Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1942, Page 21

House Will Take Up La Guardia Is Issue Handling of $109,000,000 Expected to Precipitate Battle in Congress By the Associated Press. A battle over a $100,000,000 fund to ready the Nation’s m: palities against enemy air attac’: sheped up yesterday in Concress wiin Fiorello La Guardia, civilian defense chief, as the issue. House consideration of the op priation will follow a Scnate- approval of the bill which would leave expenditure of the fund up to the Office of Civilian Def But eritics of Manhattan’s me} Iready have demanded on the House floor that he be ousted from his defense post. The $100,000.000 allotment pri- marily for purchase of auxilary fire fighting equipment and first aid supplies which would be necded in the event of an air attack, was whisked through the Senate with little opposition. But an identical measure ran into a snaz in the House Military Affairs Committee which specified that the spending should be done by the War Depart- ment. Chairman May of the committee | gaid he would attempt to obtain House action on the revamped bill without debate under suspension of rules. If this is done, a Senate- House Committee probably will be appointed to settle the issue, and | ‘I'm Getting Older, He Declares Senator Carter Glass of Virginia | is 84 years old today, but the event ;:o him, he said, “is just another | mournful fact that I'm getting older.” g Quietly, the anniversary will be observed, not celebrated, at a dinner i his suite at the Mayflower Hotel. His wife, the former Mary Scott Meade, whom he married in June, 1240, will be the only one to share it | w th him. Senator Glass has never been one |to make a fuss over a birthday. Why should any one else, he seems to ponder. Asked yesterday how he felt, the famous Virginian replied: “As well as could be expected.” Telerrams Pour In. i Just a Reminder | It has been said that anything| can happen in Washingten. I'ailure {to observe Corter Clo | however, is cne thing that can't. Telegrams pour into his h didn't h s apariment is . and ap- -intive tears arz in his eves. Tive vears ago. the oldest member | of the Serste revealed it was his | birthday wish to live to be 80. Well, at 84, he doesn’t want to reach 100. Still Revels in Life. He made that known after Repre- | | sentative Robertson. another Vir- Senator Glass, 84 Today, Views Civil Defense Funds; ' Birthday as ‘Mournful’ Fact ' birthday, | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JANUARY 4. 1942 SENATOR CARTER GLASS. : “I hope you live to be a hun- dred” | “I thanked him.” the Senator re- | called, “but inwardly I thought I did | .| not want to be that old.” But Carter | | Glass—who rose from a printer’s| devil to the war-time cabinet of Woodrow Wilson and later to the | role of elder statesman—still revels | in lif | To him, like other Americans, the | war a terrible thing.” And on| this 84th birthday anniversary he| makes_this solemn prediction: | “I am ouite confident we are go- ing to win .. . and we are going to | punish some people for their treach- {ts report may bring extensive de- | ginia Democrat telenhoned him and | erous cowardice.” bate in House or Senate Latest criticism of the New York Mayor came yesterday from Repre- gentative Martin J. Kennedy, Demo- erat, of New York who declared Mayor La Guardia's administration of the defense job was a “disgrace” which might lead to a “national catastrophe.” Mayor La Guardia has replied to his critics with the assertion that “great preparations have been made although some defeatists, some people with old alliances seek to belittle the effort, seek to destroy confidence.” ‘Spontaneous Ignition’ Blamed for Rubber Fire By the Ascociated Press. BOSTON, Jan. 3—State Fire Marshal Stephen C. Garrity an- nounced today a finding of “spon- taneous ignition” as the cause of the raged through & Latex Co., Fall River, last October 11. Mr. Garrity's announcement said: “Upon consideration of all the evi- dence obtained in the preliminary p_T A or Home and School Asso- investigation of this fire and at the ciation of the individual schools re- l S;T&,’,? said inquest, I find that the fire originated in Building No. 5, ‘B’ dryer, located on the third floor, and that it was caused by spontaneous {gnition.” The fire spread rapidly through the sprawling plant. destroying huge quantjties of Government- owned rubber, stored in anticipation of a shortage of that commodity. Twins Named F. D., Winston WINNFIELD, La., Jan. 3 (P .