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The Washington times., 1934-02-10
METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK. Feb. 10 UN.s.).-Cop-
per buying abroad continued in moder-
ate volume today. with the price rang
ing between $40 and 8S5 cents a
pound elf Hamburg, Havre and Lon
don, as compared with SIS to $40
cents a pound yesterday. The higher
quotations both yesterday and today
refer only to copper moving into
France.
In the domestic market buying
was practically at a standstill. The
price was unchanged at cents
pound delivered to the end of April.
The lead market continued fairly
active with the price unchanged at
400 cents pound New York and
$50 cents a pound St. Louis
Zinc buying was quiet, with the
price unchanged at 4.4O cents a pound
East st. Louis.
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
BONDS ACUTELY
WEAK AS RAILS
GIVE WAY

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 U.N.sJ.
The bond market turned acutely
weak today as further heavy pres
sure on the second grade rail and
domestic corporation liens led to
declining tendencies in other Sec
tions Of the list.
. Losses in the carrier favorites
ran in excess Of 2 points, an d
brought this group to new low
ground on the current reactionary
phase.
Kelly Springfield Tire IS set the
downward pace in the domestic
group, showing a loss Of 3 points
at 40.
U. S. Governments marked time
within a restricted trading area,
with changes generally higher for
most issues.
Several of the investment loans
with convertible privileges sold off
sharply before support was en-
countered.
Foreigns we're irregular, with
Cuban Public Works 512s break
ing almost 4 points to 347s.
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ARE GOOD
FOR COTTON

NEW YORK, Feb. 10 G.N.s0.
Weekly statistics Of the New York
Cotton Exchange showed 100000
bales Of American cotton moved
into sight this week. compared
with $4,000 in the same week last
year.
Total into sight for the season
to date is 1855, 900 bales, against
10,395 900 last year.
ForWardingS to mills of the world
totaled 253,000 bales in the week,
against 250,00 a year ago.
Exports amounted to $4,000
bales, against 141,000. For the
season to date exports are $685.
900 bales, against 5,203,000 last
year.
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
Brokerage offices
Will Close MOnday

Brokerage offices in Washing
ton will be closed on Monday as
the New York Stock Exchange
will observe Lincoln's Birthday. a
legal holiday in New York. The
Washington exchange will hold
no session today and will, also,
be closed on Monday. District
banks will be open today and
Monday as usual Lincoln's Birth
day not being a legal holiday
here.
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
MONEY MARKETS

NEW YORK. Feb 10 GN.S).-CaIl
money was held over today at / per
cent on the big board and "a per cent
on the curb. Outside call money was
somewhat easier at q to y per cent.
as compared with 4 to per cent
previously.
Time money rates were unchanged 0t
q to 1 per cent for 50 and 30 daye. I
to IL per cent for 13O days, and IL to
II: per cent for $50 and $50 days, the
asst nominal quotations
Commercial paper rates were uAS
changed at III 70 ~ per cent
Bankers acceptances market con-
tinuel O ct with short term demand
good but no offerings Rates we're un-
changed at q TO L per cent for 80, 50
and 90 days. a to $ per cent for 100
days, and to "a per cent for $50 ana
$50 days.
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
LIVESTOCK MARKETS

4Sed SSalG@s9 FfS 4Sp $ .s6 Sul2
AZ; heavy: ;4g44S mediums Sf;4o@ ;
$2.25@3: holdovers, 1000.
.tssdy iiss Beer stssr.: 'ssaoy Good r and choice
yssriinSs, SsgS: 0o81 ;s@3s5. anu ButeheF cattls:
325o@4; calves, s4@s; feeder steers,
Ss@45o; stocker steers; $2.75@4; stoeker
sheep-S,oOO; steady. Lambs H@
feeders $6.5007.5O; ewes, 1906.
LOUISVILLE
LOUISVILLE, KY. Feb. 10 0.Ns).
Cattle-25; Saturdays market nominal.
fully 25c or higher. stockers and
feeders steady. Common to medium
steers and heifers, 1915 @450; better
fed kinds. $4.75@5.75; bulk beef cows,
$2.5003: top. $3.50; low cutters and
cutters, s1.5O@2.25; sausage bulls, $3.25
down; common to medium native stock
ers and feeders. $2.5O@s.5O; we'll
bred Hereford stockers. s45o@5.,
Calves-15O: steady. Better vealers,
$s@7; medium. $5@5.5o; palmer sorts
$3.50 down. Market strong. with
Hogs-4OO weights from 17O-24O
pounds steady; others 10c higher:
17O-21O pounds. $5; 215-24O pounds.
S465; 245-27O pounds. $4S5; s75 pounds
up. $4.25: 14O-165 pounds, $425; 11O-135
pounds. S3.75; sows, $S.35; stays, $2,05.
MOrket unevenly 35960c higher than
last Saturday.
sheep-25; Saturdays market nomi-
nal Compared close last week all
grades sheep and lambs. soc higher.
Closing medium to good lambs. $500
$50; choice, 50; throwouts, $3.50; fat
ewes, $2.50@3.
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
BANK STOCKS

