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Evening star., 1940-10-26

20 HEMLOCK ST W-Semi-priva e
III: pvt. home; coNv transportau auon;
NE nriXllePes GeNrg.a .tntiii.
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JOHN F. DONOHOE & SONS,
314 Pa. Ave. Sc.
Lincoln 00sx.
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16th-Bright, clean
,ble November /; for
NJ SEES
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M7.50-448 MELLON ST. s.E.-BEAUII.
full Arm. and bath duplex apt: Sc. porcn'
yard; heat, hot water furn. RA. 1914.
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1916 18th st.
tely furnished.
, o~s
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THE ANCHOR INN
GRAFTON HOTEL,
"THE MAURY :"
CARROLL ARMS HOTEL

Double room for two girls basemen
for one or two men. shower
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1926 RHODE ISLAND AVE.

Large double. newly furnished private
bath. single: attractive lounges, billiards.
SNltChhna I'd ePlnctivn r,,nnll
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Settled lady. Room
and private bath IN
~ rAnp,pry
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1888 l6th ST. n.w.-SinGle rms. also dou
rms. with pvt baths. Immediately Gle
beautifully furn.; unusual meals.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Capital Men 10 Receive
Holy Orders tuesday

Two Washington men will be
among IL seminarians receiving holy
orders Tuesday from Archbishop
Michael j. Curley in the. Basilica
Of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary in Baltimore. They
are the Rev. George Louis Gi1gras,
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. George Gingras,
316 North Carolina avenue Sc, and
the Rev. Aloysius Edward O'Connor,
son of Mrs. Anna M. O'Connor, 121
Gallatjn street NV, and the late
Daniel A. O'Connor.
Mr.. Gingras, a native of Bergen
field, N. j., was educated in the
Capital before entering st. Mary's
Seminary, Roland Park, Md. He
attended st. Peters School, Gonzaga
High School and Georgetown UNI
versity.
He was to have celebrated his
first solemn high mass In st. Peters
Church, but because Of its having
been destroyed by IRE recently he
will sing the mass in st. Joseph's
Church
Mr.. O'Connor was educated at
st. Martins Parochial School, st.
Charles College Of the Sulpician
Seminary and st. May's Seminary.
He Is q native of washington and
has q cousin stationed in France
as member Of the Little Sisters
Of the Poor. Z
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Busy Party Line
Blamed for Delay
In Fire Call
sx : Sac correspondent of The star.

SvSAs
SANDY SPRING, Md, May 11.-A
busy party line was said by police
to be responsible for half an hours
delay In summoning the Sandy
Spring Fire Department when the
home Of George A. Wilson, near Lay
Hill, caught fire and was partially
demolished yesterday afternoon.
When sparks from the chimney
ignited the roof, Mr.. Wilson rushed
to the telephone, but was unable to
get the operator ON the dial system,
installed several months ago, and
finally sent . friend by automobile
to summon the department. It was
half m hour before the department
received word Of the blaze, police
said.
Z Il heard some children talking on
tho line" Mr.. Wilson told his
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Wilson,
who lives. less than q mile away,
sand then Ill I could get was the
dial tone.
'Under the old system, / could
have flashed the operator and she
would have cut everybody Oh until
abe rot the dre department"
Members Of the family and neigh.
bcfS removed most Of the furniture
before the flrs apparatus from
Sandy Spring, and later from Ken-
sinston and Silver Spring arrived,
but the upper part Of the house MAS
DESTROYED. Damage was estimated
at ahout @6ooo.
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Man Fined for Letting
Fire Get Out Of Control i.
y . Staff corr.,poud.n. Of tn. star.

ey Staff Correspondsnt Of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, May IL
Charged with carelessH letting .
ire get out of control. Herman john
son, %, colored, Of Tobeytown, was
found guilty in Police Court yester-
day and given . SIS fne or . 30
day Jail sentence by Judge Donald
A. DeLashmutt.
johnson was employed on the
farm Of Louis Payne, near Travilah,
when the incident occurred . week
ago, police said. The fire burned
over q 9-acre pasture ON the adjoin-
ing farm Of George Esworthy and
damaged several wooded tracts near
by, according to testimony.
Montgomery County police have
been making strenuous efforts to
cut down the number Of grass and
brush fires which have plagued IRE
departments in all parts of the
county in recent weeks and caused
much damage. One last month near
Potomac burned over several hun
dred acres and destroyed three
houses.
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the s,m and move only at night
or on dark days
CuFiously enough, the occu-
pants Of jungle dwellings some-
times welcome an invasion Of
driver. ants. Once the column
has passed tlye householder cAn
be assured their homes contain
no rats, mice. snakes or other
vernhin.
While on the march, 1t is said,
the ants bridge streams by link
Ing Themselves together with
their sturdy jaws. Moreover.
they have been known, when
Their abode was flooded. to mass
In D ball which noats and ro-
tates In the water, thus saving
individuals from drowning By
continued immersion.
Entomologists hare hoped that
nr. Mann, on l1is return some-
time IA July, Hill bring ADD
tional first-h9nd information of
driver ants, aaong with his col
lection 6 animals tor The local
00<ho sss~eJSs - F5 = u
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h3 Apply for Post /.
As Superintendent
Of Capitalist Parks
,<aa# tAs@x y I
solory Of 5000
A Yeor Is Provided
For the Position

