Evening Star Newspaper, May 18, 1940, Page 10

A—10 %% @ard of Thanks WELL, LOGAN D. I wish to_express my sppreciation to my many relatives and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy and m:é foral tributes atthe v i BORELLY MlindTeNA ndwel B Beaths AMATO, ROSA D. On Thursday. May 18, 1940, at Sibley Memorial Hospital, ROSA D." AMATO. 4213 14th st. n.w., widow of Irnatius Amato _and mother of Mrs. Mary Napoll, Mrs. Catherine Naooli, Sam R. Amato, Mrs. Anne Oliver. Mrs. Elizabeth Hauptman, Joseoh L. Amato. Mrs. Helen Darlins. Miss Marguerite Amato and gister of Theresa Amato and Mr. Anthony DeCristina of Paterson, N J. Services at the above residence on Mon- day. May 20. at £:30 am. thence ro the Shrine of the Sacred Heart Church. 16th st and Park rd. n.w. where mass will be offered at 9 am. interment St. Mary's Cemetery 19 AMOROSI, LOUIS. On_ Saturdav. May 18. 1940, LOUIS AMOROSI beloved hus- ntt, Madeline - Amorosi. L. Lotis B. and Vincent 4 Testing at the Lee | funeral home. 4th st. and Mass. ave. n.e. Notice of funeral later BECKER, PETER M., SR. On Frida May 17 1640, ‘at_the Sacred Heart Home, Hyattsville, Md.. PETER M. BECKER. Sr. oeloved husband of the late Mary Walsh Becker, | Remains resting at the Bethesda funersl home of Wm. Reuben Pumphrey, 7an5 Wisconsin ave. Funeral services Monday. May 20, at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, where requiem mass will be offered at am. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery. 19 1oBLAKE, IDA E. On Fridas, May 17, 940. at her residence ttway ave Capitol Heights, Md.. ID. BLAKE. wife of the late Charles I. Blake and mother of William F. and George W. Blake. John Royce. Clinton J. Stewart and Mrs. Mary A. King. Services at her late residence. Not'ce of time later. Services by Chambers Southeast funeral home. BROWN, WILLIAM. Comrades e\l Guy V. Henry Garrison, No. o NaVy Union, are requested to attend the funeral of our late comrade BROWN. Monday. May 20. 1940. &t 11 am. from the Unity Baptist Church. &rd & between D and E sts. ne. By order of the garrison RAPHAEL LOPEZ. Commander, JAMES H. SMILER. Jr., Adjutant. * COMPTON. VIRGINIA A. On Friday, | May 17. 1940. at Georgetown University Hosrital, VIRGINIA A. COMPTON. beloved wife of Smith Compton of 2109 N. Ken- more st. Arlington. Va. She is survived by three ~daughters. Mrs. Dorothy E. Walker, Mrs. Pearl Edith Rogers and Mrs Nellie F. Hildebrand. and two sons, Ralph ©O. and Smith Compton, iri two sisters and two brothers, | Remains_resting at the TIves funeral home, 2847 Wilson blvd.. Arlington. Va.. until Sunday. May 19, at i:30 p.m: thence o Bethel Primitive Baptist Church. Lees- burg pike. Fairfax County. Va. where fu- peral tervice¢ will be held at 2:30 p.m. Interment Andrew Chapel Cemetery. 19 Friday, JOSEPHINE B. On the Lon- JOSEPHINE _ B. DAVIS, beloved wife of Edward H. Davis Services at Chambers” funeral home, 1400 Chapin st n.%.. on Monday. May 20. at 1:15 pm. Relatives and_friends invited. " Interment Arlington National Cemeters. DIDSZONEIT, EVELYN C. On Friday, May 17, 1840, at Emergency Hospital EVELYN C. DIDSZONEIT. beloved wife of Lawrence R. Didszoneit and daughter of Helen M. and_Louis M. Kreamer and sis- ter of Paul V. Louis M. and John F. reame . R eral services Monday, May 20. at 10 the Demaine funeral home, oAlexandria. Va. Interment 233 A'E. of Gen- 9. Army- WILLIAM 40 Departed this life 1940. SARA_EAGLIN, Eaglin. She leaves | to mourn their loss one sister and other | relatives and friends. Remains resting at the Ruth Dabney & Co, funeral home, €53 . LW, 3 Notice of funeral later. 19 ELLIS, ROBERT WELLS. On Wednes- day, May 15 1040, at Freedmen's Hos- ital, ROBERT WELLS ELLIS, son of the ate Mahalia and P ip Ellis. to mourn their 10ss a devoted Ellis: two daughters. three sisters. o niece., one nerhew. one stepdauchter and | three stepsons. Remains mayv be viewed | a he Robert -G. Mason's neral home, | 2500 Nichols ave. se.. after 2 p.m, Sun- | day. May 18 Funeral services Monday. Mav 20, at 1 m. at the_above-named funeral home. fi!\' J. C. Banks officiatinz. Interment Rosemont Cemet 19 EVANS, ANNIE M. her residence. O st On Friday. May 17. 0. a 16 Colorado ave. | n.w. ANNIE M. EVANS, wife of the late | Phillip Evans of Pueblo, Colo. and mother ©of Phjllis and Dorothy IY Evans. Remains ing _at “the Lee funeral home. 4th st. and Mass. ave. n.e. = services will be held on Tuesday. May 21, at 2 pm. Relatives and fr Interment Cedar Hiil Cemetery . EXTEN, GERALD R._Svddenly, on Fri- May 17. 1940, GERALD R. EXTEN. d husband of Gertrude Trainor Ex- ten, father of Fhomas and Gerald Exten #rd steofather "of Mrs. Mary G. Sloan, Mrs, Julia R, Paulus of South_Dakota. Mrs. James T. Burns and Mrs. Helen M. Yorkilous. Remains_resting at the Zur- horst funeral home, 301 East Capitol st. Notice of funeral later. FITZGERALD, REV. R. COTTER. Sud- | denly. on Thursdas. May 14, 1040 at St ‘rancis ales rectory, 202 0 land. 'de er\', R. COTTER FITZ- Mae O'Brien. MTs. ( { M and brother of Mrs O Bslen. JME. Elizabeth Cordes and Mrs. v nRle‘n( resting_at the above residence | until 12730 bom. Sunday: then will lie in | Elate at St Francls de Sales Church wnui | 30308 m. Monday. May 20. where Solemn reauiem high mass will be offered for the Tepose of his sOul. Cemeters Sl TZGERALD. REV. R. 3 Fl members __of Prince Georges | Council. N%. ‘f\l[‘l_\r ar:i Rd\"l\:"d { the death on iursday. May S0 40 of Father R, COTTER | ERALD, a beloved and | shed member of our | and are_reauested 1o | sttend funeral services at St. Francis de | Bales Church one Monday. May 2 at Ih?! 10:30 a.m. mass. Members also will meet at the ('hurl‘hls“ndfl‘l X“.Kh(‘blldeicg’\flflé» for recitation of pravers for the decease Aree CK‘E]SAR L. AIELLO. G. K 19 | RALD, REV. R. COTTER. Com- | rades of Bunker Hill Post. No. 31, AH]H’!L‘B\'\'LP"EIQI'\. HYEF :_'s‘-‘ quested to attend services our H‘é'fl' in,_ REV. T 5 1250 pm, Sunday. May_19. > 1040, at 'St Francis de Spies d at holy mass onday. M g};‘.ugshflll?i” a.m. Interment Mount Olivet er: Cemelery: ; n werTzEL, H. F. AUDAS. Adjutant. A WICKY. May 1R. 14 at t r Mrs. James 683765 g?l(l‘zh‘;;‘;rP n.w. LENA WICKY FRIEDLI widow of Emil A Friedli and mother 0[, Luclus V. Friedli. Mrs. John L. Julius Hnd! Mrs. James J. Williams. Funeral from the W. W. home. 4512 Georgia ave. on Monday. May | 2™t 1020 am. Relatives and friends invited. Interment Cedar Hill Ccmu‘e':y. The | Commander. On Saturda: 1ljams Deal funeral | GERMAN., ROBERTA C. On Samr'hw'.' 