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Evening star., 1939-10-28
Edison Stresses
Need for Stronq
u. 5. Navy
Action Abroad Is
Observed to Learn
Of Building Needs

This country's need for "a Navy to
preserve the peace-a Navy so
strong and so efficient that no for
eign power would deliberately and
premeditatedly attack the United
States"-was stressed by Acting Sec
retary of the Navy Edison in Navy
Day address broadcast nationally
last night.
There has been nothing bellicose
in the celebration" he said, no
taunts to other powers and no boast
ing of the might of the United
States" He added: I'VE shall bend
every effort to keep out of the con-
f1ict. We shall concentrate our ef-
forts on the preservation of Amer
ican neutrality"
Long Building Holiday.
Pointing out that this country
alone, of all the major naval powers,
had naval building holiday be-
tween 1922 and 1888, Mr.. Edison said
Of the present intensive construction
program:
The shipbuilding industry had
deteriorated from disuse for II years.
There was little opportunity for the
na.al architect in those years; ex-
pert technicians of ship constructors
had gone in other fields, shipwrights
and skilled labor had turned to in
dustry. All these handicaps had to
be overcome. This We have accom-
plished and are now commissioning
our ships on time, many ahead of
time. They are unsurpassed by any
Warships in the world and are
. adapted to fulfill their mission in
the American plan of self-defense.
Observing Naval Action.
I'VE are observing as closely al
possible all phases of naval action
in the present conflict. We shall
make meticulous examination OF
each type, on the surface. under the
surface and in the air. This study
and evaluation will be made with
an open mind. For the officers who
may fight our ships want the best
in types and design.
ITO date nothing has happened
abroad to change our minds as to
the policy that we have pursued
namely, homogeneous surface
fleet, with battleships as its back
bone, supported and defended by a
strong sea air arm Should time
and actual results alter this con-
ception of a ll-balanced fleet,
then the Navy will hasten to con-
form to the lessons of experience. ,
Thousands attended morning and
afternoon drills and maneuvers on
Navy Day at the Marine Barracks
and ceremonies at the monuments
of John Paul Jones and Commodore
John Barry.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Baltimore Judge Holds
Grid Pools illegal
By the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 28.-Football
pools, which pay off at certain odds
for picking successful winners, were
ruled illegal yesterday by Criminal
Court Judge Emory H. Niles.
He voiced the opinion during trial
Of Jack Dolgoff and Harry Asner on
charges of violating the State gam
ing laws. Police officers said they
found football pool tickets in their
possession.
Both were acquitted when Judge
Niles held they were improperly
charged in the indictment.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Knee-Hi Is Guest
OF Trade Boards
Traffic Committee
Dr.. Brunson Tells
Of Idea Thut Led to
Teaching Pupils Safety

Nearly go members of the Board
of Trades Traffic Committee turned
out yesterday for a luncheon in
honor of Knee-Hi, the Stars little
safety terrier, at Harvey's Restau-
rant.
Il want to see this dog" one
member was overheard to remark.
"Her picture is hung all over my
house"
Tells of Idea.
After a luncheon, during which
Knee-Hi sat in "a chair facing
Chairman P. Y. K. HOWat and her
teacher, DR.. George E. Brunson, DR.
Brunson related the circumstances
which led him to believe that a dog
would be an appealing means of
traffic safety instruction. DR.. Brun-
son pointed out that safety could be
brought home to older pupils by
lectures and because Of their own
experience in learning to drive cars
The appeal to the children of ele-
mentary school age, he added, has
to be different.
Knee-Hi then did a few things DR.
Brunson told her to do to show she
understood him and ended by sing
ing her safety song"
Performs for Pupils.
Earlier she had appeared in a
demonstration before more than TOO
children of the Amidon and Fair
brother-Rossell Schools at Seventh
and E streets SW.
The dog is presented by The Star
with the cooperation of the Board
of Education, the Police Depart
ment and the Department of Vehi-
cles and Traffic. Yesterdays dem
onstration was arranged with the
cooperation of Miss D. A. Cook
principal Of the Fairbrother -Rossell
and Miss M. H. Stqhlman, prin-
cipal Of the Amidon School. It was
Knee-Hi's last program of the week,
announced, as usual, by Jack Dalton
and Bill Tobin.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Field Mass Planned
At Aquiu Tomorrow

