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Evening star., 1940-04-20
Miss 0rendorf Dies
In Catholic Home
Al Age Of 100
Prominent Church Leader
Active Until Illness
Two Weeks Ago

Miss Maria Louise Orendorf,
prominent Catholic church leader,
died yesterday at the Catholic Home
for Aged Ladies, 3043 P street NV,
where she celebrated her Tooth
birthday last August.
Miss Orendorf had been active,
despite her advanced age, until two
weeks ago, when she was taken i'll.
Friends gave her birthday party
August "a at the home. She said
then, Il never realized I was getting
old until just last year when I tried
to sing and couldn t."
She was born August "a, 1899, in
Westminster, Md, the daughter of
Samuel and Mary Matthias Oren-
dorf. Her father later became one
OF the pioneer wholesale merchants
OF Baltimore, Md. She was educated
at Mount de Sales Academy at
Catonsville, Md, and the Visitation
Convent, of which she was the oldest
living graduate.
Was Expert Linguist.
During her early life Miss Oren-
dorf Travelled extensively abroad and
became an expert linguist. Her
mothers home, in Baltimore, was
the meeting place for visiting prel-
ates during the Second Plenary
Council. Miss Orendorf often en-
tertalned the gatherings by playing
the piano and singing. Possessed
OF a fine soprano voice, she sang in
Baltimore choirs for more than 40
years.
She took an active interest in the
church and worked in the sacristy
OF the Baltimore Cathedral for many
years. Numbered among her friends
were many of the dignitaries of the
Catholic Church. including the late
James Cardinal Gibbons and the
Right Rev. Msgr. Edward L. Buckley
rector of st Matthews Cathedral.
Came Here rs Years Ago.
Miss Orendorf came to Washing
ton 70 years ago and had been q
resident for four years of the Catho-
llc Home for Aged Ladies, where
She was affectionately called "the
grand old lady of Maryland" She
retained her faculties until her last
illness and was active until ther
reading, without spectacles, playing
bridge or reminiscing about the
Civil War or the events of history
stretching back over her century
of life.
She was first cousin of Agnes
Repplier, noted Philadelphia essay.
list. Her closest survivors includ,
niece, Mrs. Frederic Adams Youns
OF Washington; two nephews. Capt
Roger OLeary, U. S. A., of Wash.
lngton. and J. Henry Bennett O.
| Chicago, ILL.,. and a sister-in-laV
Mrs. Adele Orendorf of Baltimore
A brief funeral service will b,
held at the Clements funeral home
| 1241 Wisconsin avenue NV. al
ii am. Monday. Burial will be ir
the New Cathedral Cemetery ir
Baltimore after a second funera
service there.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
berfeI KunihoIm Named
u. ). Consul in Iceland

Bertel E. Kuniholm, American
foreign service officer with long
experience in Eastern Europe, to-
day was named this country's first
consul at Reykjavik, Iceland.
The State Department also an
nounced transfer Of Frank P. Lock
hart, counselor of the American
Embassy at Peiping, China, to
be American consul general al
Shanghai.
Mr.. Kuniholm, a native of Gard
ner, Mass and now consul at
Zurich, Switzerland, will establish
the first American consulate in
Iceland.
Secretary of State Hull an
nounced late Tuesday agreement
with a request by the Icelandic
government for direct relations with
the United States in view of the
German occupation of Denmark
Although long virtually independent
Iceland's foreign relations have been
handled through the King of Den
mark.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Laurel Bus Hearings
Granted for Two Lines
Special Dispatch to The Star

special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, April 2O.-Safeway
Trails, Inc, and the Pennsylvania
Greyhound Lines, Inc, will be given
an opportunity by the Maryland
Public Service Commission to be
heard on their applications to take
over the bus service between College
Park and Laurel now handled by
the Capital Transit Co.
The Washington company has
applied to discontinue this service,
and both the other companies have
asked permission to take over the
traffic.
Hearing on the Washington con-
Germs application previously, had
been set for April 30 at the COM
missions Offices here. The COM
mission yesterday set the same date
for hearings on the Safeway Trails
and Greyhound Lines applications.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Congress Members
Get Too Little Paw,
Writer Declares
Deserve Sympathy as
Well os Pensions,
St. Clair Says

