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Labor Board Probers
Mail Out 60J333
Questionnaires
Delve Into Every Phase
Of Relationship of
N. L R. B. and Unions
The special House committee
charged with investigation of the
National Labor Relations Board has
mailed 60,000 questionnaires to em
ployers and labor organizations as a
prelude to public hearings, it was
announced today by the chairman,
Representative Smith, Democrat,
of Virginia.
These questionnaires delve ex
haustively into every phase of pos
sible relationship between the N. L.
R. B. and labor unions. Edmund M.
Toland, general counsel of the com
mittee, said material contained in
the replies should go far toward
achieving an analysis of the board’s
policies and activities.
Evidencing the depth to which the
committee will investigate board
cases, the questionnaires list more
than 100 questions.
High lights of the employer ques
tirmnnirp nrp*
"1. Did the trial examiner direct
the reporter to omit from the record
any part of the proceedings?"
"2. Did he examine or cross-ex
amine your witnesses? Or witnesses
for N. L. R. B.? If so, to what ex
tent?”
"3. Please furnish also whatever
Information you can on the attitude
and conduct of the attorneys for
N. L, R. B. before and during the
hearing; the attitude and conduct of
the trial examiner before and during
the hearing and the cost of the
hearing to your company, as well
as the effect', if any, the results
had upon your community.”
In the questionnaire to the unions
the committee asks, among other
things:
“1. What was the attitude gen
erally or specifically of the board’s
representatives toward your organi
zation or any affiliated union or
organization or toward any of the
charges filed or to be filed?"
"2. Have any activities of the
board or policies of the board or
its agencies and employes inter
fered with (or aided) your growth
and functioning as a collective bar
gaining agency?”
The House at the last session of
Congress apropriated $50,000 out of
its contingent fund to finance the
investigation.
The committee plans to start pub
lic hearings about October 15.
Finland to Stay Neutral,
Minister Here Says
Finland is determined to stick to
a policy of "strict and unyielding
neutrality" in co-operation with the
other Scandinavian nations during
the new European war, Hjalmar
Procope. Finnish Minister to the
United States, said in a statement
yesterday.
Dr. Procope said Finland is con
fident her trade relations wdth the
United States will not be interrupted
by the conflict. As a matter of fact,
he said, many ships have left Fin
nish ports for this country since the
outbreak of hostilities.
The minister said that although
foreign trade now is subject to gov
ernment control, the regulations are
purely formal measures and the
maintaining of trade relations with
this country should not encounter
any special difficulties. Safe routes
for Finnish ships are still available
through Swedish and Norwegian
territorial waters to the northern
part of the North Sea, the state
ment said.
Maurer, Mrs. Taylor
Re-elected in Greenbelt
Mayor Henry H. Maurer and
Councilwoman Mrs. Ruth Taylor
were re-elected yesterday to the
Council of the Government-spon
sored community at Greenbelt, Md.
Three new members were elected to
serve with them. The Council mem
bers will meet later and elect a
Mayor.
Out of 807 persons registered 461
voted. Mr. Maurer led all candi
dates, with 356 votes, followed by
George A. Warner, 307; Mrs. Taylor,
283: A. N. Gawthrop, 244, and
Thomas B. Ricker, 241.
Other candidates and the vote
they received were—Walter J. Bier
wagon. 131; Francis J. Lastner, 214;
Alvin B. Reamy, 166. and Betsy M.
Woodman, 100.
All the winners received at least a
simple majority of the vote cast,
making a runoff unnecessary.
The election was the first mu
nicipal balloting in this area since
the Hatch Act became effective.
The number of candidates was half
that of last year.
Well Done, Men
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 20 OP)— Mr.
end Mrs. Ronald Garritsen were en
route to a hospital for a blessed event
when their car broke down. Gar
ritsen called police. Sympathetic
squad car officers raced Mrs. Gar
ritsen to the hospital with the siren
shrieking.
The baby was born an hour later
and the officers proudly printed on
their report, in large letters, “We
made it!”
Summary of
Today's Star
Page. i Page.
Amusements.A-16 Radio B-8
Comics B-14-15 Society.__ . B-3
Editorials - A-12 Sports A-18-20
Finance A-21 i Woman's
Lost, Found, B-6 Page-A-17
Obituary.. A-14
Foreign.
