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Evening star., 1939-12-09
Embah|ed Petsamo
Bone Of Contention
For Centuries
Small Finnish Seaport
Is Free Of Ice
The Year Around

Dispatches from the Arctic war
front describing attacks and coun-
ter-attack in the Petsamo region by
Finnish defending and Soviet in
vadtng forces recalls the turbulent
history of this sparsely settled but
potentially valuable Far North area.
For centuries the region has
been contested. between Firms,
Swedes, Norwegians and Russians"
points out a National Geographic
Society bulletin. "Its ownership has
been so confused at times that it
was once known as the Common
Land its inhabitants paying taxes
to as many as three governments
at once.
"A ragged finger of land pushing
northward to the Arctic between
Norway and Russia, the district
covers an area of more than 1000
square miles. Its population is esti-
mated at 3,40O, including a few
hundred Russians.
Reminder of Russian Influence.
"A reminder of former Russian
influence is the Petsamo Greek
Orthodox Monastery, the worlds
northernmost institution of its kind,
situated about Is miles upriver from
the important Arctic port of Pet
samo. Both the city and the
monastery have been under heavy
Soviet fire in the current conflict,
the port having exchanged hands
several times.
Founded by a Russian monk in
1887, the monastery rises on the
site of still earlier Russian monas-
terry, destroyed in the late 150Os by
Finnish attack. Between the 10th
and 18th centuries the entire Pet.
samo region was the scene of fire.
quent frontier disputes and un.
official warfare between the northA
ern neighbors. At one time it was
divided between Norway and Russia,
the northern section, with the port
and adjacent territory, going to Nor.
way when the rest of Finland was
ceded to Russia.
Occupied by British.
AFTER the Russian revolution,
when Bolshevists and Whites
fought for power both in Russia
and Finland, a British expedition
ary force occupied the port of Pet
samo. then Russian territory. Later
Finnish troops made an unsuccess-
full attempt to take the city. Final
ly, in 1920, following the establish
ment of Finland as an independent
nation, a treaty with Soviet Russia
again opened up the region to the
Arctic, giving the smaller country
control of Petsamo port.
This little seaport, less than 20
miles away from the present border
of the Russian Kola Peninsula, Is
chiefly important because it is ice
free the year around, when harbors
a thousand miles to the south are
frozen over for several months.
The Gulf Stream flowing into the
Arctic near by modifies what would
otherwise be frigid temperatures In
! this northern area"
Evening star., 1939-12-09
BY the Associated Press.

os tIic hSSOSldlcO IcoS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9.-The case of
the vanishing heiress, Manhattan
thriller of forlorn lovers and paren-
tai pique. seemed headed today for
third courtroom scene-with
Romeo" vowing vengeance.
Still missing is the weeping juliet"
of Park avenues romantic comedy
of errors-lovely Eileen Herrick, 90
year-old society debutante.
Only few hours before a court
approved rendezvous yesterday with
the suitor on whom her parents
frown-George Lowther, Sd, 30, a
broker-Eileen was driven in closed
car from the family estate on Long
Island. Her mother and a body
guard accompanied her. the same
bodyguard who chased Mr. Lowther
away from Eileen's balcony last
week.
When Mr.. Lowther arrived with
his attorney, Eli Johnson, the house
was shuttered.
Angry at this shattering Of his
plan to elope with the brunette
heiress, the young broker said he
would ask Suffolk County Judge L.
Barron Hill to hold the parents,
former Park Commissioner Walter
P. Herrick and his wife, in contempt
Of court.
Attorney johnson said that Nellie
O'Connor, Eileen's 70-year -old nurse,
had told them the girl left in tears
with her mother after an all-night
quarrel.
II know that Eileen did not want
to go and that she went quite un-
willingly" Mr.. johnson quoted the
nurse as saying. II don't know
where they were taking her"
Explaining the frustrated lovers
newest tactical maneuver, Mr.. john
son said:
I'VE have a witness now who has
seen Miss Herrick being restrained
against her will. This is clearly in
contempt Of Judge Hills ruling on
our habeas corpus application"
Judge Hill ruled Thursday at
Riverhead, N. Y, that Miss Herrick
was free to marry whomever she
chose, but must obey her parents if
she continued to live with them as
q dependent.
Last month a New York judge also
held Eileen could marry as she
Evening star., 1939-12-09
$1OO Reward Offered
For Return of Doq