The application division Of the
Civil Service Commission today an
nomced that 263 persons have ap-
piled for the post Of superintend-
ent Of National Capital Parks In
Washington.
Applications for the job, which
has been filled by temporary acting
superintendents since G. Marshall
Finnan was transferred to the
superintendency of Zion and Bryce
Canyon National Parks last August
/, were turned in by Thursday, but
their number was not announced
until today.
AS Is customary, the application
division said 1t was not at liberty
to announce the names of the ap-
plieants nor Was 1t able to reveal
whence they came. The division
said, however, that the applications
came from all over the country.
Employees Of the Once of National
Capital Parks have exhibited keen
interest in the examination re-
Gently. They have indicated de-
sire to have q permanent chief
instead Of a series Of acting super
intendents (there have been three
since August d.
A $6,00O-a-year salary Is provided
for the new superintendent. H. s..
Wagner and Charles G. Sauers, on
whose report on the local parks
Office last fall the examination has
largely been based, recommended
a salary of $4,000 for the post. This
figure was not accepted by the In
terror Department, however.
This probably will mean that few.
If any, Of the top-flight park super
intendents throughout the country,
who usually receive salaries greater
than 5000, have applied for the
Washington post. It has been
prophesied by omcials in the Once
Of National Capital Parks and Ma
tional Park Service that assistant
superintendent and other persons
in responsible park positions in the
great county and city park Offices
Of the country would take the ex-
animation.
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Dr.. Mann 'Blitzkrieeed by Two-lnch Ants

inches in length and the queens
somewhat smaller. The fighters
are also workers, ranging from
vicious, esh-tearing soldiefs
nearly an inch long 70 sless ag-
gressive and smaller forms with
al sorts OF duties.
The army moves as II It were
co-ordinated by some uncanny
intelligence. The individuals are
entirely blind. but they execute
the orders Of some mass instinct
with military precision. Once 4
column starts for m objective,
It never retreats. The army de-
YOURS flesh, living or dead.
Move Only 1t Night.
Flight from the undertaking
column Is the only safety for man
or beast. The. ants have been
known to devour the largest
snakes. lethargic after . bdg meal.
They seem to hAEe ~ dxed
abode and some Kinds are con-
stantly On the move dsxing dark
ne6gs 70 Tar . ID known, tAey
cannot endure ths direct ras3 ul
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with mingled pleasure and
pain, Zoo Director Willian N.
Mann, . world authority On ants,
had. opportunity recently in the
Liberian jungle to study the as
sault methods Of an invading
army Of driver ants.
The huge, regimented ants are
the Huns Of the insect world, and
they put on q nocturnal .blitz-
krieg" which cost DR.. Mann's
collecting expedition several
smaller specimens and painful
injuries to q squad Of native boys
who tried to defend the camp.
A brief radiogram received here
from the Smithsonian -Firestone
expedition in West Africa did not
say II DR.. and Mrs. Mann were
bitten by the ants, which range In
size from an inch to almost 2
inches, and can destroy almost
any creature which does not nee
their line Of march.
The attack occurred almost
without warning IN the sultry
blackness Of the tropical forest.
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Frederick l Works
Given 10 Association
Al Mount Vernon
13-volume Set Is
Presented BY German
Embassy Attochs
special Dispateh,to Ths star.

