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The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Lovely Old Virginia Homes to Be Opened

Lovely Old Virginia Homes to Be Opened
This open house. in Virginia is being sponsored by the
Garden Club of the State of which Mrs Thomas W. Wheel
wright is chairman and at that the wekept grounds
and gardens of these lovely old places will be at their BEST
They for the most part owned by people of wealth
and social prominence who have taken patriotic pride in
restoring many Of the homes which would otherwise have
been neglected.
Only recently the Garden Club of Virginia presented to
the Kenmore Association the beautifully restored grounds
and the garden of the home Of Washngtons only sister
Bett Lewis at Fredericksburg which they have spent
thousands of dollars in improvements
on of the Lee home with equal interest and still others
in prospect.
Gunston Hall the Potomac, which presented to
the State of Virginia by Mr. Louis Here last week. is
of the charming of the historic homes which have been
restored
1t owned originally by George Mason author of the
Virginia Bill of Rights and the house is not unlike Wake
field in design.
The great lockwood lanes which lead from the stately
to the oga at the end Of the garden overlooking
the river, world-famed.
Another romantic old home in that vicinity is owned by
Mr.. and Mrs Wade H. Ellis of this city and is remark
able only for the beauty of its interior but for the gar
dens which surround it.
The Adam Thoroughbred mansion, oldest brick house
in the colonies and the ancestral of than
fifty firs families of Virginia is also in this region
Many committees formed of prominent men and women
throughout Virginia have been appointed cooperate with
the State IN supplying visitors with information about these
historic places, and how to reach them.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Dinner in Cabinet
Home Last
Evening

The Secretary of the Treasury
and Mrs. Ogden L. Mills enter
tained at dinner last evening
when their guests were the
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Charles Francis Adams, the
Greek Minister and Nine.
SimopouloS. the Swedish Min.
lister, Mr.. w. Bostrom; Senator
and Mrs. James CouzenS,
Senator Bronson Cutting. Re-
preventative Ruth Baker Pratt,
Representative and Mrs. James
S. Parker, Representative and
81 Mrs. Robert L. Bacon. Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth, Mr.. George
Garrett, Mrs. E. Marshall Field
and Mrs. Reginald Fincke. of
New York; the Military Attache
of the British Embassy, Col.
Fitsmaurice Day and Mr.. Cleve-
land Perkins.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
SECRETARY AND MRS. MILLS GIVE BRILLIANT DINNER PARTY
Social Notes

DR.. and Mrs. Lyman l.. Sex.
ton will be the guests of honor
at the Arts Club tomorrow
evening, when DR.. Sexton will
provide the after-dinner pro-
gram. This will consist of an
illustrated lecture on the
beauties of the new and pro-
posed national parks of the
East, with especial emphasis on
the parks as subjects for The
palettes and pens of our ma
tional artists.
Mr.. A. H. o. Role, chairman
of the clubs art committee,
and it's vice chairman, Miss
Eleanor Parke Custis. will be
the hosts tomorrow evening.
Mrs. Laurence I. Chaplin. of
Springfield, Mass, is spending
a few days at the Dodge ac-
companied by her daughters,
Miss Elizabeth Chaplin and
Miss Ruth Chaplin.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
In Atlantic CITY

Mrs. william F. Hull, wife of
Representative Hull, of Illinois,
who has been spending a short
time in Atlantic City, will re-
turn to her apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel in a few
days.
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Mrs. Evans, wife of Repre-
sentative William E. Evans, of
California, entertained infor.
mally at tea yesterday after
noon at Wardman' Park Hotel.
Gen. Hugh S. johnson has ar
rived in Washington from New
York city and is at the Carlton
for the duration of his stay.
Mrs. James F. Curtis will leave
the Capital today to go to her
home in Aiken, S. c.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Vice President to
Be Guest Of
lndianans