NEW YORK. Feb. 10 N.sD.-ouo-
tations on the following securities are
obtained from the Security Dealers
Association of New York There are no
official quotations. This is bid and
ask market and the actual sale OF
securities is often subject to negoti-
atoms.
II loon bid and ask prices with
Fridays closing bid price for the
leading bank stocks follows:
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covered from
domestic hoard
ers, cannot now
be h e ID by
banks, but is
turned over to
the Treasury.
Our money is
not convertible
into gold. The
only way the
banks can cash
in on the gold
they buy abroad
is to sell it to
the Govern
nent. They will
do this of a
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
INTERSTATE SALES UP

Interstate Department Stores
January sales gained 1877 per cent
from $S76,392 in January, 1888, to
$1,084,777. Total sales for the IL
months ended January 81
amounted to $17,569 500, com.
pared with $18,263,831 in the pre-
ceding IL months, a decline of 3.8
per cent.
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
U. S. BILLS ovERSOLD

Secretary of the Treasury Nor
genthau last night announced ac-
ceptance of bids for two series OF
Treasury bills aggregating $780,
$4,000. for which subscriptions
totaling $408, 100000 had been re-
caiVRd
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
Grist of Trade
BettermentS

American Can unit at New
castle working ut full capacity
=. Century Ribbon Mills earns
S157,445 profit in 1888, cOHnpar-
ing with loss Of $199, 1888 In 1882
.. .KrOger Grocery Company
pays extra 5O-cent dividend. >.
Republic Steel Company reports
orders doubled. Sales by va
riety stores heaviest since 1880
In January. Dodge deliveries
in first week Of February nearly
One-haH higher than In CORE
spending 1888 period. Freight
l0adings for week 7S,O38 cars
more than in like 1882 term. =.
Thompson Products, Inc, re-
ports January sales higher than
in December and 7O.6 per cent
above year ago. Steel output
rate in Buffalo district at AZ per
cent Of capacity, an advance Of
10 points in past fortnight.
The Washington times., 1934-02-10

G.10o1.S0o pounds) good $5.25@5.65:
medium, $4@5.25: xsteers G,3O0-1. 500
pounds) good, S5@5.5O; xheifers $3.50
$50 .pounds) good, $4@4.50; medium
$50: common and medium, $2.25@3;
low cutter and cutter, $1@2.25; bulls
(ylE: exc.) good beer, $S@3.50; cutter.
medium. $2@3.
Calves-Receipts 25; market steady,
soc lower. Vealers (milk fed) good and
choice, $7.50@8; medium, $6@7; Gull,
common, $3.50@5.5O.
sheep-Recsipts. 100: market not
much on sale. Lambs, $40 down; lambs
900 pounds DOWN. good and choice,
1915 @10; common and medium, $500
$50; yearling wethers medium, choice,
$6@7.50; aged wethers (9O-130 pounds)
medium, good, $4.5o@6; ewes (all
weights) medium. choice. S3@45O.
(XNOt extreme limit Of grade
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
BY LEWIS HANEY,
Professor Of Economies, New
York University

Considerable gold is now COM
ing into the U. s. Treasury. How
does this affect our banking stu.
alton?
The additional gold, whether
by the banks or re-
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
STOCK CUT PLANNED

