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Evening star., 1932-12-11
NEW BONUS MARCH
|. P[ANSARE PUSHED
Police Are Marking Time as
Group Arrive to Attend
Meeting Tuesday.

The Police Department was mark
ing time last night as the Veterans
Central Rank and File Committee
pushed its plans for the new bonus
march, scheduled to converge on Wash
ington some time Tuesday.
Meanwhile, bonus marchers continued
to trickle into the District individually
and in small groups, reporting to the
various billets established by the Rank
and File Committee.
Have 400 Men Here.
Altogether" said Harold Hickerson,
spokesman for the committee. an off,
shoot of the Workers Ex-Service Mems
League, Communist organization, I'VE
have about 400 men here. and more are
coming in every day. Well have be-
tween 1900 and 5000 on hand by the
time our mass meeting is called to order
Tuesday night"
At the meeting plans will be made
to present to Congress the next day
a petition demanding immediate cash
payment of the bonus and other relief
measures. A vote will be taken tc
decide whether to attempt to hold a
demonstration at the Capitol or merely
to appoint a small committee to carry
the petition to the House and Senate.
Depend on Police Attitude.
"What we do" Hickerson said, will
depend largely on the attitude Of the
police. Our aim, however, is to pre-
sent our petition peacefully and then
go home.
Were not promising to stay here
until 1945 or anything like that. But
well keep coming back-and keep
working between trips-until we get
what's coming to US"
Evening star., 1932-12-11
CIVIL SERVICE LIST
T0SERvE DISTRICT
Wage Scale Employees Ex-
cept Laborers to Be Picked
From Those Eligible.

The District Commissioners and the
Civil Service Commission yesterday
agreed to include all Engineer Depart
ment wage scale employees, except day
laborers, within the terms of the Com
missioners' order limiting employment
IN the District government to those on
civil service lists. The wage scale en-
ployes are those up to the grade OF
foreman in the various mechanical
branches.
Since November 18, 1880. under an
executive order issued by President
Hoover, the District has chosen most
of its employees from civil service lists.
The only District departments that
come directly under civil service rules
are the Police and Fire Departments.
The agreement also clarified the po-
sitions under the Board of Public
Welfare for which employees may be
drawn from elsewhere than civil serv-
ice lists. These positions, as defined in
the agreement, are: "The following
positions not to exceed 81 800 per an
mum under the Board Of Public We'll
fare, orderly, attendant, matron, care
taker, janitor servant maid, wardmaid,
laundress, cook, laborer, waiter, cham
bermaid."
Evening star., 1932-12-11
CHRISTMAS. TREE
| PLANS ANNOUNCED
President Hoover Will Lead
Celebration South of
Treasury Building.

Plans have been submitted to Presi-
dent Hoover for his participation in
exercises incident to lighting the ma
tional community Christmas tree in
Sherman Square as signal for Nation
wide observance of the holiday.
AS tentatively planned, the President
will arrive at the huge living tree just
south of the Treasury Building at
O'Clock on Christmas eve. After intro
ductory remarks by Senator Arthur
Capper, national chairman for the cere-
monies, he will press a button illumi-
mating the treee.
The United States Marine Band, un-
der direction of Capt. Taylor Branson,
will render Christmas program, be-
ginning at 4:30 o'clock.
Carols VIII Be Sung.
Carols, including Silent Night, Holy
Night" will be sung by the Girls and
Mems Glee Clubs of George Washington
University. As the President turns on
the lights, the Gordon Junior High
School Carolers will sing professional
around the tree, garbed as troubadours
of the Middle Ages.
Boy and Girl Scouts will serve as q
guard of honor to President and Mrs.
Hoover, and also will act as ushers,
guides and buglers.
The National Committee, headed by
Senator Capper includes Representative
Mary T. Norton, Commissioner Reichel-
derfer, Col. U. S. Grant, Sd; Frederic
A. Delano, George D. Pratt, Mai. r. Y.
Stuart, Mrs. Frederick Edey, Walter w.
Head, DR.. Joseph Lee, Mrs Jonathan
Buckley, Mrs Elmer j. Ottaway, Mrs.
Grace Morrison Poole, E. G. Graham,
B. w. Clark, DR.. Hayden johnson and
Miss Edith l.. Grosvenor.
The Committee on Christmas Carol
Singing for 1882 includes Mrs. Gertrude
Lyons, Hans Kinder and Capt. Bran
son.
Singers to Tour City.
Plans are also being completed to
send large groups Of singers throughout
the city in the early hours of Christmas
eve to offer the Christmas Gift Of
Song" to the hundreds of shut-ins in
hospitals, orphanages, institutions and
at 6 number Of hotels.
Among groups already signed up for
this Yuletide service are the Chaminade
Glee Club. Claviarco Glee Club, Chesa-
peake & Potomac Telephone Co. Glee
Club. Elizabeth Somers Glee Club,
Madrigal Singers, Mount Pleasant Con-
Church Choir, Rho Beta
Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon. Schubert
Club, Student Nurses Glee Club, Young
Peoples Society Of First Congregational
Church, the Troubadours of George
University, Estelle Went
worth Opera group and the Treble
Clef Club.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
FORMER WIFE HELD
ON SLASHING CHARGE
Woman Alleged to have Cut Elk
Mates Face With Razor
Blade.

