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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
ROBERT P. SCRIPTS,
PUBLISHER, is DEAD
Main Stakeholder i'm Great Newspaper
Chain, Dies on Yacht off
Lower California

San Francisco, Cal, March 4.-(AP>
Robert P. Scripps, AZ, main stock
holder in the Scripps-Howard national
newspaper chain, died aboard his
Yacht off Lower California, it was
learned here early today
The publishing executive, who be-
gan his newspaper career at the age
of 16. died while the yacht was an
chored off Santa Margarita island
Lower California.
Coast Guard headquarters here was
informed Scripps' body was transfer
red Wednesday evening to tbs
Panama Pacific liner Pennsylvania
due in Los Angeles Saturday. The
time of his death was not contained :r
q message from the liner.
Scripps was stricken seriously III
while on a trip to Hawaii last sum.
mer. Death resulted from an internal
hemorrhage.
Confirmation of the death was g1ve''
in New York City by William Haw,
kins, chairman of the board o.
Scripps-Howard
Scripps was the son of the late e.
w. Scripps, founder of the newspaper
chain, which is represented by daliles
in many large cities of the country.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
BY ROGER w. BABSON,
Copyright 1888, Publishers
Financial Bureau, Inc.

Babson Park, Fla, March Alive
years ago at this time every bank III
the United States was shut up tight.
The panic, starting in Detroit and the
motor industry, spread like wild-fir
across the country In the half-decade
since then, Detroit and the motor in
dustrv have been the trail-blaZers.
Thew led us out of the mcrass Of 1893
they gave us a year of relative pros
perity. then they helped to pitch Us
into the current recession.
With the motor industry such a
powerful influence on American bust
ness these two questions arise: Q'
Has the motor industry reached the
saturation point? (2) Can we haVr
prosperity again without a new boom
in automobile sales? To answer these
questions, we must analyze the lac
tors behind the automobiles success
and see if they are still operating To-
day:
1. MODEL IMPROVEMENTS: First
among these is the engineering genius
of the industry. For years the Amer
lean public has been given peter
car each season. Styles have been con
stantly improved up to this year; b4;
note that the average 1888 automobli5
is very similar to last years model IN
appearance. Thus, big stimulus TO,
new sales is now lacking. This may
be one reason why 1888 sales are run
ming about so per cent below a yeal
ago. Rumor has it that as a result Of
current experience motor companie
will radically change their 1899 model:
2. HIGHWAY SYSTEMS: The con
slant development of our highwa;
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
"Old Ship of State Is Still
on Its Same Course"
President Says on
Anniversary
ENDS FIVE YEARS
AT HIS HIGH POST
Says One of Principal Ac-
complishments of Period
Has Been More Serious
Thinking by People Gener-
ally on Government; IVA
Split Wide Open Now

Washington, March 4.-(AP)-Presi
dent Roosevelt re-affirmed today the
detectives of his administration, en-
phasizing especially the need for in
creasing purchasing power.
Discussing at his press conference
the five years of his administration,
which ended today, the President au-
thorized one direct quotation.
"The old ship of state is stu on
it's same course" he said.
He declared he hoped for wage and
hour legislation at this session, but
said it might not be possible to
achieve before adjournment.
He declared the administration was
not relenting in its fight to end spe-
cial privilege, a fight which he de-
clared the country, by and large,
'avors.
He said one of the principal accom-
plishments of his five years had been
to bring about thinking on the part
of people generally in terms of the
rounded problems Of government
rather than in terms of their limited
particular problems.
Other developments:
The House Merchant Marine Com.
mittee approved legislation designed
to rehabilitate the merchant marine
and provide government subsidies for
trans-oceanic aviation. The committee
approved a series of charges in the
so-called ship subsidy act.
The President made public an Of
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
Bare Plot
TOMuYue1~
Jos. Stain

Moscow, March (AP)-A plot to
seize the Kremlin and kill Josef Stain
and other Soviet leaders in May, 1897,
with Marshal M. N. Tukhachevsky as
leader was described today by one of
.21 defendants in Moscows greatest
blood purge trial.
The marshal was one of eight lead
ers of the red army courtmartialed
and executed as traitors on June ID,
shortly after the alleged plot was to
have been carried out.
A. P. Rosengoltz, former commissar
of foreign trade, and another Of the
defendants, accused of treason and
murder, told of the intrigue during
the trials third day. Rosengoltz de-
clared the exiled Leon Trotzky, de-
scribed in this and other trials as
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
Fears of Disease Grow AS
Waters Recede Almost
AS Rapidly as They
Descended
TOTAL DEAD CAN'T
BE FIXED AS YET
Panorama of Mud-Covered
and Wrecked Houses,
Bridges and Farms Re-
vealed by Falling Streams;
$3,O28,OOO Damage In Los
Angeles City Alone

