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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
Stork Proves Able Ally of
Santa in Bringing
Yule Cheer.

Santa Claus and the Stork trav-
eled together yesterday and between
them, presented twins to Mr.. and
Mrs. James Patterson, e21 N. Oak
land-av.
The twins have been named
James Jr and John Patterson.
John, a seven-pounder, outweighs
his brother one pound
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jordan, 1905
N Dearborn-st, can celebrate Two
birthdays next Christmas. Shirley
Marie Jordan, six and one-half
pounds, arrived at yesterday aft
ernoon. Mrs. Jordan was born on
Christmas day Al years ago.
Other Indianapolis Christmas
babies include Byron Carroll Fine
gold, born to Mr.. and Mrs. Benja-
min Finegold at their home, 12181s
S. Meridian-st; a girl born to Mr..
and Mrs. Merlin Oliver, 281 N.
Mount-st, at ST. VincentS Hospital
last night "a boy born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett Mullins, 1920 NJ Penn
sylvania-St, at Methodist Hospital
early yesterday; a boy born TO Mr.
and Mrs. Russell Moves, Blooming
ton Ind, at Methodist Hospital, and
girl born to Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Swanner in their home, 1877 Ed
ison-av.
The last baby to arrive on Christ
mas day is believed to be Marjorie
Carol Ferguson, who was born at
1855 last night to Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Ferguson, 1850 Troy-av.
Christmas eve babies include
Shirlet Joan Spencer, born to Mr..
and Mrs. Eldon E. Spencer at their
home, 1863 N. Kealing-av; son
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Wuensch, 90 N. Dearborn-st. at st.
Vincent's Hospital; a boy born at
City Hospital to Mr.. and Mrs. Law
renee Mooreland, 1924 Kenwoodav,
and boy born to Mr.. and Mrs.
uou,o ri NJ DirkS 200 Kenmore r0
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
u. S. MERCHANTS
OVERLOOKED BY
HOLIDAY SALES
Purchases Top Last Years
by 10 to 40 Per Cent,
Check Shows.
Copyright 1884 by United Press

NLopfrlEut 1885 DN DU4lfl fEehhf
The nations storekeepers today
looked back on the greatest volume
Of Christmas buying since 1929
with the sales ranging from 10 70
40 per cent higher than in 1888.
a check-up today showed that the
last-minute rush of buying on
Monday maintained the high pace
registered in the first three weeks
OF December. Shops wide
we're crowded to closing hour.
A United Press survey Of major
cities shows:
New York City-Sales increased
u to 20 per cent over 1888 Earlier
trading hesitancy, resulting from
recent imposition of per cent
sales tax. was overcome by last
minute buying.
Atlanta, Ga.-Sales increased Is
to 40 per cent over 1888 and were
the best in five years.
High-Priced Articles Lead
Raleigh, N. C.-Sales increased IL
to II per cent over 1888 figures with
higher priced articles such as ra-
dos, bicycles, etc, showing the best
percentage increase.
Los Angeles-Sales 10 to 25 per
cent better than in 1888 and vol
ume the best in five years. Christ
mas eve sales up Is per cent.
New Orleans-Estimated Is per
cent increase over 1888.
ChicagO-Trade 20 per cent better
than last year. with many stores re-
porting stocks exhausted in last
minute rush despite heavy snow
storm mid-afternoOn Monday. Post
Office handled 9 per cent more first
class mail and money orders and ID
per cent more parcel post.
Railroad Traffic Heavy
Portland. Estimated 25 to 81
per cent improvement. Rail traffic
heavy.
Detroit-Gained 20 per cent over
1888. with stores throughout the
state reporting gains of 18 per cent.
DallaS-Best sales since 1929.
Kansas City-Sales increase 10 to
20 per cent, with all lines-necessa-
rieS, luXuries and toys - sharing in
the gain.
Denver - Retail sales in Rocky
Mountain region generally 10 to Is
per ceat improved over last year.
Boston Sales Increase
Boston-Sales IS per cent greater
than a year ago. best since 1929, and
brought comment from Governor
elect James Curley that this Christ
mas has seen business make the de-
ciSive step forward"
San Francisco - Sales increased
approximately 10 per cent, with the
Market Street Municipal Railway
reporting it had carried approx
mately $1,000 more shoppers down.
town this year than last.
Knoxville. Tenn.-Sales repeatedly
IS to 50 per cent improved over 1888,
with estimates of 1000 additional
persons being employed in the past
week.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
CHICAGO AUTO SHOW
PLANS GET APPROVAL
Exposition Set for Week Beginning
Jan. IS.