1(‘1““‘\15‘4\1 ROBERTA C. GERMAN John A. German. mother of Anna Bell Smith. Lournia German. Y?(H’R L. Hayes. John T. German and Linwood Serman R Gneral from W. W. Deal’s funeral home. 4R12 Georgia ave. on Tuesday, May . 8t 5 pm. Relatives and friends invited: |, Interment the Abbey, Mausoleum, Arling- ton. Va 2 N ALEXANDER. On Monday, May 13, 1 at_ Garfleld Hospital, ALEX- ANDER JONES. devoted husband of Eliza- beth Jones (nee Spriggs). loving father of Raymond Jones and foster father of Jean Jones. brother of George Jones and Jennie E. Blaylock. He also leaves a de- Voted friend. Henry Willard; six nieces. three nephews and_a host of other rela- tives and friends Remains may be viewed after 11 a.m. Friday, May 17. at Frazier's funeral home, 389 Rhode Isiand ave. n.w. Funeral Sunday May 19. 2 pm. from the First Seventh-Day _Adventist Church. 8th st. between F and G sts. n.e.. Elder J H._Barbour officiating. Interment Lincoln Memorial Cemetery Monday, May 20, SJAMIN A. On Thursday. at_the Naval Hospital, In- MIN "A “LAMB of 178 uclid st. nw. He is survived by tw brothers, Henty s amh of Pieamont, Moo and Charles F. Lamb of Shamokin, Pa Services at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral home, 2001 14th st. n.w. on Mondav, May 20. at 11 am. Interment Cedar Hil Cemetery. 19 LEE, CHARLES EDWARD. Departed this life Thursday. May 16. at Gallinger Hospital. CHARLES EDWARD LEE. He leaves to mourn their loss'a wife. “Eicanor Lee: three sisters. Mary Carroil. Katie Holland_and Grace Lee: three brothers. John. Melvin and James Lee: other rela- ves and friends. NS mral Sundas. May 1. from Deller thodist Church. Frederick. Md.. at Dotk angmonts by usene Ford. 1300 uth Capitol st. LEE, HOWARD F. On Friday. May 17. 1940, at his residence. 1363 Hamilton st. n.w.. HOWARD F. LEE. Services at the S. H. Hines Co. funeral home. 2001 14th st. n.w.. on Monday. May 20. at 12 noon. Intérment Prospect Hiil Cemetery. Towsbn. Md. 19 LITZ, LAWRENCE. On Thursday. May 16,1940, "at his residence. 147 ave. Baltimore Md. LAWRENCE ormerly of Washington. D. C.. beloved hus- Mabel Litz. B eral Monday. May 20. &t 10 am. Baltimore, Md. FUNERAL DIRECTORS. V. L. SPEARE CO. uccessor to_nor connected with e oriemu W R sieure g hment National 2892 | 1009 H St. N.W. # : J. William Lee’s Sons Co. FUNERAI DIRECTORS Crematorium 4th and Mass. Ave. N.E. Lineoln 5200. FUNERAL DESIGNS, GUDE BROS. CO. Fioral Pieces 1212 F St N.W. tional_4276. GEO. C. SHAFFER, Inc EXPR RAL TRIBUTES AT .g?.négra:@mc AEHONE NAT olve venings and Ssadans Co. 14th & Eye 2 May Interment Mount Ol'vet | R 19 | deiphia. Pa. neral home. 517 1lth st. se. May 16, daughter of the late Lewis G. and Emily Raymond Mytinger. ! day. | ma; In Personnel 50,000- Planes May Require 150,000 Pilots, 500,000 Ground Force By JOSEPH S. EDGERTON. Recruiting of pilots and ground and air crews rather than con- struction of aircraft and engines may prove to be the critical feature of President Roosevelt’s suggested 50,000-airplane defense program. Although military leaders do not minimize the difficulties of training the great number of pilots and air and ground personnel for such a program, they do anticipate great difficulty in finding the raw ma- terial for these trained forces in the absence of something like an early draft or a crisis which would bring tremendous numbers of vol- untary applications for aviation training. An air force of 50,000 craft would require ground personnel of more than 500,000, of which perhaps 300,000 have to be trained tech- nicians—mechanics, both airplane and engine; radiomen, armorers and, experts of a number of de- scriptions. For efficient operation of the air force it is held that there should be at least two full combat crews for each airplane to care for losses, training of replacements and to keep the aircraft in operation, since endurance of the modern airplane exceeds that of its crew. Four Pilots Per Plane. The crews of modern twin-en- gined bombardment and recon- naissance airplanes include at least two qualified pilots, and with two crews this would mean four pilots per plane—and this type of air- plane probabliy would be in pre- ponderance in any modern air force. An air force of 50,000 airplanes, therefore, might be expected to re- quire a force of around 100,000 to 150,000 trained pilots and ground personnel totaling 500.000 or more— a total more than twice the en- tire strength of the United States Army today. A great majority of this force of 600,000 to 650,000 offi- — e S BraAflm MARSHALL, RUDOLPH. On Tuesday. 3 940, Galiinger son of David Mar- R¥DOLPH MARSHALL, shall and Dorothy Oliver. brother of Goldie Oliver. loving grandson of Isaac and Mary Marshall and Allen and Dora Lynch. Other relatives and friends sur- vive Remains resting at Frazier's home. 380 R. I.ave. n.w., May 18 at 4 pm.: St n.W., where funeral services will held or Sunday. May 19. at 2:30 p.m., Rev. Georze O. Bullock officiating. ment Monday. morial Cemetery MARTIN, ROLVIX BAKER (DICK). s on Thursday. May 16. 1940, at Sibley Memorial Hospital. ROLVIX BAKER (DICK) MARTIN. beloved husband of Mary A Martin (nee' Tholl). and brother of John D. and Calvin C. Martin Funeral from his late residence. 1512 Trinidad ave. n.e.. on Monday. May 2( 2 pm. Relatives and friends invited. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery, 19 McCHESNEY, ISABELLE C. Op Friday. May 17, 1940. at_her residence. 