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Evening star., 1939-11-27
Plans Made 10 Present
The Other Wise Man

Plans for the Christmas drama
"The Other Wise Man." by Henry
Van Dyke. to be presented by
churches of the District, Maryland
and Virginia, were announced today.
The play will be given at Luther
Place Memorial Church at $50 pm.
on each of four days, December 26
through December 90.
A cast of more than rs players is
being assembled under the direc-
ton of Miss Bess Davis Schreiner.
The actors will represent churches
of various denominations
This will be the 18th year the
legend of the Yule season has been
presented here.
Those interested in taking part
in the production are asked to get
in touch with Miss Schreiner or
with any member of the committee
in charge this week. The committee
includes Miss Ruth Blackburn,
Luther Place Memorial Church;
Wade A. Robinson, Calvary Baptist
Church; DR.. Clifton P. Clarke and
Miss Isabel K. Buckingham, Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church;
Hugh c. Smith, First Congregation
al Church; Joseph A. Fought, Ma
tional City Christian Church; Har-
vey A. Brake, Takoma Park Luther
an Church; Lewis Daw, Beverley
Hills Community Church; Mrs.
Thomas M. Cahill and Miss Nina
Norman, representing the churches
of Arlington County, Va, and others
to be announced.
Evening star., 1939-11-27

the parks because Of disinclina-
ton to bring sore spots to the at
tention Of superiors, apparently un-
der the impression that the less
said about such matters the better;
that disclosures of this nature would
be reflection. on the competency
of park administration and there
fore a cause for official censure?
For this reason superiors are
estopped from gaining familiarity
with the true picture of the situa-
ton"
Respect for Criticism Urged.
The subject OF proper handling OF
complaints, whether from neighbor-
hoods or from Congressman and
officials higher up," the report be-
leves, Is an important phase of
relationship
Requests and criticisms from
Congressman, officials and people of
prominence are held up as a buga-
boo and a great difficulty" it was
reminded. Such requests and crit
icisms should be treated with respect
and promptness. They are impor-
tant to the person filing them and
to the National Capital Parks.
"Def1niteness of policy and adher-
ence to it is essential. Criticisms
that are correct should be acknowl-
edged as such, explained but not
alibied, and the time and method of
correction stated. Requests that are
fair and can be settled within the
ethics and policies of the office
should be granted. Prompt and
complete reasoning should be given
to requests that must be refused.
Delay, evasion, and incomplete
response only serve to reinforce the
common opinion that most public
business is poorly done. All con-
facts with officials and citizens pre-
sent real opportunities to achieve
good will and constructive interest
for the National Capital Parks by
intelligent, respectful and prompt
response"
The necessity for maintaining the
White House grounds, servicing its
greenhouses and providing protec-
ton on state occasions is function
OF the National Capital Parks. The
report deplores the fact that pre-
vailing opinion of high officials seem
to think of this as the number one"
Job of the parks Office.
Important though this function
is," the report reminds, "the consid-
Grafton of general park functions as
being secondary to one specialized
function will result in distorted
concept of park responsibilities.
The maintenance concern over the
Executive Mansion and grounds,
though understandable, is dispro-
portionate to the actual volume of
work entailed."
Evening star., 1939-11-27
D. T.. Student at Harvard
Badly Hurt in Crash

John Gilbert Nettleton, jr., %, of
Washington was in a serious con-
dition at a Boston hospital today
as result of injuries suffered in
a three-car collision after the Yale
Harvard football game Saturday.
His roommate at Harvard Law
School, Clark L. Henderson, 81, of
3201 Woodland drive NV. was the
driver of the car. According to the
Associated Press, young Henderson,
who escaped with scalp injuries, was
arrested on charges of failing to
slow down at an intersection and
dangerous operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Nettleton,
parents of the badly injured youth,
flew to his bedside yesterday with
Paul Henderson, Clarks father.
Mr.. Nettleton, who returned to
Washington for a few hours today,
said the boys were on their. way
back to Boston after the football
game when the accident occurred.
He said his son was so seriously
hurt that physicians were unable to
take X-rays to determine the extent
Of his injuries.
Five other persons, including three
women, were treated for minor in
juries. Among them was Mr.. Nettle-
tons companion, girl visiting IN
this country from Istanbul, Turkey.
According to the Associated Press,
the accident occurred when the Hen
derson car collided with one Boston
automobile and caromed of an
other.
The Nettletons live at the Shore
ham Hotel.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Brother John McKearney
To Be Buried Tomorrow

