Fund Solicitors Appeal To Music Lovers To Raise $107,600 Lovers of good music were put to the test today as solicitors buckled down to the task of raising a $107,~ 600 sustaining fund for the National Symphony Orchestra. Hope of putting over the drive ran high among volunteer workers as they ventured forth armed with & strong argument calculated to stir ‘Washington’s civic pride to its roots. Their case was bolstered with an- nouncement that a full season of Sunset Symphonies at the Potomac Water Gate this summer is already assured—providing the minimum goal is achieved. A. F. E. Horn, general chairman of the 10th annual sustaining fund Campaign Committee, told of the status of the Sunset Symphonies when the volunteers met late yes- terday at the Carlton Hotel. Contribution Promised. An anonymous doner, Mr. Horn said, had agreed to contribute the amount necessary to finance the orchestra’s summer season if the full amount of the goal is raised during the drive. Consequently ‘Washington is assured of the out- door concerts if the $107,600 is con- tributed to the sustaining fund by May 16—the’ final day of the cam- paign. As the canvassing went into the second day, the symphony had an ally in the Dollar Club, a medium through which The Star and the National Broadcasting Co. are co- operating. The Dollar Club has established headquarters at 728 Fourteenth street N.W., where con- tributions will be received. Persons wishing to make donations, and not | reached by volunteer workers, may send or bring their gifts to the Dol- lar Club, to campaign headquarters at the Carlton or to the office of the orchestra in the Woodward Building. Gives Radio Talk. In a radio talk last night Mr. Horn said it believed the Washington public was “solidly behind its or- chestra and its conductor. But I must caution you that this cam- paign must be different from any that we have had in the past. It is beginning three months later than it had originally been scheduled. Hot weather is " approaching, if it isn't already here, and very soon many of you will be leaving for va- cations.” There is less than two months’ time in which to prepare fox. our. summer concerts. We must Yave & whirlwind campaign. We ust raise our goal by May 16.” At the meeting with volunteer workers, Mr. Horn revealed that an appeal by mail to former sub- scribers prior to the campaign's opening had brought contributions from 535 persons—totalifig $8,262.85. Last year these same 535 contributed $6,163.08. The increase was noted as an encouraging sign. The campaign's Special Gifts Committee will meet this afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Carlton. Mrs. Julia Holt Dies In Greenbelt Hospital Mrs. Julia, Larsen Holt, 79, widow of Charles J. Holt of Mankato, Minn., died yesterday in the Green- belt (Md.) Hospital after a year's illness. Born near Lillehammer, Norway, Mrs. Holt went to Minnesota as a young girl and made her home there until five years ago, when she came to Greenbelt. She leaves a sister, Mrs. Kari Larsen Vangen of Vaagaa, Norway; three daughters, Mrs. C. H. Martin of Greenbelt, Mrs. Emma Johnson and Mrs. Louis A. Peterson, both of Minneapolis, Minn.; nine grand- children and four great-grand- children. Funeral services will take place at Mankato. Dakota for Roosevelt, Governor Declares Indorsement of the New Deal will be accorded by North Dakota Demo- crats at their State convention next Monday, it was predicted today by Gov. John Moses after a confer- ence with President Roosevelt at the White House. The Governor said that from re- ports reaching him there is con- siderable third-term sentiment throughout North Dakota. With- out & doubt, he added, this will lead to convention indorsement of Mr. Roosevelt, although the State’s dele- gation to the national convention may be left uninstructed. North Dakota has eight votes in the National Democratic Convention. Gov. Moses is in Washington to discuss relief problems in his State and this was the principal subject of his conference with the Presi- dent today. SUNDAY MORNING EDITION pening Sfaf TUESDAY, MAY 17, 1940. Society and General SYMPHONY CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED—L. Corrin Strong, president of the Board of Directors of the National Symphony Orchestra; Mrs. George Hewitt Myers, chairman of arrangements for the opening tea, and (seated) Mrs. Edward Burling, a server at the tea given yesterday at the Carl- ton Hotel to open the drive for funds for the National Symphony Orchestra.—Star Staff Photo. The N. B. C.