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The Nome nugget., 1939-05-03
FIR. HUBBARD WILL TRY NEW TRAVEL IDEA

There are many ways of tray cling up the fjord-lined coast of Alaska-dog sled, steamship, air plane-9nd Father Hubbard, the "Glacier Priest" and distinguish ed Alaskan Authority, has tried them all.
 Last year Father Bernard R. Hubbard, s. J., covered 2500 mlI- es in a 50-foot boat built by Es- kimoS, with eight natives, ten dogs and two tons of gear. This year he has a new idea. Instead of riding out the quick violent coastal storms, he is planning to use boat fast enough to rum away from them.
 On his way to lecture en- gagement at the University of Michigan, he stopped in at the Gray Marine Motor Go. factory in Detroit, to inspect a Gray Phantom "Six-103" which is to be his power plant in special Century 20-foo;er, and to study the possibilities of the single cyl inder Gray Marine Diesel for his l940 exploration work.
 Leaving Seattle the last week in May, Father Hubbard expects to cruise up the 1000 mile stretch to Juneau from where his
The Nome nugget., 1939-05-03
English Expelled From Germany

BERLIN, May 3 fHl - Hugh Carleton Green, chief Berlin cor respondent for the London Tele- graph and five other British sub jects were ordered to leave Ger many by May 24. British sources said the orders came in reprisal for busting Germans from Eng land.
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Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-06-29
Is GREENBELT BOYS SIGN
FOR COASTER RACE

The talented young Of Greenbe 1t ere we'll un-
Ger Tey with the r streamlined for the Soap
Box Races.
Greenbelt is scheduled for reel thrills from
Vhese boys on July 4. Prizes have been offered by
some OF our local organic Ito announced la
ter. Also beauti full radio he's been offered bv
"st1 ne-N1 cho1son Motor Company Of Hyattsvi lie.
entrants In the race Bart Finn, james Nc
Car1' Teddy Fox. Clayton j. LcCarl, Dick Palmer
James ourand. Richard Day. Wayne Carson, Richard
Bates. Tommy Cation. Douglas Warner, Allen Lee VIII
SON. Vernon Dawson, Lewis Hedges. Jr. and James P.
Leary. Jr.
Although the course has not yet been announced.
the finishing point Will be at near the Post
Office. The race is to start at 1850 Pm. Judges
Will represent the local Amer Legion Post and
the cO0P1AToR.
Greenbelt cooperator., 1939-06-29
WATER CARNIVAL OFFERS
JULY FOURTH THRILL

On July 4th. starting at 1880 in the morning,
sw1 meet Will be held under the directi on Of
the Recreation Department of GreenbeltI after
noon. at $3.50, there will be exhibition swim
ming and diving.
The swimmers taking pert in the meet will be
CLASSIFIED into four groups. namely; boys Is and
under, girls Is and under, over Is, and mon
over Is. The girls and boys events will be 20 yd.
free style raee. shuttle relay. novelty such
as candle. rope-pul etc. and water game. The
adults events will be 40 yd. free style race. a
20 yd. back stroke. a 200 yd. free style and
16o yard free style relay.
The Recreati n Department is endeavoring to
get several outstanding swimmers, comic diver and
couple Of fancy divers from the District Of
Columbia for the exhi biti ON in the afternoon.
Evening star., 1939-10-15

endeavors, and one finds out from
others how heavily many of WASH
ingtons social agencies lean upon
Edith Sutherland Bloedorn's gener-
Gus and skillful cooperation in the
handling of certain of their prob
lens. The result is that applica-
tions for mental measurements in
her Gallinger Hospital Clinic are
often filed six months ahead of
time.
Her scientific measurements of
human intelligence and her findings
concerning them are considered of
invaluable assistance by the medical
staff of the Gallinger Hospital. They
are given as part of the exam
ination of certain cases coming un-
der the jurisdiction of DR.. Joseph
Gilbert, head of its department of
psychiatry.
Gauges Intellect of Babies.
Mrs. Bloedorn also makes mental
measurement tests upon founding
home children in cases where adop-
tions are pending. so that those who
(See EVANS, Page C-14D
Evening star., 1939-10-15

