davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1942-11-15

r. H. Seeck, first vice president:
Mrs. Thomas Whitcroft, second
vice president; Mrs. Roberta Barnes,
third vice president; Mrs. Paul
Friedrich, treasurer; Mrs. James
Cox, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Lillian Jacobs, recording secretary.
Mrs. Charlotte Warner, member
of the Consumers Interest Commit
tee, spoke briefly.
Eliot Junior High.
At the November meeting, Pages
from American History" were pre-
sented by pupils.
John Burroughs.
Due to school being closed last
Thursday and Friday for tire ra-
tioning, the meeting was postponed
to Thursday at 1880 pm. Key people
in the Woodbridge community will
discuss What Woodbridge Is Doing
in the War Effort and How Every
One May Help"
Bundle day will be observed FRI
day Clean, wearable, discarded
clothing should be sent to school on
that day for student aid work.
Francis Scott Key.
Committee chairmen are: Mrs A.
Messerli, ways and means: Mrs A. r.
Todd, publicity; Mrs. Allen Lewis.
membership; Mrs. G.. A. Pratt, stu
dent aid: Mrs. J. Senturia. health;
Mrs. G. Gerrity, recreation: Mrs.
Joseph Lyddane. garden; Mrs. 5.
Diamond. school activities. Mrs. G..
l.. Parson, legislation, Mrs. S. G..
Witten, hospitality.
Gordon Junior High.
A meeting will be held "Wednesday
at 8 pm. John Bulkley will SPEAK
on Narcotics"
Evening star., 1942-11-15
{. u. Revises Calendar
To Meet Demands Of War

ReviSions in the calendar of Cath
olic University for the remainder of
the academic year to meet the exi-
gencies of the war situation were
approved yesterday by the Right
Rev. Msgr. P. j. Mccormick, acting
rector of the university. The
changes affect vacation periods, the
opening Of the second semester and
advancement of graduation day.
The customary Armistice Day
holiday, November II, was aban-
doned and the Thanksgiving Day
holiday will be confined to only one
day. In order to avoid tranSporta-
ton difficulties, the Christmas vaca-
tion will begin Thursday, December
II, instead of Saturday, December
10, as customary. Courses will not
be resumed until Tuesday, January
s, thus avoiding the weekend rush
OF wartime travel.
The second semester will open
February l instead of February g..
This advanced schedule will con-
tinue throughout the semested. so
commencement week will open Mon
day. May "a, and terminate with
presentation of diplomas on We'd
neSday May 26
Under the accelerated program
the seniors who normally would
finish in late May will complete
their final examina tons by the end
OF January. A class day ceremony
for the presentation of honors and
awards will probably be held early
in February.
Coincident with the changes in
the calendar, the heads of depart
ments are preparing to consider ap-
plications for new students to enter
the university with the February
freshmen classes. The school of
engineering and architecture al
ready has received inquiries from a
number of prospective students.
some of whom are women. who are
now admitted for full courses in
engineering and architecture. .
Evening star., 1942-11-15

