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Evening star., 1940-12-29
DC. Men Among Officers
Of Geological Society
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Presy.
AUSTIN, Tex, Dec. 28.-The Geo.
logical Society of America today
chose Boston for its 1941 conven-
ton, with Massachusetts, Institute
OF Technology and Harvard Uni
versity as host schools.
DR.. c. P. Berkey of Columbia Uni
versity succeeded DR.. Eliot Black.
welder Of Stanford as president.
Other new officers were George
S. Hume, Geological Survey of Can
ada, vice president; Douglas john
son, Columbia University, vice presi-
dent: Raymond c. Moore, Kansas
University, vice president; William
F. Foshag, United States National
Museum, Washington, D. c., vice
president; H. r. Aldrich. New York
City, secretary, and Edward B.
Mathews, Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, treasurer.
DR.. Fred E. Wright of the Car
negie Institute Geophysical Labora-
tory at Washington, D. c., was
named president Of the Mineralogi-
cal Society of America, and L. w.
Stephenson, United States Geologi-
cal Survey, Washington, was voted
the president Of the Paleontologi-
cal Society of America at concur
rent meetings.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Auto Executives Yawl
Makes Port in Blow
~ the Associated Press.

Ey the Associated kress-
CAT CAY, Bahamas, Dec. 28.-
James D. Mooney of Detroit, vice
president Of General Motors, and Q
party Of three made port early today
In the s0-foot yawl Mayhap after
battling gales in the Gulf Stream
for day and night.
All Of the party, including Mr..
MONEYS 12-year-old son Michael,
Mrs. Cecil Parker Stewart of New
York and Oyster Bay, Miss Mary
knight Of Atlanta and a crew of
four, escaped injury except for
bruises.
The heavy winds and rain squalls
that hit Florida and Western Cuba
caught them en- route from Cat Cay
to Nassau, where Miss Knight was
going to invite the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor here for dedi-
cation of new golf course next
month.
When only 35 miles out of Cat Cay
the party was forced Friday to turn
back. They required more than
three hours against battering winds
to make the final miles into port.
All passengers took turns at the
wheel while the crew worked over
the sails.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Negotiations Fail, Army
To Ask Bids on Trucks

b the Associated Press.
The War Department halted yes
terday what it called prolonged
negotiations with the Ford and
Fargo motor companies for the pur-
chase of II ,528 1a-ton Army trucks,
and called instead for bids by any
manufacturers.
A contract for $4,000 trucks of
the same general type was awarded
in August to the Fargo Corp, a
division of the Chrysler Co., the
department explained. That con-
tract included an option for a so
per cent increase in quantity.
Subsequently, the announcement
continued, the War Department de-
cided to change certain specifica-
tions Of the truck in the light of
experience gained in maneuvers.
ITO increase manufacturing
sources of this item" the depart
ment added, 'it negotiated both
with the Fargo Motor Corp. and
the Ford Motor Co. for the modified
type Of truck. In view Of the pro-
longed character of the negotiations
it was deemed the fair course to
all concerned to ask for formal
sealed bids by advertisement"
There was no explanation of why
the negotiations were prolonged" !"
Evening star., 1940-12-29
500 Officers and Men
To Move Into New
Meade Barracks
Reception Center to Be
Made Ready for Next
Group Of SeIectees
BY q Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md,
Dec. 28.-Approximately 500 men
and officers Of the selective service
reception center personnel are
scheduled to move into newly fin
ished wooden barracks Monday and
Tuesday to prepare for the second
quota Of selectees early in January.
Rainy weather which turned the
unpaved barrack streets into lanes of
thick mud and stopped all outside
construction work today did not,
however, hinder workmen from put
ting the finishing touches to the in
side Of the 38 buildings which have
been completed to house selectees.
Barracks to House So.
The reception center complement
will move on Monday from the posts
permanent brick barracks into the
new buildings. About lJ0 Of those
to be housed in the new quarters
are men being trained for a recep-
ton center to be established at Cum
berlanG, Md.
Thirty Of the new buildings are
barracks. each Of which will house
SO men. Each two-story building
has its own hot-air heating plant
and the men eat in a single large
mess hall. Each of the two wings
Of the mess hall will seat 800 men.
The kitchen connects the two wings.
Cafeteria Service New.
A new feature of modern Army
mess Is the cafeteria service by
which continuous line of selectees
is passed along stainless steel coun-
ters to receive food.
Other buildings in the unit are
the officers quarters, a processing
building, medical building, an ad-
ministration building, a post ex-
change. a recreation building and a
warehouse.
The neatly laid out rows of selec-
tive service barracks will be almost
completely surrounded by the quar-
ters now being CONSTRUCTED to house
the 29th Division. At the quarter
masters Office today the progress re-
port indicated the work was nearly
35 per cent complete.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
New Words Found in Hunt
BY Virginia u. Professor
Tells Language Group They Are in Use
Every Day in Maryland and Virginia