at 4 o'clock. Msgr. Jordan will lee
ture on THE University Of Milan"
Motion pictures and colored slides
of the 1899 and Jubilee year ex-
pedition of the Catholic University
to Labrador, Hudson Bay and the
Arctic region will be shown in Nc
Mahon Hall Auditorium Friday eve
ming at 8 pm. The Rev. DR.. Hugh
ONeill Of the department Of biol
ogy and curator of the Langlois
Museum will deliver the lecture in
conjunction with the Rev. Father
Macmillan Duman, o. S. B., who
made the trip this summer to col
lect the Arctic flora. geological speci-
mems and Eskimo carvings and i'm
plements for the university's herbar-
ium, museum and geological collec-
ton.
DR.. Rafael Pico of the Catholic
University faculty, president of the
Inter-American Forum, will preside
at the first meeting of the society
for the 1939-40 academic year to-
morrow at 8:l5 pm. in the gradu-
ate house Of American University.
DR.. George Wythe of the Bureau Of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce
will speak on "The War and Inter-
American Trade"
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Roust Given
For Stroyer Students

Alpha Iota Sorority and Phi
Theta Pi Fraternity entertained the
out-of-town students now attend
ing Strayer College at wiener
roast yesterday at Rock Creek Park.
Miss Elizabeth Glenn and Charles
F. Cronin, faculty sponsors, were
assisted in making arrangements by
Lucille Crumm, Virginia Cummings,
Evelyn Higgins, Louis Sell, Thomas
kmcanOn and Jack Ditto.
Edmond S. Donoho, president Of
the college, and E. G. Purvis. vice
president. were guests of honor.
Preceding the wiener roast. the
Alpha Omega Chapter Of Alpha To-
ia entertained at luncheon in honor
OF Mrs. Josephine Wells, who has
been chosen sponsor Of the chapter
to replace Miss Glenn. who recent
ly resigned. Mrs. Wells is a gradu-
ate OF Mary Washington College,
Fredericksburg, and is a new menu
ber of the staff of Strayer College
In the typeWriting department.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
New Arts and Sciences
Students al A. j.
Increase II Pct.
Dr.. McCioin to Take Up
Duties This Week as
Vice Chancellor

A II per cent increase in the
number Of new students accepted
this year as compared with last year
was indicated by the registrars Of
flee Of the American University
College Of Arts and Sciences yester-
day.
More than half of the group were
from outside the District Of Co.
lumbia, the report stated and 81
States were represented in the list.
Maryland led all ether States with
% of the 142 new students, Penn
sylvania followed with II, New
Jersey with S and Virginia with 4.
California was next with 3, and
came from Maine, Minnesota and
Washington. Eleven other States,
mostly in the Middle and Far West,
each provided one student.
DR.. Dayton E. McClain, who
served the American University as
financial secretary IL years ago, re-
turned this week to take up his
duties as vice chancellor, according
to report from the Office of Chan
cellor Joseph M. NJ Gray.
DR.. McClain began his work this
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Georgetown Makes
Faculty Changes

Changes in the college faculty at
Georgetown University last week re-
suited in the replacement of the
Rev. Joseph R. Hearn, professor of
chemistry, by the Rev. John P.
Smith of st. Peters College, Jersey
City, N. j.
Father Hearn has been trans
ferred to the Loyola High School in
Baltimore, where he is serving as
treasurer. Dean John E. Grattan
said his chemistry classes at the
college will be taken over by other
members of the faculty as Father
Hearn has been assigned as pro-
fessor of mathematics.
The latest addition to the George
town faculty headed the depart
ment Of mathematics at St. Peters
College for several years. His Bel
larmine Debating Society at St.
Peters was one of the most active
In the country. A usual year ac-
counted for score of intercollegiate
debates
At the college the Rev. John
Hannon of the Irish Province of the
Society of Jesus was entertained as
q guest last week He is making
q tour Of the United States in his
capacity as apostolic visitor for the
Christian brothers throughout the
world. After a visit in New York
and Canada he is planning to re-
turn here for another stay.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
BY JESSIE FAINT EVANS.


