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ingS heard from Maine to California
and from Canada to the Gulf.
To ascertain what the weather will be for
the next six weeks after February 2-Candle-
mas day--individuals have been known to roll
out OF bed bright and early on this particular
day to be up "betimes," as Pepys wrote, ito
see if there be any sun today to cast back upon
the ground Mr.. Groundhogs shadow so to
send him scampering back into his hole for
another six weeks of Information from the cold,
Wintry weather to come"
Which brings up the question Of just what is
the status of the grounding as weather
prophet. Is he really any good? What is his
record? The public, seemingly, has much faith
in him So much so that February 2 in the
United States is almost nationalized in his
behalf overshadowing the significance of the
day as a religious feast. We hear more of
"Groundhog day. than we do of CandlemaS
day-the day on which candles for the altar
and other sacred uses in Christian churches are
blessed.
Among Uncle Sans ofhcial weather men at
Washington, D. c., Mr.. Grounding has no
standing as a weather prophet. canvass Of
that station to discover if he is taken seriously
enough to rate a record being kept of his
weather representations brought forth only
amused smiles. The eminent meteorologist
DR.. w. ]. Humphreys shook his head sadly
when the writer approached him soberly on
the subject of MIR. Grounding and his activities.
I'VE can't accept him." said DR.. Humphreys.
1--WE have not even kept tab on his work for
one year, let alone period Of years. He's
just another popular superstition from the
standpoint of the trained weather man.
RUT if Mr.. Grounding is below the notice Of
DR.. Humphreys and his associates he is
not below that of an unknown genius with .
penchant for tracing to their lair such tradi-
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Say Official
w ca ther Fore
casters at w ash
ington, D. c., as
They Dig Up the
Bureau Records.
BY JOHN LEO COONTZ.

On Condemns day the bear, the badger
o. sOOodchuck comes out to see his sh0doD at
noon. IT he does not it he remains out.
but If he does see it he goes back to his hole
for sir DeekS, and cold heather continues for
ste weeks longer
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proverb for the United States as re-
CARDS the grounding, or wcodchuck.
1t is one of many weather-lore say
ingS heard from Maine to California
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mike" to the world at large. For, when you
stop to think about 1t, he is one OF the few
animated prophets of all that ancient order
of weather charlatans existent from time inn
memorial.
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members Of the Army and Navy Chap
ter, d. C. d. A. n, VII give silver tea
this afternoon from 70 s o'clock In
the residence Of Mrs Rudolph NJ. 0r4s-
void. at 214i wisconsin avenue. for
the benefit Of the d. G. d. A. r. Chap
ter house. Assisting the hostess win be
Mrs. George W. MoIver. Mrs. Joseph
CASTOR, Mrs. David Rumbough, Mrs.
David 9. Shanks, Mrs. N. G. Barney,
Mrs. William H. Carter. Mrs. Roy T.
Morris, Miss Helen Harman, state re-
gent; Mrs. David d. Caldwell. vice
president general, N. 9. d. A. h; mrs.
CONTINUED on FIFTH Page.)
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johnson, the dean Of the School Of
Pharmacy and Mrs. Louis F. Bradley,
the dean of the School Of Education
and Mrs. william Carl Ruediger and
the dean Of the Junior College and Mrs.
Henry Grattan Doyle.
The club win present as it's closing
appearance Of the season an elaborate
program Of choral numbers. under the
direction Of Or. Robert Howe Harmon.
The program includes three groups Of
songs by the Mems Club, one group by
the Women's Club, one group by the
combined clubs and q group Of BARI
tone solos by Mr.. Henry Nestor.
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0lee Club win have as guests OF honor
at the annual Spring concert toEnor-
row night at the Maynower the presi-
dent of the university and Mrs, Cloyd
Heck Marvin, the provost and Mrs. VIII
liam Allen Wilbur, the acting dean Of
Columbian College and Mrs. John Dom
aldson, the dean Of the Graduate
SCHOOL OF Letters and Sciences and
Miss Alice aenning. the assistant dean
of the School Of Medicine and MIS-.
oscar Benwood Hunter, the acting dean
of the Law School and Mrs. Charles =;
Collier. the acting dean Of the School
of Engineering and Mrs. Arthur r.
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the concert WIN be followed by
dancing.
The Gray Ladies' Of the Red Cross
Volunteer Service have sent out invi-
tations for the memorial service In the
new Memorial Chapel at Walter Reed
General Hospital Thursday afternoon,
May Al, at 4 o'clock.
Mrs. Carl A. LoefIier entertained at
luncheon at the Kenwood Country Club
Yesterday for Is guests. Those who re-
mained through the afternoon to play
bridge were Mrs. Earl Venable, Mrs.
Thomas Creighton, Mrs. Harry Saint.
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Foundations