-Star Dollar Club officially opened its doors today and started receiving contributions to aid the National Symphony Orches- tra’s 10th annual sustaining fund drive. First group to join the Dollar Club was the Connecticut Avenue Asso- ciation, which presented a $25 con- tribution through its president, L. R. Colburn ,and its treasurer, Luther Schreiner, at the opening broadcast from Dollar Club headquarters in a store at 728 Fourteenth street N.W. the Business and Professional Com» mittee for the drive, who also par- ticipated in the opening broadcast, said his committee had a higher quota than ever before, because this year business men are beginning to realize what a commercial asset to Washington the orchestra is. He suggested that business and profes- sional workers make their contribu- tions through the Dollar Club. Miss Burns Is First. Miss Bessie Burns was the first individual to bring her dollar to the N. B. C—Star headquarters. It was chalked up on the cash register by Eddie Norris, box officc man with the orchestra since it started. First check mailed to the Dollar | Club was a $25 contribution from | 8. E. Stonebraker. Miss Louise Ehrman, one of the three women in the National Sym- phony Orchestra, played a cello solo during the opening broadcast, ac- companied by her mother, Mrs. Clara Moran Bernheimer, who also gave a vocal solo. Musical Club to Be Heard. The Friday Morning Music Club was to be heard in the second broadcast from the Dollar Club this afternoon. In addition to inter- views, two members of the musical group, Mrs. Anne Yago McGuffy, soprano, and Mrs. Helen Grimes, pianist, were to present selections. A piano is part of the standard equipment in Dollar Club head- quarters. L. Corrin Strong, president of the National Symphony Orchestra As- sociation, was to make his first appearance at the Dollar Club at the late afternoon broadcast. He planned to point out to Washing- ton music lovers the importance of the orchestra in the city’s cultural life. C. C. Cappel, manager of the or- chestra, is making arrangements for schools, clubs, business organiza- tions and civic groups to join the Dollar Club. Delegations will be interviewed during two daily broad- casts from the stand and will have their names enrolled in the armual yearbook of the orchestra, in which friends of the symphony organiza- tion are recognized. Tomorrow’s Programs. Milton W. King, member of the Board of Directors of the orchestra, will be interviewed during a broad- cast from the store at 11:05 am. John Rowland Hill, chairman of | \Dollar Club Opens to Receive Symphony Fund Contributions Connecticut Avenue Association Is First Group to Aid N. B. C.-Star Drive tomorrow over Station WMAL. Mu- sicians performing on the morning program include Irving Nielsen, vio- linist, and Florence Nielsen, pianist. The boys’ quartet from Elliot Junior High School will be heard during the afternoon from the store, at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow, over Sta- tion WRC. Irving Lean, violinist with the National Symphony, will play “Allegro,” by Fiocco, and “Valse in A,” by Humel, during that broadcast. A group of salesgirls from Jelleff's will join the Dollar Club during the aftérnoon broadcast and - Walter Bruce Howe, vice president of the orchestra’s board of directors as well as vice chairman of the campaign, | will discuss the progress of the | drive. William J. Keesling Funeral Is Tomorrow William J. Keesling, 36, who died yesterday in Emergency Hospital of injuries received May 1 when his automobile crashed into the side of an underpass at the George Wash- ington Memorial Parkway and Lee boulevard, will be buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Rockville, Md., to- morrow. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 am. at the Pumphrey funeral home in Rockville, followed by requiem mass at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church at 10 am. Mr. Keesling~was a native of New | York City. His family later moved to Atlanta, Ga., where he was grad- uated from Marist College. He also attended Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala. Mr. Keesling had made his home in Rockville for a number of years, where he was vice president of the Holy Name Society. He was em- ployed by the Griffith Consumers Co. of Washington. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ninetta Sharpe Keesling; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Keesling of Rockville; a sister, Mrs. James A. Cassidy of Chevy Chase, Md., and three children. Guest Artist at Cardozo Miss Vivian Collier (Mrs. S. A. Douglas) was junior class guest ar- tist last night in a lecture recital at Cordozo High School. Miss Col- lier is a student of voice and piano at Howard University and a grads uate student at Catholic University. Her accompanist was Miss Mary Lacey of Howard University. Naval Reserve to Meet Lt. Comdr. Merlin O'Neill, chief of the Coast Guard Reserve, will address the Washington chapter of the United States Naval Reserve Officers’ Association tomorrow night at the Hotel W . A motion picture of Goast Guard activities is to be shown. European Neutrals, Fearing Invasion, Hoard Diamonds ‘The only kind of property there’s much point in owning in Europe today is the kind you can pick up on the dead run when ‘That Man moves in. Diamonds are the only things that fill the bill very well and