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will visit the Lennox School for
Girls, the B. B. French School for
Boys and the Chamberlain Voca-
tional School.
The Executive Committee will
meet in the Ketcham School on
Tuesday at l:30 pm. to make plans
for fashion show and movie
benefit.
Amidon-F Fairbrother- -ROssell.
The Executive Board will meet
Tuesday at 1:30 pm. at the Fair
brother School.
Janney.
Mrs. Evelyn Bright Buckley, fifth
vice president and director of the
Department of Health of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, will speak on
Health" before the association on
Tuesday at pm.
The study group will meet tomor-
row at pm. at the home of Mrs.
Louis c. Mitman, 1927 Forty fourth
street NV. Mrs. Leo Pinkus will
discuss Sex Education Today"
The First-Aid Glass will meet
Tuesday at las pm.
Hubbard.
The Executive Committee will
meet Tuesday at 1:45 pm.
The study group will meet Thurs
day at 1:30 pm, under the leader
ship of Mrs. Helen Lyman, to discuss
"Our Children's Leisure"
The association is sponsoring q
benefit movie at the Savoy Theater
Friday at $3.50 pm. when Gene
Autry in Colorado Sunset" an
Our Gang" comedy and Walt
Disney cartoon will be presented.
Anacostia Junior Senior High.
The association will hold a card
party in the school Friday at 8 pm.
The Executive Committee will
meet Wednesday at 8 pm. at the
home of Mrs. Lloyd Wineland, 519
Prenton street Sc. Mrs. Ira Ma
rine and Mrs. j. c. Hamilton will
be co-hostesses.
Whittier.
The Executive Committee will
meet Tuesday at lis pm.
Oyster.
At the last meeting the following
Nominating Committee was appoint
ed: Mrs. E. H. Neumeyer, Mrs.
Charles Swindler and Miss Elinor
Finckel. Mrs. Richard Alexander
was appointed chairman of dele
gates to the State convention.
Members of the Executive Board
are in charge of tickets for q bene-
fit bridge party April II at 8 pm.
at the Highland Apartments. Pro-
ceeds will be used to equip the
science room of the school.
The study group will meet to-
morrow at 1870 pm.
Taft Junior High.
At the last meeting Mrs. Emil
Smith, chairman of the Nominating
Committee, presented the following
slate to be voted on at the May
meeting: President, Mrs. william B.
Calvert; first vice president, Mrs.
David Burke; second vice president,
Miss Corinne DiGiulian; third vice
president, Mrs. Ashby Martin; fourth
vice president, Mrs. E. M. Nelson;
fifth vice president, Mrs. Archie
France; recording secretary, Mrs.
w. L. Popham; corresponding Sec
retary, Mrs. Paul Mertz; treasurer,
Mrs. Herbert Wiker; historian, Mrs.
James r. Gouge. Nominations may
be made from the floor with the
consent of the nominee. Other
members of the Nominating Com
mittee are: Mrs. Sterling March,
Mrs. j. H. Compton, Mrs. Frederick
Manglier, Mrs. Henry Ward, Mrs.
Joseph OToole and Mrs. Margaret
r. Merritt.
Eugenia Burrows, IA, was the win
ner In the oratorical contest spon-
sored by the American Legion and
held In connection with the March
meeting Of the association.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
SibIey, Womon's Guild
Linen Shower Fridoy

The Woman's Guild of Sibley
Hospital will hold its annual tea
and linen shower Friday from 3 to
10 pm. at the hospital, Mrs. Sam
uel A. Mooers, president of the
guild and general chairman for the
affair, announced yesterday.
The program will include tea
served by the Ministers Wives AS
sociation; junior guild party in the
kindergarten room; supper from
$50 to 7:30 pm. and musical selec-
tions after supper.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Dr.. WiIkerson to Speak

DR.. Vernon A. Wilkerson, head Of
the Department of Biochemistry at
Howard University, will speak on
the chemistry of the human skin
Tuesday at AIS pm. in the audi
torium of the university chemistry
building.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
Academy Produces Film

The Art Students Academy has
produced motion picture called
"Fantasy's Workshop" explaining
the production of animated cartoons.
The production was planned by Ed
ward F. Hopper, an instructor at the
school.
Evening star., 1940-03-31
By Frederick Russell.