549 14th - Se. ISABELLE C. McCHESNEY. wife the late Robert C. McChesney and mother of Robert W., Edward W. and Nor- man McChesney. ‘Remains resting at the Lee funeral home, 4th st. and Mass. ave. n.e.. where services will ‘be_held on Mgnday. May 20. am. Relatives and friends Invited. terment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. McDONALD, HARRY MITCHELL. On Saturday, May 18. 1940. at Garfieid Me- morial Hospital. HARRY MITCHELL Me- DONALD. beloved brother of Mrs. William . Maginns Services and interment Union Town. FPa. ambers. ELIZABETH. ~ On Friday. ELIZABETH _McMANUS, of Eleanor B. Gral Rosana Gilpin. Chambers' Southeast funeral Inter- May 20, at Lincoln R at 11 Services b McMANUS, 17, 1840, beloved''moth obert Cur Services fu- Notice of time later. MYTINGER. CAROLINE. On Thursday. 1940." CAROLINE MYTINGER. Friends . are invited to call at Gawler's. 1756 Pa. ave. n.w. Services at Gawler's chapel, ave. n.w. on Monday, May 20, interment at West Chester, om't flowers. NASH, ESTHER A. On Thursday. May 16, 1940. ESTHER A.,NASH, beloved mother of Esther J. Nash' and Samuel W. Nash. Remains resting at the W. W. Deai funeral home, 4812 Georgia_ ave. ay 18. until 3 p.m Saturday. May 18. Interment Keene, N. H. 18 NEVITT, ANNIE A. On Thursday. May 16. 1940, ANNIE A. NEVITT, widow of Funeral from the W. W. Deal funeral 4812 Georgia_ave. Nn.w.. on Satur- y. May i8. at 2 pm. Interment Rock CreekCemetery. 18 PIXTON, RUTH HOOVER. On Satur- May 18 1940. at 4425 Q st. n.w.. RUTH HOOVER PIXTON, beloved wife of John Erwin Pixton and mother of John Erwin Pixton. 'ir. and Willlam Hoover Pixton and_daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Georee B. Hoover: . M. J. O'Berry and Mrs. Aus . Re: s Testing at funeral home. 31st and M sts. n.W. Notice of funeral later. 19 . RICHARD (DICK). Departed e on Wednesday, 15. P.m.. at his residence. 1322 Harrison gve. se. after a short illness, RICHARD (DICK) QUEEN. He leaves to _mourn their loss four children. Theima, Iola, Norman and Beulah: two brothers. Joseph (Doll Baby) and Bernard Queen: one sisger. Mrs. Louise Redmond. * Body resting at 120 16th st. s.e. neral Monday, May 20, at 9 o'ciock, from St. Cyprian’s Church, where mass Will be said for the ‘repose of his soul. Burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. 19° - RICHMOND, ROBERT C.. On Friday, May 17, 1940. at his residence. 3055 Que st. n.w.. ROBERT C. RICHMOND, beloved husband of Eva M. Richmond. Remains resting at the Lee funeral home, 4th st. and Mass. ave. n.e. where services will be held on Monday, May 20. at 2 p.m, Relatives and friends invited. Interment private. 19 Robert 1" Nevitt. SAN . On Thursday, May 16. 1940, at_her residence, 1516 th_st. nw. ELIZA G. SANDERS, loving mother of Willie "A. Culp. sister' of Mrs, Harris of Los Angeles Calif.. Helen D. Massey of Aflanta, Ga.: srand- mother of Bernice Holt. Cherrylene Fitz- gerald, Mildred Springs, Haskel Perry and James Wheeler, Many other relatives and friends survive. Rel resting at Prazier's funeral R. I ave. ZARY ELLEN. On Friday. May t_her residence. 2301 Nichol- n s " JMARY ELLEN SILL. beloved fe of the late Charles E. and mother . and Allen T. Sill and Mrs. S. Marcy. Funeral ‘services at the above residence on Monday. May 20, at 2 p.m. Relatives and friends invited. Interment Glenvood Cemetery. 19 e SIMMo: Departed this fe Thurs . dence. Croo: .. ALICE E. SIMMONS, beloved ‘wife of Ben Simmons: mother of Richard Simmons, Helen Brown and Mar- guritte Gordon. 'She also leaves one sis- ter, Mrs. Mary Diggs: five grandchildren and ‘many other relatives and friends. Remains_resting at the McGuire funerai home. 1820 Hth st. n.w.. Saturday, from ‘m.: thence to her late résidence. Hi reauiem mass at Holy " Rosary Cathglic Church, Rosaryyille. Md.. Mon- day. May 20, at 9 a.m. ~Interment church cemetery. 8% STROUSE, WILLIAM CLEVELAND. ursday. May 16. N University = Hospital. WILLIAM CLEVE- LAND SPROUSE. the beloved husband of g;rne'flnrom and father of William W. rouse. Eemains resting at the residence of Mrs. ‘harles Jones. Chain Bridge. D. C.. where uneral services will be held on Sunday, May 19. at 11 a.m. Interment Warrenton, Va. Services by Chambers' Georgetown funeral home, 19 SULLIVAN, ELIZABETH McCORMICK. on Friday, May 17. 1940. at her resi- dence, 30 Q st. n.e.. ELIZABETH McCOR- MICK SULLIVAN. wife of Michael Sul- livan and mother of Mrs. Margaret Rut- land. Mrs. Marie Patterson. Edward and W iliam Sullivan. Friepds are invited to call at Gawler's, 1756 Pa. Services at Gawlerss N ave. n.W. Mondsy, May 20. at 8:30 am.: ‘th>->> to St.' Martin's Catholic Chnrch. North Capitol and T sts.. where mass will be offered at § a.m. Interment Mount_Olivet Cemetery. 19 WEEKS, THOMAS J. Thursday, May 16. 1940. THOMAS J. 3 loved husband of Elizabeth Weeks and {ather of Henry T. Weeks and Grace E. Winkler. W. Deal funeral n.w.. on Monday. tives and friends Creek Cemetsry 5o > Fu; 1 from invited.” Interment Georgetown | ''dE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1940. Air Defense Progravmh éunau—VariIla Dies in Paris; Faces Acute Problem | Pushed Move for Panama Canal|\Workers Refuse fo Was Director General Of Firm That Agreed ' To Dig ‘Big Ditch’ By the Associated Press. PARIS, May 18.