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Evening star., 1940-06-07
Scientific Lecture
Program Will Open
Exercises atG. j.
Seniors of Law School
To Hold Class Day
Ceremonies Tonight

The 14lst annual commencement
week at Georgetown University
opened today with special program
of scientific lectures under the
auspices of the School of Medicine.
About 300 alumni for whom the
lectures and clinics at various hos
pitfalls were arranged as part of the
fifth annual extension course, were
welcomed at the opening session by
the Very Rev. Arthur A. OLeary,
S. j., president of the university.
Sessions at the medical school on
Reservoir road will continue to noon
tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the seniors of the
Georgetown Law School will hold
their class-day exercises at 730 pm.
today in the John Carroll Audi
torium at Fifth and E streets NV.
Jesse B. Hawley, jr., president of
the afternoon section of the class,
will preside, and feature will be
the presentation of the class gift
as a parting gesture to the school.
The valedictory will be given by
1Ctci ooiilCS Oi ClilldIl' u W iColuCIlt
OF the morning session of the class.
Washington Club Dance.
Celebrating the close of the final
examinations, members of the WASH
ington Club, composed of students
At the College of Arts and Science.
will dance on the roof of the Wash
ington Hotel at 10 pm.
The medical sessions are under
the arrangement of committee
composed of DR.. Leon A. Martel
and DR.. Ralph M. LeComte. CO.
operating with the Rev David v.
McCauley, S. j.. dean Of the medi-
cal school, The extension course
was arranged to give alumni an op-
portunity to attend clinics and lee
lures at which the latest advances
in medicine and surgery will be
discussed and demonstrated
Lecturers at the morning ses-
sion were DR.. Philip A. Caulfield,
DR. William j. Cusack. DR.. Fred o.
Coe. DR.. Antoine Schneider and Dr.
F.. J. Eichenlaub.
Visiting Specialists on Program.
This afternoon two well-known
out -of-town specialists will be on
the program. They are DR. William
B. Porter of Richmond. professor
of medicine, Virginia College of
Medicine. and DR.. Lloyd G. Lewis.
in charge of the Brady THEOLOGICAL
Institute of Johns Hopkins Univer-
eity.
Tomorrow at 1890 am. the ma
tional convention of the George
town Alumni Association will be
held at the college.
About 800 alumni will attend the
banquet at the Mayflower Hotel to-
morrow at pm. in honor of Father
OIeary. first Washingtonian to be
president of the university.
Evening star., 1940-06-07
Prof. Jarman Named
To School Probe Group

Prof. A. NJ. Jarman of the de-
partment of education, University
of Virginia, has been named as a
fifth member of a study commits
sion by Dean J. H. Fox of George
Washington University to investi-
gate school conditions in Arlington
County, Va.
The appointment completes the
study group and opens the way for
immediate action.
The Arlington Chamber of Com
merce and the Arlington County
Civic Federation have pledged the
Fox commission their support in
the study, which is expected to
continue for several months.
Other members of the commission
are F. F. Jenkins, director of the
division of administration and
finance of the Virginia State Board
of Education; DR.. Ruth Emma
Coyner and DR.. B. H. Jarman, as
sistant professors of education at
George Washington University.
Evening star., 1940-06-07
NatGre's Children

they race over the grass with won
derful speed. They may also be
found in dampish situations and
love to hide under stones. Some
species dig tunnels and some build
turrets at the terminal of their
subterranean hideout.
All OF the wolf spiders creep up
upon their prey in the same fashion
as wolf does. Usually these hunt
ers are not far away from their
homes, and you may sit nearby and
watch them as they go about their
domestic duties. 1t is wonderful
to see how they use the building
material at hand and how they tie
this together with silken threads.
Evening star., 1940-06-07
Future Farmers Elect

SANDY SPRING, Md. June
(SpeciaD. - Officers of Sherwood
Chapter, Future Farmers of Amer
lea. have been elected as follows:
William J. Hines, jr., president;
Johnny Stoneburner, vice presi-
dent; Huburt Lee Gore. jr., CORE
spending secretary; Tom Seible, re-
cording secretary; Robert Thomp-
son, treasurer; William Gates. re-
porter, and Chuck Tyson, watch
dog.
Evening star., 1940-06-07
Wolf Spider
BY LILLIAN COX ATHEY.