Funeral services for Brother John
McKearney, 60, o. M. l., who died
Saturday at the Oblate College, 391
Michigan avenue NE, will be held
at am. tomorrow in the Oblate
Scholasticate Chapel. Burial will
be in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Brother McKearney entered the
Oblate order some 10 years ago,
having devoted the greater part of
his earlier life to charitable work,
particularly in New York City. For
many years he worked with the St.
Vincent de Paul Society in the
Church of st. Malachy, known as
the Actors Church. He promoted
and directed many charity drives
in New York and Brooklyn.
Brother McKearney was born in
Philadelphia, Pa. He leaves a sis
ter, living in New York City.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Six New Monsignori
Celebrate High Mass

For the first Sabbath since their
elevation to monsignor, six of
Washington Catholic priests yes
terday celebrated solemn high mass
in their respective churches.
The new domestic prelates in
cluded Msgr. Thomas G. Smyth of
the Shrine of the Blessed Sacra-
ment Church, at Chevy Chase Cir
Gle, who heard himself praised by
the Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, vice
rector of Georgetown University.
The other five, who were invested
in their robes of monsignori last
Thursday, were Msgrs. James A.
Smyth, brother of Msgr. Thomas G
Smyth, and rector of the Shrine of
the Sacred Heart; Charles OHara,
rector of Holy Comforter Church;
John w. Bowling, rector of Holy
Name Church; Edward P. Nc
Adams, rector of St. Joseph's
Church, and Louis c. Vaeth, rector
of Our Lady of Victory Church.
In the services at the Blessed
Sacrament, DR.. Walsh paid tribute
to Msgr. Smyth for his accomplish
ments in the past Is years, during
which his parish has grown from
100 to 1,100 families.
The other newly named domestic
prelates were given receptions by
their parishioners.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Miss Helen Gleason Dies
After Iona Illness

Miss Helen A. Gleason, rs, retired
employe of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing and a resident of
Washington for 63 years, died yes
terday after long illness at her
home, 5425 Connecticut avenue NV.
A native of Worcester, Mass, Miss
Gleason came to this city from Bal
timore, Md. She retired some nine
years ago after more than 80 years
service at the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing.
A member of the Y. w. C. A.. she
was a former president of its Prince
ton chapter. Miss Gleason was a
charter member of the Bell Glass at
Calvary Church and at one time
taught a Sunday school class. She
was also a member of Naomi Chap
ter, Order of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by two brothers.
Joseph and Thomas w. Gleason,
both of Washington.
Funeral services will be held at l
pm. tomorrow at the Huntemann
funeral home, 5732 Georgia avenue
NV. Burial will follow in Rock
Creek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Real Home Provided in CopitoI
For Delinquent Children
Industrial School, Celebrating I'D Year,
Hos All Sorts of Entertainment Facilities

