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The Washington times., 1934-07-06

magnificent wrought-iron gates and
drove up the long winding drive to
the mansion, their eyes feasted on
the beauties of this famous old estate
which is located on a hill overlooking
Alexandria, with a magnificent view
of the Potomac to the North.
The main house, built about 1920,
has a wing at the back which dates
back to the late seventeen hundreds.
1t is of brick, painted white, with a
small portico in front and a wide
veranda at the East side shaded by
lilac and other bushes, and furnished
with lots Of comfortable reed chairs
and tables. 1t was here the guests
quaffed the most delicious mint juleps
made from an old recipe handed down
in the family of the late Gen. George
The Washington times., 1934-07-06
Mrs. Jones Goes
To New JERSEY

Mrs. Catherine Let's Jones
left this morning, accompanied
by her little daughter, Emily,
and her niece. Anne Guthrie.
for Bay Head, N. j., to join her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr..
and Mrs. William M. Guthrie,
at their summer home. The
children will remain there
for the next two months, but
Mrs. Jones will go from there
to Pulaski, N. Y, next week to
be the guest of Capt. and Mrs.
Hugh Barclay at Douglastcn
Manor for several days. After
making other visits in the North
she will return to the Capital
about July IS and rejoin her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John C.
Let's at their residence in Eli
colt Street.
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were served topped off with a
giant watermelon, ice cold, and
"red to the rind," and luscious
coffee with rich country cream.
The assembled company wan
dered in and out of the vari-
Gus rooms on the first floor,
which are filled with lovely old
heirloems with some old deeds
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Fete Miss English
And Fiance

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Blair
Yonker and Miss Mary Kath-
ryn Spinks entertained at q
dinner on the Terrace Of
the Shoreham last evening, in
honor of Miss Margaret English
and her fiance, Mr.. Richard
LongStreet Poor, who are to be
married July IL. The wedding
of Mr.. Yonker and the former
Miss Elizabeth Kilt was an i'm
portant social event of the Capi.
tai on April 4 of this year.
The guests last evening in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Berry. Miss Betty West, Miss
Mildred English, Miss Peggy
Poor. of Annapolis, Md: Miss
Anna Randell, of Dallas, Tex;
Miss Madeline Yonker, Mr.. Win
ton Elliott. Mr.. Merton A. Eng
lish. jr., Mr.. Robert Snyder, Mr..
Fergus Lloyd and Mr.. Bradford
Swope, and Mr.. John English.
Comdr. and Mrs. Herbert o.
RoeSch have come to Washing
ton, where he will be on duty at
the Navy Department, and have
taken a house at 3613 Van Ness
Avenue.
&'A'k
Mr.: and Mrs: S. T. Houchen
are aboard the S. s. Dorchester
en- route to Jacksonville and
Miami, Fla.
*
Mr.. and Mrs. C. o. Schweit-
zer are spending some time at
the Chalfonte- -Haddon Hall in
Atlantic City. 49,.
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To Fete Cousin

Mr.. Burdette S. Gillian, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Strickland
Gillian, will be host at dinner
on the Terrace at the Shoreham
this evening when he will enter
tain in compliment to his
cousin, Miss Doris Gillian, of
Portland, Ore, who is visiting
in Washington.
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. George
Oakley Totten, jr., with their
sons, George Sd and Gilbert,
are spending some time at the
Chalfonte-Ha Hall in At
lantic City.
The former United States
Minister to Sweden, Mr.. John
M. Morehead, and Mrs. More
head arrived in New York yes
terday aboard the Europa.
Mrs. w. v. H. Thompson,
Miss Josephine Thompson and
Miss c. M. Allen of Washing
ton are at The Pines at Cotuit,
Mass.
The Washington times., 1934-07-06
Plan Farewell Tea
On Sunday

The Assistant Chief of the
Division Of Eastern European
Affairs of the Department of
State and Mrs. Earl L. Packer
will be hosts at a farewell tea
Sunday afternoon at their resi-
dence in Van Buren Street, in
honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Clayson
w. Aldridge. who will leave
shortly for Athens, Greece,
where the former will be con-
nected with the United States
Legation,
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Enroute from England

