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Evening star., 1940-08-08
Observation Squadron
Reports Rapid Enlistment

Enlistments for the 121st OBJ
servation Squadron, District Of Co.
lumbia National Guard, are rapidly
being filled, it was announced to-
day by District National Guard
headquarters.
The 121st Observation Squadron
is one of the eight new National
Guard squadrons announced by the
War Department and assigned to
the District of Columbia. There
are 81 National Guard air squad
rons in existence.
Applicants for enlistment are
being taken at TAB Fourteenth
street NV.
Members will have the oppor-
tunity of instruction in airplane and
airplane engine maintenance, radio
communications, maintenance of
armament, aerial photography,
aerial gunnery and maintenance
and operation of motor equipment.
Those who have the physical and
educational qualifications will be
sent to the Air Corps training CEN
ter for pilot training.
The recruiting Office at TAB Four
teenth street NV. is open from 10
am. until 10 pm. Enlistments are
for three years and are open to
men between the ages of 18 and As.
Evening star., 1940-08-08
Aliens Told Not 10 Fear
Beinq Finqerprinted

Predicting that "it will not be
long" before every one is required
to be fingerprinted, Earl G. Har-
rison, director of registration, told
aliens in a radio broadcast last night
that they should not fear finger
printing under the new registration
law.
There is no stigma attached to
being fingerprinted in this day and
age" said Mr.. Harrison in explain
ing the registration plan which
goes into operation August q.
Mr.. Harrison said that aliens
should realize that the measure is
intended to safeguard the land
that has given many of them sane
tuary from oppression" and ex-
pressed the hope that "they will
have reason to appreciate the diff
ference in spirit and method oi
Registration here and that which
might be present elsewhere.
Evening star., 1940-08-08
". H. Morse, Retired
Supreme Court
Librarian, Dies
Was Aboard Clipper
Ship on Fastest Trip
Around Cape Horn

William Henry Morse, a librarian
of the Supreme Court Law Library
from 1897 until his retirement at "a
in 1880, died here Tuesday after two
years of failing health.
Born in New York on January 26
1846, he was the son of Richard c.
Morse, founder of the old New York
Observer, and nephew of Samuel F.
B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph
When 8 years old he began two
year journey around the world with
his father, travelling by clipper ship
He was aboard the Flying Cloud
when it rounded Cape Horn and re-
putedly made the fastest trip be-
tween New York and San Francisco
ever performed by a sailing ship.
Mr.. Morse graduated from Yale in
1867, and held the position of class
secretary until the time of his death
Always interested in college affairs
he was the donor of a collection OF
class histories, now preserved in the
Yale library's Morse room.
He became one of the first steno-
graphic law reporters in New York
City. After his Supreme Court
library service here the House OF
Representatives passed resolution
expressing appreciation of his serv-
ices to his country
Surviving are two daughters, Miss
Gertrude T. Morse and Miss Marie
L. T. Morse, both of Washington
Funeral services were held today at
Gawlers funeral home, with inter-
ment in Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Evening star., 1940-08-08
DR.. MeIo in New York
After Stop in Capital

DR.. Leopold Melo, chief delegate
of Argentina at the recent Havana
conference, was in New York today
following a brief stopof here last
night for dinner at Undersecretary
OF State Welles' home in Oxon,
Hill, Md.
DR.. Melo told the Associated Press
at the Washington Airport that he
had been misinterpreted by some
people who had said he represented
pro-Nazi faction in Argentina. He
said Argentinas attitude toward Eu-
rope was this:
we do not want anybody in our
house uninvited; nor do we intend
to enter anybody else's house un-
invited"
Evening star., 1940-08-08
Public Works Foreman
Applications Asked

Applicants for the position OF
foreman of public works, which
pays from $1325 to $1565 a day
were called for today by the Civil
Service Commission for appoint
ment at the Naval Operating Base
at Norfolk. Experience in general
construction, partly in supervisory
capacity, is required, but special
credit will be given for the compile
ton of college courses in civil en-
gineering, architectural engineering
or architecture.
The age limits are 1888 and the
last date for filing at the commits
sion here is August %.
The commission also announced
again that shipf1tters, loftsmen,
sailmakers and mechanical trades
men are wanted for the defense
program.
Evening star., 1940-08-08
D. {. Legion Auxiliary
Banquet Will Open
Convention Tonight
Mrs. Helen Lee Gilbert
To Be Honor Guest at
MoyfIower Affair

