Evening Star Newspaper, May 7, 1940, Page 3

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SPECIALIZING IN FINE PLATE SUPPERS 60c REGULAR DINNERS, 75¢ CHICKEN OR STEAK DINNERS at ..$1.00 OF UAGES, L) National 0270 SCHOOL IN EVERY officers and added two more air at- taches to the staff of the American Embassy in London. Brig. Gen. Bruce Magruder takes command of the Washington Pro- visional Brigade on completion of duty at the infantry school, Fort Benning, Ga. Effective June 15, he succeeds Brig. Gen. Maxwell Mur- ray, who has been ordered to the Hawaiian department. Gen. Ma- gruder at present is in command of the tank forces participating in the southern maneuvers. Bri. Gen. Joseph M. Cummins, now on duty at Fort de Lesseps, Panama Canal Zone, is ordered to Fort Benjamin Harrison for duty with the 5th Division. Lewis Succeeds Cummins, Brig. Gen. Robert H. Lewis, on completion of duty at Fort D. A. Rusgell, Tex., succeeds Gen. Cum- mins in the Panama post July 25. Brig. Gen. Donald C. Cubbison takes command of the Field Artillery School at Fort Sill, Okla., according to the general orders. He succeeds Col. Augustine McIntyre, who retires for age the end of July. Gen. Cub- bison will have his 62d birthday to- morrow. Col. Carl Spaatz, who has been on duty here in the office of the chief of the Air Corps, was assigned as an air observer to the United tSates Embassy in England. Sailing on the United States liner Manhattan May 18, he will be accompanied by Capt. Benjamin S. Kelsey, who is at pre: ent serving with the materiel Divi- sion at Wright Field. Col. Spaatz commanded the Army transport “Question Mark” which set a world refueling endurance record of 150 hours and 40 minutes in the air in January, 1929. Trained in D. C. Guard. A native of this city, Gen. Ma- gruder received his early training as a first lieutenant in the District | National Guard. In 1904 he enlisted | as a private in the Regular Army. | He served with A. E. F. on military intelligence duties, and in 1919 came | to Washinggton for duty with the | Military Intelligence Division of the | general staff. After various studies | at Army schools. in 1927 he returned | here for duty in the Office of the | Chief of Infantry. | Gen. Cummins attended the Army | | War College here in 1926 and in 1930 { he began a four-year assignment | | with the Personnel Division of the | | War Department general staff. In | 1936 he was senior member of the | Infantry board and later served as | director of the War Plans Division | course of the Army War College. | Gen. Lewis served here in the office of the chief of staff. Cubbison Served Here. | | Gen. Cubbison served with the ! Fourth Field Battery at Fort Myer, | Va., and, after the World War came | here in the operations division of the general staff. In 1922 he was made treasurer of the United States Military Academy. Four years later he returned to Washington as a |student at the Army War College. | The War Department also an- nounced the retirement May 31 of Maj. Gen. Frederick W. Boschen, chief of finance, because of statu- tory retirement age. On leave since | April 23, he was succeeded in the | | finance post by Maj. Howard K.| Loughry. | Takoma Cifizens Urge Experienced Principal Instead of indorsing any one of | the candidates for principal of the | new Calvin Coolidge High School, | the Citizens’ Association of Takoma, D. C., last night adopted a resolution leaving the matter of selection in { the hands of the Board of Educa- tion. | Lafayette C. Carey, chairman of the Schools and School Playgrounds | Committee told the members that no applications had been received from persons with experience as princi- pals of senior high schools. The resolution asked that school authorities choose the principal for this new school solely on the basis of his experience and merit. Simi- lar standards were requested for the teachers to be assigned to the new school. President Wallace C. Magathan advised the members that nothing will be done toward transfering children from the Whittier munici- | pal playgrounds to the Federal Ta- koma Recreation Center. In the event any change should be decided on at a later period, the association will be advised in advance. Lt. John E. Scott of the sixth po- lice precinct spoke on traffic mat- ters and said that children would be permitted to play on the grounds adjoining the Takoma Public School at Piney Branch road and Dahlia | street. He also favored lighting the Takoma Recreation Center, in which is located the swimming pool. The association went on record opposing a plan to change service on the express bus line by making stops between Madison street and Park road on Thirteenth street. The need for additional buses in the eve- ning rush hour period was stressed, complaints having been made that buses leaving Ninth street and Con- stitution avenue were crowded when they reached Thirteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue en route to Takoma Park. The Capital Transit Co. plans to resurface the aband- oned street-car tracks on Laurel avenue, F. E. Staebner, chairman of the Highways and Lights Commit- tee, announced. The association urged installation of a traffic light at Fourth and Cedar streets. The sum of $10 was voted for the National Symphony Orchestra. The June meeting will be held on the lawn of President and Mrs. Magathan, 7401 Blair road. The. meeting was held in the Takoma Public School. | Light Train Wins Test | In a trial run on Italy’s state railways, a duraluminum train won the approval of railway officials in Rome. The