Hitler threats won’t stop allies.
Chamberlain says. Page A-l
Italian troops leave Greek border as
sign of trust. Page A-l
Chief Nazis have huge deposits out
side Reich. Page A-6
National
Landon sees sentiment for cash and
carry on all goods. Page A-l
Dies group again questions Dalinda
on arms transactions. Page A-2
60.000 questionnaires mailed by group
probing Labor Board. Page A-9
Washington and Vicinity.
Three universities and colleges open
new’ year today. Page A-2
Report due this week on increase in
enlistments. Page A-2
Leaders map plans to ban profiteer
ing on food prices. Page B-l
Petitions for Connecticut avenue
filling stations hit. Page B-l
Grade crossing crash fatal to D. C.
real estate man. Page B-l
Sports
Louis, ired by Pastor, seeks first
round K. O. tonight. PageA-18
Jittery Reds’ lead shrinks, as do
chances against Yanks. Page A-18
Nats further weakened by loss of
Case and Welaj. PageA-18
World tour ended by war. Tilden is
back, jobless. Page A-18
New crop of grid stars ready to re
place 1938 aces. PageA-19
Fate of hockey here and elsewhere
to be decided Friday. PageA-20
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-12
Answers to Questions. Page A-12
Letters to The Star. Page A-12
David Lawrence. Page A-13
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-13
Frederick William Wile. Page A-13
Jay Franklin. Page A-13
Charles G. Ross. Page A-13
Miscellany
Nature's Children. Page B-6
Bedtime Story. Page B-14
Cross-word Puzzle. Page B-14
Letter-Out. Page B-14
Winning Contract. Page B-15
Uncle Ray’s Corner. Page B-15
Service Orders. Page A-8
Vital Statistics. Page B-6
Davies Visits Border
Near War Zone
By the Associated Press.
BRUSSLES, Sept. 20.—Joseph E.
Davies. United States Ambassador
to Belgium and Minister to Luxem
burg, visited the German-Luxem
burg border today along the Moselle
River not far from the German
French war zone.
Heavy explosions testified that the
battle of the Saar region was In
active progress.
State Department
Says 137 of 1,747 on
Liner Were Foreign
Figures Are Released
After Complaint of
Senator Reynolds
The State Department said today
the 1,747 passengers who arrived in
New York Monday from Europe
aboard the S. S. Washington includ
ed 137 persons who probably were
foreigners.
Figures on the Washington's pas
senger list were released after Sen
ator Reynolds, Democrat, of North
Carolina, who was among those re
turning on the liner, complained
that scores of foreigners had taken
up space on the United States Lines
ship, while thousands of Americans
were striving vainly to obtain quick
passage home from Europe.
Asked ' to comment on Senator
Reynolds’ charge that the Govern
ment had fallen down miserably in
returning Americans from Europe.
Secretary of State Hull said at his
press conference today:
"We do our best to keep on our
feet and if we have fallen down, we
i have not become conscious of it
The State Department has been
co-operating with the Maritime
Commission and other agencies in
efforts to make extra ships available
and otherwise speed the repatriation
i of Americans stranded in Europe,
i Senator Reynolds said yesterday
! he would ask the State Department
for specific figures on the number
i of aliens who were aboard the Wash
i ington. The department said- there
were 1,533 United States citizens
aboard; 77 persons with re-entry
j permits, that is, foreigners who had
: been in the United States, and had
obtained permission to return before
they left; 23 transits, or persons
crossing the United States; 69
visitors, and 45 quota immigrants.
Subtracting the 77 re-entries, there
were 137 probably foreigners aboard
the ship, the department said.
Martinsburg Pastor
Heads Conference
Special Dispatch to The Star.
MARTINSBURG, W. Va.. Sept.
20.—The Rev. Millard J. Miller of
this city, formerly pastor in Win
chester, Va., W’as re-elected super
intendent of Virginia Conference of
the United Brethren in Christ yes
terday at the close of the first day
of the 140th annual meeting, being
held in Second Church and at
tended hy more than 200 ministers
and lay delegates.
The Rev. Carl Hiser, pastor at In
wood, was named recording secre
tary, succeeding the Rev. W. H.
I Smith of Elkton, Va.
