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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
In Today's Mail

I wonder how many times CHRIST
has been forced to leave the soul
of young man or young woman
during the past few weeks because
Of an immoral "Confucius Say" joke
or story? We hope it wasn't your
soul or your story.
For the sake of that Christ that
was crucif1ed to save mankind, for
the sake of our souls, for the sake
Of our mothers who's purity we hold
so dear, let's leave .Cor1ucius alone,
and help put an end to those dirty
stories.
/ Signed,
"SEMPER FIDELIS."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

that big question of Twill you run
again? the first time he was asked.
But in order to answer "yes" he
must have a basic knowledge Of
the sentiment of the voters of our
country. With European conditions
as they are and the sentiments of
the people, with him, his answer
should be and will be favorable to-
wards a third term.
I for. one would be proud to pull
the Dem. lever to elect him again.
Thanking you,
am,
J JEAN THOMAS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

@. Name the last three Popes and
give the dates of their accession.
A. Giacomo della Chiesa Of
Genoa became Pope Benedict XIV in
1914; Achille Ratti of Milan became
Pope Plus XII in 1922; Eugerio Pa
celli of Rome became Pope Plus XII
in 1889.
@. Does Sitting the tongues of
crows improve their ability to talk?
A. The U. S. Bureau of Biological
Survey says that this popular belief
is without foundation. It is a cruel
practice which is not justified, by
results. The tongue of a bird plays
little part in the utterance of
sounds. Crows, magpies, blue jays,
brown thrasherS, and some other
birds often learn to articulate words
and sentences. Crows and magpieS
in particular can often be taught to
talk almost as well as parrots, but
their ability in this respect is not
favorably affected BY arV operation
performed on the tonguE
@. What is the distance over the
Long Island railroad from the
Pennsylvania Terminal in New York
to the New York Worlds Fair?
A. SO miles.
@. When will the soldier bonus
certificates fall due?
A. In 1915.
@. Is Pitcairn Island in group
of South Sea Islands?
A. Though it is lone island in
the Pacific it is classified with the
Polynesian group.
@. Are members of the Hindu
race eligible to naturalization in the
United States?
A, No.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
Questions
and Answers
RY. rREDERIO M. KERBR

BY, FREDERIC M. KERRY
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THE EDITOR
@. What was the name Of the
first United States ambulance ship
and in which war was it used.
A. The U. s. S. Solace was fitted
out as an ambulance ship in 1898
and was used in naval operations in
the war with Spain.
Q. When was the price of gold
raised to $35 an ounce?
A. By proclamation of the presi-
dent, issued January 81, 1884, the
gold content of the dollar was fixed
at Is SOL grains, 9-10 fine, which is
equivalent to $35 per troy fine ounce.
@. Who is credited with estab-
fishing the Red Cross in the United
States?
A. The introduction and develop
ment of the Red Cross movement in
the United States were chiefly due
to Miss Clara Barton, founder of the
American branch.
@. How many grocery stores are
there in the United States?
A. According to latest available
figures, there are about 188,600 gro
cry stores without fresh meats, 1885,
500 combination stores groceries
and fresh meats, and about $4,000
meat and sea food markets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

then their navy
would actually
be ahead of the
Am rio a n, in
capita = ship
strength.
The Japanese
are supposed to
have four bat
tleships a oSt
re ady to be
launch e d a n d
four more pretty
well along. Con-
sidering difficult
ties of operating
a feet a W ay
from its bases,
that would mean
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
Daily Almanac

Moon rises $40 p. m.
Sun rises Sol a. M; sets $40 p m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Daylight saving will be with us after Sun
day. Officially it marks no particular season
or period of the year, yet unofficially it seems
to usher in the season of soil preparation and
planting for this neck of the woods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

heavy superiority for Japan in the
western Pacific.
Getting accurate dope on Japa-
neSe naval building is just about
the hardest job the U. S. Navy has.
In all other countries, it's almost
impossible to maintain real secrecy
about the broad outlines of a naval
program; sooner or later, spies can
find out what's going on.
But in Japan it's different. A U.
S. intelligence agent may pass him.
self off as a German IN Germany
as a Russian in Russia - but how
is he going to pass as a japanese
in Japan?
That means our intelligence service
has to rely mostly on information
it can buy from japanese indivi-
duals-and it never can be dead
sure it isn't buying stuff purposely
planted by the Japanese govern
ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
A Thought for Today

