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Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-16
TWO ARE THROUGH

From Anchorage comes the re- port that H. nderton, member of the Alaska Railroad headquarters staff, and Special Agent Culver have severed their connections with the system
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-16
ACTRESS ILL

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Dec. Is. (P)-Pola Negri, Polish film ac- tress, was rushed from Hollywood to the Santa Monica hospital yes terday in quite 8 serious condition. The Polish actress is suffering from abdominal pains.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-12-16
SEASON CLOSES

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16. (P)-The hunting season on game birds closed m the State of California yester- day.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
5000 To APPLY.
FOR j. S. RATING

At least 5000 applications are
expected by the Civil Service
Commission before the closing
date, July IS, for the new regis
try list of Junior File Clerks and
Under File Clerks. The entering
salary of the former is $1,440, and
Of the latter, who may have had
no experience. $3.50.
This examination is to supply
a new list of eligibles from which
choice will be made during the
coming year by the various de-
partmentS. There are no stated
vacancies now, although many
vacancies occur and are filled dur
ing the course of the year from
this list.
The examinations will be held
over the country, and only in
case of necessity will a resident
of the District be given appoint
ment, because of the appointment
of employees to the various States.
The last examination in 1880
drew about 1000 applications, but
unemployment and decreasing
wages and instability elsewhere
are expected to swell the total
this year to 5000.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Chief Clerk Recalls Days
OF Old High WheeLers"

Jesse B. K. Lee, chief clerk at
the Navy Yard, was moved to
reminiscent mood this week and
recalled that 40 years ago when
he was a mere STRIPPING and had
no thought of Government serv-
ice, he was an instructor in bicycle
riding.
Such a job is hardly imaginable
today, but back in the gay nineties
bicycle riding wasn't so easy and
ladies, especially, with their many
skirts and much padding fore and
aft were not SO adept or keen
about the sport.
Freakish Types
The bicycles of those days had a
large wheel in front and small
one behind. The Columbia, Pope
and other famous bicycle makes
Of that time are still remembered.
Mr.. Lee helped Frank Pierce in
his bicycle school at the southwest
corner Of Fourteenth Street and
New York Avenue Northwest, then
a vacant lot.
Pierce. now a well.known Aews-
The Washington times., 1931-06-20

paper man here, made money with
his school, but Mr.. Lee helped him
just for the fun of it.
They played bicycle polo, and
taught the tricks to their custom
ers. The players. mounted on the
Star bicycles, having the small
wheel in front, would flip the ball
around with the front wheel, 30
feet being an ordinary toss. 1t
required skill.
Down Capitol Steps
Rex Smith, Will Robertson and
other crOnies were expert wheel
riders and polo players. Mr.. Lee
recalls that Robertson once rode
a bicycle down the Capitol steps.
Riding on one wheel, with the
other held aloft, was a common
stunt in those days, Mr.. Lee
mused.
Some bicycles had pedals then,
but some worked with levers which
pulled a strap and worked dog"
up and down actuating a sprocket
gear.
Times have changedI
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
SALARY CLAUSE
! HIT NEW BLOW

Already condemned by the Per
Sonnel Classification Board, the
so-cal1ed average clause" in Fed
eral salary statutes receive anoth-
er hard blow in the report pre-
pared for the House Civil Service
Committee by DR.. Herman Field
man, professor of industrial re-
lations in the Amos Tuck School
of Administration and Finance
in New York.
DR.. Feldman's opposition may
go far towards eliminating the
clause from the major supply
bills in Congress next year, par
ticularly in view of the pending
field service report from the
Classification Board, which urges
it's abolition.
It has proved in practice to be
distinctly inequitable and unfair,
according to DR.. Feldman in a
new volume called "a Personnel
Program for the Federal Civil
Service"
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
SHUN
ISLAND JOBS

For some reason which has
various explanations, tn ere is
never any great demand for po-
sitions as teacher in the United
States schools in the Philippines.
Applications for these posts
are receivable at all times by
the Civil Service Commission, but
it is pointed out that despite
certain advantages which Philip
pine teaching has over similar
work in this country, and the
fair salaries and living condi-
tions, the posts appeal most to
those with a zest for adventure,
for foreign conditions, and for
semi-missionary work.
Teachers of secondary English,
for instance, get 5000 to 1900
pesos. and normal school demon
stration teachers get 5000 to
3,400 pesos.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
DOCTORS SHUN
j. s. JOBS