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boninR Size 40
the heavier hge made OF
section. 35 81 $3.50
s.Sia5O Scanes silk. with boomer leg
SSsOo CIe in model with
ribbon combined with ribbontrmmed gaes Sizes 81
Gid 12inch length with
pairs slightly with lacing either side Sizes
$3.50 and So 50 Brasaieres many lovely
$loO
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niai council this week IN the Carlton
Hotel.
MRS. David A. mpyder entertained .
company Of 80 10y ct luncheon at
the Shoreham H6A4 In compliment to
Mrs. Copeland Jones Of st. Paul, MINI.
Prince and Princess Vladimir Eristayi,
who have spent some time In Miami,
Fla, are In washington for q few days
and staying at WArdman Park Hotel.
They are returning to their home in
indianapolis shortly.
Countess de Malroy, who makes hef
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Mrs. James l.. Baitty. Mrs. Webster
Ballinger, Mrs. Leon Coyi Of Canada,
Mrs. Harry Milans, MRS. Edwin Swingle,
Mrs. James McAghan, Mrs May Spang-
Ter, Mrs. Leslie Bifie. Mrs. L. H. Han
nah, Mrs. Ralph Potter, Mrs. Robert
Hardesty, Mrs Powell Grady and Mrs.
Nat Lacy.
Mrs. Francis Benjamin was hostess
for "a guests yesterday in compliment
to Mrs. James Andrews, president, and
Mrs. John Lowell, vice president, OF the
National Society Of the Colonial Danes
of America, which is holding its bien-
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home In the Rits Tower an New YORK
is spending short time at tlae May
flower. where she Is recuperating from
q slight operation.
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commitment to Mrs Charles Boston OF
New York, wife of the president OF the
American Bar Association. Covers were
laid for ~.
Engagement Of Miss Barrett
TO MIR. Mahaffey Announced
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. Barrett OF
1889 valley place southeast announce
Marion Louise, to Mr.. Donald stuart
Mahaffey of Buffalo, N. Y.
Miss Barrett is spending this week
IN washington with her parents. Sun
day she will return to Tampa, Fla,
where she Is now local director OF
Tampa Girl Scouts.
Miss Dorothy Eleanor McCabe,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs; George r.
McCahe. was married to Mr.. Leo A.
Walshe, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick
j. Walshe, yesterday afternoon at
O'Clock by the Rev. Thomas Smyth at
the Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father, and was attended by ner
two sisters, Miss Margaret McCane,
maid of honor, and Mrs. Anthony j..
Byrne, matron of honor, ana ny q
fIower girl. Mary Anne Spreckelmyer,
small niece Of the bridegroom.
Mr.. Bert Walshe was best man Tor
his brother, and the ushers were Mr..
Patrick j. Walshe, jr.; Mr.. Anthony j.
Byrne, Mr.. John I. Spreckelmyer. Mr..
Harry J. Kane. jr.; Mr.. Joseph ]. Shee-
han and Mr.. Frank Rupert.
The ceremony was followed by re-
ception in the garden at Endlane, the
home Of the brides parents.
A wedding of interest in Washington
took place Thursday, April 80, in Jersey
City, when Miss Elizabeth julie Edwards,
daughter Of the late United States Sen
ator Edward I. Edwards and Mrs. Ed
wards, became the bride of Mr.. Jerome
A. La Due. The ceremony was per-
formed in the home Of the bride, with
only members Of the immediate families
present. The Rev. Edward Duffy OF
New York performed the ceremony.
Mr.. La Due and his bride viii make
their home at Montclair.
Former Gov. Angus W. Mclean Of
North Carolina has arrived in Washing
ton and Is at the Carlton for q few
days.
Mrs. James s. steuer entertained a
company at luncheon today at the
Shoreham Hotel in compliment to her
house guests, Mrs. jeanette Gohd and
Mrs. Sadye Dobrin, both Of Newark,
N. j.
Mrs. Franklin d. Jones is entertaining
at tea in her home this afternoon from
3 to O'Clock, when guests are asked
to meet Swami Akhilananda of India,
who will give short talk on his mother
country Assisting Mrs. Jones at the
tea table viii be Mrs. 8. w. Rauscher.
Mrs John o. Spain entertained q
company at luncheon yesterday at the
Shoreham Hotel, the party later spent
the afternoon at bridge In the hotels
card rooms. The guests included Mrs.
J. J.. Shipley, Mrs. James X. Morton,
Mrs. James L. Orr, Mrs. Frederick G.
Hingsburg, Mrs. O. z. Ferguson, Mrs.
Joseph Stengle, Mrs. T. N. Tintcher and
her daughter. Mrs. Hunter, Of Philadel-
phia; Mrs. Waugh p. Heyghster. Mrs.
J. b. Murphy, Mrs. william Wood, Mrs.
Herbert Robertson and Mrs. J. Louise
Weir
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Miss Agnes Andreae and Miss Edna
Peltz were Joint hostesses at . bridge
luncheon Saturday. May 2, in their
apartment In the Kenesaw, before leav-
ing for Newport. where they are the
guests Of Capt. and Mrs. Rogers.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William s. Corby will
be hosts to the members Of the Com
munity Drama Guild Of Washington IN
their home, On Chevy Chase Circle, to-
morrow night at 8 o'clock, when the
guild players win present the final play
reading OF the present season, under
the direction of Miss Adelaide Borah Of
the Arts Club.
Mrs. william J. Peters, chairman OF
the play-reading program of the guild
has chosen q modern comedy for pres
entation tomorrow night, when the
players viii be Miss Marjorie Brockett,
Mrs. Maud Lee Hunt. Mrs. Aurora Pos
ton, Miss Helen Sheckells, Mr.. Denis E.
Connell, Mr.. william 8. Hepner and
Mr.. Arthur B. White.
The final public performance this sea
son by the Community Drama Guild
viii be the annual outdoor play at the
Sylvan theater, which this season will
be THE Piper" to be given In June.
The George Washington University
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SOCIETY

