davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
House of Mercy Benefit
Scheduled November %

Plans are well under way for the
concert to be given for the benefit Of
the House Of Mercy, Monday. November
"a, at o'clock, in the small ball room
of the Willard Hotel
The artists will be Miss Mildred Dill
ing, harpist, who has appeared in Wash
ington before and whose programs are
always interesting and delightful, and
Miss Heloise Russell Ferguson, who
will give old Gaelic and Scottish songs
in costume.
Nine. Florian Vurpillot, 1859 @ street
who is treasurer of the entertainment
and in charge Of the tickets, announces
the following box holders: Mrs. Henry
Fitch, Mrs. George r. Cecil, Mrs. Delos
A. Blodgett, Mrs. Charles Graves Mat
thews, MRS. John rutherford, Mrs.
Harold N. Marsh and Mrs. John l.
Proctor.
Among those who have already taken
tickets are Mrs. Thomas w. Lockwood,
Mrs. John w. Davidge, Mrs. William
Earle Clarke, Mrs. Charles D. Drayton,
Miss Annie NJ. Hegemen, Mrs. Duncan
c. Phillips, Mrs Re Barney T. Phillips,
Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman, Mrs. Frazier
d. Head, Mrs. Frank Anderson, Mrs.
Frederick de Courcy Faust, Mrs. Cary
T. Grayson, Mrs. Edward s. Perot, and
Mrs. Henry @. Morris.
Tickets may be obtained at the
willard Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
Unique List of Guests
At Halloween Party

Pirates, clowns, Chinese and Turkish
ladies were some of the attractively
masked guests, 40 in number, who
gathered at the home of DR.. and Mrs.
Milton II. Prospect on South River,
opened especially for Halloween party.
An oyster roast was held on the
electric lights. Motion pictures were
shown from q beautifully decorated
&heater. Dancing and games were en-
3oyed in the house, where every room
was tastefully decorated with gorgeous
autumn leaves and cut flowers. A late
buffet supper was served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
OF Personal Interest to
Washington Residents

Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Blumgardt of
New York announce the engagement of
their daughter Dorothy to Mr.. irving J.
Freist Of New York and Deal, N. j. They
win hold q reception Sunday evening
November 80, at O'Clock, at the Savoy
Plaza, New York. Mr.. Fest is a son
of Mrs. Abram Feist, who has often
visited here, and who has many rela-
tives and friends In Washington.
Mrs. Rudolph B. Behrend was host
ess Wednesday, in her home, on Mill
tary road, at luncheon. Covers were
laid for nine guests.
Mrs. Nat kaufman of New York was
guest for several days last week OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Giles Heilprin.
Seeing America First" was presented
Thursday night at the Community
Center, at the meeting of the Council
of Jewish Juniors. This was the first
of series Of programs that viii be
presented in connection with the
monthly meetings of the Juniors. A
social hour followed.
Mr. Emanuel Schloss, who is attend
ing Syracuse University and played on
the Syracuse soccer team against An
napolis, spent two days here with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
Schloss. He left for Syracuse Thurs
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Gewirz enter
tanned the Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority
of George Washington University with
rush tea in their home in Chevy
Chase Sunday afternoon, November. 2
from to z O'Clock. The table deco
rations were of Autumn foliage. DR.
and Mrs. Abram Simon were guests of
honor.
The Council of Jewish Women will
give an Armistice day program at their
regular monthly meeting, Tuesday aft
ernoon, November IL, at 2:3O o'clock
at the Community Center Mrs. Harry
Benton, new president, will preside.
The camille L. Lyon Memorial Study
Circle will resume, under the leader
ship of Mrs. Herman Hollander, in the
reception room of the Community
Center, the first and third Thursdays OF
each month, beginning November 20, al
10:45 am.
Miss Esther Sherry was hostess at a
dinner party Saturday night November
l, at the Woodmont Country Club, fol-
her two sisters, the Misses Sylvia and
Gertrude Sherry, and two classmates at
Goucher College, the Misses Dorothy
Blatt and Hermine Kahn, who spent
the week end in Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Sherry have re-
turned to their home on Decatur street
from a stay in Atlantic City.
Miss Frances Luchs, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Morton Luchs, entertained a
Halloween party over the week end at
their Summer bungalow, Lux Manor,
near Bethesda. Twenty young folks
were in the party Halloween night, all
in fancy costumes, and during the eve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