Despite the reported over-pro-
duction of physicians, and with
medical colleges this month turn
ing out thousands more to in
crease the supply, there is little
demand by physicians for Gov.
ernment posts.
The Civil Service Commission
expects to encounter difficulty in
finding just the type of men it
wants, and anticipates that the
f or t h ming examinations for
which applications will close June
80, will bring few applicants.
Salaries Are Good
This is usually the case, it was
said, although the salaries paid
are usually more than a young
physician who hangs out his
shingle for himself can expect
for some time.
The coming examinations cover
three grades: Medical officer, as
sociate medical officer. and as
sistant medical officer, with
entrance salary being respectively
$4,000, $4,000, $4,000.
Field service is available in the
Veterans Bureau, United States
Public Health Service, Indian
Service, Coast and Geodetic Sur
Vey (surgeons), Panama Canal.
Best in Country
The latter service offers a salary
of $333.33 a month, which in
these days is considered worth
talking about-but especially in
the summer. applicants are few
and far between.
However, medical men working
for Uncle Sam land they are
legiOn) are among the best quail.
fled in the land; and they point
out that they have unsurpassed
opportunity for experience, for
using the best equipment, for
specializing and for making good
contacts. Yet the fact remains:
private practice is still the big
lure for most.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
ADAMS BACKED
ON BONUSES

Officials and employees at the
Navy Yard have expressed hearty
approval of the award by Secre-
tary Adams of $4,000 bonuses to
two naval men for special re-
search. In fact, other employees
of the Navy Department will be
encouraged to carry out pet prof.
ects and private researches of
their own by this public and finan-
cial recognition, it was indicated.
After recommendation by Capt.
Edgar c. Oberlin, technical aide
to the secretary, the naval chief
awarded a $4,000 bonus to DR.. Ed
ward B. Stephenson, of the Naval
Research Laboratory at Bellevue,
D. c., for his perfection of devices
for accurately and cheaply cutting
quartz crystals, and $500 bonus
to Machinist John Schnell for his
aid in the Development Of gauges,
gang saws, etc. that were used.
The men had been experiment
ing for three years to find a cheap
and precise way of cutting the
crystals.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
COOL ZE.PHYRS,
GOOD MEALS
|NMARYLAND
Plum Point One of Attractive
Resorts Luring Tourists
For 0ne-Day Vacations

One of the most pleasant drives
these warm days is down to
southern Maryland, easily and
quickly reached by good roads,
where there is much to attract
summer visitors.
Breezes off the Chesapeake Bay
refresh and delight the city
traveller, and shore dinners and
conventional meals, for which
Maryland is noted, are available
along the way.
Plum Point Attractive
One of the most picturesque
routes is from Washington to
Plum Point, which is south of
Chesapeake and North beaches,
on the bay. To reach Plum
Point, one follows Pennsylvania
Avenue eastward, bearing left at
the top of the hill past the Ana
costa River. The road then
winds through Forestville, Upper
Marlboro, Marlboro to Drury. At
Drury the traveller turns to the
right, the hard-surfaced highway
taking him through Bristol,
Lyons Creek, Durkirk, Clancy
vile, Sandy Bottom and Hunting.
ton.
After Huntington, the tourist
turns left about a mile after
crossing Hunting Bridge, goes
through Parran and turns right
at Willows for a direct ride into
Plum Point.
Another Route
To go to North or Chesapeake
Beach. the same route is followed,
except that a left turn is made
at Chaneyville, through Mt. Har-
mony.
Another delightful route to the
Beach is out Bladensburg Road,
through Lanham, Collington and,
turning left at Priest Bridge,
through Conaways to Millersville.
At Millersville, right turn is
made. which takes the tourist to
Herald Harbor. The return trip
from Herald Harbor can be made
through Crownville. Inglhart, with
right turn at Parole, back to
Priest Bridge.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Clerks Curse Breaks;
July Fourth Falls
On Half-Holidav

Government. employees are a
bit irked that the Fourth of
July this year is falling on
Saturday, which already is
half-holiday, but there seems to
be no way of changing the
calendar to give the Federal
workers an Independence Day
holiday and at the same time
their customary half day.
Plans for spending the Fourth
have been discussed for weeks,
with excursions out of town,
boat trips, picnics and beach
parties predominating in favor.
Except those employees con-
nected with military or naval
organizations, they will leave
formalities to the uniformed
forces. At the Navy Yard, q
formal salute of 81 guns will be
fired,
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Big Time HID By All
At Stin1sOn's Pdrtu

