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Evening star., 1939-11-25
War Games
Continued From First Page.)

sent only observers to the scene of
Navy Marine Corps shore operations
at Culebra Island.
Subsequently, Congress provided
funds for the maneuvers of next
spring, after the War Department
estimated the Arny's share of extra
expenses at $46056. Maj. Gen.
Robert McBeck of the General Staff
said at the time it was planned to
employ merely the 30th Infantry
Regiment from San Francisco and
artillery from Fort Lewis, both of
which are included now in the Sd
Division.
Conference Called.
Meanwhile, top-ranking Army Of
flcers have been called to Washing
ton for a conference November 30
to review plans for the unprecedent-
ed peace-time training program
scheduled for the next six months.
The War Department announced
today the conference would bring to-
gether Army and corps area COM
manders and the chiefs of the di-
visions of the General Staff for a
discussion of details and co-ordina-
ton of training activities. The re-
cent reorganization of the combat
forces into five triangular or
"streamlined" divisions and the ex-
pansion of the Regular Army and
National Guard made the confer
ence advisable, it was said.
The Army is now entering upon
the most active period of winter
training in its peacetlme history.
With certain minor exceptions, the
concentration of four of the five
divisions has now been completed.
The 1st Division is at Fort Ben
ming, the I'd at Fort Sam Houston,
the 5th at Camp Mcclellan and
the 9Th at Camp Jackson.
Guard Training Increased.
The divisions are being reorgan-
lied from the conventional square
type to the more mobile triangular
type. After the divisions become
thoroughly familiar with their new
type of organizations and have held
individual maneuvers they will be
grouped, insofar as the availability
of corps troops permit, in corps for
extensive maneuvers.
In addition, the training period
of the National Guard has been in
creased by the authorization of ad-
ditional armory drills and by addi-
tional field training of seven days.
A project under consideration will
authorize National Guard brigade
and divisional commanders, as we'll
as key staff officers, to be sent to
the Regular Army divisional con-
centration areas for short periods
of training. Certain reserve off,
GERS also will be included.
The various details connected
with these training activities will
be discussed at the conference next
Thursday.
Commanders to Attend.
Commanders ordered to the meet
ing are:
1t. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, COM
mander of the 1st Army and the
I'd Corps Area; Lit. Gen. Stanley H
Ford, commander of I'd Army and
9Th Corps Area; 1t. Gen. Stanley
D. Embick, commander of the Sd
Army and the 4th Corps Area
Mai. Gen. John l.. De Witt. who
will become commanding general
of the 4th Army and the 9th Corps
Area on December l with the rank
of lieutenant general; Maj. Gen
James A. Woodruff, commander 1st
Corp Area: Maj. Gen. James K
Parsons, Sd Corps Area; Maj. Gen
Daniel Van Voorhis, 5th Corps Area
Maj. Gen. Percy P. Bishop, 7th
Corps area, and Maj. Gen. Herbert
j. Brees, 9Th Corps Area.
Evening star., 1939-11-25
Rites for Mrs. Wushinqton

Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel
Roebuck Washington, SO, widow of
1t. Comdr. Pope Washington, one
of the survivors of the battleship
Maine, were held in Arlington Ma
tional Cemetery this morning. Mrs.
Washington died November II in a
fire which destroyed her home In
Longwood, Fla.
Evening star., 1939-11-25
FlushIiqht User Fined

Gladys Wallace, 10, of Wisbech,
England, fined for shining a flash
light in peoples faces during a
blackout, admitted that the police
had taken three flashlights from her
before she was arrested.
Evening star., 1939-11-25
Skeleton Found in Woods

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. Is P.-
The skeleton of a man was found
hanging in Chesterfield County
woods about quarter of mile
from Richmond's corporate limits
yesterday by a hunter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03