Mrs. Samuel Fine and her
daughter Miss Florence Fine, Of
Johannesburg, South Africa, are
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel CafritZ at their resi-
dence, 2748 Woodley Place.
They have been visiting in En-
gland where Mrs. Fine was pre-
sented at the Court of st. James
during the past season. After
visiting the Worlds Fair at Chi
cago, they made brief visits in
Cincinnati, Cleveland and New
York. They plan to sail August
to rejoin Mr.. Fine in South
Africa,
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Beauties of the House
Great platters Of fried chicken
and sliced Virginia ham, with a
tempting array of salads (stuffed
tomatoes. and a luscious veg
etable salad buried in a nest Of
lettuce). little hot biscuits with
lots Of butter, and other delica-
cies too numerous to mention
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Supper at "Ruthven"

AA4O AOUOAAANJ ACAASAoA eSAAN
Mrs. Homer S. Cummings will
entertain at a buffet supper
Sunday evening on the veranda
of their home, 'Ruthven," over
looking Rock Creek Park.
They will again be supper
hosts on Thursday evening.
Capt. and Mrs. Gordon Cor
don-Smith, of the YugoSlav Le-
CATION, have returned to their
apartment in the Dupont Circle
after a six weeks visit in
Belgrade and Paris. During
their stay in Belgrade Captain
Gordon-Smith was appointed
Acting Military Attache of the
Legation.
Miss Carroll Drum, daughter
of Gen. and Mrs. Hugh Drum,
has gone to Ogontz School camp
at Linbon, Me-, for the summer.
X X X
Mrs. Ollie James, widow of
Senator James has left for Bar
Harbor, Me-, where she will
spend the remainder Of the
season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H.
Vincent with their daughter,
Miss Dorothea Vincent, and
Miss Lucille Eppler, of Utica,
Mich, are spending a few days
at the Shoreham.
Former Senator James E.
Watson of Indiana was the
guest of Mr.. A. T. Herd at
luncheon yesterday at the Carl
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Aitkln
of GreenSack, Scotland, who are
making an extensive tour of the
country are in the Capital at
The willard.
Engagement Of Note
Those in sporting circles will
be particularly interested in the
announcement made by Mrs.
r. Clifford Black, Of Pelham
Manor, now at her summer
home, "Mesacrest," Broadmoor,
Colorado Springs, of the en-
gagement of her elder daughter
Deborah, to Mr.. Charles E.
Cast. Her father, the late R.
Clifford Black. was at one time
vice president of the United
States Lawn Tennis Association.
The future bride went to the
Ethel Walker School at Sims
bury, Conn, and belongs to the
Junior League. She made her
bow at a tea dance at her home
in Pelham Manor, on Thanks
giving day, 1888, and a dinner
dance that winter given by her
mother at Pierre. She is a
granddaughter of the late Mr..
and Mrs. Robert C. Black.
Mr.. Cast is a son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert S. Cast, Of Pueblo,
Col. He prepared for college at
the Taft School, Watertown,
Conn.,, and is a member Of the
class Of 1886 at Yale.
The announcement was made
at a dinner-dance Mrs. Black
gave at the Cheyenne Mountain
Country Club. -
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Delightful Picnic Is Given at
Ancestral Home Of the Hume
Family in Virginia
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The picnic given by Mr.. Robert Scott Hume July
at his beautiful ancestral home Alexandria, Virginia.
was one of the most delightful Of the holiday.
The guests who numbered about fourteen moored down
from Washington, and from the time they entered the
The Washington times., 1934-07-06

and other papers reminiscent
of Colonial days framed and
hung on the walls in the
spacious hall which leads from
the front to the back of the
house, with double drawing
rooms on one side and the din
ing room and other reception
rooms on the Ather.
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To Entertain Guests

Admiral and Mrs. Harry P.
Huse, Mrs. Charles Williamson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r.
Tuckerman are among the
members who will entertain
guests at the supper and
bridge at the National Woman's
Country Club tomorrow eve
ming.
X X II
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Tayloe
are at the Carlton for a short
stay. having come from their
home in Detroit, Michigan.
X y X
Mrs. Lenore S. Vigt. Of this
city, is at the Chalfonte- te-Haddon
Hall in Atlantic City.
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Crystal I1OsUeu
not smoke that got in your eyes, from then on,
but mint!
Mrs. Iewett and Mrs. Cooke Assist Host

Refreshing breezes scented with the perfume of many
flowers planted around the house made the day delightful
out-ofdoors and the closecropped lawns encirced with
magnificent old trees lent cool green note.
Later the guests repaired to the dining room, where
delicious luncheon served the host sisters Mrs
Jewet wife of Col Henry c. Jewett, IT, S. A.. and Mrs.
Thomas W. Cooke assisting the former presiding at the
buffet table which cenered with antique silver urn
with handles either side formed of graceful storks hold
ing eels in their long beaks.
variety of flowers among them daisies and queen
lace handkerchief arranged in this and exquisite old
porcelain the over the fire place and
the fine old mahogany buffet held clusters of deep purple
petunas Mr.. Alan Hume also assisted in dispensing hos
Ditality
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Envoy Leaving

