Evening Star Newspaper, February 6, 1942, Page 5

0ld Cardboard, Skill And String Win $30 Wrapping Prize Lansburgh & Bro. Employe Stars at Paper Economy Contest Robert Fleming of Lansburgh & Bro. Department Store turned an old piece of cardboard, s plece of string, a frying pan and assorted odds and ends into $50 worth of Defense bonds last night. * Mr. Fleming was the winner of the grand prizes in the bundle- |’ wrapping contest, sponsored by The Star, in co-operation with the Merchants & Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation, and held in the Chamber of Commerce Auditorium. ‘The contest winner had the idea exactly. He wrapped the most the best with the least. * The purpose of the bundle-wrap~ ping contest was to demonstrate to the operators of local stores the extent to which precious paper and eardboard can be conserved by care- ful use of materials. Three Problems Presented. There were three problems pre- sented to the best talent from the wrapping departments of the stores. One of these was to tie up an as- sortment of goods, such as & cus- tomer might pick up at a single sounter. The second was to gather to- gether for a customer a number of things which might have been pur- chased in different parts of the store. The third was to wrap up some heavy equipment which was to be delivered by store truck. It was in the latter division that Mr. Fleming made his . He was handed a 13-inch frying- two sharp pering knives, a of clothes line and some pins. The wrapping champ put all the Joose articles inside the frying pan, then took an old plece of discarded cardboard, which he had picked up sround the store, and placed it over the top. Adds Only String and SKIll The cardboard was square, and Mr. Fleming folded down the edges. Then he wrapped a piece of string ground it. That and nothing more. He had a package which was secure, neat and which had required not so much as a scrap of new paper ma- terial. - In the other divisions the winners were William H. Hudson of Peoples Drug Stores and Miss Elizabeth Mayer of the Hecht Co. Mr. Hudson did up & neat bundle of a hairbrush, liquid tooth paste and tissue, in a fashion designed to use almost no paper. It was very com- pact and pleasing. Miss Mayer tied up s man's shirt, 8 slip, a couple of neckties and a pair of women’s bedroom slippers. Her point of superiority over the others lay in her ability to make a very tight bundle—without crushing the shirt. Mr. Fleming, Mr. Hudson and Miss Mayer all received $25 Defense bonds, contributed by The Star. Mr. Fleming, as the grand prize winner, got another $25 bond, put up by Mur- ray & Heister, dealers in paper boxes. Others Win Prizes. The winners of the other prizes were: Clerk-wrap—Ten dojlars in De- fense stamps to Mrs. Ethel Via of 8. Kann Sons Co.; $5 Defense stamps to Mrs. Edith Moore of the Hecht Co. Wrap and carry—Ten dollars in Defense stamps to Estelle Scott of Lansburgh & Bro.; $5 in Defense stamps to Fanny Franklin of Frank R. Jelleff, Inc. Wrap for delivery—Ten dollars in Defense stamps to Herman T. Phil- lips of S. Kann Sons Co.; $5 in De- fense stamps to Mrs. Nettie Lumpkin of Woodward & Lothrop. The judges of the contest were Mrs. A. C. Watkins, president of the Federation of Women’s Clubs f the District of Columbia, and . P. C. Ellett, president of the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers. William Coyle, radio director of The Star, acted as master of cere- monies. The program was opened with the singing of “The Star S8pangled Banner” by Perry Martin, radio singer. New Method Shown. Feming Newbold, vice president and business manager of The Star, spoke. Garland Shortt, operating manager of Lansburgh's, gave a demonstration of the new methods of wrapping packages with prac- tieally nothing, as compared with old and wasteful methods. Socrates Calevas, an employe of Lansburgh’s with a pleasing voice, sang two songs and Lansburgh’s employes put on a skit, showing how the new wrapping and delivery policies of the stores are affecting the consumers. Participating in the skit were Bill Davies, Camille Payne and Donald Jones. Arthur Gray was the commentator. Then came the catch-as-catch- ean wrapping contest, with employes from leading business establish- ments competing in the three divi- sions. While the judges were out, films were shown to the audience. Rev. A. C. Hanna Dies; Ex-Missionary fo Burma By the Assoclated Press. - ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 6— The Rev. Alexander Carson Hanna, 53, Baptist missionary to Burma