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The Washington times., 1931-12-31

The Capital Is unique in It's
celebration of New Year Day,
time-honored customs being car
ried out and the day spent in
formal celebration. Official
homes are open to callers, and
the members Of the fashionable
world, whose day will start at
the White House where they
will pay their respects to the
President and Mrs. Hoover to-
morrow morning. include calls
Of state, on the members OF
the Cabinet, who are receiving,
in celebration of the advent Of
the New Year.
Mrs. Gam. sister of the Vice
President, will not be lat home"
as she will accompany Mr.. Cur
tis on a round Of official calls.
The Chief Justice and Mrs.
Hughes will receive at their
residence, 2222 r st. N. W.,
from 4 until $50 p. m, and
will have receiving with them
the Associate Justices of the
Supreme Court and their wives,
Assisting at the tea table will
be Miss Mabel T. Boardman
and Mrs. Francis g. Newlands.
The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Stimson will be the hosts
at a New fear Day breakfast
for the Diplomatic Corps. at the
Pan-American Union, to Which
members of official and reSiden.
tial life in the Capital have
also been invited. There being
no reception at the home OF the
Secretary of the Treasury, Mr..
Mellon, will avail himself Of the
oppoi tunity to make calls. The
Secretary Of War and Mrs. Hur-
ley, whose residence is a popular
center in Washington. will re-
ceive, and many Army officers
will avail themselves Of the op-
portunity to pay their respects.
Mrs. Hurley will be assisted by
the Assistant Secretary of
War and Mrs. Frederick H.
Payne, and the chief of staff.
U. s. A., Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur. The wives Of the
chiefs Of departments of the
Army will alternate at the tea
tcble.
Receive Tomorrow
The Attorney General and
Mrs. william Dewitt Mitchell
will hold a reception. from $3.50
to $50 o'clock, at their lone on
Kaloran a Circle. and assisting
Mrs. Mitchell will be the wives
of tn chiefs of the Department
of Just:ce. including. Mrs.
Thomas B. Thacher, Mrs. John
Lord O'Brian. Mrs. seth w.
Richardson Mrs. Charles P. Sis
son, Mrs. G. Aaron .Youngquist,
Mrs. Charles B. Rug, Mrs. Nu-
gent Dodds. Mrs. Roy st. Lewis,
Mrs. Charles D. Lawrence. MRS.
Sanford Bates, Mrs. Bancroft
Mitchell ant Mrs. H. Brian Hol-
land, formerly Miss Gertrude
Bancroft, who Is now making
her home in Washington.
The Postmaster General and
Mrs. Walter F. Brown will be
"at home" in their apartment,
at the ,Shoreham. and Mrs.
Brown will be assisted by sew
eral Of the wives of chiefs of
the divisions in the Post Office
Department. The Secretary of
the Navy and Mrs. Adams will
be. "at home" from to $50
O'Clock. and receiving with Mrs.
Adams will be Mrs. William v.
Pratt, Mrs. Ben H. Fuller. Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson, Mrs. Ridley
Mclean. Mrs. Vernon Kellogg.
Mrs. Keith Merrill, Mrs. George
Patton, Miss Louise A. Clement
and Miss Alice Lowering. of
Paris. sister of Mrs. Adams.
The Secretary of the Interior
and Mrs. Ray Lyman Wilbur
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Debutante Hostess

Miss Dorothy Nicholson en-
tertained at dinner last evening,
later going on with her guests
to Mr.. Allen Hoover'S dance at
the White House. Those in the
party were Miss Patience Nc
Cormick- -Goodhart, Miss Marion
Jardine, Mr.. William Jardine.
Mr.. Douglas Macarthur and
Mr.. j. Frank Nicholson.
X X
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman,
of this city, is visiting Mrs.
Henry Clews at 2 East Seven
tieth ST., New York.
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Miss Roosevelt Is Hosts Partner

On their arrival the young ladies received dainty wriste
bouquets of vari-coored and baby BREATH en-
circled with lace canaton bounonnieres
Mr. Hoover danced the first dance with Miss Grace Roose
velt daughter of Governor Of Porto Rico and Mrs
Roosevelt and granddaughter Of President Theodore Roose
vet He later escorted the dining room, for the
supper
There II guests at Mr. Hoovers table, everyone OF
whom related former President of the United
States Mrs Hoover who proved gracious hostess last
evening charmngly gowned in coffeecoored lace and
corsage bouquet of orchids.
There IA guests at Mrs Hoover's table at supper
all of whom newly married couples prominent among
them Mr. and Mrs David E. Finley. Mr. and Mrs Herbert
Hoover, j surrounded by group of their friends
at supper and tables arranged only the State
dining room. but in the Green adjoining. -
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Dinners Before Dance