The Minister Of Czechoslova'
kia and Nine. Veverka with
their daughter, Miss Nella'
Vererka and their son, Mr..
Ferdinand Veverka. Will leave
early tomorrow. morning by
motor for Moosehead Lake,
Me-, where they will spend sew
eral weeks, before sailing the
end of August for Europe.
They will go to Prague to re-
main about four months, and
during their stay Miss Veverka
will be presented to society in
her own country.
* X X
Mrs. Carl A. Droop has left
for the North Shore of MaSsa-
chusetts where she will be
guest of Mrs. Henry Mitchell
for several weeks. On her re-
turn Mrs. Droop will join Mr..
Droop at their country home
near Bluemont, Va, for the re-
mainder of the season.
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Envoy Will Sail
Tomorrow

The Ambassador Of Italy,
Signor Augusta Rosso, will leave
Washington today for New
York, whence he will sail to-
morrow aboard the Conte di
Savoia for his home in Italy.
He plans to return to Washing
ton the first week in September.
The Conte di Savoia was the
setting last night for an enter
tainment and dance arranged
by the Junior Auxiliary of Co.
lumbus Hospital, in New York.
The event was under the patron
age of many men and women Of
prominence and it's net proceeds
will aid in defraying expenses in
the equipment and maintenance
of the emergency department OF
the hospital.
The event began at $3.50 and
at 9 concert was given by the
Coro d'1talia. Three orchestras
played for dancing in the ships
ballroom, on the sports deck and
in the Bamboo Night Club.
Noted entertainers contributed
to a program of advertisements
during the supper hour.
Miss Margaret Repetti was
chairman of the executive COM
mittee for the entertainment
and Miss Josephine Personeni
vice chairman. Among the hon.
orary patrons and patronesses
were Ambassador RoSSo, Signor
Antonio Grossardi, Italian Con-
sui General at New York, and
Donna Grossardi; Governor and
Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman and
Mayor and Mrs. Fiorello La
Guardia, of New York.
Mrs. Elizabeth Donner Roose-
welt, divorced wife of Mr.. Elliott
Roosevelt, son of the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt, sailed yes
terday on the Berengaria to
spend the summer in England.
She was accompanied by her
young daughter.
X X
Mr.. and Mrs. John Philip Hill
and their three daughters will
leave Washington today for Mt.
Pisgah Lodge, in the mountains
above Asheville, N. c., where
they will spend the remainder
of the summer.
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Dinner on Terrace

The Charge d'Affaires Of
Chile and Sonora Dona San
fuentes de Edwards attended
the dinner given by Mr.. and
Mrs. John F. Moore last eve
ming on the Terrace Of the
Shorehem.
X X \
Representative Charles n.
Martin, who has been named as
the Democratic candidate for
governor of Oregon, has closed
his apartment at the Shore
ham and departed for Portland
to join Mrs. Martin.
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Dinner Is Given
For Daughter

Mrs. Victor Sidney Foster en-.
tertained at dinner last eve
ming at the Army-Navy Country
Club for her daughter, Miss
Lydia-Lane Foster, and her
fiance, Mr.. Frank Gordon
Selby, whose marriage will take
place tomorrow.
The company included Mr..
and Mrs. Edward S. Selby, Of
Mason City, Iowa, parents of
the bridegroom-to-be; Mrs. Ziba
L. Drollinger, aunt of the bride
to-be; Miss Meta Saunders, Miss
Elizabeth Russell, Miss Sidney
Thompson, Miss Mildred Sauer,
of Cincinnati, Ohio; Miss Mar
garet BarrowS, Mr.. George E.
Koch, Mr.. Richard Stephan,
Mr.. Phillip Holt. Mr.. John
Bayard, and Mr.. Richard Mes
bit.
Evening star., 1934-04-17