for 30 years, died in City Hospital last night after a long iliness. Mr. Hanna came here from Granville, Ohio, two years ago after retiring from active service in the religious field because of ill health. Work Week (Continued From First Page.) day half-holiday leave with pay, periodic salary advancement, and generous retirement provisions. The burden of the war effort requires the utmost effort on the part of every Government employe and every other citizen. “The committee believes that Fed- eral workers in the District will patri- otically and willingly work the extra time if that will contribute to relieve a situation that is rapidly getting worse. If more workers are brought into the District than can be ac- commodated by housing and office accommodations the more likelithood there is of present personnel being removed to other cities to make room for them. “The committee recommends early eonsideration of this phase of the Pederal emplioyment situstion by sdministrative officials.” A CHAMPION THE EVENMING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1942 BUNDLE WRAPPERS—Pictured as prizes were awarded after the wrapping contest last night are (left to right) Miss Elizabeth Mayer of the Hecht Co., first prize for general wear package; Mrs. A. C. Watkins, president of the District Federation of Women’s Clubs and one of the judges; William Contestants in the general wear package group are pic- tured while wrapping their bundles. Each wanted to convince Justice Hughes Sends 'Message fo Stimulate D. C. Red Cross Drive Cumpc;ign Is Reported Lagging; U. S. Treasurer Turns Over $500 Check Former Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, in a message to spur | the lagging District Red Cross War | Fund campaign, yesterday declared ! the record of the American Red | Cross “is perhaps the noblest record of American achievement which we have.” Among the large personal gifts turned over to the District fund; yesterday was a $500 check from United States Treasurer Willlam A. Julian. Other large gifts were those of G. B. Macke Corp., $100; National Furniture Co., a second gift for $100; a second gift from employes of the International Business Machines Corp., $188.25; R. P. Andrews Paper Co., $102, and Tophams, Inc., $56. Mrs. Homer Case, chairman of booths, pointed out today that the booths in theaters, stores and at Union Station were designed to supplement regular donations. Glad to Get Pennies. “We are glad of pennies, nickels and dimes,” she said. “I would like people to remember that these are not booths for membership enroll- ment but booths open to the smallest donation. Those whose gift must be so small that they hesitate to mail it in may help by handing it over to the Red Cross workers in the booths, who are giving service day after day to make it possible for every man, woman and child to contribute.” Reporting on Red Cross work, Mrs. Brown Harbold, surgical dressing chairman, announced that her aides had begun work on their first quota of bandages for the Navy, need of which has increased greatly since Pearl Harbor. Local hospitals, she said, are well stocked with bandages and surgical dressings. Sixteen young women, members of a class preparing for Red Cross Auxiliary Motor Corps, will take their first lesson in changing tires and making minor motor repairs at the auto shop of the Beltsville Ci- vilian Conservation Corps camp to- night. Their instructors will be C. C. C. enrollees. 51,400 Inquiries Received. The District women will be joined at the camp by students of the Bethesda Auxiliary Motor Corps. Members of the class from the Dis- trict include Miss Elsie Burns, Miss C. Golden, Miss Mary Hanlan, Miss Isabel Hughes, Mrs. Robert Jacobs, Miss Helen Ma- rino, Miss Jean Moser, Miss Dona Moser, Miss Annis Muller, Miss Isa- bel McGoldrick, Miss Greta Richter, | Mrs. Benjamin Shaw, Miss Geral- dine Strivell, Mrs. Rose Tabb and Miss Elizabeth Voight. More than 200 women members of the staff assistance course at George Washington University yes- terday were told by George P. Browne of Insular and Foreign Op- erations for the Red Cross that field workers now being sent to the Eastern war area are already vet- erans in Red Cross administration | and fleld work. Discussing the foreign inquiry service of the Red Cross, Mr. Browne added that 51,400 requests for in- formation about friends and rela- tives in Europe had been answered in the last year. Missing persons. he said, had been traced as far as 1,000 miles from the spot where rel- atives had last heard from