Modern version: He was 80 poor
he didn't know where his next car
was coming from.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-18
Clinics Seek
Control Of
Cattle Disease
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.

Raleigh. April lS.-Seeiing to con-
tro! neWly-recognized malady OF
dairy herds, "maStitlS", and arrest
serious breeding diseases, the State
Department of Agriculture has COM
pleted veterinary clinics throughout
North Carolina in an effort to en-
nance the value Of dairy animals and
protect farmers from further losses,
Commissioner of Agriculture w. Kerr
Scott announced today.
Clinics have been conducted at the
State Hospital Morganton; jackson
Training School, Concord; N. e. {. W.
Dairy, Guilford College; State Hos
pital, Raleigh, and the CasWell Train
ing School, Kinston.
The control program was conduct
ed under supervision Of DR.. William
Moore, chief of the Departments
veterinary division, with two Of the
best known authorities on mastitis
and breeding diseases in charge.
Three-fourths Of the practicing vet
erinarianS in the State attended the
clinics.
AN examination of nearly 400
DAIRY alllllldlS uIlouSIOQl lIlS SlllC
indicates the necessity of controlling
mastitis and breeding problems if
North Carolina is to increase its dairy
industry, Commissioner Scott said.
The principal value of prevention
and control work on these diseases
will greatly increase the milk pro-
duction of the dairy animals and
greatly prolong the useful life Of the
cow"
Dr.. Moore reported that mastitis
is a disease that can be controlled
through proper supervision anS:
MANAGEMENT of herds and added that
the Department has received full CO.
operation of the dairy extension Of
flee at State College and other state
institutions.
Although mastitis control was en-
phasizcd at the clinics, herd managers
and veterinarians also devoted a
major part of the disease-eradica-
ton and control discussion to study
of breeding problems that have cost
the farmers thousands of dollars in
loss of animals each year
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-18
CHATTER THIRTY-FIVE
, r-NrErTED 10 be knitted q

i EXPECTED TO be knitted or
,-..s.L hut my assailant was not
..- ...tv 70 10 away with me.
Ills hlaG eXpertly found my
,....r a"G stuffed a fold of the
..s :ato It before I could cry out.
Another rope went around my
r.at and I felt myself biting into
Il thoroughly gagged.
.Qherc" Srunted William Gala.
a~-.,e AMT going to be any moro
,.v~g o.. me-"
kicked fruitleSsly. He knocked
o.. % ,nc Sround and tied my
ankles. Tuen lie picked ME up and
smocG me on the steps. His key
r..r,yl in the lock. was dragged
inside. The door was shut.
Fer 4 long time l lay there. my
MIND whirling with wild ideas Of
how I might escape. while he con-
.nueG his work with the clinling
bottles.
Through the sack l could just
make ouc the dim glow of the
electric light. Suddenly it snapped
OH, and moment later I was lift
eli by those steel arms again and
carried down q flight of steps.
somewhere inside the building. l
didn't understand where we could
be going. at first, because l knew
the building was too low 70 the
ground 10 hare a basement. Then
l heard the familiar tapping of va
te- and knew we We're in some Sc
cyec boat refuge.
was dropped so that the sharp
edge Of q board struck me in the
middle Of the back. 7 couldn't help
grooming. and kick was added to
my pains, Keep still. you" or
de-ad NY captor.
The BOARD was rocking under
ne. ! was in small boat again,
probably another rowboar like the
one in which he had kidnapped ME.
One after another l felt thud-
ding 1ars in the craft as sacks of
bottles. ana other sacks containing
something softer. were dropped
into il. I decided that the boot
,aGEcr took along a few sacks Of
potatoes in case he were ever
stopped and questioned.
y door slammed overhead and
he man climbed into the boat and
showed off. kicking my legs aside.
The water gurgied and splashed
not far from my ears. One arm be-
gan to feel damp. This boat was
not as good as his other one had
been.
The oars creaked slowly in the
oa~locks. but there was scarcely a
sound in the water. The fellow was
an expert.
DimIy again through the sack
ing I saw a light shining, and knew
We were out on the river. UneX-
pectedly there came a deep throat
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-18
ready ached from his kicks.