Mrs. Thomas r. Coweu of 2435
Tracy place NV. has offered a 500
reward for the return of her pet
dog, a large Afghan hound, which
has been missing since Wednesday.
The dog Is of an uncommon breed
and Mrs. Cowell said that to her
knowledge it is the only one Of its
kind in Washington. The hound,
named "Nubi," has long, silky, light
tan hair.
Mrs. Cowell reported the loss to
police Wednesday. Last night
"Nubi" was believed to have been
seen in the vicinity Of Walter Reed
Hospital,
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Masonic Night at Church

Masonic night will be observed at
the Woodside Methodist Church to-
morrow at o'clock, when Harry B.
Wright, past grand master Of Mary
land. will be the speaker.
Officers and members Of the Ma
sonic lodges of Montgomery County
and the neighboring lodges in the
District Of Columbia will be guests
of the church,
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Dr.. George W. Carver,
Tuskegee Scientist, III

BY the Associated Press.
TUSKEGEE, Ala, Dec. 9.-Dr.
George Washington Carver, the
noted colored scientist, was reported
seriously Ill today.
Friends said the health Of the
aged Tuskegee Institute research
scientist was undermined by a re-
cent trip to New York, where he
received the Roosevelt science
award, and a subsequent speaking
tour through the Midwest.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Escaped Seal
Knocks at Door
To Beg a Meal
By the Associated Press.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, Dec.
9.-Just out of stationary hippo
potamus trouble, ZOO man Clyde
Beatty caught q fresh headache
yesterday from Slicker, the peripa-
tetic sea lion.
Slicker climber from his pool,
wormed through wire fence,
tipped IN miles down United States
Highway No. l and knocked at a
kitchen door. When an early rising
housewife opened the door Slicker
hoped right in for breakfast. Con-
siderable crockery and kitchen bric-
a-brac were smashed before the
amphibian was tied up and returned
to the ZOO.
Only q few days ago August, the
hippo, bolted into the wrong lake
on the ZOO grounds, was driven
out by hunger only after he had
consumed all the ornamental vege-
tation In reach.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Soviet Resignation
Seen Likely 10 Avoid
League Expulsion
Enforcement Of Blockade
May Widen Conflict,
Moscow Observers Soy

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Dec. 9.-Well-informed
foreign sources predicted today So
Wet Russia might resign from the
League of Nations, rather than face
possible expulsion on Finland's
charges Of aggression.
These sources said Russia had
abandoned her policy of collective
security and thus had retained lit
tie or no interest in the League.
| Further spread of the European
conflicts and complications with
neutrals were viewed by foreign OBJ
servers as possible results, should
Russia enforce the naval blockade
she has proclaimed against Finland.
| They said that since Russia holds
she is not at war with Finland, she
has no right to seize neutral ships.
They believed it possible that Rus
sia might call the blockade the work
of the new Russian-sponsored "peo-
pies" government for Finland and
lend this group warships for the
purpose.
New Military Area Established.
Meanwhile, it was learned the So
Wet government had established a
new military district in the vicinity
of Odessa, near the Rumanian from
| tier and across the Black Sea from
Turkey.
The Moscow radio, however.
quoted the foreign Office as denying
that a published demand against
Rulnania was representative OF So
Wet policy, or of 'the present state
OF Soviet relations.
The radio said the foreign press
had misinterpreted the attack in the
organ Communist international,
which demanded that Rumania sign
Immediately mutual assistance
pact with Russia.
Un Bucharest the Russian
charge d'affaires told the Ru-
manian foreign minister the ar
'ticle expressed only the authors
private view)
Advance Continued.
On the Finnish front, the Red
Army reported it continued ad-
vancing in all directions" in the
Leningrad military area.
I'm the eastern section of the
Karelian Isthmus." communique
said. Soviet troops, which on De-
cember 7 broke through the main
Finnish defenses along the Taipa-
leenioki (Taipale) River and the
Vuoski water system, developed sue
cess in northern direction and on
the TANKS
(Finnish commanders said
their main defenses were not
broken and that the Russians had
been halted)
Unfavorable weather continued to
prevent aviation activity except for
reconnaissance flights, the Red
Army reported.
Use Of Poison Gas Denied.
Tass Official Soviet news agency
distributed a statement in which
the Leningrad military area head
quarters denied using or intending
to use poison gas.
A Finnish spokesman said yester-
day in Helsinki that II cases Of gas
poisoning were being treated on the
north shore of Lake Ladoga, where
fighting has been heavy.
Tass also described as false and
sheer fabrication" a Finnish report
that maps of captured Red Army
flyers indicated Russia had desig-
mated bombing targets in Sweden
and the Aaland Islands.
From a distant front, the official
radio announced a Japanese-Rus-
sian commission had begun the work
of fixing a boundary for Outer Mon
golia and Manchukuo, where an
armistice was declared in mid
September after sporadic warfare.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
AIpho Chi Rho Elects
joseph E. Hill White