The Vice President, Mr.. Curtis,
will be the honor guest at the
dinner dance to be given by the
Indiana Society of washington
this evening at the Shoreham.
He will give a brief address
following the dinner. Under
the personal direction of Sen
ator James E. Watson, presi-
dent of the society, diversified
program has been arranged.
The guests at the speakers
table will be the Vice Presi-
dent, Senator and Mrs. James
E. Watson, Senator and Mrs.
Arthur Robinson, Maj. Gen.
and Mrs. Omar Bundy, DR.. and
Mrs. James Shera Montgomery,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mock, Rep
resentative and Mrs. Louis
Ludlow, Representative and
Mrs. Harry Garfield, Repre-
sentative and Mrs Arthur
Greenwood. Representative and
Mrs. w. P. Connery, jr., Mr..
and Mrs. John Hustin, Mrs.
Victor Garrigus, and Miss Media
Ann Martin, secretary Of the
society.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02


Dominion, for the restoration Of
.'Stratford Hail." the ancestral home
of the Lee family, and birthplace of
two signers of the Declaration of In
dependence, Francis Lightfoot Lee
and Gen. Lighthouse Harry Lee; and
also of Cen Robert E. Lee, COM
mander-in-chief of the Confederate
armies.
a number. of these historic places
cannot be seen by the public except
at this particular time. They con-
tain a wealth of rare antiques and
are filled with romantic charm and
historic associations identified with
every war in which the United States
has had a part
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
To Visit Africa

Sir John and Lady Ward, SON.
tn-law and daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid,
are not including New York on
the itinerary of their winter
travels. Instead of crossing the
Atlantic. they will sail south
ward from England, according
to word received from them by
friends here, and visit South
Africa. 1t is their plan to be
back at Dudley House, Park
Lane, their London home, early
In the spring.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
To Honor Secretary

The Mexican Ambassador
and Sonora de Puig Casauranc
will entertain al dinner Friday
evening, March 4, at the en-
bassy, in honor of the Secre-
tary of State and Mrs. Henry
Lewis StimSon.
Nine. Claudel, wife of the
Ambassador of France, will en-.
tertain at a tea tomorrow after
noon, at the embassy, in Six
teenth Street.
: The Ambassador will leave
the latter part of next week for
a trip through the Middle
West.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Mrs. BarkIey Is
Hostess Today

Mrs. Barkley, wife of Senator
Alben w. Barkley, was hostess
at a luncheon today at her resi-
dence in Cleveland Avenue given
in honor of her daughter, Mrs.
Max O'Rell Truitt, of st. Louis,
who is here visiting her par
ents.
The guests included Mrs. Alan
Edison Reside, Mrs. Brown Mil
Ter, Mrs. David Auld, Miss Betty
Alexander, Miss Marion Rueff,
Mrs. Erskine MCGUIRE, Mrs. Bon
Geaslin, Miss Marjorie Archi.
bald, Mrs. Don Mckenzie, Mrs.
William Willard. Mrs. George
Werner, Mrs. Robert Phillips,
jr.. Miss Kathleen Carmichael
and Miss Laura Barkley.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Secretary Will
Honor Group
This Evening

The Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Charles Francis
Adams will entertain at a din.
ner this evening, at their resi-.
dence in r Street, when their
guests will be the members of
the Massachusetts, delegation in
Congress and their wives.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Returning Today

The German ASbaSsador and
Frau Won Prittwitz und Gaffron
will return to the embassy in
Massachusetts Avenue today,
after brief visit in New York.
y
The retiring Naval Attache of
the italian Embassy, Captain
Mobile Luigi Notarbartolo di Viii
laroSa will leave Washington
about the middle of March to
return to Italy.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Club Luncheon

The Seventieth Club, com
posed of wives of the members
of Congress who came here in the
Seventieth session, entertained
at luncheon at the Shoreham to-
day. Covers we're laid for %.
Mrs. William E. Evans, of Cali.
fornia, is president of the club.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
End Winter Soiourn