c. When were cents, dimes, quar- ters, and half-dollars first coined in this cotmtry?-J. J. S., Water bury.
 q. The cents were first coined for circulation in 1793; the nickels in 1866; the dimes in 1796; the quar- ters in 1796: and the half dollars in 1794. Although nickels were first coined in 1866 there were silver five cent pieces in use previous to this date. These silver five-cent pieces or half-dimes, as they were called, were first coined in 1794.
 O. Have there been any new issues of commemorative half dol- lars approved for this year? Miss M. P. M., Waterbury.
 A. There had not been up until | few days ago and I doubt very much if there will be. Even if a bill did pass both the senate and the house, doubt very much if the President would affix his signature to 1t.
 e. I have a twenty-cent piece dated 1875. It has two small els on the tails side. Is 1t rare and valuable?-I. B., Beacon Falls.
 A. No. This piece, minted at the Carson City mint, is fairly com mon. The one dated 1876 from the same mint is the rare one.
 e. Why is the 1914 D cent so scarce? have all of the other dates and mint marks, but have not found this in all the cents I have looked through. R. S., Naugatuck.
 A. In 1914 there were only l. f93 .00O cents minted at the Denver mint. This represents the smallest coinage of cents from this mint, therefore, it's scarcity.
 q. I have a three dollar gold piece dated 1865. Is it a scarce date? J. F. R., Waterville.
 A. Yes, the 1865 three dollar gold niece is a scarce piece and com mands fairly good premium If in nice condition.
 Just in case you are interested.
 with this column coin queries will be discontinued for the summer months. Oscar Schilke, well-known coin expert and collector, will be back in the fall, however, with a column, as well as current com ment on daily happenings in the ,,.sxx,fcx,oofic vorld. Until then, adolsI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
CAST or CHARACTERS

 MARY FRANKLIN = society ed- ftOr.
 DUKE MARTIN = suave night club gangster. JANICE FRENCH - society deb. JIM SHIRLEY = playboy.
 Yesterday: Jack Burden strikes Martin, then Nick, and rushes from the night club with Mary Franklin in mad pursuit. She changes cabs when an officer halts her for speeding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
6 SERIAL STORY
 DATE WITH DANGER s... BY HELEN s. ". Mos1sN .E! ne

carpet. She reached out a hand to turn the body over, then as quickly jerled 1t back. Finger prints. Murder. She stared down at the limp form. It made her feel slightly sick to see the blood still oozing from Martins temple. He'd evidently been dead only a short while. There were powder marks.
 Mary strengthened up. What a storyl She started toward the telephone, then ran down the hall, closed the front door and hurried, fear forgotten int the excitement, from room to room, looking for she knew not what or whom.
 Returning to the living room she stared once more at Martin, then glanced about the rest of the room, her eyes widening as they fell on gleaming, sequined square tossed in a chair. She stumbled toward 1t. Clem,s evening bagl On the table by it lay Q revolver. Frantically, she reached for the telephone and dialed the Gazette's number.
 Give me the City Desk" she screamed. Hello, City Desk. Here's a tip. Duke Martin has just been killed in his own apartment" Mary banged up the receiver as an excited voice began question ing her. Frantically reaching foi the revolver she stuffed 1t in Clem's evening bag, then raced down the hall and out, carrying the bag with her.
 (T0 Be Continued)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
STAMP NEWS

A SPECIAL Royal Train Pos, Office" will be operated fo,
 the convenience of the British
 King and Queen and their royal
 party while in Canada and philat-
 elists may obtain the special post
 mark designed for this event.
 Covers to carry this postmarls
 should be prepared with a "filler''
 or thin cardboard, sealed or with
 the flaps turned in. Postage should either be affixed or a remittance
 for such postage sent with the covers to the Philatelic Division
 (Royal Train Covers). Financial Branch, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Covers must reach the Philatelic Division not later than May l2 and as much before this date as possible.
 Stamps affixed for this event will be confined to the current issues as follows:
 Royal visit, 1939-l, ?, Scent: King George VI, l937-l, ?, 3, 4. 5. 8-cent; Pictorial, l938-l0, 13, 20. 50-cent, $1.00; Airmail, 1888 -6-cent; Special delivery (green, l939)-10-cent.
 Operations are scheduled to be- gin May l2 on the airmail pickup and delivery service to be launched by the U. S. Post Office Department in eastern United States from Philadelphia to Pitts burgh and from Pittsburgh to Clarksburg, West Virginia.
 Special cachets will be distrib- uted to all postmasters on the stops. Covers should be forwarded to the postmaster of each city named below. A special cachet has been designed for each stop. The stops are: ,
 Philadelphia, West Chester, Coatesville, Lancaster, Columbia, York, Hanover, Chambersburg. Gettysburg, Mount Union, Hunt ingdon, Altoona, Tyrone, Clear field, Dubois, Ridgway, Kane. Warren, Corry, Titusville, Oil City, Franklin. Grove City, Butler, New Kensington, Pittsburgh, Na- trona. Irwin, Jeanette, Greens burg. Latrobe, Mount Pleasant, Connellsville. Uniontown, all in Pennsylvania.
 Morgantown. Fairmont, Clarks- burg, West Union, Saint Marys, Parkersburg, Pt. Pleasant, Hunt ington. Barboursville, Milton, Hurricane, Nitro, Dunbar, CharlestowrA, Spencer, Grantsville, Glenville and Weston, all in West 
 Marietta, Pomeroy, Gallipolis, Ohio. and Wilmington, Delaware. Copyright. 1899. NEA Service, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
CHAPTER XXI