Mrs. Ruth Hendricks Leland, 80, who
police charge, slaShed her former hus-
bands face with razor blade in a
corridor of the District Building De-
cember 8, was held for action of the
grand jury under 81 900 bond by Police
Court Judge Ralph Given yesterday
She was charged with assault with a
deadly weapon.
It was testified that Fred Hendricks
IS, $500 block of Thirteenth street, the
divorced husband, employed as superin-
tendent of the Municipal Woodyard
Is confined to Emergency Hospital
where he was taken after the alleged
attack 1t required 42 stitches to close
the wounds in his face.
Mrs. Leland, asked If she desired
counsel, said that it was immaterial tt
her and entered plea of guilty. Judgs
Given. however, refused to allow ths
plea and ordered one Of not guilty en-
tered.
She was divorced, police say. from
Hendricks about five years ago and wen
to California, where she was subse-
uuently married to man by the name
Of Leland. Later she was divorced from
him, they said.
Mrs. Leland arrived in Washington
several days ago, an officer said, anc
went Immediately to the District Build.
iur. She called Hendricks into a hall.
WY. II was their first meeting sinct
their final separations officials said.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
JOHN w. REESE DIES
AFTER OPERATION
Vice President and Treasurer OF
Doubleday-Hill Electric Com
pany Expires.

John w. Reese, 80 years old, vice pres
ident and treasurer Of the Doubleday
Hill Electric Co., died yesterday after
noon at Garfield Hospital following an
appendicitis operation.
Mr.. Reese, native of Staunton. Va,
had been associated with the electrical
firm here for the past 18 years. He
lived at No. II w street.
A member of the Electric League of
the District, Mr.. Reese also was active
in the affairs of the international As
sociation of Electrical Inspectors. He
belonged to the Holy Name Society and
to the knights of Columbus.
Mr.. Reese is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Anne Reese; two sons, Tom and
John Reese, and a daughter, Miss Mar
garet Reese, all of Washington; his
mother, Mrs. Margaret Ellen Reese, and
a sister, Miss Nellie Reese, both Of
Staunton.
Funeral services will be held at
olock Tuesday morning at st. Mar
tins Church and interment will be in
Mount Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
YOUTH Is SENTENCED
FOR ROBBERY SERIES
Edward Jarvin, Arrested in Flor
ida, Given From Three to
Five Years.

Edward Jarvin, 10, arrested at jack
sonville, Fla, last October in connec-
ton with a series of robberies here,
was sentenced to serve from three to
five years in the penitentiary by JUS
tice Daniel w. O'Donoghue in District
Supreme Court today. The sentence
was based upon conviction on one rob-
berry charge.
After he had been brought back
here, Jarvin "kidded" several of his
victims by saying he recognized them
when they failed to recognize him in
the police lineup.
On another case, committed before
the passage of the "indeterminate SEN
tence" law, term of three years was
imposed and allowed to run concur
rently.
The youth admitted completely in
seven or eight robberies. Among the
places he said he robbed were drug
store at 1742 Pennsylvania avenue and
q filling station at 14l0 H street.
Sentences of from three to four years
in the penitentiary have been imposed
by Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat where
guns were used in robberies. He sent
King Mckinney and James c. Shep-
herd. both colored, to the penitentiary
for the indeterminate sentence of three
to four years on each of two indict-
nents, but allowed the sentences to
run concurrently. Shepherd is 81 years
old and Mckinney "a They admitted
they held up Calvin Scott in parked
car on New Jersey avenue in the early
hours of october and took his watch
valued at $50 and $55 in money.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Photo of Stop Sign
Acquits Motorist
OF Traffic Charge

Nathan Louft, merchant Of
Northeast Washington, en-
ployed a photograph to beat" a
charge of passing a. stop sign
which was placed against him in
Traffic Court yesterday.
Policeman H. B. Mohler ar
rested Louft. charging that the
merchant failed to halt at a
boulevard sign on Eleventh street
at Rhode Island avenue north
east yesterday.
Louft admitted he did not heed
the sign, but produced a picture
o for the benefit of Judge John P.
Mcmahon which showed the
wording on the board to be
partly obliterated. The post was
leaning and the sign could
scarcely be seen from the street.
Judge Mcmahon dismissed the
case.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Ceremony at Labor Building
to Be Duplicated at Struc-
ture for |. c. C..
LOUD SPEAKER TO CARRY
WORDS TO LATTER PLACE
Masonic Grand Lodge to 0ficiate
Thursday at Constitution
Avenue Structures.