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w. La
mont, OF, New York, who have
been passing the month of Feb
ruary at the Castle Harbour
Hotel in Bermuda, are return
ing to New York by the Mon
arch of Bermuda. They were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore uglas Robinson
at lunche con at Woodlands,
Paget, Monday.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Mrs. Bacon Chairman

Under the craftsmanship of
Mrs. Robert Bacon, the hos
pitality committee of the Eng
disappearing Union of the
United States will usher in
the spring season with an illus
trated talk on English and
American gardens at the
unions national headquarters
in New York tomorrow evening
by Miss Mary Rutherfurd Jay.
Mrs. Hugh D. Auchincloss,
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Bridge Hostess

Nine. Leigh Rowan enter
tanned at bridge yesterday at
Wardman Park Hotel. Among
her guests were Mrs. David F.
Jennings, Mrs. Thomas J. War
ner. Mrs. Edwa1d A. Hagy and
Mrs. Edward D. Gamble.
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Mrs. Emory Land will enter
tain the Smith College Club of
Washington at her home tomor-
row evening. Mrs. Karl Fen
ming. the president, will preside
and there will be a report from
the counselor, Miss Elizabeth
Bryan
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Newly Weds Return

Mr.. and Mrs. William Tick.
nor Reed, the latter formerly
Miss Villa Fulmer. whose mar
riage took place Friday, Feb
ruary &c. at the Calvary Bap-
tist Church, have returned from
their wedding trip, and they are
in their apartment, 1922 Nine
teenth st.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Returns Home

Mrs. j. Wilmer Biddle has
returned to Binderton House,
her home in Chestnut Hill, Pa,
from Annapolis, Md. where she
spent the weekend with her
son, Mr.. Douglas H. Gordon.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Oran L. Hav-
erly have returned to their
apartment at the Shoreham
after a two months trip 20
Havana, Cuba, and Miami, Fla.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Entertain
at Embassy

The ambassador of Chile,
Senor Don Miguel Cruchaga
Tocornal, will entertain at din
ner this evening at the embassy
in Massachusetts Avenue.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
In Washington
with
- QtaJQauAn

Many of the oldest and most beautiful historic estates in
Virginia be opened to the public during Garden
Week which begins April % and ends April 30.
At that time the Shenandoah Valley will be at its oveest
These old Virginia homes to be opened for the bene
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
On Southern Trip

Mrs. Henry L. Doherty, who
arrived with Mr.. Dcherty at
the Miami Biltmore Hotel,
Coral Gables Monday gave a
luncheon for nine at the Roney
Plaza Cabana Sun Club yester-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Doherty will re-
main for the second annual
Coral Gables-Miami Biltmore
open golf tournament March 18,
10 and 20, when the Doherty
trophy will be won. Later they
will visit the Key Largo Anglers
Club.
>* + +
Mrs. Charles J. Rhoads enter
tained at luncheon today at her
residence in Woodland Drive,
when her guests numbered IA.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02
Mrs. Nelson Honorec

Mrs. Clyde B. Aitchison, wife
of the Interstate Commerce
Commissioner, entertained at
luncheon yesterday in honor of
Mrs. Joseph E. Nelson, of st.
Paul, who, with Colonel Nelson,
is passing several months in
Washington.
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Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg gave a
luncheon yesterday at the Ritz
Carlton in New York for Mrs.
M. Orme Wilson.
X X X
Mrs. Frederic A. Delano of
Washington is at the Gladstone.
The Washington times., 1932-03-02

who has been passing some
time in Mexico, returned to
Washington today.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
EVANS LOADED ABOUT 1000 CASES SALMON
 SEWARD FISHERIES