continued Prom Thlrd Page.l
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compliment to Mrs. Charles Boston Of
New York, wife of the president OF the
American Bar-Association. Covers were
laid for ~.
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EILICU EICIICH NICpC DA1pS
that SOFT sippy silk that used to N nE
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Countess de Malroy, who makes hsr
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Tns concert vim be followed b,
Evening star., 1931-05-07

Mrs. James s. Steuer entertained a
company at luncheon today at the
Shoreham Hotel in compliment to her
house guests, Mrs. jeanette Gohd and
Mrs. Sadye Dobrin, both Of Newark,
N, j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

In the first half Of the nineteenth
century, shoemaking still at the do
mestic stage, was a Winter occupation
of the farmers and fishermen of New
England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

introduced my brother and me to the
limitless possibilities Of scientific investi-
CATION, particularly in the field of chem
istry and chemical engineering"
Industrial research today is discover
ing new materials" said Mr.. Mellon,
new processes, and finding new uses
for by-products, many of which in the
past have been discarded as Of no value.
It has opened UP new vistas of what the
future has in store for us-a future
holding infinite promise as we increase
our knowledge Of the elements which
compose the earth and the uses which
can be made Of them"
Honorary Members Elected.
The luncheon was part of the annual
meeting Of the institute, at which busi-
ness was conducted during the after
noon, and many technical papers were
read.
Honorary members elected were DR..
William A. Noyes, DR.. Leo H. Baeke-
land, DR.. William Mcpherson and DR..
Edward c. Franklin. Councillors chosen
were DR.. Arthur e. Hill for the term
expiring in May, 1882: DR.. Allen Rogers,
DR.. Lawrence v. Redman and DR..
Frederick w. IONS, for the terms ex-
piring in May, 1884
Among those at the luncheon were:
DR.. Thomas s. Baker president Car
negie Institute of Technology; Francis
P. Garvan, president the Chemical
Foundation; James D. Gallery, director
Philadelphia Co.; DR.. W. j. Holland,
Carnegie Institute of Technology; How
ard M. johnson, Mellon National Bank
Andrew w. Robertson, Westinghouse
Electric Co.; j. C. Trees, william Blum
chemist Bureau of Standards: Wilson s.
Arbuthnot, president Arbuthnot-Steph-
No6 nll c.
uel Harden Church, president Carnegie
Institute; George s. Dawson, president
Allen S. Dawson Co.; Col. James Frank
Drake, president Gulf Oil Corporation;
Felix P. Eysman, Roy A. Hunt, presi-
lent Aluminium Co. of America; Thomas
H: McCandlesS. vice president Forbes
National Bank; Allen w. McEldowney
vice president Mellon National Bank:
H. C. McEldowney, president Union
Trust Co, PittSburgh; Frank R. Phillips
president the Philadelphia Co.; Henry
A. Phillips and William l.. MELONS.
j.. c. Ramsburg, vice president the
Koppers Co.; George E. Shaw, Reed
Smith, Shaw & McClay; William Wat
son Smith, Smith, Buchanan. Scott &
Gordon; Benjamin Thaw, William @
Warden, Witherspoon Building: Thur
ston Wright, Hill, Wright & Frew; DR.
John o. Bowman, chancellor University
of Pittsburgh; T. A. Mellon Howard
Irish, David E. Finley, A. L. Humphrey
president Westinghouse Air Brakes Co.;
Frank r. Denton, Mellon National
Bank; H. H. McClintic, vice president
McCIintic- Marshall Co.; William s
Moorhead, Sidney 8. Liggett, vice presi-
dent Union Trust Co.; Buckner A. Wal
hngford, Walter Wallingford g. Co.; j
D. Lyon, director A. M. Byers Co.; c. D
! Marshall, president McClintic- Marshall
ACo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10

