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Md., last night. The victims were: John Holley, 34, 1765 U St. N. W,: Anita Mitchell, 32, 1311 First St. N. W„ and Ellen Gillis, 35, of the 1600 block of Thirteenth St. N. W. FOURTH NEAR DEATH A fourth passenger in the death car, Marguerite Best, 32, of 1311 First St. N.W., who was pulled from the blazing automobile by rescue workers, was in critical condition at Casualty Hospital. A fifth passenger in the car, Richard Carroll, 34, of 1433 New Jersey Ave. N.W., was found several hours after the wreck wandering in a dazed condition near Tuxedo, Md. Three passengers in the automobile, which according to Prince Georges county police crashed into the rear of the burned car causing the gasoline tank to explode, were also painfully injured and were taken to Casualty Hospital. They were: Marvin Stotler, 20, Seat Pleasant, Md., driver, severe burns about the head and back; Jack Pickett, 21, Marion St., Seat Pleasant, lacerations and slight burns; and William S. Parks, 18, of Augustine St., Seat Pleasant, cuts about the head and face, not serious. SUCCUMBS TO HURTS Daniel Berry, 24, of 1410 Columbia St. N.W., died at Casualty Hospital early today of injuries received in a collision of two automobiles near Oxon Hill, Md., yesterday. Mrs. Lucy Moore, 29, of Rosslyn, Va., was killed when she was struck by a hit and run driver while walking with her small daughter at Madison Courthouse, Va., yesterday. A description of the car was broadcast by Virginia State Police. Albert McGinnis, 23, of Lanham, Md., died at Casualty Hospital today. A few hours after he was found lying near the open door of his automobile parked on the Lanham-Severn Road, near Lanham by William Mirles, of Bowie, Md. Thomas Slye, 38, of Tompkinsville, Md., died of injuries received when he was struck by a truck said to have been operated by James A. Redman, 23, of Rock Point, Md. On Station WOL, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 6:30 p.m., the Herald-Times Comic Weekly Feature Sunday. SHORE LIKE ME KNOWS (FIND OUT SOON A WONLY GIVE ME AN I YOU'LL INSIST YOU'LL STAGE-COACH OFFICE, BUT SUSPICION LURKS SOMETHING ME ENOUGH. WELL, JOB-ANY JOB, CAN SWEEP UP IN THE MINDS OF BEN AND THE SHERIFF. "AINT TELLING'S STARVE IN TILL OFFICE THERE!" BETTER WATCH? BY DARN, BEN, HE'S JUST A STAYING TELLING ALL OVER DE SK right. WASHINGTON TIMES Staff Photo HUDSON Washington Times Staff Photo HUDSON BROTHERS, FRANCIS, GRAHAM AND FLOYD, AT RADIO PARTY The “Old Skipper,” Don Hix, held a school, day program on Station WJSV yesterday and had a “swing class,” one day in advance of the real thing that started today. The boys aren’t glum considering what’s in store for them for the next ten months. Troop in Drive: BATTALION ASKS MORE MEMBERS Inaugurating a movement to impress the War Department with the advisability of enlisting the colored battalion of the District militia to its full strength, the first of a series of assemblies of Company A, 372nd Infantry, will be held tonight at 8:45 o’clock at Garnet-Patterson High School, Tenth and U Streets Northwest. Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox, militia commanding officer, and his staff, including Capts. Arthur C. Newman and Albert Ridgley, First Lieut. Cornelius A. King, and Second Lieut. Sylvester L. Blackwell, will review the company. NOW TO SCUB THOSE TEETH—SOME ELBOW GREASE, PLEASE Time’s a wasting son, can’t be late on the first day. SEPTEMBER 1st MON TW W» TWU •W iAT 1 R 3 4 5 3 7 3 9 10 11 12 13 14- IS 16 17 13 19 20 21 22 23 34 25 26 2 7 23 29 30 90,000 Resume Studies As Rain Cuts Roll Skipper Gives Mates Some School Advice By DON HIX Heigh-ho shipmates. Today it was the children’s turn to run for public office, and when the parents had cast their votes, thousands were elected to go back to school and buckle down to another season’s hard work. School bells sounded just the same this fall as they did last. The desks look a bit cleaner, as the old pencil marks have been rubbed out. Today you are laying the foundation for the construction of the house in which you must live for a long time. It will contain ONLY the knowledge you store there and the material used in its construction will be only as strong as you MAKE it. The increased traffic condition is expected to be good, with the opening of school, which will come in for a little cooperative study between the "Skipper" and his shipmates. Today's Safety Question is... "Who has the right of way, the driver or the pedestrian?" The answer is... "Neither. The only fellow who has the right of way is the one in the ambulance." After the accident, "Until we meet again... Ship Ahoy, the old skipper." He, Skinnay, School's in! Nearly 90,000 youngsters this morning leaped out of bed, gulped breakfasts, polished up apples for teacher, and started off to another year in