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Evening star., 1934-05-15
principles upon which alone the idea


may be measurably attainable."
The conference here IS the first OF
two called by the Episcopal church
to explore the whole range of the new
deal. 1t was opened yesterday morn
ing and will continue through today
The second conference will be held In
ST. Louis on May 1929.
Day sessions of the conference were
addressed by DR.. E. w. Zimmerman
professor of economics in the Univer-
sity of North Carolina; Spencer Miller
jr., consultant on industrial relations
Department of Christian Social Serv-
ice of the National Episcopal Council:
Kemp P Lewis. president and treas
urer of the Erwin Cotton Mills Co.
Durham. and Fred Hewitt. editor OF
Machinists' Monthly. International
Machinists' Association.
Evening star., 1934-05-15

Brand-new patterns smooth, long-wearin
surface. These rugs in the improved baske
weave and they never buckle or bulge. Manv pat
terms in horals modern designs and bordered effects
in green, grey, rust, tan, brown and orange
Evening star., 1934-05-15
S6.95

A four-draWcr chest,
27H in. wide, 4O1z in. high
four very spacious
drawers. Rich walnut fin
ish on gumWoOd.
Evening star., 1934-05-15

Chest on chest, Colonial
style four drawers.
Maple. walnut or mahog-
any finished gu1nwood.
Same in veneers, S9.95.
Evening star., 1934-05-15
S4.95

Combination boot cry
and chest. Maple or ma
hogany finish on gum
wood. 1t also makes a
very charming night table,
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Returns From South

Mrs. Munnikhuysen has joined
Major Henry D. Munnikhuysen,
U. S. A., in their apartment at
Wardman Park Hotel after
spending several weeks visiting
in Miami, Palm Beach and Ha-
vanah, Cuba, with her daugh-
ter, Miss Betty Ainsworth Burke.
Miss Burke Is motoring from
Palm Beach and will join them
at Wardman Park about Fri
day.
Mrs. Mason Britton, of Great
Neck, Long Island, N. Y, is
at the Carlton for a few days,
accompanied by her two sons,
Mason Britton, jr., and Wright
Britton.
Mrs. Dudley Wadsworth and
Miss Leslie Baer, of Westport,
Conn.,, are passing some time at
the Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Dix,
Of Maplewood, N. j., are spend.
ing a few days at the Dodge.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Fete Graduates
Tomorrow

The graduation Of the 1884
class of Staff Assistants of the
District of Columbia Chapter,
American Red Cross. will take
place Thursday afternoon,
March 30, at 4 O'Clock, at the
Chapter headquarters, 17O3 E
Street.
Miss Mabel Boardman will
award the certificates and Gen.
Robert U. Patterson, Surgeon
General Of the United States
Army, will give an address.
After the graduation the Staff
Assistance Corps Will give tea
in honor of the new members.
The graduates include Miss
Alexandra Murray Bacon, Mrs.
Laura Katherine Field Cheat
ham, Miss Evelyn Chase. Mrs.
John Chamberlain, Jr.: Miss
Mary Bowie Clagett. Miss Olga
B. Dame, Miss Deborah Dows,
Miss Dorothy Graham, Miss
Alma Knox Duvall, Miss Helen
M. Eaton, Miss Margaret Key
English, Miss Mildred Reed
English, Miss Anne Livingston
Eustis, Miss Alice Marie Flem-
ing, Miss Lucie Van Der Veer
Friedell, Miss Elizabeth D.
Gregg, Miss Marianne Felpa
Hilgard, Miss Frances Richards
Hodges. Miss Gertrude Laugh
lin, Miss Mary Louise Marsh,
Miss Mary Mcdowell. Miss
Brownlee Mckee, Miss Kath-
crime Edmonston Pearson, Miss
Sarah Wadhams Pearson, Miss
Jane Esther Platt. Mrs. LanGra
Beach Platt, Miss Carolina
Sheridan, Miss Dorothea Ham
ilton Sewers, Mrs. Edward
Smith, Miss Dorothy Quincy
Tirrell and Miss Ordway Whit
ford.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Party Tonight