Eighteen years ago young So
ciety matron quietly decided to see
what she could do toward helping
others Jess fortunate than herself.
Her background was Miss Benefits
fashionable school for girls, plus a
conventional Washington debut and
a father who was first a Senator
from Utah and later an associate
justice of the United States Su-
preme Court.
Today, as Edith Sutherland Bloc
dorm, wife of DR.. Walter A. Bloc
dorm, dean of the medical school
of the George Washington Univer-
sity, she is not only the gracious
hostess of their delightful home at
46l7 Hawthorne lane, but FEM
inine careerist who serves as clin-
ical psychologist at Gallinger Hos
pital. With Office facilities there,
she handles a regular schedule of
appointments twice a week as
qualified expert.
With her slender, almost girlish
AASulC dllu fCANCly OlOWll CS Go
sparkling with a keen sense of hu-
NOR, she is, however, very far from
ones conception of the typical busy,
professional woman. In her case,
avocation and vocation have so in
termingled throughout the years,
that it is difficult to determine where
one leaves off and the other be-
gins.
Explores Mentality.
Her work at Gallinger has to to
do with the giving of certain for
NAL standardized examinations or
tests which estimate the degree of
intelligence in individuals. This de-
gree may be average, subnormal or
superior.
Requests for these examinations
usually come from the Board of Pub
lie Welfare for it's wards, either
adult or juvenile They may also
come from any agency dealing with
a social problem in which mental
deficiency is suspected as factor.
During the course of her profess
sional work at the Gallinger Hos
pital. Mrs. Bloedorn has examined
or tested between four and five
thousand children and many adults.
She is modest about her own
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Accountuncy School
EnroIIs Many Over Is

Analysis of fall registration in
the evening division of the Benja-
min Franklin Accountancy School
disclosed yesterday that of the 384
students enrolled for beginning ac-
countancy classes 116, or approx
mately 80 per cent, are over Is
years of age.
Thirty-eight of these are 81
years of age or over. This agrees
with the experience OF schools in
other cities where adults are re-
turning to school in greater num-
bers than ever before, officials said.
The final section of the fall fresh
man class in the Pace course will
get under way tomorrow at pm.
This class will meet on Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays from 8 to
$50.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Blue Key Members
Al {. j. Include ;
From Washington
MichoIowicz, Rottieon
And Ertter Are
Among Nine Chosen