as a result Europe has started hoarding diamonds on a large scale, says David S. Thomas, veteran buyer and seller of preci~ ous gems. Mr. Thomas, who cyme to Washington this week to attend the convention of the Maryland- Delaware-District Jewelers’ Asso- ciation at the Mayflower Hotel, has been going to Europe once or twice a year for many years and he.follows the diamond market -every minute. He says that wealthy Europeans in neutral countries are poised for flight every hour in any or all directioris. They can’t be bothered with money, and a parcel of down- town real estate doesn’t make s very good traveling companion. “And so they are buying dia- monds and hoarding them,” he asserted. There is more hoarding going on now in Europe and Asia, perhaps, than at anv time in his- tory. Stones are being sold, but they.are not being made up as Jewelry. “Almost all the stones for Jewelry are being’ sold in this country.” If Hitler moves into - Belgium and Holland, the world diamond market will be disrupted,” Mr. Thomas said? since most of the cutting and polishing are done there. Plans have been made to evacuate the tools and workers to France, should this happen. Diamond men have the jitters ‘when they are in the low.countries ? with a pocketful of jewels, he says. “They don’t leave the stones with brokers even overnight,” he says. “Because if the owners have themdn their pockete, they know they stand a chance of out ‘with them. But if Hitler should move in when the. diamonds are in a safety deposit box, they're probably gone.” : The British have virtually shut off the German's supply of in- dustrial .diamonds, he stated. . Almost all of the world’s supply of diamonds comes from South Africa and the BEnglish won't permit export of any, stones that good industrial use” he declared. Dia-: monds are essential in manufac- turing and this shortage is go- ing to hurt.” Mr. Thomas was born in Eng- b land and followed his father into the diamond trade. He is one of the few men in the world ever to have held in his hand two of the diamonds—the Culli~ ‘would never suspect what lies beneath.” He has made a specialty of hunting colored diamonds and Dr. Mann's Safari Combs Jungles in Great Animal Hunt 1,200 Native Beaters Assist; Valuable Specimens Collected A great wild animal hunt through the jungle of West Africa with the aid of 1200 native beaters is de- scribed by Zoo Director William M. Mann in the first word reaching Washington from his collecting ex- pedition in Liberia. | . The beaters were miles in-the inte lantic coast. Hun 4 natives advanced through the jun- gle in a contracting circle, driving specimens into a net in the center. Among the first creatures caught was a fine Liberian antelope of a rare species, according to a radio- gram from the Smithsonian-Fire- stone expedition, which Dr. Mann is leading. The hunts netted many valuable specimens, it was said. Also Collects Insects. In the same region, a six-day journey by hammock—the ‘usual means of jungle travel for white man in Liberia—the expedition obtained many rare birds, beasts and reptiles from the natives. Dr. Mann, an entomologist as well as a biologist, also is collecting various types of insects for the United. States Museum. ‘The creatures now' in Dr. Mann'’s collection include a giant rat 2 feet or more in length, which inhabits the canebrakes and fortunately has never invaded the homes of men. Also there is a pygmy squirrel no larger than a mouse; which is adapted for gliding like one of our flying squirrels. The tail is feather- like and has & single’line of hairs on opposite sides. Among the specimens is one of the strangest of animals—the potto, about the size of a squirrel, with soft yellow fur and protruding yel- low, perpendicular eyes which shine like lights in the darkness of the jungle night. Cries Frighten Natives. The potto is a nocturnal denizen of the tree tops, ‘whose weird, whimpering cries are believed by the natives to be the voices of evil spirits. The little creature is a member of the lemur family of “ghost monkeys” — prehistoric off- shots of the family tree frqm which sprang the monkeys and great apes. The Washington Zoo has had only two pottos previously. Dr. Mann has captured a num- ber of duikers, or “four eyes” a species. of tiny antelape. On both sides of the nostrils are slit-like glands, which the natives believe are extra eyes. The antelope also are known as “pig deer,” and some of the family had a swinish ap- pearance. Alexandrian Killed When Hit by Auto A night watchman was dead in Alexandria, Va., today, of injuries received in an accident there last night. He is Charles E. Petty, 50, of 302 Queen street, Alexandria, who was on his way to work when knocked down by an automobile as he crossed Powhatan street near Bashford lane, N . He was removed to the Alexandria Hospital, where dactors pronounced by the Alexandria coroner at today in Police Court. Traffic Record ‘The traffic record, as revealed