ready ached from his kicks.
The water in the boat was deep
er. 1t was cold, uncomfortable, and
alarming.
The sound Of feet walking on
planking almost directly overhead
startled me. A gas engine suddenly
sputtered to life, and I realized
that I was under the stern of q
fairly large boat. The water
churned into life as the screw be-
gan to spin. My small craft rocked,
then gave violent jerk.
My captor had tied the rowboat
to some kind of motor craft and
had gone off and left me!
Somewhere between here and
Frisco" he had said. He knew that
this small, leaking craft would
soon be swamped in the wake of
the big boat bound for San Fran
cisco bay. In the morning the crew
would discover the rope, and on the
end of it only bit of wreckage.
My body would be somewhere
within one hundred miles of the
river, victim of an accident"
The police wouldn't call it an ac-
cident, however, not with the VIC
tim tied up in a sack. Gala was
gambling that my body would not
be found, or at least, not until he
was safely out of the country.
Bobbing and rolling continuous
~, the rowboat began to fill as it
ducked under the waves. I rolled
over as best I could, but only
slipped deeper. An extra large
wave suddenly splashed over me
and I knew the boat could stay
afoat only seconds longer.
I bit into my gag, chewing on
the dirty sack and the rope in des-
perate hope that I could wear
through them.
Perhaps 1 had been chewing on
the rope unlnowingly for the past
hour. 1t parted, just as I thought
the next wave would send me I'M
der.
Splitting out the pieces, I called
as loudly as ! could. "Help" I
cried. Help"
There was a commotion Of feet
on the big boat and the engine
stopped.
"Pete" someone shouted, there's
boat astern of us. Looks like
she's tied to us with a rope"
Cant be-" said Pete. II left our
boat tied at the dock"
Help" I yelled again. Pm sink
ingn My voice cracked.
mo mistake about that" said
the first man.
1 felt hands pulling on the line,
and a scraping and humping as
my craft was drawn alongside.
Then someone lifted and pulled me
up to the deck of the bigger boat,
and found myself, with the sack
cut away, looking at the startled
faces Of the crew.
(To BE Continued)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-18
me KILLER SPEAKS
RCHARR/HOUGHTON