Members of Congress work hard
for too little pay. They deserve the
sympathy and good will of the Ma
ton as we'll as pensions in their old
age. They are just as able on the
whole as the voters who send them
to Washington.
Thus spoke Labert st. Clair,
Washington writer, who has known
members of Congress for Is years, in
talk today before the League of
American Pen Women at the Will
lard Hotel.
"TWitting Congress about its al
legged laziness and making it target
for similar uncomplimentary jokes is
long established American prac-
tice,' Mr.. st. Clair said. Person
ally I never believed it either funny
or justified.
"On the whole I admire Repre-
sentatives and Senators very much
for the tremendous amount of work
they conscientiously do for relatively
small compensation and never tire
of seeing them in action.
1T is a commonplace to say that
most Congressman are overpaid. I
think the majority are underpaid.
A congressional salary of $4,000 a
year may seem large, especially to
persons in small towns and rural
sections, but it is entirely made
quate. BY the time a Congressman
has paid his election expenses back
home, his living expenses in Wash
ington, contributed to every last
thing in his district that mortal
mind can conceive of and feed the
visiting constituents who drop in,
hungry as gophers, day after day,
if he is not bankrupt it is because
he has a large independent income
outside his salary. And few have
this.
mot only do I think the salaries
of both Senators and Representa-
tiyes should be raised to from SIS 900
to $4,000 year, but also that for
mer members Of Congress should be
pensioned upon retirement propor-
tionate to their years of service, be-
ginning, say, with a minimum serv-
ice Of six years. Nothing is more
tragic than an old and broke Con-
gresham, who has been turned out
by his constituents after long service,
trying to earn living. His business
at home, if he ever had one, is gone,
and, usually, he is too old to make
fresh start in a new location. Many
OF them remain in Washington
often because their wives love it
and the going in the Capital City is
pretty tough for the average former
Representative without splendid
connections"
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Emergency Act Asked
To Freeze Danish
And Morse Securities
81, ,000, ,000, 900 Reported
Cached in U. S. by
Fearful Foreigners
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Congressional confirmation will
be sought for Treasury ruling that
securities held In this country by
Danes and Norwegians cannot be
transferred without Treasury IL
censes.
Secretary Morgenthau disclosed
yesterday that he had asked Demo-
cratic leaders to get quick approval
OF an emergency act affirming the
Presidents authority to freeze" the
foreign-held securities.
The request was made after some
private attorneys expressed doubts
about presidential power to freeze"
stocks and bonds owned by Danish
and Norwegian citizens New York
circles, Secretary Morgenthau said,
also appeared uncertain whether
the recent executive order, prohibits
ing the removal Of Danish and Nor
wegian wealth without Treasury
licenses, applied to securities.
Order Covers Movable Wealth.
In the Treasury's Interpretation,
Secretary Morgenthau explained, the
order covered securities, cash, gold,
silver, mortgages and other movable
forms of wealth.
Meanwhile, it was reported that
European citizens, afraid that in
vaders or their own governments
would seize their wealth, have
cached more than $1,OO0,OO0, 900 in
the United States under the names
Of other persons.
Both the Federal Reserve Board
and the Commerce Department at
tested to this boarding, which rivals
even the unprecedented gold stores
OF foreign governments here for
safekeeping, currently totaling ST.
200 100000.
A simple problem in arithmetic
barred it. Officials noticed that in
the year before the war approx
mately s3,400,oO0, 900 worth of gold
had been shipped and sold to the
United States. But when they came
to figuring where the proceeds Of
the gold went, they could account
only for about s2,400 900, 900.
Much Went Into Realty.
When they dug further they found
that the other billion dollars had
gone mostly to Americans, who were
holding it for European friends,
while investing the money or de-
posting it in banks under their own
names, so it couldn't be traced.
Much of it has gone to buy real
estate, some for securities, some for
shares in businesses, some in banks,
and part probably has been buried
IN back yards and flower pots.
Nationality of the real owners has
been difficult to trace, because the
money has crossed many boundaries
before coming to rest in the United
States. But officials guess that a
large part came from Germans and
citizens of countries bordering Ger
many, particularly Holland, Belgium
and Switzerland. Some came from
England and France.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Printing Union Opposes
Chain Store Tax Bill
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
A printing trades union opposed
the Patman chain store tax bill yes
terday 'in defense of the jobs of our
members and the economic welfare
Of the plants employing them"
The attitude Of the union, Inter-
national Allied Printing Trades AS
sociation GA. F.. L., was expressed
to the House Ways and Means Sub
committee by John H. Haggerty
chairman of the board of governors
The subcommittee later adjourned
hearings until Monday.
Mr.. Haggerty said many of the in
ternationals members would lose
their jobs If chain stores, which gave
them business he estimated at $780,
600 900 a year. were taxed out of
business by the Patman bill. In
1887, he said. the chains business
meant jobs for $4,000 members OF
the union.
For other members, Mr.. Haggerty
continued. living costs would be in
creased 10 per cent.
He said the international was
concerned also with preserving the
greatest possible buying power fol-
members and families receiving sick
death, disability and unemployment
funds.
I'VE oppose the planned death O,
breakup OF important parts of thu
retail industry not only because O.
the direct effect this would have
upon printing purchases of the com
panies affected. but also because O.
the larger disruption of the entire
Nation-w wide system of retailing
which has made possible the grea
growth Of national advertising" h
said. Mr.. Haggerty added that IL
the periodical field particularly 'it il
national advertising that meets tn,
pay roll"
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Prospector Held Dead
SO Years Wins Claim
On Daughter S Estate
Man Satisfies Judge He Is
Father of Woman Whose
Will Denied He Lived
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 20.-A stopped
and weather beaten old prospector,
regarded as dead by his daughter
during her lifetime, holds q legal
right today to claim a share in the
daughters $400, 900 estate.
John F. Mulhall, SO, of San An
tonic, told story supported by wit
nesses which satisfied Surrogate
James A. Foley yesterday on these
points:
That Mr. Mulhall is the former
husband Of Mrs. Susan j. Mulhall
of New York and the father Of the
late Mrs. Isabel Nellie, who died
April q, 1899, leaving the residue of
her estate to the Seeing Eye Insti-
tuition for training dogs to lead the
blind.
Mr.. Mulhall's eccentric daughter
once remarked, 1.-THE more I see of
humans the more I think of dogs"
In d codicil to her will she said: Il
want it distinctly understood that
any person claiming to be my father
Is an imposter."
Mrs. Mulhan acknowledged in
court that she had been married.
some go years ago, to John F. Null
hall in st. Louis and that a daughter
had been born to them about a
year later.
But she snubbed the aged man as
they emerged from the courtroom
and refused to shake hands with
him.
Testimony developed that Mr.. Null
hail had left his wife shortly after
the daughters birth and gone to
Texas to look after cattle interests
of his father. He contended he had
tried to persuade his wife to bring
the child to Texas but that she re-
fused. In later years he prospected
in Texas, Alaska and Mexico. Mrs.
Mulhall obtained a divorce in 1881.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Weather Report
FURNISHED by the Unite