CHICAGO, Dec. 26. - The show
committee of the Chicago 1885 an
nual automobile show has approved
plans for next years exposition,
which is set for the week of Jan. IS
TO Feb. 2.
Several of the experts who pro-
duced lighting effects at A Century
of Progress have been consulted in
drawing up plans for the automobile
show. One of the greatest advance
ments will be the throwing of light
on the exhibits instead of ceiling
ward, as formerly.
Harry Lewis, president of the
Metropolitan Chicago Chevrolet
Dealers Club, has been added to
the show committee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
HOWARD AKERS TO BE
BURIED THIS AFTERNOON
City Man Dies in Veterans Hospital
After Long Illness.

Services for Howard H. Akers, Is
n Vine-St. who died Sunday in the
Hines Veterans Hospital, Chicago,
where he had been a patient several
months, were to be held this after
noon in the Ragsdale g. Price Fu-
neral Home, 1919 N. Alabama-st.
Burial was to be in Greencastle.
Mr.. Akers, who was As, was pat
ternmaker. He was a World War
veteran. Surviving him is the widow,
Mrs. Eva E. Akers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
BRINGS $4,000 ACTION
Earl Swails Sues Coal Company for
Damages After Mishap.

Earl Swails today sued the Bar
rett Coal and Fuel Co.. $50 S.
West-st. and Norren Reed. described
as a company employee. for $4,000,
claiming that he was hit Nov. 10
by company truck driven by Reed.
Mr.. Swails said the accident &C.
CURED at Washington and West-sts.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
CHICAGO JEWELER IS
SLAIN AT HULE PARTY
Mystery Surrounds Staying at
Drinking Bout.
By United Press

y :
CHICAGO, Dec. 26.-A party that
began as a sociable Christmas drink
ing bout ended in tragedy last night.
Rex Pyle, 38-year-old jeweler, was
shot and killed and police sought
today to solve the mystery of who
did the shooting. Answering a call
put in by neighbors who heard the
shots, police found Mr.. Pyle dead in
the home of Fred Feiner.
A pistol lay by Pyle's side and
evidences of drinking we're every
where.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
JOBS, PAYROLLS DROP
IN ILLINOIS DISTRICT
Recession From October to Novem-
Der Reported by State.

Der hepOT tea ny StdCcs
BIZ Times Special
SPRINGFIELD, Dec. &c. - Jobs
and wages throughout Illinois
scored more than the usual seasonal
decline from October to November,
the. State Department of Labor dis
closed today on the basis of reports
received from 1927 industrial con-
Germs.
For both the Chicago metropoli-
tan area and the state as a whole,
employment slipped OF per cent In
Chicago proper 1888 firms reported
declines of 81 per cent in employ
ment and 39 per cent in pay rolls.
Wages for 1897 concerns in the
metropolitan area receded Al per
cent from October to November,
while the decline over the entire
state was SO per cent.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
CHRISTOPHER VOLLMER
DIES; RITES ARE SET
City Resident Passes at 10 After
Extended Illness,

