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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
President Invited
To Navy Grid Game
International News Service

The Naval Academy's midship-
men commander. First Classman
John Nevin Shaffer, of Bedford
county. Pa, yesterday presented
the academy'S invitation to Presi-
dent Roosevelt to attend one of
the Navy football games.
The President was unable to
give Midshipman Shaffer a def
mite answer, inasmuch as he has
scheduled two trips in the near
future and does not at the present
time know whether he will be in
Washington anytime when he can
see a Navy game.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
FusiOnists Plan
Rockville Rally

Montgomery county fusionists
plan one of the largest rallies of
the campaign tonight in the
Rockville High School at 8
o'clock, with Thomas Anderson
presiding.
Speakers scheduled are Paul
Slemon, Washington attorney and
former chairman of the Repub-
lican State central committee:
Albert Bouic, former States at
torney; Joseph A. Cantrel, candi-
date for the House of Delegates;
John E. Oxley and Walter w.
Dawson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
Ken Murray
Says:
DUBLIN MONEY"

The large winnings by Amer
leans in the Irish Sweepstakes
will certainly create a lot of
new customers. If this keeps
up, the Capital" of the U. S.
will soon be located in ireland.
Economists complain that for
all the money taken in, the
Irish Sweepstakes only pays off
about so per cent Well,
that's about the best return we
ever got from Europe.
We ought to have a lottery
in this country, but 1t seems
like the majority Of people are
opposed to gambling. They
must have played strip-pOker
once, and got cold feet.
so REMEMBER:
The theme song of the win
ners is. ireland Must Be
Heaven, Cause My Money
Came From There"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
Action Postponed
On Picture Agents
MISS MACKAY

Rules governing motion pictures
agents were discussed at an MIRA
hearing yesterday but action was
deferred and the hearings post
poned 80 days. Harold Bareford.
representing nine picture compan.
les and Gabriel Hess, motion pic
ture producers and distributors,
both of New York, were the only
witnesses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
MRS, ERWIN
U. S. Housing Plan
To Reduce Relief

Stronger support of the Govern
ment's home modernization pro-
gram will cut relief costs and taxes
by placing jobless men on pay
rolls. This was the keynote of an
address yesterday by Albert l..
Deane, deputy FILA Administrator,
before a convention of the Ma
ional Paint and Varnish Assocla-
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
Services Planned
For King Alexander

Memorial services for King
Alexander I of Yugoslavia, assas-
sinated last month, will be held at
the Church of SIS. Constantine
and Helen, Greek Orthodox
Church, at Sixth and C SITS.
S. w., Armistice Day. The serv-
ices, at 1890 p. M, are spon-
sored by the board of trustees of
SIS. Constantine and Helen Greek
Orthodox Community.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
Store to Observe
18th Anniversary

Askin's, 7O3 Seventh st. N. w.,
tomorrow will inaugurate a birth
day sale, in commemorative of
the founding of an extensive
chain store business by Charles
Askin in Charlotte, N. c., 26 years
ago. This birthday will be COM
memorated throughout the entire
chain of stores. Askin's is one of
Washington's oldest retail stores.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
Tragedy
Trial Plea Fixed

WILKES BARRE, Pa, Nov. 2
CU.SD Arguments for new
trial for Robert Allan Edwards,
convicted American Tragedy"
slayer of Freda McKechnie. his
neighborhood sweetheart, will be
heard next Wednesday Judge
w. A. Valentine announced late
today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
GRID BID TO PRESIDENT

President Roosevelt yesterday
was invited to watch the Navy in
action on the football gridiron.
but did not say definitely he
would accept. An invitation to
attend any coming Navy game was
extended at the White House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
ALUMNI TO LISTEN IN

Dartmouth College Alumni will
meet at 1870 p. m. tomorrow at
the University Club to hear
play-by-play description of the
Yale-Dartmouth football game
which will be held at New Haven.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
CLOSING HOURS
To CHANGE IN
JANUARY
Checking Against Accounts to
Be Limited and Paid for in
Excess of Quotas
BY EUGENE A. KELLY