Many dinner parties preceded
the dance given in the west
ballroom at the Shoreham last
evening for the sub-debS, when
about 200 Of these charming
young maidens and their eS-
corts were present. A distin-
guiShed group of matronS re-
ceived the guests and supper
was served later in the evening.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Son Of Senator
Is Engaged

At q dinner given last eve
ming by Mr.. and Mrs. Waiter
Stillman Duryee, Of New York
and Suffern. they announced
the engagement Of their daugh-
ter, Miss Virginia Mae Duryee,
to Mr.. Royal s. Copeland. jr..
son of United States Senator
and Mrs. Royal S. Copeland.
Miss Duyee, until recently at
Syracuse University, is attend
ing the Juillard School Of
Music in New York city.
Mr.. Copeland has completed
his studies at Syracuse Uni
versity. He is a member Of the
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity,
of Scabbard and Blade. and Of
PerShing Rifles. He served at
the PlattSburg Army training
camp; last year was second in
command of the r. o. T. c.
at Syracuse University, and is
a lieutenant in the 102 Medical
Regiment, New York National
Guard.
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fectly and has a high cowl neck
line in front. Illustrating the
upward trend of necklines in
front only. The other gown is
of black satin. smooth and
Slinky, with an off-Shoulder
neckline, banded by two rows
of crystal bugle beads. The bu-
giles extend into the sash that
goes about the waist and ties
in front. There is quite a big
hustle on this gown, but. as you
see. it does not break the Slen'
derneSs of the silhouette.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
NEW YEAR RECEPTIONS IN HOMES OF CABINET OFFICERS

Miss Grace Edwina Dutton
entertained at luncheon to-
day at the Shoreham. in compli-
ment to Miss Jean Woodson,
debutante daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene r. Woodson.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
In Washington
with
QtQla auun

The White Houss presented gala scene last evening
when Mr.. Allan Hoover, of the President and Mrs.
Hoover entertaiued about 300 members of the smart
Younger set in%Washington at holiday dance given
in the East 6Om. Mrs Hoover received with her
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RURAL EDUCATION
!. CONF ference TOPIC
N. E. A. Delegates Hear Sta
tistics on Every Phase.
Federal Aid Urged.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, July Twenty
thousand educators abandoned conVen-
ton business sessions here today and
attended the First National Conference
on Rural Education to hear the case
of the little red school house.
Every phase of rural education. from
the method of teaching with hickory
stick to the consolidation of sch0ol
districts to enrich the opportunities
offered the rural child were considered
with statistics cleaned from years OF
investigation.
The next decade was designated by
Mrs. Charles w. Sewell. Chicago Farm
Bureau Federation director, as the
turning period pointing either to a
prosperous, contented family on every
farm or "peonage and undesirable
peasantry."
Must Teach Cooperation.
In the decade just ahead, Mrs. Sew
ell said, the rural home, with the help
of school and church, must teach CO.
operative effort "It must produce the
managers, officials and teachers for the
new order of distributing the products
of the farm. she said.
1T must develop the journalists to
tell urban America the true story CT
the needs of agriculture and the farm
home" She likened the rural home
to a fountain head of living water,
giving life, health and cleanliness to
the jewellers further down the valley"
and urged that the farm wife and
mother be released of drudgery.
THE rural home" she said, must
be electrified in the next 10 years and
nothing but education will do it. APP
proximately 100000 farms enjoy the
help of electricity, but there are six
and one-han million farm homes"
Urges Government Aid.
She urged the Federal Government
apply aid to rural schools In the great
er proportion 1t does to Federal high
ways.
Within the next 10 years, George W.
Wannamaker, Griffin, Ga, school Su-
perintendent, said, rural school super
vision should advance to the extent
that the rural teacher and the rural
child no longer be apologize.
He said the real strength OF ma
ton is determined. not by the large
cities. but by the vast rural sections,
and the next 10 years should see the
advantages of these sections made more
attractive
Earned Spurs in Remote Area.
Florence M. Hale, who rose from
the obscurity of a two-room school
In remote Northeastern Maine to the
presidency of the association in 25
years. won her spurs where snowdrifts
were 8 feet deep and they used horse
and buggy for transportation In sub
zero weather.
Those early hardships, encountered
in the name of education, have left
.iy,t <Nf
Names outstanding educators.
Rather they have instilled in her
a feeling of respect for rural educa-
tion-her first love since the days
when she taught the three RS at
Presque Isle, Me. where they go down
to the sea in ships.
"Those were the days." Miss Hale
said, when to be given teaching post
like that was similar to being described
as an outcast of an influential family"
Born in Athol, Mass, Miss Hale
gained her early education in the
schools there and taught later in a
State normal school.
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LADY |MERCLYD
WILL ASK D|VORCE
Intends to Wed Lothar Men.
des at Risk of Being
CIassed as Bigamist.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD. Calf, July 2.-Lady
June Inverclyde. the June" Of the
English stage. today proclaimed her in
tention of becoming the bride of Lothar
at the risk of being classed as a biga-
mist in the eyes Of her present hus-
band
The actress, who has established resi-
dence at Reno preparatory to filing suit
for divorce, charging extreme cruelty,
said here last night the Nevada decree
would not be recognized in England on
those grounds. Unless Lord Inverclyde
Obtained an English divorce, she said,
she would be liable to prosecution for
bigamy If she married Mendes after the
Reno divorce and then returned to
England.
Lady June said her Reno case had
been further complicated by the failure
of her attorney to locate Lord Inver-
clyde and serve him with legal notice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
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of her suit, and that she might have
to. await the process of service by pub
hcation In order to obtain q decree.
II understand Lord Inverclyde has
said he will never ask for a divorce"
she said. when I obtain one, shall
wait a while before remarrying, still
hoping that he will file suit. Then,
when am certain he never WILL ! shall
marry Mendes and renounce England"
II Lord Inverclyde obtained an Eng
lish divorce, 1t would prevent the pos
sible filing of bigamy charges against
her in case she remarked and returned
to England. Mendes, German by
birth, is the former husband Of Dorothy
Mackaill, film actress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