Funeral services for Christopher
Vollmer, 533 Division-st, who died
yesterday at City Hospital after an
extended illness, will be conducted
from the home at 10 Friday. Burial
will be at Columbus, Ind.
An Indianapolis resident for many
years, Mr.. Vollmer was 70. A hip
broken in fall several months ago
further impaired his failing health.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs.
Minnie Bruner, Mrs Una Lutz, Mrs.
Edna Jed, Mrs. Elsie Bohlinger and
Mrs. Edna Weber, all of Indian
apolis; a son, Thomas Vollmer, La
fayette; two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hartung and Mrs. Ed Fanto, both
OF this city, and three grandchil-
dren.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
LONG OUSTED EDITOR
RECEIVES LOVING CUP
Home Town HOnOrS Youth Who
Dared Defy Kingfish.
~ HH"H 70 ~
KEKTWOOD

KENTWOOD. La. Dec. %. -
Jesse H. Cutrer. former editor of the
Louisiana State University student
paper. Reveille, who was expelled
for protesting Senator Huey Longs
dictatorship" today proudly EOS
seSsed a loving cup presented by
citizens of his nome town.
Presented by Mayor T. G. Wo-
mack. the cup stands a foot high, is
OF sterling silver and inscribed to
"A True American Citizen" Mr..
Cutrer plans to finish his scholastic
career at the University of Missouri
School of Journalism, he announced.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26

Philip Merivale with war
on his mind, he has no time for
romance.
and it adds up to nothing more
than pretty fair bill of vaude-
vile. There are curtain speeches
of the type which have made me
Enemy No. l of all masters and
mistresses of ceremony. There are
skits that are little smutty and
only little funny. And there are
a good many songs which, except
for one called IF It's Love-" I
haven't been able to remember.
In fairness it must be said that
audiences seem tolerably amused,
that the show may be smoothed
out after a few more perform
anceS, that the chorus is very
pretty indeed, and we'll costumed,
and that the individual stars are
quite satisfactory in their various
ways.
Certainly Miss Mayfair is an
enchanting item.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
GECKLER KEEPS STAFF
II Attaches to Be Retained by Re-
Elected Jurist.

Juveline Judge John F. Geckler,
reelected last month to his bench,
announced today there will be no
change in the personnel of his
court for his new term, which will
begin Tuesday, Jan. 10.
This means the reappointment Of
II attaches now with the court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
LONG VIGIL KEPT BY
NEGRO CAROL SINGERS
Y. NJ. c. A. Quartet Entertaind Gov
ernor, Among Many Others.

When the Foster Hall Quartet
starts to sing carols It sings them
and no mistake.
The quartet. which represents the
Negro Young Mems Christian Assn,
started its caroling at midnight
Monday and stopped at yesterday
afternoon. In the meantime, it mad
visited the homes of 70 of the citys
prominent people. The four men
sang for Gov. Paul v. McNutt at IL
yesterday morning.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
Cleveland Politician Dead

CLEVELAND. Dec. 26-George F.
Moran, prominent in the newspaper
and political world for many years.
was dead today of heart disease at
his home here. He was stricken
while celebrating a quiet Christmas
with his family. He was So.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
RFC TO SELL MORE
BONDS HELD BY PWA
Bids for Limited Amount Will Be
Opened Jan. 8.

BIZ Times Special
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The Re-
construction Finance Corp. today
asked for bids on limited amount
of securities which were accepted as
collateral for Public Works Admin
iStration loans.
The proceeds from the sale will be
used for additional PWA loans. The
bids will be opened here at noon
Jan. 9. No bidder can buy less than
all of any particular issue.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
Steals for Children; Freed

By United Press
KANSAS CITY, Dec. 26.-Judge
Lee Judy fined and RENTED the
penalty to a woman who had stolen
a doll, boys shirt, a girls dress
and cap for a baby so that her
youngsters might have a Christmas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
STOCK RETIREMENT Is
SEEN BY GEN. ELECTRIC
Decline in Special Shares to Near
CallabIe Price Spurts Rumors.
BIZ Timcs SncciaI

BIZ Times Special
NEW YORK, Dec. 26. - The de-
cline in market value of special
stock of the General Electric Corp.
to a level close to its callable price
of S11 a share has started rumors
flying in Wall Street that the COM
pany may soon issue a call for the
retirement of the issue.
The shares are currently out
standing in the amount of S42, 929,-
$40 and receive SO cents annually
in dividends. General Electric could
easily retire the issue as it has well
over S100.0OOO00 in cash and Gov
eminent bonds.
The special stock may be retired
on any interest date, providing 90
days notice is given.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
YULE TREE BLAZE
TAKES LIVES OF q
Mother and Three Children
Are Victims.
By United Press