MOUNT VERNON, Va, May IL
A 13-volume set Of the works Of
Frederick II. King Of Prussia, trans-
lated into the English by Thomas
Holcroft In 1850, was presented to
the Mount Vernon Ladies' Associ-
alton yesterday by Gen. Frederick
Won Boetticher, Military Attache Of
the German Embassy and an au-
thority on Washingtoniana.
The books are bound In whole
calf and trimmed Ia gold and red
and are in q fine state Of preserva-
ton.
Mrs. Jefferson Randolph Ander-
son, vice regent from Georgia, gave
the association two 18th century
Shemeld bedroom candlesticks With
shutters, which had been In her
family many years. Since they are
In keeping with those Of Washine-
tons day, they probably viii be
placed In one Of the bedrooms IN
the mansion, members Of the asso-
citation said.
Other items formally accepted at
yesterdays meeting included two
gold rings containing locks of hair
OF George and Martha Washington,
the gift Of J. Pierpont Morgan.
The appointment Of three new
vice regents was announced by Mrs.
Horace Mann Towner, regent, and
included Mrs. John Templeman
Coolidge Of Massachusetts,, who sue
ceeds Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer; Miss
Anita Furness Of Minnesota, sue
ceeding Mrs. Charles Eliot Flrness,
and Mrs. John r. Bennett, r., Of
Texas, who fills the vacancy caused
by the death Of Mrs. Thomas s.
Maxey, former dean Of the associa-
ton.
Tomorrow morning members Of
the association will attend PolAck
Church, where special services will
be held and corporate communion
administered by the rector, the Rev.
John Curtin Runkel.
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Veterans to Dedicate
Fort Meade Memorial

The Veterans' Association Of the
304th Engineers. 10th Division, will
celebrate its memorial window In
the post chapel at Fort Meade, Md,
In ceremonies at 2 pm. tomorrow.
The 304th Engineers was the ilrst
regiment to arrive at the camp site
In 1917.
The window, Of painted antique
1lass, Is the ninth and last to be
installed In the chapel. It con-
forms In design with the other vim
dows and portrays Christ healing
the blind.
Evening star., 1940-05-11

The defenders could not run from
the column, as b customary In
that part Of Africa, because there
was no time to remove 1--we speci-
mems from camp.
Native Boys BADLY Stung.
Fierce biting and stringing In
sects swarmed over the native
boys as they sought to turn the
advance guard. While DR.. Mann
gave few details, ne said some Of
the boys were badly bitten and
stung. Defenses were erected
later to prevent . recurrence Of
the invasion.
Friends OF DR.. Mann here re-
called his enthusiasm for the
study Of ants In their native
habitats all over the world.
He has written many treatises
on the ants Of the Americas, Asia,
Africa and the South Pacific
islands. Other scientists have
named various species for him.
Among IN army Of drivers aro
some of the largest Of an ants.
The males are apprudmately 2
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Woman, 80, PoroIed
In Age Pension Froud
b the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CUMBERLAND, Md, May H.
A trial magistrates court gave Mrs.
Helen Hawthorne, 30, 4 suspended
six-n1onth sentence and paroled her
for six months yesterday on q
charge Of defrauding the Allegany
County Welfare Board Of $500.
The court ordered her to make
restitution Of the sum after tes-
timony showed she had been paid
an old-age pension since December.
1885, while she had over $500 In
each Of two Frostburg banks.
Mrs. Hawthorne testified she had
not revealed possession Of the
money because she was saving it
for q respectable funeral"
She withdrew the funds later, she
said, to send to q Pittsburgh friend
whose husband had died, but lost
the money in downtown Cumber-
land. @
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Alexandra Girl, 5,
Dies Of Injuries After
Being Hit by Bus
Victim and Sister Durted
Into Vehicle as Driver
Made Turn, Police Soy

Five-year-old Pearl Virginia Bry-
ant, AIS Cameron street, Alexandria,
Va, died in the Alexandria Hospital
today from injuries suffered yester-
day when she was struck by an
A. B. & w. bus.
Police said Howard F. Wiltshire,
the driver, was making a right turn
at King and Royal streets when
Pearl and her sister, Mary, 8, darted
into the rear of the bus. Mary
escaped with few cuts and bruises
but Pearl suffered fractures Of both
legs and internal injuries.
No charges were filed against Mr..
Wiltshire pending coroner's in
quest.
Tom Gossett, 80, of Riverdale was
seriously injured last night when
struck by an automobile while walk
ing along the Baltimore boulevard
at Branchville.
Mr.. Gossett, who was brought to
the hospital by the Branchville
Rescue Squad, was being treated for
q possible fractured skull and leg,
conclusion and cuts. police reported.
The driver Of the automobile
which struck Mr.. Gossett was listed.
by county police a. Herman Woltil
of Baltimore, Md, who was charged
with reckless driving and later
released ON bond. at =:
Antonio Troiano,. s., Of SOL Park
road NV, suffered two fractured
ribs and lacerations Of the head and
hands yesterday afternoon when
the truck he was driving was b COL
nsion with another truck, driven by
John H. Bladen, II, of Hyattsville,
Nd, at the intersection Of Bladens-
burg road and Williamsburg drive,
Silver Spring, Md.
Both were given first aid by the
Silver Spring Rescue Squad and
taken to the Washington Sanitarium
In Takoma Park, where Mr.. Bladen
was treated for minor injuries and
released. Police at the Silver Spring
substation charged both with reck-
less driving.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Special Schooling
For Cardiac Children
Is Recommended
low-vitoIity clossi sifieotior
For Handicapped Glasses
Draws Objection