train consists of six coaches assembled on long frames and mounted on special springs. The coaches are sheathed with a thick plate of duraluminum, which THE EVENING STAR, (8tory on WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DEPICT RED CROSS IDEALS—Three of the principals in a tableau presented at last night’s ses- sion of the annual convention of the American Red Cross were, left to right: Mrs. Patrick Hurley, who portrayed the role of Florence Nightingale; Mme. A. Loudon, wife of the Minister from the Netherlands, who portrayed Haldora the Dane, and Mrs. James Houghteling, wife of the Commis- sioner of Immigration, as the greatest mother of all. page B-1.) —A. P. Photo. Brifish, Hinting Italy May Act Soon, Rush War Plans in Egypt Any Future Change in Duce’s Status to Be Made In Week, English Indicate By the Associated Press. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May T.— Feverish preparations for defense against modern war hit a higher pace today in the land of the Phar- aohs. The entire Mediterranean area was fast becoming an armed camp. British official circles hinted broadly that any future change in Italy’s status as a non-belligerent within seven days. A blackout was ordered, and the to enforce compliance with practice Countless yards of black curtains | and black paper were sold by shops and provided by the government to cover windows and doors in every home and building. mobile and railway coach was equipped with small blue lights. Communications Guarded. The period of waiting was par- ticularly tense for 70,000 Italian residents of Egypt. Among them hundred$ of anti-Fascists were re- ported applying to the Ministry of the Interior for Egyptian citizen- ship. In the midst of all the bustle, eral holiday today to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the accession of young King Farouk I. The government placed strong guards of troopers over all telephone and radio systems and ordered the offices to operate day and night to keep open all available channels of communication for Egyptian and al- lied diplomats, particularly with Rome, London, Paris and Washing- ton. They were required to main- tain constant contact with all allied naval and military forces. Anti-aircraft guns were manned constantly. In Alexandria Harbor rode a strongly reinforced allied fleet. A squadron of cruisers and auxiliaries arrived yesterday. Other cruisers, battleships, destroyers, sub- marines and torpedo boats already were massed here. Troops, Planes Ready. ready. British warplanes, bomb racks loaded, were set for the take- off. Allied sources said they were prepared for immediate action “in whatever fleld hostilities might come.” Both allied and Egyptian sources Pope Pius XII or President Roose- velt might stave off war in the Mediterranean, but there was no sign of wavering in the determina- tion to throw all the power of the fleet and the allied army against the enemy wherever a conflict might develop. Prepared to defend the vital Suez Canal, British official circles de- clared, “we are ready to meet Italy on land, sea and in the air should she decide to fight. The test already is started.” Justice Pine Impresses Privileges on New Cifizens Holding his first Naturalization Court, Justice David A. Pine, Dis- trict Court's newest jurist, today told 68 new citizens that they should appreciate the rights and privileges of the United States, contrasted with the uncertainties of war-torn Europe and the other disturbed parts of the globe. A sprinkling of Army khaki was in the group, as veteran soldiers, many of them wearing campaign badges, took the oath of allegiance as new citizens. In groups of about 15 the citizens came before Justice Pine and in chorus repeated the oath of al- legiance after the clerk. Eugene E. Cole, naturalization examiner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the Labor Department, moved the admission of the new citizens and they then went around to the clerk’s office of District Court, where Mrs. Helen T. McGraw made arrangements for their certificates. You'll Enjoy AQTZD our New York _# By TenderFilet @R C - Mignon Dinner 5 FREE_PARKING ON ] Lor also covers the roof and doors. Each coach weighs only 33 tons, compared with 45 for ordinary ones. ORVENT 1715 Wis. Ave. (st R St.) ML 9547 ally of Germany could be expected | government posted police and troops | air raid warnings starting at noon | | tomorrow. however, the Egyptians staged a gen- | Large contingents of troops stood | expressed the hope that appeals by | Indictment Charges Trick Card Game Cost Visitor fo D. C. $170 New Yorker's Losses Were $350, but Payment On Checks Was Stopped An indictment charging grand larceny against John E. Gerhart, returned with a batch of a dozen to Justice F. Dickinson Letts in District Court today, disclosed that a visitor from New York, Harold B. Averick, lost some $350 in a down- town hotel in an alleged trick card game with three men—but he was able to stop payment on $180 worth of personal checks. Mr. Averick told police that he actually lost $120 in money and $50 in travelers’ checks and that the trio switched decks on him. He said that he was reading a paper | in the hotel lobby when Mr. Gerhart | came up, introduced himself and | they had some drinks. With two other men in a hotel | room the complainant joined the | card game, which began with play- | ing for dimes, but progressed to| Every auto- | | where one bet called for $200. One 10( the strangers won the final pot, | he said. Thinking it over the next bday, 'Mr. Averick talked