clair Bowen, Mr.. w. Leroy Coghill Of
New York, Miss Mary Alsop Cryder,
Mrs. Reginald de Koven Of New York,
Mrs. George Dallas Dixon Of Philadel-
pllia, Mr.. Edward II. Droop, Mrs. Frank
S. Hambleton of Baltimore, Mrs. Lowell
Fletcher Hobart, Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe, Mrs. Edgar Stillman Kelley of
Ohio, Mrs. Hugo A. Koehler Of st. Louis,
Mrs. Edward Mcdowell of Peterboro,
Mrs. Ethelbert Nevin of New York, Mr..
Frank B. Moves, Mr.. Newbold NoyeS,
Mrs. Richard H. Peasants Of Baltimore,
Mrs. Benjamin Prince of New York,
Mrs Eugene Coleman Savidge Of New
York, DR.. Ernest Schelling of New
York, Mrs. M. B. Schirmer Of New
York, Mrs. Townsend Scott OF Balti-
more, DR.. Joseph SiZoo, Mrs. Joseph M.
Stoddard, Mrs. Otto Sutro, Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend, Miss Elizabeth
Hawkins Williams of Baltimore.
The proceeds above expenses are to
start fund for composers who have
not the wherewithal to devote more
time to creative work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
Series of Musicales
To Open December IL

The dates announced for the "Salon
Sutro" at the Carlton Hotel this sea-
son are Friday afternoon, December IL
Colonial music; Friday afternoon, jan
uary 8, Walter Kramer, composer
pianist, and assisting artists to be an
nounced, and Friday afternoon, Febru-
airy 20, Howard Hanson, composer
pianist and assisting artists, to be an
nounced. Each musicale starts at
o'clock in the afternoon.
They will be under the distinguished
patronage of Frau Won Prittwitz, Mrs.
William Howard Taft, Nine. Peter,
Nine. van Royen, Mrs. Louis d. Bran
deis, Mrs. william De Witt Mitchell,
Senator and Mrs. Thomas D. Schall of
Minnesota, Senator Phillips Lee Colds
borough of Maryland, Gov. Albert G.
Ritchie of Maryland, Dr. G. G. Abbott,
Mrs. John w. Alexander of New York,
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, Mrs. w. Sin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

the University Of Pennsylvania, Is
passing the week end with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Motron Luchs on Con-.
necticut avenue.
Mis- Sylvia Sherry Is in Princeton.
N. j., over the week end and attended
the foot ball game there. and the dance
that followed last night.
Mr.. Samuel Cohn of Chicago spent
the past week in the city, guest Of
relatives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
Capital Buds in Line
For Honors Awarded
In World of Society
Debutante Season Opens Of
6cially With Teas and
Dances Featuring Pro-
sram-One Group Aiding
Hospital Workers.