This is the time of the year you
will see young spiders, and as the
season advances you may find many
more species than earlier, because
summer is when spiders are happy
catching juicy insects.
Too much fear is entertained
about spiders in general, as only one
species is really dangerous in this
country. The black widows bite
is painful, so is the sting of the
honey bee. Both use their weapons
OF defense for self-preservation
They do not 60 about seeking to
hurt any one.
Wolf spiders are common. and
Evening star., 1940-06-07
The EVENING STAR WASHINGTON, c. FRIDAY JUNE z 1e4o

Sometimes they Use bits Of grass,
tiny bits OF wood or wee pebbles.
ANY one can see that the main idea
Is that the turret does not attract
any attention whatever. And this
turret is watch tower. Peering
from its exit is the wolf spider
which uses this camouflage place
Evening star., 1940-06-07

may study them at close hand by
providing home for them and
study their behavior.
Some of them live to be 2 years
old, and many species are widely
distributed.
Evening star., 1940-06-07
ChinchiIIo Breeders to Meet

ENDLESS CAVERNS, Va, June
7 (SpeciaD The only existing coat
made from skins of domesticated
chinchillas will be exhibited tomor-
row when the Eastern Branch of
Evening star., 1940-06-07

during the day. He sallies forth
during the night when only those
with eyes adapted to the darkness
may seek those who are resting.
The mother wolf spiders all
carry their egg sacs attached to
their spinnerets by strong bundle
Evening star., 1940-06-07

the National Chinchilla Breeders
Association meets here. The gar
ment, valued at $4,000, will be
brought to the meeting by Willard
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
WINDOW TREASURE
HUNT SCHEDULED
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ure' in my window is - and
the first letter of the name of 'Treas-
ure' is -.
There will be only one official con.
test treasure" for each participating
firm, displayed so as to be seen by
the contestant. However, there can
be as many items in the window as
the advertiser wishes.
Cash prizes will be awarded az fol-
lows: First prize to contestant find
ing most Treasures" in Santa
Claus window treasure hunt; and
second prize to contestant locating
next highest number OF Treasures"
and so on until all prizes have been
awarded.
Accuracy in naming Treasures"
neatness and brevity will be decid'
ing factors for award when judge
go over the entries.
Contestants may fill in name Of
Treasure" for each advertiser On
special ad in the Thursday Star-News
listing participants or enter individ-
ual entry idea. Due consideration
will be given originality and clever
ness.
Entries must be in the StarNews
office not later than noon Saturday,
December 81, addressed to Window
Treasure Hunt Editor, car of Star
News. Judges decision will be an
nounced Sunday, December %.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18

neighbor would be expected to re-
place or repair it.
The general plan, he said, was
that the United States would take
over a large number of British
orders-not necessarily all of them
when they came off the produc-
ton lines and enter into an ar
rangement for their use by the
British with the understanding
they would be repaid in kind after
the war.
In mentioning ships in this con-
nection, the President said he did
not have in mind naval vessels
but merely merchant ships.
Asked whether the United States
would carry the goods across the
Atlantic, the President said it was
only a detail as to what flag the
transporting ships flew, thus indi-
eating that he had in mind trans
ferring the ships to the British.
The President referred to future
British orders in outlining the plan
but said it was not possible to say
now just how the plan would affect
present orders.
This and many other details, in
GLIDING the exact method of trans
ferring the materials, remained to
be worked out, he explained. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18