BY CHtted PfeSS
SEDALIA, Mo. Dec. 26.-Fire en-
veloped the Christmas tree around
which the family of Judd Miller had
gathered to examine presents and
took the lives of Mrs. Miller and
three of their children.
An exploding match ignited the
tree. The flames spread over the
entire house. Virginia, 8, was car
ried out, dead. Mrs. Miller. Jack, 5,
and Barbara Lee, 7, died at the
hospital to which they were taken.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
BIZ United Press

JOPLIN, Mo-, Dec. ga Christ
mas eve fire that destroyed the
home of Everett Crume, a miner.
caused the deaths of half of his
family of eight.
Mrs. Crume and Jimmy, 8-months-
old son, died late yesterday. Frances,
8, and Buddy 6, persisted in the
burning house.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
Christmas Day Twins
Born to City Mother
NEW YEAR PROCLAIMED
Jan. Set Aside as Holiday by Gov.
McNutt.

Gov. Paul v. McNutt today issued
his official proclamation setting Jan.
l aside as holiday to be celebrated
in honor of the birth of the year
1885.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
Urged Adult Education

"A million students, more or less,
discussing social projects, formulate
ing alternatives and exploring hye
pothees. and vast enlargement of
adult education which would ensue
on such freedom, would be a force in
the community such as we now
lack" he added.
Any lively interest in the future
is suppressed, Mr.. Tugwell said, and
privilege now fears and drives UNI
foreground the qualities social en-
thusiasm would bring out.
Some specific issues involved in
social aims considered dangerous
to handle" he enumerated. were the
labor problem, unemployment, di-
vorce, war and tariff.
He warned that responsibility for
social management should be left
to each generation in its time; there
should not be a commitment to ultiL
mate social organization.
Restrictions on Liberty
He granted that social manage
ment would involve certain reStric-
lions on personal liberty as we know
it now. And it is this which causes
the bristling among those who nave
been brought up in the traditions of
the common law"
The only personal liberty that
would be restricted he said, is the
right to do as one fancies with pro-
ductive property" He said what one
could not do under a collectivistic
plan would be ito speculate with
property, TO risk doing something
with it which only his own judg-
ment dictated and without consult
ing all those involved in the effects"
The essays were entitled Re
directing Education" and note ex-
planned they were written before
Mr.. Tugwell had any direct connec-
ton with public affairs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26

ly Mary Philipse Morris, whom
Washington once loved and who
now discovers that she is bored
beyond sufferance by her hus-
band.
She decides to go through the
lines and join Washington at his
headquarters in Valley Forge, and
unknowingly she carries with her
a British lie to the effect that the
French have decided not to aid
the American colonies.
n
DAME MORRIS finds Wash
~ ington unwilling to rekindle
a youthful romance. It seems he
has war on his mind. And so she
goes out of his life again, but not
before delivering her crushing
news.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
Mother Kills Son. IL. Self

By LHitCd Press
CONNELLSVILLE, Pa, Dec. 90
Mrs. Stella Adams, 40 shot and
killed her 11-year-old son, Bobby,
and then killed herself today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-12-26
TUCWELL SEEKS
SCHOOL REFORM
TO AID THINKING,
Routine Learning of Past
DepIored in Series of
Old Essays.