would have been called a reform
school. 1t is and it is not a reform
school, Supt. Cassie points out.
Those boys and girls have just as
much freedom of action as the chill
dren of wealthy parents sent to
private schools.
Go on Weekend Parties.
Some of the boys and girls even
go downtown to school each day.
They sometimes have their class
mates out to tea. Further, the
pupils at the Industrial Home
School go on weekend parties to
such far-aWay places as Luray Caves
in Virginia. 1t is all part of plan
to make them know they are young.
responsible citizens in -the-making
The idea is entirely original with
Supt. Cassie, who can point to a
great record of accomplishment.
Mr.. Cassie has surrounded him.
self with staff of young persons
who look after the moral, mental
and spiritual welfare of the boys
and girls. Also. the young teachers
and instructors must be college
graduates. Most of them, too, are
athletically inclined. AS a result
passersby. those who look over the
curbing into the spacious grounds
see all sorts of athletic games in
progress, as well as dancing on an
outdoor pavilion. Ingenious, the
boys and girls have rigged up a
loud speaker to radio set and they
dance to the latest music.
No playground in the city is more
completely outfitted than the rec
reation center of the Industrial
Home School. There are football
fields for the younger and older
boys, baseball diamonds. tennis
courts, handball courts and even a
fine swimming pool, built by the
boys themselves, under supervision
of Mr.. Cassie.
Indoors the boys and girls have
all sorts of facilities for entertain
ment, but they go in mostly for
dramatics.
Most of Buildings Are Old.
Approximately 120 children -
ranging in ages from IL to 19-en-
joy the hospitality of this unusua
home. Though its history goes back
to 1867. the school has come into
prominence as an experimental So
cial service laboratory only in the
last II years, or since the present
superintendent put in his modern
istic ideas.
Most of the buildings at the schoo
are old. One of them dates back
to 1832-but by sheer ingenuity they
are kept in good condition, repaired
and rearranged in such style tt
make them ideal from the stand.
point of supervision and segrega
tion.
From all standpoints, according te
psychologists and students of sociol.
ogy who visit the place, the Indus.
trial Home School-though it j!
the Oldest in the city-offers some.
thing new in the field of institution!
for the delinquent.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
D. T.. Plan 10 Refund
Loans From P. W. A.
Interests Bankers
$1o,ooo,ooo Would Be
Borrowed and Repaid
At Lower Rute

Washington bankers were inter-
ested today in the proposal of Engi-
neer Commissioner David McCoach,
jr., for the District government to
refund the nearly 100000 it owes
in P. w. A. loans by borrowing the
money from the banks and repaying
it at a presumably lower interest
rate.
Officials of several leading banks
said they would be glad to entertain
such a plan, though they could not
predict off-hand the terms of such
a loan, nor the rate of interest at
which it could be made.
One prominent banker, however,
said he thought the loan might be
negotiated at 3l2 per cent. The Dis
trict must pay the Federal Govern
ment per cent.
Such loan would have to be
Syndicated among several banks, it
was explained, and the length Of it
and the interest rate would have to
be determined after joint consulta-
ton.
Under the present arrangement
with P. w. A., the District would pay
back the SO 982 500 in "a years. The
interest payments over this period
would add $780, 1850 to the prin-
cipal.
One bankers said "a years would
be a long time" for a commercial
loan, though he suggested the Dis
trict might be willing to pay it back
sooner on more favorable terms
Another banker, however, did not
think "a years too long to repay a
loan of this magnitude.
Their Boards of Directors would
have to decide whether such loan
was desirable and the terms on
which it could be offered, officers of
several banks explained.
District officials favorable to Com
missioner McCoach's plan pointed
out that it probably would save
the local government considerable
money and at the same time pro-
vide the banks with a safe, profit
able investment.
Legislation would be required to
authorize the refunding of the P
w. A. debt, and it is Col. McCoach's s
idea, if the other Commissioners
agree. to ask Congress to sanction
the plan, either as part of the re-
organization bill which is beine
discussed or as a separate measure
Other local governmental units are
reported to have refunded theil
P. w. A. debt in similar fashion al
considerable saving.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Chest Workers
on
Final Appeals
$4,000 Needed
For Success of
Campaign

