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Evening star., 1940-04-11
Psychological Tests
Held No Panacea in
Personnel Problems
Sofety Society Hears
CapitoI Transit Aide on
Good Driver Standards

Warning that psychological tests
are measurable only in probabilities,
DR.. j. v. Waits, administrative
assistant Of the Capital Transit Co.,
last night emphasized that neither
the intelligence nor the aptitude
test is q panacea in the selection
Of personnel.
Speaking before the Washington
Safety Society in the Government
Printing Once dining room, DR..
Waits, referring specifically to-
driving tests given by the transit
company, pointed out that there
isn't even q mathematical criterion
Of what good driver is.
I'VE can't define a good driver in
terms of some mathematical stand
ard" he declared. "We can describe
what a good driver should be, but
we can't measure those qualities by
an absolute standard.
"All we can do," he continued, sis
to give an applicant for a driving
job an aptitude test to measure
whatever skill he may have in
handling vehicles, together with an
intelligence test and a great deal of
research into the mans past"
No General "Skill."
The word Skill" he explained, is
often misused. There is no such
thing as a general skill, the psychol-
ogist said. Every one has a number
of specific skills, which, when Jumped
together, are defined by many per-
sons as "a skill"
But each of these skills may be
antagonistic to each other, he as
serted. For instance, even if man
is q skilled machinst, he doesn't
necessarily have the ability to be-
come a skilled typist or a skilled
piano tuner.
IF we want tests to measure a
person for driving aptitude" he said,
1--WE must get a test for this one
skill and no others"
DR.. Waits placed great faith in the
intelligence test as a fairly reliable"
method of measuring some carefully
selected phase of human behavior.
Better Workers Score Higher.
Tests have shown, he told his
listeners, that there are striking"
similarities in the results of en-
ployes taking an intelligence test
who are doing the same kind of
work. Furthermore, he added, the
same tests have demonstrated that
better workers have better scores.
Between 10 and 80 per cent of en-
ployes who are successful in their
jobs make scores above the critical
point in the test range selected to
measure aptitude for their jobs, he
explained.
AS for personality tests. science
has made little progress in this field,
he claimed.
In a short business meeting fol-
lowing DR.. Waits talk, the group
urged the appointment of Harry
Wender, vice president of the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Association, for
the Police Court bench vacancy.
Evening star., 1940-04-11

and George Howard. Is well - later
Governors, including Thomas Ward
Veasey, James Black Groome, VIII
liam Grason and John Lee Carroll.
In addition, all Of the paintings In
the Statehouse are being cleaned
and retouched by an artist, and
plans are being made for the restora-
ton Of the old Senate chamber
where George Washington sur.
rendered command Of the Con-
tinental Army.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Gather Picture Rescued
From Staiehouse Cellar
~ the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS. Md, April l1.-Gov.
O'Conor's campaign to refurbish
Maryland's famous works Of art led
him into the Statehouse basement,
he has disclosed, where he found
q small print Of Gen. william
Lingan Gaither Of Montgomery
County, who was president of the
State Senate from 1848 to 1854.
It 80 attracted him, he explained,
Evening star., 1940-04-11
O'DonneII to Speok

John ODonnell, New York Daily
News reporter who has just returned
from six months In France, Ger
many. Italy and Holland, will speak
on I'm and Behind the Maginot
Line" at 1880 pm. Monday before
members Of the National Press Club.
His address will be Oh the record.
Evening star., 1940-04-11

100 pisces Necklaces, Pins.
Bracelets, Clips. CoIored beods
or stones, metal with color or
rhinestones. Were Csc. 62r
Special
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Novelty JeweIry at Special Savings

rs pieces Nseklsees, breee-
lets, Pins, Clips. Metal, met
al with color or colored beods
., o., stones. St Were Sl.35
Evening star., 1940-04-11

cial meeting win be held In the
Bunker Hill School. II arrangements
can be made, John J. Hurley, presi-
dent Of the association, said.
Evening star., 1940-04-11

432 pieces Necklaces, erees-
let's, Pins, Clips. White, pos
tells and muIti-coIor
combination. Special 6Se
Z fos $l----
Evening star., 1940-04-11
MagicoIor
Se|f-Po|ishing Wax
fss'!st'y fs{ t~s ,ss;'; s,;Ss : quart, sI

Save oc this and
sparkling
No breaking spill brush Moecoor Wax and
dries 20 hard bon finish that
normal Bring cleaning beauty home with Moecoor
Evening star., 1940-04-11

Egypt is constructing 4 number
Of modern highways throughout
the country.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Girls, Teen-age, Juveniles
Spring Goats Reduced