mistake as soon as he became aware
Of 1t and personally apologized to the
embassy for this gross error.
Now the editor of the Intransigeant
having been informed that the inter-
view had reached the United States
and had been published in Washing
ton. cabled personally to The Wash
ington Evening Star, saying, "the
interview with Mariner was a regret
table error. Mariner stated, "I have
a special appreciation Of French Gus
toms and a special understanding Of
the French. Certtnly ! have a spe-
cial liking for them"
This purported interview naturally
aroused the wrath Of many members
Of Congress. Several of them had
planned to bring up this matter on
the floor of the Senate and the House.
But since 1t has become evident that
the whole thing was due to an error
on the part of the Paris journalist
who soliciated the interview. and the
French newspaper has admitted its
mistake by a personal apology to
Mariner in Paris and by the cable
addressed to The Washington Star,
the career Of the popular American
diplomat comes out completely un-
blemished.
Evening star., 1934-04-17
INDUSTRY LOANS
COMPROMISE SEEN
Roosevelt Expected to In
dorse Bill for Aid THROUGH
Federal Reserve.
BY the Associated Press.

.
Out of a threeNway collision OF
plans for direct Federal loans to
industry there emerged today a CON-
promise likely to receive President
Roosevelt's blessing.
The tangle occurred when Eugene
Black, governor of the Federal Re-
serve Board; Jesse Jones, chairman
Of the Reconstruction Finance Corpo-
ration, and Senator Glass, Democrat,
OF Virginia. all offered the Senate
Banking Committee differing propos-
ais to the same end.
Glass and Black, however, sought to-
day the Chief Executives approval
for bill agreed upon between them
selves for five-year loans through the
Federal Reserve system.
Confident Of Endorsement.
Both were confident of the Presi-
dents Endorsement.
The Reserve system would have a
capital Of about 100000 900 for max
ing the loans. half Of which would
be provided by the Treasury, the
other half by the Reserve banks.
80 NAASNNi Viz AsSoCA VIC oJoLClu WUuIQ
be authorized to discount five-year
paper presented by banks or other
financial institutions. with the latter
taking 20 per cent of the risk.
Loans direct to industrial enter
prises could be made by the Reserve
banks, however. Under extraordinary
circumstances where other credit was
not available.
Black first proposed to set up a
system OF IL credit banks under the
Reserve Board to make the five-year
loans, capitalized with money fur
nished by the Treasury.
Glass countered with a plan for the
Reserve banks to make the loans from
their surplus, without the use of Fed
eral funds.
Jones plan, still pending before
the Banking Committee, would per-
NIT that agency to make direct loans
to industry.
Evening star., 1934-04-17
TWO BADLY INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENTS
William Bressinger Treated at
Emergency and Newton D.
Wyvill at Casualty.

William Bressinger, 70, received Sc
we're back injuries when struck by an
automobile yesterday at Seventh street
and Pennsylvania avenue. He was
treated at Emergency Hospital Mrs
Rosa B. Foster, 33. of Cherrydale, Va,
was said by police to have been
driving the car which struck him.
Newton D. Wyvill, 81, Silver Spring,
Md, received head injuries and a
possible fractured pelvis when the
automobile in which he was riding
was iE collision with another machine
at Seventh and D streets northeast
Wyvill was taken to Casualty Hospital
George Ponce de Leon, 81, Buffalo
N. Y. colored, driver of the other car
was held on charge of reckless
driving.
Evening star., 1934-04-17
PITTSBURGH POLICE
INQUIRY ORDERED
Probe That Will BLOW the Lid
Off" Predicted After Coun-
Gil Action.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associa ted Press.
PITTSBURGH, April l7.-An in
vestigation that will blow the lid off,
was predicted today after the action
of City Council in unanimously order
ing an inquiry into the activities and
fitness of the Pittsburgh Police De-
partment.
The extent Of the inquiry is indi-
Gated from the following clause from
the resolution:
1T has been charged that some
police have countenanced the opera
ton of unlawful enterprises which
could not exist except through collu-
sion Of the police in unholy partner
ship with politicians"
Evening star., 1934-04-17
KING SPEAKS TONIGHT