~ mica I'ffSS
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-Prof. Rex
ford Guy Tugwen. Undersecretary
of Agriculture, wants the system OF
education revamped to encourage
controversial thinking on social OBJ
jectiveS.
The Columbia University Press has
published a series of essays Mr.. Tug
well wrote two years ago. urging
collectivism in society and deplor-
ing the confinement of education TO
routine learning of the past"
ours is q society struggling to
become cooperative, he said. An
the technical forces tend to pro-
duce a collectiviStic society; all the
thwarted motives of men cry aloud
for it. But the way is blocked by
the ideologieS of the past butterssed
by those who have grown strong in
its favors."
Evening star., 1934-12-18

years, when Congress convened in
December, the club was opened late
in November. This season, as Con-
gress will convene January 8, the club
Is only now being opened. Mrs. Clar-
ence G. Dill. president Of the club, Is
expected to arrive in Washington this
week.
The supper December 81 will be
served at 7:30 O'Clock, with dancing
through the evening.
Former United States Ambassador
to Argentina and Mrs. Robert Woods
Bliss entertained at dinner last
evening at their home In Georgetown.
Among the guests were the Ambassa-
dor of Argentina and Sonora de Espil,
the Ambassador of Spain and Sonora
de Calderon and the United States
Ambassador to Argentina and Mrs.
Alexander Weddell. The Ambassador
and Mrs. Wedden came to this coun-
try from Buenos Aires for the holi-
days, going to their home in Rich
mond, Va, for Christmas.
CoClbdtlNC dA1o 01l o.
Frank Murphy entertained at dinner
in their home In Rock Greek Park
Estates last evening, the guests num-
bering eight.
Mrs. Barlow s. Weeks, who will
come to Washington to spend Christ
mas with the Attorney General and
Mrs. Homer s. Cummings, was the
honor guest at a farewell party yes
terday in New York Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Benn v. N. LaRue Of Paris.
Col. Warren T. Hannum, o. s. A.,
and Mrs. Hannum have arrived at the
Martinique from Savannah, Ca, for
an indefinite stay.
Col. Burns Magruder Is chairman
Of the commissioned officers for the
Army, Lieut.. Frederick w. Coleman,
Sd, is vice chairman and Lieut.. Jona-
than Seaman will be second vice
chairman at the seventh annual Mid
shipman and Cadet Ball Christmas
night at the Shoreham. Col. Magru-
der has been chairman each Of the
last three years and Lieut.. Coleman
and Lieut.. Seaman were on the COM
mittees while at West Point.
Capt. Neal Farwell is chairman Of
the commissioned officers for the
Navy, Lieut.. Comdr. J. J. Hughes is
vice chairman and Ensign Charles
Farwell, who has been on each of
the committees while, at Annapolis,
will be second vice chairman. Mem
bers of the Floor Committee for the
cadets will be Cadet Stuart Fries,
chairman; Cadet Clair B. Mitchell,
Continued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1934-12-18
SOCIETY
President and Mrs. Roosevelt Will Give
First State Function of Season
at White House Tonight.

| ing Minister Of Finland, Mr.. L. As
| from.
The Minister of the Union Of South
Africa and Mrs. Ralph Close will 60
to New York tomorrow to attend the
Foreign Press Correspondents ball at
the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Thursday eve
ming They will stay at the Plaza
Hotel and will return to Washington
Sunday.
Mrs. Close will not observe her day
at home Friday.
Senator and Mrs. David Aiken Reed
left the Capital yesterday for New
York, from where they will sail Friday
on a cruise to Venezuela and the
West Indies. Early in January they
will return to Washington and are
expected to spend much of the Winter
in their home on street.
Representative Edith Nourse Rogers
has returned to her Massachusetts,
home after a weeks stay in WASH
ington. She will come back to the
Capital after Christmas for the con-
vening of Congress.
Representative Jennings Randolph
of West Virginia, had as his guest
at dinner at the Little Tea House
yesterday Mr.. j. P. Beacon Of Hunt
ington, w. Va.
Representative and Mrs. Edward A.
Kelly have arrived in Washington
from their home in Chicago and are
at the Carlton.
Representatives, and Mrs. D.
Worth Clark have arrived from their
home at Pocatello, Idaho. and are at
the Shoreham for the season. They
are accompanied by their two small
who will enter school here.
DR.. Gustav Struve, third secretary
of the German Embassy in Washing
ton, is now in New York City at the
Ambassador Hotel on Park avenue.
The attache of the British Embassy
and Mrs. Harold H. Sims have as
their guest in their apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel for short time
Miss Adele Walker Of New York City.
The director of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. and Mrs. Carroll B.
Merriam were hosts at dinner at the
Shoreham last evening, when their
guests included the director of the
corporation and Mrs. Charles B. Hen
derson, Miss Virginia Gait, Mr.. Regi-
nald laughing and Mr.. Charles H.
Purcell and Mr.. F. M. McAuliffe Of
San Francisco.
Mr.. r. A. Young. governor of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, en-
Evening star., 1934-12-18

