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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
Associate Director Bloom
To Meet West Vireinians

Representative Sol Bloom Of New
York, associate director of the Ma
tional Bicentennial Commission, will
meet the three Bicentennial commits
sioners from West Virginia, former
Senator Guy d. Goff, Alien Property
Custodian Howard Sutherland and Miss
Rose /. McGraw, at the meeting to be
held in the majority caucus room of
the House ONCE Building at o'clock
Thursday evening. West Virginia,
being a part of the mother State when
George Washington was born, means
to take a prominent part in the 1882
Bicentennial celebration and its citi-
Zens living in washington are prepar-
ing to contribute their best efforts to
the success by rendering such aid as
they can to the national and State
commissions.
Mr.. e. F. Morgan, former Governor
of the Mountain State, viii preside
The musical program will be under
the auspices of the Overseas Band of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
All West Virginians living in this
vicinity are invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
Hosts Entertain Group
At Evening Party

Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Ennals FARRELL
were hosts last evening, when their
guests included Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Jackson Somerville. Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
rison Semerville, Mr.. and Mrs. Chan
ming Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Bangs, Miss Mildred Brashears, Mr..
George Sullivan, Miss Margaret Somer-
Vile, Miss Pauline Chabot, Mr. Allen
Fay, Mr.. and Mrs. John c. Harding,
Mr.. and Mrs. r, BFanson Thomas and
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Larsen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17

Upper left: Miss Miriam siIverstone,
whose engagement to DIR. Samuel M.
Becker was recently announced by her
parents, MIR. and Mrs. George Silver.
stone, the wedding to take place the
latter part Of June in Asbury, n. J.
Underwood Photo.
Center: Miss Helen Hope Of EIIicOtt
City, Md, whose engagement to Mr..
George Sixbey II announced by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Hope, the
wedding TO take place June !, follow
ing the commencement exercises at the
American University, when Miss Hope
will graduate. Mr.. SiYbey Is q grad.
uate Of the university, class of 80.
-Bachrach Photo.
Upper right: Miss Nettie Dorsey
EtchisOn, daughter Of DR.. and Mrs.
Garnet Waters Etchison of Gathers
burg, Md, who announce her engage
ment to Mr.. Philip Charles Watkins Of
Cedar Grove, Nd, the wedding to take
place June 30.
Lower left: Miss Natalie Jewett,
daughter Of Mrs. Hugh Jewett Of Balt-
more, who announces her engagement
Of MIR. and Mrs. Charles Van else
Underwood Photo.
Lower right: Miss Mildred MaybeIIe
BrasheaFs, whose engagement to Mr..
George David Sullivan Of Washington
and Syracuse, N. ", il announced, the
wedding to take place June ~.
-Harris-Ewin Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17

Pennsylvania, New York, to a number
Of relatives and close friends.
Saturday morning, May 8, DR., and
Mrs. Hoffman sailed for Cuba and other
Southern points. On returning from
their honeymoon they will take up their
residence at Harvard Hall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-17
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry at Home
At Carroll Springs Inn

Mr.. and Mrs. David Rouse Perry will
be at home this afternoon from to 6
o'clock at Carroll Springs Inn, Forest
Glen, Md, They will be hosts at a
dance at the inn Wednesday. May ~.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23

Let the 24-HOur Service Directory
GaEa care Of your spring cleaning
f1rT 70 tie Classified SectiOa.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
TONIGHT