FURNISHED by the United Bureau
OElr OF CoumblaOccaslonal light
ABOUT 40 degrees cloudy
change
west and northwest late " ''Ae /"
Maryland-Occasona NM
with showers N'' .0''AAoeo wv
Vrgna-Occaslona
cloudy with occasional light portions
west VHgna-Coudy, with
portion tomorrow; slightly ~ " ~ :
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Benefit Card Purty Set

The Gonzaga Mothers Association
will hold its annual card party for
the benefit Of the scholarship fund
Of Gonzaga High School next Friday
evening at the Willard Hotel. Mrs.
William F. ODonnell is general
chairman, assisted by Mrs. Anthony
Mayhem.
Evening star., 1940-04-20

weather Conditions Last "a Hours.
The disturbance that was over Tennes-
eastward to the upper Ohio Valley, Park
inches), and a secondary disturbance that
was over Western Alabama has moved
meia1ftnesstgard to vireinia Norfolk 9aS6
py .p,vely 10y and falling over the Northern
Hoeky ioSk Monntain s,i,n @ region; Helena, Mont.
is hsh ov.r the
nehes1 % Wih isy %edse satenans @isiSaTs south.
SiVb osst ard Nor to Iexss also
Head wash. Goe5.4 millibars fs0es s0iss
hinches,. During the last - hours rains
patea Ia tSe'S Se Mdae ana s'ies East
ATLANTIC States, the south portion Of the
States, the Ohio Valley and the lower Lake
nortlons q the Middle Atlantic states and and
see inches es'ss' st emoSn, CINCINNATI IT,
Ohio Temperatures have fallen in the
ss9 South Atlantic and East Gulf states the
Plains States while they have risen in the
West Gulf States and portions Of the
Nortnern ROCKY Mountain region.
Potomac River Bulletin.
mo Mioderately snn, heavy rain over the Potomac
Tand ddqfnE 1an n ths last "a hours Is causing
nrohoh h1v se III eit uoper folomac. put VIII
rainfall amounts have been heavier over
the lower Potomac and in this portion Of
the river there will be q slow rise in the
next = hours probably reaching or slightiy
exceeding f!ood stage at points above and
mo - North he' and stI0ss Middle Atlantic States:
showers in north portion at beginning Of
week Showers Thursday or Friday Cool
nrst half OF week. warmer latter half
Ohio Valley and Tennessee: Showers
Tuesday or Wednesday and again at end
o. week. Cool in Ohio Valley at beginning
OF week: warmer middle and latter part.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy
et Harpers Ferry Potomac very muddy at
Great Falls today
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Traffic Record