Membership in Blue Key, the ma
tional honorary society for scholar
ship and extra-curricula activities,
for the academic year 1939-40 has
been announced by the Rev., Gerald
F. Dillon, dean of men at the Cath
olic University.
Limited to not more than 10 men,
bers chosen from students in the
junior classes of the college of Arts
and Sciences and the school of engi-
neering and architecture. the selec-
tions were made at the close of the
last academic year, but not an
nounced until classes began this fall
OF the nine chosen for member
ship because of their outstanding
service to their schools, three are
from Washington.
Joseph C. Michalowicz, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Roch Michalowicz of 1887
New Jersey avenue NV, has served
on the Tower, undergraduate weekly
newspaper; the Cardinal, undergrad
uate year book; the student branch
of the American Institute of Elec-
trical Engineers, the university band,
the Harlequin Dramatic Group, the
Inter-Club Council. and is the presi-
dent of the Cave DWellers' Club, a
social club for nonresident students.
Member Of Senators Club.
Joseph A. Rattigan of 436 Crit
tenden street NV. Is a member of
the Senators Club, social club for
nonresident students; the Cardinal
staff, the Harlequin Dramatic Group,
and is now editor in chief of the
Tower, weekly newspaper OF the uni
versity.
John F. Ertter, son of Mr.. and Mrs
John F. Ertter of 9l6 Rittenhouse
street NV, is a member of the
Tower staff. the Inter-Club Coun-
Gil, the Harlequins. and now holds
the Office of president of the Sena-
tors Club.
The others named are John J..
McKenna Of Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
who has served as president of his
class for four years and has recently
been named chairman of the Stu
dent Council; Carmen F.. Pirro of
Solvay, N. Y, president of his sopho-
more class and captain of the varsity
basket ball team as well as a mem
ber of the football team; Joseph C.
Reidy Of Winstead, Conn; Gerard
S. Carey of Wilmington, Del, mem
Der OF Phi Kappa Fraternity. the
Tower, glee club, and recently named
Photographic editor of the Cardinal:
John w. Deegan of Ridgway, Pa,
editor in chief of the Cardinal Year
Book for 1910, and Joseph F. O'Brien
OF Waterford, Conn, who is presi-
dent of the Phi Kappa Fraternity,
the only social club with a house on
the campus.
The Right Rev. Joseph M. Corri-
gan, rector Of the university, will
preach the sermon in the National
Shrine OF the Immaculate Concep-
ton tomorrow at 8 a m. on the Tooth
anniversary of the founding of the
Little Sisters of the Poor.
The Right Rev. Edward B. Jor-
dan, associate professor of educa-
ton and dean of the Catholic Sis
tiers College, will deliver the first of
the 1939-40 series of public lectures
on universities and Their History"
IN the Mcmahon Hall Auditorium on
the university campus this afternoon
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Cy Pres Club Teo

With the woman students in the
freshman class as their guests, the
Cy Pres Club Of National Univer-
sity law school opened the sea-
sons social activities with a tea
at the school yesterday afternoon.
The club, which is composed of
woman law students, is headed by
Miss Thelma Hendrixson. Other
guests at the tea included Chan
cellor and Mrs. Leslie c. Garnett
and Mrs. Elizabeth Newton Dew.
founder OF the club. Talks were
made by Dean Charles Pergler of
the law school and Mrs. Edwina
Avery.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
6. ". U. Maps Plans
For Homecoming
November 2to4
.CIeee Again to Serve
As Choirmon; 40 Seek
Debate Berths

Plans are being made for the 1899
home e-coming of George Washington
University, which will be celebrated
from November 2 to 4, inclusive.
Hugh H. Clegg, president OF the
General Alumni Association, has
announced that George w. Neville,
who was in charge of the 1898
home coming, will serve as general
chairman again this year.
Other officials of the Home coming
Committee are Bourke Floyd, as
sistant chairman; Lester A. Smith,
alumni secretary of the university,
secretary and treasurer; Willard l..
Hart, in charge of relations with the
visiting institution, Clemson College;
Roy Lever and Casper Gardner,
Homecoming Ball Committee; Jay
Samuel, Ticket Committee; Hat
Rogers and John Daugherty, Rally
Committee; Lester Gates, chairman;
Floyd Sparks and Winfield Rankin,
Publicity Committee; Mike Murray,
Fraternity House Decorations Com.
mittee; Jane Coulter, sorority CO.
operation.
Game on November 3.
The becoming celebration will
center around the football game to
be played with Clemson on Friday
evening, November 3, at Griffith
Stadium. The home coming rally
will be held the preceding evening.
The Mayflower Hotel will be the
scene of the homecoming ball Satur-
day evening.
A season of II one-act plays and
two full-length dramas is planned
for the first semester by Cue and
Curtain, campus drama group. Try
outs were held during the past week
to select cast for the first per-
formance, October 81, when 3 one
act plays will be given.
The plays will be staged by Floyd
Sparks, supervising director, and
Eugene Lerner, Harold Minor, Allan
Dewey, Betty Green, Rita La Combe
and Margaret Beall, student direc-
tors.
Forty students turned out for the
first meeting of university debaters
held Wednesday evening. Tryouts
for the mems and women's teams
are now in progress.
Legislative Forum to Meet.
The Congress, student legislative
forum, will hold its first meeting of
the year Wednesday at pm. in
Stockton Hall. Election of a new
president and formulation of plans
for legislative sessions will be the
main business of the evening.
The Congress was organized in
1884 to serve as medium of student
expression on public affairs and to
afford practice in parliamentary
procedure. 1t is composed of dele
gates representing four parties
Farmer-Labor, Liberal Democrat,
Progressive and Republican.
Mems and womens glee clubs of
the university have opened rehear-
sails for the season under the leader
ship of DR.. Robert H. Harmon. di-
rector, and Mrs. Harmon, associate
director. Tryouts will be completed
and full rosters of the clubs will be
announced this week.
Evening star., 1939-10-15