Senator william H. King of Utah
will be the guest speaker at a meet
ing Of the National Parks Club Of
America, at 7:45 o'clock tonight in
the Lee House, Fifteenth and L
streets. He will speak on The Rec
reational and Educational Value of
Our National Parks"
An illustrated lecture on the ma
tional parks in the Zion, Bryce and
Grand Canons will be given by RAN
dali L. Jones.
Henry Nestor, Washingtons singing
policeman, will furnish the musical
part of the program.
Evening star., 1934-04-17
mail PROBE HEARS
REQUAPLEDGEDA|D
Committeeman Said to Have
Promised Cord Help on
Bidding Policy.
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basis as to allow them to be termi-
mated once the national policy is
agreed upon.
Mcclellan added that he planned
to bring up the airmail bill in the
Senate today and that it would be
amended along the lines proposed by
the President.
A White House statement, issued
after the parley. said:
In conversation with Senators Nc
Kellar and Black and Representative
Mead, the President suggested that
In connection with pending aviation
legislation, 1t should be borne In mind
that the United States has had no
broad aviation policy; that a large
number Of inter-related factors enter
into the general subject of civilian
and military flying and their subdivi-
sions into material, personnel, manu-
featuring and experimentation.
THAT in view Of the lack Of and
the need for a national policy the
Congress might well authorize the ap-
pointment Of commission to make
immediate study and recommend to
the next Congress a broad policy cov-
ering all phases Of aviation and the
relationship of government thereto.
In so far as that part of aviation
which relates to carrying United
States mail is concerned, contracts
could we'll be let on competitive bid
ding for one year or until such time
as a broad policy relating to aviation
&c Whola 10 adoptalp
Now Receiving Bids.
Under existing authority the Post
Offlce Department Is now receiving
oids for short-term contracts which
the administra ton intends to pursue
on renewal basis until permanent
legislation Is enacted next session.
Chairman Mead Of the House Post
Ofice Committee said:
The President wants the entire
subject Of airmail awards removed as
quickly as possible from all contact
with politics. the New Yorker said.
He wants the contracts awarded to
be OF character that will not inter-
fere with his aim to determine a ma
tional policy both for civil and mill
tary aviation"
Mcclellan said the proposal to set
up the commission for the study
probably would be included in the
pending airmail bill as an amend
ment.
Mead said his committee which has
considered the legislation which was
worked out principally by Post Office
Department officials, was to meet to-
morrow and might report the bill
then.
New Pay Basis.
He said the principles of the bill
had the support of the President.
1t would establish a new pay basis
Tor mail contracts and would force
the severance of transport companies
from holding companies and avia-
ton manufacturing concerns.
During the furore caused BY the
cancellation Of airmail contracts. the
President indicated he had in mind a
broad and closely knit policy for
aviation by directing a study by the
Government departments involved.
This Is now in progress and the
data would be available for any COM
mission which might review aviation.
Evening star., 1934-04-17
STRICT CONTROL
OF STOCK FAVORED
Congress Sentiment Chang.
ing After White House
Conferences.
BY the Associated Press.

|
Congressional sentiment has taken
a definite turn toward strict contro
of stock exchanges following a week
end of White House conferences. For
months now sentiment on Capitol Hill
has swung between strict and mod
crate regulation.
The Senate Banking Subcommittee
to which revision OF the Fletcher
Rayburn bill was entrusted, acted yes
terday to make the margin provisions
bit tighter, and let it be known con-
siderable strength would be added to
the provisions covering the activities
of specialists.
Study Nearly Completed.
A subcommittee of the House Com
merce Committee, which like the
Senate committee, has nearly COM
pleted consideration, worked mean
while toward probably favorable vote
on the section specifying 10 years and
S25, 900 as maximum penalty for vio-
lations of the act
Those who attended President
Roosevelt'S conferences with Senate
leaders on Saturday and House chief
tainS Sunday brought back word the
President had made it plain he wanted
strong" bill and wanted it enacted
at this session.
How far this went toward inf1uenc-
ing the committees action yesterday
was matter of opinion, but there was
an evident inclination in many quar-
terS to believe that it had been felt.
The pendulum in the last two weeks
had swung far toward moderate regu-
lation.
Chairman Fletcher of the Senate
Banking Committee received yesterday
letter from Samuel Untermyer, long
a critic of the exchange, urging that
the specialist section be frightened.
He argued that a specialist from the
orders in his book had a knowledge
of the market trend that operated too
greatly to his own advantage. He is
like card player with marked
cards." Untermyer said.
Propaganda Charged.
Untermyer also brought up again
the charges of propaganda and organ
lied opposition to the bill which have
been raised from time to time since
the measures introduction, including
a pointed comment by President
Roosevelt The New York attorney
asserted the bill has been too greatly
liberalized under the force of blight
ing and misleading propaganda"
One House member who attended
the White House conference said Mr..
Roosevelt wanted margins limited by
figures definitely stated in the bill.
This became a point of much con-
troversy during the Presidents abb
Sence.
The Senate committee removed the
bills provision for a minimum go per
cent cash margin and left the ques-
ton to the discretion of a regulating
commission. The House subcommit-
tee changed the figure to 40 per
cent. but made it only advisory, with
the Federal Reserve Board empowered
to change it as it might think best.