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The Washington times., 1933-09-30

Stephenson is writing a 500-page
book on the subject that will be
unique in its field, for publication
next spring. It will include refer
ences to almost unknown immi-
grafton lists, and an annotated
photography of 1000 titles.
DR.. Stephenson joined the Gov
eminent service during the World
War. She spent two years working
on war claims Great Britain held
against the United States, and in
1925 went abroad as technical as
sistant to the Naval Commission
on Claims. Immediately afterward
she assumed her present post.
DR.. Stephenson received a doc
torate of law from the National
University in Washington and pur-
sued further studies at Cornell
University. She is associate edi"
tor and herald of the National
Genealogical Society, which meets
in Washington; vice chairman of
the national genealogical records
committee of the D. A. r.; asso-
ciate editor of the Magazine Of
American Genealogy, published in
Chicago by the Institute of Amer
lean Genealogy, and a member Of
the board of the District of Co.
lumbia League of American Pen
women. She left office last spring
as president of the latter organi-
cation. Her greatgrandfather was
one of the earliest settlers in Ala
hama
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
QUALITY TESTS
To Be STUDIED

The Consumers Advisory Board
of the NRA has announced that
it intends to survey agencies which
test the grades and standards Of
commodities, to discover what pro-
lection is afforded consumers.
This action was foresnadowed
early in the week when Stuart
Chase, economist and writer, who
has made a consistent study Of
this question, appeared for a
meeting with the board.
Mrs. Mary H. Rumsey, chair
man of the board, takes the
ground that prices mean little
unless standards are definite; an
Scent package of inferior goods
may be a poorer buy than q H.
cent package of the same size,
but of better quality.
The Government has in the Blu
reau of Standards and the Bureau
of Home Economics agencies COM
petent to determine standards for
consumer goods, she points out,
but their findings have not been
fitted into industrial practice to
any great extent.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
FEDERAL UNIONS
To EXPAND

An organization campaign is
under way throughout the Dis
trict among Government en-
ployes. as a result of a decision
reached by officers of the Dis
trict of Columbia Federation of
Federal Employees Unions. It is
expected to achieve substantial
membership increases and to
stimulate interest in the Fedora
TONS work.
Luther C. Steward, president of
the National Federation Of Fed
eral Employees. has approved the
campaign, and of the Cancellation
committee proposal Of President
Harry B. Mitchell, of the Civil
Service Commission. He has
urged cooperation Of all locals in
the program.
At a meeting Of officials, when
the organization campaign was
decided upon, Matilda Lindsay,
national organizer, criticized the
recent convention of the Ameri-
can Federation of Government
Employees as a farce" and said
that the group did not merit the
designation organization"
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
LAUDS
POSTAL AIDE

Postmaster General James A
Farley today sent letter to John
j. King, retired foreman in the
Washington city postoffice, com
plimenting him on his "loyal
and efficient service"
King, after serving the Govern
ment for A years, voluntarily re
tired on August l. In his letter
Farley said:
CLOSING your career as a
foreman in the Washington
Post Office, you have the con-
seriousness Of having performed
your duties to the entire salts
faction of your Government.
81 congratulate you upon
your loyal and efficient service
and c0nnOt fOregO the OppOr-
tunity to express my personal
wish for your continued happi-
ness and cOntentment."
King was foreman of the parcel
post delivery section of the local
poStoffice.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
If BUGS LEARN TO THINK, THEN BEWARE
EntomoIogist Retires
With Cheerful Mes
sage to Mankind

that are still in use among
scientists.
The work of studying and
fighting insect pests has been
done in this country only about
100 years, he states. Many peo'
pie have Scoffed at the idea OF
keeping down the ravages of the
bugs, on the ground that insects
are beneficial in preventing over
production. Opposing this view
DR.. Marlatt declares:
"This rather peculiar philOsO-
ply ignores the fact that If
insects are left alone, farmers
in raising their crops would
have to work to feed insects, as
we'll as their stock and their
families. Even today, with all
that is done to control insect
ravages, farmers have to work
one to two hours extra every
day because Of the marauderS."
This also results in loss OF
from 10 to 20 per cent in crops
DR.. Marlatt adds.
AS he retires from the Govern
ment service. the famous entomol-
ogiSt can look back on nearly halt
a century spent in benefiting man.
kind. It was he who originated
the idea of plant quarantine
wrote the bill that passed through
Congress and had charge of the
work for many years.
It was he also who did i'm
portant service in controlling such
flying and creeping pests as the
HeSsian fly, the Gypsy moth, the
Mediterranean fruit fly, the boil
,yeevil and countless other ma
RAIDERS that have cost the coun-
try millions of dollars year.
Today he closes his desk for the
last time, with the knowledge that
his lifelong enemies are still un
der control. -
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
j. s. PEST FOES
PESTERED