Cardiac children would be in
cluded in any central school for
handicapped children under . rec
ommendation Of the Board Of Edu-
cations Advisory Committee on
Handicapped Children ut . meet
ing last night In the Franklin
School.
This would represent an extern
sion Of the educational service Of
fered handicapped children, Mrs.
Henry 0rattan Doyle. chairman,
pointed out, since no provision is
now made for special treatment
for cardiacs.
The meeting was scheduled to be
the last Of the year, but . pro-
longed disagreement between COM
mittee members over whether chill
dren Of low vitality should be admit
ted to such q central school forced q
holdover Of some Of the business.
Another meeting was set for Thurs
day. May q, at 8 pm.
Six-Point Program.
Az the report, brought in by
Charles Pimper, chairman of the
Subcommittee on Crippled Children,
Was adopted. It called for.
l. Physical examination for an
children at entrance into schools
and periodically thereafter by the
Health nepaftment.
2. Provision In . central school
for cardiac cases approved by the
Health Department.
3. Recognition that other types OF
handicaps, such as low vitality,
might make 1t desirable that place
be provided In q central school
4. Transportation be supplied
these children on recommendation
Of the Health Department.
S. A central school to be sought
by the board and to include pro-
vision for, catdiacs.
8. Suitable teachers.
Low Vitality" Draws Objections.
DR.. Harry A. Ong Of the Health
Department objected to the use Of
the words ''low vitality" In describ-
ing children to be admitted to 4
central school. He said good deal
Of pressure would be brought to
bear to get children In such Z
school In such numbers as to be
economically infeasible.
TT might take . school covering
SIX blocks to take. care Of them,
he said.
Establishment Of . psychiAtric
service for the schools to work in
conjunction with the research de-
partments was approved In another
action. but the report failed to make
clear whether the units would be
under the Health Department OF
the schools.
Miss Betty G. Wright, executive
director Of the American Society for
the Hard Of Hearing, filed q survey
Of various types Of equipment avail
able for hard-of -hearing classes
and where 1t can be obtained. Some
is companies were placed on an
approved list. First Assistant Supt.
Robert L. Haycock described the
report Is very valuable"
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Parking Fees Fixed

RICHMOND, Va, May II B.-
The State Conservation Commission
yesterday agreed on parking fee Of
Is cents for automobiles and 81 for
buses which enter the SIX State
parks this season. They will open
Wednesday.
The parking fees will take the
place Of q l0-cent entrance fee
charged heretofore. ~
Evening star., 1940-05-11
D. c. Assault Suspect
Held in WiIkes-Bo

Sheriff William E. Clifton Of
Prince Georges County left for
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. last night to
bring back 38-year-old Samuel A.
Vanchure Of Washington, who is
wanted by county police on Q charge
Of criminal assault on Washington
beauty parlor employe near Green
belt, Md.
Vanchure was picked up BY
Wilkes-Barre police yesterday at the
request Of Policeman Louis J..
Mackall.
The young woman Is recovering
In Sibley Hospital from beating
which she received as she tried
to fight on her assailapt, according
to county police.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
II months proceeding application fol
hAnof1ts

Il months proceeding application for
benefits.
It was said that some labor spokes-
men insisted on adoption Of Q fiat
rule for benefit payments Of max
imum Of $16 for . basic maximum
Of 10 weeks, without regard to the
amount Of earnings OF the applicant
In his base period" !" whereas ''b,,si-
ness" spokesmen reported that tle
States have similar rules - TO the
one proposed, ranging from one@
third 10 one-1lfth Of the previous
years eaxninek Ihers the Issue
rested.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Use Care in CHOOSING
Vocational Pupils,
Teachers Are Told
ContreII Points to High
Cost Of Troining at
Dennison School MEETING