ed whistle and a great splashing
near us. Our boat tossed and
rocked as though it would upset.
wondered if the fellow was 60
ing to tie 4 weight to me and drop
me overheard The longer he de-
layed the more terrible the posi-
bilities that raced through my
mind.
Time went on and on. 1t seemed
as though we must have rowed
and drifted for miles. Occasionally
we stopped and I heard the bot
lcgger walking up the steps of
boat landings or along graveled
paths. He would come back jim
Cling coins in his pocket and re-
sumo his rowing.
Finally. after an extra long
time without landing anywhere,
when I had come to the conclu-
sion that our boat must be nearly
empty. l heard the oars scrape as
he drew them in, and then his
hoarSe voice in my ear.
We'll. I got rid of it all tonight,
IL spite of you. Thought you were
pretty smart. didn't you. Too
smart" He gave me another kick.
IF its any satisfaction to you, I'm
leavin' town. You've made it toe
hot for ME. But you're going
long, long ways farther"
I decided this was his way of
telling ME ne was about to kill me,
but how he intended to do it
didn't know. wondered if he was
heading for some lonely part OF
the river, where my body would
not be likely to be found.
He was not rowing now. We
were drifting. I could tell from the
darkness that the fog had settled
down.
What gets me-" he said, empha-
sizing it with curse. us that I'm
gettin' out of town for something
1 didn't do. I never killed that jew
eler. So help me, I didn't get there
until after he was dead. But the
cops have way of not believing
4 guy like me. amt takin' any
chances-not even with you. You'll
be found somewhere between here
and Frisco. It'll be an accident"
He must have planned this thor:
oughly, 1 told myself.
I twisted to keep my face out OF
the water. The boat was leaking
badly now.
The gurgle and splashing almost
died away as we lost all OUR mo-
mentum and drifted into q shell
tered place. There was a bump as
we gently contacted something.
heard my captor dragging a rope
aboard. He was tying it to the bow
of the boat. Then he left me and
there was absolute stiffness for ten
minutes.
wondered if I could groan loud
enough to attract attention, but ]
decided not to try. William Gala
was not far away, and my ribs al
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-18
Library Support
Is Cooper Plank

Greensboro, April ia proposal
n amend the constitution of North
Carolina to allow towns, cities and
counties to support libraries was adj
vocated here this afternoon by Tom
Cooper as he brought his sound truck
here in the interest OF his guberna-
lorial candidacy.
1T is a fine kettle Of fish when
The people of city cannot support
= library with tax funds if they SO
desire" Cooper said, "simply be-
has held that libraries are not a
has hmeld that libraries are not a
necessary expense"
Evening star., 1940-12-08

nine since the 1st of November. The
commission has just 68 left.
The same furious drive that
pushed these OF the ways has not
yet touched the American ship
building industry, though yards are
working at capacity and production
is being stepped up. But some Of
them remember the painful sag
which struck them after the World
War BOOM Some of the veterans
eye the expansion with dread.
Process Streamlined.
However, experts say that what
ever bottleneck may be slowing ship
construction lies not in the yards
themselves, but in the lines Of sup
ply back Of the yard, chiefly in the
production Of engines, machinery
and gears.
Considerable streamlining of the
building process has been done. Ex-
perts speak of standardizing some
Of the equipment. The Maritime
Commission has produced four types
Of specifications which save plan
drawing time and lop 100000 to
$3.50 900 of the cost in that way.
For shipbuilding in the past has
generally been a tailoring to order
process. The whims of the individ-
ual buyer were taken into considera-
ton. The Maritime Commission
specifications, though variable to
meet different needs, yet provide
something of standard design.
Nothing like Hog Island has grown
up yet, however, though mild ap-
proach is being made by the ingalls,
Evening star., 1940-12-08

pushed of the assembly lines into
the water at the rate Of one every
2312 hours.
Vast Assembly Plant.
But Hog Island, first a swamp and
now an airport, was converted not
into a shipyard but into a vast
assembly plant. In year $50 build
ings, 18 miles of road and 80 miles of
railroad track we're built to pour
materials into the so shipWays that
laced its 2 miles of water front near
Philadelphia. Behind the lines, 88
steel plants turned out plates for
Hog Island hulls and manufacturers
ground out machinery and gear. The
ships were smacked together as fast
as the railroads could pour this pre-
fabricated material into the yards.
Many of the ships still afloat belong
to that homely brood Of 100 chicks
Matched out at Hog Island in such a
super heated hurry.
Counting the Hog Islanders, the
Shipping Board wound up the World
War with 2,316 ships 1t has been
trying ever since to get rid of them,
just now is beginning to scrape the
bottom of the barrel. About 1000
had been sold, scrapped, lost at sea
or written off the rolls in one way or
another by the time the board be-
came the Maritime Commission.
When the war broke out in Eu-
Evening star., 1940-12-08
New Navy Assignments
Given 10 Five Captains