With $223,o0o needed to put the
Community Chest campaign over
the top, volunteer workers concen-
trated on last-minute appeals to-
day in preparation for the wind
up of their three weeks of hard
work, the final report meeting at
the Willard Hotel tomorrow.
Campaign leaders based some
hope that the missing II per cent
of the total would be turned in at
the luncheon meeting on the fact
that few returns have been re-
ported, particularly from the Met
ropolitan Unit, since the official
close of the campaign last Wednes-
day.
"Our workers are too busy wind
ing up solicitation in their home
neighborhoods to make reports"
Metropolitan Unit Chairman w. w.
Wheeler declared. TT is our hope
that results reported by Metropol-
itan workers tomorrow will mirror
the evident devotion with which
they are finishing their work for
the welfare of this community"
Thousands Still on Job.
Chest Director Herbert L. Will
lett, jr., concurring with this
thought, said: I'VE know that thou
sands of our volunteer solicitors are
still on the job, faithfully giving up
hours of their own leisure time so
as to be able to report on every
prospective giver."
"If, tomorrow" he added, "they
can bring in total sum nearly
equaling the results reported at
our final campaign meeting last
week, success will be within our
grasp"
Post-campaign returns coming in
from business firms and thei' en-
ployes giving through the Group
Solicitation Unit have raised the
percentage of unit quota achieved
by IL per cent, bringing the totals
up to 47,500 pledges for S401 ,451 OF,
or 1852 per cent of quota.
An increase of &c per cent since
the close of the campaign was noted
in the Advance Gifts Unit, which
has brought its totals to 497 pledges
for S449 sos, or 8629 per cent of
quota.
Federal Unit Raises Percentage.
Out of TIA divisions in the Gov
ernment Unit, 274 have now SUBJ
scribed 100 per cent or more of their
quotas. Since the campaign, Navy
Yard employees have held a "go-
back-for-more" meeting, which was
addressed by DR.. James A. Nolan,
executive of the Washington Crimi-
nal Justice Association
The Government Unit has raised
its percentage of quota from 93.5
at the official close of the campaign
to 9507 per cent, with the total
pledges now standing at 1888,
amounting to 727,32261.
Post-campaign results in the Sub
urban Unit amount to 314 pledges
for S693.25, or a total to date of
ATT pledges, for S32,47635.
BY the close of the report meeting
tomorrow workers in all units will
know whether the six-day period
since the official close of the cam
paign has been successful in wiping
out the deficit between them and
their goal.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Girls Hospice to Hold
ODen House Toniqht

Open house will be held tonight
at the Girls Club and Hospice,
1925 Sixteenth street NV, haven
for girls and women provided by
the Volunteers of America. The
public has been invited to inspect
the quarters by 1t. Maj. and Mrs.
H. Mills Eroh. The tour of the
hospice will begin at o'clock, after
which a movie will be shown and
refreshments served. The party is
under the direction of the Hospice
Legion Committee headed by Mrs.
Vernon Cleaver and Mrs. Henry
Hunt Mckee.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Annual Benefit Friday
For Methodist Home

The annual donation day benefit
for the Methodist Home of the Dis
trict will be held from 3 to 10 pm.
Friday at the home, Connecticut
avenue and Ellicott street.
Mrs. Edwin Dice is general chair
man in charge of the event. The
Klein Chorus will give a concert
and Miss Maxine Mitchell will give
readings at 8 pm.
Among the articles on sale will
be many made by residents Of the
home. The home cares for de-
pendent aged Of the Methodist
Church and has 63 residents.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Yearbook Stuff Named
At N. u. Law School

Editors and sub-editors, along
with publication officers of Docket
for 1940," year book of the National
University Law School, have been
appointed as follows, according to
announcement from the school:
Gordon B. Knight, editor-in-
chief; Shirley Griffith, art editor;
James B. Marshall, literary editor;
William Cochran, photo editor;
Richard F. Griffith, business man
ager, and Robert Bradford, circula-
ton manager.
Other staff members are Bill Fin
ley, snapshot editor; Tom Eastman
feature editor; Pearle Mount, social
editor; Pat Gallagher, technical ad-
visor, and Virginia Wallgren, secre.
tary.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Thieves Break Windows
In Two D. 6. Stores

Window smashing burglars en-
tered two business establishments
here over the week end.
A top coat valued at s12 was
stolen from Askins' clothing store,
1877 Eleventh street NV, by a per-
son who broke a show window with
q brick. A thief gained entrance
to a gas station at North Capitol
and I streets by smashing a win
dow and stole IS In cash and 81
worth Of cigarettes.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Gorsuch luncheons

