Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1942, Page 23

Washi $2 500,000 Park Proposed in Alexandria City Council Studies Project Involving R.F.C. Loan By & Btaff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va,, Jan. 28—The City Council has under consideration a self-liquidating park and recrea- tion project proposed for a 106-acre site near the north limits of the city and to be financed with a $2.500.- 000 Reconstruction Finance Corp. loan. | Mayor William T. Wilkins said the undertaking was proposed last week and that engineering and several other phases were being investigated hefore any action is taken by the Council. Eyesore Would Be Removed. The site of the project borders Four Mile Run west of the eity | dump, which now is closed, but re- mains a civic eyesore the Council would like to eliminate, Mr. Wilkins ngton News said. Should the project be under- | taken, the dump would be covered | with earth and landscaped to pro- | vide an attractive entrance to the park. . | According to tentative plans, the area would be developed as a recrea- | tion center operating on a moderate | fee basis and would include a large | swimming pool, a day camp for 1,500 children. and playground facilities for children and adults, Mr. Wilkins explained. | A program for parks and play- grounds in the city, calling for a bond issue of $200.000, recently was voted down by the Council. The present proposal, however, would | be self-liquidating and according to present estimates would pay for {tself in about seven years. City to Sponsor Loan. City Manager Carl Budwesky ex- plained the proposal had been broached by officials of the Welfare | Department of the District, who were anxious to provide additional recreational- facilities for the entire Metropolitan Area. As the site in question is within the limits of Alexandria, however, the city will be asked to sponsor the loan appli- eation. “The city does not have $2.500.000 to spend on recreational centers,” Mr. Budwesky said, “but as soon as I could determine that it would | not become a financial burden on | the city, I was authorized to dis- cuss the matter. Plans are now | being discussed and probably some- | thing definite can be placed be the Council soon.” , & Fairfax Board Announées Army Induction of 26 @pecial Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va.. Jan. 28.—The Fair- | fax County Selective Service Board | has announced the induction into service on January 12 of the follow- ing registrants: Vernon E. Groves, Herndon: John f The Zue WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1942 STADIUM EMPLOYE ATTACKED—James L. Fowler, guard, is shown pointing to the window in the Riverside Stadium through which two men reportedly escaped after binding J. Gordon Oster, stadium ice-maker, with rope and setting his nightclothing on fire. Stadium Icemaker Found Bound, Ablaze “— | —Star Staff Photo. Hollywood Vanguard Is Expected Today | his night cléthing in flames and his today, InBarred Room For Birthday Balls Autry, Michele Morgan, Judy Canova, Dorothy Lamour on Way Here Tells Story of Seeing Two Men Fleeing Through Window After Setting Fire | Sl ing for aidy 4, @ardon| First members of the Hollywood Oster, 40-year-old ¥ “fcemaker, | movie star contingent coming here was found inhis quarters at River- | to take part in the President’s Birth- side Stadium early this morning with | day Balls were scheduled to arrive joining Fdward ~‘Arnofd, hands and feet tightly bound with Screen Actors’ Guild president, who rope. He was rushed to Emergency | has been in town for several days. Hospital, where physicians told S. G. Leoffler, stadium owner. that Mr.