Mrs. George Romney, direc-
tor Of the George Washington
Drama Appreciation Group, is
entertaining tonight at her
apartment in the Westchester
in honor Of the student actors
following their performance of
three -one-act plays which are
being given at 1905 H st. N. w.
Those who will be present
are Miss Frances Hand, Miss
Miriam Schmidt, Miss Kitty
Tullis, Miss Frances Goodrich,
Miss Violet Gobel, Miss Alma
Gemeny, Mr.. Charles Turner,
Mr.. L. D. johnson, Miss Edith
Williams, Miss Edna Kimberly,
Mr.. Tom Dobson, Miss Carol
Palmer, Miss Jean Christie,
Miss Estelle Tinney, Miss Jane
Ficklin, and Mr.. Charles La
Bonte.
The three plays, presented in
the auditorium of the Western
Presbyterian Church, include
RED Carnations" Suppressed
Desires" and 1.-THE First Dress
Suit"
Mrs. S. A. Hartwell, jr., with
her two daughters, the Misses
Eleanor and Caroline HartweI,
and accompanied by Mrs. Stew
art Johnston, arrived yesterday
from Pittsburgh, and they are
at Wardman Park Hotel. They
expect to be in Washington
over Easter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Bigelow
have arrived in washington
after spending the winter in
Florida. They will be at the
Martinique for a few days be-
fore going to their home at
Bellport, Long Island.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Mrs. Reed Dinner
Hostess Friday

Mrs. Franklin w. Reed win
give a dinner at the Shoreham
Friday evening for her daughter,
Miss Anne L. Reed, and the lat.
ter's house guests, who accom-.
panied her home from Smith
College for the Easter vacation.
The out-of-town visitors are Miss
Phoebe Weed, of st. Louis, Mo-;
Miss Sophia Moore and Miss
Teenie Ulm, Of Philadelphia.
Pa; and Miss Mary Fisher, Of
Minneapolis, MINI.
Mrs. Gertrude r. Fritz and
Mrs. Lillian L. Bishop, both Of
Brookline, Mass, are spending
a week in Washington at the
Martinique.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Cartmeil,
of Springfield, Ohio, are pass.
ing some time at the Carlton.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
League Plans for
New Deal Ball

The dance which is being
given by the Democratic League
at Wardman Park Hotel on April
10th has been named the New
Deal Ball" by its sponsors.
The girls floor committee
which is headed by Miss Frances
Simpson and Miss Patsy Benton,
is composed Of Miss Anne Blan-
ton, daughter of Rep. and Mrs.
T. L. Blanton, Miss Dorothy
Kurtz, daughter of Rep. ]. Banks
Kurtz, Miss Emma Ann Foulkes,
daughter Of Rep. and Mrs.
George F. Foulkes, Miss Dorothy
Fuller, daughter Of Rep. and
Mrs. c. A. Fuller, Miss Peggy
English, daughter Of DR.. and
Mrs. Merton English, Miss Mar
garet Blackstone, Miss Edith
Bruce, the Misses Katherine and
Helen Carr, Miss Virginia Conn,
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Birthday Party