other ones and the acquisition of
synonyms for overused words.
Every day." she declared, Il am
realizing more and more the world
judges us, not by the words we
know, but those we use"
Dictionary Lady,
The ''Dictionary Lady" as Mrs.
Pease is frequently called by her
pupils, makes point of empha.
sizing with those who are about to
go into the armed forces that Noah
Webster interrupted his student
days at Yale University to volunteer
in the Revolutionary War. When
the war was won he returned to his
studies to complete his degree at
Yale. His later experience as a
teacher led him TO write his famous
spelling book and still more famous
American Dictionary of the Eng
lish Language"
She points out. too, "the tre-
mendous impetus given by the war
to the use of once little-used house
hold dictionaries for infOrma ton
concerning pronunciation of the
names of unfamiliar geographical
names in distant parts of the world
or of historical tidbits concerning
them"
Another great factor in acceler-
ated use of the dictionary has been
brought about. she believes, by the
tremendous surge of letter writing
to men in the service.
In Mrs. Pease's classroom files are
many letters from former Govern
ment dictionary students, now scat
tered all over theNUnited States and
in many distant corners of the
world. They frequently tell of the
benefits of her course in "Vocabu-
larry building in making their re-
ports to Uncle Sam.
Taught Public Speaking.
New England born and bred. with
the flavor of its precise phraseology
still on her tongue despite her
years of residence elsewhere, Mrs.
Pease went to California immedi-
ately after her marriage.
After her husband dled Sne
started her own college career the
year her son, now the Rev. Ralph
Burley Pease. an ordained Episco-
pal clergyman. started to high
school. The same week he obtained
his high school diploma she re-
ceived her bachelor of arts degree
with a speech major from the Uni
versity of California. Subsequently
she did graduate work at the Uni
versity of Southern California,
where she gave course in public
speaking.
Before coming to Washington she
taught public speaking in the adult
educational program of the Oak
land tCalif) public school system
and was an assistant in the de-
partment of speech at Stanford
University.
Her hobby? Bringing the die
tionary to life with my students so
that they may have fuller realiza-
ton that English is living, grow
ing language"
Evening star., 1942-11-15
American U. Society
To Give Mystery PLoy

Double Door," mystery play by
Elizabeth McFadden. will be given
Friday night by the Dramat Society
of the American University College
of Arts and Sciences.
This fall production, to be given
only on Friday, is under the direc-
ton of Miss Dorothy Lewis, univer-
sity director of dramatics. Miss
Lewis was formerly associated with
the dramatic and speech depart
ment of Arlington Hall.
The lead in the play. the role of
Victoria Van But, will be carried by
Miss Mary Katheryn Willis, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. E. NJ. Willis, $50
Moorland lane. Edgemoor, Md. Lo-
cal students having parts in the pro-
duction include Miss Muriel Adams
1915 Ridge street. Chevy Chase. Md. !:
Miss Avery Marks. 3051 Idaho ave-
nue NV. and Sam Hildebrand, 1928
Otis street NE.
Evening star., 1942-11-15
Dunborton College Plans
Book Week Program

Book week at Dunbarton College
will be marked with special tableaux
given by literature and art classes
Tuesday.
Members of the literature classes
will put on five scenes from such
classics as The Lady Of Shalot"
and Two Gentlemen of Verona"
Scenery will be prepared by the art
classes. The assembly will be held
at l:30 pm
To start off the book week cele-
bration. the Dunbarton College So
dality has presented the college
library with three recent best sellers.
Evening star., 1942-11-15

SINH. and Gino j. Simi, chairman.
Theodore Gates, another member of
the committee, has been preparing
large wooden containers for AFRAID
equipment.
Mrs. w. D. Edwards, study group
chairman, announces meeting
Tuesday at / pm. There will be a
panel discussion led by Miss Henri
cite Brumm on Children and Their
Reading" Others taking part in
the discussion will be Mrs. Freeland
Judson, Mrs. J. T. Gallahorn, jr.;
Mrs. A. Russell Miller, Mrs w. D.
Edwards. Mrs. George Vaughan,
Mrs. H. E. keenan, and Miss Denecke
of Wilson Teachers College.
Stuart Junior High.
The Executive Board will meet
tomorrow at 230 pm.
Mrs. Harry Mills has been ap-
pointed reporting delegate.
The faculty and students are pre-
senting the Gilbert and Sullivan
operetta, Pirates of Penzance. "
There will be matinee for the ele-
mentary grades on Wednesday aft
ernoon, with two evening perform
ances at pm. on Thursday and
Friday. in the school auditorium
Proceeds will be used for school
activities.
Shepherd.
In observance of National Educa-
ton Week, the pupils presented the
program at the association meeting
Monday evening. A dramatic inter-
probation, What We Are Fighting
For" was given by children of the
fourth and fifth grades. This was
followed by a showing of coiored
slides, the work of the sixth grade
! covering the activities of the Shep-
herd School in the war effort.
The association authorized the
purchase of a portable electric pho.
nograph for use in the classrooms in
connection with the physical educa
ton work and the music apprecia
ton classes.
Earl G. JOnscher reported that
the Committee for School Protection
las secured fire and bomb-fghting
equipment and that all windows and
| doors opening on the area desig-
mated for shelter during air raids
have received shatter- -proofing
| treatment. These safety measures
were paid for by the newspaper
salvage campaign carried on last
spring, the children voting to spenc
the fund for the protection of the
school building.
Park View.
At the meeting on Thursday. Mrs
P. c. Elicit, president of the D. C
Congress of Parents and Teachers
installed the following officers
Ttomas Whitcroft, president: Mrs
Evening star., 1942-11-15
Youth Taking Foreign Service
Course at G. u. on scholarship