Navy orders issued yesterday gave
new assignments to five captains Of
the line.
Capt. James T. Alexander was de-
tached from the Bureau Of Naval
Operations and made commanding
officer of the cruiser Wichita. He
succeeds Capt. T. A. Thomson, 1r,
who becomes chief OF staff for the
9th Naval District.
Capt. James r. Barry was relieved
OF command of the cruiser Trenton
and assigned to the Bureau OF Ma
val Operations. His successor on the
Trenton was not named in today's
orders.
Capt. Laurance N. McNair, who
was captain Of the New York Navy
Yard, was assigned to Washington In
the Bureu of Naval Operations.
Capt. Lyell S. Pamperin was made
director of Naval Reserves for the
Evening star., 1940-12-08
are commissioned, out on the seas

are commissioned, out on the seas
doing their jobs.
All of these ships are built to
specifications that have been
worked over by the Navy. They are
easily convertible to naval uses, so
easily, in fact that some of the
private operators have complained
that naval uses were better pro-
vided for in the plans than were
the commercial purposes.
Take tankers, for instance. Sew
eral have been built for the Stand
ard Oil Co., and some of these have
already been taken over by the
Navy. BY specification, they were
tWin-screw. 12000-ton, 100000 bar
rel, 13,500-horsepower, 18-knotters.
They were the fastest, biggest, most
powerful commercial tankers afloat
They had more speed, size and
power than commercial ship
needed. But they fitted nicely into
the growing United States Navy.
A combination cargo and passen-
ger type ship takes Is months to
build. This time is cut to II months
for a plain cargo ship. 1t can be
cut to six months if the lines of
supply are wide open for the flow of
materials, machinery and equip
ment. Or, in the fabulous days of
Hog Island, when materials were
pre-fabricated, the ships were
Evening star., 1940-12-08
U.S.. Program Begun
In 1898 May Provide
Ships for Britain
500 Goal in 10 Years
Stepped Up; Yards Are
Working at Capacity
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A shipbuilding program begun in
1888 after Joseph Patrick Kennedy
dynamited the facts out of the
American merchant marine situa-
ton may enable America to respond
to Great Britair's appeal for ships.
The 1O-year, 50O-ship program
that was developed after Mr.. Ken
nedy told Congress and the Nation
what he thought of the state of the
merchant marine sent a throb of
new activity pulsing through the
shipyards. 1t helped to ready them,
partially, for the vastly expanded
naval building program that was to
follow.
And in the wake of this has come
new demands for private COM
mercial craft.
1t all adds up to the greatest burst
OF shipbuilding activity the Nation
has experienced since those frantic
days of the World War when it set
out to bridge the Atlantic with ships
and after the war tucked the
tnletS to rot.
"a Shipyards Active.
The whole picture is not to be
gathered either by study of Mari
time Commission figures or by
scanning the effervescent accounts
of contracts that bubble through the
pages of marine trade magazines.
But, combined, the two give a sort
of idea of what America has in
stock and on order.
The Maritime Commission lists
"a active shipyards that are build
ing ocean-golng vessels.
This is exclusive of Great Lakes
shipyards and small yards building
yachts, tugs, barges and small craft.
Trade magazines list 100 such yards
as getting contracts last month. Nor
does the commission figure include
the Governments navy yards, busy
on fighting craft, as, for that mat
ter, are quite few of the private
yards.
Trade magazines say there were
1886 commercial ships with a total
tonnage of 100000 under construc-
tion October l. Of these, 1873 with a
tonnage Of 100000 were seagoing
craft.
But with the single historical ex-
eeption of Hog Island, ships have
never been turned out on an as
sembly line. They take time in the
building
Program Stepped Up.
The Maritime Commission eX-
pected to build at the rate of so
ships a year for 10 years. 1t has
stepped up that program contrac-
tually. In less than three years it
has contracted for 179 ships. But in
the same period it has got only 81
ships launched, and only 54 of these
Evening star., 1940-12-08

rope last year, the commission still
had lot cargo, 6 passenger and S
refrigerator cargo ships left out Of
this aging batch. They had been
gathering barnacles for almost 20
years in the harbors and inlets
around Baltimore, New Orleans, the
James and Patuxent Rivers and
Bremerton, Wash. Fifty of these
have been sold since the war started,
Evening star., 1940-12-08