Heavy operating expenses make it
desirable that the enrolment In
vocational schools be selected with
the assurance that the pupils will
benefit from the instruction, Assist
ant Supt. Of Schools Lawson J..
Cantrell today told approximately
100 teachers and school officers in
. panel discussion on guidance at
the Dennison Vocational School.
Mr.. Cantren said the vocational
schools could not be "a dumping
ground" for pupils unable to profit
by q general Junior or senior high
school education because the cost
Of equipment and materials, together
with small classes, result in . high
cost per pupil. This cost, he said,
exceeds that Of the general junior
high school program.
Panel Discusses Guidance.
Mr.. Cantrell was q member Of q
panel which included Charles w.
Sylvester, director Of vocational edu-
cation in Baltimore: Harold A.
CLARK, head Of the department Of
vocational education here; Miss
Louise Moore of the Federal Once
Of Education and Frank Cushman,
also Of the Once Of Education.
Earlier, another panel had dis
cussed the place Of guidance In the
Junior and senior high schools. The
group agreed that counseling on
educational and vocational oppor-
tt1nity was desirable but was di-
vided ON how it should be done.
Principal Norman Nelson Of
Woodrow Wilson High School OBJ
jected to making the instruction in
occupational opportunity q course.
He said he did not feel that teach
ers were qualified to teach occupa-
tional opportunity and that such
knowledge cleaned from books was
apt to be artificial. Instead, he sug-
gested actual contact and interview
Of persons actively in the various
fields Of occupation by the pupils.
DR.. Weston Clark, president of the
Personnel and Guidance Association,
indicated he thought the matter
should be contained In q course, but
that this course could be worked out
to include Mr.. Nelson's suggestion.
Special Counselor Urged.
Miss Helen Samuel Of Gordon
Junior High School asserted that no
guidance program was complete
without q special guidance counselor
who should work with both teachers
and pupils, but Mrs. Margaret Mer-
ritt, principal Of the Taft Junior
High, felt that the counselor should
supplement the work Of the teacher,
leaving the teacher to deal with the
pupil.
Presiding over the high school
guidance panel was DR.. Eugene A.
Leonard of the once Of Education.
The group did agree on the desir-
ability Of cooperation between the
school and outsiders in dealing with
youth. It. was suggested that q
council might be formed represent
ing the recreation, school and
Scout organization in each COM
munity.
Superintendent Frank w. Ballou
gave the keynote address, pointing
out three-fold purpose in occu-
pational adjustment = counseling,
training and placement. The pro-
gram was sponsored by the District
Vocational Association.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Senators to See Preukness

BALTIMORE, May II R.-Sena-
tors Barkley and Chandler Of Ken
lucky will be guests OF Gov. O'Conor
at the Preakness today. Represen-
tative Sasscer, Democrat, Of Mary
land and Mrs. Sasscer also viii
be In the Governors box.
Evening star., 1940-05-11
Truffic Record

Inc U61uC EeCOIu, 6S reVe3l0Q
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending ct 8 am.
today:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents. ~.
d Motorists injured :. 81
I Motorists atresoed; 3S3.
Pedestrians injured, 3.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lAtion Of pedestrian control
regulations, none. (
Evening star., 1940-05-11
BULLETIN,

In the girls team division sthe|
Sellerville-Perkasie High School oil
Pennsylvania won first prize and the|
Pottstown Pa) Senior High School
wound up In second place. Ju2 to
make it . clean sweep for the ley.
stone State, the Consolidated SdAocl
Of Schwenksville took third plale.
In the fourth and last class foA|
novice drill teams the Third Vardl
School Of Washington, Pa, captred|
another trophy by taking first rhce,
followed by the jacksonville pre-
cision team In second place and
the Versennes High School In third
place.
A political note was introdhced|
by one little youngster, who carried
. four-sided poster, headed With
the slogan, "vote for our 1910 eAn.|
didate- safety first" Another signl
Of the poster said Of the candid ate:
I'm crossing the street, he doea mott
choose to rum"
The Oran6eburg Is. O. deeea.|
ton, part Of . group Of more Ahan|
$50 who came from that State.
warned motorists In their sloeaus.
'Drive slower, not faster and Syoid|
disaster" Another OF their plaS Shrds
said, IS. o. s.. safety or sorrov."
The marchers from HartSville|
(S. CD urged the spectators to .noy-
colt the hsarse, try safety Arst. n
Another poster said. "A school child
saved. citizen made"
More than 80 bands were Id the
long line Of march, competing for
the trophies awarded In the band
contest. Immediately after the
parade. the winning teams ia the
drill contest performed their tntri.1
cate maneuverS In front Of the re-
viewing stand and received their
trophies.
Evening star., 1940-05-11

It was said the group had agreed
tentatively also on provision for
granting benefit payments for per-
sons deemed to be partially" en-
ployed.
But q snag was struck over the
proposal that while the proposed
maximum benefit payments be Sic
for 18 weeks this should be restricted
by . limitation that benefit pay
ments should not. nevertheless, ex-
ceed one third Of the amount of
wages earned by the applicant IN the