apple that goes into the face Is a
facer.' After being packed, II &he
apples develop rot in the middle Of
the bushel, the apples are said to
be nesting
I'm picking up crab meat, that is,
picking meat out of claws and shell,
you must be sure to cut out and
throw away the supposedly poison
Gus part of the innards called the
'dead-man.
Finds so New Words.
Prof. Hench gave out Lists of more
than so words he had recently found
in Southern Maryland and Virginia.
Included in this list were such
words as "cunny- fingered" for but
ter fingered: "dance-knife." Negro
word for large knife carried to a
dance; "dirty-camp' for a brawl,
originally at camp meeting: fair
way or faraway," for a millrace;
gravel" to root out early potatoes
by hand or to catch fish by feeling
for them under tree trunks; light
for treeless jungle; rink" for a
load of firewood in an orderly pile;
sag" for the low place in a noun
tain. and "swag," for the contour of
mountain.
Other words In this list were oc-
cupational or sporting terms. AL
batross," "Andover," "deadrise" and
"seawitch" all are the names Of
boats; "handplant," kill" and
"wholeplant" are terms used in to-
bacco planting; "possum gravy" is a
term for liquor when drunk after a
possum hunt, and "working-frolic" is
any community frolic in which work,
such as corn shucking, is done.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
I Am Witness Tells
OF Paying $1,000 in
Hope Of Ascension
Very Beautiful Thing
To Do Womon Says
At Fruud Trial
BY the Associated Press.


LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2S.-Mrs.
Maude Hill of Chicago testified to-
day she was so impressed with the
beauty" of making q bodily ascen-
sion that she gave Mr.. and Mrs.
Guy Ballard, founders Of the 81 AM
movement, $1,000 in the hope Of
achieving 1t.
She was a witness in the trial
of Mrs. Ballard and nine others on
mail fraud charges. Mr.. Ballard
died here year ago.
You really wanted an ascension
that much?' asked Federal Judge
Leon r. Yankwich.
beautiful Thing to Do"
"Yes," Mrs Hill replied. TT was
very beautiful thing to do, your
honor"
She told Of an occasion at dinner
in her home when she said Mr..
Ballard transmitted a message from
a queen of Light"
He said the message was COM
Ing along a light and sound ray
over the dining room table, just
like words coming over ticker tape"
she testified.
Asked by Government attorney
whether Ballard sounded like a
queen of light" Mrs. Hill replied
that he talked in a masculine voice.
Waiting for Followers.
She said the Ballards advised her
to persist in her efforts TO accom-
plish an ascension and to "use a
violet consuming ray to purify her
body, live apart from her husband
and think only fine thoughts"
Mrs. Ballard claimed she herself
could ascend at any time, the wit
ness declared, but explained that
she would stay here until her fol-
lowers were ready to ascend"
Harry N. Rogers, former employe
of the II Am" organization, testi-
fed staff members once joined in
irnportuning the Assembled Masters"
to intercede for them with the
Ballards.
The trial was recessed today until
next Thursday.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Arlington Boards
Name ! SeIectees
For January Quota
Maryland and Virginia
Headquarters Ask Report
On IA Reserves

