Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1942, Page 24

Standing Committees For Year Named by Civic Federation Stull Addresses Group, Urging Co-operation iny Community Affairs Standing committees of the Fed- eration of Civic Associations for the | coming year were announced at al meeting_at the Garnet Patterson | Junior High School last night. Harry N. Stull, president of the | Federation of Citizens' Associations. | was the principal speaker, urging unity and co-operation in all civic matters, including defense undertak- ‘ ings. Mr. Stull also stressed the need | for additional colored civilian de- | fense workers. He asserted it re- quired the war to “shock citizens out of their complacency.” i His suggestions for closer co-op- eration luded an interchaime of resolutions adopted by the two| groups. “In this way we can bet- | ter understand the problems of other | groups,” Mr. Stull said | Committees Named. | Dr. E. F. Harris, president of the Civic Federation, announced the | standing committees, with the first | named as chairman. as follows: | Civil Protection—T. R. Bragg, Mrs. Minnie L. Wright and John H. | Robinson; Civil Service—Dr. F. O. Willist Charles R. Norris and the | Rev. Emmett Starks: Collation— | Mrs. D. 1. Miller, Howard Quander | and Mrs. Eva Richardson; Com- | wmercial Interest—John T. Rhines, Miss Anna S. Payne and C. F. A.| Longus; Creditio W. F. Hen- son, Enoch G. ay and Bernard | C. Chapman; Education—Dr. C.| Herbert Marshall, Charles W. Wil- | liams and Emory A. Bryant. i Housing—Jerome B. Osborne, Mrs. | R. T. Dutch and J. W. Hardwick Legislation—Huver I. Brown, W. P. Brooks and William O. Woodson; | Membership—Hugh Bradford, R. N. E. S. Jones, C. H. Mar- | shall and W. T. Grady. | Publicity Committee. Publicity, Frank F. Davis, Harold B. Quinn and Miss Marion Brown; public safety, J. C. Payne, Walter H. Brooks. 3d, and Norman Dale; public utilities. P. M. Tolliver, Vir- gil C. Heathcock and Rama R. Gib- son; public works, H. O. Woodson, | Miss Lucille Brooks and James E. Ross; recreation, Ernest F. Harper, | Prof. T. J. Anderson and J. F. N.'| Wilkinson; social service, Mrs. B. C. Knorl, W. L. Robertson, Mrs. Alpha | B. Jones, - Mrs. M. H. Plummer, | William A. Powell and Mrs. Lucinda | Minor. Suffrage. E. P. Lovett, William L. Tancil and Mrs. Cora Washington, Jimmy Durufinté gg;upes ; Trouble by a Nose Ee HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 6—Jimmy Durante’s schnozzle got him out of trouble | Returning from an Eastern tour, Mr. Durante told this story: He unwittingly started the wrong lirection on a one-way street in Boston and was hailed by a police- His plea of ignorance of traffic s got him nowhere. Then the ecognized Jimmy's schnozzle e out and have corned beef cabbage with me and the s.” invited the policeman A Durante did and the cop forgot all about issuing a summons. Clip-Plates Ordered For Maryland Tags the Associated Press. | BALTIMORE, Jan. 6—W. Lee El- gin, commissioner of motor vehicles, today ordered work begun on manu- facture of clip-plates, which will be issued in place of automobile license | tags for 1943. ‘The metal clip-plates will bear the numerals 1943 and may be bolted | over the numerals 1942 on the pres ent tags. The State will save ap-/ proximately $39.000 a year by using | the clip-plates instead of full-sized tags. | Red Troops Get | Home Comforts On ‘Bath Train’ Special “bath trains” are bringing ! comforts of the traditional Russian steam bath to Red soldiers at the front, the Soviet Embassy’s Infor-| mation Bulletin reported today | Large numbers of these 19-car trains are said to be in operation. “The first car is a dressing room, where the men strip.” according to | the Embassy’s descrintion. “Their | clothes are carried off for treatment | elsewhere. . “The second car contains 26 shower baths. and the third is the steam car. Here the men scour each other with bundles of birch leaves and relax on bunks, starting. at the bottom where the steamy at- mosphere is less torrid and vvm'ln.x‘xgl