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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11

and Is. Applicants meeting general
qualifications are called to Wash
ington for a musical examination.
Those passing this test enlist in the
Navy, report for three-week train
ing course at the Naval Training
Station, Norfolk, Va, and then re-
turn here to begin 18 months Of
intensive musical training
The school is no place for loafer
or musical dilettante. Life starts
at o'clock in the morning and
from then until 10 pm, when
sounds of the bugle call for lights
out drift across the Navy Yard,
the students are busy in classes, re-
hearsals, practice and recreational
activities.
Wide Range in Music.
A good deal of versatility is re-
quired of the students, for they
must be able to play everything
from the Broadway hits to the Sc
date Paderewski "Minuet"-not to
mention the Nays own Anchors
Aweigh.' The reason for this is
that the school units must be able
to function as military band, con-
cert orchestra and dance orchestra.
Under the supervision of men
from the Navy Band, students are
given instruction in solfeggio Gear
training, harmony, theory, en-
semble work. private training on a
major and minor instrument and
in group playing as a band and
orchestra. Usually they rehearse
in units of 20, although at times
they combine into larger groups
Students spend six hours a day in
classes, dividing their time equally
between morning and afternoon.
Although classes and individual
practice consume substantial part
of each day, attention is given to
physical training and recreation
Two marching drills are held week
in addition to prescribed physical
exercise and participation in various
athletic teams, which are formed to
compete with other men in the
yard. Sailors, who come from Wis
iting vessels expecting to defeat q
baseball team of artists as easily as
the New York Yankees would defeat
sandlot club, frequently return to
their hammocks crestfallen after a
sharp defeat.
Special Ceremonies on Cruises.
AS part of their training the stu
dents are sent on naval cruises, on
which they are supposed to perform
for special ceremonies, to play mill
tary honors, and to entertain off,
GERS as an orchestral unit.
School bands have also accompa-
MED President Roosevelt on a num-
Der of his trips on naval vessels, in
Guiding his good will voyage tc
South America, his cruise to Ha-
wall, and his last vacation trip on
the U. S. S. Tuscaloosa, cut short by
the crisis in foreign affairs.
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the development of magnetic instru-
ments and equipment, it was stated.
Among these are the Quartz hor-
izontal-f force magnetometer, the God
havn balance, the Copenhagen
variometer, the vertical-force bal
ance, and vertical intensity
magnetometer.
He is also said to have encouraged
and aided establishments of mag
netic observatories in countries
where they were needed for obtain
ing magnetic data.
Brig. Winterbotham has been gen.
eral secretary of the union since
1880. He has been an officer of the
Royal Engineers since 1897, served
in the South African War, and for
a number of years was on the
geographical section of the British
general staff. He is also member
of the French Legion of Honor and
holds the Distinguished Service
Medal of the United States and the
Victoria Medal of the Royal Geo.
graphical Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Catholic Schools
Start Term; All
Open Next Monday
Immaculate Conception
Academy Begins Its
18th Year Of Existence

Vacation ended abruptly at 9 am.
today for several thousand youthful
Washingtonians as they marched
into the open doors of more than a
score of parochial schools and sew
eral Catholic high schools.
The public school childrens lease
on holiday life continues until next
Monday.
Among those going back today is
Robert Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs.
P Michael Cook of 4316 Fourth
street NV. Robert, who will be
years old Friday, is the 9th grand
child of Mrs. Ada Collins Gaskins,
800 Webster street NV, to enter a
parochial school, He is attending
st. Gabriel's, at Grant Circle.
Schools 18th Year.
Robert has four brothers, one OF
whom is at St. Gabriels, another
at st. Johns, and another who has
joined Jesuit mission. Incident
ally, Mrs. GaSkins has a total of 80
grandchildren now living, four OF
whom are great-grandchildren.
Among the high schools, Imac-
ulate Conception Academy opened
today its 18th year of existence and
plans are being made for a celebra-
ton in the spring. Gonzaga College
High School began its sessions today
with prospects of a stable jump in
enrolment Holy Trinity in George
town also began the new academic
year today.
Last year nearly $4,000 children
were enrolled in the Catholic
schools of the District, according tc
figures compiled by the statistician's
Office of the public schools.
Vaccination Rules.
In connection with the opening Of
public schools next week the Boarc
of Education will hold its first meet
ing of the year wednesday, at which
time Acting Supt. Robert L. Hay
cock will present lengthy docket
for consideration of the members.
The board will hold its second
meeting September 20, or two days
after school opens, to clear up any
other pending matters.
Meanwhile school ofncials remind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Homes Demanded
To Replace Houses
In Cleared S|ums
Housing Authority
Requested to Withhold
Funds from A. D. A.