—Philippe Bunau- Varilla, the engineer who at 26 was director general of a French com- pany that agreed to dig a canal across Panama, died today. Bunau-Varilla, who would have been 81 on July 25, suffered injuries in the last war which necessitated the amputation of his right leg, and he never had fully regained his health, L Although the company with which he was assoclated in the first Pan- ama Canal venture proved a dismal failure, Bunau-Varilla had a hand in the negotiations which- eventu- ally led to the completion. of “the big ditch” by the United States. He was credited with helping to start the revolution which separated Panama from Colombia and later was appointed Panama's Ambassa- dor to negotiate the treaty which turned the Canal Zone over the the United States Government. Graduated from the famed Poly- technic Engineering School, Bunau- Varilla entered the employ of Count de Lesseps, builder of the| Suez Canal, and was instrumental in getting him to start the Panama project. On his 79th birthday, Bunau- PHILIPPE BUNAU-VARILLA. Varilla issued a statement declaring that the canal should be made into a sea-level waterway if American defenses were not to be completely paralyzed in event of war, “Its locks must be eliminated,” he said, “otherwise enemy agents can blast the locks and paralyze the ex- change of American ships between the Atlantic and Pacific.” He estimated the project would cost at least $1,000,000,000 and would take 20 years to complete, cers and men would have to have a high degree of technical training. The modern combat airplane is a far more complicated piece of mechanism than was the World War airplane, and it requires a pilot of far better training and experience than did the airplane of 22 years ago. It also requires far higher standards of maintenance and larger and more skilled ground crews. 'n"a&ing of pilots, mechanics and other technicians requires time. The Army and Navy training courses formerly required a year, half in primary and half in ad- vanced training. Under the spur of the Army Air Corps $300,000,000 expansion program initiated last year the Army pilot training period has been cut to nine months, the first three in civilian training cen- ters operated under Army control. By cutting the time spent in the Air Corps training center at San Antonio, Tex., from one year to six months it was possible to double the number of pilot graduates there. More Training Centers Necessary. This method cannot be pursued in | case of a very great further ex- pansion of pilot training, however. Additional Army advanced train- ing centers will have to be opened and the number of primary civilian training centers increased on a scale in keeping with whatever warplane | construction program 1is decided upon. Air Corps bases, such as Hamilton and March Fields, Calif.; Selfridge Field, Mich., and Mitchel Field, N. Y., if taken over for pilot training, would have to be evacuated by com- bat squadrons now based there. These combat squadrons might take to the field, as they would in case of war, or might be based at municipal or commercial airports throughout the country. “We can be exceedingly thankful that we have had one year in which to work out Hur expanded pilot and personnel .raining program,” an| Air Corps spokesman said. “Our| nine civilian training schools are working as smooth as butter and we know the system is sound and can be expanded quickly and effec- tively. As a result of this training program and the Civilian Pilot Training Program of the ~Civil Aeronautics Authority, a good nu- cleus of highly trained civilian in- structors has been created.” Although President Roosevelt sug- gested 50,000 airplanes as a goal for the military forces of this coun- try to attain, his concrete proposal to Congress calls for the training of 7,000 pilots, which in itself will con- stitute a major job for the air services. Graduations Stepped Up. The Army Air Corps today has something like 3,000 Regular Army and Reserve pilots on active duty. The Navy, which never makes public reports on pilot strength, is esti- mated to have about 2,000 pilots. ‘The Air Corps, under its expansion program, has been graduating pilots at an average rate of 163 a month, which now is increasing. Navy In Memortam 8T. CLAIR AND CHARLOTTE. t loving memory of our dear father. 'ST. CLAIR DAWSON. Tho departed this life ?l:mmnflfi{sowi 23, : mother, DAWSON. thirteen years ago today, May Keep them, Jesus, in Thy keeping. Till we reach the heavenly shore: Then. O Lord. let us see thém. Love and have them as before. THEIR DEVOTED CHILDREN. * FLORENCE E. love and devotion to the mother and grandmother, EMPEY, P A ribute of memory 'of our who left us fift it o . “Who ‘lef een 4 day. MlAyUlfl 192, il DAUGHTER AND GRANDDAUGH- TER. . LANAHAN, FLORENCE K. memory of ' FLORENCE K. Who_ died five vears ago_tod 1055, HUSBAND AND O LUCAS, MARY C. A tribyte of love and deyotion to the memiory of our dear mothets MARY C. LUCAS. Who depariea. this 1ifé nine years ago, May 1%, 1931. Mother. sleep, your ills are o'er: Some_day we will meet On'that beautiful shore, We loved you, but God loved you best And took you away to that hesvenly rest. B perorics of, one a6 dear . e will'a s ove sincere. HER_DEVOTED DAUGHTERS. " ALi ELIZABETH AND CARRIE. STIVERS, GEORGIANA. In_ loving Ef{llflr of our dear mother. GEORGIANA VERS, who deparied ihis iife one yeat ago today, May 18. 1939. Today when sadness fills our hearts, Why. oh, why did we have to part? Then came the snswer, ot and syeet, “We will meet again at Jesus’ Teet ™ A mother who gave us the best of her Iife, ‘Who cherished our secrets, our sorrows and In sacred LANAHAN, . May 18 REN, ¢ strife— On | Our mother is in Heaven. God bless her HER wfl?"“m AND DAUGHTER. * WARF, MARGARET P. Tn loving mem- LSl My devoted wile MARGARET F. W, . Who departed this life one year #%0 today, May 18, 1939, Softly_breathe her name to me: Ah! I loved her so. Gentle let your tribute be. None may better know her true worth an 1. Who weep o'er’ her. as she lies asleep, soft © Vaseen "% TRA. © ‘WARF, f-"ne:ll'T!d" u&lcr:gdlfl‘ lh‘l‘ ur - belo! un ARG ARET B WARE, (e asleen 1n Jesus one year ago today, May 18, 1939, We are thinking of you. dear Margaret, Just thinking of ihe past: Picturing you in our memory, Just as we saw you last. Deen in our Hearts lies this plcture Ot obr slater go weet and 3o Kind: Bey memmory Wl slwiys cherian our’ mind: o ALICE AND ELLA. Who knogs the auist road bevond the si- Jenge Vfllylm _one that has e'er returned lm:nfimim fi ro pilots are being graduated at a rate of 500 a year. "Although the Navy has not been very hard pressed for candidates for its relatively limited program, the Army Air Corps has been find- ing it difficult to obtain sufficient candidates to keep its classes full and, under existing legislation, can- not reward even a fraction of the graduates it is turning out with