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Evening star., 1939-05-28
|GoNoudet to Award SO
Degrees Next Saturday
Interest in College Increased by
18th Anniversary Ceremony

Thirty-six degrees Of varying ma
ture will be awarded as Gallaudet
College holds its annual commence
ment Saturday at $3.50 pm. in the
college chapel.
Some 10 of these will be honorary
awards, it was said, to outstanding
men of letters.
Earl ]. McGrath, specialist In
higher education of the American
Council on Education, will deliver
the address to the graduates.
The exercises probably will be the
largest in the history of the college,
which is this year celebrating the
18th anniversary of its founding
and more than 100 educators from
other colleges have indicated they
will be on hand for the event.
1t was just 70 years ago this June
that Melville Ballard, who entered
the college when it opened in 1864,
became the first student to get a
degree In course from the institu-
ton when he completed a special
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Rev. Henry ". Snyder
To Be BaccaIaureafe
Speaker 10 Law Class
Sermon to Be Heard
Next Sunday Evening
At St. PuuI's

The baccalaureate sermon for the
1889 graduating class Of Washing
ton College of Law will be deliv-
cred next Sunday evening at st.
Pauls Lutheran Church, Connecti-
cut avenue and Everett street, by
the Rev. Henry w. Snyder, pastor
of the church.
The services will be held at 8 pm.
and will be preceded by an aca-
demic procession into the chapel.
Members of the college board of
trustees, the faculty and the candi-
dates for degree will attend, the
services in a body in academic at
tire. The student body, alumni and
friends of the graduates are invited
to attend. The committee in charge
Of arrangements is composed Of
Fern A. Hassell, chairman, and
Margaret Heimiller.
On Wednesday the board of
trustees will hold its annual meet
ing at the college to authorize the
conferring of degrees upon the can
didates in the senior and post grad
uate class. DR.. Edwin c. Dutton,
president, will preside, and other
members to attend will include
John E. Laskey, DR.. Bessie Parker
Brueggman, Judge Mary O'Toole,
Miss Katharine R. Pike and Harry
G. Meem.
The annual luncheon given by
the woman members of the college
junior and freshman classes in
honor of the women receiving de-
grees this year will be held st the
Admiral Club on Saturday, June 8,
at 1:30 pm. The committee in
charge Of arrangements is composed
of the following members of the
class Of 1910: Margie M. Parrish,
Ora Smith, Catherine M. Smith,
Masinia Rulien and Carmen A.
Montes. Dean Grace Hays Riley
will be guest of honor and will
make short address.
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Mount Vernon Seminary
Closing Exercises Beqin

commencement week at Mount
Vernon Seminary and Junior Col
lege on Nebraska avenue began yes
terday morning with a memorial
service in the Elizabeth Somers
Chapel for Miss Jean Dean Cole,
former head mistress of the school,
whose association dated back to
1905 and was terminated only with
her death on April 81. The alumnae
reunion and the schools picturesque
daisy chain procession took place
yesterday afternoon.
Today at 5 pm. the baccalaureate
service will take place in the chapel
with sermon by DR.. j. Gillespie
Armstrong of Christ Church, George
town, followed at $50 pm. by the
cloister supper for parents of stu
dents who will graduate and by the
singing of class songs.
The graduating exercises of the
preparatory school will be held to-
Evening star., 1939-05-28

honor Mrs. Florence Rogers, super
vising principal, and Mrs. c. Costen-
bader, PIT. A. representative OF
the division.
Mrs. j. N. Saunders, former pres
ident of D. c. Congress of Parents
and Teachers and past president
of Edmonds-Maury PIT. A.. will
offer the invocation. Mrs. Rogers
will introduce each school princi-
pal, who will in turn introduce her
PIT. A. presidents.
Kenilworth School will furnish
flowers from their school garden.
The committee in charge of the
event will include Mrs. Walter c.
Jones, who will preside as general
chairman, assisted by Mrs. Alice
Manning, program chairman; Mrs.
Martin johnson, music chairman;
Mrs. N. Barbour, accompanist; Mrs.
E. Emmons, flower decorations; Mrs.
j. Kennedy, place cards; Mrs. w.
r. Floam, finance, and all PIT.
A. presidents of this division.
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{. u. Engineers
Will Award Plaque
To Outstanding Senior
-Four From District Are
In Contest for Silver
Trophy Given by Club