IS Girls Teen-ose and chubbee coots Of wool
tweeds, pastel pIoids, novelty wool fitted and bo>y
styles. Fitted styles for girls, with fIored back. or
one and two pIeot back. Plain coIors Of rose. blue.
eroy; posteI pIoids, novy, checks, tweed e.@so
mixtures Sizes to ID, II to Is. Were , /'oo
Sl695. Observation-Disclosures
IS 'Teen-ose Coots in beIted and fitted styles
tsss *sss ~ssa hsDsss: eHse ~ssd :6o
Sizes IL to l6 Were $22e5. Now
II Girls Fitted coot and Hot Sets Of wool cheviot
and tweed check Blue with white check,
navy with pink collar. Sizes 3 to 6. Were Z'oo
$l6o5. Now--------
"a Girls Novelty Wool coot and Hot Sets, pastel
co|ors Of pink, blue, rose, aqua. yellow.
Sizes to 6. Were S1995 and $22e5. 6.oo
Not every size in every style.
GIRLS TEEN-AcE JUVENILES APPAREL FOURTH FLOOR
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Imported Hand-|oomed
Dotted Swiss
Would regularly zoe
be 85c yard ~ /o'o

$50 yards Of cotton dotted Swiss-srolI and me-
dunn dots on white and ooIored grounds. Rose,
eeesheIl, pink, orchid, yellow, aqua and resedo
green, maize and pink dots 8 inches wide.
Specially purchased manufacturers cIose-out.
DRESS FABRICS SECOND FLOOR.
Evening star., 1940-04-11
Citizens Meetina POSTPONED

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Michigan Park Citizens Asso-
ciation was postponed last night
until Wednesday, April II. A spe-
Evening star., 1940-04-11

Special Offering Floor Samples
unpainted Maple Furniture
Much Less Than Regular Price
piece-o floor sopIes-reody to be finished
These styles regularly sold in stock at the wos price,
Evening star., 1940-04-11

NovElr1 JEwrIRY. AISLE 5, FIRST Flooe.
Evening star., 1940-04-11

Z8 Two-piece olI-worsted eobor-
dine suits in good selection Of
co|ors. Single and double breasted
models. Regular sizes IS to SO,
Long sizes 36 to SO.
STUDENTS CLOTHING, SECOND FLOOR.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-25

Old Papers For Sale At Nugget Office
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-25
Juneau Attorney Appointed Alaska Representative Of The Interior Departfent

WASHINGTON Appointment of George w. Folta, assistant U. s. attorney at Juneau as counsel on Alaska matters in the office of the Solicitor, Department of the Interior, was announced by the department.
 The appointfent was made by Secretary Ickes and becomes eff fectlVe when Folta has cleared up matters in his present office. He will come to Washington for conferences but return to Alaska where officials said will be his headquarters for his new work, probably locating at Juneau.
 The department has felt for some time, 1t stated, that rep resentative of the solicitors office Was needed lin the field" to han d e territorial matters for the de pertinent and its sub divisions, among them the Biological sur vey, Bureau of fisheries, Bureau of mines and Land office.
 Folta is a native of Braddock, Pa, and has been in his present job since 1927. He is A years old. married and has 2 children and was formerly chief clerk in the steamboat inspection service and also for some time was secretary to former governor of Alaska.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-25
WORKINGS OF THE ISMS

SOCIALISM - You have two COWS. You give your neighbor one.
 COMMUNISM-You have two cows. The government takes the cows and gives you the milk.
 FACISM-You have two cows. You keep the COWS, give the gov ernment the milk and the gov ernment sells part of the milk back to you.
 NEW -DEALISM - You have two cows. The government shoots one of the cows, milks the other one and pours half the milk down the sewer.
 NAZISM-You have two cows. The government shoots you and takes the cows.
 CAPITALLSM-You have two cows. You sell one of the cows and buy a bull.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-25

essments, interest paid on that personal loan you made, and your gambling losses up to the amount you won (if you were taken by the bookies for $1,000 and nicked them back for $100, you can deduct only $100).
 And that isn't all. If you suf- fered a property loss through fire, theft, storm or other casual ties and it can't be shown you were negligent, you can deduct the full original purchase price Cess salvage value) or the full cost of repairs. What's more if you're smart, you'll deduct the full amount of the expenses you ordinarily and necessarily incur as part of your work (such as maintaining a car). There's a rub in this however, because you can't deduct carfeare to the of flee.
 You can deduct bad debts, too, but-you have to furnish proof of indebtedness, proof of a date on which the debt became bad, and proof you tried to collect.
 And listen, don't forget prop erty depreciation if you have any property. Its figured in accord ance with a set of standards fix ing the rates of depreciation. But if you live in the building your self, no dice,
 Of course, the drawback is this-that it's all matter of per centage. When you make a $10 deduction, for example, it doesn't mean that you pay Sl0 less in taxes. Oh, no! It merely means that you have reduced by $10 the amount on taxable net income. At 1 percent your $10 deduction will enable you to pay just 40 cents less to Uncle Sam.
 But isn't it a lot of fun figur- ing?
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-25
How to Deduct From Income Tax
By Paul Ross
AP Feature Service Writer