President Hoover will speak stimuli
taneously at two corner stone laying
ceremonies next Thursday, due to q
novel synchronized arrangement where
by the President will deliver dedica-
tory address in person at one place and
by remote control apparatus in another
Guests at the laying OF the corner
stone of the new Department OF Labor
Building, at Fourteenth street and Con-
stitution avenue, will see as well as
hear the President deliver his message
At the new Interstate Commerce Com
mission building, Twelfth street and
Constitution avenue, guests at SINH
lar ceremony, which is timed to coin
eide exactly with the Labor rites. will
hear him through loudspeakers. Other
speakers also will be heard.
The formal corner stone ceremonies
will be conducted by the Masonic
Grand Lodge, with Reuben A. Bogley
grand master, and his officers presiding
at the Department Of Labor, and other
Masons deputized by him presiding at
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Ceremony Duplicated.
There will be decorations at both
corners, and chairs arranged for Of
ficials and the public at both places.
ARRANGEMENTS will be made to have a
staff of Masonic deputies at the 1. G. G.
Building go through in silence every
part Of the Masonic ceremony which is
being enacted at the Department OF
Labor. A system Of electric buttons
and green lights will be used to indi-
cate that the ceremonies are being
properly synchronized.
The entire program is to be broad
cast over coast-to-coast networks OF
both the Columbia Broadcasting Sys-
TEN and the National Broadcasting Co.
Others on Program.
The two buildings where the stones
will be laid are part of one great struc-
ture running from Twelfth to Four
teenth street, and are connected by a
Government auditorium In the middle.
Besides President Hoover those par
t;cipating in the double ceremony will
be Secretary of Labor Doak, William
Green, president Of the American Fed
eraticn of Labor: James G. Stewart,
president of the James Stewart Co..
Inc, contractors erecting the three
buildings, who is also member OF
President Hcover's Employment Com
rnittee: DR.. John C. Palmer, grand
chaplain of the Grand Lodge Of Ma
sons; Rev. DR.. John j. Burke, G. s. j.,
general secretary of the National Cath
olic Welfare Conference, and DR.. Abram
simon OF the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
VETERAN, IS, EXPIRES

LOUISVILLE, KY, December 10 Cp,.
Capt. Schuyler A. DonnelIa, IS, a
veteran Of the United States Secret
Service and of the Confederate Army,
died today at his home near Jefferson
vile, Ind. He retired from Govern
ment service in August, 1920.
Capt. Donnella, native Of Abe
marie County, Va, ran away from
home when he was IA years old and
enlisted in the 5th Virginia Cavalry.
serving throughout the war.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Lions to Be Christmas Gift.

ABERDEEN. Wash, December 10 tP9.
What to do with two lions for Christ
masl Representative-elect Martin Smith
is doing the wondering. The cubs have
arrived from Africa and will be pre-
sented Christmas eve by julius Gold
berg of Kelso, who vowed he'd make
the offering in the event Of Smiths
election.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
LODGE Is CHARTERED
Colored Federal Workers Become
Unit in Federation.

Interdepartmental Lodge, No. 20,
American Federation of Government
Employees, composed of colored workers
In departmental service, yesterday re-
ceived charter from the federation.
Officers are: John w. Charleston, or
fee Of Secretary, Commerce Depart
ment, president; George II. Rycraw,
Coast and Geodetic Survey, vice presi-
dent; Frederick L. Slade, Census Bu-
reau, secretary; Gozlee Brown, Public
Buildings and Public Parks. treasurer;
@. s. Jones, National Museum, chap
lain, and Rufus Mundy, Public Build
ings and Public Parks, sergeant at
arms.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Jobs Daughters to Meet.

Jobs Daughters viii hold their an
nual installation meeting Saturday
night at the Masonic Temple. The
officers are Edna Newman, hon.
ored queen; Emily Harris, senior
princess; Christine Thackara, junior
princess; Isabelle Ager, guide, and
Dorothy 4rauner. marshal.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Lecture on Soviet Plan.