The tenth annual field mass will
be offered tomorrow morning at
Ancient Brent Cemetery, Aqua, Va,
For Peace Among Nations" The
Rev. Arthur j. Taylor, director for
the Society for the Propagation Of
the Faith in Virginia, will celebrate
the mass at II o'clock.
The Rev. Thomas E. O'Connell,
pastor of st. Paul's Catholic Church,
Richmond, Va, will deliver the ser.
mon. Music will be furnished by
the ladies choir Of st. Peters
Church.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Legion Auxiliary Plans
lnstuIIution TONIGHT

Installation of officers of the
American Legion Auxiliary, Post No
%, of Takoma Park, Md, will fea-
ture a joint meeting of the auxiliary
and the Takoma Legion Post to-
night at $3.50 o'clock in the Fire
Hall. Dancing will follow.
Mrs. Margaret Shallenberger
State president of the auxiliary, and
James B. Fitzgerald, State com.
mander of the Legion, will head q
group of Legion officials attending
The officers will be installed by Mrs
Mary Shields of Takoma Park, vice
president Of the Southern Maryland
District.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Heads Kiwunis Club

MANASSAS, Va, Oct % (Spe-
ciaD ID. J. Arlington has been
elected president of the Manassas
kiwanis Club. Other officers are:
Frank Sigman, vice president; L.
Ledman, treasurer, and A. A. Hooff
G. R. Ratcliffe, the Rev. R. M.
Graham, the Rev Father j. ]. Wild
mer, Hunton Tiffany. Albert Rose
berry and r. c. Hayden, directors.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Citrus By-Products

By-products from citrus crops now
include concentrated juices, canned
fruit, wine, vinegar, stock feed,
marmalade, ices, citric acid, lime
citrate, lemon vinegar citric pectine,
and essential oils.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Explorer Too Lute

The British explorer, r. F. Scott,
reached the South Pole in 1912,
only to find marker showing that
it had been discovered by Roald
Amundsen the year before.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Traffic Record

The traffic record as revealed
at police headquarters for a.
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 40.
Motorists injured, 8.
Motorists arrested, 400.
Pedestrians injured, 3.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control
regulations, none.
Evening star., 1939-10-28

wide and estimated the colored man
had been struck about so feet from
the alleys E street entrance.
The time: About 2:45 pm,
Wednesday, October 25..
Weather conditions: Clear.
The street: Dry.
The vehicle: A one-and-a-half
ton truck. used mostly 70. deliver
Evening star., 1939-10-28

ice. The brakes were tested by police
who found them to be In good con-
dition.
The driver: A N-year-old man
with 10 years driving experience
and no previous accident record.
Coroner's jry verdict: Held for Po-
lice Court under the Negligent HON.
icide Act.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Io7.!.sT.

Diagram shows how 65yearold colored fatally
injured when struck truck backing alley running
north from the 1000 block of street NV X marks where
the victim picked up He died shortly after being taken
Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1939-10-28
Why Must They Die? No. 70 Time s' Last .''. Yse%7 ,03
One OF Series of Facua Analyses OF D. c. Traffic Fataies

Analyses OF the 9Th, 10Th and
32d fatalities haze not been pub
Hshed, pending completion OF
official Investigations. The first
tUo mentioned Were hit run
cneoe
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Fairfax Elementary
Forms Boys Club
special pispatch to The Star.

special DISPATCH 10 Inc Star.
FAIRFAX, Va. Oct. 14.-A Boys
Club, branch of the Student Gov
ernment Association, has been
formed at Fairfax Elementary
School, with Terry Shugars, presi-
dent. The purpose of the organi-
cation is to assist in various school
activities.
Other officers of the group include
Maxwell Jones, vice president; Syl-
vester Dove, jr., secretary, and Mon
cure Smith, treasurer. Committee
chairmen have been selected as fol-
lows:
Thomas Jenkins, tennis and volley
ball; Stewart Fox, jumping pits;
Chester Robertson, baseball throw;
Bruce Carr. baseball diamond;
Wayne Fincen, racing; Phillip
Harris, football; James Whit,
grounds improvement; Garnett Kid
well, auditorium; Moncure Smith,
flag; George White, host; Frank
Blake, paint: Francis Davis. kitch-
en-; Robert Merchant, walters, and
Rudolph Layman, basketball.
The Student Government Associa-
toin has completed it's organization
with the election Of Bruce Carr, vice
president, and Betty Mae Alder,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Expedition Gets No Light
On Folsom Mans Appearance