Mrs. Colbert Hite will enter
tain today for her young son,
Richard, in celebration of his
eighth birthday anniversary.
The party will take place at
the home of Mrs. Hite'S
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Colbert, with whom she makes
her home.
Mrs. D. Walter Gibson, Of
Greenwich, Conn.,, and her son,
Mr.. David S. Gibson, a student
at Choate School, are at the
Shoreham while in Washington
for a short stay following a visit
to Miami, Fla.
Here From New York
Mrs. Richard Colgate, of New
York, has been joined at the
Carlton by her daughter, Miss
Anne Colgate, and Miss Nancy
Dennis and Miss Grace Dillon,
also Of New York.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
On
With Helen
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threatened with a shortage Of
gentlemen for their Bal Masque
on Saturday, April z.
It's just too absurd and GER
tainly not according to preced-
ent that any party given by
these amusing hosts should be
threatened" with anything at
all.
The situation is this. A GER
tain well known organization,
the Gridiron Club, likewise IA
nous for it's hospitality in rather
a big way, is also going to have
a dinner on April Z Most of
the important men in town had
joyfully accepted invitations to
the Gridiron Dinner before the
Bachelors thought of their Cos
tune Ball.
Phyllis says, "Now, these
Bachelors, quarries for so many
anxious hostesses, will realize
themselves how difficult it is to
find an extra man."
Some rare old Beshkir rugs
from Central Asia will be used
in the Soviet Embassy. The EN-
bassy Corps regards these rugs
as among their choicest posses
sions and are looking forward
to the fun of trying them in diff.
ferent spots in the great rooms
that once belonged to the Car.
ist Regime.
Everyone is asking when the
remodelled Embassy will be
ready for occupance. No one
knows yet. There is so much to
be done to the old building.
N. B. When the Embassy is
finally opened for it's first party
and if you are invited, be sure
you address Boris Skirvsky prop
erly. Pronounce his name as il
it were Spelt Squirrffsky. That
won't be really right, but you
Will never be able to do any
better.
Kay Shouse's book Careers
for Women" is out today. Mrs.
Jouett Shouse, wife of the for
mer chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee, has written
it under her maiden name, Cath
crime Filene.
A very interesting publication
1t is, too. Sort of a symposium
of opportunities for women. Au-
thorities on what women can do
in the world, 159 from different
fields, advise the woman who
wants to find out what work she
can do and tell us how others
have succeeded in the line she
wishes to enter.
Among the contributors are:
Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary
OF Labor, Judge Florence E.
Allen, now member of the Ohio
Supreme Court. and recently
appointed by the President to
the United States Circuit Court
OF Appeals, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert,
former vice chairman of the
Democratic National Committee,
Representative Mary T. Norton,
Of New Jersey, Mrs. Emily Newell
Blair, former vice chairman of
the Democratic National Com
mittee, Mrs. Blair Niles, the ex-
plorer, Major Julia C. Stimson,
Mary Anderson, Margaret Fish
back, Elizabeth Westgate, Sonya
Levien, Alice Foote MacDougall,
Maxine Davis, Ruth Finney and
Kate Cameron.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Returns From Cruise

Mrs. Rose Saul Montgomery
has returned from a Mediterra-
mean cruise and is visiting her
mother, Mrs. B. Francis Saul.
She will return to her home in
Warrenton the latter part Of
the week.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Nina Carter Tabb
Will Be Held at WaverIy Farm Near
Marshall Va Mondav

occasional bye day on Thurs
day.
James B. Skinner, of Middle
burg, Va, has a chestnut foal
just born out Of a mare, Mrs.
Dennis" whose dam "Too
Sweet" is by "Wavelet's Pride"
Golden Miller's" dam is also
by "Wavelet's Pride" so who
knows we may have a future
winner Of the Grand National
right here in Middleburg.
X y
Thursdays Meets
MARYLAND
Green Spring Valley Hounds
John K. Shaw, Jr., Frank A.
Bonsal, III, joint masters, Bos-
ley's Church, 2::30 p. m.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
Tea This Afternoon

ht~ = ~ ~ ! b~OI
Miss Jane Culbertson and
Miss Junia Culbertson, daugh-
ters Of the former United
States Ambassador to Chile
and Mrs. William S. Culbert-
son, will entertain at a tea
this afternoon, from 4 to 6
o'clock, in their parents apart
ment at 21O1 Connecticut Ave.
~ \
Mrs. Ernest c. Savage, Of
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, is
spending a few days at the
Martinique, accompanied by
her son, Master Ernest c.
Savage, jr., and Master william
Turner, jr., also Of Philadel-
phia.
The Misses Culbertson will re-
main in the Capital until April
9, when they will return to their
studies at Bryn Mawr.
The Washington times., 1934-03-28
In New York

Miss Alice Davis, Miss Gym
thia Davis and Miss Helen Da-
Wis, are in New York until Fri
day when they will join their
father, Mr.. Dwight Davis at his
residence in Georgetown.
Miss Helen Defrees, Miss Elinor
Johnson, Miss Harriet Lipscomb,
Miss Jane Luxembourg, Miss
Margaret McMullen, the Misses
Nora and Mary G.. Orfutt, Miss
Catherine Pierson, Miss Cath
crime Schneider, Miss Mary
Catherine Spinks, Miss Elizabeth
Trumble and Miss Corinne
Webb.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
:BENDHE|M RITE
WILL Be HELD
TOMORROW