with the debutante season officially
opened and teas and dances filling the
calendar of Washington society, 1t
would scarcely seem possible for the
buds to do anything else but keep en-
gagementS. However, there Is one lit
tie foursome of this group who have
agreed to steal time of and do some
work on the side. They have chosen
the Ladies Aid Society Of Garfield
Memorial Hospital, which has recently
formed junior group, and of which
they have become members. They are
Miss Margene MuSSer daughter of Col.
and Mrs. r. g. MuSSer; Miss Elizabeth
Edison, daughter of Mrs. Bessie Edison;
Miss June Cushing, daughter OF MIR.
and Mrs. George Holmes Gushing, and
Miss Virginia Glazebrook, daughter Of
DR.. and Mrs. Larkin w. Glazebrook.
These girls, who are very close friends,
and who are constantly together, will
spend few days of each week work.
ing at the hospital.
Miss Gushing has chosen December
20 as the date of her presentation,
which will be in the form of a tea
dance at the Mayf1ower Hotel. She is
also serving on the Debutante Com
u1ittee for the Armistice ball, of which
Miss MusSer Is chairman. Other mem
beers Of the committee are Miss Glaze
crime Kingman, Miss Lucille Swift and
Miss Edison, all of whom are buds
of this season. They are taking active
parts in preparation for the BAN, which
Is being given by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. Tuesday night at the
Mayfiower Hotel.
Miss Georgette VERIFY, daughter of
Gen. and Mrs. Charles H. Bridges,
arrived In the Capital Thursday and
will spend the Winter with her parents,
who will present her to society at a
tea at the Washington Barracks later
In the season
Miss Juliana VERIFY has gone to Los
Angeles, where she will be for the
Winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Robb will
entertain for their daughter, Miss
Cecilia Calvert Robb, at a luncheon
Friday, November %, at the Mayflower
IN compliment to Miss Sylvia Contee
Meredith and Miss Carolyn Walker,
debutantes of this season.
Although Miss Robb will make no
formal debut and will continue her
studies ct Bryn Mawr, she will take
part in the debutante festivities of this
season, since many of her classmates
from Miss Madeira's School will be
introduced.
MI. ana MIS-. RoDD are planning
several parties for their daughter and
among them viii be one given Tor Miss
Barbara Korff and Miss Virginia Elan
merry, also of this seasons buds.
Miss Susanna Bagley Wallace, debu.
tante daughter of Mrs. F. Bagley Wal
lace, will return to her home this eve
ming after spending a few days in
Boston, where she attended the foot
ball game.
Miss Betty West and Miss EleanoR
Calvert were among the debutantes who
attended the Navy-Ohio foot ball game
yesterday in Baltimore, where they
spent the day.
The Washington times., 1930-02-05
GANG LAYS
BETTER THAN
MILE A DAY
BY E. E. DUFFY

When good road builders get
together things happen. One paw
ing outfit last year in Illinois built
81 miles of l8-foot wide hard
pavement in 20 weeks. Not SO
long as is years ago a month
was scarcely sufficient to con
Struct a single mile Of concrete.
The modern highway paving
Job bespeaks efficiency as much
as the making Of tin cans. but
tons, or automobiles. Equipped
with machinery that quickly
whirls sand, stone, water and
cement into the conglomerate
mass known as concrete, the mod
ern roadbuilder is now able to
cope with the problem of how
to keep pace with the automobile.
Used To Worry
There was q time when motor.
lists Of the community shuddered
when they learned that o pave
ment was to be laid, for they
knew that perhaps the roadway
would be closed for as much as
a year. Nowadays the fear Of
the detour exists only in mild
form, for pavements are quickly
thrown open to traffic and high
way builders generally provide by
passes that hamper the motoriSt
little.
Pavement building has pro-
gressed to that stage where it can
be said with certainty that high
way builders can meet fany COM
munity's motoring demandS-if
given the opportunity.
Picture this paving project men,
toned above. The contractor
one Of thousands who know their
business thoroughly, studied the
task welN before work was started.
He installed an industrial railway,
large Notwithstanding plant, and
other devices necessary to the
mass production.
Puts On Night Shift
He determined that a small
night shift that would take care Of
the details for the following days
run would be a stroke of good
business.
With everything in readiness,
and despite an extremely heavy
rainfall. this one paving mixer
marched down the roadbed, leav-
ing behind in a single days run
as much as 2,133 feet of finished
concrete.
The Washington times., 1930-02-05
DE SOTO BOASTS
STRAIGHT 8