| Oster has a chance to survive. Homicide detectives began inves- tigation of a case which was baffling, | both as to motive gnd the method of the savage attack. Robbery was discounted as a motive because $417 | was found in a pillowcase on which Gene Autry, No. 1 star of Western films, coming here early to ride in the horse show at Fort Myer to- night and tomorrow night, was en route by air. He was scheduled to arrive today. The plane he was re- ported to be on, however, was held up at Nashville, Tenn., by weather conditions, and was not expected P. Kadel, Route 1, East Falls Church; | the victim's head had been resting | pefore noon. Robert E. Kyle, Norfolk: Charles Lee Deavers. Burke; Maflett, West Falls Church: Spencer P. Isom, Clifton: Howard Miller, Oakton: Perry Winston, Route 1, Vienna; Theodore F. Linton. Route 1. Alexandria, and Willie Clisson, only entrance to Mr. Oster's second- | was expected at National Airport| The yo Route 1, Alexandria. and two diamond rings were left un- | dressing table. | Mr. Oster’s shouts were heard at | pected by train at Union Station | mountain cabin and later to $19 he |5:15 o'clock by the stadium night | guard, James L. Fowler, 64. The | | floor room is up a flight of stairs Franklin Carberry Ritchie, Fair-1{ and through a trapdoor in the floor | fax; Winston E. Ulrich, Route 1, Falls Church: James E. McCarty, East Falls Church: Edwin Milstead, Route 1, Vienna; Walter N. Shu, 1210 Prince street, Alexandria: John C. Mann, Lorton; Amos T. Hopkins, | Route 3. Fairfax; Bernard W. Burke, West Falls Church; Edward R. Lacey, Fort Belvoir; James E. Mor- row, McLean; Arthur C. Baggeu,,‘the flames with water. Still con- Route 1, Alexandria; Glenn S. Wells, | Falls Church; Wilbert Proffitt, Route 2. Vienna: Elbert W. Bradshaw, Route 2, Alexandria; Tyler Maffett, Jr.. Falls Church, and William Mid- | dleton Hill, Falls Church. G. A. R. Auxiliary Unit Installs New Officers New officers of the Burnside ‘Women's Relief Corps, No. 4, De- partment of the Potomac, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, were installed last night. They include Mrs, Nettie E. Gray, president; Mrs. Hannah E. Stede- houder. senior vice president: Mrs May Taylor, junior vice president Mrs. Jennie L. Hamilton, secretary Mrs. Delia L. O'Brien, treasurer; Mrs. Bertha B. Brown, chaplain; Mrs. Rosalie M. Shelton, conductor; Miss Mary A. Howarth, patriotic instructor, and Mrs, Ethel Grimes, first colorbearer. Members of the corps plan to participate in the massing of the colors as part of the observance of the 133d birthday anniversary of Abraham Lincoln, to be held at the First Congregational Church, Tenth | and G streets N.W.. February 12. Last night’s meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Gray, 508 Third street SE. Harvey W. Van ¢ G;)sen, 72, Old ‘Fiddler’ Buried Bpecial Diapatch to The Btar. BERKELEY SPRINGS, W. Va, Jan. 28.—Harvey W. Van Gosen, 72, known as one of the few remaining old-time “fiddlers,” who died Sun- day at his home near here, was buried yesterday after services at a funeral home here. He played for Presidents Wilson and Coolidge, as well as other nota- bles, and was called to Washington & number of times to perform. Ask WorkfiLt;WVObservrance The War, Navy partments urged in a joint state- ment yesterday that the States pre- serve during wartime their laws and regulations covering the 48-hour week, the 8-hour day and one day of rest in seven, except where modi- fications are necessary to assure saximum production. ~ and Labor De- | of the room. When Mr. Fowler tried to open the trap door he found it so heavily barred from the opposite side that he had to use a sledge | hammer to open it. When the door flew open, out tumbled the blazing victim. Mr. | Oster slid to the bottom of the | | stairs, where Mr. Fowler doused | scious later at the hospital, Mr. Oster was quoted by Mr. Loeffler as telling this story: He waked from a sound sleep ‘when he felt some liquid being sprin- kled over him. He found that his hands were tied behind him, and his feet were bound. Then he felt | searing fire—and glimpsed two | dark-skinned men disappearing through the single window of his i room. He could give no explanation 1of the attempt on his life. The window through which his at- tackers disappeared is about 15 feet | above the ground. It could scarcely ! be reached from below except by ladder and is too far under the roof ' line to allow access from that direc- (tion. No ladder was found on the | scene, nor were footprints discov- | ered. Across Twenty-sixth street | two soldiers were on sentry duty in | front of temporary War Depart- | ment structures. Pvt. Bernard ‘Shapez, on duty from 4 to 6 am., said he saw nothing unusual before fire engines arrived at the scene. | The soldier said he was positive he | would have seen any one taking a ladder from the construction site of another temporary building. No Prints in Mud. There were no prints in the mud beneath Mr. Oster’s window that | would indicate a ladder had been | placed there, but these might have | been obscured when the blazing | mattress and bed clothing from Mr. Oster's iron cot were tossed out the window. Mr. Fowler-%reported after a checkup that he found every exit door of the stadium locked. Mr. Oster’s window was ope when he came to the rescue, he said. The liquid sprinkled on Mr. Oster might have been ether, according to his employer. When Mr. Leoffler arrived, he said, he smelled some- thing “like that.” Mr. Oster is known to every skater |in the Eastern Hockey League— being recognized as perhaps the best sharpener of skates in any of the cities the teams touch. After last | night's game between the Wash-| ington Eagles and the New York | | Rovers—an infantile paralysis ben- | 1em,—he worked on 10 pairs of the Rovers’ skates, made a fresh supply of ice for the rink, went out for some supper and retired at about midnight. He was apparently in good spirits and unworried. No one was seen to go to his room e L) | | Michele Morgan, the French star Albert D. | touched with other valuables on his | who has just completed her first Hollywood motion picture, was ex- early this afternoon. Judy Canova, the hillbilly star, at 4:35 pm. Dorothy Lamour En Route. Also slated to arrive today was Dorothy Lamour, here recently for | the Treasury Department as a Min- | cycle. The defense made no effort | tence Mr. Hill on February 6. Twenty | ute “Man” for national defense, touring the country in a Defense bond sale campaign. Miss Lamour was to come to Washington via the | Congressional Limited, getting here | at 8:05 and going immediately to the horse show. ‘The President’s Birthday Special, bringing the majority of the film | stars from the coast, is to arrive at Union Station at 8:40 o'clock tomorrow morning. Its passengers will be greeted by Commissioners Boy Slayer Sane But Refarded, Court Told More Grieved by Loss Of Bike Than Death of Three, Alienist Says By WILLIAM H. SHIPPEN, Jr,, Star Staff Correspondent. WASHINGTON, Va., Jan. 28.— ‘The loss of his bicycle grieved 16- year-old Thomas Dewey (Buck) Cameron far more than the fate of the three victims he admit- tedly shot to death in a post office holdup at Huntley last May 29. This light on the mental status of the mountain boy was brought out at the opening of his trial here today by & prosecution witness, Dr. Joseph R. Blalock, superintendent, the Southwestern State Hospital at Marion. Dr. Blalock testified the defendant is essentially sane, al- though his mental and physical de- velopment is only that of a child of 10. The trial before Judge J. R. H. Alexander was developing into & test of the boy's mental responsi- bility, with Defense Attorney Wil- liam C. Armstrong seeking to show his client was influenced by epi- leptic tendencies. Confession Not Challenged. No effort was made to disprove testimony by Sheriff James Lillard of Rappahannock County that Cameron confessed he murdered Edward Johnson, 42; his wife, Sadie Johnson, 40, and their 15-year-old daughter, Ethel, in a post office and | general store during the course of & robbery. Cameron, Sheriff Lillard told the judge and packed courtroom, ad- mitted he robbed the cash box of $19 to obtain money to redeem the bicycle confiscated by his grand- father, who charged the boy with having stolen $17 from him. Under cross-examination, Sheriff | Lillard said Cameron threatened his | life when he took him to the hos- pital at Marion for mental exam- | ination last July. The sheriff said that a few minutes later, the dimin- utive prisoner threw his arms about his neck and begged him not to leave him at the hospital, where he remained under observation of psychiatrists until a few weeks ago. Dr. Blalock said tears came into the eyes of the boy when they dis- cussed his bicycle. Cameron, he added, appeared to treasure