Los Angeles, CAL, March 4
(AP)-A grim search through
silt and debris for the bodies of
flood victims began today in
storm-ravaged southern Cali
fornia, where 95 persons were
known to be dead or missing.
The steadily mounting list of dead
from the 100000 five-day rainstorm
rose to 70. Twenty-Five were known
to be missing. Between Is and SO
others were feared lost.
Officials said it would be days be-
fore the exact casualties and damage
would be known. Unofficial estimates
of damage scared well above $1O,OUO.-
0OO Damage to Los Angeles city pro-
perty alone-a relatively small part
of the five-county area swept by the
floods-was estimated at $3,028,00O.
Fears of disease grew as the yellow
flood waters receded almost as rapid
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
Two Prisoners In
CASTOR Jail Beat
Trusty and Flee

GastOnia, March 4.-tAP-TwO
prisoners OverpOwerf I trusty
and made a daring jail break here
this afternoon.
ROlIin Hurley and Thomas JOres
held in the county Jail for trial in
superior court, attacked James
Walker, trusty when he releas-
ed them from their cells to take
a bath, knocked him d"wn and
escaped, JailOr John CASTOR re-
ported.
Officers caught Jones lrss than
a block from the Jail, hut Hurley
is still at large. Hurley was Icing
held for false rr''er"e and Jones
for an alleged X1ite asAi.u
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
Leuine Begs
Kidnapers To-
Restore Son

New Rochelle, N. Y, March A.
(AP)-Murray Levine, father of kip
mapped Peter Levine, said today TIE
last note" he had received from the
abductors had demanded 100000 and
that the money was ready.
But, said Levine, "the gc-betweeE
directed by that note tried very hard
to deliver the money, but failed
The father added this intermediary,
whose identity was not disclosed, still
was ready to act.
The 12-year-old victim has been
missing since a week ago Thursday
Meantime, a theory came from po-
lice that, unless the kidnapers OF
young Peter take advantage of the
assurance that "the way is open" with
IN day or two, the father would Judge
officers, now on the sid. lines, to pur-
sue the abductors.
Levine, New York attorney, went
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04

London, March 4.-(AP) = Mighty
Britain, arming at top speed the while
she dickers for peace with Europe
dictators, will spend more than $780,
100000 on her navy this year, not
counting vast construction program.
which will likely include battleships
of more than $4,000 tons.
Details of the building program
hinged on current informal discus
sions with American and French
naval experts on what to do about ia
pans refusal to disclose her naval
building.
Japan refused to say whether she
was building battleships above $4,000
tons, and the indicated result of the
present discussions is that Britain will
decide to exceed the limit fixed in the
1896 London naval treaty.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
Britain Will Spend
Over 5000 Millions
On Navy This Year
Nation Preparing for War Fast as She Can While Dick
ering With Europe's Dict ators Figure in Addition
to Huge Sums for Army and Air Force

Today's naval estimates were an
nounced by Afford Cooper, first lord
of the admiralty, even as Prime Min
lister Chamberlain laid the ground
work for peace talks with Germany
Fuehrer Hitler to parallel those Of
Ltaly's II Duce Mussolini.
The estimates did not include \
new construction program for 1893
details of which will be contained in
another white paper" Cooper said
He set regular estimates at $618,535,-
900, or $92,21O,0OO more than the pre-
vious year.
Britain now has two battleships
building, and plans were for three
more to be begun this year.
The naval figures, following army
and royal air force estimates, give a
forbidding composite picture of Bri
tain's preparations for possible war.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
Protestant
Maxi Enemy
Imprisoned

Berlin March 4.-(AP)-Rev. Mar.
tin Niemoeller, Protestant opponent
If the Nazi regime, has been placed
~ concentration camp by the
cestano the GeGrman secret police
The wife of the World War sub
a,;na commander collapsed wnen
NC NC WV, was told today that the militant
M;onooe1ler had been sent to the Sa'
no sanhausen, Saxony camp, despite
Niemoeller, outspoken foe of Naz7
offorts to dominate the church, had
baen sentenced to seven months In
iail on charges of attacking Nazi lead
ers and using the pulpit improperly
but the court held that his sentence
already had been served while await
ing trial.
After Niemoeller had been freed by
the court Wednesday, he was imme-
diately re-arrested by the secret police
Except for a brief interview with his
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
WILSON MAN QUITS
COMMISSIONER JOB
Thomas Woodland Resigns ard Is Sue
ceeded by Walter Hargrove, OF
EdgecOmbe County