— Yooking no further than the front page of their newspaper. Mr. and Mrs. Ollie names for their new twin sons. They're Franklin D. and Wlnston‘fmm the time of arrival of the | ity Churchill Joles. MUSIC. National Symphony Orchestra eoncert, with Joseph Szigeti, guest Salvaoe for Victory Drive Will Be Launched Tomorrow 3 Thousands of School | Children Will Take | Part in Collection With the excitement of Christmas out of the way, thousands of Wash- ington school children tomorrow { will begin in real earnest the col- | lection of newspapers, cartons, card- board and magazines which they ’wx]l take to their schools as their part in the Salvage for Victory cempaign which is being promoted all over the United States under the general sponsorship of the Office of Prodnction Management. The paper drive in Washington is sponsored jointly by The Star and the various Parent-Teacher and Home and School Associations. Under the plan, the paper brought to the schools is weighed and the ceives the entire proceeds at the | rate of 60 cents a pound for news- papers and cardboard and 90 cents a pound for magazines. 45 Tons Collected. During the first few days of the drive approximately 45 tons of paper and magazines was collected, 25 schoels turning in more than a half a ton each. The leading stheal, Jef- ferson Junior High School, netted 3.500 pounds. In today's rotogravure section of The Sunday Star there is a page of pictures illustrating the various steps resulting in the manufacture Joles quickly picked | Of cardboard from paper collected | mons Roark, executive director of in Washington. The entire sequence child at school to the production of Ithe cardboard required only 326 | hours. | In many of the school areas com- mittees of parents are being es- tablished to facilitate the collec- ticn of the paper. Individuals vol- | unteer to receive the paper during the week and on the specified day of collection take it to the school. | In this manner it is expected there will be a striking increase in the amcunt turned in. Get in Touch With Schools. Residents who have no children but are desirous of turning their paper into the growing stream so Paper Collection For Tomorrow | | The following is the schedule for the collection of paper, card- board and magazines tomorrow in The Evening Star-P.-T. A. Sal- vage for Victory campaign, to- gether with the flve leaders in the division: | Division 1. | Jefferson Junior High 3,500 pounds | Buchanan 2,356 pounds | Randall Junior High .1,039 pounds Congress Heighf _.--1,029 pounds Payne __ 956 pounds | orr Greenleaf Anacostia Sr.- Ambush Jr. High Fairbrother Ketcham Amidon | Van Buren Smallwood Birney 8. J. Bowen Bell | Randle Highrds | Chamberlain | Bryan Cranch Tyler | Van Ness | Syphax | A. Bowen . ;Slriking Carpenters fo G 'Back to Work Tomorrow | By the Associated Press. ROCHESTER, Pa., Jan. 3—Cle- the Beaver County Housing Author- announced today that 400 A. | . L. carpenters will return Monday | to Jobs on two defense housing projects at nearby Beaver which | they left early last month in a de- Poisoned Champagne Kills Divorcee and Business Execufive Potion Believed Given By Woman Without Knowledge of Escort By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 3—A pheasant | supper in a private dining room of a flossy cafe was topped off today with goblets of poiconed champagne that brought quick death to a St. Louis business executive and a Chi- cago divorcee. The victims were Clare S. McArdle, | 45, vice president and sales manager of the Miscouri Poriland Cement | Co., and Nancy Wassman, 39, opera- | tor of a North Side beauty salon. Poison Found in Glasses. Dr. W. D. McNally, coroner’s tox- {cologist, reported that traces of a | One of the witnesses, Deputy Coroner Anthony Prusinsiki tated: “I found s quantity of the poison in Mrs. Wassman's rouge compact, which lay on a window sill of the dining room. Some of the crystals were on the chair which McArdle had occupied. He must have been standing—perhaps he had left the room—when the poison was placed in the champagne glasses. Definite- ly, this does not appear to be a suicide pact.” The findings, Mr. Prusinski added, indicated that the lethal potion was administered by the woman without her escort’s knowledge. Inquest Continued. The inquest was continued to Januery 16 after brief testimony. Policeman Joseph Hoban, related that both bodies were lying on the floor, with Mrs. Wassman's head in the crook |of McArdle’s arm, Walter Prill, Mrs. Wassman's brother-in-law, testified she was “a dissatisfied woman, often depressed.” Dolly Anderson, a colored maid at the restaurant—the L’Aiglon, in the near North Side night club belt— powdered poison were found in the champagne glasses, and Chief A fully tailored in colorful reversible spring cushion matching chair Our Reg. $98. cabinet, extension table and | mand for a $2 dally wage increase. ‘The dispute last week was de- scribed by the Office of Production Management the only work stop- page currently hampering the war effort. Mr. Roark said both sides had agreed to submit the issue to arbi- tration by the O. P. M.'s board of | review and to accept the decision handed down. | The carpenters, earning $10 a | day, struck for $12, the Pittsburgh | rate. Our Reg. $139.95 Mahogany 9-Pc. Dining Room. Genuine mahogany .75 Limed Oak 7-Pe. Dinette. Gen- uine oak in rich blonde finish; buffet, china reported Mrs. Wassman had made a telephone call to “some one in Mis- ™ Our Reg. $39.95 Kroehler 2-Pe. Livg Room graceful new semi-modern design, care- cotton tapestry— seats, broad arms with panel fronts, full-size sofa and big DINING ROOM SUITES 877.” 