week after serving several years as
pastor Of the Zion Methodist Epis-
copal Church Of Cambridge, Md.
In making the announcement DR..
Gray indicated that the primary
responsibility Of the new vice chan
cellor would be to head UP the
University financial campaign,
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Club to Hear Bondy

Robert Bondy. newly appointed
director of public welfare for the
District of Columbia. will be guest
speaker at the first fall meeting of
the Monday Evening Club at $50
pm. tomorrow at the Y. w. C. A..
Seventeenth and K streets NV
Judge Fay Bentley of Juvenile Court
is president of the club.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-14
BURCUNDER IS
GRANTED Wish

FLORENCE, Ariz. Robert
Burgunder, awaiting execution
Oct. 6 in the states lethal gas
chamber, Saturday won his fight
to prohibit appeal of his murder
conviction unless 1t has my con-
sent"
The request to block appeal was
made in a letter to Superior Judge
Arthur T. La Prade, who pre-
sided at the 19-day trial at which
Burgunder was found guilty of
the murder of Jack Peterson,
Phoenix automobile salesman.
This is to request you to honor
no request for appeal" the con-
demned youth wrote from his cell
in the death row of state prison
here, unless it is authorized by
myself or has my consent"
Judge La Prade complied with
the youths request by ordering
the clerk Of the superior court to
receive no petition for state su-
preme court appeal unless it was
authorized by Burgunder. The
court order blocks appeal by pre-
venting transfer of records of the
murder trial from superior court
to supreme court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-14
Take Prisoner in
RalU to Hospital

In strictly nudist regalia, a 10
yesr-old boy in the hands of police
made a trip through the city from
the police station to the county
hospital and back Saturday. shield
ed from passersby by the walls of
the patrol wagon around him.
The youth, arrested for investi-
cation and claiming to be a native
OF West Virginia. has been in the
hands of police several days since
the hitch-hiking trip that brought
him here. Officers unable to keep
clothing on him, took him ''as is
to the county hospital for check
up when he complained of illness
Saturday morning.
The examination disclosed moth
ing serious. and he was hustled
back to Jail by Officers Mace and
White. He hesped abuse and in
suit on the officers, who RECALLED
him over his shouted "You coppers
can't keep me-Ill get away
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-14
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Applications for marriage Ii
censes have been received by
County Auditor S. Clifford Davis
from Robert Carl Buermann, 20,
and Kathleen Margaret Doohan,
20, Eatonville: Carl ]. Ellis, IS,
and Helen L. Murray, %, Tacoma
Arthur A. Hart, Al, and Mabel
Louise Aasby, "a. Tacoma; Jay
Roby, IS, Los Angeles, and Claire
Lutz, 90. San Francisco; Tom ].
Terrier, %, and Elizabeth Lucille
Culbert, p. Tacoma; Joe ]. Nor
settle. p. and Bette Jean Berland,
1e, Tacoma; Louis LeFave, ~,
and Ora May Fredenburg, IS, Ia
coma; William Kembel, 81, Ia
coma, and Jane J. Rsdford. 20,
Buckley; Howard William Cox. %,
and Alice Therese Iceland. 10,
Tacoma; Frank Salt, 35. Tacoma,
and Ruby Louise Matson, IS. Sc
attic.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-14
"Flattie" Racers
Reach Vancouver