Bloomingdale Bros, Inc, noti.
fled the New York Exchange Of .
proposed reduction in authorized
preferred stock from $4,000 to
81 800 shares.
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PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH. Feb 10 GN.s).-Poul-
try: Market steady; demand good; sup.
1Sc; medium. 14c; leghorn hens, Il
pounds up Toe; medium, Sc; Hard Rock
springers, large, lee: u pounds, under:
15c; leghorn springers. &c; colored
springers. heavy, l2c: medium. l4c. col
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 10 G.Ns).-Hog
receipts, SoO4 holdovers, 300: market
fair; demand mostly 1Oc lower. Top
and bulk, $5.15: 14O-16O pounds, $40
SIS; 16O-1SO pounds, $5.1O@5.15: 1sO-
200 pounds. $5.1O@5.15; 2oO-22O pounds
$515.15; 220-25O pounds $hS5@5; $50
29O pounds, $+75@4.S5 29O-35O pounds,
$475@4S5; packing sows. $3@3.50; 100
15o pounds pigs. s2GS.75.
Cattle Receipts none. xSteers 600
1,10o pounds) good. $3.50 q 5.65: medium.
$4.25T5.25 common. $3.o5m AS; xsteers
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
PAR REDUCED

Stockholders Of the Marine
Midland Corporation have ap.
proved reduction Of par value Of
the capital stock to SIS from SO.
The Washington times., 1934-02-10

s6s s5sa rdo,}se. srsisE' 5s9,ss Turkey hsp
~ pounds. up, l3c under, 10; geese, rat
12c; ordinary, &c; young toms. 1sc:
Butter-Markst steady: demand good;
supply good. 90 score, 26c; SO score
25c; SS score. 24Ac; standard, csc.
Eggs-Market steady: demand goods
supply good. Nearby current receipt9
17@1Sc; fresh, extra firsts. zoe: hem
merry. white, extras, 20421C; Southern
ONO, West Virginia, Kentucky. current
receipts, 17G 1Sc.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO Feb. 10 INS) Butter
Receipts 6,829 tubs. market easy. Ola
cars, 4; new, s. Creamery extras, 24&c:
standards. 24s4 c, extra firsts, 24@24hc3
firsts, 2S@2313c; seconds, 22c; specials
25@25&c
Eggs-Receipts S,477 cases; market
steady. Old cars, I; new. 8. Ordinary
current receipts, Ice; fresh graded
extra firsts, less than cars tic, cars
17Ac; fresh graded firsts, less than
cars 1870, cars 17917Ac: dirtieS. 15c;i
checks, 141sc.
Cheess-Twins. f3s @14c: daisies ana
longhorns, 14@14hc.
Live Poultry-Turkeys, young hens
and Young toms, 15c; old toms, 100
lee; hens, 12@1Sbc; leghorn hens, 50
Nc; spring chickens. 1513c; leghorn
chickens, 9@11c; roosters. SC: ducks.
12@15c; geese. 7@12c.
Potatoes-Receipts. 1?o cars: on track.
3?5; U. s. shipments. 546. No trading
account of cold weather.
The Washington times., 1934-02-10

TOLEDO SEED
TOLEDO. Feb. 10 G.N.s).-Ciovse-
March. s25.
Alsike-March, $50.
The Washington times., 1934-02-10

stock and cash. (d> Extra in (e Paid in 1888
~ On account Of sccumuIatOns th) Payable in stock
m) Special (n) so i'm stock. (ww warrants xvi
Without warrants. C) Ex-dlvidend. ~ Ex-riRhts
Dividend rate in dollars parentheses. (Note) Extra
dvldends published through regular dividend period
The Washington times., 1934-02-10
BOND MARKET AVERAGES

Copyright, 1884. Standard Statistics co.,
NEW YORK, Feb. 10 U.N.S.).
20 20 90 go
Ind. IRaIlalVItiI Com
Evening star., 1934-08-14