The District of Columbia Depart
ment of the American Legion Aux
iliary will open its 18th annual
convention at 7 o'clock tonight with
banquet in the Mayflower Hotel
honoring Mrs. Helen Lee Gilbert,
national vice president for the East
ern division of the national organi-
Zation.
Mrs. Gilbert, making her official
visit to the local department, and
John Blaine Fitzgerald, national
vice commander of the American
Legion, will be the principal speak
ers. Department Comdr. William
H. Hargraves and Mrs. Mary B. Nc
Millen, department president Of the
auxiliary, also will speak.
Joseph j. Malloy, national execu-
tive committeeman for the District
Department Of the Legion, will be
toastmaster.
Mrs. Gilbert and Mr.. Fitzgerald
will speak again tomorrow night
at the first business session OF the
convention in the Commerce De-
partment auditorium. Trophies and
other awards will be presented at
this session.
Capt. Rhoda Milliken, command
ing officer of the Police Department
Women's Bureau, will address the
auxiliary's junior conference Sat-
urday morning. Mrs. Betty Lee
Bush, junior chairman of the local
auxiliary department, also will
speak at the meeting scheduled for
8 am.
The main body of the auxiliary
will reconvene at 2 pm. Saturday,
following luncheon at l pm. in
the Washington Hotel, honoring all
past department and unit presi-
dents. The afternoon session will
be devoted principally to nomina-
tion of officers, and a recess will
be taken until 7 pm, when the
elections and installations will
begin.
Edward Marthill, member of the
Legion, is to act as judge advocate
for the convention and music will
be provided by the United States
Navy Orchestra, under direction of
1t. Charles Benter.
Evening star., 1940-08-08
Display Of Garments
Made for Red Cross Set

Garments made by members of
the Agriculture Department Red
Cross War Relief Unit will be ex-
hibited in the patio of the depart
ment's administration building
from August IL to 81.
Organized two months ago, the
unit has a membership of more
than 900 volunteers. 1t was the
first Federal department to organ
ize and is now the largest unit of
its type in the District-the only
one large enough to require the
full-time services of professional
worker.
The exhibits are to be open from
$3.50 am. to 6 pm, Mondays
through Fridays; from $3.50 am. to
2:30 pm. on Saturdays and from
8 am. to 6 pm. on Sundays. They
will be under direction of Miss
Dorothy Thompson of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, with Miss de Graf
fenreid Wooley of the Agriculture
Department assisting.
Evening star., 1940-08-08
BY w. H. SHIPPEN, Jr.

The people OF "the land OF the
iron money aren't very mercenary.
In fact, most of the money
makers work in the mint. The
population, by and large, had just
as soon not be bothered by too much
currency.
A Liberian bush dollar" isn't
worth much anyhow. 1t might buy
an egg, possibly, or several fat rats
for roasting; yet a native of the
West African back country often
might prefer the food to one of his
tribes strange and unwieldy dollars.
After all, a man can eat an egg
or a rat, while a bush dollar" is
an 18-inch rod of twisted iron which
might be used to scratch a back or
stir soup, yet must not be worked
into fish hooks, knives or other util-
ity articles.
When Zoo Director William M.
Mann led his animal collecting
safaris into the interior of Liberia
he had at least one porter along
to carry a bale of bush dollars" on
his head. Thus he was prepared to
pay cash of the realm for birds,
beasts and reptiles. The natives,
however, preferred salt, and the
chiefs wanted cloth, yards of it for
the favorite wife, and at least
ribbon or SO for the others, whose
numbers might run into scores.
Iron Mined in Bush.
The iron from which the money
Is fashioned is mined and smelted
by natives in the forest DR.. Mann
brought back a small bundle of
the bush currency on his return yes
terday after six months collecting
animals with the Smithsonian
Firestone expedition In Liberia.
The reluctance of the native to
trade his hereditary leisure for
money was one of the expeditions
hardships. The men, DR.. Mann said,
had rather squat about the village
"palaver house" discussing politics,
the weather, and crops than earn
few dollars chasing antelope, pign1y
hippos, etc. The women did the
lions share of the work, cultivating
upland rice and a potato-nke vege-
table, and preparing the meals.
The men, on occasion, however,
could do a prodigious amount of
work. For instance, DR.. Mann's four
hammock boys carried him at
brisk pace, over rough terrain,
throughout a steaming equatorial
day. They prided themselves on
their ability to come trotting into
camp at dusk, jigging and shouting
a chorus accompanied by beat of
TOM toms. -
"Pape" q Valued Servant.
Immediately upon reaching camp
the hammock bearers disappeared
in search Of "chop," or food. One
boy, however; showed a disposition
to make himself useful about camp
after the long trek-'Pape," a per-
sonslity DR.. Mann recalls with q
smile Of affection.
Pape, not content with his trail
Evening star., 1940-08-08
DC. Guard Aviation Unit
Now Is 121st Squadron