The new De Soto Straight Eight,
companion car to the famous De
Soto Six, has the distinction Of
being the worlds lowestpriced
eight-cylinder automobile. This
new model not only holds the
low-price honors in the eight
cylinder field, but it makes
Chrysler Motors, for the first
time in it's history. the builder of
the lowestpriced car in any par
ticular class.
"The new De Sofa is an
answer to the demand for Ugh
class performance, comfort, and
other modern details at a moder.
ate price," says l.. G. Peed, gen.
eral sales manager Of the De
Soto Motor Corporation. TO
days motoring public Is decidedly
eight-clyinder-minded. The DE
Soto is the result Of three years
experimentation by Chrysler
Motors engineers. and proves
conclusively that it costs no more
for a staff Of expert engineers,
representing the best brains in
the automotive industry, to pro
duce a high-quality product for
sale at q low price, than It does
to build one not so good.
The Washington times., 1930-02-05
841,GO0 AUTOS
SOLD ABROAD
IN 1928

Despite high tariff barriers
American automobile producers
sold 100000 passenger cars and
$4,000 trucks in Europe in 1929,
the Commerce Department an.
nounced today.
Sales Of other than American
passenger ears were estimated at
423,0 and Of trucks at 100000,
or a total of $4,000 automobiles
Of all glasses and makes.
"A number Of American as
sembly plants in Europe were
closed either temporarily of per
manently In 1929" said A. w
Childs, chief of the automotive
division. Three. or four new
plants were constructed. There
seems to. be a tendency toward
q more conservative attitude in
the operation Of American as
sembly plants in Europe"
Chi1dS asserted that the effect
Of tariff policies, crop, industrial
and general economic conditions
and the unpredictable movement
Of exchanges will be incalculable
influences reflected in the Euro
pean automotive market during
1880.
In addition to tariff Obstacles
American manufacturers have
other severe handicaps to over
come in Europe. Producers Of
those countries are endeavoring
to improve their cars and reduce
prices. Some Of the manufac-
turers have adopted the operat-
ing process Of United States.
The Washington times., 1930-02-05
HUMAN NATURE
DECIDES LIFE
Of TIRES

Aided by the efficient co-opera-
ton Of the United States Bureau
Of Standards, American tire man.
ufacturers have succeeded in
standardizing their product on a
high level of quality and dura-
bility.
In laboratory tests, tires of
given size and grade often vary
less than 10 per cent in their
resistance to wear. But put these
same tires on cars of different
makes, add the further Compli-
eating factor of drivers who vary
from zero to 100 per cent in the
care which they give their rub
Der. their brakes and their wheel
alignment, and all possibility Of
Standardization vaniShes.
Initiation Is First
Chief of these variables is the
all-important matter Of proper
initiation. It is established that
II American motorists took All
oath to test their tires personally
once a week, and lived up to- it,
they could add many millions of
miles to their tire mileage and
save on the average at least $50
apiece every year.
If there is not sufficient air in
the tire to carry the load, the
weight is transmitted to the
fabric carcaSS-causing bending
Of the side wall of the tire. This
condition results in break
which pinches the tube, causing
o slow leak or blowout.
Under-infIatiOn Costly
Keeping a tire at too, low a
pressure is also the reason for
the separation of the tread rub
Der from the carcass or between
layers of fabric or cord. Spotty
tread wear is also due to under
initiation.
Keeping a tire at the pressure
specified by the manufacturer is
not difficult. provided valve cores
are renewed at regular intervals
and missing caps are promptly re-
placed. The cap serves as a sec,
ondary seal, and most of the
"slow leaks" which lead to under
inlation and blowouts are usually
traced to neglect of these small,
inexpensive but important acceS-
SorieS.
The Washington times., 1930-02-05
Rawley Springs May
Boom Again AS Resort

HARRISONBURG, Va, Feb. S.
Purchase Of one-half interest in
the Rawley Springs resort prop
erty, famed for over a century
as a health center, by the Inter.
state Service Company, the hold
ing company organized by the
Pankey interests here year ago,
was announced yesterday by Amos
V. Pankey, president Of the inter
state concern.
Interest is aroused in the trans
action with the possibility that
Rawley Springs. which was one
Of the most famous health re-
sorts in the East UP to 20 years
ago, may be revived for that pur-
pose.
The Washington times., 1930-02-05
Wages for Prisoners
Urged by Commission