A NY MAN will recognize the spirit of CO.
operation in deal like this! We placed
Our orders early and accepted, early
delivery on thousand Fall and Winter gar
nents in order to keep the workers in two
factories employed during the dull months
And we're glad we did, because it not only
benefited them, but our customers as we'll
We know you'll be more than pleased to be
able to buy such fine Suits, Topeoats and
Overcoats for so little!
Evening star., 1934-08-14
P.W. "A. BONDS PLACED
ON SALE BY R. F. C.
Five Million on List Sent to
Firms as "Feeler" for
Market.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Chairman Jones of the Reconstruc-
tion Finance Corp. yesterday made
public list of $5,889.37o of P. W. A.
bonds which the r. F. c. is Offering
for sale. The bonds have been offered
TO score or more bond houses as a
"feeler" to determine the market
ability" of bonds taken by the P. w. A.
The bonds include $l00, 900 of Bris-
tol, r. I, 4 per cent general obliga-
tion sewer bonds; $326,000 Hamilton.
Ohio, 4 per cent general obligation
water works bonds; $4,000 Little
ton, N. H, per cent general obliga-
tion bonds; $16o,o0o Lynchburg, va,
4 per cent general obligation water
supply bonds; $3.50, 900 Maryland State
Road Commission per cent special
obligation bonds; S1,140, ,000s Montana
highway treasury 4 per cent anticipa-
tion debentures; $250,000 Richmond
County, Ga, Board of Education Az
per cent general obligation scnool
bonds; $160,000 Schenectady County
N. Y, 4 per cent general obligation
county home bonds; $500, $40 Buffalo
N. Y, general improvement As; ST.
100000 Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Co. equipment trust of 1884 temporary
registered certificates, and $1,205. 900
Lehigh & New England Railroad Co.
4 per cent equipment trust, series B,
temporary registered certificates.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
|NSULL RESTS Up
FOR FRAUD TRIAL
Occasional Visits to Fair
and Symphony Music His
Chief Recreations.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 14-Samuel In
sull, ST., who once spent 10 to IL hours
a day controlling the employment of
72,oo0 other persons, is taking life
easy to conserve his strength for his
Forthcoming trial on charges OF using
the mails to defraud.
In contrast to the days when he
built up a vast utilities empire, only
to see criminal charges rise out of its
ruins, the 74-year-old former head of
IS boards of directors is reported
limiting himself to four to six hours
of leisurely activity daily.
When he was brought back to Chi
cago from Istanbul, Turkey, last May,
insult was taken desperately i'll. His
family physician said there was ex-
treme danger in over exertion.
Apparently, the patient is following
his doctors advice carefully, but In
sull never forgets his campaign of
vindication, announced when he was
brought back to America after his
long sojourn abroad He frequently
sees his attorney, Floyd Thompson,
and holds himself in readiness to con-
fer with lawyers representing his Is
codefendants.
Occasionally insult goes to the Cen
tury of Progress. riding about in a
jinrikisha or walking for Is or 20
minutes, but for the most part quietly
spending his time listening to a SYM
phony orchestra.
A few old friends have been made
of FOL NJ
Mrs. Samuel insult, ST., are making
their home, and on rare occasions
they have gone out for dinner at the
homes of their acquaintance.
But this, Samuel insult, jr., said,
involves exertion, and neither the
elder insult nor his wife have any
ambitions to reassume the places they
once held in society's giddy whirl.
Evening star., 1934-08-14
SIGNS NEW CONTRACT
Ann Harding to Star in First
Color Picture.

HOLLYWOOD. August IA (P.-
Ann Harding, screen star, has signed
q contract which, she said, will realize
for her long standing desire to get
away from problem plays and run of
the mill pictures into a unique form
of screen entertainment"
The contract, with Walter Wanger,
Independent producer, called for her
to star in the screens first feature
length color legend. The picture to
be made in the new three-color pro-
cess will be based on George He'll
mans novel Peacock Feathers" con-
corning Aesop Of the Fables.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
DEATHS

Charles H. Hurdle, 70 years 81 quincy
PL n E.
Loula W. Lupo s5 years, 1915 N St.
Clara NJ. Trippo. 90 years. sibley Hos
Peter H. Quinn. 5s years, TAT Ken
tucky Ave. s. e.
Annie Goldberg, 50 years 2OsS Eight
zenith st. N. w.
Albert s. Nance. u years. Emergency
Eddie L. Davis, ~ years. Gallinger
Hospital.
John Kiefer. 2S years Gallinger Hos
pital.
Kenneth conroy, 2s years. Gallinger
Hospital.
william Mcmillan. "a years. Walter
Reed Hospital.
Margaret R. AquiIino. 20 years. Emer-
Eency Hospital.
David C. Mccall ss years. 1851 Third
st. N. W.
Nancy v. Stokes 7s years. 4Os Fifty
fifth st. N. e.
Sarah Smith, 70 years, 1911 W st.
N. W.
Ada Wilson. IS years. 2O22 Fifth St.
N. W.
George Bolts, 81 years Gallinger Hos
pital.
seanie Queen, 5s years, Gallinger Hos
Jessie A. Battle. 5s years, 221s M St.
N. W.
Sarah Young, Al years, Gallinger Hos
pital.
Robert L. Timberlaks. Ss years, st.
Elizabeth's Hospital.
Dorothy Dodson. 1S years Freedmen's
Raymond Ezell, 10 months, Gallinger
Hospital.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
.VARE'S ESTATE
UNDER MILLION