commissions in the Regular Army. There has been little incentive to the candidate to enlist for Air Corps training and will not be until some certainty of a career can be held out to the young man who puts nine months of hard work behind him. To provide 7,000 new pilots, the Air Corps must receive perhaps 28,000 applications for pilot train- ing from physically sound, well- educated young men and must start at least 14,000 of them in actual training, since it has been found that approximately half of those who are able to hurdle all prelim- inary obstacles and begin flight training fall by the wayside along the course because they are psychologically unfitted for flying or because they simply fail to “make the grade.” The use of graduates of the Civilian Pilot Training Program may be expected to reduce to as little as 10 to 12 per cent the training losses of Air Corps candidates, it was pointed out. Although the C. A. A. trainees are receiving what is the equivalent of perhaps only a month of the Army's nine-month course, even this limited 2amount of training makes possible the elimination of those psychologically unfitted for further training. There now are nearly 9,300 C. A. A. students under instruction in college and university flying units. Last year, in an experimental pro- gram, 313 college students were given flight training. Of this num- ber 41 applied for further training in the Army Air Corps and 29 ap- plied to the Navy for training. A total of 30 were accepted by the two services, or approximately 10 per cent of the whole number of graduates. At this rate, something less than 1,000 of the graduates of the C. A. A. course this year might be expected to enter the Army and Navy as flying cadets, on a volun- tary basis. Brintnall H. Merchant, president of the Air Reserve Association of the United States, said last night that if adequate sums had been spent on reservists’ training in years past, the country now would not be faced with an intensive pilot training problem, the Associated Press reported. “Up to this time,” he said, speak- ing for a membership composed of Air Corps flyers on inactive status, “absolutely nothing has been done to provide inactive status training for Air Corps reserve pilots except provide a few training-type air- planes at Army fields for reserve pilots to fly at their' own initiative and at their own time and expense.” $500 & Year Per Pilot. He added that properly directed reserve training would have cost about $500 a year per pilot, or $750,~ 000 above the amounts which have been expended to keep 1,500 “Group 1” pilots in trim for an emergency. That, he continued, would have given the Nation a nucleus for flight instruction. Instead, he said, thou- sands of skilled pilots have been permitted to slip in efficiency or stop flying altogether after leaving active service. Bills for more training and pay for air Reservists have been intro- duced in Congress for several years. Mr. Merchant said action could not be obtained because the War De- partment objected to their passage. He concluded that some Reservists would be available for instruction purposes if what he termed reme- dial legislation was passed quickly. The War Department reported yesterday that it is taking delivery on a new medium bomber, the B-23, manufactured by the Douglas Air- craft Co, Santa Monica, Calif. A modification of the present B-18A type, it weighs about 26,000 pounds and carries a crew of six. Berlin (Continued From First Page.) already had been manned and parts of the Dutch navy taken over. 108 Planes Claimed. Besides claiming tremendous suc- cesses for the German air force in attacks on “dense columns” of the allies retreating in Belgium and Prance, the high command said Germany lost only 26 airplanes while the enemy lost 108 yesterday. It charged that enemy air attacks directed mainly at Hamburg, Bre- men and Western Germany affected only non-military objectives, except for one military barrack, and called special attention “to this fact in view of subsequent consequences.” DNB asserted 29 civilians were killed and 51 injured in a raid dur- | ing the night on Hamburg. Germans who olforces to be within 60 miles of ' \ Union Mission Fund Stop Short of Goal $66,917 Is Pledged; Blanchard Is Victor In Silver Cup Contest Enlargement of the Central Union Mission Building as a memorial to the late John 8. Bennett was as- sured at the report dinner at the Calvary Baptist Church last night when team workers refused to stop at the $66,917 already pledged and decided te continue solicitations to reach $75,000. ‘W. W. Everett, general personnel chairman for the campaign, form- ally thanked the hundreds of leaders and workers for their efforts. Head- quarters of the building fund will be moved from the church to the mission today and Clifford L. John- son, who has been directing the drive, will leave shortly for New England. By a margin of $2, E. C. Blanch- ard won permanent possession of the silver cun as the outstanding men’s team captain. C. E. Bogardus Was runner-up. Miss Wilson Wins Cup. Miss Elizabeth Wilson, with a total of $2,779 to her team's credit, was given permanent possession of the silver cup from the women’s divi- sion. The highest women’s division was that of Miss Charlotte Darrow, honorary life time president of the Evening AuxiMary of the Women's Guild of the Mission. This division collected $7518. The second highest was Miss Edna Fussell with $6,492. Permanent silken flags were awarded to Frank Swaim. George Fraser, Frank Smith, Benjamin Pester, Miss Sarah Lynch, Miss Wilson, Mrs. W. T. Peverill, Mrs. Eva Linville and Mrs. Wilbur Harri- son. These were the highest team captains in their respective divisions. One of the outstanding records made by any individual was that of Dr. Freely Rohrer. president of the Ministerial Council of the mission. He has collected $1,000 in subscrip- tions. Laurels for the greatest totals of the campaign to date go to the women's section, headed by Mrs. Jean Bennett, superintendent