AP Feature Service Writer
 PSst! Want to save money on your income tax?
 You'd be surprised what a few hours of jogging your memory and brushing up on arithmetic will do for you. And legitimately, too. This all comes, every bit of it, from a source close to the Unit States government.
 Remember the time you bought a pair of tickets for that boxing match? And the time you surprised the wife, and instead of taking her down to the corner movie where the admission is on ly 25 cents, you bought orchestra seats for that Shakespeare play? If you'll just figure out all the admissions of more than 40 cents you paid, you can deduct 10 per cent of them from your income.
 Uncle Sam give us suckers an even break on donations, too. If you shelled out for charitable re ligious and educational institu- tions last year, Uncle Sam won't laugh in your face if you deduct as much as Is percent of your net income. The only thing Is you have to have proof you gave all this money if the tax collector should ask for it, and the object of your kindness has to be organ ized under state law.
 You needn't pay tax on taxes some kinds of taxes, that is. For instance, you can deduct the tax on club dues, safe deposit box es, telephone calls, cabIegrams.
 And you can deduct your state income tax, if any, and sales tax -es And if you are en employer you can deduct the social secur- fly taxes you pay on your em- I. oyees-but if you're an em- ployee, nothing doing.
 Here's another but: If your smoke a lot and drink a lot, you've paid a lot of Federal ex- else taxes on tobacco and aleo- hoIc beverages which doesn' [ make any difference at all in the amount of income tax you owe.
 To get back to the brighter side of things you can deduct whatever you paid for a dog li- cense and for a drivers license and auto plates and for state tax es on gasoline.
 If you play cagey, there are lot of things you can deduct. Stuff like this-real estate taxes (provided they aren't such things as water taxes or property improvement assessments), GUS toms duties, union dues and ass
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-25
SOURDOUGH STATIONERY

Write to your friends and rela tives on the Outside, using Sour ough Stationery. They'll get big kick out of it.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-25

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The Nome nugget., 1940-03-25

You can save 200 by paying six months in advance for your sub. scription to The Nome Nugget.
Evening star., 1940-06-18
Festival Program
CHANGES Listed

A change in the tentative pro-
gram of Summer Festivals to be
held in the National Sylvan Theater
At the Washington Monument be-
ginning Tuesday night, June IS, with
the Marian Chace Dancers and the
Washington Elks' Boys Band, is an
nounced by the Community Center
and Fairgrounds Department and
the Once Of National Capital Parks,
which jointly sponsor the festival
series.
The change occurs in the July
program-including 1ive Tuesday
night events-which are now sched-
uled as follows:
July 2-The Washington Gypsy
Chorus, directed by Robert Fred
erick Freund; preceded by the
Washington Gas Light Band.
July 9-The F. B. I. Recreation
Association Theater Group, in
Robin OF Sherwood, preceded by
the w. P. A. Symphonic Orchestra.
July 16-The Tempo Choral Club
directed by DR.. w. Scott Mayo, in
Merry Milkmaids," assisted by the
w. p. A. Dance Orchestra.
July 23-The lexington -Roose-
veit Players, directed by Pauline
Eaton Oak, in "Kismet."
July 30-The Troupers of East
Washington Community Center, in
Vicar Of Wakefield" There will
be a band concert each Tuesday.
Evening star., 1940-06-18
Happened in Paris
Has Important Cast

Important additions to the cast
of Columbia's 1T Happened In Par
is" formerly titled "Gribouille.
have stepped it up to a formidable
place in the studios summer pro-
duction schedule.
Brian Aherne, playing his first
straight character role, is starred
in the Americanized version Of the
famed French play. Rita Hay
worth. deserting glamor roles for
drama, plays the feminine lead op-
posite Aherne.
Outstanding players added to the
cast during the past week include
Irene Rich, whose portrayal of
Michele Morestan, Aherne's wife in
the story, is an important step in
her screen come back: Evelyn Keyes
and Glenn Ford as the juvenile
leads and Edward Norris, who makes
his debute as a heavy. Norris, who
plays dancing master, is acknowl-
edgedly one of Hollywood's worst
terpsichoreans, but is taking behind
the-scene lessons from Miss Hay
worth 80
Others in the cast include Curt
Bois, Frank Reicher, julius Tan
men, Lloyd Corrigan, who deserted
directing to play the part Of the
prosecuting attorney: George Cou-
louris, Phillip Van Zandt. william
Stack. James B. Carson, Jack Rice,
Earl Gum and William Castle.
Charles Vidor. teamed with
Aherne in MY Son. My Son." is
directing TT Happened In Paris.
under the production supervision OF
B. B. Kahane.
Evening star., 1940-06-18
Pianists to Play
In Red Cross Benefit