Wilson, March 4.-(AP)-Walter
Hargrove, of Tarboro, was elected
president of the Eastern North Car
DINA Association of County Commls-
sioners at meeting here today.
Thomas Woodland, of Wilson, assocla-
ton president called the meeting TO
order, and then rendered his reslgna-
ton for personal reasons"
Several commissioners expressed tne
view voters of counties which operate
ABC liquor stores still favored u,
quor control system because, they salo
If had helped to abolish bootlegglng.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
HirOta Says
JapanWa ants
U.S.Coodwill
Sorry for America
If She Is Aiming,
Against J a p a n,
Minister Asserts

Shanghai, March 4.-(AP)--Japan-
csc troops in northwestern Sbarsi pro
vince, their commanders announced
today crushed an army of 5000 Chi
nese communists in night attack
at Paoteh.
The Chinese fo"cas were said to be
fleeing across the iCe chokec Yello "
river into Shensi province long Chi
nese red army stronghold, The Japan
csc report said scores Of Chinese were
drowned and 600 were left dead on
the Paoteh battlefield.
Up the Yangtze river valley how
ever, Chinese told of beating bach
Japanese.
The Chinese said japanese tried to
land troops from two warships 81
miles upstream from WuhG, only 20
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
JOHNSON DEFENDS
BIG EXPENDITURES
Government Money Put To
Good Use in State and
Value Received
By Staff Correspondent.

High Point, March 4.-State Treas
urer Charles M. Johnson today told
the Kiwanis club that North Caro-
lina's tax money is spent for absolute
ly necessary purposes and that every
expenditure is closely checked, "even
down to the smaller items.'
He termed Calamity howlers" those
who adopt the premise that "all gov
ernmental expenditure is an I'M
mitigated evil
at must always be remembered
that tax money is not lrreparaDly
lost" he said. "It is used to buy valu-
able goods and services, quite like any
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
TEN PERSONS HURT
IN BREWERY BLAST
Fire Follows Explosion in
Plant in Upper Section
of New York

New York, March 4-(AP)-The
Horton Brewery, in upper Manhattan,
was wrecked today by great blast
and fire in which at least ten were
known to have been injured.
Some IS minutes after the explosion
which occurred in a section of the
gaunt old building, devoted to boiler
space, it had not been ascertained
whether there were fatalities.
Ambulances screamed from the rop-
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
HELD FOR MURDER
THIRTY YEARS AGO
Rev. L. w. Fisk, Evangelist,
Taken in Oklahoma for
Stokes Officers

SHAWNEE, Okla, March 4.-(AP)-
Sheriff E. Evans said today an itine--
ant preacher held here identified him
self as L. w. Fisk, wanted in Stokes
county, N. c., for questioning in 30
year-old murder case.
Arrested at Seminole, where he was
conducting a. meeting, the man adj
mitted he was the one sought, but de-
MED knowledge of the Staying. Fisk's
home is at Maud, Okla, but he moved
there only recently, Evans said.
Evans said the arrest was made at
the request of Sheriff J. J. Taylor, of
Danbury, N. c., and he expected to
obtain further word there later.
WANTED FOR KILLING MAN
IN A FIGHT, SHERIFF SAYS
Danbury, March 4.-(AP)-Sheriff
]. ]. Taylor of Stokes county. said to-
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
CAROLINA co. BUYS
MIDDLESEX PHONES

Raleigh, March 4.-(AP)- Utilities
Commission officials said today final
arrangements were being made fol-
the purchase by the Carolina Tele-
phone Company of the Middlesex
Telephone Company. The price and
the date on which the transaction is
slated to be completed have not been
announced.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
W|NBORNE SCORES
ON POWER FRONTS
Rate Reductions Affecting
All Classes Should Help
In Election
Daily Dispatch Bureau.