heard a lot of nonsense about ii.
nances, he declared that no major
war ever was won or lost through
lack of finances.
Recalls Past
He recalled that in 1914. on the
eve OF the outbreak of the World
war, he heard leading bankers say
that there was not enough money
for Europe to carry on a war for
more than three months.
Some persons, he said, had the
idea OF repeating the neutrality
and johnson acts and lending mon
ey to Britain to spend here. He
described this as banal talk. Some
what in the same category, he
said, was the suggestion that the
United States make a gift Of
cash or supplies to Britain. If he
were British, he said, he was not
certain that he would want an out
right gift.
He said there were other ways,
and these were now being ex-
plored.
A primary prerequisite t r
American defense, the President
said, were additional productive ia.
%cilities and the more these facil.
tiles were increased - factories,
shipbuilding ways and other facil.
ities-the stronger would be Amer.
lean defense.
British orders, he said, were a
tremendous asset to national de.
tense here because they created
additional productive facilities.
Then launching into the plan it.
self, the President said it was pos.
sible for the government to take
over British orders, because they
were essentially the same kind Of
munitions this government want.
ed, and turn them into American
orders.
Subject to Mortgage
Then, he continued, the govern
ment might either lease the mate
rails or sell them, subject to mort
gage, to Great Britain on the theo'
ry that help for Britain was the
best defense for the United States
What he was trying to do, he
emphasized, "a to eliminate the
dollar sign in supplying Britain.
He cited an illustration-a mar
who lent a garden hose to a neigh
Dor to put out a fire. The mar
wouldn't try to sell the hose II
the neighbour he said, but woule
let him use it and when the fire
was out, it would be returned. Il
it were damaged, naturally the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
CONTRACTS LET
FOR D%ESTROYERS
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officials said, vas made possible by
utilization of tonnages already au.
thorized by congress but initially ear.
marked for other categories of fight.
ing ships. Details of the tonnage
transfers were not disclosed.
Although no mention of further
aid to Britain was made in Knox's
announcement, it was recalled that
the British repeatedly have stressed
their need for more d%estroyers in
recent discussions of aid from the
United States. Such vessels needed
by the British to convoy merchant
ships carrying food and munitions
range from SO to 400. The United
States already has transferred 50
destroyers to Britain.
Contracts for Z d%estroyers and 2
cruisers were transferred from their
originally designated builders, Knox
said, in order to expedite the work
by letting each contractor build du.
plicate types as far as possible. ,
AS a result of that shuffling and
the new awards, the secretary said
contracts for 81 ~destroyers were
placed with 5 private ship building
concerns and 10 d%estroyers will be
built at four navy yards.
Knox placed the estimated cost OF
the 40 additional d%estroyers at $685.
3S4,875 and said that new facilities
required at the private yards to build
them would cost an estimated 49,.
800, 900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
F. R. ANNOUNCES
NEW PLAN TO AID
GREAT BRITAIN
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with help for Britain and substitu-
ton OF a gentleman's obligation.
Refusing to be drawn into a dis
cussion on where the title to the
goods would be, he asserted that
that was something for the lawyers
TO work out. The United States,
he said, was not likely to get into
war for legalistic reasons.
Meanwhile, as the intensive new
drive for greater armament eff
forts got into full swing, Secretary
OF the Navy Knox announced the
award of contracts for forty addi-
tlonal d%estroyers costing approx
mately $253, 1874, 875 and for an ex-
pansion of shipbuilding facilities at
an estimated cost of So, 300, 900.
AS a move to expedite construc-
ton in certain cases and achieve
similarity of design, the navy also
announced that contracts for seven
destroyers and two cruisers previ.
ously announced had b can
celled and transferred to h e +
yards.
Depends on Item
AS to whether it was possible to
speed up present var production,
President Roosevelt said it depend.
ed entirely on the particular item
involved and that the task was one
of keeping everlastingly at it.
Earlier, Secretary of State Hull
disclosed that he was counseling
defense commissioners and other
officials to greater effort in speed
ing up production and it was
learned that his advice was based
on predictions of high American
and British officials that a crucial
phase of the war would come in
the next three or four months.
President Roosevelt, in opening
his explanation of what he de.
scribed as a brand new pplan, said
that in the present world situation
there was absolutely nc doubt in
the minds of an Overwhelming
number of Americans that the best
defense of the United States was
to help Britain defend itself.
Aside from the natural interest
in survival of democracy, he said,
this was advisable for selfish rea
sons.
| Asserting that he had read and
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
MARSHAL PETAIN
SUMMONS LAVAL
FOR CONFERENCE
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was with members of Abetz' suite,
but there was no confirmation of
a rumor that Laval, too, had gone
to Paris.
The strict censorship made it
difficult to report the results Of
the Abetz conferences, but late
tonight French circles appeared
confident that the policy Of French
German collaboration would be
continued without impeachment.
Informants at Bern, Switzer.
land, said they had learned that
Abetz persuaded the old marshal
to bring Laval out of surveillance
at his home so Abetz could get
Laval's own story of his custer
as "crown prince" to Petain, in
order that Germany can decide
what position to AXE on the
change.
There were some rumors, even,
that Germany might demand La
walls reinstatement.
This was supported by inform
ants in Berlin, who said Germany
was interested not in Laval's sue
cessor but whether any change
in French policy has taken place"
Petain already had told Hitler that
he will continue to collaborate with
the Reich; that LavaPs custer
made no difference in this. It was
indicated, however, that Petain
had not told Hitler why he ousted
Laval.
In Bern it was reported a Petain-
Hitler meeting might be expected
if Abetz and Petain agreed on a
collaboration.
If they didn't, anything might
happen, including total German
occupation of France.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
WITH AMBASSADOR