ALBANY, N. Y. Feb. S U.N.SO
Wages should be paid working"
convicts at Sing Sing prison, the
commission of correction declared
in a report today.
No suggestion is made In the
report as to the amount of wages
to be paid. This would be left
to the legislature.
The Washington times., 1930-02-05

A farewell dinner was staged
last night by q group Of Major
Lee CampbeIl's friends In the
Presidential suite Of the VIII
lard.
The major for the past four
years has been detailed to
Washington and has been in
charge of the designing and
manufacture of armOred cars
and tanks for the Ordinance
Department of the u. S. A.
Major Lee Campbell Is now on
leave ana will today depart for
a four month European tour
and upon his return will be
stationed at Rock Island. Ill.
The following we're members
of Major Campbell'S farewell
party: Ben Ourisman, b. M.
Price, Col. Ned Bricker, Ma jOr
Walter P. BOatwright, Major C.
A. Schimelfenig, Capt. J. X.
Christmas, Louis Payne, Charles
Clark, ]. Leo Sugrue, Roy Hayes
and James E. Diver,
The Washington times., 1930-02-05

The Home That Was Built for YOU
can be located through Times CIassI-
fled Real Estate Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-02-05

eeprish& 1890 BY Dodus Brothers CerporstIoa
The Washington times., 1930-04-05
Zeppelin Base Near
Alexandra Likely

N. j., with officials Of the Naval
Air Station.
A complete study of meteorolog,
ical conditions with Lieut.. F. w.
Richelderfer, Astrological expert OF
the station, brought out the fact
that Alexandria showed the most
favorable all-round conditions for
flying. Cities all over the country
have been studied.
The transatlantic service will
begin about June /, DR.. Eckener
said. Mail and freight will be
transported for the first few trips
across, but q bimonthly passenger
service will be inaugurated shortly
afterward. Fare will be $1,000
each way.
DR.. Eckener is on his way to
Akron, Ohio, to confer on the
construction of hangar to house
the huge airShip. He plans to
sail for Germany April Is to
make preparations to sail the
Graf to BuenoS Aires. From there
he will fly to LakehurSt, arriving
about May 25.
The Washington times., 1930-04-05
CROTTS UNABLE
To LEAVE BED

Because the condition Of James
CrottS. who was shot March l9
by Detective Spotteswood F.
Gravely, Third precinct, has not
improved as well as was expected,
the arraignment Of Gravely in
Police Court on a charge OF as
sault with a dangerous weapon
has been postponed until April ID.
Crotts was shot in the left
side. Physicians at Casualty Hos
pital refused to authorize his ap-
pearance in court yesterday.
GraVely and Detective w. F.
Burke, his running mate. claim
that Crotts was shot in their at
tempt to Illustrate an attempted
"shakedown" Of Rose Marie Fos-
ter, occupant of a house In the
1900 block First st. N. w.
While he is named as COM
plainant in the assault charge.
Crotts himself faces a charge of
attempted extortion as soon as
he RECEIVERS, in which Gravely
and Burke are witnesses listed.
Two men, said to have been with
him, Policeman Ardie Swortzel and
John C. Elgin. have already been
held for the Grand Jury.
The Washington times., 1930-04-05
WOMAN WAN TED
FOR GOVERNOR

Mrs. Jesse w. Nicholson, of
Chevy Chase, Md, has been in
dorsed by the Democratic Law En-
forcement clubs of Montgomery
county. Md, for the position Of
governor of Maryland.
Although Mrs. Nicholson has
neither affirmed or denied her &C
tive candidacy, she made a bitter
attack upon Governor Ritchie, the
board of county commissioners
and the Democratic machine at
the meeting that indorSed her for
the gubernatorial office.
Mrs. Nicholson, who founded the
county clubs, has waged an active
fight against the Democratic ma
chine in Montgomery county, and
has brought many Of the old.line
party members to her support.
The several clubs have passed
resolutions in which the member
ships are pledged to work actively
for her nomination and election.
The Washington times., 1930-04-05
BILL
FATE STUDIED
BY SENATORS
Dale, Couzens and Mcclellan
To Decide If Upper House
Will Accept Amendments