Raleigh, March 4.-Without intmat-
ing IN the least that the moves were
made or timed with politics atore-
thought, it certainly may be said 1ha5
Stanley Winborne's chances of re-elec-
ton without serious opposition have
not been hurt by the fact that with
IN the short span of one month he has
announced power rate reductions py
each of the three major companies
and on each of the three main classes
OF electrical energy.
The utility commissioners latest an
nouncement was of a reduction IN the
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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
BOWERS WILL GET
OFFICE AS MAJOR

Raleigh, March 4.-(AP)-Captain
Claude T. Bowers, of Warrenton, COM
mander of Company B, 10th Infantry
National Guard, will go before an ex-
aiming board here today for promo
ton to major in command of the First
Battalion, 10th Infantry.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
GEORGE PEABODY,
BANKER, IS, PASSES

Warm Springs, Ca, March 4.-(AP)
George F. Peabody, IS, banker and
philanthropist, died at his winter
home here today.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
WEATHER

FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
Mostly cloudy, with rising tenn
perature tonight and Saturday;
some light rain or mist in ex-
treme north portion tonight.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-04
BabsOn Believes America
Is Automobile Saturated
Economist Says Motor Out ook Is Cloudy for Year or
More; Auto Prices One actor in Present Stagnated
Situation; Rental Cars Suggested

systems has resulted in increased
motor demand. AS the roads grew bet
ter and better, they created bigg er
demand for cars. These highway i'm
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-07
'RAMBLERS"
SET FOR SHOW

The Rambling Theater, oper-
ated jointly by the Community
Center Department and National
Capital Parks, will open its third
year with a performance at
Meridian Hill Park on July 7.
Children, under direction of the
Community Center Department,
will be the actors for the theater
on wheels, which will offer plays
at different Fairgrounds each af-
ternoon at 3 o'clock, except Satur.
day and Sunday, throughout the
summer
Last year average attendance at
plays was. 300, with almost as
many adults as children in the au-
diences.
Cooperating in the project are
the the Department of Education,
the Playground Depa m e n t,
Neighborhood House, the Y. w. c.
A., Girl Reserves, the Metropolitan
Police Boys Club. and the Christ
Child Society.
The Rambling Theater was built
on an Army truck obtained from
surplus property, under direction
of Albert Clyde Burton, chief Of
recreation of National Capital
Parks.
Hinged sides were attached to
the truck, which when extended
provide a stage 18 by % feet.
Stools, chairs, backdrops and SIM
pie settings were built.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-07
METROPOLIS VIEW

Metropolis View Citizens Asso-
citation, at a brief meeting last
night in Crosby Moves School,
urged construction of field houses
at Turkey Thicket and Edgewood
Park Fairgrounds.
President George E. Miller
named the following committee to
present the resolution to the Dis
trict Commissioners: William
Clement, Mrs. William Flincham,
Mrs. w. Harris, Mrs. T. j. Ash,
Mrs. Charlotte Walden, H. F.
Mericle and James E. Sherwood.
Marvin M. Mclean, president of
Brookland Citizens Association,
and Miss Sibyl Baker, supervisor
of District Fairgrounds, spoke.
Announcement was made of the
final meeting of the season of
the Brookland-Noyes P.-T.A. in the
Brookland School Thursday night,
at which newly elected officers
will be installed by the outgoing
president, Mrs. Robert j. Purcell,
METROPOLIS View, secretary,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-07

was casting from the seawall at
4 o'clock yesterday morning, before
he went to work, and he was back
again at 5 o'clock after work. He's
been doing that for 16 years. He
caught three bass last week, all of
them three-pounders. His daugh-
ter caught a two-pounder.
Permits to fish in the Basin
don't cost anything but application
for them must be made in writing.
All bass under 10 inches, all crap
pie under inches and all Dream
under inches must be thrown
back. Catches are limited to S
bass, S crappie, S Dream and IL
winter shad. Permits must be re-
newed every month. The season
extends from June to March 80.
Permits are issued at the National
Capital Parks Office in the In
terror Building.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-07
CHURCH LEAGUE.
ITO LAUNCH WAR.
ON COMMU NISM
Catholic Daughters
Drive on Sunday