Duke Martins skyscraper apart ment provided one of the most en- trancing after dark views in New York. This evening, when Bill Con- don let Glenn and Martin in, the heavy mauve silk curtains which were usually drawn across the tall windows had been pulled back, re- vealing star-spangled stirp of sky and city.
 "I've never seen anything half SO beautiful" exclaimed Clem.
 Her eyes were shining, her cheeks were flushed and her hair even more disordered than it had been at the Dove.
 She clutched her long white ermine wrap about her shoulders. "I can understand jumping from this window on such a night, plunging into eternity"
 Drink this and you won't feel like that" said the Duke. He strolled slowly across to Glenn, handed her a cocktail and put his arm about her waist.
 Tears began to run down her cheeks.
 'I don't know why I'm crying" |" she said hysterically. Martin laughed out loud.
 "What's the matter?" she asked sharply.
 "Women. The way they take love. Some want to cry. Some want to laugh. Some want to hit you"
 He dropped her arm suddenly and walked away.
 She rested her cocktail glass on . table and moved quickly over to him.
 "I'm sorry" she babbled. q guess I was crying because I was happy"
 He studied her face, his eyes nolJ o,,l ,Y,fh1occ fhoy, ho cai1aS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
COURT PERSONNEL
 TO REMAIN AS IS

No changes in the personnel of the local superior court staff of officials are expected to be made 1t the annual meeting of the judges of superior court Monday at the s<ate library building, Hartford. Chief Justice William Maltbie of the supreme court of errors will preside.
 The judges are expected to ap- uoInt Acting Coroner William B. Heunessy to the coronership which wis recently vacated by the death e Attorney John T. Monzani.
 Tho remainder of the set-up, in- t|1dinR atate's Attorney William B. Fitzgerald. Assistant states Attor- H13 Walter W. emyth. Public Dee I1ndcr Edward T.. carmody and Sui rSz|or Court Clerk George Hl Free '1zz, will apparently remain un- <1eured. The states attorney and E|z atr|llauts' rcappoInlmelis will # {9r IF4 Near Dek'Qa1,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03
CRANlUkA CRACKERS $

POEM PUZZLER Can you interpret this poem by defining the words ending in "oon"?
 The chef took up a macaroon And handed 1t to his patroon, A dark and handsome young dragoon,
 Who banqueted with his pla- tOOn.
 Answers on Back Page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-03

Answers on. Back Page.
Evening star., 1939-03-05
BY ROY EAsTIN.

william the C0nQueror was to
blarae for many Of tho orthograph-
ical peculiarities Of the English Ian
guage, according to Prof. De Witt
Clinton Croissant, head Of the Eng
ush department at George WASH
ington University.
English was originally . pho
netic language and the Norman
scribes thought that they were writ
ing 1t phonetically. But they heard
the language differently and they
used . different set Of symbols, -
Prof. Croissant said. He has advo-
Gated simplified spelling for more
than 40 years.
The Normans introduced "qu" for
"cw" as in the word quick" which
was originally spelled "cwic," he
said.
The Dutch printers that Caxton
brought over to introduce printing
into England are responsible for
putting the N" in ghost" which
was originally spelled "gost," he be-
lieves. Through" was also changed
from the original "thruh."
Spelling is . habit" Prof. Crois-
SAINT said. THE minute you think Of
how to spell = word you get con-
fused"
Simplined spelling is gradually
making progress, he believes, and
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Model Senate Meets
Here This Week With
6. W. u. as Host
Student Opinion Forum
To Have Two-Doy Session
On CopitoI Hill

George Washington University will
be host for the meeting of the Model
Senate here in Washington on Fri
day and Saturday
This forum of student opinion,
which meets annually, Is patterned
after the United States Senate, and
the proceedings during the two-day
session will follow the proceedings OF
the national body. Meetings will be
held In one of the committee rooms
on Capitol Hill. Each participating
university seats two senators" and
may send additional delegates, who
act as lobbyists.
At the opening session Friday
afternoon Dean Elmer Louis Kayser
will give an address. At this session
committees will be appointed and
bills will be introduced and referred
to the appropriate committees. On
Saturday morning committee chair
men will report back on the bills
and there will be debate. Votes will
be taken on the measures Saturday
afternoon.
Delegates will be entertained at q
banquet Friday night.
Elizabeth Ann Green, president OF
the Model Senate, and Stuart Rus
sell, executive vice president, both OF
George Washington, will preside al
the sessions.
Questions to be considered by the
Senate include international rela.
tions, government and business
labor and government and health.
The fact that this years meeting
of the Model Senate is being helC
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Sergt. Mckay Retires From Duty
With Georgetown R. 0. TIC.