BERN, SWITZERLAND, Dec. II.
-R-Authoritative sources report
ed tonight that Pierre Laval was
with German Ambassador Otto Alb
etz when the latter left for Paris
tonight after a day of mysterious
conferences with both Laval and
Chief of State Petain.
These persons said the deposed
vice-preimer was in one of the
automobiles belonging to the Abetz
suite when the German envoy, his
aides and guards, whirled out of
Vichy. LavaIs friends S a he
would accompany Abetz to Paris.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
THREE LIBYAN
BORDER FORTS
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llu"
..+ion line had been wholly
ut as tsociated Press correspond
An Nth the British in the field
st was d that the ItalianS were I'M
rsporIedd TO have large forces in
sTs.ooN including many survivors
Bsrala, ,otreat from Egypt, and ap-
the ,1 we're preparing to make
aaE eaior fight of it there.
mach naiof armored forces sped over
Bfln asert in a maneuver to en-
be oe +be town, and advanced units
.fe ted u that considerable num-
:' pts already had been destroyed
1 as5 communiques during the
made no mention of the num-
ss !. If Italian trucks. tractors anc
's' II Italian prisoners of war
't IN hand. but the Associated
s's correspondent said a recap
,p 5 indicated that, OF the five
rl.a;s+ divisions w i + h invaded
s.'nt only one got out entire.
ps anneared wholly shattered.
lI .rotber. he said, withdrew many
: ifs men, but lost most of its
s,nipment. Italian divisions are
Ss.arstood to run as high as IA, 600
' The British air command report
-. heavy and continuing bomb
NJ campaign against Fascist posi-
.s,s particularly at Bardia.
-sere. said a Royal Air force COM
.,niolle, more than a dozen tons
= bombs struck the barracks, mil
4,rv buildings generally and the
always. and a train of fires was
hid. !
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
B~EAVERBROOK SAYS
HITLER PREPARING
INVASION PLANS
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(COnC1nued from rage One)
craft production in the Reich, he
added.
$50 we are warned. We know that
some measure of preparation was
carried out in Germany last winter.
Tanks and dive-bombers to destroy
the French; the same thoroughness
will be employed against us when
the time comes"
Shortly before he spoke, the air
and home security ministries re-
ported very slight" German day
time air activity over England. They
said no bombings were reported
from any section of the country dur
ing the day but that one German
bomber was shot down by British
fighters.
simultaneously, the government
released its latest air raid casualty
figures, showing Britain has suffer
ed more than 4 $1,000 casualties since
June.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
REPORTED
GOING INTO ITALY
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information reaching highly re-
liable sources in Yugoslavia.
Winston Burdett, the cores
pondent, said the major part OF
the Nazi forces were reported at
Bari and Naples, southern Italian
ports, but some also were reported
to be in Genoa and Milan.
Some were expected to perform
police duties" in Italy in ex-
change for Italian labor in Ger
man factories, he said.
The German movement south
ward, according to B urdett' S
Sources, began Immediately after
the resignation Dec. 6 Of Marshal
Pietro Badoglio, Italian chief Of
staff.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
TRADE BODY GROUP
WILL MEET TODAY
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Under action taken at the mem.
bership meeting on December IL
this group will make effective as
far as possible, the suggested
changes, plans and ideas as set
forth in the report of the special
committee"
The special committee proposed
that a reorganized chamber oil
commerce be created under the
leadership of an industrial engi.
neer. assisted by a competent
staff,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18
BRITISH BOMBERS
ATTACK MANNHEIM
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British singled out this chief indus
trial center of the upper Rhine for
a fiery dose Of the same medicine the
Germans have given some OF Brit
aims own industrial cities.
(The German high command &C.
k~nowledged that 10 persons were
killed, so injured and damage iaflict-
ed in. western and southwestern Ger
many, with Mannheim and another
unnamed town bearing the brunt ct
the attacks. 1t said two factories
were hit, but that the effect on
production was 'immaterial.")
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-12-18

