Evening Star Newspaper, July 2, 1933, Page 8

A 5) COURSESOPEN | ATE, W, TONORROH Educational Conferences to; Be Launched With Sum- mer Term. With 50 courses opening in 14 de-! aents of instruction, George Wash- | 1 University's six-week Summer will begin tor Registration but, for the ko will be ow of the six-week term ing of the first of three educational conferences as part of the university's Summer sessions. | This opening conference. to be held on | the subject of curriculum, will be di- | rected by Dr. William Cullen French, professor of education at George Wash- | ington Directors of curriculum from | city and county school systems in Mary- | will witness . South Dakota. and Vir- participate in this confer- which will continue through ination of ht in the The conference on curriculum will be followed July 17 by a conference on the National Surver of Secondary Educa- tion, which will be directed by Dr. W. liam John Cooper. former United States | commisisoner of education, who now is | professor of education at George Wash- | ington. This_conference will continue through July 21. and it will be followed by the third conference. that on educa- tional relations to socio-economic prob- lems. which will be in session from July ’51 to August 5 B rences on education, the Hm\:‘fix(\ s School of Government will begin its second annual conference | on anfl!m‘ American affairs tomorrow to continue through August 11. Dr. A. Curtis Wilgus, director of inter-Amer- ican studies at George Washington University, will direct the conference. ORGANIZE TO RUSH | GREAT LAKES WOR Twenty Nautical Construction s Adopt Code Required for $24,000.000 Projects. | | ¥ 1.—Meeting the eli- gibility requirements for bidding under the $3.300,000.000 Federal construction | projects. heads of 20 nautical construc- tion companies today adopted a prac- tice code for submission under the industrial recovery act. d The recommendations were adopted after an_all-day session and were whipped into shape by J. F. Cushing and E. M. Foley. the president and sec- | retary of the new organization formed and to be known as the River and Harbor Improvement Association | Cushing said that haste in formulat- , ing code was c dered neces: £0 that members could bid and the let- ! ter of contracts start on $24.000.00c worth of improvements which have been allotted to the Great Lakes by the chief of the Army Engineering Corps. The companies represented at the meeting control about 76 per cent of the industry on the lakes, and under the terms of the bill must draw up a code of fair trade and labor practice. minimum wage for this class of work will be 50 cents an hour, the minimum scale for the State of New | York. Scales for other classes of work- ers on these projects. some 20.000 men will be based on the union scale for this gection. ASTOR DAUGHTER ENGAGED TO LORD Phyllis Nancy to Marry Willough-, by De Eresby, Son of Earl. Br the Associated Press. LONDON. July 1—Phyllis Nancy aughter of Viscount Astor, is cngaged to Lord Willoughby De Ercsby., the son { the Earl of Lanaster and the heir itle end estates (Viscountess Astor is the Nancy Langhorne of Virginia). Lord Willoughby De Eresby’s mother is the former Eloise Breese. daughter of the late W. L. Breese of New York. Phyllis inherits her mother's vivaci- ous temperament and energy. She was a keen horsewcman until she was rown and injured while hunting three years ago. She has been working iwo vears in the office of a real| te firm in London Lord Willoughby De Eresby, a noted | amateur steeplechase rider, also was | thrown and injured two vears ago. | Phyllis. as the daughter of the Vis- | count. has the complementary title “ihe hororable.” former . | Boy Hurt by Firecracker. 1‘ | ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 1 (Special). —Russell Thompson, 8. of Vienna, Va., was treated at the Alexandria Hos- pital last night for burrs to his thumb and index finger. caused by the ex-| plaémn 0( a firecra(‘kcr in | i | | T | Would you like to enlist in the “NEW DEAL" movement? Could you, with the use of a small sum of money, wipe the slate of all those old, dragging. “pesky” bills and start off afresh with a brand-new budget which would eliminate all of your financial worries? At any of our offices you can secure dignified, confidential finan- cial assistance and advice which will enable you to get in line with the time: and on your own re- sponsibilits Phone, write or call to sce us for complete information. Maryland Personal Bankers 8105 Georgia Ave. Silver Spring., Md., Shep. 2854 Bethesda Personal Bankers 6982 Wisconsin Ave. Bethesda, Md. Wis. 4374 Peoples Personal Bankers 3308 R. L. Ave. Mount Rainier, Md. Dec. 1240 Public Small Loan Co. Neo. 7 Harlow Ave.. Rosslyn, Va. Wast 2443 We ~-c o8 c'ose a3 ycurte'cpliane | various plans for “Heart Block,’ Rare Surgical Condition, Is Fatal to Girl, 7 By the Associated Press SEATTLE, Julv 1.—Seven-year- old Marjorie Kelly died yesterday while under an anesthetic un- dergoing a plastic surgery opera- tion, a victim. physicians said. of “heart block,” a rare medical phenomenon. “‘Heart block’ means the an- esthetic affected that portion of the brain which directs the heart’s pulsations,” said Dr. H. V. Wurdemann, who performed the operation “It is a very rare condition. occurring at the most once in perhaps 2500 cases. WALLAGE FAVORS CORN-HOGS PARLEY Suggests National Conference | in July to Help Lay Al- lotment Plans. an belt Quring mid- s for applying the products, which are closely related in price and supply. Wallace. a corn farmer in his own right, said that during his recent 10-day trip through the Middle West he found farmers intensely interested in the pro- gram for corn and hogs, but progress made in working out a plan by representatives from the entire belt. He said that at the national con- ference representatives could explore adjusting corn and hog production which he and others have suggested, including corn land {leasing. hog allotments and bonuses to c paid for light hogs to reduce ton- nege this year. Wallace recently said that up to 20 mililon acres of corn land could justi- fiably be taken out of production. Marriage Licenses Issued. UPPER MARLBORO. Md. July 1 (Special) —Marriage licenses have been issued here to the following: Wil- {liam C. Bander, 27, Powell, Ohio, and Dorothy Bell. 27. Hyattsville, Md.: | John T. Lanford. 