Joseph E. Hill White was elected
president of washington Chapter
of Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity at q
dinner meeting last night at the
Cosmos Club.
Other officers elected included
Guerra Everett, vice president: Will
bur H. Collier, treasurer, and 1t.
Col. Thomas ]. Frailey, secretary.
William H. G. Cox of Newark, N. j..
national president. discussed actiW-
ties of the national organization.
Col. Frailey was chairman of the
Committee on Arrangements.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Mayor Asks Children
To Care for Parents
For Sane New Year
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. o.
Mayor George Leach wants
Minneapolis children to look
after their parents in the in
terest of a "safe and sane New
Year Eve"
New Year Eve this year falls
on Sunday" the Mayor said
in an open letter to the kids.
IT would change it If I could,
but, remembering what poor
luck our President had in
changing Thanksgiving, I guess
I will have to take 1t on the
chin. Will you help me keep
dad and mother entertained at
home this New Year Ever"
Evening star., 1939-12-09
New Manufacturers
Head One Of Busiest
j. !. Businessmen
Hennine Webb Prentis
Says Traders Are Chief
AGENTS of Liberties
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 9-Scholarly
looking Henning Webb Prentis, jr.,
new president of the National Asso-
citation of Manufacturers, rates as
a candidate for the country's busiest
businessman.
In the new post to which he was
elected at the close of the associa-
tons forty-fourth annual meeting
yesterday he will be buster than
ever, working for and expounding
his favorite thesis-supported by
erudite knowledge of history-that
the businessman down the cen
turies has been the chief agent of
human liberties.
Usually the self composed indus
trial executive, Mr. Prentis wakes
eloquent when he insists the busi-
nessman, in world shifting toward
totalitariar controls, must continue
the long fight for liberty-represent-
ative democracy, religious liberty,
freedom of private enterprise, free
speech.
Many Other Things to Do.
Besides this mission, he must
find time for:
His executive duties as president
of the Armstrong Cork Co., with II
plants IN the United States and
headquarters at Lancaster, Pa.
Factory contacts with the nu-
merous Bills" and "Jims" he knows
personally among the company's
II 900 employees.
Various church and civic activities
in Lancaster.
A well-stocked farm in the rolling
Southern Pennsylvania country,
where he indulges a fondness for
horses, COWS, chickens and learns
about the economics of the SOIL
Scholastic interests, dating back
to the years he was secretary to the
president of the University of Mis-
souri, and secretary of the University
Of Cincinnati.
Horseback riding and retreats to a
cottage in Western Pennsylvania
where he paints for relaxation and
He must keep track of score or
so Lancaster kids to see that they
get to the circus when it comes to
town.
Looks at Practical Side.
Mr.. Prentis recalls he got into all
this business through a whim for
taking a look at the practical side
when he was studying to become a
teacher of economics.
No Hollywood image of the broad
sholdered, ponderous- -jawed tycoon,
Mr. Prentis' eyes flash through a
neat pair of rimless glasses, balanced
on a sharp-slanted nose. He is
middle sized and the thinning hair
over the forehead helps betray his
50-odd years.
A dark business suit adds to a
quiet external makeup. The scho-
lastic impression fades, however,
when he begins to talk animatedly
about industrial management and
freedom. Then he suggests the sales
man. In fact. he climbed mainly by
way of the sales forces and adver-
tising department after he Joined
Armstrong Cork 80 years ago.
Who's Who lists him as a member
of Phi Beta Kappa. He is a member
(and past chairman) of the Ameri-
can Society Of Sales Executives
and a member of the Newcomer So
ciety for the study OF the history Of
engineering and technology.
His Lancaster home is in School
lane.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Providence Alumni Meet