them. Hyatfsville Aides Named For Red Cross Fund Drive Committees have been appointed to head the American Red Cross war fund drive in the Hyattsville election district of Prince Georges County which includes Hyattsville, Edmonston, Melrose and West Hyattsville. The area’s goal is $3,000 and the county’s quota, $20,000. Mrs. Ralph Sheffer, Hyattsville district chairman, announces ap- pointment of the following com- mittees: Publicity, E. W. Fuller, Ralph Dudrow, jr.; Joseph Mathias, Wil- liam Moore and David Ginsberg. Public offices and utilities, Harry Hall, Robert Bradshaw, Leland Cheek, Miss Prances Buck, Egbert Tingley, Bernard Scholz, Arthur Hepburn and Authur Woodside. Business, Jack Norman, Sylvan Dietz, Pete George, Otis Dudrow and Leo Walters. Organizations and special activ- ities, Mrs. Paul Jackson. Professional and special gifts, T. Howard Duckett. Church, Mrs. Howard Smith. General citizens, Councilman Thomas Hume, chairman; Mrs. Reuben Richardson, chairman Edmonston. for Venezuela is encouraging the use of cook stoves that consume fuels other than coal or wood. ESTIMATES FREE MONTHS Open Evenings TiloP. M. H. Hutson of Peoples Drug Stores, first prize for miscel- laneous package; R. L. Fleming of Lansburgh & Bro., grand prize and first prize for “to send” package, and Mrs. P. C. Ellet, president of the District Congress of Parents and Teachers, the other judge. the judges of ability to turn out a neatly wrapped parcel with the minimum amount of paper. —Star Staft Photos. Defense Sidelights Woman Volunteers Urged to Attend Course To Qualify Them for Information Booth Jobs ‘The Civilian Defense Volunteer Office today called for women to take a course of training to qualify them as defense information spe- cialists for duty in booths to be set up throughout the city. Volunteers should register at the C. D. V. office, 501 Pennsylvania | avenue N.W. The course will begin Thursday at the District Building, and experts in various flelds of ci- villan defense will lecture three mornings & week for a month. The opening lecture will be given | by Miss Craig McGeachy, public relations officer of the British Min- istry of Economic Warfare, who will speak from experiences on the value to public morale of adequate infor- mation in wartime, Almost 1,000 auxiliary police of- ficers are to be sworn in this after- noon at exercises in the Department- al Auditorium, Constitution ave- nue, near Twelfth street NW. Po- lice Chief Edward J. Kelly will pre- side, and the District Commissioners are expected to attend. The volunteers have been finger- printed and investigated by the de- partment and will be added to the 3455 auxiliary officers already en- rolled. A collection of $288 was raised at a recent meeting of the Kalorama defense area in the John Quincy Adams School, Deputy Air Raid Warden W. T. Kruglak has an- nounced. “I feel we must pay our way by |on duty all night. contributions from private sources,” Mr. Kruglak said. “Up to the pres- ent time we have had to beg, borrow and steal. It is necessary to keep the building heated where we are In the past we had to borrow stationewy, typewrit- ers and paper. From now on this office is on its own and is being girded for the struggle ahead.” About 1,200 residents attended the meeting. More than 700 air-Paid wardens already have been sworn in. Saved From Sinking Craft ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 8 (#).—A Coast Guard Reserve patrol crew yester- day rescued Capt. Jack Livingston from the foundering powerboat Hawsie B aftyr he had exhausted himself working hand pumps to keep the craft afloat. A new high in production was| made in 1941 by the Government mints; they turned out 1,827,486,276 coins with a face value of $102,209,- 50 CAR Any Car—Any Time WASH TRIANGLE MOTORS 1401 Rhode Island Ave. N.E 2 for $3.00 Regulation khaki broad- cloth shirts in all sizes and sleeve lengths. DAYLIGHT SAVING which starts February th, will conserve millions of kilo- watts of electrical energy. Let us suggest another sensible wartime economy that’s even closer home to you. Try Marlow’s Famous Reading Anthracite the low-ash hard coal. See for yourself how much extra heat you get from this nearly 100% pure as can enuine laundered coal that's as produced. Marlow Coal Co. 811 E Street N.W. NAtional 0311 For Your Safety Tomorrow Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps Today Pound Testifies Today On Right of Press To Enter Radio Field Broadcasting of News Hasn‘t Cut Circulation Figures, F..C. C. Told Roscoe Pound, dean