the bicycle more than anvthing else in his life and obviously was more emo- | tionally upset over his loss than over , the: relfil}?gad shot %e persons. . Gungamd Mepey Fou | Camerpn, son of s¥rchard | living in & cabin on the Blue Ridge Mountains overlooking the little post office at Huntley, was arrested on | the night of the murders as he lay | | asleep. He at first denied his guilt, Sheriff Lillard said. but later broke | down when led to a bicycle he had abandoned in the ditch half a mile | | from the Johnson store. | “Well, Buck,” Sheriff said the boy told, “we’ll go down the road and shake hands with Mr. Johnson.” The sheriff added the boy then admitted everything. He took officers to the .38 caliber revolver he had hidden in the bushes near the | 2 had hidden under a flat rock near | the gun. | uth said he killed the three | Johnsons because he did not want | {a survivor to identify him in the | | robbery. He desperately wanted the | | money, he said, to redeem his bi- | to challenge the sheriff’s testimony. | Tire Board Must Eibafid To Handle All Rafioning Great expansion of staff facilities ‘will be necessary if the present Dis- trict Tire Rationing Board is called on to handle all forms of com- modity rationing, as has been indi- cated by the Office of Price Admin- | ming WITH SUNDAY MO&NING EDITION Fine Arts. Automobile owners who have lost or had stolen their Federal motor vehicle use tax stamps may obtain a statement from the col- lector of internal revenue that will serve as a substitute, pro- | vided they establish to his satis- faction that they purchased one, it was announced today. . Hampton Magruder of Bal- Proof of Purchase to Be Given ‘Car Owner Losing Tax Stamp X PAINTING WINS STAR PRIZE—“Spring Fragrance,” painted by Andrea Pietro Zerega, which took first place and The Star’s prize of $100 in exhibition of the Society of Washington Artists at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Shown with the painting are the judges of the show (left to right): John Walker, curator, National Gallery of Art; Dr. John R. Craft, director, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Md., and Ehnmu C. Colt, director, Virginia Museum of be sworn to before a notary or a deputy collector. If the collector is then satis- fled, he will issue a statement addressed “to whom it may con- cern” attesting to the fact that the motorist has purchased & stamp. The statement will be on regular size letter paper, Mr. Magruder said, pointing out that the motorist may carry it in his ‘Evening Star Prize In Art Exhibifion Goes | %iaf = Society and General B B-1 1,300 Needed To Fill Gaps in Agency Shiffs Several Classifications In Demand as Time For Moves Nears More than 1300 employes are needed for replacements of personnel unable to move from Washington in the decentralization program that shortly will get under way, the Civil Service Commission announced to- day. This represents 13 per cent of the 10,000 scheduled to go. Concurrently it was disclosed that there has been some discussion of sending employes of the Old Age Insurance Bureau of the Social Se- curity Board to Baltimore instead of Philadelphia. About 1.750 persons | will be involved in this shift. There | already are 4,500 O. A. I. employes in | Baltimore and the transfer of the { local force there would permit con- | solidation of the bureau. It was said at the Budget Bureau, however, | that the original plan has not been | changed. | Various Classes Needed. | The commission said that some 1300 positions at $1260 and 500 at $1,440 must be filled in the Immigra- | tion and Naturalization Service and | the Securities Exchange Commission, | which have been ordered to Phila- | delphia. Machine operators, ste- | nographers, typists, messengers and | file clerks are the classes principally | needed. but there are a few higher- salaried places also to be filled. The Patent Office will need ap- proximately 50 messengers at $1.200 |and 32 stenographers at $1,620, but most of these will be recruited in | Richmond where the office will be | located. | TFor Old Age Insurance about 100 machine operators and clerks are needed. Some Jobs Up to $5,600. The