Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1942, Page 29

Vry g w0 THE EVENING $1,000,000,000 Plan |Junior High Schools Lagging In Victory Salvage Drive For Civil Insurance Before Senate Group Jesse Jones to Discuss Details of Measure Drawn by Wagner Br the Associated Press. i Details of a billion-dollar war in- sgurance program covering civilian property losses resulting from enemy attack will be outlined to Congress this week by Jesse Jones, Secretary of Commerce and Federal loan ad- ministrator. Chairman Wagner of the Senate Banking Committee said Mr. Jones would appear before the group to- | morrow in connection with legisla- tion offered by the New York Sen- ator to broaden and expand the emergency insurance program, which now is provided free of charge. Mr. Jones, he said, will detail the | program initiated last December 13 under a $100,000,000 fund allotted to the War Insurance Corp. by the Re- construction Finance Corp.—both governmental agencies administrator is expected to propose a schedule of war risk premiums for losses above certain amounts Federal loan officials said the in- surance ¢ provides ‘‘reasonable protection” fog losses or damage and is applicable to buildings, structures and personal property, including goods. growing crops and orchards. Tt does not. however, include such items as currency, notes, documents or art objects IThe coverage now extends throughout the Continental United States and outlving possessions. It is automatic and requires only that { loss or damage the prop- owner notifv the corporation which, will send an ad- e payment on the of his report. Belfast estimates it has lost nearly £800,000 in taxes because of the war and has asked the Northern Ireland government to recoup the loss The loan | Two Are Dropped From Collection Schedule With a few exceptions, the junior | | high schools in Washington were | off to a rather slow start in The | Evening Star-P.-T. A. Salvage for Victory campaign and lag behind younger pupils in the grade schools | in the campaign to save thousands | of tons of waste paper which are| going into incinerators and in other ways are destroyed. Two junior high schools have been | dropped from the collection schedule | for failure to make the 200-pound, | minimum required in keeping with | | the agreement to pay top price for the paper even though the schools are not taking the paper and maga- | zines to the dealer’s yard. | Generally speaking, since the first | of the year there has been a decided | | increase in collections from the | junior high schools, but there re-| mains much room for imprévement. In some of the schools, notably Jefferson Junior and Garnet-Patter- son, the graduating classes have | pledged a ton or more paper as an added gift by the classes to the schools as they leave for high school | work. | The importance of this campaign to aid in defense is becoming more apparent and many who at first failed to sense the need are begin- ning to help. spurred on by the faithful performance of those who from the outset have done what they could to help their Govern- ment and its armed forces. Some of our citizens are bearing arms, some are working in the great defense industries or on the farms and some are purchasing Defense bonds and stamps to help finance the program. required if the enemies of the United States are to be defeated Others, like school children, who cannot r these larger fields, are doing equally important work, when | they help save valuable materials | which could go into defense. Each | { pupil who takes a bundle of paper to school is striking a blow at those who would substitute totalitarianism for democracy. Each is doing vol- untarily what would be required --while her Laundry goes to Manhattan Win exciting new freedom! Enjoy brighter, sweeter wash! Turn washday work and worry over to Manhattan. Giv smart, "fresh-as e your things the -a-daisy” look that comes from Manhattan’s famous “Net-Bag” washing. Many types of services from which to choose— Damp Wash to Hand Finished. Phone .%W 1777 MANEATTAN Net-Bag {2y Laundry 1326 to 1346 Florida Avenue, N: W. A DIVISION OF. THE MANHATTAN COMPANY BUY UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS AND STAMPS Paper Collection For Tomorrow The following is the schedule for The Evening Star-P.-T. A. Salvage for Victory campgaign collection of mewspapers and magazines, with the five leaders in the Second District and their poundage to date: STAR, WASHINGTON, Police Will Charge Gas Suspect Today, ‘Barrett Declares Man Held in Attempts At Asphyxiation Soon To Be Brought to Court Assistant Chief of Detectives Rob- | | ert J. Barrett announced today po- + lice would place multiple churgesi D. C, warrent hung over the man, he de- clared. ‘Those reported as identifying the suspect were Mrs, Helen C. Hoffman, who was awakened early on Novem- ber 4 in time to save herself and 6- year-old daughter from gas which filled her apartment, 417 Eighteenth street N'E.; and Phillip Needle and Robert Smart, both living in apart- ments at 1018 Eighteenth street N.E. Mrs. Hoffman said she saw a man under a street lamp as she glanced from her window. Last Friday Mr. Needle and Mr. Smart chased a sus- picious man they found outside the Needle apartment, which had been Wheatley . _ 4528 of assault with intent to kill, as| fooded with gas, threatening hus- Garrison - 4411 well as housebreaking, against a | band, wife and 14-month-old daugh- Burroughs . - 4131 54_vear-old colored man who was | ter. The two men struggled with the Shaw Junior 2785 | identified in a line-up yesterday as | fugitive in a muddy lot, but he Garnet-Patterson the intruder who came near caus- | escaped. Police said analysis would Bunker Hill | ing deaths in at least three fam- | be made of soil taken from their Woodridge ilies last week by sneaking in homes | shoes and those of the suspect. Emery and turning on gas stove jets. | Earlier Friday gas filled the spart- Brookland A conference with the United ment of Carlton Williams, 1227 ‘Taft Junior States attorney’s office was sched- Langdon ulea for today to arrange speedy | found outside an apartment window, Crummel prosecution. Capt. Barrett called | and police traced this to the resi- Langley Junior his case “airtight.” | dence of the suspect, making their —_— — He reported that the suspect, a Arrest the same day. under penalty of punishment if a | YOung colored man standing over | Hitler gr Mussolini were ruling the 6 feet and weighing about 200 | : | pounds, was a fugitive from justice | a religious procession past the Presi- SeURTY, before he was captured for the dential Palace in Santiago, Chile, 1 s always | fls‘:;:\flg;:" o[’"&“‘}“lmh}]‘::“y :fid: series of gas crimes. At least two and twice as many watched it. .+%% | Tests Showed Fewer Colds For LISTERINE USERS ‘Washington’s schools are showing during 10 years of research Langston M. M. Washington Harrison Thomson Bundy Terrell Junior Noyes the schools of the Nation how to strike at the tyrants of the Axis The standing of the junior high schools to date is as follows: Jefferson Banneker --- 3873 Powell - - 3432 Garnet-Patterson . = 2801 Shaw - 2785, Eliot 2557 | Macfarland 79 Deal Paul S Gordon _ Taft e E - Randal} E e RS 1502 | Terell - = - 1168 Langley i 1167 Stuart : 871 Brown 671 7159 milder colds, and colds of shorter duration than those who did not use it. So be on guard! Gargle full strength Listerine Antiseptic . . . at least twice a day. Fight the menace of colds in- telligently! 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A coat was| Nearly 200,000 people marched in | MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1942. robbery indictments and s bench | BOOKS CLOSEHA‘"‘ Purchases Made the Balance of the Month Payable in March \ied &. Aansburghs ASHION SUCCESSES For Washington Career Girls! ST v Wool Merchandise Properls Labeled as to Material Con- tents. Make it a date! FOR EIVERY ‘"WASHINGTON CAREER GIRL See Y pggde of “‘Efficiency Fashions for Defense” displayed by living models. Peggy Sweet, Career and Merchandise Editor of Glamour Magazine, will give @ brief resume of wartime fashions. Perry Martin, well known radio artist, will sing several currently popular numbers . . . music by Bert Bernath and his Pall Mall Room orchestra. Do come! LANSBURGH'S—Second Floor Thursday 4:45 P.M.