Stoppage of funds for the Alley
Dwelling Authority until that gov
ernmental unit provides living quar-
tiers for persons dispossessed by the
slum- Tolerance program here was
sought today by group of colored
citizens
A resolution adopted at mass
meeting held yesterday at the Lib
erty Baptist Church, BIT Twenty
third street NV, called on the
United States Housing Authority
to withhold money from the local
bureau until the A. D. A. replaces
the houses it has already torn down.
The action followed widespread
complaints among colored people
that they were being gradually
driven out of sections in which they
had lived for many years. The
combination of the sum- clearance
program and the Government con-
struction activities is responsible,
it was charged.
"Foggy Bottom" Is Bitter.
Particularly bitter are the resi-
dents of 'Foggy Bottom" the area
near the gas works at the edge OF
Georgetown Channel. Those living
in this section are occupying homes
used by their families for genera
tions, it was said, and feel a strong
sentimental attachment to the
neighborhood.
DR.. E. F. Harris. president of the
Lincoln Civic Association, which
called yesterdays meeting, cited
number of residential areas where
he charged, dwellings had been de-
molished by the A. D. A.. leaving the
dispossessed residents to shift for
themselves.
In some cases." he said, modern
houses have been built to replace
these demolished homes. But the
rents have been too high for most
of those disposseSsed and the result
has been that persons who are
strangers to the peighborhood have
moved in.
THE object of this rumpus is to
see that the people are not driven
out of their homes and scattered
unless the A. D. A. provides some
place for them to live
Charges Rent Racketeering.
The clearance program has re.
suited in rent racketeering, he
charged, with whole families being
forced to live in filth and squalol
in one room of house. Construc-
| ton of the new War and Navy
Buildings and of the Briggs School
he warned, will force other hun
dreds of families to move.
The sentimental attachments thai
residents of the Foggy Bottom area
have for their neighborhood wa.
touched on by Mrs. Mary Masor
Jones of the Washington Teachers
Union, Local 81, and Woolsey Hall
former president of the Federation
of Civic Associations.
Mrs. Jones told how people hac
focked to the area in the old days
when the Potomac River afforded
convenient fishing grounds and thu
swamplands were filled with frogs
Mr.. Hall said:
cts like the people of POLAND
wanting to keep their homelands
They have nostalgia feeling fol
the neighborhood in which they
and their parents before them were
reared"
Others who spoke at the meeting
included DR.. William T. Grady
Hugh Bradford, George w. Beasley
and William H. Shields.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Veterans to Meet

A special meeting of the Baltimore
branch, Sd Corps Area, Sd Division
of the American Expeditionary
Force, has been called for Wednes-
day at 8 pm. in the World Memorial
Building, Baltimore, it was an
nounced yesterday by Sergt. John
E. Kestler, vice president. All MEM
bers from Washington and vicinity
and Maryland have been requested
to attend.
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ed that vaccination certificates must
be presented when children are en-
rolled by those entering the public
schools for the first time. Princi-
pals of buildings will be at their
schools Friday. In all cases, pupils
should report to the nearest school
of the level they are to enter, with
the exception of the colored senior
high pupils. Those, according to Of
fcials, would register according to
the type of course they plan to take,
academic at Dunbar, shop courses
at Armstrong and business at Car
dozo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Sleeping Potion Puts
Woman in Hospital