Funeral services will be held at
II a. m. tomorrow for Charles
Bendheim, 68, commissioner Of
conciliation of the Labor De-
partment, at 812 Prince ST.,
Alexandria, Va. Burial will be
in Home of Peace Cemetery.
Mr.. Bendhelm died in New York.
Educated at st. Johns Mill
tary Academy and Columbian
College of Law, now George
Washington University, Mr.. Bend
helm opened a law office IN
1886 at Alexandria.
He represented the City Of
Alexandria in the State legisla-
ture from 1891 to 1894 and
again in 1905 and part of 1905.
He was a member of the City
Council from 1915 to 1918, when
he was appointed assistant Dis
trict Attorney in washington, re-
signing in 1918 to become COM
missioner of conciliation Of the
Department of Labor.
Surviving Mr.. Bendheim are
his widow, Mrs. Edith s. Bend
helm and a son, Leroy Bend
helm, a washington attorney.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
A. J. WOLFE, IS,
CREMATED IN
NEW YORK

NEW YORK, May 2.-Private
funeral services were held here yes
terday for Archibald ]. Wolfe, edi-
tor of the Export Shipper and the
Exporters Encyclopedia, and for
mer chief of the division of Com
mercial Laws of the Bureau Of For
eign and Domestic Commerce, of
the Department of Commerce, who
died Sunday at the Jewish Hospi-
tai. The body was cremated and
the ashes sent to a brothers home
in st. Louis. Mr.. Wolfe was 56.
Born in Vienna, he was gradu-
ated from the Gymnasium Ober-
Doebling there, and came to this
country as a young man, taking
special courses at the Cincinnati
Law School. He was not, however,
a lawyer.
Early in this century he was in
charge of foreign credits and law
problems for the National Associa-
ton Of Manufacturers, and from
1911 to 1918 represented the Bu-
reau Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce Of the Department Of
Commerce in Europe and the Near
East.
Mr.. Wolfe later became service
manager Of the American Foreign
Credit Underwriters and editor Of
Safer Exporting.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
MEN LAUD
GEN. SC0TT'S
SERVICE

Military leaders and statesmen
today joined in paying tribute to
Brig. Gen. Hugh l.. Scott, former
chief of staff of the army, who
died Monday, at Walter Reed
Hospital.
Funeral services for the mill.
tary leader will be held at the
Washington Cathedral tomorrow
morning with Bishop James E.
Freeman officiating, followed by
interment in Arlington National
Cemetery with full military
honors.
Pershing Praise
Gen. John j. PerShing, com
mander of the American armies
during the World War and a
close friend of General Scott
may be prevented from attend.
ing the funeral because of illness
General Pershing today paid
tribute to General Scott, saying
ellis passing ends a remark
able career. Devotion to duty
and loyalty to authority were
his outstanding traits of char.
acter. The Army has produced
no finer soldier. He lived up to
the lofty ideals Of West Point
and he was the embodiment of
the highest type of officer and
gentleman"
General Pershing pointed out
that he and General Scott had
worked together during the war
and that their relations were
always harmonious.
Lauded by Moore
Gov. A. Harry Moore Of New
Jersey, also paid tribute to the
meme of General Scott, who
once served as chairman Of the
highway commission of that State
following his retirement from the
Army.
The death of General Scott was
described by President Harold Will
lis Dodds, of Princeton University,
as a loss to the nation and the
state.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
DEATH CLAIMS {
DR., SLOCUM

BOSTON, May 2.-The Rev. DR..
William Frederick slocum, dis
tinguished clergyman and educa-
tor, died here yesterday following
lengthy illness. He was 80 years
old.
A graduate of Amherst College,
DR.. Slocum was ordained a Con-
gregational minister in 1873.
During an unusually active life
DR.. Slocum had been known as a
minister, a teacher, college presi-
dent, writer and lecturer, and was
at one time leader in the peace
movement.
After his ordination he became
pastor of church in Baltimore.
In 1888 he was appointed presi-
dent and head professor Of philo.
sophy at Colorado College, where
he remained until 1917, when he
retired.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
COOLEY RITES
TOMORROW

NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, May 2
Funeral services will be held here
tomorrow at 2 o'clock for Francis
Chase Coley, passenger traffic
manager of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad and
the New England Steamship Com
pany. Mr.. Coley died yesterday
Of heart disease in his Hotel Taft
home here.
Mr.. Coley had suffered from q
heart weakness for several years
and was stricken with an acute
attack on Wednesday while riding
on the Burlington stream-lined
train in an exhibition tour over
the observation-disclosures route. His
age was 6S.
Mr.. Coley began his railroad
career as a stenographer in this
city. In 1906 he became assistant
general passenger agent. In 1908
he took charge OF the passenger
department Of the New England
Navigation Company.
The family home is in Westport'
He was a native Of Monroe, Conn
He leaves a widow, Cornelia. q
son, James Edward, I'd, of West
port; a daughter, Cornelia Co1ey
L,athrop, of Toledo, Ohio; a
brother, the Right Rev. Edward
H. Coley, Of Utica, N. Y; a sister
Mrs. w. G. Staples, of Westport,
and four grandchildren.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
B. F. N0LLMAN,
BANKER, DIES

NEW YORK, May 2.-Funeral
services will be held here tomor-
row for BENJAMIN F. Wollman,
banker and lawyer, who died here
yesterday following a heart at
tack. He was 81 years old.
Mr.. Wollman was of pioneer
stock, his parents, Jonas and Betty
Wollman, having figured largely
in the history Of Kansas of the
pre-Civil War days. His mothers
efforts in the upbuilding of the
state were honored when her por-
trait was hung in the rooms of
the Kansas Historical Society at
Topeka, the only woman who was
so honored. Mr.. Wollman, the
youngest child, was born at
Lyeavenworth on January 20, 1872.
He was graduated from the Uni
versity of Michigan Law School
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
COUNTY RELIEF
PLANS DRAWN

With no assurance Of how long
? Federal relief in Prince
,orges county will last, mem
rs of the Board of County
.mmiSsioners and relief officials,
, executive session at Upper
arlboro yesterday, decided to
atinue housing the EVA, well
'7re and relief agencies in sep
ate quarters instead of combin-
"g them in one building at
,,,vattsville.
The commissioners again re-
used to consent to the petition
welfare officials that they be
lowed to hospitalize emergency
ases at the expense of the county
'ithout the consent of the
ounty'S welfare worker, Miss
GneS Duvall.
Mrs. j. Enos Ray reported on
he winter activities of the CWA,
Ii 5closing that $154,SOO was spent
IN CWA county projects and
hat $4,000 was spent on CWA
'oderal projects for labor.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
Frank Samuel,
Steel Leader;
Dead at rs

PHILAD ELPHIA, May 2.
Frank Samuel, leader in the
iron and steel business here
for more than half a century,
died here yesterday after q
short illness. He was rs years
old.
Entering the business in
1879, he became associated
with his uncle, Edward Samuel.
Later he Joined the North
Beach Steel Company Of Dan
vile. resigning as vice presi-
dent in 1889.
Establishing his own busi-
ness in 1889, he engaged in the
exporting Of iron and steel and
the importing Of manganese
and iron ores from Spain,
Brazil and other countries.
He belonged to the Ritten-
house, Philadelphia Country
and Racquet clubs and the
Franklin, Barclay and Orillon
Bridge clubs.
Mr.. Samuel was born here,
the son Of John D. Samuel, q
lawyer, and a great-grandson
of John Moss, an early Phila.
delphia merchant.
Surviving are his widow, the
former Mary B. Snowden; q
son, Snowden Samuel, Of st.
Davids, and two daughters,
Mrs. Francis Robinson, of Dar-
len, Conn.,, and Mrs. George
Poulieff, of Paris.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued In
Rockville yesterday to Theodore
Withrow Morris, 20, Washington,
and Louise Dyar. 26, Takoma
Park, Md; James Davis Mosby,
80, washington, and Mildred L.
Richards, 81, Youngstown, Ohio;
Alexander Juchniewicz, 27, Wash.
ington. and Jessie SaWickis 81,
Flaif1fieId, N. j., and Amidee Lo'
raine Angle, 81, and Adelaide Vir-
ginia Churchill, 1S, both of Wash.
ington.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
NDUST R|AL|ST
n. c. PROCTER
DIES IN OHIO