8116’” four chairs veneers; buffet, extension table, china cabinet and six chairs__ Our Reg. $139.95 Mahogany 7-Pc. Dinette. Credenza buffet, full-base china cabinet, Dun- can Phyfe extension table and four chairs___ Our Reg. $149.95 Walnut 10-Pe. Dining Room. violin soloist, Constitution Hall, 4 vital to defense may have their Buffet, extension table, china cabinet, server p.m. today. Organ recital by Hester Smithy. following 4 o'clock evensong service, .Washington Cathedral, 5 p.m. toda: Music hour, preceded by 4 o'clock | tea, Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K | streets N'W., 5 pm. today. OUTINGS. Hike, Cedarville State Forest, Md., sponsored by Capital Hiking Club; buses leave 1416 F street N.W., 9 am. today. Hike, Rock Run, Md., sponsored by Wanderbirds' Hiking Club; leave from front of National Theater, § am. today. LECTURE. “Fields of Catholic Action,” by the Rev. Joseph L. Shannon, followed by social, Pius XI Guild, Hay-Adams House, 4 pm. today. | paper collected by getting in touch /| with the school nearest their homes. | Children will be assigned to make | the collection. ‘The leading 35 schools, all of which have turned in more than half a ton of paper and magasines, and their poundage were as fol- lows: Jefferson Junior High School, 3,500; Damascus (Md.) High School, 3,358; Roosevelt High School, 2,721; Barnard, 2,428; Buchanan, 2,356; La- fayette, 1918; Wheatley, 1,769; ‘Westbrook, Md., 1,689; Horace Mann, 1,660; Eliot Junior High, 1488; Gar- rison, 1485; Janney, 1347, King- man, 1,346; Kenilworth, 1,318; Bur- roughs, 1276; H. D. Cooke, 1,258; Morgan, 1,172; Truesdale, 1,171; Alice Deal Junior High, 11 Emery, 1,118; Stoddert, 1106; Randall Junior High, 1,039; Congress MEETINGS. District Grocery Association, Ham- {1t~ Hotel, 3 p.m. today. {Heights, 29; Hearst, 1019, and | Bunker Hil 17 Tt costs about $10,000,000 & year o put that good smell into besuty products. _— EELLTEEET it forms. Write or call for fres booklet Rt O M : Greenhill Institute 3145 16th St. N Phone Day or Night—CO. 4754 and six chairs. Walnut veneer on hardwood__ Deughters of the British Empire, | Wardman Park Hotel, 8 pm. today. Infernational Association of Milk Dealers, Mayflower Hotel, 9 am.! tomorrow. International Brotherhood of Elec- trical Workers, Mayflower Hotel, | mk fil/fi’ RIDES THE COLD WAVE 10 am. tomorrow. CHEST COLD. W, || Ben-cay wite CHANCE TO REALLY Political Study Club, Mayflower | GET AT THOSE K5 Hotel, 11 a.m. tomorrow. | 74 CHEST MUSCLE o PAINS IN AJIFFY. Retall Advisory Committee, Carl- ton Hotel, 9:30 am. tomorrow. Natlonal Federation of Post Office Clerks, Annapolis Hotel, 9 am. to- mOrTow. LUNCHEONS. ‘Washington Building Congress, | Mayflower Hotel, 12:30 p.m. tomor- | row. Washington Executives’ Associa- tion, Willard Hotel, 12:30 p.m. to- morrow. FOR MEN IN THE SERVICE. Sight-seeing tour, by Auxiliary | Group, Red Cross Motor Corps, meet at Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, 10 am. today. Open house, Washington Hebrew Congregation, Eighth and I streets N.W., 3 pm. today. Tea dance, National Catholic Community Service Club, 2 p.m. to- da y. Open house, Washington Hebrew Congregation, Eighth and I streets N.W., 3 pm. today. Open house, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, 3 p.m. today. Open house, Y. M. C. A, 4 to 6;30 pam. today, Open Mouse, National Capital Service Men's Club, 2 to 6 p.m. today. ‘Buffet supper, informal recreation, ¥. W. C. 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About 11:30 the waiter, Gino Moresi, served a demi tasse, At 1:30 am, when the waiter's knocks evoked no response, he went in and found them dead. Physicians Fly fo Cuba To Found Medical Insfifute By the Associated Press. < NEW YORK, Jan. 3—A group of | physicians left today by plane for | Cuba, where they will create the Carlos Finlay Institute of the Amer- icas for an interchange of scientific and medical knowledge with Cuba and other Latin American countries. One of the members of the group, Dr. Morris Fishbein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, said medical and pub- lic health problems also would be titute of Cul of the mission included ‘'onnor, president of the tional Foundation for Infantile Par- alysis; Dr. Thomas Mackie, presi- dent of the American Society for Tropical Medicine; Cornell; Dr. James A. Paullin, presi- dent of the American College of considered during the visit. 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