Mrs. Louise Greene, "a, of Al
Rhode Island avenue NV, was in
Casualty Hospital today in a criti-
cal condition as a result of taking
an overdose of sleeping potion yes
terday while visiting her mother,
Mrs. Myrtle High, in Capitol
Heights, Md, police reported.
Hospital attendants said she was
brought here by the Marlboro rescue
squad At the Greene home, it
was said she had taken the potion
by mistake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Learn Music and See the World
Is 1t. Benter's Naval Theme
School Soon to Begin Training
Of 80 Instrumental Students

A varied curriculum, including
courses in music, series of naval
cruises and the possibility of play
ing for the President of the United
States on his vacations at sea, lies
ahead of young men who will enter
the United States Navy School of
Music this fall at the Washington
Navy Yard.
The school, which runs through
out the year with quota of 1874
students. will admit within the next
several months 80 instrumental stu
dents from all parts of the country,
selected-insofar as their musical
qualifications are concerned-on the
basis of musical knowledge If &C
copied and certified, the students
must enlist in the Navy for six
years, starting with the rank of ap-
prentice seaman.
Seven Bands Graduated.
Founded in June, 1885, the school
has already graduated seven 81
piece bands, which are stationed
with battleships and cruisers of the
fleet.
The credit for the idea of having
a Navy music school belongs to the
leader of the regular Navy Band
and to the officer in charge Of the
school, 1t. Charles Benter. Asked
recently what gave him the idea for
such school, 1t. Benter replied:
MY purpose was to improve the
caliber of music in the Navy. 1t has
always been my idea to make Navy
bands more self-respecting and eff
Gent"
And now after IS years of service.
he said: II find that my dream of
good music for the Navy is coming
true Between conducting the Navy
Band and handling the school, he
added with a grim smile, my hands
are full
1t. Benter also gave another rea-
son for founding the school-a rea-
son that is perhaps more important
to the students than the first one.
Discussing the future of high school
graduates who are interested in mu-
sic, he suddenly asked:
"Once they leave school, where
are they going?"
Employment Plus Training.
Many of them, he pointed out,
cannot afford an expensive educa-
ton at a conservatory. And even
if they do have conservatory train
ing, the chances for employment are
slim, for there are few orchestras
or bands outside of the large ones
already established. So that the
Navy school offers an opportunity
not only for training promising
young musicians but for employment
as well.
The applicants for enlistment
must be high school graduates-or
those with an equivalent education
who are between the ages of 10
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Little Girl Badly Burned
PIuyinq With Matches

Marion Jackson, 6, was in serious
condition today at Providence Hos
pital with second-degree burns re-
ceived yesterday while she and
another girl, also 6. were playing
with matches in the street near
Marion's home, 1925 Fourth street
Sc
A flaming match ignited the girls
clothing and she was burned on her
back before passersby were able to
extinguish the flames, witnesses re-
ported.
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Traffic Record

The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for a.
hour period ending 8 am. yes
terday:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 80.
Motorists injured, 5.
Motorists arrested, 260.
Pedestrians injured, 6.
Pedestrians arrested for viola
ton of pedestrian control regu-
lations, 3.
The traffic record, as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, %.
Motorists injured, l.
Motorists arrested, 108.
Pedestrians injured, 3.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, none.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Reich Ship Reaches Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept. II N).-
The German freighter Bahia Blanca
arrived today from Hamburg after
q 32-day voyage. She was camou-
tagged as q Greek ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Lipski Arrives in Riqu

RIGA, Latvia, Sept. II (P,-Josef
Lipski, Poland's former Ambassador
to Berlin. arrived here yesterday
from Talinn, Estonia. He said he
was on his way to Warsaw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-11
Made Reserve Officer

Harold H. Calm of Arlington, Va,
has been commissioned a second
lieutenant in the Chemical Warfare
Reserves, the War Department an
nounced today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
CITY Water System Built
For Demands of the Future

well system. Mason gulch springs
and the tideflsts well These
auxiliary systems are used during
the summer. at times of peak load,
and in emergencies. and additional
wells are being driven from time
to time TO augment and further
safeguard the water supply.
At such time as a second major
source of supply is made neees-
ssry by the growth OF the city,
and demand for water the city
will develop rights it now holds
on the Puyalllip river and Lake
Kapowsin. which will yield q sec
ond splendid gravity water supply
system.
Pays Its Own Way
This utility stands entirely on
its own feet, having paid off all
Indebtedness created by it. from
it's earnings; having furnished fire
hydrant service to the city at less
than cost; and paid taxes to the
general fund of the city for years
past. More recently, in addition
to all that, it has paid tax total
ing 3 per cent of its gross rev.
enues to the state of Washington.
This system has been able to
add materially to the progress Of
Tacoma BY making available large
quantities OF industrially pure
water for the development of in
dustrial districts, which have add
ed many hundreds of thousands
of dollars to Tacoma payrolls and
to the value of domestic and for
eign-born commerce
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08