The District National Guard Az
iation Unit today is known as the
121st Observation Squadron, follow
ing the designation of numerals by
the War Department.
One of eight new National Guard
aviation units authorized by the
Secretary of War, the squadron will
include IA planes of various types.
The local Guardsmen will have 10
corps and division observation ships,
three short-range liaison planes and
one basic combat airplane.
The other seven new National
Guard units will be located in
Louisiana, oregon, Wisconsin, Okla
homa, Kansas, Iowa and Georgia.
At present there are 81 units op-
Grated by the National Guard. Of
ficials in the National Guard Bu-
reau of the War Department said
a thorough study is being made
with view to establishing at least
one squadron in every State. One
obstacle to the fulfillment of this
plan was that a minimum of $4,000
population in city was needed to
provide adequate personnel for a
unit.
Evening star., 1940-08-08
Liberia S Iron Dollars UnwieIdy,
Dr.. Mann Found on Expedition
Agitation to Limit Mans Wives to Eight
Is Current Political Issue in Bush

work, volunteered to help about
camp at night. DR.. Mann made him
head man." and intrusted him with
so pounds of camera equipment.
Pape rarely left DR.. Mann's side in
the field. He carried the heavy box
on his head with such ease it
scarcely interfered with his other
activities.
The expedition leader, who re-
turned with severe case of malaria,
complicated by other tropical all
ments, found time yesterday, while
resting at his home, to relate some
of his experiences with his head
man" in the bush country.
Sometimes I travelled In q rick
shaw improvised by the missionaries
from a carriage frame and bicycle
wheels. The boy pulling me would
run downhill at a fast pace. Yet
Pape, balancing his box on his head,
kept right alongside.
Raincoat His Favorite.
"Once I jumped out of the rick
shaw to chase tiger beetle. I kept
grabbing and missing. Pape was
ahead of me. He bent and snatched
up the beetle, his box still on his
head. He left the box on the
ground. however, when he climbed
trees after specimens, although he
wore my raincoat.
"It was an old raincoat. At first
I used 1t to wrap around the
cameras. I don't know when Pape
started wrapping himself in the
coat, but didn't have the heart to
remind him it belonged on the
cameras. He apparently never took
1t of. Carrying loads, and running
about after specimens in that burn
ing African sun, Pape was always
wrapped in the coat"
where's the coat now?"
Back In Africa, and I know
Pape's wearing it, no matter what
the temperature!"
Living Precarious.
The primitive bush people never
seemed more than one jump ahead
Of hunger. The vegetable crops
they cultivated was haphazard af-
fairs and they had almost no fire.
arms to hunt game. Grasshoppers
and other insects were eaten, along
with rats and reptiles of all sorts.
As a special delicacy, the natives
used the fat queens of termite colo
nies as butter on their rice.
The collectors had difficulty con-
trolling wild beaters they hired
to make drives for animals in the
bush. The expedition used a
thousand feet of net. Often the
beater would drive the animals out
instead of into the net. Other ma
tives would crouch at intervals along
the net, eagerly waiting with cut
lasses for whatever game might run
from the forest. It was impossible
to prevent them from hacking away
at creatures entangled In the net.
They never seemed to understand
the animals weren't intended for
food. AL living creatures were 20
Evening star., 1940-08-08
Beetles Withdrawal
Due in Few Weeks

Armies of Japanese beetles which
have camped in Washington for the
summer will withdraw within a few
weeks but the damage will go on
Tor some time, j. A. Hyslop, chief of
the Division of Insect Pest Survey
and Information, Bureau of Ento-
mology, Department of Agriculture,
announced yesterday.
They will leave eggs under
ground" he explained, which will
match into grubs that feed on grass
roots. The size of their appetites
will become apparent when grass
fails to come up in certain spots
next spring."
Evening star., 1940-08-08
Messenger Injured
In Bicycle Crash