emeritus of the Harvard Law School, was to tes- tity today as the Newspaper-Radio Committee continued its presenta- tion of testimony before the Fed- eral Communications Commission in opposition to against licensing of radio stations by news- papers. At yesterday’s session, the com- mission which is investigating radio- newspaper relationships was told that radio broadcasting of news haz not resulted in decreased reading of newspapers. Dr. Herman 8. Hettinger, professor in the Wharton School of Pinance, University of Pennsylvania, said newspaper circulation had kept pace with the increase in population, and that this demonstrated that the pub- lic has confidence in the press. Another witness, Ernest Angell, New York lawyer and president of the Council for Democracy, said he felt prohibitions against operation of broadcast stations by newspapers would be “fraught with a great deal of danger to the democratic pro- Broadeasts to Germany. * Mr. Angell told the commission | g the council was organized after the fall of France when “a wave of de- featism and an apparent loss of faith in democracy” swept this coun- try. Its purpose, he explained, is “to help the American people rebuild their faith in democracy.” The council’s activities include broad- casts to Germany “to explain what the American war effort is and why.” Calling maintenance of freedom of speech and freedom of the press “important to democracy,” Mr. An- gell expressed a fear that prohibi- tions against newspapers might eventually lead to prohibitions against radio station operation by other classifications such as em- ployers, labor unions or church groups. Donald Harris, an F. C. C. attor- ney, asked Mr. Angell whether he would oppose action by Congress to | Tu establish some system of apportion- ing stations among various groups. The witness described that as “com- pletely unworkable.” Circulation Rises 24 Per Cent. During the period 1920-1940, Mr. Hettinger said, newspaper circula- tion in the United States increased 24.1 per cent, while the population increased 24.5 per cent. He told the commission that while newspapers and radio were competitors, the principal compe- tition was for national adve 3 Newspapers, he said, receive a major part of their advertising revenues from local advertising, while radio’s major part comes from national ad- vertising. In most cases, Mr. Hettinger testi- fied, he regarded it as a “matter of small consequence” to a newspaper’s | por; financial stability whether it op- erated a broadcast station at pres- ent. could not predict what result the development of television and fac- simile might have. Four Army Flyers Missing Since Tuesday By the Associated Press. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb. 6.— An Army plane, in which four men began a routine flight Tuesday afternoon, is missing, Sacramento Army Air Depot disclosed last night. Aboard were Second Lts. R. J. Heidestadt and W. V. McShane and | Sergts. M. Bittner and R. L. Kirt- land. Addresses of the men were not recorded. Afr depot officials said they heard rumors that a plane had been sight- jed and explosions detected in the vicinity of Fort Johris Mountain, | Shasta region, but that these re~ ports were unconfirmed. Phone Your Nearest Ice Cream Store or Hobart 1200 Ask for ICE CREAM He added, however, that he|B. It’s Delicious! Floridan Is Convicted Of Drowning Rich Widow B3 the Associated Press. MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 6—Charles B. Savage, 46-year-old former boatyard tor, was convicted of man- slaughter yesterday for the death of Mrs. Hannah Ford, who drowned here last spring. . Mrs. Ford, a wealthy widow, died when the car in which she,and Blvm“ were riding plunged into a canal. He had married her 54 days earlier, but the marriage was an- nulled after her death as a result of an investigation injtiated by Govs. Stassen of Minnesota and Holland of Florida and of eivil suits brought by Mrs. Ford’s relatives in Mora, Minn. The annulment was granted on the ground that Savage already was married. He also was removed as adminis- trator of Mrs. Ford's $75,000 estate and finally was indicted for murder. Judge Pau! Barns withheld sen- tence until defense attorneys decide whether to appeal the verdict. Sav- age could receive up to 20 years imprisonment on the manslaughter conviction. Priest, Noted as Church Music Authority, Dies By the Associated Rpes . BALTIMORE, Feb, 6—Requiem mass will be said tomorrow morning | for the Very Rev. Msgr. 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