The garden party given by the
Secretary of State and Mrs.
Stimson Wednesday, for the per-
sonnel of the State Department
was one of the major events
of this week of interest to Fed
eral employees. The function was
held at Woodlcy, the homo OF
the StimSons.
The entire personnel of the de-
partment with families, and all
newspaper correspondents cover
ing the department and their
families, were guests, and the
home and grounds were the
scene of gay entertainment.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Navy Yard Insurance
Company FzOurishes

The Washington Navy Yard
Group Life Insurance Company,
which began business last Sep
tember with some timidity, is to-
day a flourishing benefit aSsocia-
ton and an example to other
Government departments about
what can be done in this line.
The company is a subsidiary of
the Shenandoah Life Insurance
Company, of Richmond. It now
has 1913 members, and is still
growing.
Officers include: President,
Jesse B. K. Lee, chief clerk of the
Navy Yard; secretary. Edwin C.
Lynch; treasurer, H. T. Morning
star.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Local No. 2 Elects
Delegates to Meet

Local No. 2, Federal Employees
Union, has elected six delegates
to the annual convention of the
National Federation of Federal
Employees at Seattle in the fall
The delegates arc Miss L. i.
Anderson, Agriculture; John l.,
Bateman, General Accounting Of
flee; U. j. Biller, Pension: Henry
G. Nolda. Veterans Administra.
ton; Joseph Stansfield, Inter,
state Commerce Commission,
George A. Warren. Interior.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
DC. Fire Department
Mechanics Job ODen

The Civil Service Commission
will receive until June %, appli-
cations for assistant Superintend-
ent of machinery in the District
Fire Department, beginning at So
900 year.
Applications will be received
until June %. for senior elevator
mechanician for public buildings
here, at $4,000, and applications
will be received until July 7, for
the post Of elevator conductor
here at $1,000.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Federal Employees
To Be Garden Guests

All members of Local No. 1852,
Federal Employees Union, are in
vited to a garden and lawn party
and dance Wednesday night, July
/, at the home of Mrs. Leila Mar
shall, a member of the local.
Some special guests are also in
vited, and more than 200 are
being counted on to be present.
Mrs. Marshall, of the Treasury
Department, has thrown open
her attractive colonial home,
"The White House." in Summit
Park, in the hills south of Ana
costa, to her friends
The first part of the evening
will be devoted to musical and
other entertainment. After $50,
dancing will follow.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
P PROFESSIONAL R
GROUP ENDS
SEASON
Society Rounds
Out Year Of Great Activities;
Aids U. S. Employees Union

Closing another year of actiV-
ity, the Organization of Profes'
sional Employees of the Depart
n1ent of Agriculture is looking
back upon a period noteworthy
for it's growth and achievements.
An election will be held shortly
to select officers for the next
fiscal year.
C. C. Clark of the Weather Bu-
reau, has been president since the
election, June 9, 1880. Ray Marsh,
Forest Service, is vice president;
Joseph A. Becker is secretary
treasurer. The executive COM
mittee includes A. F.. Woods, di-
rector of scientific work; H. G.
Knight, Bureau of Chemistry and
Soils; S. H. McCrory, Bureau of
Agricultural Engineering; M. c.
Merrill, office of information;
E. w. Sheets, Bureau of Animal
Industry, and Gertrude A. War
ren, extension service.
Now 1900 Members
There are now 1900 members,
including 800 in Washington and
the rest in field service.
The organization was formed
early in 1929, to fill three needs:
/. Full opportunity for the
free discussion of the prob
lens affecting the welfare Of
the professional employees;
2. A recognized and repre-
sentative body of such en-
plOyes ready to cooperate in an
effective way with administra-
ton officials and others in
efforts to promote the ef-
ficiency of the personnel and
the work of the department.;
3. An organization of nu.-1-
erOus memberships extending
to the departments prOfes-
siOnal personnel in all parts
of the country through which
their voice could speak author
itatively and appropriately to
Congressional committees on
matters affecting them.
Does Fine Work
The organization, unique in
governmental circles, works har-
moniously with the Federal En-.
ployes Unions and cooperates
with the federation, but is not
devoted to influencing action on
minor details. 1t is more con-
Cerned with efficiency of admin
istration; with better cooperation
among the manifold Department
of Agriculture bureaus and Of
ficials; with increasing solidarity
of the department as whole
to make consensus of opinion and
action easier to obtain in i'm
portant matters; and with Civ
ing professional, technical and
scientific men of the department
better standing, conditions, lee
way and remuneration.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Navy Yard Workers
Reqret Keefe PASSING