Prof. Scott Nearing, author and lee
turer, viii discuss "The Second Five
Year Plan" at Plasterer's Hall, 1924
pm. The lecture has been arranged
under the auspices Of the Friends Of
the Soviet Union.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Iowa Society to Dance.

The Iowa Society will hold a card
party and dance Saturday night at
the willard Hotel Entertainment will
be furnished by Janet Coon and Ger
trude Dyre, radio artists, and Ethel
and Ann Hayden.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
Giant Cabbages Grown.

Three cabbages grown on the county
farm near Pontiac, Mich, weighed Is.
~ and 10 pounds.
Evening star., 1932-12-11
WOMAN BURNED BY GAS
Injured in Attempt to Light
Heater in Apartment.

While attempting to light q gas
heater In her apartment at 2512 @
street last evening, Mrs. Helen Hol-
loran, 81, was burned when gas which
had escaped was 1gnited.
( She was treated at Georgetown Hos
pital where her condition was said not
TO be serious. =
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ture Club and / want to join. /
would have Joined a long time
ago, but couldn't find the cou-
pom in the column. 1 haven't a
picture at present, but will send
one SOOn."
Virginia Groves, S25 Cherry.
dale Ave-, Clarendon, Va:
II have wanted to join the
club for a long time.
Mother say 1 can now, so
am writing to you. am IL
years old and in the fifth grade
at the James Monroe School.
My teacher is very nice to me
and / like her very much.
II think it is wonderful to be
in a gOOH club like this one.
Will you please send me my
card soon, as / wish 10 be .
member so badly. Please put
my letter in the column. / will
send you a picture when have
one"
Bob Is Sick
Robert H. Young, 4510 Fifth
st. N. W.:
II have read 80 much about
The Washington Times Adven-
ture Club that 1 want to join.
am sick in bed. 1 will send
my picture later. I think the
Adventure Club Is the best club
in the world for boys. / like
The Washington Times best of
all the papers. / am ten years
old and in the fifth grade"
Merry Christmas
Sonny" Baker, 1O9 Westmore.
land Avenue, Takoma Park,
Md:
II am enrolling a member Of
the club. He is S years old.
He will so to school in Feb
ruary. He looks at the funnleS
and kind Of reads them. We
take the paper daily and he
runs and gets the paper from
the boy. Merry Christmas TO
you and the club"
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e A wAs1EE TfMEs
80 .ADVENTURE CLUB

We always like to record any
unusual honor or distinction be-
falling our club members.
So we are especially pleased
to be able to publish today this
picture of Norman Werlich,
1884 H st. N. E.
Norman, a pupil at the Madi-
son School, was the victor in a
recent forestry notebook con-
test, conducted in the public
schools Of the District. Our
picture shows Norman with his
book.
He writes:
II have been in your nice
club = very long time. / have
had my name printed in the
club column but not my picture.
No doubt you saw my picture
recently in all of the papers. /
received q medal for winning
first prize in the contest. I wish
you would put my picture in
the column SOOn."
Made Mistake
Norman, incloSed a little pic
ture from another Washington
paper and said THAT paper cit
wasn't The Washington Times
but we won't say which other
one it was because that wouldn't
be clubby), said he was sons of
his brother. His father Eve AL
WAYS give the facts straight,
is Morris Werlich, of Washing
ton.
Bernice'S Letter
Bernice D. Phillips, 800 Sixth
st. s. W., is new club member.
She writes:
81 would like to join your Ad-
venture Club. I am 8 years old
and in the IA grade at the Ami
don School. My favOrite fun.
mics are Mickey Mouse and Lit
tie Annie Rooney.
my cousin, Daniel Rassin,
belongs to your club"
Harry Lapin, 1929 Seventeenth
st. N. W., is a brother of Ger
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trude Lapin,
an old mem
Der of t h e
club.
&c tr ude
writes:
"My brother
Harry would
like to join
tho club. He
has been read
ing the col
umn for a
long time. He
Is IL y e ar s
old and is in
the 5.B grade
at the Force
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Another New Member
John White, aged 13, 1860
Avon Pl. N. W.:
II have been reading about
The Washington Times Adven-
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07
AN ACTIVE MAYOR

SEATTLE, June T. John F. Dore, Seattle's new mayor, was so anxious to take office that he took the oath of office at one minute past midnight Monday m o r ming and he immediately began mak- ing new appointments to fill the various city offices. The mayor will meet with the city council this evening to have all his appoint ments acted and confirmed. To- nights meeting is to be a special session.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07
YOU CANNOT KEEP A SQUIRREL