Railroad Retirement Board, | headed for Chicago, also wants ma- | chine operators, stenographers, clerks and typists in the $1,260 and —Star Staft Photo. To Andrea Zerega Paintings and Sculpture - Of Society of Artists To Be on Display The Evening Star Prize of $100 pockets. Mr. Magruder said he thought it a good idea for motorists to write their names across their stickers in ink or indelible pen- cil so as to lessen the danger that they may be stolen. Meanwhile, Postmaster Vincent timore, collector for this area, emphasized that the postal card supplied at the time the stamp was bought must be on file in his office to help establish proof of payment. Owners making application for the statement must submit an for the painting adjudged best in the fifty-first annual exhibition of the Society of Washington Artists has been won by Andrea Pietro Zerega, 3014 Q street NW. Mr. Zerega's still life, “Spring Fragrance,” was chosen late yester- day after an afternoon of delibera- $1,440 grades, about 350 in all being needed. There are also some vacan- cles for which the pay ranges up to $5,600. Rural Electrification, which goes |to St. Louis, and Employes Com- | pensation, bound for Chicago, also | will have vacancies the commission affidavit stating the approximate date and location of the post office or collector's office at which the stamp was purchased, the amount paid, the make, model and serial number of the owner's vehicle and a coricise statement on how the stamp was Jost or stolen. The affidavit must Burke of Washington urged that motorists purchase the stamps immediately or be caught in a last-minute rush. The stamps must be on all vehicles by mid- night Saturday. Mr. Burke said less than half of an estimated 210,000 motorists in this area have bought the stickers to date. fiill Re’tr'hflion Denied Affer Hearing | In District Court Fish Aide to Be Sentenced For Perjury February 6; Attorneys Will Appeal George Hill, second secretary to Representative Hamilton Fish, to-| day lost his plea for a retrial of the | two perjury charges on which he was convicted #t District Court. After listening to oral arguments, | Justice F. Dickinson Letts formally denied a defense motion for new ! trial—and indicated he would sen-i vears' imprisonment would be the | maximum sentence. It was Judge Letts who presided | at the trial after the perjury indict- ment was presented by the grand | jury investigating Nazi propaganda here, The defense retrial motion con- tended that much evidence was ille- gally admitted during the trial and that the prosecutor, Special Assist- ant to the Attorney General William Power Maloney, was guilty of “mis- conduct.” Mr. Maloney and his Young and Mason and members of | istration, Chairman Whitney Leary |the Entertainment Committee. | Hollywood personalities aboard this train include Brenda Marshall, William Holden. Bonita Granville, Rosalind _ Russell, Carol Bruce, Patricia Morison, John Payne, Gene Raymond, Jackie Cooper. Ensign ; Wayne Morris, former movie player | now in the Navy, and “Prince” Mike | Romanoff, former pants presser now | In the night club business in the | cinema capits . $4,000 Raised by Play. Meanwhile, it was announced that | the infantile paralysis fund will re- | ceive $4,000 from the $5,680 grossed at Sunday night’s “command per- formance” of “Watch on the Rhine” at the Nafional Theater. The United States Botanic Gar- | den has placed some rare Ruther- | fordiana azaleas among the decora- | tlons for the President's Birthday | Balls, among them one which may | be named for the President. Because of the demand for dinner- | dance -tickets, the Birthday | Committee announced the Hamil- | ton Hotel has heen added to the Shoreham, Wardman Park and Mayflower. each Friday night, tickets selling for $5 each. Visiting stars will appear at all of these functions, as well as at Uline Arena, the Lincoln Colonnades and the Earle and Capitol Theaters. with him last night, Mr. Fowler said, and he has never had visitors there, except his wife and child. Mrs. Oster and their baby live at 602 Plymouth road, Westgate, Balti- more. Mr. Oster was employed in Baltimore as an ice-maker for many years before coming here with the opening of Riverside Stadium. Wife Saw Hockey Match. | As is her custom, Mrs. Oster saw | last night's hockey match with her husband and was with him until about midnight, when she left to return to Baltimore, according to| her mother, Mrs. Mamie Chance. Mrs. Chance said Mr. Oster had no known enemies. ‘The money found in his room was being saved for taxes and bills, she sald. A Ball | Dances will be held at | stated today. 