-
800 to 8:30-Concert by the
United States Navy Band Or
chestra, Lieut.. Charles Benter,
leader.
8:30-Assembly Call.
Entrance of the president gen.
eral escorted by the pages.
Invocation by Capt. Sydney K.
Evans, chief of chaplains, United
States Navy.
Marie Lewis, singer, of the Will
liam Dawes Chapter, New York,
with Mrs. James Shera Montgom-
cry at the piano.
Modern Development in Air
Craft" by Capt. John H. Tow
ers, Bureau of Aeronautics.
Miss Lewis in Charity and
"Sing Joyous Bird"
with Byrd to the Bottom Of
the World" illustrated with
films), by DR.. Laurence M. Gould,
second in command, Byrd Antarc-
tic Expedition.
Retiring of the Colors.
March, by the United States
Navy Band Orchestra.
TOMORROW
$50 to 10 10 a. Morgan re-
cital by Dorothy Jean Silversteen,
member Waightstill Avery Chap
ter, North Carolina.
10 q. m.-ASsembly call.
Entrance of the president gen.
eral escorted by the pages.
Congress called to order by
the president general.
Scripture and prayer by the
chaplain general.
Salute to the Flag, by the as
semblage.
Ohio" by the assemblage. Lead
er, Mrs. Louis Potter.
Reading of the minutes, by the
recording secretary general.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Resolutions, by Emma L. Crow.
ell, chairman.
Better films, by Mrs. Mildred
Lewis Russell, chairman.
State and chapter bylaws, by
Mrs. Robert J. Reed, chairman,
Address: Narcotics" by the
Hon. Richmond P. Hobson, pres.
ident, International Narcotic AS
Sociation.
Recess.
2 O'CLOCK SESSION
Assembly call.
Entrance of pages.
MuSic-Violin solo by Dorothy
Seamans, Grace Stanley Stevens
at the piano.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE
National Defense by Mrs. Will
lam Sherman Walker, chairman.
Address by Honorable Hamilton
Fish, jr., United States Represen
tative from New York.
Addre Ss-"TreatieS," by DR.
Thomas H. Healy, assistant dean
Foreign Service School. George
Gtown University.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
MEDALS
FINISHED BY
JEWELLERS
rs MedaIIionS the Same Size,
Red, White and Blue Ribbons
Attached; New Speeches Due
(Continued From Page 15)

CONTINUED From Page 15)
Cleanup Campaign Committee,
which, with the Board of Educa-
tiOn, is cooperating with The
Washington Times in putting on
the essay contest, spoke at Busi-
ness High yesterday. Mr.. Adams
will address the student body of
Central High School tomorrow
morning.
Pledges Cooperation
The speakers bureau of the
Community Chest has pledged
cooperation with the cleanup
campaign committee and The
Times, and will provide speakers
for other school assemblies.
They will discuss the campaign
and the essay contest.
Charles Hart, principal of East.
ern High School, said today after
Mr.. Collins had made his second
speech that all students seemed
to he keenly interested in the
The faculty also is showing in
terest in the matter, he an
nOunced.
Faculty Committee
This was borne out by the or.
ganizatiOn of a faculty essay COM
mittee under the Craftsmanship Of
Mrs. Jeanette G. Kern, which
will handle the contest in the
school.
Mrs. Kern is one of the English
teachers of the institutions, and
is enthusiastic over the educa-
tiOnal possibilities of the contest.
She will be assisted by num-
Der of other faculty members who
will be selected later this week.
With the medals completed,
work of preparing the 1900
honor certificates to be awarded
as additional prizes will begin
tomorrow.
Certificates For Many
These certificate will be
awarded to the student in each
class or section Of the school
system who writes the best essay
that does not win a medal.
Where the best class or section
essay wins medal, the certifi-
cate will be bestowed on the
writer of the next best essay.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
VETERANS
HONORED BY
DAUGHTERS
Bronze Markers Placed Above
Graves of 8 Revolutionary
War Soldiers at Arlington

The first bronze markers will be
placed at the graves of seven
Revolutionary soldiers, who are
buried at the Arlington Cemetery
today.
Appropriate ceremonies have
been arranged by a special COM
mittee of which Mrs. Amos A.
Fries of Los Angeles is chairman.
Other members of this group
are Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers,
member of the House Of Repre-
sentatives of the U. S. Congress,
vice chairman; Mrs. William Cud-
worth, Mrs. George Devore, Mrs
Frank Fleming, Mrs. w. z.
Stuart, Mrs. Boyce Ficklin, Mrs.
Ruth Hanna Mccormick, and
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, member
of the United States House of
Representatives of Florida.
Formal services will be held in
front of the Lee mansion where
the grave Of Pierre L'Enfant.
architect and engineer, who
planned the city of Washington,
is located.
L'Enfant died June 4, 1925. He
was first inferred in Prince
Georges county, Md. His remains
were later re-interred in Airing
ton, April %, 1908.
dwelling of markers will then
be made at the graves Of John
Follin, who died April II, 1841;
Caleb Swan, November 20, 1909;
Brig. Gen. James House, Novem-
Der II, 1894; Brig. Gen. Thomas
Mason. March 10, 1881: Joseph
Carlton, March II, 1872; John
Green, 1893. and Brig. Gen
James McCubbin Lingan, killed
in riots in Baltimore, July %,
1912.
Records of two others "who
undoubtedly served in the Revo.
lutionary War;" Col. VILLA m
Ward Burrows and Edward Jones,
chief clerk of the Treasury un-
der Washington, are not yet veri-
fled.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
FIRE TRUCK HITS
STREET CAR