The last place in town one
would expect to find covered with
bugs is the building occupied by
the Department of Agriculture's
Bureau of Entomology, the Fed
eral agency which has charge of
the control of insect pests.
Persons passing the red-brick
edifice at Eighth and B SITS. s.
w., recently have noticed that
myriads of woolly caterpillars are
crawling Familiarity about the
stronghold of the country's most
avid insect destroyers.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
WORKS DELAY,
PRICE RISES
HURT MIRA
Roper Says Buying Power
Must Be Kept Ahead of
Advance in Values

BUFFALO, N. Y, Sept. 80
The chief two problems Of the
NRA, according to an address b
Secretary Of Commerce Daniel C
Roper before the GeneSSee Con.
ference Laymen's Association Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
last night, are delay in initiating
public works and boosting prices
in advance of buying power.
Coordination Sought
Citing efforts made to coordi-
nate the recovery program, he
said:
Extraordinary difficulties
have been encountered in keep
ing these endeavOrs properly re-
lated. The increase in purchas-
ing power sought through the
public works division Of the re-
cOvery program was vital,
but, as the mayors in confer
ence last week said in substance
in responding to the urgent re-
quest of the Administrator Of
Public Works for more speed in
preparing their projects, may
Ors are as much enmeShed in
local selective and engineering
studies Of their enterprises as
the Federal Government is in
trying to expedite its response
biIities. To this the Admins
traitor Of Public Works stated:
eve can help you to de-
scribe what types Of projects to
undertake, but we cannot de-
eide for you whether you desire
or need public works.
Asks Public'S Aid
"ThuS, it is at this point that
we need the assistance Of peO-
pie away from Washington to
cooperate with those represent
ing them at Washington.
Purchasing power must be
kept slightly ahead rather than
behind price increases. There
are evidences that greed and
lack of appreciation Of this
point exist in some localities"
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
Liquor Charges Jail
Three at Marlboro

Three local men were commit
ted to the Marlboro jail yester-
day when unable to pay fines
imposed for liquor violations.
They were Walter Hughes, 40,
200 block of K st. S. W.; Arthur
jackson, 80, 400 block of Eleventh
st. S. w., and Baxter Griffith, As,
Alexandria. All received sentences
of so days.
Norman johnson, colored, s.,
$500 block of Georgia Ave. N. w.,
was fined $50 for illegal posses
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
Genealogist Says Americans Have Lost
Art of Writing Clearly and Concisely
DR.. Jean Stephenson
Penning Book on
Family Sources

If the great American public
could write as briefly and sue
cinctly today as their ancestors
wrote 200 years ago, this country
wouldn't be in the shape it is in.
Such an opinion was expressed
today by DR.. Jean Stephenson,
editor of publications for the Blu
reau of Supplies and Accounts of
the Navy Department, who is
recognized as national authority
on genealogy.
BY her statement, DR.. Stephen
son continued, she means that
persons who write conciSely nat
urally think concisely, and aren't
as apt to muddle important issues
that call for prompt and clear-cut
decisions.
Gave Years to Study
Ever since she was a child-for
% years, in fact-Dr. Stephenson
has pursued the fascinating study
of genealogy. Descendant of one
of the earliest families to settle in
Texas, she assisted her mother in
looking up the records of persons
who applied for membership in
the Society of Colonial Danes Of
America, and has been at gene
alogy ever since.
One of DR.. Stephenson's dreams
is to see real" history of the
American Revolution published,
based or accounts Of persons who
actually took part in it. Such a
book would emphasize the all
important fact that while many
of the Colonials considered the
war hopeless one from the start,
none had the faintest intention Of
giving in. Material emphasizing
this phase of the conflict would
impress children more than a
book "idealizing" a few heroes Of
it, in DR.. Stephenson's opinion.
Subject Has Wide Scope
There is no phase of human &C.
tivity that genealogy does not
touch, DR.. Stephenson pointed
out. She continued:
"The mental training it gives
takes the place Of the training
given our ancestors by the study
of Greek and Latin. Until q
generation ago people spoke in
the language of the Bible,
Greece and Rome. This gave
contemporary books q precise,
pOetical phraseolOgy that those
Of our modern generatiOn-fed
on hurried, poorly written lit
erature-lack.
"GenealOgy has all the inter-
est Of detective work. There is
no ending to it. The moment
you find a fact, that fact imme-
diately opens up a wide field Of
research. The primary interest
in it lies in the fact that gen.
ealogy deals with people, not
bugs or other unrelated sub
jects.
"Years ago, people depended
on religion to find their place
in the sum- Nowadays, it is only
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
PIT. A. Will Greet
NeU Teachers

The Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School P. T. A. will sponsor a
general get.together Wednesday
evening, october 4, at the first
meeting on its fall program, &C
cording to James I. Hambleton,
president.
The four new teachers Of the
school, William B. Marks, r. Vic
tor Cooney, Miss Vesta Lee Byrd
and Miss Susan Elizabeth Boyer,
will be presented to the group.
Extra-curriculum activities will
be discussed.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
ARB|TRAL BOARD
PLAN PUSHED

Only four Federal departments
have not yet been approached
with the plan for Cancellation
committees to settle difficulties
between Federal employees and
their supervisory officers. These
are the War, Navy, Post Office,
and Justice departments.
Harry B. Mitchell, who intro.
duced the Cancellation committee
plan in the Civil Service Commits.
sion, of which he is president,
first suggested it to the Treasury
Department, and has since then
taken it up with the Secretaries
of Labor, Commerce, Treasury
Agriculture, State and Interior.
ALI the departments concerned
appear to be interested in the
idea but there have been no def.
mite commitments.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
F. OF l. EXPECTED TO DEMAND US. PAY CUT RESTORATION
AdUentists to Send
4 Missionaries Out

Accepting the calls Of the
Seventh-Day Adventists, two for
eign and two home missionaries
will leave washington soon for
their new fields.
DR.. and Mrs. Paul Starr will
sail for Japan about october 2
and will be associated with the
Seventh-Day Adventists' SAM
tarium at Tokyo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Fearing,
Takoma Park, will teach in the
UNCONVENTIONAL schools near Da-
mascus and Konnarock in WASH
ington county, Va, in the Cum
berland Mountains.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
Court Order Gives
ALinlOny to Husband

OMAHA, Nebr., Sept. % QN.SO
Mrs. Eleanor Balkus. 40, must pay
her 50-year-old divorced husband
$4,000 alimony at the rate of $25
a month, Judge Rhoades decreed
in divorce court here.
Balkus testified that since they
were married nearly a score of
years ago, both he and Mrs. Bal
kus have worked at a packing
house. While his wages went to
upkeep of the home, most of hers
went into a savings account in her
own name.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
KRANZ To GET
BABCOCK POST

Harry T. Kranz. chief of the in
vestigation division of the Civil
Service Commission, has been
chosen manager of the Twelfth
Civil Service District, with head
quarters at San Francisco, it was
announced today.
In his new position he will sue
coed E. Claude Babcock, formerly
Secretary of the commission and
present president of the American
Federation of Government EN-
ployeS.
Kranz entered the civil service
as a clerk in 1921. He will be
succeeded as chief of the investi-
CATION division by Henry A. Hesse,
a, brother of Edwin B. Hesse, for
mer major and superintendent Of
police for thy District Of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
Loan Requests Reach
61I in HYattsUuLe