BY EUGENE A. KELLY
Washington depositors found a
new system of service charges on
checks and an announcement
that banks, beginning in Janu-
airy, will close at p. m, when
they visited their banks today.
Inauguration of standard serv.
ice charges for checking accounts
in washington banks, however,
will not result in increased costs
to the depositors, it was ex.
planned.
Rates Long In Effect
Most of the rates announced
by the Clearing House late
yesterday have been in effect
here since 1922. The general eff.
feet of the announcement will be
uniformity among all banks in
making charges for checking &C
counts, and the scheme is not
designed to make profits for the
banks.
One of the results of the new
charge system will be the pay.
ment of 81 for checks issued
against accounts of 500 or less.
Many of the banks have been
charging this rate, while others
have been charging so cents.
Bankers for the past year have
been complaining of the increased
cost in handling the smaller &C.
counts. 1t has been pointed out
that many of these accounts were
costing the banks money. The
uniform rates went into effect
yesterday.
Another important change in
the banking system in Washing"
ton will be the closing of banks
at 2 p. m. instead of the practice
of closing at 3 p. m. Bank
doors, beginning January 2, will
open at $3.50 a. m. Some of the
banks, however, will remain open
until 3 p. m. on Government
pay days.
Gains to Offset Losses
While it is true that many
depositors will in the future pay
more for their checking accounts
than heretofore, many of them
will now pay less, so that when
the cost is balanced there is
little or no increase to depositors
at large.
Depositors with 500 accounts
or less will be entitled to draw
10 checks against the account for
a service charge Of 81. There
will be no service charge above
the 500 account, but the num-
Der of checks that may be drawn
will be limited. Accounts of be-
tween 500 and 5000, for instance,
may have only eight checks
drawn against them.
Checks in excess of the num-
Der allowed will have a charge
of cents levied against them.
The number of checks that may
be drawn increases with the
amount of the account. An &C.
count of $500, for example, may
have 30 checks drawn against it
without charge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
12.FOOT SUNFLOWER

MAYS LANDING, N. j. G.N.SO.
The farm of John Conover, at
Wing Lane, near here, has sum
flower stalk with S blooms, one Of
which is 80 inches in circumfer-
ence. Another gigantic stalk
towers IL feet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02
Now
Americas Soft Voice
Oranges VS.. Cocktails
Fish Recipes
By Helen ESSary

The Princess Bibesco, who is
remaining in Washington for a
few days before sailing for her
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home in Ru.
m a n ia, has
b e e n S ur'
prise d and
enchanted by
the American
voice. She
had been told
In Europe she
would be ir-
Eftated by its
sharp nasal
tone.
Yesterd . y
S1AA aoaA mYSth
gestures:
"Au con.
aire, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-11-02

Phyllis says there's no limit
to what an energetic widow
with a cocktail shaker can &C
complish-particularly in Wash
1ngton.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
President and
Wife's Plans

The President will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Roosevelt when
he lights the community Christ
mas tree this afternoon at $40
o'clock at Lafayette Square. A
program of Christmas music by
the United States Marine Band
will follow.
This evening the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt will receive
all of the White House office
force and, according to custom,
their children.
Mrs. Roosevelt was present
for the distribution of bags at
the Fox Theater this morning
and this afternoon at 2::30
o'clock she presided at the an
nual Christmas party at the
Salvation Army headquarters,
where baskets were distributed
to the Door,
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
Virqinia Woman Relates Thrills
OfMoqu|'s First Race

found my father driving this
Superb-lOoking colt to the car.
riage-16 miles to the station
and 16 miles back. He pro-
tested violently and said if he
would let him take Mogul to
Washington he would try him
out and he was sure that he
could make a good race horse
of him. The driving that he
had done had hardened his
muscles and accomplished a
great deal toward training him.
We let him go, with many
miSgivingS and much heartache.
After a few weeks we were sent
for to come to Washington to
see MOgul run his first race.
When we arrived in Washing
ton, to add to our great excite
ment, we were told that the
young cousin was taking us to
the race lat Ivy City, in a
fOur-in-hand.
1--WE were visiting an aunt in
Georgetown and when this gOr-
geOuS coach with four spanking
horses, two fOOtmen in full liv.
cry, footing the horn, dashed
through the sleepy town up to
our door and we mounted the
box dressed in the springiest of
spring clothes, really life could
hold no more, our cups were al
most too full.
with good deal of cIatter
and cracking of whip we drove
around Dupont Circle, down the
Avenue, out to Ivy City-the
observed of all observers.
1--WE Immediately went into
the paddock to find MOgul
more superb than ever-a dark
bay, almost black, and his coat
shining like satin, but no rider
our rider with our cOlOrS had
disappeared. We were in de-
Spair-Only a few minutes be.
fore the Start-the rest Of the
field going to the post. What
was to be dOne"
Tomorrow 1 will tell you
what was done and of the race.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
Debut Dance
This Evening