DR.. r. H. H. Roberts, jr., Of the
Smithsonian Bureau OF American
Ethnology, who has just returned
to Washington after four months
archaeological work at the famous
Lindenmeier site in Northern Colo
RADIO, says the appearance of the
Folsom Man still remains a COM
plete mystery.
Particular effort was made to find
skeletal remains during DR.. Rob-
erts' field work at the Lindenmeier
site, where many evidences of the
existence of the Folsom Man have
been uncovered during the last five
years, but no bones were uncovered,
according to the Smithsonian.
However, the expedition did bring
to light several new types of some
knives and scrapers, as we'll as bone
beads, which had never before been
found in Folsom deposits. The
scientists believe the knives and
scrapers, which are two or three
times larger than those found be-
fore, probably were used for dress
ing the hides Of large bison.
Biologists who have studied the
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Brother Of bergdoII
Enters Battle Over
Somerset Property
Asks to Be Substituted
For Mother in Suit
To Recover Truct
b . stafY Correspondent Of The star.

- Btan Correspondent OF Tne Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, Oct. IA
Charles A. Brawn, brother Of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, World War
draft dodger now serving q prison
sentence, today entered the court
battle over q 100000 piece Of prop
erty on Wisconsin avenue in SOM
erset.
In q petition filed in Montgomery
County Circuit Court, he asked to be
substituted for Mrs. Emma c. Berg
doll, his mother. as plaintiff in the
suit to recover title to the 132-acre
tract, which was assessed IL years
ago for $290,0 and Is estimated
to be worth today between $500 600
and 81 ,000, 900. He was granted per-
mission by q Pennsylvania court
several years ago to change his name
from Bergdoll to Brawn.
Mrs. Bergdoll named her daugh-
in-law, Mrs. Berta Bergdoll, de-
fendant in a suit to recover title to
the land which she said she had con-
veyed as trustee and not as pur-
chaser. Mrs. Berta Bergdoll, wife
of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, con-
tended the conveyance was an actual
purchase and that on April l, 1898
she had paid $95, 900 for the prop
erty.
The legal battle over the prop
erty revealed the first indication that
the World War draft dodger in
tended to return to this country to
stand trial for the charges pending
for more than decade. The Fidelity
Mutual Life Insurance Co., which
held judgment from Phfladelphis
court for $l05,000 against Mrs
Emma c. Bergdoll, filed a writ OF
attachment against it. Subsequently
$4,000 was paid and a judgment
for the balance, approximately $780,
600, was sold to q Charles j. Kraus
Of Philadelphia, who sought to have
the tract sold at sheriff's sale last
January. In her petition to have
the sale restrained at that time
Mrs. Berta Bergdoll, then in Ger
many presumably with her husband
said she expected to return to thi,
country in April to reside perma-
nently."
The property lies on the west side
OF Wisconsin avenue a few blocks
north Of the District line.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
400 Alumni Return
To Mark Centennial
Of Episcopal High
Old Boys Association
Holds Banquet;
Memorial Service Today
BY . stan Correspondent of The Star.

BY stan Correspondent OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. "A
More than 400 alumni from over the
United States gathered here tonight
to celebrate the centennial of the
Episcopal High School in Virginia.
Special memorial services will be
held tomorrow, the date of the an
niversary, with the Rev. A. L. King
solving, rector of Trinity Church,
Boston, delivering the sermon.
Tonight's gathering was the ban
quet .of the Old Boys Association
and brought together graduates,
many of whom are leaders in their
professions. John Stewart Bryan.
president of William and Mary
College, who attended the Episcopal
High School from 1886 to 1889, was
the toastmaster.
The guest of honor, who recalled
many of the earliest incidents con-
nected with the institution, was r.
Walton Moore of Fairfax, counselor
for the State Department, who at
tended the school from 1872 to 1877.
Mr.. Moore recalled that his family
was impoverished by the Civil War
and that he was brought to the
school by his father in a springless
blackboard wagon. After outlining
the high lights of his connections
with the school, including his pres
ent position as trustee. he referred
briefly to the war in Europe. He
said This is a wild world today,
as we'll know from the cables that
reach my desk each day. But let
us in this country not despair; it is
for us to look ahead"
The first speaker introduced was
Norborne Berkeley, of Bethlehem,
Pa, assistant to the president of the
Bethlehem Steel Corp. Mr.. Berkeley
attended the school from 1907 to
1910. He praised the type of man
hood that is developed there
Other speakers were DR.. John M.
Blackford, surgeon of Seattle, Wash,
who attended from 1897 to 1905: the
Rev. Arthur B. Kingsolving, II. dean
of Long Island Cathedral, New York
City; Joseph Bryan, III. son of the
president of William and Mary; Will
liam A. R. Goodwin, jr., head
monitor of the school, and the Right
Rev. H. St. George Tucker, presiding
Bishop of the Episcopal Church, and
president of the Board of Trustees
of the school, A centennial ode was
read by Willoughby Reade, school,
master since 1894. All are former
students
Dr. Archibald Hoxton, present
principal of the institution, was ac-
claimed by the POSTMASTER and the
guests at the banquet.
Vocal selections were furnished by
the student body and by the glee
club.
Many of the former students saw
their alma mater defeat Randolph
Macon Academy in football game
on the local athletic field this after
noon. The score was 40 to O.
At the memorial services today
the following will assist the Rev.
Mr.. Kingsolving: DR.. w. E. Rollins,
dean of the Virginia Theological
Evening star., 1939-10-15