Two men escaped serious in
jury today when a Washington
Railway and Electric Company
street car crashed into a fire
truck at Fifth and East Capitol
Streets.
The fire apparatus was being
taken on a test run with M. H.
Nally, a mechanic, driving.
The street car, which contained
no passengers, was operated by
M. M. Javel, motorman. The fire
truck was badly damaged, and
the entire front of the street car
smashed as a result of the i'm
pact.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23

An interesting historical docu-
ment was presented to the D.
A. R. library by Mrs. Robinson
Downey, of the Waynesburg,
Pa, chapter, today.
It is a letter written in long
hand by President James Bu-
chanon in 1874. The letter,
addressed to Mr.. r. w. Dow
ney, father-in-law of Mrs. Dow
ney, referred to an application
for a pension by the widow of
William Gump, a Revolutionary
soldier.
The letter will be hung in
the library in Continental Hall.
The Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution is aiding in pro-
mitigation of patriotism through
the study of American history
by the establishment of travel
ing libraries and by sending
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Sidelights on D. A. R.
Times Staff Photo

books to sparsely settled parts
of the country.
This was revealed in the re-
port of the librarian general
Mrs. Russell William Magma.
The travelling libraries are sent
to parts of the country where
there are no other reading IA
cilities.
The Women's City Club Of
Washington has extended its
courtesies to the visiting dele
gates to the D. A. r. Congress.
inviting them to visit the club
headquarters, 736 Jackson Pl.
Members of the Massa-
chusetts delegation to the con-
gress were guests of the Massa-
chusetts State Society Of the
District of Columbia at the
sixth monthly entertainment
and dance held in the ball room
of the Shoreham Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Falls Church Seeks
Phone Pole Ren1ODnL

The Chesapeake and Potomac
Telephone Company and the Vir-
ginia Public Service Company
will be asked to relocate their
poles on Washington Street, Falls
Church, Va, by the town council.
The purpose of the relocation
of the poles is to allow the State
highway department room for
widening.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Program for D. A. r.
Times Staff Photo

Music-Violin solo, by Dorothy
Seamans, Grace Stanley Stevens
at the piano.
Announcements,
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
CITIZENS MEET MONDAY

The Georgetown Citizens Asso-
citation will meet at 8 O'Clock
Monday in st. Johns Church
parish hall.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23

Spring hOusecleaning will not be a
difficult task II you consult the "a
Hour Service Directory today in the
Classified Section,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

 said contract with the party furnish Ing said plant, equipment and public utility, that the rates and tariffs thereof for the users and customers of said light plant CT public utility, until the purchase price contracted to be paid for said light plant or public utility may be fixed and established either by contract or by the party furnishing said light plant and public utility, which shall then apply and be in full effect and force until the purchase price shall have been paid, unless modified, altered or changed by the mutual consent of the Town of Wrangell and the party furnishing such light plant and public utility.
 Section XI
 The owners of property on which light heat and power is rendered are liable for the payment for all such services rendered.
 In cases where tenants fail to pay for such light, heat and power services rendered, the owners of such property will be held responsi- ble and such claims are hereby made a specific lien on all real and per sonal property of such owners until paid.
 Section XII
 The Town of Wrangell Alaska, through it's Common Council, is hereby given full and complete authority, whether specifically men, toned in this Ordinance or not, to effectually and completely ac- complish the purpose and intention of this Ordinance.
 This Ordinance shall be published in the Wrangell Sentinel, at Wran- gell, Alaska, once each week for two successive weeks, and shall be in full effect and force immediately upon it's passage and approval by the Common Council of the Town of Wrangell, Alaska.
 PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Common Council of Wrangell, Alas ka, this 1st day of October, 1881.
 c. p. KIRTLAND,
 Mayor. 
 L. B. CHISHOLM,
 City Clerk.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