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one
flesh. What therefore God hath joined together,
let not man put asunder.-Matthew 1876.
Never marry but for love; but see that thou
lowest what is lovely.-Penn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
National
Spotlight
By BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
CORRESPONDENT

Washington, April 24-If the jap
anese have at least eight battleships
under construction which is ac-
cepted as pretty straight here -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

If you want a copy of the book
let Fishing Laws Of the States"
send to The Waterbury Demo-
Gratis Washington Bureau, 1913
Thirteenth street, Washington ID.
C. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
Washington Merry-G o-Round
DREW PEA Il 3 d N
ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON April "a Allied diplomats who mmentary expect Italy to
Obviously
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, II don't like those
kind Tor sort) Of things; say,
"that kind Tor sOrt)."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
What's Your |. O.?

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to back page
for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
WAR FEVER
ON WAY UP

In sense, the isolationists really
won the special session fight, even
though they were badly outvoted
They did stop the war talk. The
curse on the fever chart took an
abrupt dip.
Now it has gone way up again.
1t started up in winter, when
it began to be realized that the
allies weren't winning and that the
Welles peace effort was no dice.
The Norwegian news put it up al
most to last-September levels.
So once again we hear this when
we get in" talk, and once again
there is a lot of talk about six
months. Luckily, though, Congress
is doing a pretty fair job of keep
ing cool and refusing to get scared.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

Copyright, $40, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24
CONGRESS SKEPTICAL
ABOUT WAR SCARES

Which perhaps is one reason why
Congress isn't getting into a lather
over these reports. A more import
ant reason is that a lot of congress
men sense a rising tide of war
sentiment in the government and
are being pretty hard boiled and
skeptical about any and all scare
rumors.
1t would be interesting If one
could make a chart of the ups and
downs in the war temperature in
Washington.
Last September, when the war
began, that temperature was way
up. Almost everybody down here
seemed to take it for granted that
America would be in the war be-
fore long; six months was the
commonest estimate. Practically all
the talk was about when" we
would get in, not eff"
Then came the special session of
Congress called to revise the neu-
trality law. The administration got
its law revised, but it also got a
cold compress applied to its fever
stricken brow. The returning solons
came to the capital with one firm
conviction: that the folks back
home didn't want any war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-24

@. Are members of the Hindu
race eligible to naturalization in the
United States?
A. No.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Trails GND
by WILLIAM MsLEooRANe

Anne Eliot, a Massillon, Ohio. girl
when her uncle. Carl Rogers, is shot
from ambush in a land-grant feud by
Russell Mosely's Hat T riders As she
steps from the stagecoach at Blanco,
Buck Sneve. a Hat T man, shoots at
redheaded Jim Silcott, now editor Of
the Sentinel but Jim's bullet kills Buck.
Jim had interfered at the Trails End
threatening Phil Lamprey after. he had
accused Phifs older brother Jesse Of
double-crossing Mosely. Jud had cursed
jim, then waited outside with Buck and
Anne fears for Jims Jim IL lie auhe but he WON'T ~
quit as editor, and she refuses Moselys
oner to buy the paper. Jim balks
Mosely's plot to blow UP his irrigation
dam but Hat T men shoot him: He
with Jesse Lamprey at Massillon. He
deserted her and she tells him she
wants to see no more of him. While
visiting the 1t. Windows at Santa
Re. Anne finds letters disproving Nose
lys land-grant claims. Jud demands
them at pistols point from Jim's law
yer Stratton. but Jim had hidden
them at the saddlery shop of Homer
Caldwell after pretending to mail them.
Window repel Jud and other Hat T
men who capture Jim when he trails
them Jim. tortured, won't tell whore
the letters are but agrees to when
Mosely, who told Anne that outlaws
had captured Jim. brings her SO close
he can hear her voice and he fears
for her life. Jim writes note for
absence worries Rufe Jelks and Pesky
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Law College Prepares
For Commencement