of the mission. These teams have a total of $27,744. The Advance Gifts Com- mittee collected $24.000 and the men'’s division, under E. H. De Groot, jr., brought in $15,000. Insperation Found in Campaign. Wilbur La Roe, jr., of the Advance Gift Committee, speaking informally of the campaign, said “It has been an inspiration to me to see human beings working to help other indi- viduals as individuals while dictators in Europe are cutting down human beings in the name of the state. “Such a campaign as this is a manifestation of the Christian doc- trine upholding the importance of the human being in contrast to the subordination of the human being as shown in another kind of a cam- paign being waged in Europe today.” Honor salesmen receiving ribbons last night for their day's accomplish- ments were: F. E. Amick, J. 8. Ham- bley, John A. Smith, Frank Smith, John Bateman, Richard Talbott, Dr. Chesteen Smith, Herman Orebaugh, E. A. Guy, Frank S. Marshall, W. B. Everett, Miss Daisy Ramsaiir, Miss Ruth Failor, Miss Dorothy Paxton, Mrs. Ella Moseley, Mrs. Caroline B. Stephen, Mrs. Laverta Burns, Mrs. H. E. Roethe, Mrs. Vesta Grant, Miss Lu Belva Blakeslee, Miss Blanche Evans, Miss Eva Burton, Miss Helen Duvall, Miss Bertha Jabin, Mrs. O. G. Whitlowe, Miss Bertha Hock- aday, Miss Carrie Williams, Miss Emilie Nichalls, Miss Emily Watts, Miss Mollie Fifer, Mrs. Nena Elders, Mrs. F. E. Bonsall, Mrs. Hugh Sel- lers, Mrs. S. W. Ruppert, Mrs. R. O. Helland, Miss Cora Riggsbee, Mrs. M. H. Snelling, Mrs. Alice Smith, Mrs. Carrie Heflin and Miss Frances | Churchill. e Paris declined to reveal the exact location of the advance units, but it was apparent from a study of the war map that they must be around Reims and St. Quentin, France. Encouraged by Gamelin Order. They were encouraged by the Allied Generalissimo Maurice Gus- tave Gamelin’s order of the day call- ing on French soldiers to “conquer or die” in the desperate battle to halt the Germans. The German sources described it as “exceedingly gloomy.” Authorized German sources said they expected the allies would make a new stand along the line from Lille to Antwerp in an effort to pre- vent the Germans from reaching the Belgian coast. From there the Nazis could launch a destructive air attack against England, they said, as well as harry British lines of supply to the expe- ditionary forces in France and Belgium, French armored forces attempt- ing to check the German advance were reported defeated, with the French retreating westward, pursued by the Nazi air force. Taking Short it Into France. The headlong rush for Paris made military observers speculate whether after all Fuehrer Hitler was at- tempting to carry out the classic plan of Graf vop Schlieffen—a wide flanking move on Paris—to the letter. As mobile as German general staff plans have been throughout, the conjecture seems justified that Hitler is taking a short cut to the heart of France without waiting for the right flank of his army to envelope retiring forces. In fact, it seemed to observers here that the right flank of the Germany was being used to cut off the British forces from sea- ports and thus make their return to England impossible. This gave rise to rumors that Hitler, before beginning a threat- ened bombardment of the British Isles, would first try to occupy the Belgian and Northern Prench coasts and then ask the British to capitu- late. Men who usually know some- thing of Hitler's fnind freely gave expression to this theory. Italy’s Entry Indicated. Meanwhile, the possibility of Italy’s entry into the war loomed bigger than ever. Karl Megerle, Germany’s “Virginio Gayda,” said today in an editorial in the Boersen Zeitung under the caption “Unbearable” that “the gov- ernment of the people of Italy are at the end. of their patience.” Virginio Gayda is the editorial spokesman of Premier Mussolint. , Megerle’s article was described by suthorized * sources as “well in- lormed.” ) Anne Eliot, s Massillon, Ohio, girl. tnherits the’ Bo o1 Bnul’ Lamprey atter he hay accused Phil's ) older brother Jegse double-crossing :d Mosely. ~ Jud " hi warned Jim, then siashed Jesse. with his quirt and waited outside with Buck and oth n to ambush Jim. Hat T me: Apne fears for Jim's life but he won't au t as editor. and she refuses Mosely's offer to buy the paper. Jim halks Mosely's plot to blow up his irrigation dam. but Hat T men shoot him. e Anne reveals that she eloped Lamprey at Massillon. deserted her and she tells him wants to see no more of him. WI visiting the Lt indoms at Santa ‘e, e finds = letters isproving Mosely's land-grant claims, He offers Homer Caldwell after pretending to mail them.” Soldiers stationed at the post office’ by Windom repel Jud and who_capture Jim Jim. _tortured, s her secretly to where he is held. Sim hears Wer volce. fears for her ite; and agrees to talk. CHAPTER XXVI. “Russ’ll be around after awhile,” a blank film veiled Pete Yeager's expression as he answered Silcott. “What’s yore hurry, Red? You had better wish him a thousand miles away. He's bad medicine for you.” Nearly an hour later Mosely ar- rived. At once Silcott flung at him the question that filled his mind, “What have you done with Miss Eliot?” The challenge of this foe whom he had tortured but had not broken stirred the angry hatred in Mosely. He covered it with a manner of insolent -corn. “Are you interested in Miss Eliot?” he asked. Jim had gone too far in anguish to bandy repartee with him. “You damned scoundrel, what have you done with her?” he sald as he gripped & peg in the wall and pulled himself unsteadily to his feet. His burning eyes met those of the Hat T man unflinchingly. “If you have done her ary harm —" he began wildly, and stopped for want of words adequate to cover his meaning. “I thought Jess was her husband, not you,” Mosely jeered. “Cut the talk and get down to cases,” Yeager snapped. “Red has got information for you now, Russ.” “Then he had better spill it.” “How do I know you will free her if I do?” Silcott demanded. Calls