1t is definite t%e local board will be called on to handle automobile rationing. No word has been re- ceived in regard to rationing of su- gar and other consumer goods, Mr. | Leary said. Sale of automobiles was frozen | by O. P. A. to February 2. Regu- lations governing the rationing of new cars are expected momentarily, and it is anticipated that some form of rationing of them will begin on expiration of the freezing period. District board offices are swamped this week with applieations for truck and automobile tires from the Dis- trict government and the large pub- lic utilities who wish to fil] their immediate needs from Washington's January quota. Up to this week no certificates for tires have been is- | sued either to the District govern- ment or a utility company. A. F. L. Presents Six-Foot Cake To President Cash donatfons totaling $10,502 and a 6-foot birthday cake were presented to President Roosevelt yesterday on behalf of affiliated tn- ions of the American Federation of Labor. The money is to be added to the funds collected in the annual in- fantile paralysis campaign, which is to be climaxed by celebration of the President’s 60th-birthday anni: versary on Friday. ‘The cake, standing 6 feet 4 inches high and weighing 350 pounds, was made by the Bakery and Confec- tionery Workers’ Union. It will be | placed on public display at Uline | Arena, where one of the Friday | night dances is to be held, William Green, president of the | A. F. L, presented the cake and the cash donations to the Presi- dent. Andrew W. Myrup of the bakery union and his 3-year-old daughter Jill were t, as was Clement Maggia of this city, who designed and baked the cake. ] associate, Special Assistant to the Attorney General Edward J. Hickey, jr., appeared for the Government at today’s meeting, maintaining that conduct of the trial was legal. Mr. Hill's lawyers, the former New York Representative, John J. O'Con- | nor, and William F. Cusick, indi- | cated they would now carry the case to the United States Court of Appeals. ‘Tomorrow, Justice Letts will listen to arguments'on defense motions in the case of George Sylvester Viereck, indicted on charges of failing to register completely with the State Department as a Nazi agent. Mr. Viereck contends, through his coun- sel, Emil Morosini, jr. and Daniel F. Cohalan, jr., both of New York, that the Government illegally seized evidence from the defendant and this it wants returned. In addition, | the defense is asking the court either | to delay the trial or to have it held in another jurisdiction because of the alleged inflamed state of the | public mind due to extensive pub- licity in the case. | | | | Greece-America Sociefy Celebrates 21st Birthday The Greece-America Society of Washington celebrated its 2lst birthday at a party last night at the residence of Miss Anne Dar- lington, 1810 Massachusetts avenue. Guests of honor were Dr. Homer Davis, president of Athens College, and Mrs. Davis. Philon A. Philon, First Secretary of the Greek Legation, greeted the so- ciety on behalf of the Greek Min- ister, who was unable to attend. Other guests from the Legation were Mme. Philon and Mme. Depasta, wife of the Minister-Counselor. Former Senator Willlam H. King of Utah, honorary president of the society, also, attended. Peter Dounis is president of the group. George Seymour and Alexander Catsoni sang Greek songs and Manuael Cambouri and Miss Der- Sabo;;ge Ruled 0]! r 'In Carole Lombard Air Crash Inquiry Informal Report Reveals Pilot Had Been Dismissed And Reinstated By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28.