Stanley Holder, l7-year-old high
school boy of Las Cruces, N. Mex,
who wrote prize winning essay
on What Inter-American Co.
operation Means to My Country"
is now attending the Georgetown
University School of Foreign Serv-
ice on a scholarship from the Pan
American Union.
Dean Thomas H. Healy said yes
terday that the youth. who was
graduated from the Las Cruces
Union High School. has chosen to
take the foreign service course at
the school rather than the course
in public and business administra-
ton. I
Mr.. Holder was one of the VIM
ners in the contest conducted by
the Inter- American Student Union
and sponsored by the Pan American
Union to further, better under
standing between the Americas.
American students winning the
scholarships were given their choice
of any university in this country.
MI Holder chose the Foreign Serv-
ice School. He will study at George
town for the next two years and
then will be sent to a Latin Amer
lean university for another two
years. The scholarship defrays all
tuition. board and travel expenses
for four years.
The board of judges that passed
on his essay comprised the Ambas-
sador of Venezuela. DR.. Diogenes
Escalante; the Ambassador of
Chile, DR.. Rodolfo Michels: and
the Minister OF Guatemala, DR..
Adrian Recinos. Under the Pan
American Scholarships. students
from Latin America are sent to
universities in this country under
the same conditions.
Georgetown University has long
sought to further friendly rela-
Evening star., 1942-11-15

tionS with Latin America and other
countries. especially through the
Foreign Service School, For many
years the school has offered Schol-
arships to Latin American students
through the representatives of their
country in Washington.
Evening star., 1942-02-15

The Suit with the Military rs.
pect, still soft and feminine.
Distinctive told buttons.
Forstmann wool Rio Red,
Navy or Black
Evening star., 1942-02-15
Mrs. Nickel Gives
Tea for Fairfax
Garden Club

FAIRFAX, Va, Feb. 14.-Mrs
James E. Nickel entertained the
Fairfax Garden Club at tea this
week. Members Of the club have
completed arrangements to take q
course in home nursing, the class
to be instructed by Mrs. Nickel and
Mrs. Fannie Lou Seamons. The first
meeting will be held at pm. Mon
day at the Cedar avenue home OF
Mrs. Nickel.
Mrs. Willoughby Offley Of Fairfax
has left to Join Mr.. Offley in Sum-
ter, S. c., where he is now stationed.
The Of1leyS have leased their home
to 1t. and Mrs. H. w. fowler of
Washington.
Miss Dora Hubbard Of Charles
City County, Va; Miss Trittie Ware
Of Toano, Va, and DR.. and Mrs. A. L.
Carson, jr., of Richmond are guests
of Miss Ida Hooe Jones in Fairfax.
Mr.. Lucian Grove has returned to
Fairfax, where he lives with his
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. N.
Peyton Young, following 8 visit to
his sister, Mrs. William T. Sawyer,
in South Orange, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Weber and
their children, who have been living
on Cedar avenue, Fairfax, have
moved into their new home at
Waple's Mill In Fairfax County.
Miss Lois Mitchell has returned
to the Naples in Fairfax, following
a visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. 8. Mitchell, in Falmouth, Va.
Evening star., 1942-02-15