The local and southbound listing of passengers on the SS Admiral Evans, Capt. O. H. Hansen, which arrived in port at an early hour today, was as follows:
 William Bennett for Seward; J. Truitt for Juneau; H. Marc and N. P. Morrison for Seattle. r MT. Truitt is the well known staff engineer with the Alaska Road Commission and the man who made the first survey of the present local Lowell Creek project. He has just completed survey of the projected improvement of Ko- diak harbor.
 MT. Bennett is a fox farmer To- cated on Long Island, and is said to have one of the finest ranches in the country.
 H. Marc is connected with the Bureau of Fisheries.
 Besides the approximate 1000 cases of salmon from the Seward Fisheries being loaded aboard here, the Admiral liner has about 5000 cases in her holds from Westward points; there are also 1000 cases of clans on board from the Pio- neer Packing Company at Kukak Bay.
 The Evans was scheduled to sail south at p. m. today.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
POLICE ADMIT CASE BUILT AROUND GIRLS
 SUICIDE, COLLAPSED

NEWARK, N. J., June 13. -Ad- mission by the New Jersey police that the case they had built up against Violet Sharpe, maid in the Morrow household who committed suicide, and Ernest Brinkert, a White Plains taxicab driver, had collapsed, was the outstanding de- velopment in the Lindbergh case today.
 Brinkert, questioned for A hours after his arrest in White Plains, remained voluntarily with Inspec- tor Harry Walsh, vigorous New Jersey inquisitor, for possible fur ther examination. He has b en cleared of suspicion.
 From Alpine, N. J., comes word that the police, acceeding tn t whether or not Violet Sharpe had guilty knowledge of the Lindbergh case was a I'm tier of op- inion," they reluctantly were ab- andoning the circumstantial theory built on the suicide of the Mor- row waitress.
 The immediate reaction to the corroborated story of Ernest Brink ert and the ablishment that the other man, Ernest Miller. was Miss Sharpe's companion on the night of the Kidnapping, was expressed in two questions to Superinten- dent H. Norman Schwartzkopf, of the New Jersey state police.
 Tn view of Miller's statement and Brinkert's alibi, do you still believe Violet Sharpe had guilty Knowledge of the crime? Do you publicly exonerate her?" he was asked. Schwartzkopf gave one an- swer to both questions: Tt is a matter of opinion"
 Schwartzkopf was asked: Are you still looking for any definite person or persons in connection with the crime?" "Still looking for 'John'," answered the superinten- dent. "Johh" was the name by which Dr. John F. Condon, inter mediary, knew the man to whom he paid a futile $5O,OOO ransom for the Lindbergh baby's return.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
PRE-CONvENT|AL TALKS ARE HARB|NGERS 0F X
 HEATED G. ]. ?. MEET

CHICAGO June 13, President Hoover's first real attempt to bend the Republican National Conven- tion to his will, will begin today.
 Administration leaders, arriving in droves, began to pooh-pooh re- ports of numbers of threatened uprisings against White House pol icies and programs. They set about to arrange a schedule of procedure for the convention, which opens Thursday, and which will smother insurgency.
 AS the real business of the con- vention began to assume form, these developments stood out; the movement to unseat Vice Presi- dent Curtis and either draft Chas G. Dawes, or pick some other wet gained adherence.
 Administration leaders asserted Curtis would be renominated.
 Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler of New York, disclosing the text of his prohibition repeal plan, and assailing the "straddling, pussy footing and hyprocy of any re- submission plank" served notice he would not permit the Hoover forces to squelch him in the reso- lutions committee.
 The Hoover program, what the President has done or tried to do and ..l.at lie proposes to do, was revealed as the basis of the Repub- lican declaration on the economic situation.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
DIETRICH EXT0RT|0N CASE STILL PUzz[|NG
 HOLLYWOOD POLICE