Fellow employees at the Navy
Yard have expressed regret at the
sudden death of Joseph M. Keefe,
50, who had worked in the gun
carriage shop at the yard for
long time. He collapsed while at
work Thursday, and, when taken
to the dispensary nearby, was
pronounced dead. He lived at 814
K st. N. w. Heart trouble was
given as the cause.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
CONGRESS HELP
! ON TRIBUNAL
SOUGHT
Court Would Serve As Buffer
Between Bureau Chiefs and
Rank and File Of Employees

Congress is to be asked at its
next session to create a tribunal
that has long been desired by Fed
eral workers. Civil Service
Court of Appeals.
This court is planned as a
"buffer" between the department
tai chiefs and the Personnel Clas,
sification Board on the one hand,
and the rank and file of govern
ment employees on the other.
Long-SOught Need
The Federation of Federal En-
ployes has long advocated the es-
tablishment Of such a tribunal,
and expects to make an intensive
drive for the legislation creating
the court next December.
TIL function of the proposed
court as outlined in the first issue
of The Federal News, which made
its bow as the official organ of
the organized government workers
yesterday, is to
"Review individual cases Of
government workers: to elimi-
nate injustices and inequalities
IN classification, etc.; to smooth
over differences: and to re.
heve many situations which are
conducive neither to efficiency
nor to the achievement Of the
best personnel policy"
All In Agreement
Luther C. Steward. president of
the Federation of Federal EN-
ployes, said today:
'Tt is certain that all Federal
employees. organized or unOrgan-
ized, are in agreement with
leaders Of personnel thought
with regard to the need of a
Civil Service Court of Appeals.
Our organization recognized
this need years ago and it has
been part of our platform since
the earliSt days"
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
FISHING DONT'S
ISSUED HERE

With warm weather approach
ing, our thoughts turn to the
river bank and the fishing rod,
so the American Forestry Asso-
citation has given us some in
struction on the care of fishing
tackle.
According to the bulletin a
fisherman's sporting qualities are
measured by the condition of his
tackle. The man who is careless
with his fishing equipment is
usually the man who is careless
with angling laws and his camp
fire, it points out, saying:
"a good angler carries his
rod butt first with the line and
lure held in the hand. If a
fly is used it should be stuck
securely into the cork handle
of the rod. On long distances
the equipment should be taken
down and packed.
when through fishing, the
rod should be dried in a cool
place and wiped carefully. Then
it should be wrapped in a cloth
and put away in a metal con-
tainer.
There is no better way to
ruin good reel than to cast
all day without Oiling 1t. Oil
should be applied every so
casts. When taking the rceI
from the rod, wind it up and
put it in a box or leather bag
The line should always be dried
when the days sport is over,
but not in the sun, for the rays
will rot it.
ITO protect flies it is a good
plan to place them in a tight
box with cedar shavings or
moth halls -
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Ship Board Employees
Guests on Sea Trip

Many officials and employees of
the Shipping Board are this week
enjoying an invitation voyage on
board the new Dollar Line ship
President Hoover, which is max
ing its first trial trip from New
port News up to the Maine coast.
The Newport News Shipbuilding
and Drydock Company, builders,
are hosts.
Among those on board are Vice
Chairman Edward C. Plummer,
Roy H. Morrill,, Secretary Samuel
Goodacre and E. j. Skidmore, of
the personnel office.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
PLATT HEADS LIONS

At the annual meeting of the
Takoma Park Liens Club, Doran
S. Platt was elected president.
Other officers chosen. are: Cor.
don w. Bonnette, first vice presi.
dent; DR.. j. w. Dudley, second
vice president; DR.. E. Clyde
Shade, third vice president: j.
Milton Derrick, lion tanner;
Charles Knott. tail twister; Ray
mond L. Schreiner, secretary, and
Louis Sherman, treasurer. The
election was held at the last regu.
lar meeting of the summer. Meet.
ings will be resumed in the fall.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Fleet Reserve Men
To Be GiUen Leaue

The Navy Yard has announced
that leave of absence will be
granted to members of the Fleet
Reserve Association whose con-
vention will be held in Phila-
delphia September 5, 6 and 7.
Leave also will be granted to
members Of the Disabled Ameri-
can Veterans Of the World War,
whose convention will be held in
Wilkes Barre, Pa, June 1928.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Navy Yard, Indian
Bureau Jobs Open