A silver plaque will be awarded
to the outstanding member of the
1899 graduating class of the Schoo
of Engineering and Architecture al
the annual banquet of the Engineers
Club, composed of engineering alum.
nj of Catholic University, Thurs
day at 7:30 pm. in the university
dining hall. The occasion will be
dedicated to the golden jubilee year
OF the university.
Contestants for the Engineers
Club plaque this year are Richard
E. Boss of 3019 Twenty fifth street
NE, graduate of Mckinley High
School; David w. Hedrick of 1885
Forty-fourth street NV, a graduate
of Swaverly Preparatory School;
Oscar w. B. Reed of 1901 Sixteenth
street NV, from Central High
School, and Paul Tarver of 1855
Calvert street NV, a graduate of
Western High School.
These men are selected from the
highest-ranking senior students in
the engineering school. At the con-
clusion of the banquet they will
compete in an oratorical contest,
with the members of the Engineers
Club voting on the merits of each
speaker The student with the high
est combined academic and orator.
ical record will receive the award.
Plaque on Display.
The plaque has been on disp.. y in
the lobby of Mcmahon Hall during
the last week. This event, started
four years ago by the local gradu-
ates of the School of Engineering and
Architecture, has become one of the
outstanding pre-commencement ac-
tivities of the university.
The club is composed of engineer
ing graduates of the university liv-
ing in the District. 1t has been
organized for four years and is
principally interested in building
up the School of Engineering and
Architecture and in finding employ
ment for its graduates.
DR.. Herbert Wright, head of the
department of politics at the uni
versity, has been appointed delegate
of the American Political Science
Association to attend the sesqui-
centennial celebration of George
town University.
DIR. Deferrari to Speak.
DR.. Roy j. Deferrari, secretary
general of the university, will speak
at the commencement exercises of
Immaculate Junior College on Sat-
urday at 10 o'clock. The subject of
his address will be THE American
Catholic College for Women"
Rev. DR.. Paul Furfey, associate
professor of sociology, will repre-
sent the university at Gallaudet
College at the annual commence
ment exercises on Saturday, June
3, at 3 pm.
Right Rev. Edward B. Jordan,
S. T. D., associate professor of ed
ucation, will deliver a paper at the
educational conference which will
be held in conjunction with the
commencement exercises of Loras
College in Dubuque tomorrow. DR..
Jordan has chosen Higher Catho-
lie Education in the United States"
for the subject of his paper.
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Christian Science
Lecture Tomorrow

A free lecture on Spiritual
Achievement Through the Under
standing of Christian Science" will
be delivered in First Church of
Christ, Scientist, Columbia road and
Euclid street NV, tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock by Miss Lucia C. Coul-
son, c. S. B., of London, England.
Miss Coulson is a member of the
Board of Lectureship of the mother
church, the First Church of Christ,
Scientist, in Boston. She will be in
troduced by Mr.. Henry E. Manghum,
first reader of First Church, which
sponsors this lecture.
Evening star., 1939-05-28

morrow at $3.50 pm, to be followed
by the reception to the fourth form
graduates and their friends. On
tuesday at II am. will come the
senior class exercises, to be followed
by class luncheons at / pm. On
Tuesday evening the music and
drama departments of the school
will unite in the performance of an
operetta, I'm Mozart's Time" by
Mary Lichthardt.
The graduating exercises will take
place Wednesday morning at 1890
O'Clock with an address by DR..
Virginia Gildersleeve, dean of Bar
nard College.
Evening star., 1939-05-28

fourth annual
get together din
ner for the Sixth
Division of the
public schools,
June S at Gas
pm. at the Con-
tinental Hotel.
Pr n C i p ais,
past principals,
presidents and
past presidents
of the Parent
Teacher Associ-
ations of the 20
schools in the
Sixth Division
will meet, to
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SummerCourses

Paul ]. Leverone, principal of
Columbia Tech Institute, announces
that classes in drafting, commercial
art and building construction blue
print reading and estimating de-
partments will continue through the
summer months.
Evening star., 1939-05-28

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas H. Jones,
residents of Cherrydale, Va,
for more than Is years, who
observed their fiftieth wedding
anniversary Thursday with a
dinner at the Shoreham Hotel,
given by their four children.
Harris & Ewing Photo.
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Sixth Schools Division
To Dine June 5

Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi-
dent OF the Board of Education
and member of the Wheatley P. T.
A., will be guest speaker at the
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
KNOXVILLE COLLEGE
QUARTETTE TONIGHT

The Henderson Institute tonight
will present the Knoxville College
quartette at o'clock in the audi
forum of the Institute, it was an
nounced today by DR.. j. A. Cotton,
principal. The musicians repre-
sent Knoxville College, Knoxville,
Tenn. They have travelled in many
parts of the country, and have been
we'll received in both the North and
South, it is stated. Tonight's pro-
gram will include many of the fav-
orite Negro spirituals, and those
who enjoy Negro spirituals are in
vited to attend and enjoy the pro-
gram.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Members OF Theft Gang
And Burglar Defendant
Sent To The Penitentiary
Falkners and Others Plead Guilty in Series OF
Robberies; Now Face Trial in Other Counties;
Albert Crews Gets Term in Burglary Case

! have been the first to talk and to
have given clues to officers that en-
abled them to fasten the crimes on
the others and resulting in their adj
missions Of guilt.
The gang has operated in other
counties, according to officers, and
now faces trial in four other coun-
ties on similar charges.
In mid-afternoon, the court was
trying Isaiah Rice, Negro, charged
with assaulting Edith Meadows,
Negress, with a deadly weapon. He
appealed from a judgment in police
court. in which he received 80 days
on the roads.
Cases against Roger and Bonnie
Falkner, Franklin county men, in all
but two of which they pleaded guilty
and being found guilty in that one,
were as follows:
Theft of 220 pounds Of tobacco last
December 2, 1888, from U. j. Par
to eight years in States Prison.
Theft of 400 pounds of tobacco
December 2, 1888, from w. ]. Par
rott; five to eight years in States
Prison, sentence to run concurrent
ly with the previous one.
Theft Of 1900 pounds of tobacco
October 80, 1888, from Frank FL
lington's farm, two to five gears in
the penitentiary, time to begin at
the expiration of the other terms
Theft of automobile tires from F.
o. Calcutt January IL, 1889, two to
five years, to run concurrently with
the Others In this case they were
found guilty by jury.
Theft January 10, this year, OF
two cases of cigarettes from Sea-
board Air Line railroad cars, two to
four years in State Prison, to begin
at expiration Of previous sentences.
Theft of an automobile wheel,
tire and six chickens January II,
1889, from M. c. Currin. Pleas of
mole contendere were entered in
this case, and sentences of five to
ten years were imposed to begin at
the expiration of the others, but to
be suspended for five years on con-
dition that no criminal law is vio-
lated during the period.
One year to two years were the
sentences in three separate cases
against James Daniel, all being in
volved with the Falkners. In two of
them the terms are successive,
making not less than two and not
more than four years. In one of
the cases the sentence was concur
rent with TIE others.
In another case, Daniel was given
five to ten years in the penitentiary,
this one to be suspended for five
years on condition he violate no
criminal law during the period. He
entered plea of guilty.
Penn Clements, involved in two
cases with the Falkners, was given
six months in Jail in each, the terms
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
THREE CASES TRIED
MUNICIPAL COURT

Three cases were tried in city
court today before Mayor Henry T.
Powell all of them of minor ma
ture.
Jamie Macon, Negro, was guilty
of being drunk, and was fined 81
and costs.
Clyde Short, guilty of being drunk
and disorderly, and was given the
choice of 80 days or paying a fine
of 81 and costs. ".
Mamie Cook and Alice Jones,
Negro women, were guilty of cursing
and abusing Gertrude Foster, and
each was given 80 days, commitment
not to issue upon payment of the
costs and showing good behavior for
the next two years.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10