approximately $ls,oo0.0oo, It was indi.
Gated In Probate Court yesterday.
This IS considerable increase over
an appraisers report in 1929. which
placed the valuation at $10,181, 900, ana
makes the estate the largest ever adj
ministered in the st. Louis PROBATE
Court. The new valuation was indi-
Gated today when the court approved
commission Of $943,530 for the two
oyacIifnrS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
RIOTER FACES TWO YEARS
One of ID Defendants in Texas
Lynching Pleads Guilty.

AUSTIN, Tex. July (R).-J. 3.
McCasland OF Sherman, Tex, faced a
two-year prison sentence in connec-
ton with the burning May 8, 1880,
Of the Grayson County Court House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

He pleaded guilty yesterday TO q charge
of rioting.
Charges are pending against 10 other
defendants, alleged to have burned the
court house while attempting to lynch
George Hughes, a Negro, charged with
criminal assault on white woman
Hughes persisted In the fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

Nearly two-thirds of the films shown
in the Far East are talkies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

George F. Swain of Harvard Dies.
ASHLAND, N. H.. July 2 P.-
George F.. Swain, "a years old, pro-
fessor emeritus of civil engineering at
Harvard University and author of sew
eral texts on engineering, died last
night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02
ESTATE IS s18,0o0,00O
Edwin w. Grove, "Bromo- Quinine
King" Died in 1927.

ST. LOUIS, July R).-Edwin w.
Grove, late president of the Paris
Medicine Co., here. who was known
as the Bromo-Q uinine King, whip died
January ~, 1927, left an estate worth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-02

feofUreo IN me new screen version OF
Common Law"
the adroit star of many a famous Aim,
among them Beyond Victory" "What a
Widow" and now opposite Constance
Bennett in Common Law" Even through
long hours at the studio, Mr.. Cody keeps
that air of physical fitness, vigor anc WELL
being that helped establish his fame. "a
glass of Welch's Grape Juice in the NOM
ing starts the day right" says Lew Cody,
land is a refreshing drink at any time. l
have also noticed that fruit juice at that
four o'clock flag hour works wonders"
Smyrna times., 1931-10-21
Alleges That Insects
Are Menace to World