The Providence College Alumni
Club of Washington will hold its
annual founders day banquet to-
night at the Willard Hotel Among
the invited guests are the Very Rev.
Lorenzo c. Mccarthy, o. p, former
president of Providence College and
now professor of philosophy at
Catholic University; Joseph B.
keenan,, former Assistant to the
Attorney General, and Judge Ed
ward M. Curran. The committee in
charge is headed by Joseph A.
Roney.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
101 jailed in BruziI
On Communism Churqe
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. s.-Ar-
rest of 101 students. workers and
army men charged with attempting
to spread Communist propaganda In
Brazil to prepare for revolutionary
activities was disclosed last night.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
Is Yours d Christmas Heart?

gives you feeling at the yueide to know that
child wooy because toy what
child most-then got a Christmas heart.
beat of the Christmas heart dollar five dollars even
which
the Council of Social Agencies distribute
trained Washington families whose Christmas without
tofr jhlton D.
Evening star., 1939-12-09
FIunked for Hitting Truck

R.-Mrs. Daisy Ward flunked her
drivers license examination. She
collided with q truck while the ex-
aminer was In her automobile.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-03-17
save them for the unmarried

!. save them for the unmarried
boys :. they appreciate them a
little more.
M. s.: / am planning on going
in business for myself. Would it
be wise? What are my lucky
colors?
Ans: You are not quite ready
to tackle this business of your own
yet. Keep sailing away a little
money every week and learning
more about your profession. The
time is not quite ripe for you to
make this step. Your astral cOlOrs
H. c.: My husband and want
to give our children the education
and opportunities in life that. we
were deprived of. However, he
belongs to one church and l belong
to another and if either one of us
gives up our religious faith, our
parents will feel bad about it.
What would you suggest about the
matter?
Ans: The most important thing,
my good woman, is that you realize
the necessity of bringing up your
children to be good Christians, and
you do. The sensible thing for you
and your husband to do is to COM
promise and bring your children up
in some other denomination than
either you or he belongs to now.
This won't cause any hard feeling
with your people and it will bring
you all closer together.
analysed tree in this column only
is column and sign your full name
to your letter. For a private
stamped envelope for my latest
ng your birth date; also a free
questions. Explain your problems
ms to those within the scope of
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Mill City mite spot Saturday. We
betcha he wouldn't hit a mani!
Our desk pardner, looking over
our shoulder, says some femmes
demand a spanking now and then!
Maybe so, pal, but I typed
punched" not spank. There is a
big difference. :. V. L. writes that
the Japs already have California!
Orchids and a couple of Gar
denias thrown in the C. B., who is
paying two of his brothers chill
dren's way through college. To
Garrett Davis for being a fine
Christian gentleman; to M. for the
fine letter; to C. M. for the great
help to the boss around deadline
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AWAY. You have nothing to gain
now by encouraging him except to
lower yourself in the opinion of
your many respectable friends.
S. L. F.: Nothing l undertake
to do here is successful. What
causes such luck upon me? Is
there some underground work?
Please advise me? 1 always read
your column the minute the paper
is delivered to me?
Ans: According to the teach
ings of AstrOlOgy {. you can look
for decided improvement in all
your affairs around the middle of
summer. You haven't made any
enemies who are trying to harm
you. Most of your hard luck can
be traced to the fact that you
would rather brood over your mis-
fortunes rather than take steps to
overcome them.
L. B.: My mother told him to
stay away from our house. Shall
l apologize to him? He told me
he loved me and he has kissed me
every day, but he skipped two days.
What was wrong with him?
Ans: He had a guilty con-
science. Being a married man and
the father of a baby it suddenly
dawned on him that he was act
ing the part of a jackass. Your
shouldn't lead him on as it will
only lead you into a peck O
trouble. If you must be kisse
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S. NJ let a friendly man that
was visiting with me have lot
of money and did not take a note.
l want to know if there is any way
l can get my money. He said that
he would pay me, but it has been
more than IL months and he
hasn't said word about it. What
can 1 do?
Ans: l guess you we'll realize
without me telling you what a
"chump' you acted. Don't ever let
anybody touch you for a loan
again." There is little you can do
now except to get together with
this man and have him arrange to
pay back this money in monthly ia
stallments. AS long as you con-
tinue to say nothing about the
money, HE SURE WON'T BRING
UP THE SUBJECT. He thinks
you can get along without it, so
feed him a few hard luck stories,
if you have to make them up.
G. M. H.-Do you think it would
be wise to leave him? We can't
get along. $500. ..... .-....... ....
until you conveniently arrange to
keep one of your best friends away
from your home. Sometimes these
friends get a little too chummy
with ones own mate. 1t will mean
the breaking up of your friendship
;. but she asked for it.
X. x. X.-Dear Able: 1 think
you are a smart guy. 1 mean a
smart guy. Yours truly, x. x. x.
Ans: Maybe so, Brother, 4.
but / don't chase after MY
NEIGHBOR'S WIFE.
R. S. c.: Should 1 stay where
l am and try to go to school and
make a Doctor? Will these people
help me to be a Doctor? What's
in life for me? "
Ans: The medical profession is
not one that can be absorbed over
night, lad. 1t takes years of study,
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INQUISITIVE SAL