With annual commencement ac-
tivities of Washington College of
Law scheduled for the second week
in June, Elmer C. Myers, president
of the class of 1910, has appointed
the following committee chairmen
in connection with the graduation
exercises:
Howard E. Morris, program;
James H. Cowan, ring; Milton A.
Smith, baccalaureate. and Charles
K. Paul, cap and gown.
Examinations to complete the
work of the second semester will
start next Friday, and will continue
daily thereafter for the following
two weeks. All senior examina-
tons will be held during the open
ing week of this period. with the
Junior and freshmen subjects sched-
uled throughout the two-week Pc
riod
Oliver Wendell Holmes Chapter
OF Sigma Nu Phi Legal Fraternity
announces the pledging to member
ship of Robert B. Power, Elmer M.
Amundson, Francis M. Divilio, Theo-
dore G. Craver, Theodore S. Cut
titta, Henry R. Kempka, Thomas
A. Mcdonald. Frederick P. Renner,
Wilfred j. Serpas, Alex S. Ward
and Glenn Winner.
Alpha Rho Chapter of Sigma Del
ia Kappa Legal Fraternity an
nounces the following as new mem
bers: Ralph c. Barton, George G..
Berry, James F. Crouch, jr.; George
H. Durfee, William S. Gates, Ed
ward S. Fitzgerald. Frederick Ket-
terer, Langdon C. Winslow and
Roswell M. Parrott.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Army and Navy Union

The Presidents own garrison met
last Wednesday in the District
Building. Maj. Earl Hamilton Smith
was recommended for the position of
national rehabilitation officer. The
following officers were nominated
for election on June S: commander,
Foster A. Touart; senior vice COM
mander, Leo Ramm; first Junior
vice commander, Charles A. Rainey;
second vice commander, Bernard
j. Mccarthy; paymaster, Thomas
II. Harvey; chaplain, Thomas j
Davis; department delegate, Charles
Whitsey; officer of the day, William
G. Valine; officer of the watch,
Joseph Winchester.
Department Comdr. Milton j
Eckert and his staff will represent
the National Corps at the massing
OF the colors at the st. Adams Epis-
copal Cathedral today at 2 pm
There will be memorial services at
the graves of Gen. Guy v. Henry
and Col. William L. Peake, past
national commander at $50 am.
May 80. Department Comdr
Eckert, assisted by Comdr. Foster
"A. Touart of the Presidents own
garrison, Comdr. Garrett G. Rush,
F, Of Special Troops Garri-
son and Comdr. Vincent Lopez
Of Gen. Guy v. Henry Garrison
viii conduct the services and dec
crate the graves. At 1880 am.
May 80, Department Comdr. Eckert,
assisted by National Surgeon Gar
rett c. Rush, ST., and National
Junior Vice Comdr. Carol Baker
will place a wreath on the Tomb
OF the Unknown Soldier in behalf
of Commander i'm Chief Clifton F.
Ham.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Gunston Hall 10 Hold
48th Commencement
Last Week in Nav
Exercises Will Begin
With Play 'Everymon'
BY Dromo Department

Gunston Hall, said to be the Sec
ond Oldest private school in the Cap
ital, will celebrate its eighth
commencement during the last week
in May.
The exercises will begin Friday,
May "a, at 8 pm, when the play,
"Everyman," will be presented by
the dramatic department in the
school auditorium, under the direc-
ton of Mrs. William Charming
johnson. The graduates In the de-
partment of expression, which is
also under Mrs. Johnson's direction,
will give their recital Saturday at
s O'Clock. Misses Louise Pollom and
Augusta Clark will give readings,
assisted at the piano by Miss Me
mann and Miss j. A. Ferrier.
The baccalaureate service will be
held on Sunday morning, May 26,
in st. Johns Church at II am.
DR.. Oliver j. Hart, the rector, will
deliver the sermon.
Commencement guests will be en-
tertained by the school at a buffet
supper on the roof garden at $50
pm. Later in the evening Miss
Minns Niemanr, director of the
piano department, and Charles
Steffe, vocalist, will give a concert
in the chapel
At II am. May ~, the class day
exercises will be held. Following
this event will be the annual alum
nae luncheon at which the members
of the graduating class will be the
honor guests.
On May %, at II am, the grad
uating exercises will take place In
the school auditorium. DR.. Cloyd
Heck Marvin, president of George
Washington University, will deliver
the address.
The academic diploma will be
awarded to Mary Eloise Adams
Brown, Louise Livingston Clagett,
Mary Anne Donnally, Sally Duncan,
Lica East, Betty Fowler, Jeanne Le-
jeune Glennon, Patricia Sherwood
Hall, Ellie Wood Page Keith, Betty
Harvey Kelley, Fay Doyen johnson,
Marguerite Hanes Old. Shirley An
nette Rupert, Eleanor Burdick
Stalling, Lillion A. Somoza and Ann
Augusta Titus.
Those receiving the junior COL
lege diploma are Louise Bennett,
Mary McIntire Belts, Dorothy Dun
can, Sarah Elizabeth McDarment,
Elizabeth Clifford Payne. Roberta
Louise Pollom, Ruth Elizabeth Rob-
erts, Mary Park Welsh and Eloise
Rudgard Wigs.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Alpha Kappa Pi Unit
To Be Established
Al American u.
Phi Epsilon AIpho
Petition Approved;
lnstuIIotion May 1890