A Western Union messenger boy
was injured seriously today when
ne was thrown from his bicycle In
collision with bus at Sixteenth
and Euclid streets NV, according
to police.
He was identified by police as
Frederick H. Stalfort, II, of 6l5
Concord avenue NV. Taken to
Emergency Hospital he was treated
and admitted for possible fracture
of both legs.
The accident snarled morning
rush-hour traffic on Sixteenth street
for nearly half an hour.
Evening star., 1940-08-08
A. F. Of |. Trying
To End '0ut|aw'
Building Strike
Plosterers Still Out
At U. S. Structures;
Brick Dispute Over

Settlement of the only current
strike at the Social Security and
Railroad Retirement buildings was
still being sought today by ex-
asperated officials of the American
Federation of Labor.
This is the outlaw" strike Of the
Plasterers' Union, jurisdictional
dispute called to protest against
decision of the A. F. of L. which
awarded certain work to the caf-7
penters, instead of the plasterers.
Work on the buildings, which Is
being completed as fast as possible
for their occupation by defense
agencies, was being resumed at full
speed in all places where plasterers
are not needed, spokesman for the
contractor said today. =
Laborers' Strike Settled.
Federal officials yesterday nego-
tiated settlement of a strike which
had halted all work for some time
earlier in the week. This was the
strike of building laborers against
local brickyards, which had resulted
in the halting of delivery Of clay
materials.
John Coyne, head of the Building
Trades Department of the A. F. of
L., was seeking to end the plasterers'
strike. About 300 men have been
idle for week as result Of this
strike.
The plasterers claim the right to
install accoustical tile in the ceiling
Of the building, but Mr.. Coyne had
ruled carpenters should do the work.
In spite of orders from William
Green, president of the A. F. of L.,
and from international officers of
the plasterers' organization, the
local union struck.
Tracy Appeals to Union.
Assistant Secretary of Labor Dan
w. Tracy entered the efforts to
settle this strike yesterday, with an
appeal to union leaders to submit
the controversy to arbitration.
The Labor Departments director
Of conciliation, John Steelman, ne
gotiated the settlement of the brick
yard strike yesterday. The settle
ment brought resumption of work
not only on the Social Security and
Railroad Retirement buildings, but
on scores of other private and
public construction jobs here.
Work on the Federal project is on
a 24-hour-a-day basis so that the
National Defense Commission and
the War Department can move in
as soon as possible. The work was
scheduled to be completed about
September l, but because of the
delays will not be finished for at
least six weeks after that date.
Evening star., 1940-08-08
Student Union to Hold
Anti-Conscription RuIIy

A student anti-draft rally will be
staged by the American Student
Union tomorrow night at 9 o'clock
at the Y. w. c. A. Louis Burnham,
National Youth secretary of the Ma
tional Negro Congress, and Morton
Nash, financial director of the
Washington Peace Mobilization and
of the A. S. U. of New York, will
address the meeting.
Evening star., 1940-08-08

much beef" to the more primitive
natives.
Animals brought in for sale were
often injured or so tightly tied
they did not survive long.
Burning Political Issue.
The visitors heard of unrest
among the tribesmen, who COM
planned that their chiefs were taking
all the wives. Some big chiefs had
as many as 100 young women. There
was agitation In the bush country
for law limiting a mans wives to
eight.
Most OF the tribes had their bush
ceremony, 3-year period during
which the boys and girls from II tc
II years were segregated under
training of medicine men ane
women. The two groups were rig.
idly segregated. Any infractior
once was punished by death, but
now by fine Of $50, enforced by the
government. ..-
While in the bush" the girls wea,
an ornate and colorful headdress
which is not removed until they re-
turn to their villages after three
years. The girls learn dances and
the boys witchcraft and bush lore
The bush devil" of the Snake So.
ciety is a fearsome parsonage, whose
face cannot be looked upon during
certain periods.
Visitors who violate the taboos are
in grave danger.
The tribes speak some 19 dialects
and the explorers had to take many
interpreters on each of their -four
journeys into the interior.
A White Woman . Novelty.
! On one occasion their safari of 80
porters was passing through the back
country when native ran up to the
interpreter. He asked that the
safari halt because q woman in a
village down the trail had never seen
a white woman and wished to look at
Mrs. Mann.
what did you do?" Mrs. Mann
was asked.
I'VE waited"
weren't you embarrassed?"
"Oh, no. didn't mind giving
them a free show. Some Of them
had been very helpful to us"
DR.. and Mrs. Manr were. initiated
into the secret Snake Society, which
admitted a white woman for the first
time.
The secret grips, passwords and
even curses were useful to DR.. Mann
as he Travelled through the bush
country.
Once DR.. Mann, harassed by a
native chief who demanded an enor-
nous rent for a leaky canoe, threat
ened to put the Snake Society's curse
on the mans rice crop. The rental
dropped Immediately.
1000 Fish Collected.
DIR. Mann was able to collect more
than a thousand fish from the fresh
water streams of Liberia. He be-
lieves he has several new species.
His scientific collection also includes
ants, BEETLES, frogs and lizards. Spe-
cialists in various museums through
out the country had requested that
he bring them specimens from the
nttle-known bush country.
There is q mutual feeling of mis-
trust between the civilized people
on the coast and the wild natives
of the bush country. The two do
not mix, readily. Therefore, DR..
Mann was doubly surprised one
day, Tar In the interior. By I Wild
Evening star., 1940-08-08
GIadiofus Show Tomorrow