Arlington County (va.) Draft
Board No. last night announced
the names of seven registrants in
its area who are to be indicted
into a years military training on
January 10 as the Maryland and
Virginia State selective service
headquarters issued appeals for a
reserve pool" of Ia men to meet
any unexpected calls for training.
Draft Board No. l in Arlington
Is calling one man who now re-
sides in the District He is Russell
Eugene Garrett, %, Of 1886 Newton
street NV. who has moved from
Arlington County since registration
day.
Arlington Selectees.
The other six men, all of whom
live in the county, are Judson Leslie
Pinkham, %, 140O North Utah
street, Buell. O'COnnor, rs, 4Ol4
North Twenty fifth street; Samp-
son Monroe Hudson, "a, 1920 North
Seventeenth street; Ernest Clifford
Gutridge, 80, 1919 North Under
wood street, Miles Taylor Coleman,
IS, l105 North GARFIELD street, and
Benjamin Franklin Mosher, Is, 1925
North Stuart street.
Board No. / also announced that
q colored man who has been Sc
lected to fill Its quota on January
16, is to be given a physical exami-
nation Wednesday to confirm his
tentative la classification.
Arlington County Board No. 2
already has announced the names Of
its seven men to be inducted jan
uary 10. That board also has a VOL
unteer to fill its one-man colored
quota.
1t. Comdr. C. H. Bryant, State
draft executive at Baltimore, said at
least 1850 men should be available
in the Ia classification and asked
each local board to create and main
tain at all times a reserve of Is to
so men.
Quotas will fuctuate from day to
day according to the need for men
and the space and housing available
for training them" Comdr. Bryant
said. IF each local board will al
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Hearing Planned
On Fishing Area
Jurisdiction
Two Virginia Bodies
Unable to Agree at
Quontieo Meeting
BY a Staff Correspondent, of The Star.

BY a Staff CORRESPONDENT of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 28.-
The State Commission on Game
and Inland Fisheries and the State
Fisheries Commission were unable
to settle their differences involving
the Jurisdiction over three areas
OF the Potomac River following a
conference at Quantico today and
agreed to hold public hearing here
during the week of January at
which persons interested in con-
Servation and sports fishing may
be heard.
The issue involves the question of
whether these areas near to WASH
ington are to be seined by COM
mercial fishermen or limited to
hook-and-line catches by sports
men
Commercial Group Present.
Judge William S. Snow, AleXan-
dria member of the Inland Fisheries
Commission, said at the conclusion
Of today's meeting that he was sur
prised to find several commercial
fishermen represented at the ses-
sion.
The Alexandrian declared that he
had told conservationists and angl-
ers interested in the hearing that
it would be closed meeting be-
tween two representatives of each
commission. Because of the ap-
pearance at Occoquan today Of
about Is commercial fishermen, who
are regulated by the State Fisheries
Commission, the conferees agreed
to hold another public meeting at
which the other side might be given
hearing
"The licensed anglers of the Dis
trict of Columbia have just as much
interest in the situation as do those
Of Virginia and I would like for as
many persons as possible interested
in conservation to be present at the
next meeting Judge Snow de-
clared
Division of Opinion.
Chairman Carl H. Noting and
Judge Snow of the inland commits
sion and Chairman G. Walter Mapp
and Charles Stewart of the salt
water body yesterday attempted to
work out solution to the problem
OF which commission should have
jurisdiction over three areas of the
Potomac-Dogue Creek, Gunston
Cove and Belmont Bay and the up
per waters of Occoquan Creek.
Chairman Noting contended that
his body should control the areas,
inasmuch they are fresh water fish
ing grounds and adapted to hook
and line fishing Chairman Mapp
supported the contention of the
commercial fishermen that the wa
tiers should be open for seine fishing
and under control of his commits
sion.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
.S19,126,912i Contracts
For Defense Awarded