The Gorsuch Methodist Church
will hold a home-cooked turkey
luncheon and dinner tomorrow and
Wednesday at Pythian Temple, 1912
Ninth street NV, from 11:30 am.
to 2 pm. and 4:3O to 7:30 pm.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
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. S.
Motorists arrested, 329.
Pedestrians injured, 8.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 4.
The traffic record for 24-hour
period ending at am. today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 81.
Motorists injured, II.
Motorists arrested, 1877.
Pedestrians injured, 2.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 1.
Evening star., 1939-11-27

The first OF series OF articles
dndlyztng details OF the report
made by t,Do experts after a
study OF the National Capital
Parks. Another 1pill appear to-
morroD.
Evening star., 1939-03-12
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17

Empire classifieds bring results.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17

Lode and placer location notices for sale at The Empire Office.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
DOUBLE ATTRACTION ON WEEK. END BILL IS
 AT COLISEUM SHOW

Fully worthy of the company which gave the world I'm Fugitive From Chain Gang" is this new Warner Bros. picture entitled Devils Is land. featured tonight at the Coli scum Theatre, with Boris Karloff in the leading role.
 The story depicts Karloff as a man unjustly sentenced to Dvirs Island and shows him suffering the same cruelties and indignities as the lowest types of criminals although he is a man of culture and refine ment who before his conviction on a tenuous charge of treason was a highly respected surgeon.
 Second bill shows the most thrill ing basketball game every played be- tween two crack college teamS-the immortal Stanford USC. game of l937-will be enacted on the screen of the Coliseum Theatre when Para mounts newest collegiate romance, Campus Confessions, opens. And not only does the picture boast the distinction of the first film ever to be made with basketball back ground but it also has in its able cast the star of the famed Stanford team, Hank Lusetti.
 Featured in the romantic action as we'll as in the basketball seqeunc- es, Luisetti, who is rated by sports writers as the greatest player the game has ever known, is surrounded by a cast that includes such popu- lar young players as Betty Grabble Eleanor whitney and William Hen ". Also seen in the supporting cast are Thurston Hall. John Arleee Fritz Field and Richard Denning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17
ROBERT TAYLOR
 FEATURED STAR AT LOCAL SHOW
Stand Up and Fighf' Opens Tonight al
 Capitol Theatre

The Western comes into its own in a brand new locale in stand Up and Fight" with Wallace Beery and Robert Taylor teamed for the first time as protagonists of a new type of outdoor action drama which bids fair to set a precedent in film sy- cles.
 The picture, opening tonight at the Capitol Theatre, presents to finn goers western Maryland in the l650s, with the bitter struggle between the railroad and stage coach lines form ing the theme of a stirring story which combines all the elements Of the best of the always-popular Westerns with an authentic histor- ical background.
 Moving at breathleSs pace with hand- hand battles, gun fights, wagon wrecks, jail dynamitings and saloon brawls studding the action, Stand Up and Fight" lives up to the vigorous connotation of its ti- tie. Beery and Taylor are in tne fettle, Beery typical in made-to- order role as the hardboiled man ager of the stage coach line, and Taylor combining the romantic and the two-fisted.
 A new leading lady for Taylor, Florence Rice, proves herself once and for all most charming and able actress in this, her finest op- portunity to date The dry wit of Helen Frederick and villainy of Charles Bickford and Barton Mac Lane add notable flavor, while such others as Charley Grapewin, John Qualen and Robert Gleckler are memorable in support
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-11-17

the schoolhouSe is not being op- erated at Strawberry Point this year.
 Residents of Gustavus now are MT. and Mrs A. F. Parker, their folks, Mir and Mrs. A. L. Parker, MT. and Mrs Glen Parker, Charles Parker, Marvin Chase, MT. and Mrs. Art Chase, MT and Mrs. Jim Chase, John Peterson and two boys, Jake Hall, Carl Johnson. Henry Johnson and Sam Buoy.
 Only children at Strawberry Point are 9-yeal old Jeanette Par ker and Marvin Chase's boy. Jean cite Parker is getting her school ling from her mother.
 The Parkers said vegetable crops at Gustavus were poor this year because of heavy rains, but every body still has a lot of hope for the place