Monday evening, December 81, in the
club house at 2001 New Hampshire
avenue, for the young people in the
families of members and their guests.
This will be the first activity of the
club this season, though in former
Evening star., 1934-12-18

TINE President and Mrs. Roose-
welt this evening will open the
official social season at the
Il White House when they en-
tertain at dinner in honor o1
the members of the cabinet anc
their wives. The dinner will be fol-
lowed by a program of music wher
additional guests will join the CON-
pany.
Mrs. Roosevelt was hostess at lunch
con yesterday in compliment to Mrs
Hughes, wife of the Chief Justice, and
the wives of the Associate Justices Of
the Supreme Court. The company in
cluded In addition to Mrs. Hughes,
Mrs William Howard Taft, Mrs. Louis
D. Brandeis, Mrs. George Sutherland,
Mrs. Pierce Butler, Mrs. Harlan Fiske
Y Stone, Mrs. Owen J. Roberts. Miss
Laura Harlan, Mrs. Horace Lurton,
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross. Mrs. Cary T.
Grayson, Miss Mabel T. Boardman,
Mrs. Edward B. Burling, Mrs. Hen
men Jennings, Mrs. Copley Amory,
Miss Ellen Hood, Mrs. Charles D.
Walcott, Miss Helen Woodrow Bones,
Miss Marguerite LIE Hand, Miss NAL
vina Schneider and Mrs. ]. M. Helm.
Mrs. Garner Attends Fete
In Honor of Mrs. Dern.
Mrs. John Nance Garner, wife OF
the Vice President, attended the lunch
con given today by Mrs. o. Max Gard
ner, wife of the former Governor OF
North Carolina, in honor of Mrs
George H. Dern, wife of the Secretary
of War. There were % guests.
Mr.. and Mrs Gardner will leave to-
morrow to spend Christmas in North
Carolina.
The Ambassador of Italy, Signor
Augusta Rosso, will be the honor guest
at dinner this evening of the Minister
Of Austria and Nine. Prochnik.
The Ambassador Of France and
Nine. de Laboulaye had as their guest
at luncheon yesterday DR.. Leon Vallas
noted lecturer of Paris, who spoke al
the third meeting Of the season Of the
Alliance Francaise yesterday afternoon
at 4:30 o'clock at the Carlton Hotel.
DR.. Vallas was recently made
chevalier Of the Legion Of Honor by the
French government.
Mrs. George H. Dern, wife of the
Secretary Of War, was the honor guest
Of Mrs. Stanley c. Sears, chairman OF
the art section of the Twentieth Gen.
tury Club, at their monthly meeting
yesterday at the Y. w. c. A.
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
James A. Farley entertained at dinner
last evening at the Mayflower in COM
pliment to the United States Ambas-
sador to Italy and Mrs. Breckenridge
Long.
The company included the Attorney
General and Mrs. Homer S. Cummings,
Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dali, Mr.. Law
renee Wood Robert, jr., Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury; Mr.. and Mrs.
James A. Moffett, Col. and Mrs. Arthur
O'Brien, Mr.. and Mrs. F. Bruce
Kremer, Mrs Salvatore Cotillo of New
York and Mr.. George P. Marshall.
Poinsettias and holly were used for
table decorations and in the apart
ment of the hosts at the Mayhower,
where the dinner was served.
The Minister Of Sweden and Nine.
Bostrom will entertain dinner party
of 20 tonight in honor OF the retir-