Applications for loans repre-
senting $1,914,788 have been filed
with the HyattSville office Of the
Home owners Loan Corporation
to date. The list of loan requests
have reached Gil.
Out Of this number IS loans to
home owners have been approved
by Thomas L. Peyton, manager
of the office aIAd his staff of as
SistantS.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
CLERKS WATCH
FOR ACTION At
CONVENTION
Unions Are Unwilling to Have
UnfavorabIe Wages, Hours
in Federal Service
By DUNCAN FORSYTH

by DONOfATN CO1N0 AA
Federal employees, particularly
those aligned with the American
Federation of Government EN-
ployes, are watching with keen
interest the preparations for the
convention Of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, which opens at
the Willard Hotel Monday.
The fact that William Green,
president Of the A. F. Of L.,
recently visited President Roose-
velt at the White House and
obtained from him a statement
that he hoped soon to do some
thing toward restoring Federal
salaries now affected by the Is
per cent cut is taken in many
quarters as indicating the inten-
ton of Green and the A. F.
of L. to campaign vigorously in
behalf of improved conditions in
the Federal employ.
Plan u. S. Workers Division
The fact that a movement has
originated for establishment of a
Federal employees department in
the A. F.. of L., coordinate with
the Building Trades Department
and the Union Label Department,
is another indication, to many,
that the A. F.. of L. will vigor-
ously espouse the cause of Gov
eminent workers.
It is pointed out that not only
is the A. F. of L. interested
because a large number of Fed
eral employees are organized un-
der its direction-the postal
workers in particular-but' that
in connection with its campaign
for a shorter work week, it
would probably be unwilling to
have standards in the Govern
ment service lag behind those
in private industry, if Uncle
Sam can be persuaded to keep
up with the procession.
AS a matter of fact, in for
mer years working conditions in
the Government service were
held in some measure to set
standards for private industry.
Now they are, in some respects
at least, distinctly below those
set by certain codes.
3O-HOur Week Sought
The general opinion is that
there will be considerable crit
tcism at the A. F. of L. con-
vention because the NRA has not
reduced the work week generally
to 80 hours, or at the most to
IS. It is also felt that the
A. r. of L. would strongly advo-
cate hours as short in the Gov
eminent service as those pre-
vailing for the same type Of
work in private employment.
The metal trades department of
the A. F. of L. has already gone
on record for a 30-hour week in
the government service and indus
try generally.
The convention is regarded
throughout the labor movement
as the most important the organ
ization has held since the World
War. limitations Of a union
with the Amalgamated Garment
Workers reveal the sharp char
acter of the changes that have
taken place of late in the Amer
ican labor movement.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
CITIZENS GROUP TO ELECT

An election of officers will be
held at the regular monthly meet
ing of the AnacoStia Citizens Asso-
citation Monday night at 8 o'clock.
The meeting and election will be
held in the Methodist Church
Hall, Fourteenth and U Streets
Southeast.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
YOUNG PEOPLES MEET

The Fredmont Young Peoples
Union, consisting of the majority
of young peoples organizations in
the Southern Methodist churches
Of Frederick and Montgomery
counties, will hold its bimonthly
mass meeting at Poolesville, Octo-
Der 10. The nominating commit
tee, of which w. w. Smith, Of
Frederick, is chairman, will pres
ent a slate of officers.
The Washington times., 1933-09-30
$7OO,OOO In County
Land Urqed for Park

LURAY, Va, Sept. 30.-A petit
ton asking condemnation of 404
out of 702 Page county tracts of
land in Shenandoah National
Park area and payment of about
100000 to the land owners was
filed in the clerks office here to-
day. Hearing is set for November J..
The Washington times., 1933-09-30

ing that period he made impor-
tant contributions to the infor-
nation on the life-history. habits
and methods of controlling i'm
portant plant pests, particularly
the forms that attack fruit trees
and cereal and forage crops.
Terming this work economic
entomology" DR.. Marlatt states
that the idea is centuries old.
Aristotle, the great Greek teacher,
wrote about entomology in an
encyclopedia, he say, and gave
names for many common insects
The Washington times., 1933-09-30

SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Seward daily gateway., 1933-07-13
ALASKA MAY NOT
 SHARE INV FUNDS

The Alaska Territorial Chamber of Commerce, with headquarters at Juneau, has dispatched number of telegrams to the mayors or the Chambers of Comerces of Alaskan population centers seeking to have concerted requests made to Wash ington for Alaska's share of the federal allotment of public works relief funds as provided for in the National Recovery Act.
 This action resulted from the ex- pression of some Territorial offic- ials that Alaska would probably not share in the allotment of relief funds.
 The Territorial Chamber has re- quested that the various Alaska Chamber and civic units compile estimates of worthy projects and ask President Roosevelt for an all loca tion of funds for these projects immediately.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-07-13
RESPECTABILITY