at police headquarters for 2¢- 't)?d‘“ period ending at 8 a.m. ay: Pedestrians injured, 4. Pedestrians arrested for vio- lation of Home Gardens Urged to Keep Nation Healthy Nutrition Subject Of Pan-American Conference Here A return to home gardening to prevent the nutritional deficiencies of the United States was urged Dr. E. V. McCollum of Johns Hop- kins University, chairman of the League of National Nutrition Com- mission, before the Pan-American Conference of National Directors of Health at the Pan-American Union today. It is certain, he said, that primi- tive peoples the world over had a diet adequate in the essentials of health. * They may have suffered from famine at times, he explained, but when they did eat they nat- urally selected what they needed. The wide-spread nutritional de- ficiencies, he explained, have come in largely as a result of long-dis- tance transportation of foods and the destruction of some of the most esential elements in the preserving processes. Essential Chemical Substances. Up to the present, he said, 35 chemical substances have been found necessary in the human diet, includ- ing several minerals. Other min- erals, such as boron which is essen- tal to the growth of plants and cobalt, necessary for animals, are probably necessary for people. The “lean meat, white bread and sugar” diet of the American people, he said, is one on which none of the lower animals would thrive and there is good reason to believe that it is not the best for human beings. The problem of diet, it was re- ported by delegates from the Latin- American countries, is being taken up by the governments on a national scale and surveys of the actual food eaten by the populations are under way. Canada, reported Dr. R. E. Wood- house, Deputy Minister of Health at Ottawa, is faced with a special dietary problem for its overseas forces and is trying to assure them | as adequate a menu as was pro- vided for American soldiers in the A. E. F. For this reason, he sa® more than twice as many tomatoes have been canned this year than | last, most of the excess being ine | tended for the Canadian expedi- tionary forces. Difference in Family Diets. Surveys of family diets in Canada among persons able to afford ade- spread a | guate diets, he said,- shows that wide cirtle about a lj i IR is & decidéd Wiftsferee among section of bush country some-130-| mi of a family. - The fathers ‘eating A& need. The children come next, with the mother, as a rule; getting less than she needs of the essentials. The particular problm in Mexico, it was reported, was to provide an adequate diet for the large Indian Ppopulation, who have been exploited for generations. Dr. T!lomas K. Urdahl Dies of Heart Atfack Dr. Thomas K. Urdahl, 70, edu- cator and economist, who in re- cent years had made .his home with |his son, Thomas H. Urdahl, 1505 | Forty-fourth street N.W., died to- day of a heart attack while vise iting his daughter, Mrs. H. G. Steiren, in Chicago. A native of Madison, Wis, Dr, Urdahl was educated at the Uni- versity of Wisconsin, where he re- l!‘;ell“'ieddhls Ph. D. in 1897. He also €] egrees from the Universities of Paris and Berlin, Dr. Urdahl was professor of eco- nomics at the University of Wis- consin from 1910 to 1919 and served with the Federal Trade Commis- sion and the Emergency Fleet Corp. while on special leave of absence during the World War. Late in 1919 he resumed teaching as head of the department of eco- nomics at Swarthmore College, re- signing in 1927 to go on the world's university cruise, His last year of teaching, 1930, was spent at the University of Southern California. Author of several texts and an active worker in economic research, Dr. Urdahl served several Govern- ment departments in special investie gations during the past 10 years, He was a member of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie ences, rux':;r;: services will be held at 3 pm. ursday at the Springdale Church, near Madison, Wis, with burial in the family plot in the adja- cent cemetery. Cooler Weather Is Forecast for * Capital Area Somewhat lower temperatures were expected today and tomorrow after yesterday’s high of 85 degrees brought a sudden end to the long spell of chill weather. The forecast said “fair tonight, followed by mostly cloudy and some= what cooler weather tomoirow, with & low tonight of about 54 degrees.” By 1 o'clock this afterncon the mercury had risen to 81 degrees, 2 points above the recording at the same time yesterday, but s drift of cool air was expected to keep the maximum around this figure ,this :umoon. The low last night was Meanwhile, farmers in Maryland and Virginia trundled out plows, cultivators and planters in an effort to make up for lost time. the northern section of the Shenandosh Valley into full bloom s month late, and at the same time the apple orchards . time, £ . Orchardists said the fruit buds apparently were unharmed the cold which continued so m”mw the spring season. P