Mosely a Liar. “I could give you my word,” the big cattleman said. “Not worth a straw. Youre a liar, and the truth isn't in you.” Mosely's face went dark with rage. “You want some more leather poured on you, I see.” “Nothing doing,” Yeager cut in sharply. “He's had plenty.” “I'll handle this,” the Hat T owner said curtly. “Are you ready to talk, Silcott, or aren't you? “Not till I know Miss Eliot will be taken safely back to the Win- doms’ house.” “If you won't believe Russ, will you believe me?” Yeager asked. “Are you boss of this outfit spawned in hell?” Silcott said con- temptuously. “I'm enough boss of it to know I won't hide behind any womanis skirt,” Yeager retorted. “If it's the last thing I ever do Ill get her back home safe” Jim’s eyes seached the man’s face. He was satisfled. Pete was a scoundrel, but he was a hardy one. If he sald he would fight for a woman, his word could be de- pended upon. Silcott pointed a finger at Mosely. “If that damned villain doesn't stand in your way. That what you mean?” “I'll go through hell “Pete Yeager QGalahad,” Mosely said, irony in his bitter laugh. “There’s no eall to gimme names, Russ,” the fat cowpuncher told him evenly. “It goes like I've said.” The chill, hard eyes of Mosely fastened on his victim. “If youre talking, listen,” h® said. The two men looked long at each other. Both knew that if the prisoner told where the letters were he was signing his death warrant. Jim stood with one hand against the wall to steady himself. He was beyond fear now for himself. Nothing but a miracle could save him, and God did not work by Sileott, I jmiracles in this lawless land. But his strength had been greatly sapped by what he had been through. “I'll have to write a note to a man telling him to deliver the letter to your messenger,” he said. “To Stratton?” the Hat T boss asked harshly. “No. The understanding is that this man is to give it only to me. It's & cinch he won't turn it over to you or to one of your crew.” “Maybe I can find a way to handle that. Get this, Silcott. I'm not bound by any agreement if I don't get_the letters.” “You can't bully this man into doing anything he doesn’t want to do,” Jim answered. “Hell go through to a finish.” Mentions Lamprey. “I see.” Mosely’s thin smile had no mirth in it. “You would like to g0 on this errand yourself. Is that it?” Silcott went on as if h'd not spoken. “He wouldn't give the package to Yeager—or to Judson. That’s sure. He probably would to Lamprey, if I wrote a letter telling him to do so.” 5 made a valid point. The question was as to Jess Lamprey. Could he be trusted? The man in this affair against his own wishes. He would throw down his employer if he dared. But he did not dare. The fear of vengeance was planted too deep in his weak soul. “Write the letter,” Mosely snapped. “Make it short—and convincing. Say you have need of the package right now, and for him to deliver it to Jess. That will be enough. No undercover stuff with a double meaning.” L From his pockets he produced a pencil and a notebook which he passed to Jim. “Who is the man?” he demanded. “The man isn't in this row,” Siicott replied. “He doesnt know what is in the package. I handed it to him because I was in & jam and had to get rid of it.” ” ) . “That’s all right. We won't hurt him if he makes us no trouble. Who is he?” Jim Writes Note. “Homer Caldwell. An old cowboy who has a saddle shop on the plaza.” Russell Mosely dictated the note, but Jim shook his head at the wording. “Better let me do it. I stuck the package in a pair of saddlebags. I'll mention that, so that he will be sure the message is from me.” “He had better be sure,” the big cattleman said ominously. “For your sake. And I'll say this, Silcott. If you are pulling any shenanigan on me you'll wish you had never been born.” Roan Judson was chosen to ride to town with Lamprey. The in- structions given him in the presence of Jess were explicit, “You'll stay with him until you get close to where you find Cald- well, Roan. Then you'll let him go on alone. If he acts as if he is double-crossing us, pump him full of lead. Stay outside and wait for him.” The Hat T boss turned an ice-cold, cruel stare on Lamprey. “Don’t think you can throw us down and get away with it, fellow. Play us false and you'll be buried inside of 24 hours. I'll see to that per- sonally.” The two messengers walked out into the night. Jim eased himself gingerly down to the floor again. He had a reprieve of an hour or perhaps two. After that somebody would take him out to the nearest gulch and murcer him. That would probably be Prentiss. * k% % Rufe Jelks looked at his watch for the 12th time in half an hour. “Holy cats!” he cried. “What's keeping Red? He said 10 o'clock and it's way past that. Twenty to 5 “What's eatin’ you, fellow?” Pesky Kennedy drawled. with a lady like Miss Eliot he don't | keep checking up on the minutes.” Learn of Holdup. “I know. But Red is one of these punctual guys. Im worried. We had ought to have gone and made sure he got back safe.” “Yeah! He'd let you do that, wouldn't he? Like he was a kid who couldn't take care of himself.” Rufe paced the floor. “I wouldn't ride herd on the son-of-a-gun for a million plunks a year. Right soon | he is gonna have me gray-headed.” A man walked into the hotel lobby and sauntered up to the desk. “Hear about that shootin’ awhile ago. Hob?” he said to the clerk. | “Some guys tried to rob the post | office” Rufe sat up and took notice. | “What guys?” he asked. The man grinned. “They left in a hurry and didn't have time to give their names. All but one of them. He stayed.” “Rubbed out?” Pesky wanted to | know. “Shot up considerable. It seems there were some soldiers roosting in the post office. Somebody must have spilled the beans, looks like. “Did you hear who it was got shat?” “Some Mexican. to the hospital.” Jelks and Kennedy went into a huddle. If Mosely had engineered the attempted robbery to get the Gandara letters, this must be one They took him of his men. Perhaps he might be | induced