Among the latest announced
positions for which civil service
examinations are announced are:
Quarterman and leadingman
machinsts at Washington Navy
Yard, to make a new registry list.
Closing date June %.
Executive officer assistant to
commissioner, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, $500.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Robertson Candidate
For ArLinqtOn Board

J. Randolph Robertson, lifelong
resident of Arlington county, an
nounced today that he would be
an independent candidate for
membership on the county board
Of five which replaces the present
three members of the county
board of supervisors, in accord
ance with the new form of county
government. effective January /,
1882. The election will be held in
November.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
Federal Local Picks
4 to Attend Meet

Four delegates will represent
Local No. 262, Federal Employees
Union, at the fall convention Of
the National Federation of Fed
eral Employees at Seattle, Wash
ington.
The delegates selected from
this District of Columbia local
are j. o. Burnham. J. w. Tynder,
E. C. Hooper and Miss Sophie
Weber.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
DENTON TO GALVESTON

Commissioner Albert H. Denton
OF the Shipping Board will ad-
dress the Foreign and Domestic
Trade Congress at Galveston,
Tex, on the subject, Foreign
Trade of the Southwest" next
Wednesday, June "a
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
GOES ON HONEYMOON

The former Miss Dorothy
Anderson of the Shipping Board,
who this week became the bride
of A. J. Schmid after his grad
uatioI from the Georgetown
Foreign Service School, is on her
Observation-Disclosures not told.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
IVY POISON TO HER

Miss Mildred Richards, 21, who
gave a fictitious address, police
said, was treated at Casualty
Hospital for ivy poisoning by DR..
A. s. GraSSberg.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
LYON VILLAGE MEET

The Lyon Village Citizens AS
sociation will meet Monday night
at the home of Walter U. Var
ney. on Virginia Avenue, Lyon
Village, Va.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20

DR.. S. H. McCRORY
DR.. McCRORY, head of the
division Of agricultural engi-
neering in the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads, will be director when
this division is elevated to be.
come a separate bureau July 1.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20
200 Workers Plan
N. Y. Sl1nddU SOiOurn

At least 200 members of Local
No. 2, Federal Employees Union.
and their guests are expected to
go on the all-expense tour to New
York city Sunday, the special
train leaving Union Station here
at midnight Saturday, arriving
early in the morning at Jersey
City, from where the excursion
lists will go by ferry to lower
Manhattan.
The Washington times., 1931-06-20

Fix the car for YOUR summer vaCa-
hnn trip many Automobile Re-
pair Services are listed today in the
ga Hour Service Directory" published
In the Classified Section.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-06
DEMOCRATS OF
SIXTH DISTRICT
IN Love FEAST
State NotabIes Attending
Rally at NobIeSviIIe;
Farm Plea Voiced.
Bg Times Special

Bg Times Special
NOBLESVILLE, Ind. Nov. G.
Democrats from every county in the
new sixth congressional district
gathered here today for the biggest
gathering Of the fall in this section
of Indiana.
CORTLAND G. Gillen, Greecastle.
Democratic congressman, spoke TO
more than 1000 Democrats at For
est Park, demanding relief for the
farmers, and believing that here
lies the seat of all the trouble at
present, Gillen asserted:
Put the farmer on his feet, by
giving him reasonable prices for his
product, and the rest of our troubles
VIII straighten themselves out"
Other political notables attending
are: r. Earl Peters of TT. WAYNE.
Democratic state chairman; Paul v.
McNutt Of Bloomington, and Frank
Mayr Jr., secretary of state.
John A. M. Adair, of Portland.
spoke to a gathering of men and
women at meeting at 10 and
stressed harmony among the vari-
GUS candidates and especially among
the organization workers.
Meade Vestal, attorney and Ham
ilton circuit court ex-judge, made
the welcome address. Alden H.
Baker, well known in Democratic
politics throughout the state, was
IN charge Of the program and in
troduced the various candidates.
Followers of Baker were convass-
ing the various workers from the
district concerning his candidacy
for Sixth district chairman. Baker
is expected to have little difficulty
in obtaining the Craftsmanship.
Democratic workers from the
northern part of the district are
contending that, with the congress-
man coming from the southern part
OF the district, it is only natural
that the chairman should come
from this county.