Huge contracts for the Air Corps
and Quartermaster Corps of the
Army were announced yesterday in
the placing of $l9,126,912 in orders
for defense materiel.
Largest individual contract was
for $S,019,845 placed with the Fair
child Aviation Corp, Jamaica, N. Y,
which will be devoted chiefly to
cameras to be used by the Air Corps
in mapping terrain. The Glenn L.
Martin Co. of Baltimore, also re-
ceived an order amounting to $892,- =
OH for airplane maintenance parts.
Contracts awarded by the Quar-
termaster Corps totaled 1881 ,361.
The Ordnance Corps ordered 1929. !.
693 for miscellaneous materiel, In.
cluding a small amount Of artillery
ammunition.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
u. 5. Facing Future
Perhaps Of War;
Educator Says
American Fascist Victory
Called Preferable to
Defect by Foreigners
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-Prof. Robert
C. Brooks, president of the American
Political Science Association, told
its convention today that victory
even by an American Fascist gov
ernment" would be better than de-
feat by a foreign Fascist power and
advocated a constitutional amend
ment guaranteeing all adult citizens
employment at living wages"
Prof. Brooks, professor of political
science at Swartmore College, as
serted in his written presidential
address that the United States faces
future of military preparation
and perhaps of war"
"It may fall to the lot of an Amer
lean President to say, as did Prime
Minister winston Churchill, that he
has nothing to offer but blood. toll,
tears and sweat" he declared.
No Appeasement Seen.
Averring that a "far worse future"
might "easily be brought down upon
our heads" he said Americans will
not enter the door marked 'appease-
ment'-they will 60 out the opposite
door marked defiance
Mabel Newcomer. of the Depart
ment of Economics and Sociology
OF Vassar College, told the associa-
tion there was no evidence that the
Nation was approaching the danger
point" in the national debt.
For the future, the manner in
which the debt is marketed and
the purposes for which the proceeds
are spent will determine whether
$65 ,0o0, 900 900 or 500, 900, ,00o. 900 can
be safely floated." she asserted in
paper prepared for the associa-
tion's annual meeting. 'It is such
factors as these that set the limits
on our debt" she said.
Answer Declared Simple.
Many persons, she said. are asking
how the next generation will be
able to pay, and added:
This Is, perhaps, the simplest
question Of all to answer. What
ever the burden Of defenses, 1t is
met from current production. There
may be future losses resulting from
the fact that our new equipment
is designed for war rather than for
peace, but that will occur whether
we build from borrowed revenue
or taxes.
"The debt is internal, and what
the future taxpayer contributes in
interest and principal the future
owner of Government securities will
receive. There are, of course, prob
lens Of transfer that may not prove
easy, but there will be no drain of
income from the country"
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Army Releases Starnes
For Congress Duties
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CAMP BLANDING, Fla, Dec
28.-Lt. Col. Joe Starnes was re-
lieved Of active Army duty on order
Of the War Department today in
order to return to Washington as
Representative in Congress from
Alabama
Starnes, vice chairman of the
House Committee on un-American
Activities, left Immediately for his
home at Gunterville, Ala, prepara-
tory to going to Washington for the
re-convening of Congress January
3. The departments order placed
him on the inactive list until
further notice"
Representative Starnes was in
Quoted into the Regular Army No
vember Is when the 3,st Division,
composed Of National Guard units
from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana, was mobilized for
years training. He was second bat
talon commander of the 167th In
fantry regiment, an Alabama unit.
Evening star., 1940-12-29
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PresS.
BOSTON, Mass, Dec. 28.-Atche-
son L. Hench, professor of English
in the University of Virginia, this
afternoon told the present-day Eng
lish section of the Modern Lam
guage Association of his word hunt
through Virginia and Southern
Maryland, where he noted in every
day use many words that have not
found their way into any published
dictionary.
"Ferrididdle" he found used for
chipmunk in communities as far as
300 miles apart. "Sevigrous," mean
ing violent or ferocious; back
stand" meaning to support: anti
goggling,' meaning diagonally
across; "newspack, meaning to gos-
sip. and "housemoss," meaning bells
of dust that collect in corners or
under beds, were among the new
words Prof Hench reported before
the association at it's annual meet
ing.
Notebook Is Necessary.
Speaking on the opportunities for
regional word collecting in ones own
home area, Prof. Hench said that a
permanently sensitive ear and a
notebook always at hand" are es-
sentials.
Prof Hench also advocated a
method Of systematic questioning OF
people engaged in special occupa-
tions or activities.
I'm apple packing there is the
face Of the bushel basket, the good
looking top layer of apples. Each
Evening star., 1940-12-29
Engineers
Continued From Page B-1)