to talk. Rufe left instructions with the clerk. “When Mr. Silcott comes in tell him he'll be back right soon.” Find Hat T Horse. They went to the corral where they had left their mounts and rode out to the fort. “I reckon we better snoop around,” Pesky suggested. “If we go asking too many questions they are liable to arrest us for investi- gation.” “That’s right. Say, there's some one on the road ahead of us.” He turned out to be a drunken soldier. Apparently he knew noth- ing of what had occurred at the postoffice, but he told them how to find their way to the hospital. Their approach to it was fraom the rear. It seemed a good idea to tie the horses in a thicket of cedars. The hospital lights were perhaps a hundred yards ahead of them. Kennedy was leading and pulled | up abruptly. He had almost run Into another horse tethered to a | scrub cedar. They dismounted and Rufe examined the horse, a big round-bellied roan. His fingers found the brand on the shoulder and traced it. “Run your hand over this brand, Pesky,” he said. Kennedy did so. The brand was a Hat T. “Some other gent inspecting the hospital,” Rufe said dryly. “To get a message to the wound- ed Mex,” his companion hazarded. “Sounds reasonable. We might drift along and take a hand.” . They spoke in whispers, for they did not know how near the owner of the roan might be. Lay Trap for Rider. The crook-nosed man with rusty hair shook his head. “And maybe lose him in the darkness when he comes back for his horse, Rufe. I've got another notion. I'll take his horse and tie it up back there with ours. Then I'll stick around here till the fellow comes back. If you like, you ean go dig up some info at the hospital. But don’t stay too long.” “That’s not such a bad idea,” Jelks agreed. “One of us ought to run into him and maybe find out what he’s up to.” Rufe softfooted through the dark- ness toward the rear of the hospital building. He was in a guandary. What he wanted was to find out who the wounded man was and whether he had made a confession impli- cating others. But in the last five minutes a more immediate problem UNDERTAKERS IN THE WORLD “When a guy is | hldmhlfllenx 5 g. h‘dl to check up on af prowler. Moreovgr, he did not want to be caught and detained by any soldiers on guard duty. A hunch was prodding at him that the feud between the big ranch and Red Silcott was moving to a dramatic climax, and he would never forgive himself if he was not in at the finish. Most of the hospital rooms wers dark. It was a long one-story adobe building and the windows, set deep into the walls, were low enough to give him a view inside. In one room a soldier lay on a bed reading a paper by the light of a coal-oil lamp. He followed the wall to the south end of the house. Peering round the corner, he saw a man on guard duty turn at the end of his beat and presently van- ish in front of the hospital. Yet a moment, and Rufe’s gaze found something else of interest, the fig- ure of a man cruched close to the wall outside of a room from which & fan-shaped shaft of light spread into the night. (To Be Continued.) U.S. Headed for War, Says Moscow Paper By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, May 18—The Russian trade union newspaper Trud as- serted yesterday that “American im- perialism” was adopiing a course which would lead to American pare ticipation in the war on che side o1 the allies. The paper said the forthcoming presidential elections and the ne- cessity of a long-range change of American public opinjon appeared to be restraining American policy. In the course of a prolonged war, Trud said, “Germany faces a new rival— the United States.” Dental Society to Elect The Robert T. Freeman Dental Society will elect officers at a meet- ing at 9 o'clock tonight in the Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. C. A Reports of officers and committes chairman also are to be made at the meeting, to be the final of the | scientific and business sessions of | the society for this session. ~ | City News in Brief TODAY. Dinner dance, Lambda Chi Soror- ity, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Dinner, George Washington Uni- versity Medical Society, Mayflower Hotel, 7T pm. Dinner dance, Bureau of Engrav- mng Ladies’ Bowling League, Ra- leigh Hotel, 7 p.m. Card party, District of Columbia Chapter, Catholic Daughters of America, Willard Hotel, 8 p.m. Dance, Delta Beta Sigma Sorority, | Wardman Park Hotel, 10 pm. Dance, Alpha Nu Sigma, Hotel 2400, 10 p.m. Dance, American Federation of Government Employes, Wardman | Park Hotel, 10 p.m. Dance, Tau Phi Sigma, Hotel 2400, 10 pm. Convention, Tall Cedars of Leb- anon, Willard Hotel, all day. No. 54 of a Series HERE are some things which simply should not be postponed. The selection of a Cem- etery is one of the most important. It shouldn’t be left to sudden de- cision, with necessity for immediate action. You should take time to weigh conditions carefully. To look into the corporate respon- sibility as a guarantee of what the future holds. This done—you will be drawn closely to Rock Creek Cem- etery. You'll be im- pressed by the superb natural beauties; the self-evident care with which it has been main- tained throughout the two and a quarter cen- turies since its founda- tion. You will feel safer to know there is an en- dowment fund ap- proximating one mil- lion dollars, definitely appropriated for per- petual upkeep. Of course, this eliminates all the risk of changing ownership. The location of Rock Creek Cemetery, too, will have its deserved claim for your prefer- ence—within the city limits—historic ground, hallowed by dedication, Rock Creek Cem. etery doesn’t have to be “sold” through paid salesmen or group subsidies. You won't be approached, for no salesmen are em. ployed. It is left en- tirely to your own good judgment. But do feel welcome to make criti- cal inspection—at your convenience. The Cemetery Office is open week days from 9 to 4:30, . Sundays and Holidays, 9 to noow, D. Roy Mathews Superintendent Taylor 0585