An informal meeting of the
Senate conferees on the civil SER
vice retirement bill was to be
held today with Senator Dale,
Vermont; Couzens, Michigan, and
McKeller, Tennessee, participat-
ing.
The first joint meeting of the
Senate and House conferees
brought no agreement on the
Dale-Lehlbach bill and Represen.
tative Lehlbach, chairman of the
House Civil Service committee,
announced the next move would
be up to the Senate. At the
initial conference Senator Dale
voiced opposition to the House,
amendments, which he construed
as complicated, and there was
practically no progress in the
conference.
Thereafter, the Senate con-
ferees decided to get together in
an informal discussion of their
future course. The next meeting
Of the conference committee rep
reSenting the two houses will not
be called until Senator Dale,
author of the original Senate
civil service bill, asks for it.
Senators Dale, CouzenS and
Mcclellan exnected todav tn 90
over the House amendments in
detail and to make a closer
study of them. A decision will
be reached later concerning
whether the Senate should stand
for its own bill, effect a COM
promise with the House. or accept
the House amendments.
The Washington times., 1930-04-05
Woman Found Missing
AS Liner Reaches Port

Helen Marie Fink, "a, 800 block
East Capitol ST., secretary to the
late Representative w. w. Griest
of Pennsylvania, was reported
missing from the Panama Pacific
liner Virginia when it docRed
yesterday at San Diego. Calf.
Miss Fink was on her way to
visit relatives in California. Last
Wednesday she sang in a ships
concert and the, following morn
ing was missing from her state
room. The ship was searched
but revealed no trace Of the
woman. .it..
She is known to have been in
i'll health and Capt. James E.
Roberts said that during the
voyage she appeared to be the
victim of melancholia. It Is be-
,lieved that she may have. thrown
herself overheard.
The Washington times., 1930-04-05
DISTRICT VOTES
AGAINST DRYS

The District is overwhelmingly
wet in sentiment according to
incomplete tabulations Of the
Literary Digest prohibition poll
made public here last night.
The tabulation shows that out
Of 10,9O2 ballots received thus
far from District residents, 5,O62
voted for repeal of the Eighteenth
amendment: 3,347 express them
selves for modification and 2,493
favor enforcement.
These figures according to many
wet leaders are particularly Signi-
ficant coming as they do from
the dry organizations principal
headquarters.
The vote to date in other
cities in various sections of the
country is as follows:
The Washington times., 1930-04-05

contributing staff" includes
lawyers, bankers. real estate
men, brokers and newspaper
men. The publication is a
hobby with Mr.. Morse, the
Washington representative of
j. and W. Seligman Company,
bond and investment brokers.
He calls it THE Frantic Wire
less" For awhile it was Time
toburn." Frank Morse, who
gives most of his friends the
title of Doctor" used to be,
at different times. bank clerk.
theatrical press agent. advance
man, newspaper reporter, Sun
day editor and dramatic critic.
He is one of the beSt-known
and best-liked business execu-
tives in washington.
The Washington times., 1930-04-05
Strange Note Found
On Body of Suicide

For some reason not known to
me was put on the wrong train,
was what note contained. found
on the body of a man identified as
H. M. RoSSheim who committed
suicide on a train near Columbia,
S. c., Thursday night. ,.
Other letters found in his
pockets we're. said to mention the
name of Edgar Hoover, Of the
Department of Justice and it was
thought that he might have been
secret agent. Hoover declared
that he has no record Of any man
by that name ever having been
connected with the Bureau Of In
VeStigation.