While many hardy young men are, like dog chasing his tail, milling around and Jumping into each other in an effort to connect with days pay job Dune Lite veteran miner of the old school has Hong tom set up at Schooners Bend Kenai rVe lower Lake country and is lifting from $4OO to $500 per day from the graves Considered in the light of romantic mining this does not seem much until takes into account the fact that Dune is business and independent of depressions panics and the paymasers time sheet Like not when he turns off the water and shuts down next winter he will have cash in his poke than dozen slaves of the pick and shovel taking orders from ee-and may be not getting their money.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07
DOEC |s REPLACING
 VINES, CUP TENNIS

NEW YORK, June 6.-John Hope Doeg of Newark, N. J., the 1880 United States singles champion, will replace Ellsworth Vines, Jr., of California in the American in terzone final Davis cup tennis tie with Brazil, the United States Lawn Tennis Association announc- ed. Vines, who led the United States side in the ties with Cana da, Mexico and Australia, will sail Saturday on the He de France to compete in the English champion ships at Wimbledon.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07
WILL RESUME SOON

SANTIAGO, Chile, June '. - Re- sumption of operations by the fa- nous trans-Andean railroad, con- meeting Argentina and Chile with in a short time, was predicted by Alvarta Orrega Barros, member o1 the Chilean Trans-Andina Com mission, who left for Buenos Ali res to confer with the Argentine government.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07

Word from Fairbanks tells O the death of J. J. Jeffry, a veter- an of the Alaska Railroad service Jeffry died Sunday morning after an extended illness but the i'm mediate cause of his death was at tributed to Bright's disease. Jef- fry came North in 1915 to join the Alaska Railroad forces.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07

same complaint which had caused the death of the baby. Before a plane could be sent Pilot Art Wood- ley, en route to Holy Cross, stopped at McGrath to refuel. Informed Of the emergency he flew to Big River and brought Mrs. Condra and two daughters to Fairbanks.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07

With on e child dead and t h e mother and another child i'll with what was diagnosed as poisoning, an emergency plea for an airplane came to Fairbanks from McGrath. The three-year-o daughter of Joe Condra, roadhouse owner at Big River, died and Mrs. Condra and another child were ill with the
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07

It is reported Pilot Dorbandt has moved the Hubbard party base camp to False Pass where they are now awaiting the arrival of the M. s. Polar Bear which vessel will take them to Chignik.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07
MARINE NOTES

The river steamer Yukon arrived at Fort Gibbons Monday at 7;30 a. m. and departed for Nenana at 9:2O a. m. on the same date.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07
SEEK BRITISH OPEN

SANDWICH, England, June '. - With Gene Sarazen, of New York, favored to win, 236 of the worlds best golfers teed off Monday over the rolling windswept Princes and Royal St. George courses in quest of the British open golf cham pionship.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07
FIGHTERS CONFER

LOS ANGELES, June 7.-King Levinsky, Chicago heavyweight, is here with Jack Dempsey for con- ference. Dempsey is to promote Levinsky's July fight with Max Baer in Reno.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07

The body of James Peterson, old timer of the Interior, was found in his hillside cabin about half a mile from the town of Fox by a neighbor. He had died from na- tural causes. MT. Peterson ap- parently died while asleep.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07
MT. and Mrs. Robert B. Payne from St. Paul's island are bound for the states on a vacation trip.
OPENS WAR ON OPIUM

TAIYUFANFU, China, June T, P) -Shansi province spends nearly $5,OOO,0OO annually on opium and other narcotics, said Gov. Yen Hsi- Shan in announcing drastic mea- sures to combat the traffic.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07

Although definite prices cannot be obtained for this seasons pro- duction of fish meal and oil, five of Southeast Alaska's herring re- duction plants are making plans to operate.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07
A NATIONAL PARADOX

When the veterans sailed for Europe to uphold the countys flag they hailed patriots; when they returned they acclaimed heroes; but when driven peaceful misson it is announced that the police of Washington will finger-prnt them. Thus we have the confirmation of the belief that war is criminal
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07

At a hearing before U. s. Con- missioner Kent G. Robinson of Cordova Jack Nelson, old-timer of that section, was found insane and will be committed to the Morning side asylum.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07

The Thorpes moved their sup plies in a couple of weeks ago and will go back to their property on Grubstake Gulch, Willow Creek district, as soon as snow conditions permit.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07

Taylor Aulthouse, 81 years old, who prospected in Alaska for 30 years beginning in 1901, died at Seattle two weeks ago. His widow intends to return to Alaska.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-06-07

Engine trouble forced Clayton L. Scott down on the Yukon several miles above Nulato last week. He made repairs and continued his trip.