Mr.. and Mrs. Land-a B.
Platt, will entertain at dance
this evening at the Chevy
Chase Club, for the formers
debutante daughter, Miss Jane
Esther Platt.
The hosts and their daughter
will receive in the large ball
room, which will be decorated
with Christmas greens. Mrs.
Platt will wear a gown of ivory
taffeta with green trimming,
and a wristlet of gardenias;
and the debutante has chosen
aH green crepe tunic gown shot
with gold thread, with a green
scarf around the neck held with
a diamond clasp. She will wear
a wristlet of orchids.
The floor committee for the
dance includes Mr.. Tinsley
Adams, Mr.. Ivan Alfaro, Mr..
William Blum, Mr.. Douglas
Bogart, Mr.. A. Smith Bowman,
Mr.. DeLong Bowman, Mr.. Fred
erick Cartwright, Mr.. Arthur
Clephane, Mr.. Frederick Cole
man. I'd, Mr.. Humphrey Daniel,
Mr.. Donald DeVeau, Mr.. Aid
rich Dudley, jr., Mr.. William
Laird Dunlop, Sd, Mr.. Joshua
Evans, I'd, Mr.. Charles L.
Gaines, Midshipman Thomas
Ray Hagner, Mr.. John L.
Hamilton, Mr.. Sterling Harri-
son, Mr.. Frank S. Hight, jr.,
Mr.. Frederick Drum Hunt,
Lieut.. Richard Drum Hunt,
U. S. NJ; Mr.. Randolph Leigh,
jr., Mr.. Richard Lunn, N-r.
John M. Lynham, Mr.. William
G. Mitchell, Mr.. Malvern Moss,
Mr.. Leonard L. Nicholson, Mr..
Robert S. Parsons, Mr.. William
B. Sweet, and Mr.. Homer
Tatum.
Supper will be served at 1890,
and dancing will continue until
$3.50 a. m.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

mount Importance tonight, and
an answer to letters mailed
through "Daddy's Office"
The Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Swanson, whose at
tractive home in R Street will
be embowered with Christmas
flowers and foliage, will spend
the day very quietly, and it is
not unlikely they will go to the
ball to be given in the evening
for the midshipmen and the
cadets. Wednesday, Mrs. Joseph
D. NOEL, of this city and Prince.
ton, will conclude her visit with
the Assistant Secretary of State
and Mrs. Sumner Welles, and
will join the Secretary and Mrs.
Swanson for a stay of several
days.
Secretary and Mrs. Ickes have
no special plans other than to
enjoy the day very quietly at
their residence in Spring Val
ley.
There will be small family
reunion in Secretary and Mrs.
Wallace's apartment at Ward.
man Park Hotel, which will in
clude their children, Henry B.,
Robert, and Jean. and the Sec
retary's mother, Mrs. Henry C.
Wallace, who has come from
her home in Des Moines, Iowa,
will be with them, as will Miss
Ruth Wallace, Miss Eleanor
Powell and Lieut.. Comdr. Paul
w. Wilson.
AS always. on Christmas, the
home of the Secretary and
Mrs. Roper presents an "old,
fashioned" and delightful scene,
the family gathering about
the festive board" in the mid
die of the day. With them,
this year, will be their sons and
their wives and their daughter,
Miss Grace Roper.
The Secretary of Labor, Miss
Perkins, will have quiet cele-
bration with her husband, Mr..
Paul Wilson, and their daugh-
ter Suzanne at their home in
New York.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24

Sec. and Mrs. Hull Here
The Secretary of State and
Mrs. Hull, who last year spent
Christmas at MonteVideo, Uru-
quay, with the delegation from
the United States to the Pan
American Conference, will spend
tomorrow in their apartment
at the Carlton, surrounded by
flowers sent them in celebra'
ton of the day, and their ac'
tivities will be more or less in.
formal.
The Secretary of the Treas
ury and Mrs. Morgenthau, who
left last Thursday for Fishkill
Farms, their delightful country
home in Duchess county, New
York. will be surrounded by
their children and other mem.
bers of their family who will
make the trip from New York
city to enjoy the holiday amid
rustic surroundings. :,
The Secretary Of War and
Mrs. Dern, whose suburban
estate, "Highwood," is at all
times a happy gathering place
for the younger members Of
their family, will be the scene
Of a real home Christmas, dedi-
Gated to their young grand
children and to their sons and
daughters who will be with
them.
The Attorney General and
Mrs. Cummings, whose Tilden
Street home has proven to be
one of the most hoSpitable rem
devious in official circles, have
as their guests for Christmas
Mrs. S. Barlow Weeks, who will
remain until January 18, and
Mrs. John Charles Turner and
Mr.. John Murphy, of New York,
who will remain over the week
end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cummings will
give Q dinner tonight for their
guests.
The Postmaster General has
gone to New York to join Mrs.
Farley and their children at
their home where the coming of
Santa Claus is a matter of para
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
To Tour Abroad