Insects are cOnquering in a mass
attack on humanity. This is the
view of A. Moore Hogarth, chair
man of the College of Pestology,
London, England, who has made a
life study of insects.
Insects are establishing such a
stronghold that one day man will
wake up to find that he has met
his MASTER" Mr.. Hogarth said.
'The trouble is that men in their
ignorance take no well-organized
steps to fight the insect menace,
and they don't realize that insects
have brains Before the war mos
quitOs were unknown in England.
Today every fourth or fifth person
has been bitten by one.
Il am not a scaremOnger. That
eminent scientist, Sir Oliver Lodge,
for example, has said that the end
of the world will not be caused by
such a calamity as an earthquake
or flood, but by the ascendancy of
the insect world over man.
"Some simple-minded local au-
thorities imagine that they are de-
stroying mosquitoes when they sol
emnly spray ponds with paraffin. In
their ignorance they leave alone
large tracts OF ground where mos
quitos breed in shoals. AS for cock
reaches there are cases where you
could not get them out of a build
ing without pulling it down.
why are insects defeating man?
Because all of their brains are de-
voted to the main things of life, to
satisfying hunger and the welfare
of the species, while mans brain is
dissipated in various other inter
ests."
Smyrna times., 1931-10-21
OLD HOTEL NOW APARTMENT
Delaware City Owners Relieve o..
>. of Padloclling Necessity

Another landmark of pre-prohi-
bition days is passing into history
because of the activities of prohi-
bition agents. 1t is the Central
Hotel in Delaware City, owned by
George R. Clark. About two
months ago prohibition agents
from Wilmington arrested Einar
Larsen and Fred Spinken in the
hotel on charges of possessing and
selling liquor. They were held for
trial in U. S. District Court. Har-
old D. Wilson, deputy prohibition
administrator for Delaware then
served notice that he would file
paddock proceedings against the
hotel. Before instituting the pro-
ceedings Mr.. Wilson took steps to
see what cooperation would be
forthcoming from the owners of
the property in preventing any fu-
ture violations of the prohibition
law in the hotel. An exchange of
letters between Mr.. Wilson and Mr.
Clark resulted in the latter's prom
ise to order the tenants of the
property to move, a promise to
dismantIe and remove the bar in
the hotel and a further promise to
use all reasonable diligence to pre-
vent any further violations of the
prohibition law in the property.
It has been the governments policy
where the owners of properties in
which the prohibition laws have
been violated to show good faith
and an honest endeavor to cooper
ate, to use the paddock only as the
last resort. A few weeks ago the
Perry's Tavern on the Concord
Pike was closed by the owners af-
ter they ordered the tenants to va
cate. The bar in the tavern was
also dismantled. Mr.. Clark plans
to remodel the Central Hotel into
an apartment house. Mr.. Wilson
commended Mr.. Clark for his CO.
operation with the government.
He added however, that he had
sufficient evidence to paddock the
place.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-21
Charms of Mexico City

All visitors to Mexico, of course.
desire to see the nations capital.
Here is a city of almost a million
population, nesting high in a
mountain valley. It's climate is said
to be unexcelled any place on earth,
with the warmest days of summer
never reaching 20 degrees. In
Mexico City one may see a most
cosmopolitan city with brilliant
cafes and theaters, a sublime ar
chitecture, elegant stores-to say
nothing of such picturesque staples
as the flower market and the
thieves market.
Close at hand is XochimilcO, the
floating gardens" and the pyra-
mids at San Juan de Teotihuacan.
In another direction is Cuernevaca,
a resort even in the days of the
Emperor Maximilian and now con-
nected with Mexico City by a
paved highway
And over all brood the twin vol
canoes-PopOcatepetl and Ixtacci-
huatl.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-21
JAILED ON LIQUOR CHARGE
Ralph B. Diamond, of Salisbury,
Pleads GUILTY to Manufacturing

Ralph B. Diamond, of Salisbury,
Md, who recently pleaded guilty
to manufacturing liquor, near Sea
ford, was sentenced in the Court of
General Sessions Wednesday, to
serve four months in the New Cas-
tie County Workhouse and pay a
fine of $50. Diamonds arrest was
the result of Federal Agents Ell
mer z. Riggin and Norman E.Jett
locating the still last August in a
clump of underground near Sea-
ford, and taking into custody Her
man Lane and Howard Fooks. The
two young men, who also live in
Salisbury, pleaded guilty before
Resident Judge Richards, at the
September term and were sentenc-
ed to serve time in the New Castle
County Workhouse. They stated
at the hearing that Diamond had
employed them to come over into
Delaware and start manufacturing
liquor. Diamond is a brother-in
law of Fooks. Nine months in the
New Castle County Workhouse
was the sentence imposed on
David Mcdonald, of Selbyville,
charged with cutting and attempt
ing to shoot Robert Tunnel, of
Lincoln City, at Wesley Camp, on
July 28. Mcdonald was convicted
by a jury on Monday of last week.
James and Lawrence Carey, broth
ers, living near Omar, short dis
tance from Frankfort, pleaded
guilty to a charge of stealing ff-
teen chickens from George Carey
and were sentenced to serve three
months in the New Castle County
Workhouse.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-21
HEADS PHARMACY BOARD
j. w. Wise of Dover, to Head the
State Board for Another Term