The traffic record. as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 q m. to-
day:
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, so.
Motorists injured. Z.
Motorists arrested, 3l3.
Pedestrians injured, 6.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation Of pedestrian control
regulation, 2.
Evening star., 1940-04-20

Record for Last Twenty -four Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 40, noon yesterday Year ago,
65.
Lowest, 46. 5 am. today. Year ago. As
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest rs. on April 4.
Lowest, Z. on January 90.
Humidity for Last Twenty -four Hours.
tFrom noon yesterday to noon todayJ
Hishest 95 per cent, at 7.3g a M today
terday.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Precipitation

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital lcurrent month to date):
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
In recess,
House.:
In recess.
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Potomac River Bulletin,

Report for Last Twenty -four Hours,
Evening star., 1940-04-20
Tide Tables.

The Sun and N
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26
cuApTER ~THIRTY-sEvEN

c,,n with q sense of despair IN
,,s heart, sat down and LIT an
,ther cigaret. The two others o,, w.
Jan a general conversation NO. Iaol
ne Gun in it. He managed 70 loon
;nfel1igent, but he spoke mecnani.
nl1I Ha was racking his brains
calS. r,1se to make the girl
understand. md she
and Tommy entered. s+ro,1
we've just been having a suo,'
in the garden" Coral announceo,,
with apparent lnconsel s nnt
brightness. Its just lovely
there" ao,,r1u
And then, addressing Tommy:
well. have you thought over my
little proposition, Commanoei:
To which Tommy replied, ARMY;
why. no! In the company OF
such a charming lady can
hardly be expected to him over
mere triflss. Besides, 1t would DC
Internally rude ;u
Otto rose heavily from his char
..Well. l advise you to do so ur-
ing the night. Otherwise you may
find it not quite such a trlfllng al
fair as you seem to think
His tone was heavy with men
ace. Gun was getting desperate:
Plainly they were on the point OF
departure, and he had to make
Coral understand somehow. Sud.
denly he got an idea, and clutched
at it.
by the way" he said to Trent
now risen also in obedience to his
chiefs gesture, what happens to
us? Do we camp out again to-
night"
NO" was the answer. You can
stay here tonight. I'm afraid i
have to admit my little scheme
for making you talk is a failure
because of time. We shall no.
have 10 resort to the more direct
methods of the chief here"
Well" said Gun, with a sigh.
I'm glad of that. Because that
scheme of yours I find is rather
bad for the nerves. Do you know
that. a little while ago, I suffered
from an hallucination, and didn't
know who I was? If anybody al
that moment had addressed me by
my right name, I should h a v e
probably denied my identity"
Trent sneered.
perhaps it's just as well we've
changed the programme d o nj
want any lunatics on u hands,
Gun darted a quick glance al
Coral, but she was not looking a.
him.
That is So" said Otto, in his
heavy voice. And one very bao
form of madness is to keep quie
when you ought to be talking.
would remember that, Hazeldeane
# / were YOU
Tommy responded by a cheerful
grin.
"Right-o!" he agreed. III try
10 think it ove during the night
The guests moved toward the
door. Otto and Trent gave vent tt
a curt: Good night" but Cora
was more vivacious.
Good night! Maybe I II be see
ing you some time in the morn
ing, when the others are busy
Yes, do" cried Tommy, fer
vently. "Please!"
Gun said nothing. He was try
ing to catch from her some sigma.
or hint that she had understood
the allusion to forgetting his iden
tity. But she never even looked
at him.
AS soon as they were out of ear
shot of the bungalow, Otto asked,
gruffly:
well, how di! you get on with
that young fool?"
"Oh, not SO badly" was the re.
ply.
What do you mean by that?
Will he TALK"
Eyes, l think So" Coral's tone
was impatient. But you can't ex.
pect me to bring off a job like
that in half an hour. Have q
heart"
"Ach! That is the trouble j
have too much heart" Otto was
almost p~laintive. You must hurry
up about do not like the way
that-that puppy looks at you"
Coral laughed with apparent de.
light.
Bella LANAN-COIIRT r
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26
Yeluerton To Report
For Duty In Capital

Harold c. Yelverton. assistant
civil engineer in the office of the
Wilmington district army engineer
reserves, has been ordered to report
to the office of the construction
quartermaster in Washington, on
Wednesday,, it was learned yester-
day.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26
|BEFQ R: THEEaRE!EEzkE E!F}:!6;
Ia nu,u n "% S2n%n@n~ 81 RUPERT GRAYSON
RUPERT ON