HOLLYWOOD, June 13. Three opposing theories confronted the authorities in the Marlene Dietrich extortion case as they followed dwindling clues to authors of the notes threatening the screen stars daughter unless they were pa d $2O,O0O.
 Previous suspicious tn a t h e notes were the work of 'c h ap chislers' were practically aban- doned when investigators for Dis trict Attorney Burron Fitts began checking up on the whereabouts of known Eastern gangsters.
 The aid of States Attorney J. A. Swanson, of Chicago, was enlisted in seeking the whereabouts of cer- tain racketeers now linked wit h the case. Detectives said the ex- tortion notes were similar to those employed by an Eastern gang in other Kidnapping cases. All of the notes threatened to Xxi d n ap six year old Mars ha Sieber if Miss Dietrich, her mother, failed to pay the money.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
AKRON ENCOUNTER|NG IDEAL WEATHER 0N |TS
 EASTWARD JOURNEY

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, - Through sweltering heat, even at an elevation of more than 4,000 feet, the U. s. s. Akron was stead fly pushing her way across West Texas Sunday, on her return flight to Lakehurst, N. J.
 In contrast to her stormy voyage across the continent to the Paci- fife Coast, the giant dirigible is now encountering almost ideal condi- tions, according to radio reports received at the 18th Naval district headquarters here.
 The Akron left her base at Sun nyvale at 10:15 a. m. Saturday; 24 hours later she passed over Fl Paso, Texas, and at 2:35 p. m. Sun day, was on her mapped route.
 Reports that the Akron had been in trouble over Phoenix, Arizona, were denied in messages received at Naval headquarters. From on board the air-liner, however, it was explained that the ship was mere ly being trimmed" for the trip across the mountains.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
ENGLISH ACCUSE N. j. POLICE WITH MARRYING
 GIRL ID HER DEATH

ALPINE, N. J. June 13. (P)-The case of Miss Violet Sharpe wore an international aspect as police deni- ed accusations they harried her to death. This charge was voiced in- dignantly in the English press and was followed by the news that La Dor members of the British parlia- ment expected to ask their govern ment to make representations to the United States about the girl.
 After. watching the theory they built up against Violet Sharpe and Brinkert go to pieces New Jersey police busted themselves with fin al checkups.
 There never was undue pres sure brought to bear during the questioning by the police" Colonel Schwartzkopf said in denying the accusations that the police h d harried the girl to commit suicide.
 In view of Ernest Miller's state ment in which he admitted he was the one out with Miss Sharpe on the night the baby was Kidnapped and with Brinkert's alibi, Col. N. Schwartzkopf said it was "a mat ter of opinion" as to whether or not Miss Sharpe had a guilty know ledge of the crime.
 Miller said he, Miss Catherine Winners, and Elmer Johnson went to a dance in, a restaurant with Violet Sharpe on the Kidnapping night. This statement shattered the theory that Brinkert was the man with whom Violet went out on the tragic night of March 1. Miller's statement was later corroborated by Miss Winners.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
LIGHT SHIP CEDAR 0N
 ANNUAL TRIP INSPECTION

On her annual inspection trip and with supplies, the tender Ce- dar is enroute to Seward and light house stations to the Westward. Capt. J. w. Leadbetter is in com mand.
 E. w. Laird, of the Ketchikan of- flee under Capt. w. c. Dibrell, sup erintendent in charge of the ser vice in Alaska, is making the trip to inspect stations at Cape Spen- cer, Cape Hinchenbrook and Cape St. Elias. He. will return south from this port on a regular steamer.
 The Cedar will continue to the light station at Sarichef at Uni mak Pass and Scotch Cap. The en- tire voyage will take about three months.
 A mechanic and carpenter are aboard to do repair work at Cape St. Elias. Supplies will be landed at all light stations.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
LOST POLISH AVIATOR PICKED UP BY TANKER
 0FF PORTUGAL COAST