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 2
N.SD.-Death today claimed a
,mber of one Of Cincinnati's
irst families"
william Cooper Proctor, r.,
ted business leader and philan.
.lropist, died in Holmes Hospital
re today from bronchial pneu-
., ,nia which developed from
lat was at first believed to have
en- only a slight cold incurred
l o business trip to the East
It week.
Mr.. Proctor entered the hos
al last Saturday following his
turn from New York and Ph1la-
~lphia, where it was discovered
was suffering from a serious
tack Of pneumonia. His con-
lion grew steadily worse until
csterday he was placed under
"eatment in an oxygen tent as a
: It hope for his recovery.
The treatment proved OF no
all, however, and the noted in
lStr1aI1St Succumoeo.
City In Mourning
News of Mr.. Procter's death
rev the city, which he had bene-
ed with mum erous philan-
lropies, into deep sorrow
Mr.. Proctor was born at Glen
lie, Ohio, August Is, 1862. He
IS the son of William A. and
harlotte Elizabeth (Jackson)
.octer, and the grandson Of Will
I'M Proctor, co-founder Of the
zap company which bears the
,mily name.
Upon his graduation in 1883
;om Princeton University, Mr..
2rocter entered the offices Of the
','octer g. Gamble Company, which
I'd been started by his grand
ther and of which his father
IS the head at the time.
In 1907, Mr.. Proctor was made
,.esident of the company. He
IS also elected chairman Of the
ard Of the company, which po-
ion he held at the time Of his
tath, in 1880.
Managed Wood Campaign
Mr.. Proctor gained prominence
,tionally as manager of the presi-
ntial campaign of Gen. Leonard
Sood for the Republican nomina-
m in 1909.
Throughout his life, Mr.. Proctor
,elded a wide influence in city
nd State politics in Ohio. He
IS named as a delegate-at-large
ON Ohio on the ticket support
''y the candidacy of Herbert
T,oover for the Republican nomi-
:.tion in the political battle be-
Teen President Hoover and
,dted States Senator Frank B.
ills for support of the Ohio dele
. ton in the 1928 convention.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
Col. Frank A. Grant
Dies in Connecticut

The death Of Lieut.. Col. Frank
A. Grant, U. s. A., retired, at
Orange, Conn, last Wednesday,
was announced at the War De-
partment today.
Colonel Grant was born in
Kingston, Ontario, Canada, March
81, 1855, and was retired March
81, 1919. He received two silver
star citations for gallantry in
action against Spanish forces in
the Philippines in 1898 and 1899.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
MANUFACTURER
SUCCUMBS

NEW YORK, May 2.-Funeral
services were held here today for
Israel Unterberg, manufacturer
and philanthropist, who died yes
terday following an illness Of
several months. He was 10 years
old.
Mr.. Unterberg was active in
business and philanthropic affairs
until failing health confined him
to his home last year. He was
a director of many charitable
groups and chairman of the
board of I. Unterberg & Co, one
Of the largest of the country's
shirt manufacturing firms. His
real estate holdings were large.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
Ship Master Dead;
BeQ1n Career at II

NEW YORK, May 2.-Lewis
Dahl, for many years master Of
Standard Oil Company tank ships,
who was well-known in many
ports, is dead at his Staten Island
home. He was a native Of
Norway and had been at sea
since he was II. He began ship
ping on Stanadrd Oil tankers in
1900 and in 1919 received his cap
tain's papers and was assigned
command of one of the company's
ships.
The Washington times., 1934-05-02
English Historian
KipLing Friend, Dies

LONDON, May 2.-Prof. Charles
Robert Leslie Fletcher, distin.
guished historian and professor
at oxford, died here yesterday.
He was 76 years old.
Prof. Fletcher collaborated with
Rudyard Kipling in writing a
school history of England, and
was the author of several vol.
umeS.
Two of his sons were killed
during the World War.