The Wine and Spirits Central is the
only organization in Sweden having the
right to manufacture and to sell liquor
wholesale
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
HATFIELD HITS
C.OF DISCUSSIONS
Charges Purpose of Interna-
tionaI Meeting Preiudicial
to U. S. Interests.

Sharp criticism Of some Of the dis
cuSsions before the International
Chamber Of Commerce, which he sees
designed for the benefit Of foreign ma
lions at the expense Of American bust
ness and standards of living, was voiced
last night by Senator Hatfield Of West
Virginia. member Of the Senate Com
mittee on Military Affairs.
Senator Hatfield took issue princi-
pally and directly with suggestions for
q downward revision Of American tariff
schedules.
Declaring In q statement released to
the press that the impression that our
laws are responsible for present condi-
tons is false, Senator Hatfield said:
Scene Is Unique.
"The American public Is witnessing
a unique scene-200 international bank
ers and foreign manufacturers meeting
in Washington and deciding what the
American Congress should do for the
enrichment of foreigners, even If such
actions on our part results in the
degradation and irnpoveriShment Of the
American industrial and agricultural
workers"
At the recent meeting Of the United
States Chamber of Commerce at At
lantic City, he declared the wishes of
the international bankers, foreign
manufacturers and American exporters
and manufacturers with factories To-
Gated in foreign countries, were ex-
pressed by Julius H. Barnes.
Denies Tariff Retaliation.
Swinging into discussion of the tariff,
taxation and business depression, Sem
ator Hatfield denied that foreign tariffs
had been increased as a measure of re-
taliation against the United States, said
that imports and exports Of this coun-
try had decreased as much as had
those Of foreign nations, and laid the
charge Of Inconsistency" at the door
Of those who want lower tariffs and
also lower taxes.
Many of those who have been loud
in their denunciation Of the present
tariff also seek tax reduction" he de-
clared. If we reduce our tariff rates
we must raise the difference by other
forms Of taxation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-10
BENNETT READY
FOR GANG DRIVE
Will Launch Attack on Diamond
Group Tomorrow--Hides
Family.
BY the Associated Press.


ALBANY, N. Y, May 9.-As State
and Federal authority carefully began
today to launch Q fight to the finish
with gangsters in the Catskills, Attor-
ney General John j. Bennett, in charge
of the States forces. said he would be
, ready Monday to come to grips with the
Jack Diamond gang before a grand
jury.
Behind his announcement are weeks
Of preparations and a series Of State
trooper raids on purported gangster
inns" and hangouts. Bennett will
hinge his first important attack on evil
dence In the month-old Harry Western
disappearance.
The CatskilI innkeeper vanished, and
his automobile. blood-stafned, was
found in possession of Diamond
henchman, James Dalton. Dalton was
caught last week in q Bennett raid and
is now in jail at Catskill. Bennett hopes
to present facts to the grand jury which
may unravel the mystery.
Meanwhile the pressure on Bennett
from the underworld has increased
measurably. with threatening letters ar
irving daily. He has moved his wife
and family to a secret place Of security
from their Brooklyn home.
Almost 100 Greene County residents
Gin the CatSkills) have been subpoenaed
by United States Attorney George 2
Medalie to appear in New York Mon
day. They will be questioned about pro-
hibition and income tax matters. Many
Of them are city and county ofncials.
Diamond was denied bail today by
Supreme Court Justice o. Byron
Brewster of Schenectady, and was or
| dered held under guard in a hospital
at Albany until his arraignment.
The gangster, wounded near Catskill
two weeks ago, is already under $25. 600
bail on charges Of attacking Grover
Parks, truck driver, and under $4,000
bail on narcotic charges.
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making calls at the principal hotels.
and ultimately reaching q fixed point
designated as q depot
Apart from the effect generally Of
these buses upon the safety and IA
ctlity of travel within the congested
area, the merchants Of the business
area, indirectly at least. suffer loss
in revenue due TO the fact that many
'would-be' customers decline TO attempt
to run the blockade or blockades Gre
ated by the berthing OF these vehicles
within the congested area, and their
circulation In the principal downtown
highways