probably striking the Gulf Coast
near Pensacola, Fla. From there
it will proceed westward to Fort
Bliss. Camp must be established
each day on the road and equipment
must be kept in good order.
Since some of the mobile equip
ment pieces weigh as much as %
tons, Col. Burns said, care must be
exercised in selecting routes that
have sturdy bridges.
The I'd Battalion is to travel by
train.
From it's present strength, the
260th expects to build up to about
1850 officers and men. Under a
recently published War Department
table it can have as many as 1925
officers and men.
Only few months ago the 260th
had about 1900 men listed on It's
rolls, but designations of men with
dependents and clearing of its in
active lists reduced the personnel tc
about 900.
Vacancies are being filled at the
rate of about Is to 20 week by en-
hstments, and additional enlist
ments are expected before the regi-
ment leaves Washington. Nov that
we know just when we will leave,
volunteers can be expected in
greater number" Col. Burns said.
43 designations Pending.
At the present the regiment has
43 designations pending. OF these,
II are based on dependency, seven
on q desire to complete a year of
education already begun, seven be-
cause Of convenience Of the Gov-
ernment" (for example, If a guards
mans enlistment expired in March,
there would be little point in spend
ing the money to transport him to
Texas and back for so shorts term
of service). Three guardsrnen seek
discharges because they are under
81 years of age. Five on the list
are classed as "deserters." They will
be subject to Regular Army court
martial procedure after the unit
enters the Federal service, since
their names will be transferred to
the same "deSerter" classification
after January s.
Other local units of the National
Guard have been advised that they
can expect induction about Febru-
ary g. Tentative plans call for their
training in Maryland. These units
snd their approximate present
strength in officers and enlisted
men are: l21st Engineers, SIS; Spe-
cial Troops of the 29th Division, 2l0;
io4th Quartermaster Corps. 200.s
Evening star., 1940-12-29

We Haus Listsd Only q Fsw
of the Many Items Reduced!
Evening star., 1940-12-29
19 Truinees Indorse
All Aid to Great Britain
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, Dec. 28. - Nineteen
business and professional men who
took military training at Plattsburg,
N. Y, last July, tonight sent Presi-
dent Roosevelt q telegram indorsing
q letter signed by more than $50
prominent Americans who urged the
President to give all possible aid
to Great Britains
Newbold Morris, president of the
New York City Council, is chair
man of the group.
The telegram asked Mr.. Roosevelt
to give "a clear exposition Of inter-
national affairs as they may affect
this country" and urged adoption
as q policy Of this country Of all
measures necessary to insure the
defeat Of the axis povsrk"
Evening star., 1940-12-29
ExpIorers'.Unit to Meet

The Washington round table group
OF the Explorers Club will hold an
informal dinner meeting at the
Army and Navy Club January 7, at
8 pm. n. T. Cowlins u chairman
Of the group.
The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-04-11

James M. Duffy, President of the
National Brotherhood Of Operative
Potters, took up employment in a
pottery at East Liverpool in 1908,
and became member of the Pot
ters' Union in 1909, when he be-
came an apprentice. Later he served
as President of the East Liverpool
Trades and Labor Council. In 1927
he was elected President of the
National Brotherhood of Operative
Potters, which office he now holds.
He has been a delegate to the
American Federation Of Labor con-
ventions for the past IL years.
Mr.. Duffy served on the Labor
Advisory Committee of the Ohio
Workmen's Compensation Commis-
sion and on the National Labor Ad-
visory Board of the National In
dustrial Recovery Administration.
In 1887 he was the American Labor
delegate to the International Labor
Conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
Mr.. Duffy is one of the outstand-
ing leaders in the "Buy American"
movement. At the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor convention in
Denver he introduced a resolution
for the boycott Of Japanese goods.
Later, in 1887, he organized and
sponsored a mass "Buy American"
rally. In every field of Labor ac-
tivity Mr.. Duffy has distinguished
himself as an unusual leader. He
has participated in round-table dis
cussions on Labor in coast-to-coaSt
radio broadcasts and other public
discussions on the subject.
Under his guidance the National
Brotherhood of Operative Potters
has grown in strength and men,
bership, and the pottery industry
has received the protection of his
effective fight against foreign-made
products.
His address is: Mr.. James M.
Duffy, President, National Brother
hood of Operative Potters, Box 6,
East Liverpool, Ohio.