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home Of Mrs. Sophie r. Cahill,
worthy matron, 3117 Hyatt place.
Mrs. May Johnston, chairman OF
tho Home Board Committee. an
nounces . luncheon at 1890 o'clock
February II ut the home OF Mrs.
Oahill, worthy matron, 3117 Hyatt
place. Mrs.. CLARK, Mrs. Boardman
and Mn. Cahill will entertain. The
chapter VIII hold it, annual turkey
dinner On Thursday. March 8.
A Valentine dance and card party
will be held at the National Press
Club ball room February Is, under
the auspices Of Columbia Chapter,
No. IS.
Reservations for cards are necessary
and are being made with Mrs. Han
nah E. Overstreet.
Arrangements are in charge Of
Mrs. Mabel S. White, chairman of
Mague, chairman of Ways and Means
Committee.
Miriam Lewis, matron Of Temple
Chapter. announces that the meeting
Of the chapter Of February IL will be
the twenty-fifth birthday and the
honored guests will be the worthy
grand matron and worthy grand pa
iron and the 1884 Matrons and Pa
irons Association.
The arrangements for the evening
are under the supervision of the sec
rotary, Fannie E. Abel.
The auxiliary home board was en-
tertained January 25 at Epstein's by
the associate matron, Rose Loebl.
The annual dance and card party
will be held at the Shoreham Hotel
Wednesday, February 81. There will
be prizes for each card table. The
music will be furnished by George
G. Gau1's Orchestra.
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Indications Expected
On Relief of Veterans
Xppropriation for Administration Due to Be De.
bated in Senate This Week-Hearinss
Ended by Byrnes' Group.

that there be restored by law all bens-
fits to the service connected cases do
stroyed by the act Of last March and
the subsequent regulation, and tho
presentations to the House committee
will be along this line.
Mrs. Volney p. Mooney. IT,, Of Los
Angeles, national commander Of the
Women's Auxiliary Of the D. A. w., 10
In Washington for q number Of days
in the interest Of pending legislation.
Mrs. Mooney has interviewed . num-
Der Of Senators and Representatives
and as soon as her canvass Is COM
pleted will 60 to New York as q part
Of a Nationwide tour contracting units
Of the auxiliary.
On Tuesday evening the District Of
Columbia Women's Auxiliary will have
Mrs. Mooney as guest at q dinner
to be given at the Women's City Club.
Last Thursday evening the Ace
Rasmussen Chapter met at the Sol
diers, Sailors and Marines Club. The
chapter had as its guests the newly
elected department officials and the
chapter commanders. Special en-
phasis on membership was given In
the meeting, following which there
was music by the Hill Billy Band and
refreshments. The next meeting viii
be in the same club room March !.
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The Maccabees.

At the next regular review on
Wednesday evening in Odd Fellows
Temple the National Tent viii hold
an initiation and, with the degree
team, give full ritualistic degrees.
National Tents basket ball team
requests games with other teams In
the city and nearby Virginia and
Maryland. Telephone West 1888 or
communicate with manager. Elmer
Fletcher. 3046 N street northwest.
The Officers Club of Martha WASH
ington Hive held its annual ban
quet at the Ambassador Hotel on
Thursday evening. February l. Among
the guests of honor were w. O.
Hayes, State manager; Mrs. w. o.
Hayes, president Baltimore Officers
Club; Mrs. E. Olive Eckert, regional
director. and Glen Hansen, special
representative from Detroit. Dancing
followed singing Of appropriate songs.
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Shoemaker Gives Address
t0V. F. w. on Economy Act
National Capital Post to Hear Senator Speak
February 13-Lundeen Talks to
Equality Walter Reed.