The Washington Star the other evening had the following to say about some of the recent visitors to Alaska Eight Government of ficials, including two United States Senators (Walcott of Connecticut and Norbeck of South Dakota) and one member of the House, Rep resentative Carter of California. are bubbling with enthusiasm over their summer farthest north. The others were Henry OMaliey. commissioner of fisheries; Assistant Attorney Generals Charles P. Sisson and Charles B. Rugg; Paul Redington chief of the Biological Survey, and Carl Shoemaker, secretary to the Senate Committee on Wild Life Resources. The party left Seattle on June 2S on Commissioner O'Mal- ley's inspection ship. U. S. S. Penguin. Putting in at Metlakatla. Alaska, the wayfarers proceeded in turn to Ketchikan, Anan Crock, Juneau, Western Alaska, Bristol Bay, the Pribilof Islands, Walrus Island, UnalaSka, kena1 PenlnSula and Mckinley Park. At Anan Creek they saw something to make a fisherman's mouth water-one of che many counting weirs' which the Bureau of. Fisheries maintains in Alaska und,r the White law, pro viding that there shall be a 50 per cent escapement to spawning beds. Some 250,000 fish were dis porting themselves in the first 1-12 miles of river at the time. At the Pribilof Islands the Washingtonians gazed upon a herd of a million seals. Senators Walcott and Nor beck went to Alaska to brush up on wild life resources. Messrs. Sisson and Rugg wanted to survey Department of Justice activities in the Territory"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

0e III charge of the City Clerk of ,ne 4onn Ol hrangell. Alaska, or s..~A J1nof municipai officer IS may council at any regular or special meeung oI ald Counen. The duties oi suen person administering the Clty Light Department shall be purely ministerial and he shall have ao power to bind the Town of :, ls.Lsell, Alaska, in any manner In -onnectlon with the operation and maintenance of said light plant or pubhc utility without the ratifica- t1on of the Town of Wrangell, AL aska, through it's Common Council. fhe person Ill charge of the City Light Department shall perform all such duties as may be assigned to him by the Common Council and shall receive therefor such com pensation, if any, as the Common Council may desire to be proper or necessary for such services.
 Section VIII
 The City Light Department, through the person in charge there of, shall receive and disburse all monies in connection with the opera ton and maintenance of said light plant or public utility and shall furnish such bond for the faithful discharge of his trust as may be required by the Common Council and be subject to removal at the will and pleasure of the said Com mon Council.
 Section K
 The City Light Department. through the officer in charge there of, is hereby empowered, authoriz- ed and directed, after his appoint ment and qualification, from time to time to propose a tariff and schedule of rates to be charged and collected for the furnishing of electricity for light, power and heat to the customers and users thereof, which tariff and schedule, upon ratification by the Town of Wran- gell, through it's Common Council, shall be the rates in effect until changed under the provision of this Ordinance.
 Section X
 In the first instance hereafter, in any contract which the Town of Wrangell may enter into for the acquisition, purchase, maintenance and operation of city light plant or public utility, the Town of Wran- gell, through it's Common Council is hereby authorized to agree by
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

Assistant Secretary of the Trea- ury Ferry K. Heath has addressed a letter to the Delegate> stating that the complaint of the painters of Juneau that the contractors fer the interior painting of the new Federal and Territorial Capitol building were not paying prevail ing wages, had been investigated. The contractors contend that they are paying painters from seven to ten dollars and that local wages are from five to eight, and that they are not employing any helpers. They further state that they are paying laborers to move furniture and clean up the building at rate of three dollars and fifty cents per day while the custodian at the building pays but three dollars and thirty-three cents for the same type of help. The Custodian of the building confirms the statement of the contractors as to the wages paid painters but adds that laborers receive s4.25 and up. As a con sequence MT Heath feels that the painters are being fairly treated but has directed the construction engineer to take the matter up with the contractors and insist that laborers be paid the prevailing wage.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