The great trouble with refor1ners such those sponsoring the prohibition laws and pressing for add tiona statutes for the purpose of keeping the straight and path is that the full force of these movements is directed at trivial custom action. almost obscure in it's importance until magnfed by the "Save-Als"
 While millions are being solicited from well-inten- toned persons in support of these reforms it is sgn cant that neither the eXhOrter refomer beyond the insignificant in the street in search of to save.
 The wires burning up with news of a sudden uptu in the stock market indicating that the old of arch gamblers again creeping forth to repeat the game of shifting the shells.
 This, most vicious of all gambling, has not yet received the attention of the AntiSaoon League B shop Cannon of stock gambling fame. And all because it is from this the easiest picking come for the refomers. It is something like religious cults having Hindoo complexion. The over-ch fall for it with the avidty the nick town plutocrat falls for the Wall Street game
 Neither liquor any of the complainedof vices of gambling such horse racing faro roulette and other proletarian pasmes has wrought the havoc which has followed in the wake of the stock market Neither is there anything devised by the seekers of suckers from the shell game to deliberate wldcatting stocks which contains many vicious and dshOnOrabe angles as the stock market game.
 Disclosures of how the game is banked the percent ages taken and the crookedness behind it a being aired in Congress- should be sufficient to warn any of ordinary intelligence that he has no more show of winning than a jackrabbit it pen of hungry wolves
 It ought to show the average with surplus cap 1ta that the place assuring the best chance of great turns is right at his back door, especially pioneer tries with natural resources.
 If each community had pooled it's capital and set it to work the things which affect everyone individual y and collectively there would be bread lines seekers of aims middle-cass bankruptcy.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-07-13
SCHOOL BUILDING
 FOR TERRITORY OF ALASKA FORTUNA LEDGE, ALASKA
ADVERTISEMENT

SEALED BIDS, in Duplicate. sub. 1 ject to the condition contained herein, will be received until 1 :3C P: M. August 2, 1883, at the office of the Commissioner of Education at Juneau, Alaska, and then pub llcly opened, for furnishing all labor ! and materials and performing all work for the erection of a School Building at Fortuna Ledge, Mar shall) Alaska, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by N. Lester Troast, Architect of Juneau, Alaska. Plans and specifi- cations may be had from the Ar chltect or Commissioner of Educa- tion or the following:
 H. R. Hunter, Fortuna Ledge,
 Alaska
 H. Olson, Nenana, Alaska.
 Mrs. LaDessa Nordale, Fairbanks, Alaska.
 P. c. McMullen, Seward, Alaska.
 R. s. Bragaw, Anchorage, Alaska.
 Guarantee VII be required with each bid as follows: Certified check in amount of 5To of the bid. Performance Bond will be requir- ed as follows: The successful bid der will be required to furnish a satisfactory bond in the amount of 50%o of his contract price.
 Partail payments will be made upon a certificate of the Architect who will grant a certificate within 10 days after receipt of the Con- tractors statement.
 Envelopes containing bids must be sealed, marked and addressed as follows:
 Proposal for School Building for the Territory of Alaska, Fortuna Ledge, (MarshalD Alaska"
 TO be opened August 2nd, 1883 at Juneau, Alaska, 1:30 P. M"
 Publish July 8, 10, II, 12, and 13.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-07-13

Mike Skriven, well known Anch- orage businessman, accompanied by his charming wife, were among the arrivals Wednesday from the Cook Inlet metropolis. MT. and Mrs. Skriven are here for few days visit.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-07-13
AT THE HOTELS

SEWARD-E. S. Resoff, MT. and Mrs. M. M. Skriven, Martin E. Han sen.
 VAN GILDER-James. s. Truitt.
 OVERLAND-Tom Sobol, Frank Case.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-07-13

Lief Strands Alaska Railroad crew arrived at Lawing Wednesday to do some ditcher work.
Seward daily gateway., 1933-07-13

THE ALASKA RAILROAD
 TRAINS ARRIVE PM. TRAINS DEPART Thursday and Friday 6:0o Friday 800 Saturday 7:3o Mixed Train Arrives Wednesday p. m Mixed Train Departs Saturday not earlier than 10 Round trip tickets between stations fare Passengers from Seward day return the following Thursday Friday Passengers Curry Thursday Fri