PHILADELPHIA, April %.
State Senator Edwin H. Ware, last
Of the colorful leaders in the more
robust days Of Pennsylvania Re-
publican politics, was worth less
than $1,000,000 at his death in
October.
That is revealed in papers filed
in orphans court under an ad-
judication of the late Judge Henry
C. Thompson.
When the papers were ordered
filed in 1929 the estate showed a
balance of $68s,568, which is prob
ably less than he handed out to
the poor and needy during his
long political career.
William S. Ware, who stepped
into his brothers shoes, resigned
as co-trustee of the estate in 1880.
The Girard Trust Company was
then appointed after entering Sc
curity of $1,000, 900.
The estate was left in trust to
Senator Wares widow. Mrs. Flora
M. Ware, and his brother, with
half of the income to be paid to
Mrs. Ware and the other half to
their six children in equal shares
until they reach the age of 80.
when they receive one-half the
principal of their respective
shares, the remaining shares con-
tinuing intact until their deaths,
when they will be paid to their
children,
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
RESCUED TENOR
RECEIVERS

DR.. Alfredo Warsaw, rs, noted
tenor, who was rescued from
drowning Saturday by the Dis
trict Commissioners aide during
the regatta on the Tidal Basin.
was reported recovered from
shock at his home today.
DR.. Warsaw, who was formerly
with the Metropolitan Opera
Company, lost his balance as he
attempted to step from a boat to
the barge in the middle of the
Basin and plunged backwards.
He went down once and was
grabbed by Lieut.. Ira E. Keck,
aide to the District Commission
ers, when he came up. The
singer was wrapped in blankets
and rushed to shore.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
PR0F.KRAPP,61,
Of COLUMBIA,
SUCCUMBS

NEW YORK, April 23.-Funeral
services will be held tomorrow
morning in st. Pauls Chapel of
Columbia University for Professor
George Philip Knapp, 81, professor
Of English at the university since
1910.
DR.. Knapp, who had been in
failing health for the past two
years, died Saturday from a GER
ebral hemorrhage. He is survived
by q widow, two sons and q
daughter, a sister and four broth
erS.
His father, the late Martin
Knapp, was personally mustered
out of the Union Army by Presi-
dent Lincoln in 1854.
Long Illness
Illness manifested early in the
winter of 1882, interrupted what
would have been the most i'm
portant of Professor Krapp'S
achievements as author and ed.
itor.
He was thus halted after the
publication of three volumes of
his projected edition Of a monu-
mental collection of Anglo-Saxon
poetry.
Professor Knapp was born in
Cincinnati on September /, 1872.
He received his A. B. and A. M.
from Wittenberg College in 1894
and 1897 and a Phi. D. from
Johns Hopkins in 1899.
He began his long association
with Columbia in 1897 as an in
structor in English. Ten years
later he was made an adjunct
professor.
Wrote Many Books
Among his books are "The Ele-
ments Of English Grammar" !"
Modern English-Its Growth
and Present Use," "The Rise Of
English Literary Prose-" "Pronun-
citation Of Standard English in
America" First Lessons in
Speech Improvement" 1.-THE Eng
lish Language in America" 1.-TWO
volumes, 1929. comprehensive
Guide to Good English" and The
knowledge of English"
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
K. Of {. STAGES
BREAKFAST

Several hundred members OF
the Knights of Columbus were
urged to emulate st. Joseph" by
the Rev. George strohaver, S. j..
Of Georgetown University, at st.
Matthews Church.
Preaching on Conscience, or
Ruin" the Rev. Strohaver told
the Knights that exercise of con-
science in business, politics and
finance Is the best means of re-
storing prosperity. st. Joseph,
he said, is described in the Scrip
lures as a "just man."
Mass at the church was cele-
brated by the Most Rev. A. Cicog-
mani, Papal delegate, and the
Knights received Holy Communion
in a body. Following the mass
they gathered in the ballroom Of
the Mayflower Hotel for a COM
munion breakfast.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
D. |. LUKE DEAD
IN NEW YORK