VANCOUVER, b. C.-Their
sleek, 1s-foot boats dashed to trail
ers, the vanguard of 80 Pacific
coast yachtsmen rolled into Van
couver today from California and
Washington to tilt for the inter-
national Hattie" title and the
Geary trophy here Monday.
Among the early arrivals were
Edward DIN. Los Angeles, with
his speedy little "Surrous"; Don
Crom, Santa Barbara, skippering
the Dictator" and Norman
Meaghei, Balboa, with his Crest"
Due later today was the Little
Dipper," captained by Bob Price;
the "Whippet," Greig Macdonald,
and "Sinn,' under Henry Wagner,
all of Seattle.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-14
Baker And Witt
ToKeep Posts

DETROIT-Walter o. Briggs,
owner Of the Detroit Tigers. Is
so well pleased with Manager
Del Baker that he has signed
him for 1910.
Baker was elevated from
coach 10 manager when Mickey
Cochrane was dismissed in mid
season last year.
CLEVELAND - Oscar Witt
Was under contract today TO
manage the Cleveland Indians
again In 1910.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-14
People In
The News

Norma Talmadge, one of the
great stars of the silent movie era
had no further matrimonial plans
today after her divorce Friday in
Juarez, Mex, from Comedian
George Jessel on a charge of in
compatibility =. She returned to
Los Angeles by plane last night
:. Jessel said when informed of
the action that he and Miss Tai
madge will finish our lives to-
gether. We've been separated be-
fore"
Philip Murray, vice president of
the clio, urged President Roose-
welt, in government sponsored
broadcast. to summon business,
government and labor leaders to a
national conference to solve the
unemployment problem &. =.
Irwin s. Cobb, the humorist. was
back at his Santa Monica home
today much improved after his
confinement at San Francisco
hospital for a stomach ailment =.
Hames Brayell. 70 year old
Oklahoma oil millionaire and anna
teur pilot was back in Califor-
mia from Mexico today after losing
his way, wrecking his plane in a
forced landing on the Mexican
desert and being marooned there
four days awaiting permission to
return :.
The Philippines ended its prose-
cution today at Manila of Antonio
Baustista, former president of the
Civil Liberties union, who had been
charged with Indictment to war or
reprisals :,
Lucille Fairbanks, niece of Doug
las Fairbanks, ST., is making her
debut in moving pictures, 1t was
revealed today. She will have a
role in the picture THE Story of
Edgar Allan Poe"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-08-14
Take Smokes And
Wine And Jeuels
But Leave Money

Diamonds. oigarets. wine and
watches comprised loot taken dur
ing burglaries Of two residences
and a cafe, police reported Satur-
day.
Smashing a large plate glass
window at Bill & Ted's cafe. 400
Puyallup ave. burglars early SAT-
urday entered and took % cartons
of cigarets and six pints Of wine.
leaving money in the till untouched.
?. C. Doten, 3104 No. goth St,
and his wife left home for IS
minutes Friday evening during
which time their house was enter
ed with pass key. A gold ring
with a one-half carat diamond and
yellow-gold ring with two half
carat zircons were stolen.
Robert Barker. All Es. 43d st,
discovered loss of a 17-jewel wrist
watch and an engagement ring
containing a large diamond with
five smaller gems on each side,
forming a horseshoe. The theft
occurred from a dresser drawer
during the past week.