—Neither sabotage nor mechanical difficulty caused the Transcontinental & Western Air Transport crash which killed Carole Lombard, 15 ferry pilots and six other persons, re- ports Representative Nichols, chair- man of a House committee to in-“ vestigate air accidents. ntative Nichols, in an in- | formal, preliminary report issued early today, said Capt. Wayne Wil- liams, pilot of the plane, was dis- charged by T. W. A. eight years ago for insubordination, but was rein- stated quickly by order of the Na- tional Labor Board. Representative Nichols did not announce any conclusions drawn from the inquiry which he and Representative Hinshaw began in Las Vegas, Nev., neatly a week ago and concluded here last midnight. He said & formal report, incorporat- ing “every finding and conclusion arrived at by the committee,” and | | its recommendations, would be sub- | mitted to the House “in due course.” | The plane crashed into Table Mountain, 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas, the night of January 16. All aboard were Kkilled. Representative Nichols’ prelimin- ary report stated: “The accident was not caused by sabotage, as no sabotage was in- dicated, * * * “Evidence clearly indicates that at the time of the crash the a.\r’{pll;:o was in approximately level t, that it was not in any mechanical difficulty and that it was in direct | flight but off the usual course. “Chairman Nichols subpoenaed | the personnel file of Capt. Wayne Williams and obtained therefrom the information that Capt. Williams had been discharged by Transcon- tinental and Western Air on August 16, 1933, for insubordination and re- peated non-compliance With rules| and regulations, and that he was subsequently re-employed and re- instated pursuant to a ruling issued October 1, 1933, by the National Labor Board, case No. 51. At the ert F. Wagner, chairman; William| Green, Walter C. Teagle, John Lewis, Gerard Swope, Louis E. Ker- stein, Leo Wolman and Dr. Willlam Leiserson, secretary.” Group Health to Hold Annual Meeting Tonight The past year's activities of the Group Health Association will be reviewed at a meeting of that or- ganization at 8 o'clock tonight in the Agriculture Department Audi- torium. Three vacancies on the Board of will be filled at the meet- Candidates for the | Colt, director of the Virginia M g;’:‘“e‘:y c;{‘:! is;;for’lfig'&‘:";h: In outlining these needs. the com- tional bl\!ery of Art: Thomas C. Mission asked that employes able 3 u- | and desiring to transfer get in touch seum of Fine Arts, Richmond, and | with the decentralization service at | Dr. John Richard Craft, director of | 820 Seventh street N.W, the Washington County Museum of | __Meanwhile, transfer of the ex- | Pine Arts, Hagerstown, Md. | :’r‘l‘x‘;“‘ngng":i;“z“,;‘ Al dlher | s r tion of Exhibit Opens Sunday. | Office 1 tppm}:(lchmon?l::fi “Spring Pragrance.” together with | begin % as‘scheduled,'Com- 67 other paintings and 15 pieces of | missioner Canway P. Coe announced sculpture. will be on display for the | The moving of files and office equip- public beginning Sunday in the Cor- | ment will be handled by the Public coran Galiery of Art. Members of | Buildings Administration, and the the society. exhibitors and friends | movers are expected to start work | will view the works from 2 p.m. to | 6 pm. Saturday, which has been | designated varnishing day. “Rebecca” won an honorable men- | tion for Donald Coale. | The judges also awarded four | bronze class medals and gave four other honorable mentions. Medal winners are followed below by those earning honorable men- tions: Figure Jack Berkman: Power. Lands composition — “Ginger,” “Interlude,” Mary — “The Storm,” | Oke Nordgren: “Carlos IV, Mexico City,” Rowland Lyon. Still Life— “Still Life,” Dante Radice; “Mums,” in Marble,” Clare Fontanini; “Bev- erly,” Belle Bellerase. Hundreds of Works Submitted. Prior to the judging, a jury of selection composed of officers and the society formed ‘the exhibition from hundreds of works submitted. Mr. Lyon, president of the artists’ organization, headed the jury. | Others were Roger M. Rittase, vice president; Omar Carrington, treas- urer; Garnet W. Jex, secretary, and Norma Bose, Catherine C. Critcher, Robert E. Motley, William F. Walter and Kathleen Wheeler, members of the