SS CIRCE SHELL, 500 miles of Portugal, June 13, (P-This small tanker was enroute today to New Orleans with Stanislau Felix Hausner, missing Poland flier who attempted a solo flight across the Atlantic and who was thought to have been lost The tanker picked him up exhausted from the red monoplane in approximately 42.41 north latitude and 2O.04 west lon- gitude.
 Captain Wilson of the Gree Shell said his unexpected passen- ger was too ill, apparently from exposure and starvation, to give a coherent account of his experien- ces. However, Captain Wilson all layed any fears that Hausner was in a critical condition. He said the flyer was progressing favorably.
 The Circe Shell, three weeks out of Hamburg, decided to abandon the monoplane because darkness soon closed in after H Hau uSner was taken aboard. The plane was drifting southward at about a knot and vessel, whose position was convenient, was asked to salvage her. When last seen the planes tail was sticking high out of the waves, about 800 miles off Portu- gal.
 Hausner left New York, the start ing point of his attempted flight to Warsaw, Poland, on June and after being sighted once or twice by ocean-going ships he was never seen again until picked up by the oil tanker.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
HOOVER PICTURED As
 WORTHY BEING SENT
 BACK ID WH|TEHOUSE

CHICAGO, June 13 The super man picture built up around Pres ident Hoover four years ago, is un- dergoing alterations.
 The revised 1882 model will be rolled off of the assembly line dur ing the Republican National Con- vention this week.
 President Hoover will be pre- sented to the country as the only world statesman who has taken a constructive lead in dealing with the greatest depression of all time.
 He will be pictured as having re- sisted all nostrums and fantastic schemes and an attempt will be made to represent him as safe and sane and send him against back ground of Democratic policies which Republicans will doubtless describe as unsound economically.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
REPUBLICANS NOT IN HARMONY ON NUMBER
 CONVENTION DETAILS

'. CHICAGO, June 13. (P) - The swiftly rising whirlpool of Repub- lican dissention over prohibition has completely engulfed the chos- en representatives of the party to the party general and rear rank private alike.
 On the eve of the National Con- vention what to do about the dry law became one big question.
 More trouble was seen to be in store for the delegates as it was declared that delegates were not only not ready to renominate Hoo- yer but this sentiment is now said to be turning definitely to Vice. President Charles Curtis.
 All the lesser disputes over plat form proce dure seemed to be headed toward a harmonious de- cision but no one expected that there would be harmony on pro- hibition. The prediction that the platform committee had drawn up a plank acceptable to us all'' has gone up in the smoke of one of the most furious platform battles of any G. O. P. convention since the League of Nations row in 1920.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
CH|CACO sPEAKEAs|ES
 WILL PROVIDE PLENTY
 |NT0X|CANTs VISITORS

CHICAGO, June 13, It was all most as easy to buy liquor as or ange Or tomato juice in Chicago. Branch speakeasies blossomed out all along West Madison Street, the route visitors will follow to the Re- publican National Convention in the stadium today; an avenue of saloons.
 Five hundred regular loop speak easies, that had closed temporar- ily to avoid last minute raids, be- gan unlocking doors and laying in large stocks of intoxicants. : High pressure salesmen for the bigger bootlegging firms, paced up and down Michigan Boulevard making Sales-talks in the hotels and passing out cards telling what number to call to get almost any drink thirsty Republicans could crave.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-13
EMERGENCY MEASURE WAS RUSHED THROUGH
 SENATE RECORD TIME.

WASHINGTON, D. C., June 13, - A $500, 100000 securities bill for emergency relief to the destitute, providing for Reconstruction Fin ance Loan Corps. loans to the States, was rushed through the Sen ate Saturday in less than five hours by a vote of 72-8.
 The measure provides for the issuance of that sum of new secur- ities by the corporation, to finance the program, and includes defi- nite provisions to make the loans possible to such states as are in- hibited against borrowing by their constitutions.
 This is the measure through which Chicago expects to be able to relieve the plight of its unpaid school teachers. The money will be allocated according to popula- tion and will be repayable by de- auctions from the Federal road aid payments during the next five years.