The Rev. W. B. OBaugh of Win
chester, Va„ was renamed statistical
secretary.
Bishop G. D. Batdorf of Harris
burg, Pa., is presiding at the annual
sessions.
Last night the conference heard
an address by the Rev. Dr. U. P.
Hovermale of Dayton, Ohio, super
intendent of Home Missions and un
til last year superintendent of Vir
ginia Conference, on “The Challenge
of Home Missions.”
Woman s Death Probed
The coroner was investigating to
day the death of Grace Pope, 56,
colored, 618 C street S.E., who died
in Gallinger Hospital last night, ap
parently as the result of a beating.
She was admitted to the hospital
September 13 and treated for head
injuries, which she told police were
received in the course of a fight in
her home. A 53-year-old colored
man, a roomer at the house, was
held for questioning and Coroner A.
Magruder MacDonald ordered an
autopsy on the woman.
i
Gov. Price to Attend
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 20 UP).—
Gov. Price said yesterday he ex
pected to attend Governors Day at
the Blackston* Fair Friday.
Huge Bank Deposits
By Carp Revealed
At Dies Hearing
Witness Says Exporter
Told of $200,000,000
For Russian Purchases
By JAMES E. CHINN.
Bank records of Sam Carp, Ameri
can exporter of materials to Soviet
Russia, show cash deposits to his
credit totaling $328,578 between
August 12, 1937, and July 31, 1939,
according to information given today
to the House Committee on Un
American Activities.
Mr. Carp is a brother-in-law of
Soviet Premier V. M. Molotov. Two
days ago he told the committee that
on two trips to Russia between 1936
and 1938 he brought back in cash
$100,000 turned over to him by a
purchasing agent for the Russian
government to procure battleship
plans, airplanes and various other
armaments.
in auuiuuu iu uik cooii ueposns
credited to Mr. Carp's personal ac
count, Chairman Dies said a report
from a committee investigator
showed $585,025 was deposited to the
account of the Carp Export and Im
port Co. of New York of which Mr.
Carp is president.
The report, which Chairman Dies
read, declared tellers and other offi
cials of a New York bank explained
that most of the company’s depos
its were checks from Amtorg, Rus
sian trading corporation in New
York.
Besides the personal and company
accounts, the report also declared
Mr. Carp had a safety deposit box
in the bank, but there were no rec
ords.
Told of $200,000,000 Fund.
Joseph Z. Dalinda, New York pat
ent promoter, wras on the witness
stand during disclosure of the Carp
bank records. Dr. J. B. Matthews,
chief investigator for the committee,
asked him if it were not true that
Mr. Carp had repeatedly asserted
he had $200,000,000 on deposit in the
United States for purchases for the
Soviet government.
"Many times,” Mr. Dalinda re
plied. "We were always given to
understand that.”
Dr. Matthews read a letter from
Scott Ferris, Democratic national
committeeman for Oklahoma, in
which Mr. Ferris declared Mr. Carp
in his testimony said he paid Mr.
Ferris $32,000 and Preston Mc
Goodwin. assistant publicity direc
tor of the Democratic National
Committee. $25,000 to help “in
fluence” the State and Navy De
partments to approve fabrication of
battleship parts in this country for
the Soviet Union.
Mr. Dalinda told the committee
yesterday he had been paid $12,500
by Mr. McGoodwin and $8,000 by
Mr. Ferris as his cut of Mr. Carp's
fees for bringing them together
with Mr. Carp.
Today Mr. Dalinda testified he
expected to get $150,000 from the
Soviet government for his part in a
deal for building a super battleship
for Russia
Russia Rejected Plans.
Russia rejected the plans and the
battleship project was abandoned,
the witness said, but he was given
$20,500 for his part in bringing to
gether a Soviet agent and alleged
“contact" men who were to assist
in negotiating State Department in
dorsement of the battleship plans.
Mr. Dalinda. a Russian-born Amer
ican citizen, under questioning by
Dr. Matthews, admitted his interest
in the project was “not entirely
financial."
Correspondence from him to Mr.
Carp, referring to the ship project,
said:
“It gives me great pleasure to
serve the country of my birth. I
have been put in a position where
I must make great sacrifices in order
to serve Russia. I am prepared to
give data without consideration and
I am glad to do so for the patriotic
reasons about which I have talked
to you on many occasions."