lilies Of the valley falling from q
white orshid.
Mrs. Thomas A. Rice was matron
Of honor, wearing b flame chiffon
dress and carrying white gardenias,
freesia and sweet peas.
The other attendants were Mrs.
william @. Caldwell Of Washing
ton and Miss Margaret A. Stewart
Of Cincinnati and Washington, Iowa.
Their costumes were similar to that
worn by Mrs. Rice, and they carried
the same kind Of flowers.
1t. Thomas A. Rice, U. s. A., was
best man and the ushers were 1t.
Samuel l.. Smith, 1t. James o.
Stephens, 1t. Frank G. Ballenger,
1t. Kenneth B. Mickelwait, all Of
the United States Army, and all on
duty in Washington.
A reception was held later at the
home Of the brides father for the
wedding party, families and a few
friends. Wien the couple left on
their wedding trip the bride wore a
tailored cerise gabardine suit with
q slate green gabardine topcoat and
Evening star., 1942-02-15
lCabell.Haile
Wedding Party
Held in StauntOn

STAUNTON, Va, Feb. 14.-A
number Of Washingtonians arrived
this week to attend the pre-nuptial
parties and the wedding this eve
ming of Miss Anne Halle and Mr..
Mayo Cabell The bride Is the
daughter Of Mr.. and MIS-. Columbus
Halle, jr., of Tuckahoe, N. Y, who
with their daughter are staying
with Mr.. Haile's mother, Mrs. Co.
lumbus Halle at Willoughby. her
home in the country near Staunton.
Here Mrs. Halle also has with her
her son-in-law and daughter, Judge
and Mrs. Granville Curry Of Be-
thesda, Md, and their son-in-law
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Grant. jr., Of Washington.
Mrs. Grant was to be matron Of
honor for her cousin and Miss Mary
Bell of Washington one Of the
bridesmaids. Also from Washington
attending the wedding was Miss
Nelson Blackford.
DR.. and Mrs. Paul B. Haggland,
Of Fairbanks, Alaska, who were
guests this week Of DR.. and Mrs.
Boyd G. Payne have gone to Wash
ington for a visit before returning
to the Northwest.
Miss Mary Lou Bell Is the guest
of Col. and Mrs. Robert E. Wysor,
jr., at the University Of Maryland
at College Park, Md, after a visit
in New York. Miss Bell will return
to Staunton before the end of the
month.
Col. E. Walton Opie returned to-
day to his duties at Fort George
G. Meade, Md, after spending sew
eral days with his family here. 1t.
Charles M. East, also of Fort Meade,
Is spending 10 days leave with his
mother, Mrs. Charles M. East in
Staunton.
Evening star., 1942-02-15
Miss McC Crory Wed
To 1t. Stanford
In Cathedral

The wedding Of Miss Dorothy z.
McCrory, daughter Of Mr.. 8. H.
McCrory and the late Mrs. McCrory,
to 1t. Russell Eric Lyndon STAN
ford. U. 8. A., took place last eve
ming In the Bethlehem Chapel Of
the Warrington Cathedral of st.
Peter and st. Paul. The Rev. r.
Paul Schearrer Of the Takoma Park
Presbyterian Church and Canon W.
Curtis Draper Of the Cathedral
ofnciated.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore Z white satin
gown with . tulle veil falling from,
. Juliet cap Of seed pearls. She
carried q white prayer book show
cred with white satin ribbons and
Evening star., 1942-02-15
OF Personal Note Here
Miss Julia A. Paul Widely Feted;
Many Leave During Week for Miami

marriage Edward Bindeman will
parties
guest number other parties in the coming
Yesterday guest shower
Joseph Bendheim. !. hostess
at the Broadnnoor Miss Paul and her fance
left during Miami Beach spend
four among Mrs Sidney Reizen
Mr. Mrs Sidney Hechnger Mrs Harry
Roller daughter Nathan Kahn
Evening star., 1942-02-15