timore. His presence was discovered
when the train stopped ut Laurel
and the brakeman chased him along
for a while, apprehended him. Or
dered the train stopped and threw
Johnson of. When the train
started up again, there was john
son. So they stopped the train
again and booted him of. Once
more on the move, the brakeman
caught johnson and ordered the
train stopped again. They got him
of successfully, but when the train
started for Washington, there was
johnson. This time the train crew
went into consultation and put
johnson under arrest. When the
train. arrived In Washington, away
OF schedule, johnson was turned
over to the local police.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
B|ue.Gray Division
AsksCongress Ban
Communist Party
Germun-Americon Bund
Also Assoi!ed by
Veterans Group
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., Oct. 14.-More
than 1000 members of the 29th
(Blue and Gray Division Associa-
ton called on Congress today to
outlaw the Communist party and
the German-American Bund.
Former Gov. Harold G.. Hoffman
Of New Jersey led speakers in de-
nouncing un-American "isms" and
calling on the World War veterans
to wipe out these subversive ele-
ments in our Nation"
The convention then adopted
resolution asking Federal legislation
to punish organizations or indi-
viduals who advocate the overthrow
OF our Government by force, fraud
or violence, or who seek to promote
race or religious prejudices."
1--WE also urge" said the resolu-
ton, that the Communist party in
America be outlawed as we'll as such
other parties as the German-Amer-
ican Bund that preach and practice
un-American doctrines and ideals"
Richard c. O'Connell of Balti-
more was elected national COM
mander. Named vice commanders
to represent the political divisions
from which 29th Division troops
came we're: L. L. Childs, Balti-
more; Horace Mccoy, Norfolk, Va;
Charles Hoffman, Newark; Milton
E. Groome, Washington, and Carl
Anderson, Middletown, Conn.
William C. Nicklas of Baltimore
was elected adjutant; Russell P.
Freeman, Washington, finance Sec
retary; the Rev. Michael Corr, New
ark, chaplain; Arthur Smith, New
ark, Judge advocate, and Harold A.
Content. New York, welfare officer.
Named to the Executive Commit
tee were: Paul Jensen, Kearney,
N. j.; Guy Hare, Baltimore; Charles
F. Krause, Hampton, Va; Carl E.
MCGOWAN, Washington, and H. D.
Jones, Graham, N. c.
Evening star., 1939-10-15

Lindenmeier site place the Folsom
deposits in the last glacial period,
usually considered to be from 12,-
900 to $4,000 years ago. Evidence
already found shows the Folsom
Man was a hunter, depending en-
tirely on the herds of bison and
other large animals Of the period.
Failure Of the expedition to find
human bones may be explained in
several ways, Smithsonian officials
said. One suggestion is that the
dead may have been cremated, but
DR.. Roberts does not think this
likely because the long-burning
wood necessary for this purpose was
scarce in the region. Another pos
sibility is that the dead may not
have been buried but dragged away
from camp and left for the wolves
and other wild animals, a practice
occasionally noted among primitive
peoples. In this event, the bones
would have become widely scat
tered.
DR.. Roberts believes that arche-
ologists simply have not yet had the
luck to dig in the right places to
uncover human skeletons.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
| Persistence Puts
Playful Traveller
| In PoIiceHonds