Letter From Ferris.
Later Dr. Matthews produced a
letter from Mr. Ferris to Mr. Dalinda
in connection with efforts to get
State Department approval of the
ship deal. Sent to Mr. Dalinda s
New York office from Oklahoma City
under date of February 18, 1939, the
letter said, in part:
“Our Oklahoma papers portray
the situation in Washington almost
a civil war between the President
and Congress over the sale of any
thing to any foreign country. Of
course, I recognize the President is
doing right in selling to friendly
countries such ammunitions as they
may need. I recognize we are only
helping ourselves in lending no fuel
to the fire of the enemy, for surely
as we furnish ammunition and
money and aid to our friends, it
just relieves our own boys of doing
that much fighting.
“Perhaps this is a selfish view'. I
feel sure the President will win out
in this as I hope he will win out in
Mr. Carp’s matter. Of course,
whether it is opportune now to
plunge into this Russian question
and how far Mr. Carp and his asso
ciates would stand up under fire and
investigation of Congress I do not
know. How .much he would stand
true to I do not know-how much
he would dump on us I do not
know, but be that as it may,
stripped of everything, is that when
you and Mac feel sure the time is at
hand to come up there and go into
the matter, I will be on hand to do
it. Until then I would like to work
on my own affairs here * • •”
Power Labor Parley
Remains Deadlocked
By the Associated Press.
LANSING, Mich., Sept. 20— Rep
resentatives of the Consumers’
Power Co. and of two rival unions
remained deadlocked over “one lone
point” today in a proposed agree
ment to avert a strike affecting the
utility’s properties which supply gas
and electricity to cities in Central
and Eastern Michigan.
Arthur E. Raab. chairman of the
State’s Labor Mediation Board, said
the {joint in dispute could be settled
in a matter of minutes, or hours
The conferees after being in almost
continuous session since 2 p.m. yes
terday, took a two-hour recess this
morning and resumed their meeting,
Leaders of the C. I. O. Utility
Workers’ Organizing Committee
who had been authorized to call a
walkout of their members last mid
night, withheld the strike order
The other union involved in the dis
pute over bargaining rights is the
A. F. L. International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers.
Led by Stafford Cassell, with the flag, and Prof. Will Hutchins, the university marshal, the
American University faculty shown in procession around the campus to the chapel to open the
college year. —Star Staff Photo.
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Service Enlistments
Are Reported
Gaining Steadily
Reserves Being Taken
On Voluntary Basis,
Navy Heads Emphasize
In recruiting stations throughout
the country the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps were being augmented
steadily today as Navy officials here,
taking cognizance of numerous ru
mors being circulated concerning
the enlistment drive, emphasized
that members of reserves are being
taken only on a voluntary basis.
No figures are yet available on
the program to increase the coun- ,
try’s armed forces in view of the
emergency abroad. However, by the
time the first reports are compiled,
probably this weak, figures are ex
pected to reveal that these three
branches of the service are well on
their way to reaching new quotas
fixed by President Roosevelt when
he proclaimed a limited national
emergency.
The Regular Army is being in- !
creased from slightly more than
200.000 to 227,000 men. The Navy
personnel is being boosted from
131.000 to 145.000 and the Marine
Corps from 19.000 to 25.000. The
National Guard, the reservoir of
trained manpower on which the
country could draw immediately in
time of war, likewise is being in- ]
creased from about 200,000 to 235,000
men.
In the enlistment drive special
attention is being paid to men with
service who have been honorably
discharged. They are being permit- 1
ted to enlist and resume their old
rating. In other respects the re
quirements for enlistments have
been eased. These include advanc
ing the age limit, waiving certain
requirements as to physical condi- I
tion which do not affect the general
health and other steps to expedite
enlistments.
l onainons Announced.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Edi
son has announced conditions under
which retired officers of the Navy
and the personnel of the Naval
Reserve may be ordered to active
duty. The Naval Reserve Aet of
1938 provides that persons joining
the reserve "obligate themselves to
serve in the Navy in time of war
or when in the opinion of the Pres
ident a national emergency exists."