DR.. and Mrs. John Oliver La
Gorce, of washington, who have
been yearly visitors to Miami
Beach for several seasons, will
forego their south Florida vaca-
ton this year to make a five
month tour abroad with Mr.. and
Mrs. Gene Tunney, of New
York.
The party will leave on Janu-
ary 20 from New York, going
first to Italy and later to India,
Java, China, Japan, and Hawaii.
Mrs. Chester A. Amos, of
Alexandria, Va, will be hostess
at dinner party Thursday eve
ming at the Shoreham.
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eighties, called MOgul. He was
named as a young colt COrOtO-
man, but he was entered in his
first race as MOgul, so ever
afterward he had to race as
MOgul.
"MoguI was the fOal of MOllie
by Abdul Kater-a great sire.
Mollie had been brought out of
a drove of Kentucky horses and
though we always believed she
was thoroughbred certainly her
colts looked and acted like thor
OughbredS) there was no proof
of it and MOgul ran as a half
bred. He was fOaled in lower
Virginia and, believe it or not,
was even at first well over on
his knees"
"He and his mother were
given free range of the lawn at
the old home place-he ate
sugar out of our hands, was
petted and spoiled by the whole
plantation and especially by the
two young girls of the family
who finally claimed him as
their own.
"When the colt was three
years old a young cousin came
to visit us at the old place and
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
Tea Yesterday
For Buds

Mrs. Eli Bamford Smith and
her niece, Mrs. James Reginald
Conard, entertained at a tea
yesterday afternoon, in compli-
ment to two of this seasons
debutantes, Miss Charlotte
Ashby Brown, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Ashby Brown,
of Warrenton, Va, and Miss
Mary Uterine Bentley,
daughter of Lieut.. Col. and Mrs.
Bruce Bentley, of Laurel, Md.
Mrs. Smith recently leased
her home at 1443 Massachusetts,
Ave to the German Embassy,
and the tea yesterday was
given at her new home at 1917
Thirtieth ST., in Georgetown.
Assisting at the tea-table
were Mrs. Bruce Bentley, Mrs.
Henry Ashby Brown, Mrs. Helen
Ray Hagner, Mrs. Fulton Lewis,
Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, Mrs.
Granville Hunt, Mrs. Mable
Esby Hill, Mrs. Townley A. Nc
Kee, Mrs. Bernard Gallagher,
Mrs. Wesley Hanford, Mrs.
Andrew Jackson Somerville, and
Miss Elizabeth McInerney.
Assisting in the dining room
were the following debutantes:
Miss Dorothy Haney Let's, Miss
Marjorie Jane Dampman, Miss
Mary Winifred Brown, Miss
Betty Marsh, Miss Louise Wal
ler, Miss Katherine BuloW, Miss
Nancy Harrison and Miss Janet
Harrison.
The tea-table and other dec
orations were of Christmas
holly and mistletoe, evergreens
and late fall flowers.
The financial counselor OF the
Rumanian Legation, Mr.. Georges
Boncesco, who has been at Palm
Beach, Fla, for a brief vacation,
has left there for Boston, Mass,
where he will meet Nine. Bon
cesco when she arrives today
from long absence in Europe.
They are expected to come to
Washington Immediately after
her arrival in this country.
The Minister of Guatemala
and Sonora de Recinos will en-
tertain the members of the
Legation staff this evening, at
the Legation.
The Minister of Finland, Mr..
Axel Leonard Astrom, will en-.
tertain the members of his
staff at dinner this evening,
at the Legation.
Brig. Gen. John L. Dewitt,
U. S. A., and Mrs. Dewitt have
come to Washington from their
station at Fort WadsWorth. N.
Y, and will spend the holidays
at the Martinique.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
Honor Miss SuIIens

Miss Elizabeth Howry will give
a luncheon December 80 at the
National Woman's Country Club
for Miss Anne Sullens, who is
passing several weeks wit her,
and Miss Christine Long, debu-
tnte daughter of the United
States Ambassador to Italy and
Mrs. Breckenridge Long.
Miss Howry will entertain at
another luncheon January 6 for
Miss Sullens, and on January 5
will give a dinner before the
dance the Ambassador and Mrs.
Long will give in honor Of their
daughter at GrasSlandS.
DR.. and Mrs. Earle G. Breed
ing will entertain a small COM
pany of guests at dinner at the
Shoreham Wednesday evening.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
CHRISTMAS PROMISES TO BE GAYER THAN IN YEARS PAST WITH MA

Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Hurja,
whose home in Georgetown
is a most delightful rendez-
vous for their many friends,
not only from Washington,
but from all corners of the
world, are planning to wend
their way Southwark the
day after Christmas for a
Today holiday, the first
real" vacation the very
busy and efficient Assist
ant to the Chairman of the
Democratic National Com
mittee has permitted himself
to have, in about three
years.
Mrs. Hurja, whose beauty,
charm, and varied talents
place her in a position few
women attain, was a bit
against making the trip
down to Florida by plane,
but in view of the fact that
it would give her dis
tinguished husband a few
more days of sunshine, she
acquiesced, and away they
will fly on Wednesday, for a
sojourn at the Miami Bilt-
more at Coral Gables.
Helen DOherty accOmpa-
MED Mrs. Laurence Town-
send to the fareWeu tea
the Minister of Finland,
Mr.. Astrom, gaze, and as
she moved from group to
group 1t aUas interesting to
hear her address foreign
erS IN their nGt1Ue tongue.
Someone told me she Is
one of the fen 1Oho has
learned to speak Russian
qUell, and Danish is almost
like her native tongue, so
qCeU has she perfected her,
self IN 1t since her resi-
dence IN Copenhagen as q
M e M ber of Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Owen's secretariat
at the legation.
Miss Doherty, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L.
Doherty, who are now in
Florida, has no very definite
holiday plans. She has
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Townsend for a week or
more, enjoying with them
their varied and interesting
daily routine, long walks
with the former, and lots Of
music with both-for no
couple in the Capital, per
haps, has a greater love and
appreciation of this art than
this delightful pair, whose
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
4Nukuy uJn1
DebMakes Bow
At Party

Mrs. Grace Kendall Angus
will present her debutante
daughter, Miss Betty Angus, to
society in the Capital, at a re-
ception and tea dance to be
given this afternoon in the
grand ballroom of the May
flower.
Miss Angus will be assisted by
Miss Dorothy Let's, Miss Mar
garet Clarke, Miss Jane Ram
seyer, Miss Peggy McNeale, Miss
Jane Culbertson, Miss Mathilde
Bruce Rodger, Miss Mary Wini-
fred Brown and Miss Betty
Marsh.
Assisting Mrs. Angus will be,
Mrs. F.. Dickinson Let's, Mrs. c.
William Ramseyer, Mrs. William
S. Culbertson, Mrs. Wilson
Compton, Mrs. r. H. Van Nest,
Mrs. Wilhelm Krechting, Mrs.
Joseph Herbert, jr., Mrs. F. A.
Kendall, jr., of Philadelphia;
MIS-. 11UWdIu 1COUCA 10 dA1u MA o.
Ernest H. Van FosSan.
A song Roses in Bud" COM
posed especially for the occasion
by Mr.. John Kendall, of Pitts
burgh, Pa, uncle of the debu-
tante, will be played by the
orchestra during the reception.
Miss Angus will wear a gown
of aquarmarine blue satin, made
with a slight train, and a fitted
jacket with long sleeves puffed
at the shoulders. Her bouquet
will be of pink roses. Mrs.
Angus will wear a black velvet
gown, made on simple lines,
with a slight train and a
cluster of gardenias at the neck.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
Dinners Planned

An interesting supper party
tomorrow night will be that
which Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph E.
Davies will give at their home
on Massachusetts Avenue for
their two daughters. Mrs.
Thomas Patton Cheeseborough.
jr.. of Greenwich, Conn.,, and
Mrs. Aldace Walker. of New
York, preceding the ball at the
Sulgrave Club which they are
giving in honor of their debu-
tante daughter, Miss Emlen
knight Davies. Mrs. Meade
Moore will entertain at dinner
before the ball for Miss Davies
and her daughter, Miss Emily
Moore, who attends Vassar Col
lege.
Mrs. Cheeseborough arrived
Thursday from Asheville, N. c.
where she has been visiting her
husbands parents. Mrs. Walker
will come from New York today.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. j. Noonan,
of New York, are at the Shore
ham, having come to join the
latter's brother-in-laW and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Cas-
lev, for the holidays.
The Washington times., 1934-12-24
Daughter Here

Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Canaday
have been joined at the Shore
ham by their daughter, Miss
Doreen D. Canaday, who has
come from Bryn Mawr for the
holidays. Mr.. Canaday is di-
rector of public relations for
the Federal Housing Admins
tration.
X
Mrs. Bruce Kremer will enter
tain at a bridge luncheon Janu.
ary 4 for Mrs. Barlow S. WeekeS,
of New York, who will arrive TO-
day to be the guest of the Attor-
ney General and Mrs. Homer S.
Cummings for Christmas.