Master Sergt. James v. Mckay
has retired from active duty with
the Georgetown r. o. T. c. unit
after II years as custodian of all
military property and equipment.
His place was taken over last
week by another veteran non
eom." Master Sergt. Edgar L. Mitch
ell, late of Headquarters Troop, Sd
Cavalry, at Fort Myer, Va.
Ill health compelled Sergt. Nc
Kay to relinquish the reins at
Georgetown but he is not planning
to abandon his boys" He expects
to put in a few hours daily at the
university because, like many old
soldiers, he would be unhappy doing
nothing.
Sergt. Mckay retired from the
Regular Army in 1928 after 80 years
Of active service. He was then on
duty in the office Of the chief Of
infantry at the War Department.
Before the World War, in which
he served as q commissioned OH
Ger, he was the ranking non-com
At the School Of Musketry at Fort
Sill. Okla, and at the Infantry
School at Fort Benning, Ga.
He was given the rank of q
captain in the ordnance during
the war and was wounded in over
Evening star., 1939-03-05
In the way Of good social background
and educational ADVANTAGES,

In the way Of good social background
and educational advantages.
The basis for the selection of
public health nurses in the Health
Department is from the list of eligi-
bles passed upon by the Civil Serv-
ice Commission. All candidates must
have taken and successfully passed
the examination for public health
nurses given by the commission.
This" Mrs. Prescott tells you. has
are serving the public health nurs-
resulted in a wide geographical dis
tribution on the part of those who
ing needs Of Washington, although
preference under the law Is always
given to eligible candidates from
the District"
New Hampshire Native.
New Hampshire born and bred,
Mrs. Prescott Is q member Of its
Society Of Colonial Danes, her FORE
bears having been among the early
Colonial leaders of this State. Fol.
lowing her graduation from Welles-
ley College with the A. B. degree
she trained as a nurse at the Mas
sachusetts General Hospital School
Of Nursing and Is one Of this schools
graduates. Then followed her spe-
cialization in public health nursing
at Columbia University, where she
obtained her M. A. in education.
Prior to Mrs. Prescott's selection
for her present position she was .
consultant in public health nursing
for the Milbank Memorial Fund in
the Bellevue and Yorkville health
demonstration work and a special
assistant to- Miss Amelia Grant, di-
rector of the Bureau of Public
Health Nursing of the Health De-
partment of New York City. She
won her spurs for these important
posts as supervisor with the
Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service
of New York City. Mrs. Prescott
was also on the staff of Columbia
University as an instructor in pub
lie health nursing.
Among Mrs. Prescott's after-hour
avocations from her duties as direc-
tor of the Washington Health De-
partment's Bureau of Public Health
Nursing are her classes in the prih-
ciples of public health nursing at
Catholic University and the ART
classes which she attends at the
Corcoran Art Gallery's School o1
Art.
An Artist by Avocation.
With a flash of humor she admits
Il never have been able to get en-.
tirely out of my mind the fact tina
would really like to be an artist
The result is that I have spent sew
eral summer vacations in art col
onies trying to express myself will
brush and pencil" Two have gon,
into this cause at the Booth Ba,
Harbor (Me) School of Art and on
at Provincetown, Mass.
Among Mrs. Prescott's Washing
ton club afiliations are her mem
berships with the Zonta Club an,
with the American Association o
University Women.
Evening star., 1939-03-05

profession as possible, I must have
the common sense not to take desk
work home with me unless it Is alb
solutely unavoidable. BY leaving
my evenings free for professional
and social contacts and long-range
planning, invariably get q broader
perspective on the next days tasks
and perform them more efiiciently
because of it.
With an adequate program for
leisure as well as for work, better
work inevitably results thereby in
the long run for the average person" !"
Leave Office Cares at Home.
1t is also Mrs. Prescotts opinion
that If an executive is to keep well,
balanced in viewpoint and properly
sympathetic toward as well as
understanding of the point of view
OF others, he does we'll in so far as
1t Is possible to leave his office cares
behind him.
An early morning tussle with
stubborn problems" she affirms,
usually does far more to conquer
them than endless burning of the
midnight oil.'
Improved public health" she en-
phasizes, lis not an end in itself
but q very important means for
bringing greater happiness to the
individual and affording him great
er opportunity to serve his COM
munity wisely and we'll"
In Mrs. Prescott's opinion public
health nursing offers a distinct ca
reer for women who themselves have
| something to contribute to the work
Evening star., 1939-03-05
Wilson College Prom
Will Be Held Friday