Under present instructions, re- :
tired and reserve personnel, other
than Fleet Reserve, will be called
on a voluntary basis. For them
orders for active duty will be issued
only on written request from a re
sponsible official under whose juris
diction the officer or enlisted man
is to serve.
Members of the Fleet Reserve are
in a different category from the
Naval Reserve, which is composed
of civilians who are on active or
inactive status. If they are on
active status they have two weeks
of duty a year, weekly drills and
may advance in rank. Inactive re
servists may not advance in rank.
Fleet Reservists, on the other
hand, are subject to orders and may
be ordered to duty against their
wishes. They are enlisted men
transferred after 16 to 20 years of
service, who still draw part pay.
After 30 years they may go on the
regular retired lists.
COLLEGES OPEN—Head Senior Richard M. Phillips and Stu
dent Max Spajer about to enter the “coffin door” at Gallaudet
College, which opened today.
Ex-Head Bookkeeper
Of Bank Indicted on
Embezzling Charge
Grand Jury is Told
He Took $4,161 by
Double-Charging Checks
The District Court grand jury,
handing up 50 indictments to
Justice Peyton Gordon today, ac
cused Rolland H. Tabb, former head
bookkeeper of the National Savings
& Trust Co., of embezzling $4,161
between 1933 and last December.
Authorities said that the conversion
was accomplished by causing cus
tomers' checks to be charged to
their account twice.
Herbert S. Harris, 34, and John J.
Harris, 25, brothers, were indicted
on a charge of second-degree mur
der for the alleged slaying of John
J. Purcell, 50. of Mount Rainier, Md.
Police contend that Purcell was
fatally attacked on August 28 at
433 G street N.W.. and that he died
on September 1. The grand jury ig
nored a homicide case against Nellie
Harlow, 28, who was allegedly being
choked by Purcell at the time of
the attack.
Arthur Morrison. 59, was indicted
on eight charges of housebreaking
and larceny, for the alleged taking
of about $2,000 in property from pri
vate homes, including that of Paul
E. Lesh, an attorney who lives at
2820 Thirty-second street N.W.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Dennis A. Rear
don, non-support of minor chil
dren; Earl Thornton, joyriding; Jack
D. Vaughan, violation of National
Motor Vehicle Theft Act; Charity
Andrews and Marie Bennett, grand
larceny; Marie Bennett, James F.
Saunders. Lynn D. Felton, forgery
and uttering; George L. Baker and
James Taylor, violation of the Num
bers Law; James Taylor and George
Stone, violation Liquor Taxing Act
of 1934. John D. Jefferson,
violation of the Harrison Narcotics
Act and Narcotic Drugs Import and
Export Act; Jack E. Chapman and
Joseph Kunkle, assault with intent
to commit robbery; Samuel R. Per
ritt. Oscar H. Verreen. William H.
Thomas, Clarence D. Bache and
George J. Hart, robbery; John Ham
ilton, Paul Bradley. Edward T.
Shorter. Mose Bradley, Mary L.
Thompson, Morris E. Moore. Nathan
D. Gross. Joseph S. Parker, Clara
Brown. Charles E. Pride and Lake
Stewart, assault with dangerous
weapon: Charles F. Hartman and
Charles H. Evans, carnal knowledge.
Polish Club Ball
To Be November 17
The Ball Committee of the Polish
Club of Washington. at a meeting
last night, set November 17 as the
date for the relief ball. Walter S.
Pawl, president of the club, said
today.
The ball, which will be held at
the Wardman Park Hotel, is to raise
funds for the relief of persons in
war-torn areas of Poland.
The General Relief Committee
will meet tonight at Stansbury Hall,
5832 Georgia avenue N.W., to dis
cuss further plans for other func
tions.
Weather Report
(Furnished bv C. S. Weather Bureau.)
District of Columbia—Generally fair tonight; tomorrow fair and
cooler; gentle variable winds becoming moderate northerly tonight.
Maryland and Virginia—Light showers this afternoon followed by
generally fair tonight: tomorrow fair and cooler.
West Virginia—Generally fair, slightly cooler in west portions to
night; tomorrow fair and cooler.