James w. Wise, Dover, was re-
elected president of the Delaware
State Board of Pharmacy to serve
for the ensuing period at a meet
ing of the board Thursday after
noon in the DUPONT Biltmore, Will
mington. The other officers and
members of the board of directors
were also reelected. T. H. Cap
peau is vice-president, ]. o. Bosley
secretary, and George w. Rhodes,
Newark, and r. M. Kaufman, Sea-
ford, directors. A report was sub
mitted by Mr.. Wise on the recent
convention of the National Asso-
citation of Boards of Pharmacy.
Mr.. Wise was a delegate at the
convention, as were Mr.. Rhodes
and Mr.. BosIey. Announcement
was made that two men and one
woman had passed the examina-
ton held in Newark last Wednes-
day by the board. Miss Ethel NJ.
Locates, of Chester, passed the ex-
animation for registered pharma-
cist and Abraham Golden, of Viii
mington and Marvin H. Allison, Of
Arden, passed for assistant phar-
macist. The next examinations
will be held January 6, 1882.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-21
Accident Near Hare's Corner

John H. Lester, of st. Georges,
was injured in an accident on the
dupont Boulevard, between Hare's
Corner and Basin Road, Thursday
morning. Mr.. Lester driving a
haIf-ton truck, loaded with sand,
and Michael Tabik, of Bear Station
driving a sedan, bearing a Penn
sylvania license, We're on their way
north on the boulevard when Les
ter attempted to make left turn.
Tabik's car crashed into the Lester
machine. Both machines were
wrecked. Both men were injured
and taken to the Office of Dr.Julius
Dodd, where it was found that
Lester was suffering from injuries
to his legs and hands and Tabik
injuries to his lip. Tabik was ar
rested by Private Leister Of the
State Police, charged with reckless
driving, and fined SO and costs by
Magistrate w. L. Cramer.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-21
Good Blacksmith, but
Not "Long" on Spelling

A few days ago a friend and l
were talking about it was too bad
that most of the men well skilled in
the old hand trades were disap-
pearing from rural communities.
The friend spoke of a local shoe
cobbler whose trade had been
landed down two or three genera
tiOns, and who could make shoes
that would Outwear any machine
made shoe that could be purchased.
Another trade that is largely gone
is the old-fashiOned blacksmith.
Some one from Connecticut wrote
me recently of a Yankee black
smith, long on horseshOeing but
short on book learning. This black
smith had a sign posted up about
which our friend writes as follows:
81 wanted a copy of that sign
very much so | took a child's sled
as an excuse and went to the black
smith shop. While the sled was be-
ing repaired, I asked the black
smith, with some misgiving, if I
might copy his sign. Why sure
he said, go ahead and copy. l can
not see why, but folks have teen
coming here to copy it, from all
over, ever since l hung it up And
here is what the sign said.
Work did hear with litnin spead
Satisfackshun garantead
Horshoin two is in my line
That viii stand the ware and tare
of time.
American Agriculturist.
Smyrna times., 1931-10-21
Million "Plunks" Makes
Ones Serenity Secure

A million dollars spread over
seventy years of a mans life ac-
cOmplishes one great good at least.
1t spares him from an immense
amount of anxiety. 1t is ammuni-
ton in his arsenal against care.
Serenity, some philosophers think,
is the greatest good. They have
secured it, but at the sacrifice of
everything else. They have usual
ly been lonely and impecunious her
mits.
One cannot imagine much seren-
ity or even personal comfort with
out money. Now, take a million
dollars, and if you don't court trou-
Bile by trying to increase it, it drives
away most mental distress and
brightens every hour of the day.
We do not adore wealth, but we un-
derstand its Importance. 1t is
worth while not to be bothered by
the vicissitudes of life, and most
of them can be eluded with mil
lion dollars.
There are more "Hallelujahs"
and fewer "Oh, hades !" with 1t.
One may be freer and less circum-
locutory in the expression of opin-
ion; and certainly there isn't any
excuse for a repentant attitude to-
ward the mighty. With a million,
you are somewhat mighty yourself.
st. Louis Democrat.