up to the top as they adjust them- selves to the high temperature. < “After a quick rinse, the men then | go into a fourth car, where they | find their clothes clean and wait- ing for them i “Other cars include water tanks. sterilizing apparatus and barber shops.” " Thousands Relieve Constipation, with * Ease for Stomach, too When constipation brings on acid in- digestion, stomach upset, bloating, dizzy ) , coated tongue, sour taste and cath, your stomach is probably ving the blues” because your bowels don’t move. It calls for Laxative-Senna to pull the trigger on those lazy bowels, combined with Syrup Pepsin for perfect ease to your stomach in taking. For years, many Doctors have given pepsin prepa- rations in their prescriptions to make medicine more agreeable toa touchy stom- ach. So be sure your laxative contains Syrup Pepsin. Insist on Dr. Caldwell's Laxative Senna combined with Syrup Pep- | ce how wonderfully the Laxative Senna wakes up lazy nerves and muscles | in your intestines to bring welcome relief from constipation. And the good old Syrup Pepsin makes this laxative so com- | fortable and easy on your stomach. Even finicky children love the taste of this pleasant family laxative. Buy Dr. Cald- | well's Laxative Senna at your druggist today. Trv one laxative combined with 8yrup Pepsin for ease to your stomach, tog, | > Archives Removes Bill of Rights to Bomb Shelter ‘The Bill of Rights and other treasured documents stored in the National Archives have been removed from show cases for the duration of the war as a precautionary measiire, it was revealed today. The documents “have been stored in a bomb - resistant place” was all that archives of- ficials would say. The Bill of Rights and signatory notes of ratification by the various States were removed from the exhibition hall of the Archives Building following the end of the 150th celebration of the signing last month. Head of International Milk Dealers Dies By the Associated Press. & ‘BOSTON, Jan. 6—Richard C. Fisher, 47, of Wellesley, Mass., presi- dent of the International Associa- tion of Milk Dealers and director of the National Dairy Council, died yesterday at Baker Memorial Hos- pital. A native of Columbus, Ohio, he was & chemist and bacteriologist and was professor of dairying at the Connecticut State College from 1919 to 1925, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Herbert Van Sweringen, Last of 3 Brothers, Dies By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 6 —Herbert | C. Van Sweringen, 73, formerly of Cleveland, whose two brothers cre- ated the $3,000,000,000 Van Swerin- | gen railroad empire, died yesterday. | Mr. Van Sweringen, last surviving | brother of Oris P. and Mantis J. | Van Sweringen, had been visiting a | | son, Raymond A. Van Sweringen, | in nearby Snyder, when stricken ill. | Herbert Van Sweringen was once | associated with his brothers in a| | minor capacity, purchasing vacant properties from them and building | small homes, while they were en-l gaged in developing the Shaker Heights. area of Cleveland. ‘Then his brothers branched into railroading, putting togetber one of | the largest networks in the country. But Herbert Van Sweringen, born near Oil City, Pa., remained in the real estate business, for several years i !in Florida, until his retirement 15 ! years ago. | Survivors in addition to his son are Rugs-Carpets Remnants Lowest Prices—Open Evenings WOODRIDGE RUG & CARPET CO., INC. /{'/ma//y Jamaotts . his widow, Mabel Adams Van Swer- | ingen, and a sister, Miss Edith Van Sweringen, both of Cleveland. The funeral will be Thursday at Cleve- land. Grocer Is Assaulted ‘Walter Himmighoefer, 32. of 5342 Forty-second place N.W., who oper- ates a grocery store at 5315 Wiscon- sin avenue N.W., reported to police that two men who entered his store last night assaulted him when he refused to serve them after closing time. Cuba is shipping sugar to Russia for the first time in many years. Rich — Refreshing "SALADA , TEA 7 D. 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