Waathar f'nnditinn I.a«t *1\ Hours. *!*
Pressure is relatively low over California,
northern New York, northern New England
and the southeastern Gulf of Mexico Ha
vana. Cuba. 1.011.2 millibars <29.80
inchesi: San Diego. Calif.. 1.012.5 millibars
<39.90 inchesi and Caribou. Me. 1.019.o
millibars (30.09 Inches). High pressure
prevails over nearly all other sections:
Aberdeen. S. Dak.. 1.034.5 millibars 130.35
inchesi. a vessel about BOO miles east of
Boston. Mqss.. 1.032.2 millibars (30.35
inches), and Fairbanks. Alaska. 1.028.1
millibars <30.36 inches). Showers have oc
curred in New Mexico. California, the up
per Ohio Valley, the lower Lake region, the
Appalachian region and portions of the
Gulf and South Atlantic States. The tem
perature has risen in the Atlantic States,
the lower Lake region and the far West,
while the weather has become cooler from
Montana and Wyoming eastward to Minne
sota.
Report for last 24 Hours.
Temperature. Barometer.
Yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 p.m. _ 75 30.35
8 p m _ 67 36.33
Midnight _ 64 30.28
Today—
4 a m._ 63 36.25
8 a m. _ 63 36.23
Noon _ 73 30.17
Record for Last 24 Hours.
(Prom noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest, 75. 4 p.m. yesterday. Year
ago. 65.
Lowest. 62. 6:30 am. today. Year
ago 56.
Record Temperatures This Tear.
Highest, 100. on September 8.
Lowest. 17. on February 23.
Humidity for Last 24 Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 98 per cent, at 2 a m. today.
Lowest. 49 per cent, at 3:45 p.m. yes
terday.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today _ 5.53 6:in
Sun tomorrow_ 5:63 6:09
Moon, today_ 1:20 p.m. 11:31p.m.
Automobile lights must bo turned on
one-hall hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1939. Aver. Record.
January _ 3.41 3.55 7.83 '37
February _ 5.71 3.27 6.84 '84
March _2.8!* 3.75 8.84 '61
April _ 3.78 3.27 9.13 '89
May _ .41 3.70 10 6!* '89
June _ 4.45 4.13 10.94 06
July _ 2.01 4.71 16.63 '86
August _ 3.22 4.01 14.41 '28
September --_ 6.61 3.24 17.45 '34
October __ _ 2.84 881 ’37
November _ _ .. 2.37 8.69 89
Dejjmber _ — - 3.32 7.56 ’01
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers clear
at Harpers Ferry. Potomac slightly muddy
ai Great Falls today.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High _ 0:57 a.m. 1:55 a tn.
Low _ 7:55 a.m. 8:63 a m.
High _ 1:26 p.m. 2:26 p m.
Low _ 8:10 p.m. 9:10 p.m.
Weather In Various Cities.
Temp. Rain
Barom. High. Low. fall. Weather.
Abilene_ 30.18 92 61 _ Clear
Albany_ 30.18 7o 51 _ Cloudy
Atlanta . 30.15 66 63 0.08 Cloudy
Atlan. City 30.24 67 61 _ Cloudy
Baltimore 30.21 73 HI _ Cloudy
Birm’gham 30.15 80 64 _ Cloudy
Bismarck _ 30.53 73 32 _ Clear
Boston _30.21 71 53 _ Cloudy
Buffalo 30.15 73 59 0.12 Rain
Charleston 30.06 81 69 _ Cloudy
Chicago_ 30.24 71 57 _ Clear
Cincinnati, 30.18 85 55 _ Foggy
Cleveland, 30.18 74 58 _ Cloudy
Columbia 30.15 82 66 _ Rain
Denver 30.48 83 48 _ Clear
Detroit_ 30.18 74 61 _ Cioudy
El Paso _ 30.15 87 67 ___ Cloudy
Galveston, 30.03 85 71 0.42 Cloudy
Helena_ 30.39 82 47 _ Clear
Huron_ 30.53 89 36 _ Clear
Ind napolis 30.21 79 46 _ Clear
Jacks'ville 30.00 80 71 0.84 Cloudy
Kans. City 30.24 9o 58 . . Clear
L. Angeles 29.94 104 82 0.04 Clear
Louisville30.18 80 51 Clear
Miami_ 29.92 88 76 0.02 Clear
Mpls.-St. P. 30.45 86 48 Clear
N. Orleans 30.03 79 72 0.06 Cloudy
New York . 30.24 69 57 Cloudy
Norfolk . 30.IS 76 66 0.05 Cloudy
Okla. City 30.21 91 60 _ Clear
Omaha 30.36 94 58 _ Clear
Philad'phia 30.24 73 60 _ Cloudy
Phoenix . 29.97 103 77 _ Clear
Pittsburgh 30.18 75 56 0.12 Cloudy
P'tland. Me 30.18 65 46 _ Cloudy
PTd Ore. 30.06 84 61 _ Cloudy
Raleigh __ 30.18 79 62 _ Cloudy
St. Louis . 30.21 80 54 _ Clear
S. Lake C. 30.24 87 52 Cloudy
8 Antonio 30.09 91 72 0 04 Clear
San Diego 29.89 97 74 0.24 Clear
S. Fr'ncisco 29.97 89 63 __ Clear
Seattle_ 30.18 71 53 Clear
Spokane 30.30 85 49 _ Clear
Tampa 29.97 90 75 __ Cloudy
WASH..D C. 30.21 75 62 Cloudy
Foreign Stations.