Gun made a gesture for caution,
and lugged him out into the air.
I'm beginning to think / did,
he said, when he thought tn
were safe from mechanical or
other eavesdropping. What did
she say to you, anyway"
.'Oh. she was absolutely frank.
She said that, of course, you had
told me what her game was sup
posed to be-to make me t a k
about the invention. But she said
she wasn't going to do that-she S
an agent of the British government
here to find out all she can about
these birds, and to help us if nee
essary. She wanted to know if we'd
found out what they really were
up to, and I told her you'd had
a shot at it, but hadn't found out
anything definite. Then she said
as soon as she could find out
something she'd hit on some plan
for our escape"
"Oh, DAM" growled Gun.
He realized that if Coral knew
how much he had really discov-
cred, she could concentrate on a
plan of escape. But She did not
know, and that meant that she
would probably be trying to find
something out herself-and if she
was discovered. which was more
than likely, their chance Of es-
Gaping in time to foil these mad
men would be gone.
The net result was that, despite
the comfort of a real bed once
more. Gun spent a practically
sleepless night, between worrying
as to whether Coral would be
caught out during it, and trying to
evolve a practical plan for escape
if she wasn't. 4
Ito Be Continued)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-26

"Oh. you Jealous old thing!' She
suddenly took his arm, and held
it close to her side-an unusual
demonstration from her, as Otto
was quick to realize. Anyway,
you needn't worry. I'm not partial
to puppies-I like older dogs,
who've got all their teeth, and can
use 'em, too"
Whereat Otto, pleased and flat
tered, chuckled quite pleasantly.
I'm going straight to bed-the
air here makes one tired, l think
Coral announced, when they had
reached the quarters. She kissed
Otto lightly on the forehead, waved
her hand to Trent, and ran gally
off. The two men went into Trent's
office.
Some twenty minutes later.
when they were in the middle -
a heated argument, there came d
tap on the door, which opened TO
reveal Coral again. She looked
very young and charming in a
white linen and dressing G o n
worn over dark red pajamas.
Sorry to disturb you two she
apologized, but I've got n of
my attacks of insomnia coming on
Il can feel it-and I've for/tt\
to bring any dope with me. Havs
either of you got anything that
will make me sleep?'
Sure l have!' answered Trent,
only too eager to be IF assistance.
He opened a drawer of his desk
and took out a small bottle of tab
lets-the same with which he had
supplied Gun. "One of these oughs
to make you sleep right through,
But if it doesn't work in halt an
hour, take another. But no more,
mind you, or you'll sleep for a
week"
"Oh, thanks a lott Coral picked
up the bottle. How do l take it?'
Drop it in a little water. 1t dis
solves at once, and there's no
taste"
Thanks again-and good night
again."
CoraIs face, as she went back to
her own room, with the little bot
tie clutched in her hand, seemed
t. express rather more satisfac-
ton than the occasion warranted.
In the bungalow, Tommy turned
to Gun.
You made a bloomer over that
kid, you know" he began-but
Nogales international., 1940-05-25
Marjorie Sisk
To Wed
William G. Bell

At a tea held at the Sisk home on
Pajarito street Saturday afternoon,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. r. SiSk announced
the engagement of their eldest
daughter, Marjorie, to William
Graham Bell Of Tucson.
The bride-to-be, born and reared
here, is graduate of Nogales high
school and attended the University
of Arizona where she was a men,
ber of Alpha Phi sorority. She is q
very charming girl.
Mr.. Bell, son Of George Graham
Bell of Tucson, was born in Toron-
to, Canada. His educational back
ground comprises preparatory school
at Princeton, New Jersey; two years
at the University of Arizona, where
he studied electrical engineering
and where he was pledge Of Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity; and a
year at a private academy of aero
nautics. He has lived in Tucson for
! the pastc12Nyears. =
Nogales international., 1940-05-25
Annual Senior
Ball Tonight
(By j. DUPUY)

(By j. DUPUY)
The second and last formal dance
of the year for high school students
will be held tonight in the high
school auditorium. Invitations were
given to juniors, class presidents
and representatives. and to alumni.
The dance in which the Seniors
give farewell to the juniors and to
underclassmen will be one of the
highlight dances of the year.
sssssssssses
Rev. and Mrs. Charles e. Howe
and baby daughter Lynn left We'd
nesday evening for Phoenix to spend
several days.
Mrs. Bailey Russell arrived here
from Phoenix Wednesday to visit
her father. Writ G. Bowman, and
family.
Ed Alvarez Is leaving Thursday foE
the Rotary International conven-
ton in Havana and enroute home
will attend the Republican national
convention at Philadelphia the lat
ter part Of June.