An American Red Cross benefit
concert will be presented tomorrow
at $50 pm. at the Carlton Hotel
by the duo -pianists, Martha Norton
of New York and Walter Schoene-
weis Of Pittsburgh, and \ profess
sional string quartet of well-known
Washington artists.
The artist pianists, graduates of
the Juilliard School OF Music. New
York City, under Carl Friedberg,
have for the last two years given
repeated two-piano recitals in New
York. For the Carlton concert they
will be heard in the Bach "Sicil-
iano," the Pirani "Gavotte, Opus
34," the Debussy- -Ravel "Fetes" and
Rogers Introduction and Fugue." "
The string quartet, composed of
Milton Schwartz, Jeno Sevely,
George Wargo and Alden Finckel,
will play the Mozart ID Minor
Quartet" Frank Bridges arrange
ment of two old English airs and
Russian Dance. No. H." of Tschai-
kowsky, arranged by George Wargo.
The concert, for the War Relief
Fund, is presented by the Music
Committee, Gertrude Price Wollner
chairman: Mrs. Julian Berla. Mrs
Katharine Frost and Mrs. Daniel
Sayre. The Executive Committee
for the benefit includes Mrs. James
M. Doran, chairman: Mrs. William
V. Linder, Mrs. Paul W. Simonds
and Mrs. Jessica T. Thies, from
whom tickets, at 81 each. may be
obtained. Tickets also may be pur-
chased at the entrance.
A list of distinguished patronesses
is headed by Mrs. Henry Morgen-
thau, jr.
Evening star., 1940-06-18
In Monte CristO'

George Sanders has been selected
by Edward Small to play one of
the leading roles in his forthcom-
ing production, THE Son of Monte
Cristo." Already announced for the
two principal parts in the picture
are Joan Bennett and Louis Hay
ward.
THE Son of Monte Cristo," based
on Alexandra Dumas famous novel,
Is in production under the direction
Of Rowland v. Lee. 1t WAS the
combination OF Producer Small and
Director Lee that created THE
Count Of Monte Cristo." in which
Robert Donat achieved stellar fame.
The screenplay OF the 1.-The Son
Of Monte Cristo" is by George Bruce
The production will be released by
United Artists.
Evening star., 1940-06-18

Little. succeeding Mill on the
Floss" which ran for a fortnight.
:. That March OF Time issue de-
voted to the United States Navy
will open Friday at Keith's.
Greet Academy students presenta-
tfon last night Of a series of four
one-act plays represented the 23d
public performance in Washington
directed by Maurice and Mildred
Greet. Two comedies and two
dramas were included among the
quartet of one-acters. New
Moon," uniting jeanette MacDon-
aid and Nelson Eddy again. will be
screened today. 1t is the Pal
aces attraction to follow THE Nor
tai Storm" which gives promise of
lingering for the benefit of those
who would see powerfully dra-
matte account of the origin of Nazi-
ism. Screened yesterday was
The Ghost Breakers" companion
piece to that New Years Eve Re-
vue," Earle's next stage attraction
and the subject of those out OF sea .
son New Year greetings which are
being wired to the Earle's wiring list.
Evening star., 1940-06-18
Wins Second Role

Her work in her first motion pic
ture has won for Elizabeth Earl,
English actress recently discovered
by Warner Bros. the important role
OF the murderess' friend in The
Letter" Bette Davis current star
ring picture.
Miss Earl was signed by Warmers
several weeks ago and cast imme-
diately In the feminine lead of
Rivers End" on the basis of her
initial screen tests.
Evening star., 1940-06-18
In Cagney Film

Frank Craven. the narrator OF
Our Town; Ella Kazan, once OF
the Group Theater. and Frank Nc
Hugh will join James Cagney in
the cast Of City for Conquest at
Warner Bros. The Aim will be
Kazan's first. The story, which is
based on Aben Kandel's novel. was
adapted for the screen by John
Wexley.
Its cast so far includes Ann Sheri-
dan. Blanche Yurka. Anthony
Quinn, Bob Steele. Arthur Kennedy.
Donald Crisp and George Tobias.
Anatole Litvak. who directed All
This, and Heaven, Too" is directing.
Evening star., 1940-06-18
Restrictions