(Noon Greenwich time, today.)
Stations Temperature. Weather.
Horta (Fayal>. Azores _ 74 Cloudy.
(Current observations.)
San Juan. Puerto Rico. 81 Cloudy
! Havana. Cuba _ 76 Cloudy
fin. Canal Zone_- 74 Cloudy
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Three D. C. Colleges
Settle Down to
Fall Semester
Hilltop Enrollment
Staggered to Avoid
Large-Scale Bustle
Georgetown and American Univer
sities and Gallaudet College today
cast off the vacation atmosphere and
began to settle down to the work
of the fall semester.
Students could be seen wandering
about the Hilltop campus with their
books just before 9 am., and the
office of the prefect of discipline was
doing a good business in handing
out room keys A staggered plan of
registration, however, which left
only the seniors unsigned as of that
time, eliminated a large-scale bus
tle.
In White-Gravenor Hall the office
of the College of Arts and Sciences
was well filled with arriving seniors,
and officials estimated that the final
enrollment of the college would be
around 700. Classes were scheduled
to begin today in all schools of the
institution except the graduate
school. Freshmen, however, began
their program last week
Freshmen Wear Green.
ouinc oou pupils nau cnecKea mra
American University at the Nebraska
avenue campus early this morning,
and others, it was said, had made
arrangements to report later. Fresh
men w’andered about the campus, the
girls in their green hair ribbons and
the boys with their green dinks and
ties, all of them walking in the road
ways instead of on the grass.
The new students are scheduled
to meet daily at 1 p.m. for the next
few weeks on the steps of a campus
building where they will learn school
songs. And anybody getting their
late has to waddle iike a duck.
The college was officially opened
with a faculty procession in cap
and gown around the campus and
over to the chapel. Brief class
sessions for assignment purposes
were planned, it was stated.
Gallaudet reported 167 students
enrolling—the largest student body
in the 75 years of the college’s his
tory. The office of President Per
cival Hall was well filled witn
students getting arrangements com
plete for the new year.
Story About a Statue.
Also sitting in Dr. Hall’s office, but
paying no particular attention to
the flurry of initial preparations, was
a statue of a small dog. Fifty years
old. they say it is.
The story is that John B. Wight,
business manager of Gallaudet be
tween 1877 and 1889. had a dog
which was very popular with the
students. When old age finally
overcame the animal there was deep
distress and it was not until some
time later that the Wights, browsing
through an antique shop, found the
statue that reminded them of their
dog.
For many years thereafter the
statue sat in front of Fowler Hall
in which the Wights had lived, and
students stopped to pat and caress
it. Alumni still like to do it.
Some one started to carry it away
one day and dropped it. A leg
was broken. Since then it has been
hidden in Dr. Hall’s office and is
brought forth only at alumni re
unions, Dr. Hall said.
Although classes are not sched
uled to get under wray at George
Washington University until Mon
day. registration opened there today
It will continue tomorrow and
Friday.
Planes Off for Manila,
HONOLULU. Sept. 20 UPV—Four
teen naval planes, with American
flags stenciled on their wings, left
Pearl Harbor yesterday en route to
Manila. The Navy merely an
nounced "a flight" had departed for
Manila, giving no details.