The Convert League. Catholic
Daughters of America, through
its District of Columbia group, will
launch crusade against COM
munism Sunday under the leader
ship of the Rev. Francis P. Lyons,
esp.
A rally will be held Sunday eve
ming in the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart, Sixteenth st. and Park Rd.
N. W., which more than 1000 are
expected to attend.
NATIONAL PROGRAM
This is part of a national pro-
gram being sponsored in every
State during June under direction
of the Most Rev. William j. Hafey,
DID,. bishop of Scranton, national
chaplain of the C.D.A., and Miss
Mary c. Duffy, supreme regent of
the national organization.
Father Lyons, founder and ma
tional spiritual director of the
league, will address the meeting.
His subject will be "An Urgent
Message for a Wounded World"
Former rector of the Paulist Col
lege, Brookland, D. c., Father
Lyons will come to Washington
from San Francisco, where he has
been stationed the past few years.
The choir of st. Paul's College
here will sing. Benediction will
be celebrated by the Rev. James
M. Smyth, pastor of the Shrine
OF the Sacred Heart, assisted by
the Rev. DR.. John Heating Cart
wright, pastor of Immaculate Con-
ception Church, and the Rev. DR..
A. j. Burggraff. C. S. p, rector
of st. Paul'S College, Brookland.
RECEPTION TO FOLLOW
A reception for prominent
clergymen will follow the rally
in the Scored Heart School audi
torillm. Heading the receiving
line with Father Lyons will be
Miss Florence M. Winter, national
chairman of the Convert League;
Miss Josephine Walsh, grand re
gent of Court District of Column
bit, C. D. A.; Miss Augusta E.
Uhl, territorial deputy; DR.. Burg
graft, spiritual director of the
league in Washington, and DR..
Cartwright, chaplain of the local
branch of the C. D. A.
DR.. Cartwright and DR.. Burg
graft will speak briefly. The Con-
vert League committee will be
hostesses at the reception, and the
Catholic Daughters Glee Club. I'M
der the direction of Prof. Harry
x. Walsh, will sing.
Presiding at tea tables will be
the Misses Anne Doyle, Jennie
Sims, May Barrett, Dorothea Bar
Irett, Margaret Shannon and
Marie Creahen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-07
2 CITIZEN UNITS
OPPOSE JOINING
in JULY 4 FETE
Takoma, D. C., and
Manor Groups Meet
By A. J DRISCOLL
Citizens Association Editor

At a Joint meeting last night
the Citizens Association of Ia.
koma, D. c., and the Manor Park
Citizens Associations voted to
discontinue the custom of partici-
pating in a Fourth of July cele-
bration with groups from Mary
land, who insist the affair be
held in their territory.
At a brief business session of
the Takoma Park group, William
H. Parsons, coming committee
chairman, reported the coming
commission had refused to rezone
from A restricted, Highland Ave
nue., between Piney Branch Road
and Eighth Street Northwest.
THANKS TO FRAZIER
President w. C. Magathan told
OF efforts to have Eastern Avenue
extended from Laurel Avenue TO
New Hampshire Avenue and to
Blair Road.
A letter of appreciation was or
dered sent to Senator Lynn j.
Frazier, for appearing before the
Senate District Committee in de-
tense of the new coming bill.
Adjournment was ordered until
the first Monday in October.
MANOR PARK MEETING
Ernest H. Pullman, secretary of
D.
the original plans of the new Cal
vim Coolidge High School, author
lied at Fifth and Sheridan
Streets, would defer construction
and change the opening date from
September, 1899, until February,
1910.
The annual community supper
preceded the meeting, which was
held at the recreation center.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-07
D.C.COncerts
Begin June Is

The first Of a series of band
concerts at the World War Memo.
rial in Potomac Park will be on
the evening of June 10 by the
Army Band.
Concerts will be given three
times weekly throughout the sum,
mer, at 1880 p. m. The Army
Band will play Mondays, the Navy
Band Tuesdays, and the Marine
Band, Thursdays.
Community concerts, which will
be given at different parks, will
start the evening of June with
concert by the Elks Boys Band
at EdgeWood Playground, Lincoln
Road and Evarts st. N. E.
The Washington Gas Light Com
pany Band will play June % at
Montrose Park. Other bands in
the community concert program
are Chevy Chase Dairy, National
Training School for Boys, Metro
politan Police Boys Club and
LoeW'S Capitol Theater.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-07
Alumni Assn
HOnOrs Schmidt

The Library Science Alumni
Association of George Washing
ton University will give a dinner
tonight at the A. A. U. w. club
for Prof. Alfred F. W. Schmidt,
who is retiring after 80 years on
the G. w. faculty.
Prof. Schmidt came to Wash.
ington from Leland Stanford Uni
versity in 1902 and was employed
at the Congressional Library.
Three years later he became in
structor in German at G. W., aft
erwards becoming professor Of
library science.