Precautions against forest fires in
a mountain area 40 miles from
Hollywood turned movie cowboys on
picture location into "sissies. ="
They were forbidden to roll their
own cigarettes (quirlies. in the ver-
nacular) and had to smoke sissified
tailor -mades' or give up smoking
Reason given by fire wardens was
that quirlies are like incendiary
bombs. They spill sparks. Further
more, the cowboys of George
OBrien's R-K-O Radio Stage to
Chino" company had to do their
smoking on a square of canvas, 6x6,
pegged at the corners by red buckets
filled with water. presided over by
a warden. They took turns.
Evening star., 1940-06-18
Three for Tobias

George Tobias, who signed a War
ner Bros. term contract few weeks
ago, is becoming the busiest actor
on the lot. Appearing simultan-
eously in City for Conquest" and
Rivers End he will go into the
cast of Flowing Gold" soon. Tobias
came to attention as the nonchalent
bandit with heart of gold in Tor
rid Zone"
Evening star., 1940-06-18

up Director Anatole Litvak on the
subject Of working hours. Jimmys
contract reads that he is to finish
work at 6 pm. but Litvak, famous
for his disregard of such matters,
kept Cagney toiling the other day
until Gas pm. So the next evening,
at pm. sharp. Jimmy walked of
the set-in the middle of take"
I remember when Litvak was
making a picture with Donald Crisp,
he kept the actor working until 4
am. At which time Crisp warned
I'm going home after this take"
mo, no." protested Litvak-"just one
more take" A few minutes later
Where's Mr.. Crisp?" asked
Litvak. Remember that noise you
just heard?" he was told. That
was Mr.. Crisp going home!"
Rosalind Russell and Bette Davis
created something new in Jurors
when they auctioned of personal
apparel for the Red Cross. How
much for your panties?' yelled a
male to Miss Russell. Which was
the cue for ROE to exit d. Inciden-
tally, Miss Davis gives her usual
swell performance in "All This and
Heaven. Too" but I do wish she
wouldn't be so tragic in all her pic
lures Can't we have her in one
comedy-just for a change? i.
Lew Ayres tells me that when he
stopped off in Rio de Janeiro he was
surrounded by interviewers-"and
was all prepared to tell them the
story of my life. But all they wanted
to know was-'What Is Mickey
Rooney like?'"
Brenda Marshall thought she was
an old friend of Frances Farmer
until the other lunch time when
Brenda rushed up to say, Hello,
Frances" and was greeted with a
frozen stare. No wonder that
Miss Farmer is unpopular in Hol-
lywood. What's eating you. anyway,
Frances? Sight of the week:
Mrs. William Powell reading a book
on etiquette and how to have charm,
etc. finally got around to
seeing Vivien Leigh and Laurence
Olivier in "2l Days Together" It's
not as bad as Olivier claimed, but
their joint makeup is atrocious.
The gentleman reminded me of some
of those pre-war French postcards.
Hollywood is falling over itself
to be nice to Barbara Hutton. I
can't think why.
~ **
Notes on love-phoney and/or
otherwise. Bruce Cabot is es-
corting Simone Simon to the public
hot-spots (no Aim offers yet for the
LADY,. Norma Shearer is minus
masculine admirers for the duration
of her current picture, Escape"
She doesn't believe in mixing work
with pleasure. And anyway, Mr..
Raft is out Of town. Wayne
Morris and wife show the world
they are still in love by kissing and
embracing within range of the
still" cameraman. CAT least 10 re-
porters have had them getting a
diyorce.) Ditto for Lana Turner and
Artie Shaw. Dorothy Lamour
has Joined book club or something
in order to have lots of bright con-
versation with her newest beau
Gregory Bautzer. who seems to be
recovering rapidly from his jilting
by Lana Turner.
X
Say that Carole Lands is smart
business woman for all her baby
stare. First she promotes a loud
revolt against the title-"ping" girl.
Then she refuses to fulfill her con-
tract with swimming suit manu-
facturer to pose in his wares. Both
items netted her plenty of publicity
including photographs of Carole
in the supposedly hated swimming
suit. Who's your press agent,
Carole?
Evening star., 1940-06-18

another studio,
curiosity might
get the upper
hand of promises
and good man.
ners. BY the
way. Greta Is
now investing all
her spare cash in
good old United
S t a tes bonds.
And is buying a
ranch in the San
Fernando Valley.
+ X + Il
1t didn't take
long for Jimmy