with the manager and found the others were | not registered at the hotel, as he ! thought, and then decided he had | been duped. | Others indicted and the charges against them are: James Turner,| joyriding; Calvin Harris and Jack Fulton, grand larceny; John W. Car- | roll, Harry C. Smallwood, Robert F. | Malloy, Paul J. Richards and Domi- | nick Caparretta, housebreaking and | 1arceny; Hudia McClure, robbery; | | Roosevelt Long and Lawrence | Robinson, forging and uttering Gov- | ernment checks; Lawrence Robin- | son, stealing a letter from the | United States mails; Alonzo Hamil- ton, Robert Johnson and William A. Smith, assault with dangerous | weapon. The unusually small number of cases returned today by the District | grand jury is attributed to the fact! that during most of last week, the inquisitors were considering the case | of David D. Mayne of Springfield, Va., accused as the seller of al- legedly spurious letters, purporting to show a link between Representa- tive Dies and William Dudley Pelley, Silver Shirt chief. Adverse Report Given On Anderson Bill An adverse report was made today by the Commissioners to the House District Committee on the bill of Representative Anderson, Democrat, of Missouri calling for the election of two civilian Commissioners, be- ginning after the expiration of the terms of the two incumbents, John Russell Young and Melvin C. Hazen. Under the Anderson bill the two civilian Commissioners would be elected for two-year terms, they would have to be citizens of the United States and residents of the District for at least five years prior to the election. ‘The Commissioners called atten- tion of the House Committee to the fact “that for more than two years serious consideration has been given to reorganizing the government of the District. In connection with that consideration the subject of how the Commissioners or the gov- erning heads should be selected has been given study, and as recently as April 23, 1940, the House District Committee reported a bill wherein they decided to leave the law relat- ing to the selection of the adminis- trative heads of the District as now provided by law.” The city heads, therefore, urged that bill not be enacted, “since it seems to be the consensus that the Commissioners should be selected in accordance with existing law,” that is, by appointment by the President. amed oods POPULAR PRICES DROP IN AT THE Defense (Continued From First Page.) provement in battleship design and advances in defense tactics eventu- ally would wipe out the advantage aircraft now hold over surface ships. Chairman Walsh of the Naval Committee asked Mr. Edison wheth- er he thought German flyers would be able to drive the British fleet from the seas. “Frankly I don’t think the British battleships will be destroyed,” Sec- retary Edison said. “I can’t conceive that the Ger- mans will be able to seriously dam- age the British fleet.” | Navy Studies War Lessons. Declaring that America’s floating forts “could give a good account of | themselves in any kind of a bat‘le |in which they are properly em- | ployed,” Secretary Edison reported that the lessons of the European war —especially the effects of the Nazi bombardment on British ships— were being studied closely by the | Navy. | There ought to be a great deal of | investigation, he continued, te de- :termlne whether changes can be | made in existing ships to meet the new offensive threat. He added that he doubts that many improve- ments could be made without de- sign changes. Senator Ellender, Democrat. of | Louisiana reported he had a letter from Admiral Harold R. Stark say- |ing the Navy would ask Congress { for immediate appropriations -to | start work on most of the sNibs which would be authorized in a | pending bill providing for an 11 per | cent increase in the fleet. { The Army, meanwhile, came in | for its share of defense attention. Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of | staff, appealed to employers of | National Guardsmen to co-operate in assuring the success of the 1940 | training period, which has been in- creased from two to three weeks. Explaining the necessity for the | extra week, Gen. Marshall said: “We have no choice in the matter, | the world situation being what it |is today. * * =" Japan has a shortage of vital medicines. MUSIC WEEK 12 LOVELY STYLES 195" OPEN EVENINGS SHOP 14h & PENNA. AVE.. ENTRANCE | Name | aopazss | Kt i e R TR S l ' Leroy Thayer CELEBRATE NATIONAL For Smartness... 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Mr. Long told police he was walk- ing along Madison place between Pennsylvania avenue and H street N.W. when the trio accosted him. One of the men held a revolver, he said, and forced him into an alley by the Belasco Theater. Robbers Get $105. They ordered him to hand over his money, he stated, but he lunged at them. In- the scuffie that followed he was stabbed and overpowered. The robbers took $105 from him and fled. When he left the alley he discovered his wound and went to the hospital. His injury was said to be not serious; and he was allowed to go to his home. Bianchini Silvio, 50, of 423 Fourth street N.W. was the other victim. He was in Casualty Hospital to- day with face and head injuries received when assaulted by a col- ored man—just across the street from police headquarters. He told police that the robber approached him as he was walk- ing through Judiciary Square, near Fifth street and Indiana avenue N.W. After beating Mr. Silvio the robber took $2.50 and escaped. 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