Washington's public schools. To kindergartens, elementary schools, and high schools, a kiss from mother helps a lot. Mrs. Irving could send Donnie off as Hilda Mary Ring, 4, watches. Leaders ready for roll call by Red Cross. Edgar Morris lists his full organization. One week from today the Red Cross opens its annual Roll Call! Today, Chairman Edgar Morris announced completion of the organization work, with all committees ready for the week's drive for funds. Vice chairmen of the Publicity Committee will include Fulton Lewis, jr., Mutual Broadcasting System commentator, newspapers; Courtland D. Ferguson, radio; Carter Barron, theaters; Ford Young, Merchants & Man. Manufacturers Association; Albin Q. Erlich, advertising. NEWSPAPER AIDES Newspaper executives assisting the committee will be I. W. Hill, the Star; John Riesling and Ben Dulaney, the News; Charles G. Duffy, Herald-Times; Stanley Bell, NBC. John Hieney, CBS., and Madeleine Ensign, WOL. E. Barrett Prettyman, chairman of the Professional Committee, will entertain members of his committee at a dinner at 7 p.m. at the Columbia Country Club. On this committee are Raymond M. Florence, Accountants: Carroll Meigs, architects; Mrs. Tyree R. Rivers, Catholic clergy and churches; Dr. Edward H. Pruden, Protestant clergy and churches; Dr. M. M. Alexander, dentists; Dr. William Earl Clark, physicians; Dr. C. Wendell Freeman, colored physicians; Frederick M. Feiker, Engineers; Janet Fish, hospitals. MANY REPRESENTED Lawyers will be represented by James C. Wilkes; women lawyers by Mrs. Mary M. Wittenmyer; nurses, Mrs. Leonard B. Baker; osteopaths, Mrs. Thomas J. Howerton; colleges and universities, Preston B. Kavanaugh; private schools, Albert E. Rogers; social agencies, Morris Klass. Junior’s Locked in Not Once, But Twice Washington Times Staff Photo MATTHEW X. STONE, JR., 2’ AND DOROTHY CAMERON STONE, 11 MONTHS It took the firemen to get Matt and his sister out of the bathroom after he locked it. Builder’s 2-Year-Old Experimenting Son Stirs Firemen to Grin and Groan Matthew X. Stone is a building—but for the time being disappointed, experimenter. It seems that when Matthew, Jr., who is 21 years old, bounded from his bed. At the Stone home, 4515 Verplank St. N.W., this morning early he ho-hummed: "This is a swell day for experimenting." So he began on the key in the door of the bedroom in which he was and in which his little sister, Dorothy, 11 months old, slept peacefully. Soon he had it locked and couldn’t undo his experiment. So he started to work on the closet door. And the luckless experimenter was again reversed. Now he was behind two looks. Mr. and Mrs. Stone attempted for some time to explain how schools the annual horde trouped and registrations indicated the 1937 record of 93,423 pupils enrolled in local schools would be surpassed. In some schools, officials were compelled to stagger school hours to accommodate all of the pupils. THE BIG PUSH IS ON AT THOMPSON SCHOOL Up the steps to knowledge, 'cause rain or no rain, school starts today. LOCAL SPORTS, COMICS MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1938 The fire of houses of steel and conductors, X. Stone, jr., is just a Matthew, jr., could get out of his predicament, but without success. Finally, Matthew, jr., began the faintest of wails. It was then time for the resources of No. 12 Truck Company. With grins and gusto, the firemen climbed a ladder, opened the window, and, letting the young adventurer were set free. EMBASSY FAIRFAX HI-TEST GUERNSEY MILK EXTRA deliciousness at NO EXTRA COST Place a Trial Order Today! embassy Fairfax 530 Seventh St. S. E. N Phone Dupont 1441 RECORD HALTED BY INCLEMENT WEATHER HERE Crowd at Anacostia Overflows Building The altogether dismal affair of going back to school was made more so today by the rain, with the bad weather cutting into the anticipated record enrollment for the opening of the fall semester. Approximately 90,000 in enrollment was the figure set by school. Officials, as vacation came to an end. RAIN CUTS TOTAL The inclement weather, however, brought a decided drop in the enrollment. It was stated by Nathaniel Danowsky, District public school statistician. For many, today was an adventure with new grades, new teachers, new problems and a new year at hand. There were others, however, who were anything but enthusiastic as they turned from the summer’s carefree weeks to the stern realities of the classrooms. NEW RECORD LIKELY Early registrations indicated the 1937 record of 93,423 pupils, reached in the public schools last November, would be surpassed this year. Last year’s practice of classifying new students through the central board of admissions has been abandoned, and the individual schools were undertaking these classifications today. At the Anacostia Junior-Senior High School, enrollments totaled (Continued on Page 23, Col. 3). 