Alpha Kappa Pi National Fra
ternlty will establish its Alpha Iota
Cnapter at American University on
May 20 and 30.
The national organization has ap-
proved the petition of Phi Epsilon
Alpha, local group established at
american University in 1887
Charles Davidson, 1870 Flower ave-
nue.. Silver Spring, Nd. is the presi-
dent OF the local chapter.
American University will be the
thlrtieth active chapter of Alpha
Kappa Pi, which was founded on
March %, 1921. 1t is one of a group
OF younger fraternities founded after
the World War as a result of the
encouragement of the National In
terfraternity Conference to provide
more national fraternal orders for
increased college enrollments.
Installation will be conducted Nav
~ and 80 by Parke B. Fraim, ma
tlonal president of the fraternity
which has as its adviser DR.. Albert
Hughes Wilson of New York, former
supreme regent of Sigma Nu.
Philip Bentley, 1929 Lowell street
NV. who will be graduated from
American University on June 3 and
who has just completed his term as
president OF Phi Epsilon Alpha, was
active in the program which OBJ
tanned recognition for the local
group.
Alpha Kappa Pi will be the second
national fraternity u establish a
chapter at American University, Phi
Sigma Kappa having organized a
chapter there in 1896 National So
rorities which now have American
University chapters include Alpha
Chi Omega, Alpha Phi, Delta Gamma
and Phi Mu.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
To Be Continued.)
Princeton Club to Hear
Two Professors Fridoy

Two Princeton professors and
former Undersecretary OF the Treas
ury will be speakers at the annual
dinner of the Princeton Club of
Washington Friday at pm. at the
Chevy Chase Club.
Speakers will be Profs. Earl Baldwin
Smith and Howard Crosby Butler
and John w. Hanes, former Treas
ury Undersecretary. Arthur Krock,
Washington correspondent for the
New York Times, will be toastmas-
ter. Arthur Lambert is chairman of
the committee for the dinner. which
is open to Princeton men in the
Capital area.
At the same time it was an
nounced Huston Thompson has been
reelected president of the club, with
j. Edgar Murdock and Lee D. But
Ter, vice presidents; Charles A. Nc
kenney. secretary; A. H. Jackman.
assistant secretary. and Millard F.
West, treasurer. New directors ara
Thomas Riggs, Neville Miller and
Gibbs L. Baker.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
6. ". Preregistration
For Summer School
Opens Tomorrow
l09 Courses Offered
In n Departments
By 50 Instructors

Preregistration In all courses to
be offered during the summer ses.
sions at George Washington Uni
versity will open tomorrow and will
continue through next Monday.
During this special period students
now enrolled in the university may
arrange their summer schedules at
the registrars Office.
Courses are offered in two terms
during tine summer. The nine weeks
term runs from June II through
August 16 and the six weeks term
from June "a through August 2.
The law school conducts courses in
two six-week terms, the first from
June II through July 20 and the
second from July 80 through Sep
tember IL.
109 Courses Offered.
The regular registration days are
Monday, June II, for all courses in
the summer sessions and Monday,
June "a. for the six weeks term.
This year the summer sessions will
present 100 courses in % of the
departments of instruction, given by
SO members of the resident faculty
and by visiting specialists from ma
tional economic and educational
organizations.
Courses dealing with current edu-
cational problems and with recent
trends and developments in the field
are included in the special schedule
arranged by the school of education
Tor teachers and school administra-
tors.
Double Semester Courses.
Continuing the program begun
last year, double-semester courses
are offered In a number of subjects
to enable the student to complets
an entire year of work in the sum.
mer
The summer sessions are under
the direction of DR.. Mitchell Dreese.
professor of educational psychology
and dean.
Evening star., 1940-05-19
Georgetown u. Adds
Eight School Leaders
To Student Council
Heads Of Major
Organizations
Will Not Vote