Executive Committee. Alexandra Kay. Sculpture—“Head | Executive Committee members of | after the close of business at the Patent Office Priday afternoon | The shift to Richmond will require | about two weeks, Commissioner Coe | said. Each of the six groups of ex- ,Amilngs hwill be given space as a | unit in the Export Tobacco Buildi in Richmond. i \E. W. Davis, Contractor, | And Sisfer Die Same Day | Edwin W. Davis, presiden - vis, Wick & Rosenglrun (;00,112:.. .ge_neral contractors, and his sister, | Miss Lucy C. Davis, died yester- day within a few hours of each other at their home, 3822 Eighth street NW. Funeral serve ices were to be held at 1:30 pm. today for Miss Davis at the S. H. Hines funeral home, 2901 Four- teenth street N.W, with bur- ial in Glenwood Cemetery. Serv- ices for Mr. Da- Edwin W. Davis. Artists who had received a medal | vis will be held at 2 p.m. tomor- within the past five years were not | row at the Hines home, also with eligible to compete in the same class | burial in Glenwood Cemetery. in the current exhibition. Not more | Mr, Davis was born in King Wil- than three paintings or three pieces | liam County, Va., July 3, 1863, and of sculpture could be submitted by & | came here a few years before the person. | turn of the century. He had been The exhibition has been hung in | in the general contracting business a second-floor gallery at the Cor- | for about 45 years. coran: It is to be on view until| He was a member of the Associa- March 1. ‘ | tion of Oldest Inhabitants of the There will be no admission fee at | District, National City Christian any time, in keeping with the new | Church, La Fayette Masonic Lodge Corcoran policy. and the Board of Trade. ow: ‘Rire. Chariotte. A Davie, ‘and Educator Conference Called | tvo eon: ; On Junior Red Cross Work two sons, Edwin L. and Marshall Davis, all of Washington, Twenty-two educators from all | sections of the country have been | invited to a conference here Friday and Saturday to discuss war-time activities of the 13,000,000 children in the American Junior Red Cross. | James T. Nicholson, vice chairman in charge of the junior organization, said the conference would develop Missing Persons Those having information concerning persons reported missing should communicate with the Public Relations Squad of the Police Department, Na- tional 4000. Eva Parker, 16, colored, 5 feet 6 inches, 115 pounds, dark skin, wear- the policies and potentialities of the | Junior Red Cross in the war effort and review the organization’s pro- gram. Junior Red Cross units in schools now are training in first aid, home nursing, nutrition for canteen serv- ice and making studies of civilian morale. Disaster relief corps also are being organized, and special efforts are being made in the Victory Book campaign and the War on ‘Waste-campaign., Brookland Scout Troop To Be Installed Sunday Installation exercises of Brook- land Troop No. 500, Boy Scouts of America, will be held at 3 p.m. Sun- day in the Masonic Temple, Twelfth and Monroe streets N.E. The charter the Nationai Capital Area Council. Jefferson Beavers, assistant Scout executive for the Negro divisiom, and J. A. Cook, neighborhood Scout commissioner, also will speak. ing a gray coat, no hat, missing from 1119 Sixth street N.W. since Priday, Joseph Perry Marvin, 14, colored, 5 feet 2 inches, 101 pounds, small scar on forehead, wearing a white shirt, light blue coat, dark blue trousers and dark brown shoe: missing from 210 P street N.W., since Priday. Clarence Vernon Davis, 13, col- ored, 4 feet 1 inch, 103 pounds, wearing long brown trcusers, brown and white shoes, brown and green corduroy jacket and green shirt, missing from 1402 First street NW, since Friday. Ruby Walter, 29, colored, 5 feet 5 inches, 120 pounds, wearing black | coat and dress, missing from 2801 Elvans road S.E. since yesterday. Charles Edward Brown, 10, c ored, 4 feet 8 inches, 90 pounds, wearing green-striped knickers, green plaid coat and black shoes, and his brother, William Merrion Brown, 11, colored, 5 feet, 10§ pounds, wearing brown and white- striped halfcoat, green knickers, brown shoes, missing from 83 G streef N.W. since Monday. b2