Racing Results
Aqueduct
By the Associated Press.
FIRST RACF.—Purse $1,000: claiming:
1-year-olds: furlongs.
Sure Cure (Duouy) 5-1 2-1 4-6
First Choice (Anderson' 5-1 5-2
Colored Child (Paradise) 8-5
Time. l^iy2-s.
Also ran—Bouncalontt. d Ken’s Pop.
Ballyhaste. Cross Vina. Transbye and Jock s
Ann.
d Finished third, but disaualifled.
Rockingham
By the Associated Press.
FIRST RACE—Purse. $800: claiming;
1-year-olds: 6 furlongs, chute
Melissa (Krovitzi 15.60 6.80 4.40
Pernelle (Bierman) 4.00 3.S0
Witchfln (Robart) 6.20
Time—1:15.
Also ran—Edwardian. Royal Wanton.
Sara Cash Sea Miss and Phoebe Anna.
Window Displays to Stress
Red Cross Roll Cqll
Alvin Q. Ehrlich (left) shown yesterday as he received from
Edgar Morris, general chairman of the Red Cross Roll Call,
prizes to be awarded for window displays arranged by local
businessmen in connection with drive. Miss Florence Woolley
is assisting. —Star Staff Photo.
Special window displays calling
attention to the annual District Red
Cross Roll Call will be presented
by more than 50 Washington mer
chants and organizations during the
drive September 28-October 19, Al
vin Q. Ehrlich, president of the Ad
vertising Club of Washington, an
nounced yesterday.
Mr. Ehrlich received from Edgar
Morris, general chairman of the
campaign, awards to be made for
the most original, most dramatic
and most artistic displays.
Judges of the windows are to be
Irwin S. Porter, local architect,
chairman; E. P. SchHerer, president
of the District Chapter, American
Institute of Architects, and Frank
B. Steele, president of the Arts
Club of Washington. They will con
duct the judging September 30.
New Map of Europe
in Color
Complete map of Europe, size 22"xl9",
folded 10"x6", in full color. Back shows
the Western Front Franco-German Fron
tier with Maginot Line and German West
Wall; enlarged map of Poland; military
and naval strength of different countries
and area of all European countries and
location of their Capitals.
Price 10c at the Counter
Star Office, 11th St. and Pa. Ave.
The speaking program, under di-v
rection of Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox,
was to get under way today C. Mel
vin Sharpe, vice chairman of the
roll call, was to address the Ameri
can Business Club at a luncheon
in the Hay-Adams House and the
Zonta Club was to hear Mrs. Helen
Moody, another campaign worker,
at luncheon In the Y. W. C. A.
Building.
Charles E. Smoot, vice chairman
of the Speakers’ Bureau, is sched
uled to speak at the Jewish Com
munity Center tonight.
Representatives of 39 American
! Legion posts will meet in the Den
: rike Building at 5 o’clock this after
noon to complete formation of a
| departmental committee for the
| drive.
Wiltse to Wed Mrs. Clark,
Mrs. John Roosevelt's Mother
D. C. Naval Officer
Popular Figure in
Society Circles
Mrs. F. Haven Clark, mother-in
law of John Roosevelt, son of the
President, filed intentions today to
marry Comdr. Lloyd Jerome Wiltse,
popular figure in local society cir
cles, according to an Associated
Press dispatch from Nahant, Mass.
Reached at his office here in the
Bureau of Navigation, Navy De
partment, Comdr. Wiltse said the
date for the wedding had not yet
been set, but that it probably would
be some time in late fall.
The naval commander, who has
been attached to the Bureau of
Navigation since 1937. said he has
known the Clark family since 1925.
Mrs. Clark, widow of a Boston
investment counselor, gave her
maiden name as Frances Sturgis and
her age as 46. Comdr. Wiltse, a
bachelor, gave his age as 48. Mrs.
Clark’s first marriage took place in
1914. Her husband died in July,
1936, after a long illness.
Comdr. Wiltse, a native of Mitch
ell, S. Dak., was graduated from
the United States Naval Academy
in 1914 and later saw submarine
service in the World War. Among
his Washington clubs are University,
Metropolitan and Army and Navy.
MRS. F. HAVEN CLARK.
—A. P. Photo.
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