22. Greenville, S. C., ! and Sally Mae Haley, 21, Atlanta, Ga.. ! Jack A. Verbeck. Washington, and Esther Eiring, 20, Larham, Md. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. Fireman, Bare-Handed, Traps :Bul One Swarm Implants | 100 Stings in Oppos- | ‘ ing Eviction. ‘[ TEVE POPE, a fireman attached | to No. 6 Engine Company, has| been stung by bees so many| times now he’s almost immune | to a sting. In fact. he claims he would rather be stung by a bee than bitten by a mosquito. | At least 100 small marks on Pope's bear mute cvidence of his latest 1 unter with bees and testify to sincerity of his fearlessness. Pope is the Fire Devartment’s bec experi. H2's the man who is sent out to round up all belligerent bees after others have failed Thus far this year Pope has 10 no- madic swarms to his credit. He's pickea them by the handful out of trees all over town. He's even scraped them off | irm alarm boxes into a paper bags | al | while crowds looked on in \\undcr‘menl | little Swarm Protests Ejection. Pope’s last episode with bees, how- | ever, was about his worst. That oc- | curred Friday afternoon when he was | called to a house on Legation street to move a family of bees that a painter was afraid to disturb. t Pope succeeded, but not until a hur- dred or so maddened bees implanteu their siingers into his bare arms in protest aga‘nst the rude ejection. Pope gces about his bee-catching business in a svstematic wey of his own design. He thinks bee-catching is a great sport—much than fire fighting or even a e of golf. His equipment consists only of a wire screen, which he places over his eyes when attacking a nest of bees. 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Established 1888 ~ PAINTS—GLASS “Ride to Reilly’s”—FREE Parking at Capital Garage 1334 New York Ave. and CLARENDON, VA. ’Phone CLar. 375 District’s Belligerent Bees STEVE POPE. —Star Staff Photo. proposes handed “Naturally, I feel the sting of a bee.” 2-Seat Glider $3.98 Strong spring construc- tion. Well uphfik!l‘r!d 50c @ Week Lawn Swing 34.98 Canopy extra. Nicely fin- hed 31 .88 No Mail or Phone Orders 2-Door Metal Refrigerator $ 1 0.80 Nicely finished. to continue to work bare bors that need to be JULY much, though, and I don't mind :it. The sting of a bee has no more eflect on me than the bite of a mosquito. “Sort of Immune.” | “I suppose I've been stung so often {I'm sort of immune to the usuai effect | of & bee sting. Swelling never develcps |any more. After I pick the stingers| |out, the only evidence left 1s a small, red bump on my skin, no largcs than | |a pin prick.” Pope has been “playing” with bees, | as he describes it, ever since he was| |a small boy on his father's farm out | in Ohio. He learned, at that time | | everything there was to know about | ;bres and their habits, and even devised | some original schemes for catching' | them. | | " Rounding up bees when swarming is | easy, according to Pope. The most | important thing is to caich the queen, he said, although finding her is a difficult job sometimes m a swarm of 1,000 or more bees. The hardest job, however, Pop> said. | is breaking up a nest after the bees have established a home and stored away some honey. That's what he had to_do, Friday out on Legation street. Pope’s bee catching activities ho been somewhat profitabie, since all he catches he takes home to his apiary and lets the busy little bees make honey | for him. | Pope said bravely. “It doesn't hurt i Cristobal and Balboa, the only har- | used by ships passing through the Panama Canal, are under United States rule. 2, 1933—PART ONE. SCHOOL FOR ALIENS OPENS WEDNESDAY Americanization Classes to Be Held for Seven Weeks of Summer. The Washingtoi Americanization School for foreigners who are soon to take out their naturalization papers will open for its seven-week, Summer term next Wednesday. tudents are eing enrolled &t the Webster School. Tenth and H streets, where the day and night naturalization classes are to bo held Miss Maude E. Aiton, director of the school, reported 270 of its students re- ceived their citizenship papers during the past year. Examinations are given monthly at the school by the District director of naturalization and certifi- cates are issued by the court after hearings. Classes are offered for beginners, in- | termediate and advance groups in Eng- lish. Children are given coaching so they may enter the proper grade in A A R N b W W\ o\ the Fall. Students graduating from the English courses are given standing {in Thnsc prepared for entrance to uni- versities are given special coaching in English and literature. The school offers alto many informal classes, such as parental education and child welfare and home training. A nursery is open at the school where mothers may leave their young children in care of a trained matron while they attend the morning classes. Several ‘ sewing machines are at the disposal of mothers. At the same time they learn ‘ something of child psychology .rom the | matron. The faculty for the Summer con- sists of Miss Aiton, director; Mrs. E. ‘Wood, assistant: Miss Vera Parker, Miss E. 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