Members of a gang of thieves
nleaded guilty in Vance Superior
Court today to various robbery
charges and drew varying sentences
in States Prison, while one Negro
in no way connected with these
cases. submitted to second degree
burglary and was sentenced 10
States Prison for five 20 seven years.
He had been charged with burglary
and attempted rape.
Roger and Bonnie FalNner were
given aggregate sentences OF nlne 10
seventeen years each in SIN cases.
In three cases James Daniel drew
one to two years in the penitentiary.
Penn Clements was given SIN months
in the county jail in two cases, the
terms running concurrenty, ana
Bonnie Nicholson was given not less
than twelve and not more than tWen-
ty-four months after pleading guilty
! none case. Ernest Richardson, 13-
year-old boy, who had worked for
the FalknerS. was remanded to the
juvenile court for handling. Glenn
ents and Richardson are Negroes, the
others white
The gang pleaded guilty to a half
dozen or more thefts OF tobacco,
meat. automobile and accessories and
cigarette robberies in this county
They now face theft charges also in
Warren, Granville, Person and
Sampson counties.
Crews was charged with entering
the w. L. Scoggins home on An
drews avenue at night. and admit
ted guilt. He was indicted for first
degree burglary and attempted rape,
but when the State had offered its
evidence in the case, counsel for the
defendant submitted a plea of Sec
ond degree burglary, which was ac-
cepted by the State. He was sent
to States Prison for not less than
five and not more than seven years.
Judge w H. S. Burgwyn, presid-
ing at this term of criminal court,
sentenced the theft gang today after
taking of testimony which consum-
ed several days. Ernest Richardson,
the Negro lad in the case, is said to
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
FORMER RESIDENT
INJURED IN NORFOLK

Mrs. Maggie Clark Bailey, IS, Of
ia East Sixteenth street, Norfolk,
Va, sustained a broken nose in an
auto wreck near Norfolk recently, it
was learned here today
Mrs Bailey was riding with her
son, William Bailey, at the time of
the accident. A light automobile in
which they were riding was in col
lision with a truck. The truck driver
was held for court action.
Mrs. Bailey and her son are for
mer residents Of Henderson.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Roosevelt to Ask
Again for Further
Huge Relief Grant
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Continued From Page One)
which ordinarily prevail in January
and February.
AS of January 3, the President con-
tinued. he had expected that about
100000 persons would be cut off re-
lief rolls by July /, the beginning
of the new fiscal year. Since there
are 3,850,0O0 either on the rolls or
on waiting lists, he explained, the
total as of July l should be around
3,550,000.
The President, meanwhile, sum-
moned members of the House Appro-
priations subcommittee to the White
House to discuss his forthcoming re-
quest for additional money for WPA.
Baseballs hit in spring training
go farther than they do in the regu-
lar season, because of the cooler
weather, say scientists. That's no
help, because they don't count.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page Four

l. Name the queen who had the
longest reign in English history.
2. In astronomy, what is the third
sign of the zodiac?
3. Do tuna fish have scales?
4. Who is Fascism's chief newspaper
spokesman in Italy?
5. Name the city with the largest
population in North Carolina.
6. What is the plural of forum?
Z. OF which South American coun-
try is Oswaldo Aranha the For
eign Minister?
8. What is the monetary unit of
Denmark?
9. Which State in the Union extends
farthest north?
10. What is a cenotaph?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
COURT OF HONOR IS
SET FOR TONIGHT

A Boy Scout Court of Honor will
be held tonight at 7:45 o'clock at the
Episcopal Parish House in conjunc-
ton with meeting of the district
committee, and scout troops.
All members of the court, district
committeeman and scouts were urg-
ed to attend the session.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Further Gain
For Cotton

New York, March 10.-(AP)-
Cotton futures opened four to seven
points up on higher Liverpool cab
les, trade covering, Wall Street and
spot house buying. BY the end of
The first hour trading quieted down,
but the list remained steady at net
advances of four to six points. To-
ward midday futures maintained
their stcadness, and prices were
three to six points higher.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
NOTICE TO CREDJTORS

Notice is hereby given that ! b.uo
qualified before the Clerk Of tSo
Superior Court of Vance County nc
Administrator of the Estate of EssiS
Davis Chisholm, deceased and all No.
sons having claims against said d.
cedent are hereby notified to exhih;t
them to me, duly verified, at nv Of
flee in the Law Building, Henderson
North Carolina on or before Februar,
II, 1910, or this notice will be pleadoS
in bar Of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said d.
cedent are hereby notified to mal,o
immediate payment to the undersian
ed.
This February 10, 1889.
]. H. BRIDGERS
Administrator of the Estate &c
Essie Davis Chisholm. deceased
Pittman, Bridgers & Hicks,
Attorneys at Law,
Henderson, N. G..
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Union Chapel Has
Special Service On
Sunday Afternoon

There will be Thankoffering SER
vice at Union Chapel Methodist Pro-
testant church, Sunday afternoon,
March 49,, at 8 O'Clock. Young Peo-
pies Day will & also be observed.
There will be special music and R.
ID. Huff, a member of the local
church, will be the main speaker.
The public is cordially invited.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
N. C.. State Speaker