Established by Congress in 1775,
~. Marine Corps is the Oldest branch
4 ,be United States armed service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02

fall, winter ard spring rains
soaked through To make a highly
compact fuadbsd.
tsnsrrte Poured
Upon that other contractors are
low busy pouring the oanefsts
which will form the permanent,
surface for the Tacoma Nafrnws
bridge approach. This latest con-
tract il for st5 Dol The rosd will
be ready for uAs when The bridge
Ia opened.
II viii provide a long, Easy slope
down 10 the bridge, and all along
It's length II will present mn i'm.
pfoaaivs view 81 the bridge, the
NarrowH Of Puget Sound. the pen
insuls and Islands. and In the vest.
ern background. tho snow capped
olympic range whsrs the sin
goes down each mist ,. frequently
enough ~ a blaze ~ snnast glory
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
Bridge Elevators
Made in Tacoma
Aid In prsssrving
Lie OF Big Spon

On duty day ard night. main.
msn wiIl b. wprkinE -
preserve the tifs az rssums Mar
ross hstass
inside ans leg ~ sarn ts~sT =
permanent elevator has heen in~
stalled Ths.e elevators ~tit
travel the fan height n easr
tower. cspshis n stopping ~ any
nns point slsnlm the ta~esf. which
~iil siiew msIntsnsnss men IN ep.
pestunsty 10 ride from the rtsr 10
the top strut. q distance II sss
feet.
Equipment consists ~ a regular
winding drum type n sIsvssns ~
airs compounded. With full sutns
matte operation firm three prinss
tins psss. roadway and top ssrus.
They travri NJ q speed NJ - fsss
per mlnuts. having Fnand sskei
cages with xatss and capacity ~
100 lt~. zach. Elevators uiIl 9
cummoaata tao psxs~nEsfs
In keeping with the EsHsrsf
plan ~ awarding r%ontfscts 10 Ia
coma firms. the equipment WAS
manufactured and Installed by The
A msrtean Manufacturing en-.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
First Wing Includes
Nearly Five States

Territory Of the First Wing COW
cred by McChord Field includes
Washington, oregon. Montana and
Idaho and Wyoming north OF the
Ard parallel. Other First Wing
fields include Hamilton, Moffet and
March, all in California and the
two new fields in Alaska. First
Wing depots are at Sacramento,
Calf, and Ogden. Utah.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02

Utilization Of one of Washing
tons important natural
Portland cement-was one Of the
features Of construction Of the
new Lake Washington floating
bridge at Seattle.
Engineers point out that no.
where in the world has cement
been put to such a use as the con-
struction OF pontoons to carry the
longest and largest floating bridge.
The most recent floating bridge,
other than the over Lake
Washington, is the Hobart bridge
nov under construction in Tas-
mania. This bridge is to have a
length of $3.50 feet, while the
Lake Washington has a length of
6.561 feet and a roadway width
of As feet This length does not
include the fixed approach spans,
but only the floating portion be-
tween approaches.
Pride In Highway
While the Lake Washington
bridge in itself provides a shorter
route between Western and East
ern Washington, the fun benefits
of this shortcut could not be uti-
lized without a new. direct, modern
route between the eastern end of
the bridge and the main cross
state roadway, Sunset highway.
Washington takes pride in the
Sunset highway. particularly since
its paving with durable concrete
enables the state highway depart
ment to keep it open throughout
the winter through the Cascade
mountains. This fine highway
gradually descends from Snoqual-
mic pass on the west side to North
Bend, but that portion of the route
from North Bend TO Seattle is now
Of old construction and not suited
to present h%igh-speed traffic.
New Direct Route
In conjunction with the Lake
Washington bridge the highway
department has constructed a
modern super-highway between the
east end Of the bridge and Issa-
quah. and from there the new
route will he on a direct line TO
North Bend. This will result in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-02
McC Chord Personnel
VIII Exceed 1000

Attached "a MechnFd FIELD slii
be 1921 enlisted men and sns an.
GERS. The lith nomtsrimsut
Groups normal number ~ planes
~ a. medium bomber. The spth
Reconnaissance ssanadron's normal
plane strength will be ~ medium
bomhsrH The 10Th nase Squadron
will have from 5 10 "a ~ mIsesl'
laneaus character. The namheFs
are twin matored Douglas planss
powered by rrstt.w Whitney mataFs