Ralph johnson of the U. s. A.,
age and address unknown, called by
police an itinerant, gummed up
the Observation-Disclosures railroad
schedule Friday afternoon just
before the races were over by hop
ping on and getting bounced of .
train several times. Yesterday morn
Ing, after hearing the evidence, Po-
lice Court Judge Walter Casey held
johnson for investigation.
1t seems that johnson, bound for
nowhere and anxious to get there
IN q hurry, got on the train at Bal
Evening star., 1939-10-15


recommended a candidate to fill
the vacancy and Attorney General
Frank Murphy is considering the
nomination. This is the first resig-
nation of one of Mr.. Pines as
sistants in year and q half.
Mr.. Boyd, who is 80 years old,
joined the District attorneys staff
in 1885. Among the suits in which
he represented the Government
were those against the Group Health
Association, the suit brought by
Oberlin M. Carter, former Army
officer who sought to have his court
martial set aside; the suit brought
by the National Conference on Le-
galizing Lotteries against Postmas-
ter General James A. Farley and
the suit brought against the Sec
retary of the Navy by the Inter-
national Trading Corp. to obtain
a contract for the Nays purchase
of teakwood.
Mr.. Boyd is an honor graduate of
the Georgetown University College
Of Arts and Law School. He once
served as secretary to former At
torney General Homer S. Cummings.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Ford Sterling Funeral
To Be Held Tuesday

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 14-Funeral
services for Ford Sterling, 55, vet
eran film comedian who died last
night, will be held Tuesday.
Meanwhile an autopsy was ordered
to determine whether the immediate
cause of death was thrombosis, from
which he had been suffering, or a
heart attack. His left leg was am
putated in August.
Mr.. Sterling. whose real name was
George F. Stitch, was first circus
performer, then in vaudeville and in
1912 was brought to the movies by
Mack Sennett to play with Charlie
Chaplin and Mabel Norman.
His widow, Actress Teddy Samp-
son, survives.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Church Elects Officers

ASHTON, Md, Oct. IA (SpeciaD
The Missionary Aid Society of the
Ashton Methodist Church elected
the following officers at meeting
at the home of Mrs. Herbert Cuff,
Ashton: Mrs. Granville j. Thomp-
son, president; Mrs. Warner Thomp-
son, first vice president; Mrs. Flor
ence Wetherald, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Helen Dantz. secretary;
Mrs. Catherine Daley, treasurer.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
D. A. V. to Get Trophy

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. IS (Spe-
ciaD aD.-Alexandria Chapter, Dis
abled American Veterans, will re-
ceive the Department of Virginia
Membership trophy tomorrow night
during meeting in the George
Mason Hotel. Reports of officers and
delegates to the State and national
conventions and nominations of ON
GERS for the year also are on the
agenda.
Evening star., 1939-10-15

principally in
the defense of
civil suits against
Government de-
partments a n d
cabinet officers.
He Is to be as
81 &C i a t e d with
the law firm of
Hogan g. Hart
son, of W h / c h
Frank J. Hogan,
past president of
t he American
Bar Association,
is the head.
Mr.. Pine said
Evening star., 1939-10-15
CherryduIe PIT. A. Forum

An open forum on the Problems
Of the Cherrydale School" will be
conducted by the Cherrydale (va.)
School Parent Teacher Association
8 pm. tomorrow Col S. Gordon
Greene will preside. Mrs. r. L. Fal.
ger and G. E. Batschelet will repre-.
sent the parents and Miss Elizabeth
Beale and Miss Lenor Thomas the
teachers in the discussion.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Howard Body Quits Post
As Assistant j. ). Attorney

Assistant United States Attorney
Howard Boyd is resigning to enter
private practice, it was announced
yesterday by District Attorney David
A. Pine.
Mr.. Boyd has been engaged
Evening star., 1939-10-15

Backlogs OF airplane manufactur-
ers on the Pacific Coast now total
$10O, 900 900. -.
Evening star., 1939-10-15

OLD BOYS DINE-The Right
Rev. st. George Tucker, pre-
siding bishop of the Episco-
pal Church, and John Stewart
Bryan, president of William
and Mary College.
R. Walton Moore, counselor
of the State Department.
Star Staff Photos.
Evening star., 1939-10-15

Seminary: the Rev. R. B. Nelson,
rector of Christ Church, Winchester,
Va: the Rev. A. M. Blackford,
rector of st. Johns Church, Jack
sonville, Fla; the Rev. T. K. Nelson,
professor at the Virginia Theologi-
cal Seminary, and Bishop Tucker.
The services will dedicate Centien-
nial Hall, q new auditorium COM
pleted last fall.
Evening star., 1939-10-15

NEW YORK-FIRST WOMAN TYPIST-Mrs Charles Forter of
Milwaukee, 82 daughter of the the typewriter
Latham Shoes and the first the typewriter
shown operating the original inventors model is the
Of the New York League Business Professional
its meeting celebrating 100 of progress Mrs
Forter wrote this machine than 60 years ago.
Wide World Photo