An enlarged Student Council will
assume charge of campus activities
at Georgetown University next fall
as result of the recent decision to
include in the regular membership
the heads of eight major student
organizations.
The new Yard officers for the COM
ing year will be Thomas F.. Mullahey,
jr., of Shanghai, China, who was
elected president; John B. Redmont
OF Brooklyn. N. Y, secretary, and
Joseph T. McFadden of Allentown.
Pa, treasurer They are all leaders
IN the present junior class of the
college.
The campus organizations repre-
sented in the new council will in
clude the Sodality, the Philodemic
Society, the Mask and Bauble Club.
the College Journal, the Hoya, the
Glee Club and the chairmen of the
senior and junior proms Heads of
these groups will have all the powers
OF regular members except voting
privileges.
Active in Campus Affairs.
Mr.. Mullahey, who will succeed
Klernan Hyland as president of the
Yard and therefore head of the
Student Council, is native of San
Francisco, but during residence in
the Orient was graduated from the
Shanghai American School, where
he captained the football and base
ball teams and also was president of
the student body. At Georgetown he
has been active in almost every
phase of student activity.
His outstanding campus connec-
tions include membership on the
varsity debate team of the Philo-
demic Society, contributions to the
Journal and Hoya, secretary of the
Mask and Bauble Club, vice chair
man of the Campion Guild, vice
president of the International Rela-
tions Club and a member of the
Eastern Universities Model Senate.
At the recent sessions of the Middle
Atlantic Conference of International
Relations Clubs Mr. Mullahey was
elected president for next year. He
Is also secretary of the junior class
at the college.
G. A. Finch Elevated.
DR.. James Brown Scott, who is
retiring from the secretaryship of
the Carnegie Endowment for Inter-
national Peace, will be succeeded by
the assistant secretary, George A.
Finch of Chevy Chase, Md, who was
graduated from Georgetown Law
School in 1907. Since the founding
of the Foreign Service School DR..
Scott has been it's professor of inter-
national law and in recent years also
has taught this subject at the law
school.
Mr.. Finch has held posts of pro-
fessor of international law at WASH
ington College of Law, the Univer-
sity of Michigan and the Academy
OF International Law at The Hague.
Since 1922 he has been assistant
secretary of the Carnegie Endow-
ment, whose trustees selected him to
succeed DR.. Scott.
Evening star., 1940-05-19

School pupils, as Miss Gardner will
proudly verify by her records, ex-
tend into every walk of life and
include not only statesmen, soldiers
and aviators, but artists, writer's and
good citizens everywhere. Charles
Hart. the principal of Eastern, she
recalls, was student in the Eastern
High School when it was located
in the Peabody School. Because
the school was extended from a
three-year to a four-year course
while he was enrolled, he is one of
Eastern's few alumni who has a
double graduation to his credit,
for Immediately after graduating
from the three-year course he re-
entered for the four-year term.
Keeps War Files.
Miss Gardner has also compiled a
file of the war records of all of the
Eastern boys" who have gone into
the military service. 1t includes ap-
proXimately 265 who have become
officers in line of wartime duty.
She likewise calls attention to the
flagstaff memorial in front of the
present school, whose base was de-
signed by Tiffany. It's inscription
reads: In Memory of Eastern High
School Alumni Who Died for HUI
manity in the Spanish American
War"
From the far outposts of the
world, as we'll as from all over this
country, Miss Gardner has received
letters from former students at East
ern. They range from shy accounts
OF engagements and proud accounts
OF flrst-born sons to grim recitals
OF going over the top" in the last
World War.
Miss Gardner, who has lived in
Washington nearly all of the years
OF her life, was born in Alabama of
Northern parents.
Sees Role as Influential
AS might be expected from her
own broad humanitarian concepts
one Of her firm convictions is, The
influence of the school and the
teacher are often as far-reaching as
the subject matter which is taught
from its textbooks" AS proof OF
this, she cites the influence upon
her own life of Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Phillips Brooks and Alice
Freeman Palmer, all of whom she
heard express the tenets of their
philosophy during her college days
at Boston University.
Gardening and an interest in old
furniture are two of the interests
which Miss Gardner has pursued
most enthusiastically in her home
IN the Colony Hill section beyond
Georgetown.
Just what she plans to do with
her life after her retirement this
June she hasn't revealed. Her as
sociates and close friends, however
suspect that it will continue to
flower in connection with the ideals
OF service which she has so con-
structively pursued for the East
ern High School during her A con-
secutive years of association with it