The annual prom Of the Wilson
Teachers College will be given Fri
day At 8 pm. at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Guests expected to attend include
Or. and Mrs. Edgar c. Higbie, Dean
and Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle and
Dr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Ballou, in
addition to other members Of the
Board Of Education and the college
faculty. Chaperones will include
Miss Anna D. Halberg, DR.. and Mrs.
n. w. Olson. Miss Alma Ebeling and
DR.. Albert House.
Prom favors will be kept secret
until the night Of the dance. Pro-
gram dancing will begin at 10
o'clock. Capitola Broughton and
Donald Cav are co-chairmen. Other
ehairmen include Margaret Ruckert,
favors and programs; Eleanor
Smith, patrons; Bettina Craig,
alumni contacts: Ruth Shankle,
chaperones: Clifford Lunson, tick
ets; Cameron Marsh, publicity; Joe
Ridolfi, printing, and Glenn Watts,
decorations.
Evening star., 1939-03-05
William the. Conqueror Blamed
For Peculiar English Spelling

cites the changes in Government
documents In spelling, "catalog" in
stead Of catalogue" and "cigaret"
instead Of cigarette"
The adoption Of some newspapers
Of such forms as thru" mite" and
tho" are considered steps forward
by the professor.
AS examples Of the progress that
has been made, he cites James How
ellis grammar of 1852, which recon-
mended that "logique" be changed to
logic" that "sinne" be changed to
"sin." and that "bodilie" be made
bodily" all Of which have come
about.
"Musick" has been changed to
music" but sick" has not lost the
"k." "Scituate" has become "sit-
uate," but scent" has retained
the &C."
Johnsons dictionary Of TITS is
blamed by the George Washington
professor for "crystallizing our spell
ing"
1.-THE words with their unnatural
spellings were embalmed and since
then 1t has been considered sacri-
legious to disturb the corpse" he
said.
Noah Webster was an advocate Of
simpined spelling and his first die.
tionary contained forms far more
simplied than even the Simpli1ied
Spelling Board recommended. But
there was 50 much objection that
Webster had to retreat from his
stand. Prof. Croissant said.
Henry Holt. late publisher, esti-
mated that IS per cent reduction
In the cost of books could be brought
about by leaving out silent letters.
THE thing about simplif1ed SPELL
ing that appeals to me Is that it
would be easier to spell correctly
than incorrectly" Prof. Croissant
said. I'VE wouldn't have to learn
to spell. If you could pronounce .
word you could spell It,"
But the professor doesn't expect
any immediate change.
Evening star., 1939-03-05

was written while he was In Wash
ington during a two-year term at
the American University.
In pointing out examples Of the
way in which the Scandinavian
countries cooperate to form
league Of nations" DR.. Arneson
calls attention to the fact that
citizen of any of these countries
can live in any other Of the coun-
tries and receive relief benefits as
though he were in his own country.
Careful accounting and an annual
balancing of Of these expenditures
make it possible, he said.
Extradition is handled as expe-
ditiously as though the countries
were one.
Evening star., 1939-03-05

at the seat Of the Federal Govern
ment is drawing delegates from a
larger number of colleges and uni
versities than have attended pre-
vious meetings. Students will come
not only from the New England and
Middle Atlantic States, but from
the South and from as far West as
Missouri. It Is expected that be-
tween 80 and 10 institutions will be
represented.
Delegates from George Washing
ton will be Edgar Baker, Roy Lowry,
Michael McKool, Evelyn Morris and
George Pughe.
Evening star., 1939-03-05

seas duty. After the war he re-
verted to his former rank and
was one of the best known mon
CONS" in the Army. His successor
at Georgetown. Sergt. Mitchell. re-
tired from the Sd Cavalry last Tues
after more than 80 years In the
service.
Evening star., 1939-03-05

AAA eAAS oNoAANA
In the opinion
Of DR.. Ben A.
Arneson, former
visiting professor
at the American
University, now
returned to Ohio
Wesleyan Uni
versity, where he
is professor Of
political science.
This idea is
presented in DR..
Arneson's new
book, THE Dem.
ocratic Monar.
chieS Of Scandi-
navia," " just pub
lished The hook
Evening star., 1939-03-05
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