Mr.. and Mrs. David Frank and Mr
and Mrs. Albert Small.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel Kaufman ane
their son David left yesterday fol
the Hollywood Beach Hotel, Holly
wood, Fla, where they Joined Mr.
Kaufmanns father, Mr.. Edmund j
Kaufman, who is spending the win
ter at the resort.
Miss Clara Cooper Of Lynchburg
Va, is visiting her sister, Miss Pearl
Cooper.
Mrs. Helen Goldenberg
And Mrs. Levy Away.
Mrs. Helen Goldenberg and Mrs.
Viola Levy left Wednesday for New
York to spend week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Bush, who
spent several weeks at Miami Beach,
have returned to town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Blumen-
field have as their guests for the
week end their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Mintz
of Fredericksburg, Va.
Mrs. Harry Sherry, who is visit
Ing her son and daughter in-law,
1t. and Mrs. Sidney Sherry, in PEN
sacola, Fla, will be Joined by Mr..
Sherry and they win 60 to Holly
wood Beach to join their daughter,
Mrs. Bernard Rand, and her two
children for the remainder of the
winter.
Mrs. Joseph Lang is returning to-
day from three weeks In New York,
where she was the guest of Mrs.
Lucy Ford and her daughter, Miss
Irene Ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Frank have
returned from New Orleans, where
they visited their son, Capt. Ben
jamin Frank.
Mrs. Leonard castillo and her
young son Michael of Bridgeport,
Conn. are visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Sigmund.
Mrs. Sarah Marrow
Goes to Baltimore.
Mrs. Sarah Marrow, who made
her home at Wardman Park Hotel
for the past several years, has gone
to Baltimore to reside with her SON.
in-law and daughter, DR.. and Mrs.
David Weinberg.
Miss Jacqueline Weiss is spending
the week end with her parents at
their home in Buffalo.
Mrs. Samuel Revness Of Westport,
Conn, is the guest this week Of her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice D. Rosenberg, jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Nathan Of
Philadelphia have been the guests
of Mrs. Nathan'S father, Mr.. Joseph
D. Kaufman.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Greenberg of
New York, the latter formerly Miss
Dorothy Marks of Nashville, Tenn,
are spending the week In Washing
ton visiting relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Rosenthal,
jr., will make their home at 3018
Porter street when they return from
the South.
Mrs. Ernest Gichner has returned
from New York, where she attended
the wedding of her son, MIR. Law
renee Ernest Gichner, and Miss Ger
trude Bernstein. The young couple
will make their home with Mrs.
Gichner at the Park Crescent Apart
ment
Evening star., 1942-02-15

matching felt hat. Her accessories
were brown. After March IS 1t.
and Mrs. Stanford will be at home
at 2700 Wisconsin avenue NV.
The bride attended the College
Of william and Mary at Williams
Evening star., 1942-02-15

burg, Va, and was graduated from
Iowa State College at Ames. She
was q member Of Gamma Phi Beta
Sorority. 1t. Stanford attended
Michigan College Of Mining and
Technology.
Evening star., 1942-02-15
DR.. Bingham to Speak

DR.. Millicent Todd Bingham will
be the guest speaker at meeting
OF the University of Michigan Alum
nae Association from $3.50 to $50
pm. tomorrow at the Taft House
Inn. DR.. Bingham, an astronomer
and writer, is the author of PERU
Land of Contrasts"
Evening star., 1942-02-15

Long Torso Suit richly de-
tailed with satin. Tailored of
fine Forstmann twill in Black
or Navy. Note the unusual
buttons -------------N,S
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Not the firing line,
but the phone. They
keep il busy calling
the folks back home
10 AMERICAN soldiers and sail
ors on many far-f1ung fronts.
A. &al>x.Ano hoa hecsnaA c,saa