Raleigh, March 1O.-Dr. P. H. Grog-
gins OF Washington, senior chemist
with the United States Department
OF Agriculture, will speak at State
College March IA on Examination by
Ammonolysis," under auspices of the
North Carolina section of the Ameri-
can Chemical Society.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10

to run concurrently. He pleaded
guilty in both.
Bonnie Nicholson, also involved
with the Falkners in one case,
pleaded guilty and was given IL to
"a months on the public roads.
Ernest Richardson pleaded guilty
to all charges against him, but be-
ing a minor of only 13 years of age,
was remanded to the county's juve-
nile court to be dealt with.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Stocks Slow
After Gains

New York, March 1O.-(AP)-Ef-
forts to pump rallying fuel into
the stock market met with only mild
success today. While many issues
managed to post new highs for the
year in early dealings, the list later
conceded most of its gains, running
to point or SO, and near the fourth
hour prices were without definite
trend. The pace was slow compared
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
Students At Pitt
Protest Sutherland
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statement by self-styled student
spokesman" said the pupils were ex-
pressing disagreement over the cad
ministrative policy" of the univer-
sity, and that it was mot football
matter"
Some of the signs carried by the
strikers, however, protested the re-
signation of Sutherland.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10

Deed Recorded - Sherwood H
Cheatham sold Mmos c.. Cheatham
$50 acres of land in Watkins town.
ship for $40 and considerations in
the only realty transfer filed with
the Vance Registry yesterday.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
AROUND TOWN

Get Marriage License-Alvin Ell
lington Williams and Jewel Clark,
both of Henderson, secured license
to wed at the Vance Registry office
yesterday.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10

News item: "New York Worlds
Fair officials estimate more than
100000 hot dog sandwiches will
be consumed there this summer"
What? No hamburger on bun with
pickle and chill sauce?
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1939-03-10
FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1889

This is the toughest of all months
Comes in like a lion, is supposed TO-
go out like lamb-and in the na;S "
die is the income tax collector '''N'-
Evening star., 1939-06-28
Fishing Reports

susouehanna River at Conowinso Dam, Dam
Capt Paul syeisart-TailIb Faint catShes ons water
Old Rock Run Mil ILL., Capt c., tiny ", t.st M
ExPein Peint sPIe peasant and Brielle, N: J-smal
nuke plentiful both in river ana on s sn9ie, re
Quite few striped pass taken if0m 'A'
Wildwood. N. j.. Capt, Robert Pierpont
'eiBs Bovels @ads Beach. s0 pel CAPT " Y steven
son--1mprovement IN WeaIner aaLers and troi,t
tonrsir l.14s etsss Catches made Of 800 trout and
oassn c,S Rst'fs Md n0s Crawford
Marlin season open, here now. Large
trout: blues pe5sies ana md sea capt pass Louis
.syRRseTwroHardheads sRsTroHHS hSn still as plentiful as
ever. A few rock being taseh ehsr, alsH; rss
froiling with bug-eye feathalures Taking
from 30 to 1S5 ,ia per S.nt boaI1 Harry WOODBURY.
Best eatehss of the expected IN next
10 days. Now taking from 100 to zoo
eroakers: 5;lo rock per TRIP trpi y e Elliott
-This fi Week Started slow but now taking
some GOOD catches Of laTee pt STSaksec WateI chesel
d,nsMe,ood vee S'naS Catches hes Of rock being taken
ssa sSa sshes s0eq o r Gsm9
and trout this week. Outlook good
Crisfeld, Md. Capt. William G. Holland
Fair catches Of croakers. trout and king
Wachapreague Va. A. H. g. Mears-
Recent catches here we're: Trout. kings
channel bass and shark.
Cape Charles, va. Capt. Bryan Travis
Last trip out took eight channel bass and
14O trout and blues, Outlook good;
Gloucester Point Va. Capt. T. 8. Clop-
tonSTakino croakers by the barrel. Also
q few bonita.
Chincoteague Va. Stanley NJ burlington
-Taking weakfish from Q to 12 pounds of
shore Several marlin sighted. Also school
Wanchese. N. c.. Capt wayland Baum
THOUSANDS Of small blues are here at Ore
ron Inlet Catches running from 200 to
400 per boat Also q few mackereL