are frequenting the place quite
often. Strange how peoples
ideas change. Cupid seems to
have hit that party on West Cen
trail Ave. so hard that he doesn't
know whether he's coming or 60
ing. :. What Minneapolis boy is
robbing the cradle these days ?
Let's hope the cradle doesn't fall.
:. GENE CARTER has just re-
turned from Cleveland Ohio after
short visit with relatives. !.
By the way, who's MARY TUR-
NER GREEN'S new flame? f.
FRED SHUCK, OLLIE LEWIS
and FOSTER BROWN were solo
ing last Sunday in Minneapolis,
Cor weren't they?) :. Who's tops
on ANNETTE NATIONS list
these days? well you don't say.)
AS old flame is chasing after
E. these days. .(Ain't it grand to
be changeable? p -.
The Kappa-omega game last
Saturday night at the Wheatley
House drew quite a crowd. The
Kappas won after an exciting
game. Among the spectators
were: WARREN GRISSOM and
LOIS SUTTON, FLORENCE
WARD, PAT GILBERT, DORO-
THEA HARRIS and LOUIS MA
SON. DICK DOBSON and
JEWELL MANN were there still
looking misty-eyed. BEE
SHUCK and SAM REED were
seen fitting here and there having
a ball.. SONNY BERRY did
some good playing in the game.
(Yes, Thelma S. was on the side
lines cheering him on to victory.)
-. The EDWIN SALTERS were
both at the game. ed. was hav-
ing a too fine time roofing for the
Kappas.) Who was HARRY
MAYES so attentive to?
COMING LAUGH OF THE
TWIN CITIES: Did you hear the
Council out at the U, is planning
on putting on a male follies soon :?
(The chorines will be real boys at
tired in attractive feminine cos
tumes.). IT'S said the boys are
quite excited over the prospective
of showing their figures on the
stage, One of our popular bari
tones of St. Paul will play the part
of female lyric soprano. Now if
this follies idea really goes through
Pm sure that it will draw quite a
crowd. I've heard number of
girls (and fellows, too) say that
they're getting their reservation in
early so that they'll be sure to get
a good seat.
Well, folks, I'll have TO be hurry
ing along, but I'll be looking your
way again next week.
Your Pal,
SAT,
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training and actual practice to be-
come a physician and it's too much
to expect of any friends to hand
you a medical education on a silver
tray. Your only hope then is to
educate yourself and pay your own
way through school. If you have
the courage and backbone to do it
{. your reward will be well
earned and a worthy one. You've
tackled a big job, Son. GOOD
LUCK TO YOU.
M. W.: What makes my husband
and I quarrel so bitterly?
Ans: Neither of you are salts
fed tucked away in this little biddy
town you now live in, therefore 1
recommend MOVING. Til e
change will solve your domestic
problem.
R. M. W.: Must 1 "tip out" on
my husband? Will conditions
change?
And: If you start clipping out"
l am afraid you might have to
Stay Out. Your husband won't
put up with such fOOlishness long.
He is a mild man, but when he gets
mad don't mess with him, he's
DYNAMITE. Your home life will
improve immensely this year for
your husband will be offered bet
ter job.
V. B.: Since he married this
other girl for spite he continues to
come to see me. I asked him not
to because l may get in trouble.
He says he won't let me get in
trouble, that he would die before
he would let it happen to me. 1
love him now and he loves me. We
never realized it before?
Ans: You never did, but he
knew it all the time. He asked
you to be his wife more than one
time, but you refused him point
blank because you thought he
wasn't good enough for you. It's
a pity it happened this way, but
your only choice now is to GO