ID the telephone has become one
of the wars best morale builders.
Calls by the hundred are coming
from our bases in South and Cen
tral America, Panama. Hawaii, far
away camps in this country. Mill
tary restrictions don't permit per
sonal calls from England. Africa or
Australia, but those boys who can
phone are doing it. In Hawaii, par
ticulariy, have seen hundreds stand
in line for hours, just to talk home
for three minutes.
There has been such q daily
aroumd-the clock run on the Homo
lulu telephone Office since Pearl
Harbor that officials have had to
equip an entire new floor. hire scores
of censors and new operators.
On payday you can't buy
standing rsom. Sunday and he'll
days are heaviest. Savicemen
make about ESQ calls from Honolulu
to mainland points each Sunday.
Last Mothers Day 96 called home.
Love = Unesasssed
+ On obvious reasons, the CONVEX
sations must be limited. English Is
the only language allowed You can
mention only three names. and these
must be specified in advance. You
cannot mention weather or any
military matter, of course. But you
can say: How is everyo0e?' I'm
swell" write to me-" Il love you"
The average call costs Pvt.
Johnny Doughboy more than $40
and that's a lot of cash for a soldier.
But after he's talked ever thou
sanGls Of miles to the felix's, he
gets . new lease ON Army life.
Operators told me that some serv-
icemen make two calls the same day.
The first conversation IS collect -
to Dad and Nom. But the second
call prepaid is to the girl
friend. The best customer has been
a West Virginia corporal who has a
fiancee back home. One day he
talked to her three times, standing
in line seven hours to do it.
Dan Cupid has hit the jackpot
several times. Since the war. an
average of three marriages each
month have been performed via that
convenient invention of Mr.. Bell.
-FRaW lEnl
Evening star., 1942-12-13
Three woys for a man in Uniform
to keep his life insurance in force

Many Of orr pol;cyko3de,s hore asked:
How can my life insurance be kept
in force while l am in the military or
naval service of the United States?"
For the benefit of Service men and
Evening star., 1942-12-13

their relatives. we should like to point
out that there are three principal meth
otls by which those who have entered
the armed forces can keep their life in
surance in force.
Evening star., 1942-12-12
Marine Ace, Gun Jommed, Cuts Zero in Two;
Druqs Foe From Sea After Knocking Him Out

my altitude between one and two
hundred feet.
I unbuckled my chute and took a
couple of strokes toward the Qua
dalcanal shore about a mile away.
Imagine my surprise when Zero
pilot landed in his chute 20 yards
from me!
Jap Averse to Rescue.
I could see boat coming out for
us, SO I just Notwithstanding the
Jap. The men in the boat picked
me up first and then went after the
Jap.
We tried to get him into the boat
but he evidently made up his mind
he'd die before being captured, be-
cause he kept swimming away. We
were determined to get him, how
ever, so when we got alongside OF
him I fastened a boat hook under
his life jacket.
I started to haul him out wher
he pulled a pistol which we hadn't
seen, stuck it tight in my face anc
pressed the trigger!
1t didn't 60 off--lucky for me!
was never so scared in my life.
dropped the hook and the Jap
AS he fell back into the water he
put the gun to his head and tried
to kill himself. The gun still didn't
60 OF.
Our patience was about ex.
hausted, so another fellow ane
myself knocked him unconsciou.
and pulled him into the boat
Ashore. We turned him over to In.
telligence and I returned to ths
0eld.
Evening star., 1942-12-12

bunch of flyers, although we didn't
think they were any too sharp on
gunnery,' he told reporters. IF my
aim wasn't any better than some
OF the Japs, I'd quit"
But he added that the japanese
are not to be taken lightly. 1t.
Brookhart, Bit pilot, flew a pur-
suit plane before going into a bonn
bardment group.
Some Of the Japs still think
they're going to win, but we don't,
of course" he commented. Things
looked pretty dark there at first, but
they were beginning to brighten up
when I left"
Granted Yule Leave.
1t. Brookhart was granted Christ
mas leave to visit his ailing father
at Mount Alto Hospital He is now
at his home, 41O9 Gallatin street,
Hyattsville, Md, with his wife, the
former Miss Laura Purdum, daugh-
ter of Second Assistant Postmaster
General Smith w. Purdum, whom
he married year ago.
He has received the Silver Star
citation for bagging two out of three
enemy Zero planes over Guadalcanal
about three weeks before the ma
rines moved in. Later, he reported,
he bagged two out of four enemy
planes over the Northern Solomons,
getting Zero and Messerschmitt,