Tacoma's municipal water sys-
tenn has been designed and man
aged for the future as well as for
the present and past. Each step
in design. construction and man
agement OF the system has been
made in the certain knowledge
that 25. so or 100 years hence the
city must still depend upon It's
water system. Although It would
be cheaper at present to build
temporarily. yet for the benefit oil
the city in the future, every ef-
fort is being made to build sys-
tenn TO last for all time.
The main source of water supply
for Tacoma is on the Green river
in King county, Washington, APP
proximately 43 miles from Ia
coma This source Of water sup
ply lies close to the national for
est reserve, and the greater per-
centage of the watershed lies IN
the governments permanent for
est, with only very small por-
ton of the watershed being in
habited or used in any manner by
the public.
Original Line of Wood
This water is brought to Ia
coma in DiDe line that origin
ally in 1912 was made of banded,
wood staye pipe, but which has
now been largely replaced with
steel and concrete pipe.
Secondary supplies of water are
availa BILE from the South Tacoma
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
HeaVy Machinery, Specially
OF Star Iron and Steel Co.

The Star Iron 4 Steel Co., spe-
in the design and produc-
ton of heavy machinery and
equipment has during the past
year, produced a number of UNI
usual and special jobs.
Outstanding among these is the
64-foot steel bridge, designed, fab
ricated in one piece, rivited. given
two coats of paint, and delivered
by truck to Mukilteo, Wash, all
within five-day limit. This speedy
cooperation with the purchaser
helped to keep to a minimum the
inconvenience to patrons of the
Wildly Island-Mukilteo ferry run.
This span replaced the wooden
ferry landing structure ripped out
by the ferry as II was attempting
to dock.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08

a number of other ferry land
ings on Puget Sound have been re-
placed by specially designed
steel bridges manufactured by the
Star Iron d Steel Co, the two
most recent We're for Pierce county
at Anderson Island and Steilacoom
ferry landings. These s0-foot
span steel bridges of latest design,
were delivered completely fabricat-
ed in one piece to the contractors
scows at the Port of Tacoma piers
for transportation to the site OF
installation.
Bridges, Hylebos, Narrows
OF particular interest to Taco
mans is the construction of the
Hylebos and Narrows bridges. The
Star Iron & Steel Co. has the sub
contract for furnishing the operat-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08

ing and lifting machinery and fab
ricated structural steel approaches
for the Hylebos bridge.
For the Narrows bridge the
company is now running two shifts
getting out the caisson rigging
blocks and reconstructing the der
ricks to be used in the erection of
the caissons and other equipment.
The scope of the activities of the
Star Iron & Steel Co. covers a
wide field, as shown by such con-
tracts as cranes, lifting beams and
fishway hoists for the Bonneville
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08

dam; hand and electrically operat-
ed lumber grapples manufactured
for local and California firms;
fabricated structural steel for
school building in Seward, Alaska;
bridge in Juneau, Alaska; the
reconstruction of the Tacoma
armory; new library roof for the
United States penitentiary at Nc
Neil island; substation building for
the city of Tacoma; roasting furn-
aces for the Tacoma Shelter; three
warehouses for McChord field, and
many other similar buildings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08
BANK OFFICIAL
IS OPTIMISTIC