TARRYTOWN, N. Y. April 23,
Funeral services for David Lin
coin Luke, SO, one of the leading
paper manufacturers in the East,
who died Saturday night in New
York after attending a circus,
were held at his estate here, the
Hawthorne, this afternoon. Burial
will be in the Sleepy Hollow
Cemetery.
Mr.. Luke was president Of the
West Virginia Pulp and Paper
Company.
Surviving are the widow, the
former Bessie c. Anderson; seven
children, David L., jr., Of Scar.
boro; Miss Jean A. Luke and
Mrs. Charles Hilliard, Of Tarry'
town: Mrs. Arthur Langden, Of
this city; William l.. Luke I'd, OF
Covington, Va: Alexander M, Of
Charlotte, S. c., and James L.
Luke, Of Cleveland.
Mr.. Luke spent his entire ca
reer in the paper industry.
He was also vice chairman Of
the League Of Industrial Rights,
a member Of the National Indus
trial Conference Board, q director
Of the Long Island Railroad Com.
pany, Merchants Fire Assurance
Corporation Of New York, Poca-
hontas Supply Company, Wash.
ington Assurance Corporation of
New York and the American
Gum Products Company.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
JUR|ST, ENEMY
Of KLAN, DIES
IN FLORIDA

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. April %
Funeral services were being ar
ranged today for Federal Judge
William B. Sheppard, noted jurist
who died suddenly from a heart
attack on the street here Satur.
day.
Judge Sheppard, who was ~
years old, had come here from
his home in Pensacola to preside
over the District Court term in the
illness Of Judge Louis w. Strum.
Appointed In 1907
The Judge was appointed to the
bench by President Theodore
Roosevelt in 1907, and attracted
much attention for his handling Of
the West Florida peonage cases.
Judge Sheppard launched a
bitter attack on the Ku Klux Klan
in 1921, while sitting in Brooklyn,
when he advised the Federal grand
jury:
"Any organization which holds
meetings behind trees, by the
light of bOnfires and in secret
places, and the members Of
which wear white sheets and
masks and attempt to prevent
citizens from the enjoyment Of
their constitutional rights
freedom Of speech, freedom Of
conscience and trial by jury
is q fit subject of investigation
by a grand jury"
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued in
Rockville Saturday to Richard o.
Ward, "a, and Elizabeth A. Tier
ney, "a, both Of Washington;
Alonzo e. Kaine, Il, and Violet
A. Still, 16, both Of Kensington,
Nd: Louis e. Marsh, %, Ocola,
Fla, and Evelyn A. Briggs, %,
Baltimore; Roy Edward Johnson,
81, and Laura Palena Anderson,
81, both Of Charlottesville, Va;
Anthony w. DePoto, %, and Claire
A. Leamonk, %, both of Washing
ton; and Lynn v. Jones, q, and
Doris Fielding, %. both Of Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1934-04-23
COLONEL THAW,
PIONEER ACE,
SUCCUMBS

PITTSBURGH, April 23.-Fu-
neral services will be held here to-
day for Col. William Thaw, Sd,
last survivor of the original group
Of fliers who formed the Lafayette
EScadrille.
Colonel Thaw, who was 40 years
old, died yesterday after being Ill
q week with pneumonia. He Is
survived by a widow. Mrs. Mar
jorie Everts Thaw.
A pioneer in aviation, Colonel
Thaw was one Of the first pilots
to carry mail. flying out to. sea
and dropping bundle Of letters
and newspapers on a liner in 1918.
He later electrified the world by
flying under the four bridges on
the East River, the first time in
history this had been attempted.
When the World War started IN
1914 Colonel Thaw was in France.
He enlisted in the French army
and was transferred to the flying
corps in December, joining what
became the most famous flying
unit Of the entire war, the
Lafayette Escadrille.
Among the manw decorations
he received was the Medaille Mill
taire, the highest honor awarded
by the French.
When the United States en-.
tered the war he transferred to
our air force, becoming com.
mander Of the Third Pursuit
Group with the rank Of lieutenant
colonel.
Since the war Colonel Thaw has
been engaged in the insurance
business and was a trustee Of the
Thaw Coke Trust.