Shipbuilding Corp. in its plant at
Pascagoula, Miss. 1t is not a ship
yard in the ordinary sense. Much
of the material that goes into the
Pascagoula ships comes into the
plan ready-made from Birmingham
steel and fabricating mills. What
Pascagoula has is something Of an
assembly plant for ships.
Evening star., 1940-12-08

9Th Naval District, being detached
from the 9Th Naval District. His
former post, according to todays Or
ders, has not yet been filled.
Capt. Adolf Won s. Pickhardt was
Evening star., 1940-12-08

detached as commanding officer Of
the cruiser Detroit and assigned
here to the Bureau Of Naval Opera
tions. His successor also was not
named.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-30
Golden Gate Exposition
Ends With Largest Crowd

San Francisco Sept. 3O-AP 49,
The S50.000,000 Golden Gate Inter-
national Exposition came TO an
end Sunday night before the eyes
Of its largest crowd. more than 200
600 persons. who thronged Treas~
ure Island to watch the fair pass
into history.
A buglar, sounding taps in the
clear calm OF midnight. babe good
by to the exposition's second year.
a far more successful venture fin
anciallB than the opening year.
which ended in bankruptcy court.
a mass OF humanity. estimated
by officials TO total $4,000 persons.
iammed the SPACIOUS Federal
Plaza for the closing ceremonies
in which Exposition President
Marshall Dill and CALIFORNIA; gov
ernor, Culbert l.. Olson praised
the spirit and beauty Of the fair.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-30
FLOWER SHOW, PROGRAM
SPONSORED BY ART CLASSE.

Saline, Mich. SepfA BOA flower
show, sponsored by the art classes
under the direction OF Mrs. Ruth
Dinelly, was held at the school
Wednesday afternoon. For basket
arrangement, first prize was won
by Mrs. Raymond Hirth; second,
Bert Gillen; table centerpiece. Mrs.
Joseph Chapman. first; Mrs Irwin,
second; stalk arrangement, Mrs.
Cecil Davenport, first Mrs Fred
rika Mcbride. second; plants, Mrs.
Emanuel Rensselaer,. The judges
were Mrs. c. II. Miller, Mrs. ]. n.
Lewis and Mrs. Frances Briggs.
A program was presented as fol-
lows: selection by the first grade
rhythm band; Hawaiian guitar duet,
Virginia Henderson and Marie
Finch; song. grade school; marimba
solo, Bonny Bearss; dance, Mary
Carol O'Niell; accordian solo, Bar
bara Spike: selection by high school
quartette: band selections by school
band under direction OF Hubert
Bearss.
Tea was served by the second
year class OF home economics, Mrs.
George Washburn. teacher.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-09-30
Iron, Metal Company
Remains Closed Today

Ypsilanti Iron and Metal Com
pany was still closed this morning
and will be for an indefinite period
according to the, owners. following
A. close up~ Friday when six EN-
ployes struck for union recogni-
ton, a 40 hour week and an in
crease to 70 cents an hour in pay
The six workers were joined by
two other previous employees who
havssmaintained a picket line since
Friday before the company office,
800 +. Michigan Ave
Saturday noon the United Stove
Company officials made arrange
ments for men to load scrap iron
for their use.
City police were called Sunday
night to investigate placards on
the sidewalk ma. gin before the Of
fce of lsadore Hertzberg. company
owner, on +. Michigan Ave. The
signs were alleged to have been
placed by the strikers.