The 14th annual gladiolus show of
the Woodbridge Garden Club will be
held tomorrow at the Sherwood
Presbyterian Church, Twenty-sec-
ond street and Rhode Island avenue
NE. Competition is open to the
public, with entries being received
from 2 to $50 pm. Mr.. and Mrs.
w A. Sinner of Cheverly, Md, are
in charge Of arrangements.
Evening star., 1940-08-08
La Guordio Pays Bet
Of 1Cent to RundoIph
Ey the Associated Press

Fy the Associated Press.
Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia Of
New York paid off a 1-cent bet to
Representative Randolph. Democrat,
OF West Virginia yesterday after
being reminded that he owed it.
MIR. Randolph bet Mr.. La Guardia
a cent on August 8, 1899, that Presi-I
dent Roosevelt would be renomi-ll
mated.
Thank you very much for your
reminder" Mr.. La Guardia wrote
Mr.. Randolph. This IL one wager
I am very glad to pay i
Evening star., 1940-08-08

looking citizen who brought a baby
pigmy hippo for sale.
DR.. Mann told his interpreter to
inquire the natives name. Before
he could do this the native rose to
his full height and replied:
The Rev. Andrew, Ramsay, at
your service"
Evening star., 1940-08-08
Traffic Record

The traffic record as revealed
at police headquarters for "a
hour period ending at 8 am.
today: I
Fatalities, none.
Accidents, 80.
Motorists injured, 3.
Motorists arrested, 287.
Pedestrians injured, 8.
Pedestrians arrested for vio-
lation of pedestrian control reg
ulations, 3.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Emory Methodist Pastor
Will Continue Series

The Rev. Horace E. Cromer, min.
lister OF Emory Methodist Church,
will preach tomorrow at II am. Oh
Invaded" and at pm. the third in
the series, "Stories From the Bible. /"
"Noah's Ark"
The Workers Council will meet on
Monday evening The Emory
Guild will have a luncheon for wom.
en- OF the church on Tuesday at !
pm.
The Young Wesleyan Glass win
meet Tuesday evening, with Miss
Mildred Lee, president, presiding.
The fourth quarterly conference
will be held Wednesday at 8 pm.
with DIR. G. Ellis Williams, district
superintendent, presiding. :,
The Emory Players will present q
play, Spring Fever" on Friday and
Saturday evenings.
Evening star., 1940-04-13
Rev. Herbert 5. Smith
Gives Farewell Sermon

The Rev. DR.. Herbert Scott Smith
preached his farewell sermon last
Sunday at st. Margaret's Episcopal
Church. He became rector of. St.
Margaret's Parish April 2, 1899, and
celebrated the 41st anniversary Of
his rectorship on April 2. His re-
tirement began April 8. During his
long incumbency the parish has
been among the leading parishes of
the Washington Diocese.
Until a new rector is called, the
Rev. William L. Mayo, who has
served as assistant minister since
September, 1899, will be the min
lister in charge.
At IL o'clock service tomorrow the
Rev. Edward S. Dunlap, executive
secretary Of the diocese and a canon
of the Washington Cathedral, will
preach. Holy communion will be
celebrated at 7:30 am. The chill
dren's Institutional service will be
in the church at $3.50 am. and the
school will make a pilgrimage TO
the Washington Cathedral to at
tend the lenten offering presenta-
ton at 430 pm.
Holy communion will be cele-
brated Thursday at II am. On
Wednesday at II am. the Rector
Aid will meet and a musical pro-
gram will be given by DR.. Char
lotte Klein.