Tacoma can look forward TO in
crcasingly better conditions, be-
cause of the many projects that
are now In progress, said F, +,
Summers, president of the First
United Mutual Savings Bank In
the Rust building.
The building of the Narrows
bridge, the development of Nc
Chord field and other projects in
and around Tacoma, will increase
payrolls and put more men to
work. said Mr. Summers. Since
payrolls are the foundation of any
city's prosperity II must be obvious
to all that there will be a gradual
infiltration of the money that goes
into the pay envelopes, into the
cash registers of Tacoma business
houses"
According to Summers. there
should be an expansion of home
building as a result of the increas-
ing demand for homes. I'VE are
looking forward to an active year
in the building field and are pre-
pared to do our part, in providing
the mortgage loans that will be
needed by such prospective home
owners"
Last year our deposits in
creased 44c6. providing ample
funds for FILA and other loans.
In fact, this bank made more FILA
loans than all other Tacoma banks
combined. If the first few weeks
of 1889 are any indication of what
we may expect there will be both
an increase in savings, providing
amply for many loans and very
healthy demand for loans that will
keep all of these available funds
actively at work, providing gen.
erous earning for our depositors.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-02-08

ton of a great many new protec-
tive devices, at the Nisqually and
Cushman hydro-electric generating
plants to insure continuity of ser
vice,
Evening star., 1939-09-29
BY JOHN FRYE.
Associa ted Press Sports Writer.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. 20
NO longer do they sigh, Re
member when-?"
No longer do they yearn for
Pat Moran.
Sallee, Groh, Bressler, Kopf.
But where are the SHOWS of
yesteryear?"
Gone are those long, lonesome
years of being kicked from Back
Bay to the shores of Lake Mich
igan and the banks of the Mis-
sissippi.
Hail to the champions and hail
to the team of Cincinnati Reds
that rooted itself from the depths
to the stars in two years so short
that the best of the fans only
can voice a tired whisper, 1T
seems like only yesterday"
Hail to the champions and
write these names large-Wer-
ber. Frey, Goodman, Mccormick,
lombard, Craft, Berger, Myers.
Write these names in gold-Der-
ringer, Walters. And write this in
letters of fire-McKechnie.
Hail to the champions and sa-
lutte the St. Louis Cardinals,
who gave nothing and, by 5-3
score, stepped out of the Ma
tional League pennant race as
Evening star., 1939-09-29
D Maggie Gives Yankees Big Margin Over Cincinnati Outfe
Leonord's 20 Wins With Club
In Sixth Place Makes Him
Possibly Leagues Best

drive back to the box. The ball
struck Leonard on the right ankle.
That was the inning in which the
Sox scored their only run. The
Mats had none. Leonard seemed
almost certain to be through for the
day. Joe Haynes began to warm
up. At best, it didn't look as If
Leonard could prevent a defeat,
much less be credited with his
twentieth victory.
But Dutch didn't quit. Between
innings his ankle was iced. And,
with the leg swelling and aching, he
actually became more effective. In
the last seven rounds he gave only
three singles and pitched all of his
four strike-outs. He didn't issue a
base on balls.
1t was big game for Dutch. It
represented his first big chance in
baseball to command q sizable SAL
ary. When fellow wins 20 games
and loses only 8 for a sixth-place
ball club like the Mats he must be
a valuable sort Of a fellow and
doubtless this fact will be recognized
in his 1910 contract.
But Boston Won the First.
The Mats put out for Dutch, too,
which was something new. The last
three times Leonard faced the
Yanks, for instance, he was given
exactly two runs in three full games.
Even SO, he beat the world champs
four times this year, or more than
any other pitcher.
But getting back to the game yes
terday, the Mats put out. Rookie
Eddie Leip played errorless ball at
second, made two hits, scored run
and batted across two. Sambo West
drove over big run. Rick Ferrell
emerged from batting slump to
slam two and drive a pair of runs
across. In all, the Mats made 13
hits, played faultlessly afield, and
co-operated with their plump pitch
ing star in every other way for
change.
That 1-to-0 lead Boston held was
overcome for keeps in the third
when the Griffs scored three times.
Another run in the sixth and two in
the eighth clinched it.
There also was first game to the
double -header. The Mats lost this
one, to the dismay of the 5000 ladies
and 1000 cash customers. The score
was 4 to 2 and Nose Grove outlasted
Alexandra Carrasquel to win his 18th
game.
Today the Mats were in Philadel-
phia, where they will close the sea-
son on Sunday. They'll be back
next year.