The recent death of former Con- gressman Judge William c. Houston, of Tennessee, has caused much sincere regret among his old col leagues at the National Capital. His memory will always be held in the highest regard by Alaskans who know of his unfailing support of all
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

There has been some complaint, especially from the Copper River district, that the Alaska Road Com mission discriminates against pio- neers in favor of white collar boys from the outside" in the selection of men to do road work. The mat ter has been taken up with Major Malcolm Elliott, president of the commission, who writes to Delegate sympathy with your idea that the old time Alaskans should be given employment where possible. If you were to go over our roads and personally see the men at work, you would be entirely satisfied that we are observing this policy. I also understand that your constituents expect you to aid them in rectify- ing their grievances, and you may be assured that all such cases brought to our attention will re- ceive careful consideration. AS you are aware, the working program on the lower end of the Richardson Highway is decreasing in volume from year to year as the improve ments are completed and the read approaches a strictly maintenance status, and this inevitably means a reduction in our working force"
 Major Elliott had a list of all employees in the Chitna district compiled as of July 1, 1881, giving the name of each employee, the number of years residence in Alas ka and the number of seasons em- ployed by the Alaska Road Com mission, from which the following summary has been prepared:
 Length of residence in Alaska Over 40 years, 2; 9O-4O years, 25, 2O-3O years, 29; 1920 years, 39; 1-10 years, 6S; less than 1 year, 9-Total 172: average, 14.7 years residence in Alaska.
 Number of seasons worked for Alaska Road Commission-0ver 20 seasons, 5; 15-20 seasons, Il; 1915 seasons, 6; 5-1O seasons. A; 1-5 seasons, S5; 1 season or less. 21- Total, 172; average, AT seasons employment by the Alaska Road Commission.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

The Commerce Deparsment re- ports that a recent sale of 15, 125 Pribilof Island fur-seal skins was held at St. Louis on Sept IA, with total sum of s282,262 derived from the sale. The prices for black skins were 1S.3 per cent lower and for ''logwood brown skins" 8.4 per cent lower than at the last preced- ing sale in March. A further offer ing of some 10000 Alaska skins will be held at St. Louis on Oct 12.
 Of the total 9,125 dyed black furs sold for $17S,4O7.50. an average of $19.55 per skin; and 5000 dyed logwood brown sold for $104,235.25, an average of $1737 per skin. The dyed black skins brought prices as follows: Regular skins ranged from SIS to $34.50, with an average of $22.05 per skin; scared and faulty skins ranged from S14.50 to $25. with an average of s17.51; and No. 111's brought from s9 to $1150 each or an average of $10.14 per skin The logwoCd brown skins brought prices as follows: Regular skins ranged from $14.75 to $32.50. with an average of s19.S4; scared and faulty skins ranged from $12.50 to $21.50 with an average of $16.09; and No III skins sold for $5.75 to sS per skin, the average being $6.9O.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

measures that had to do for the benefit of the Territory. He was in Congress from 1907 until 1921 and was always a strong supporter for such measures as civil govern ment for Alaska, the Alaska Rail- road, the establishment of the Agricultural College and School of Mines, etc.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02
ALASKA INTERESTS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL By WAS

panied by his wife, has been in Washington the past week and will remain until about the 2Oth. He is the Acting Chief of the Alaska Division. office of education and Indian affairs, with headduarters at Juneau, and is giving his views in connection with the necessary budget to be agreed on.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

Dr. w. A. Borland, physician in charge of the government hospital at Kenakanak, has been in Wash ington for a few days to make answer to some reckless charges that were circulated against his administration during the past few months when he and his small force of nurses were engaged night and day in combating the several very serious epidemics that pre- vailed in the Bristol Bay section. The doctor expects to -return to his official duties in a short time
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

The London woman who kept her marriage a secret 20 years must have had a mighty sorry looking husband.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

Mrs. George ". Gardner, of Un- alaska, was an arrival in Washing ton on the 18th, to spend a few days here. She is the wife of the Superintendent of government schools, southwestern district, Al aska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1931-10-02

A sports writer is one who gets paid for guessing on results and foi explaining why he guessed wrong.