~oMDR. COL. HARRY cOoPE
presided at the regular meet
\ ing Tuesday night at Pythian
~ Temple. There was a large
attendance, augmented by
visitors Of the other unit posts Of the
District Of Columbia Department.
Frank A. Sabel, who served with Com
pany O Of the 147th Infantry in
France, was obligated to membership.
and the application of Thomas Demp-
sey, who served as chaplain with the
22d United States Infantry through
out the World War, was referred to
the Membership Committee. Past Post
Comdr. John j. Allen rendered his
resignation as council member on
account of Ill health. Representative
Francis H. Shoemaker of Minnesota
delivered an address on the economy
act. Comdr. Coope has arranged to
have Senator address the post at
the meeting on February 10.
Equality-W Walter Reed Post.
On last Thursday night a special
meeting was held at Pythian Temple
with Comdr Howard w. Woerner Of
floating. This meeting was held two
weeks in advance Of the stated regu-
lar meeting to obviate any conflict
with the commander in-chief's BAN
quet, which will be rendered to Ma
tional Comdr. James E. Van Zandt on
the night of February Is. at the May
flower Hotel. Representative Ernest
Lundeen Of Minnesota was the guest
speaker. Larger attendances are an
ticipated for future meetings, as
Comdr Woerner plans to introduce
distinguished speakers, who will ad-
dress the members on subjects Of
current interest.
Front Line Post Auxiliary.
The auxiliary met on January %
at Central High School. Mrs. Madge
Moore and Mrs. Ora F. Kissock were
received into membership. Mrs. Eliza
beth Fischini. conductress. was unable
to be present because OF illness. Mrs.
Edna McCutcheon has arranged for
a benefit dance to be held on Febru-
airy IT, at the Arlington Hotel. The
next regular meeting will be held at
Central High School on February II.
United States Treasury Post.
Comdr. Frank E. Hagan presided
at the posts regular meeting January
Is at the Soldiers, Sailors and Ma
rines' Club. Past Post Comdr. Bernard
S. Bladen was presented with Cross
of Malta gold medal, the Official in
sigma Of the V. F. w, by Department
Comdr. Daniel E. Campbell. Irwin
Johnson, as recruiting officer Of the
post, made an urgent plea TO the as
sembled members to exert their utmost
endeavors to enlist large class Of
candidates for membership. Thomas
F. Green, James M Stewart and
James NJ Buckley were elected to
membership, and A. j. Wasilinsky wes
appointed employment officer by
Comdr. Hagan. Norman H. Edwards,
chairman Of the Ways ard Means
Committee, was accorded rising vote
Of thanks for his successes in aug
menting the posts relief fund.
Advance Post-The post held its
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Odd Fellows.

Tho eighty-eighth annual session OF
the Grand Encampment Of the Dis
trict, Independent Order Of Odd Eel
lows, will be held Tuesday evening in
the Odd Fellows Temple. Grand Pa
triarch James E. Grifith requests the
presence of all eligible members at
this session.
Fred D. Stuart Encampment will
confer the Patriarchal degree on q
class Of candidates tomorrow evening.
Included in this class will be five cam
didates from Mount Nebo Encamp-
ment The degree team will be under
the direction OF Thomas c. Blaisden.
All records for continuous service in
Office were broken last week. when
Columbian Encampment installed into
the once of scribe Frank D. Seifert
for the sixtythird consecutive time.
The Rebekah Assembly met in an
nual session January %, 1884, at I. O.
O. F. Temple.
A large number Of visitors from
other jurisdictions. principally Mary
land and Virginia, attended. The
morning and afternoon sessions were
devoted to reports of committees and
other routine business. A feature OF
the afternoon session was a memo
rial service.
Miss Elma Geiger acted as secre-
tary in the absence of F. Marie Spe-
tendance due to illness. At the ses-
sion officers for the ensuing year were
elected, as follows: President, Marian
S. Geiman: vice president, Ora
Pfrimmer; warden, Emma Tress Stro-
bel; secretary, F. Marie Spekenheir
(re-elected), and treasurer. Annette
z. Harrell.
The following appointive ondcers
were named for the present year
Marshal. Cora Kincer; conductor,
Grace Thomasson; chaplain, Bertha
Chamberlain; inside guardian, Olive
Woodwork; outside guardian, Mar
garet Rule, and musician, Marguerite
Ison. In the ceremony Of installation
the assembly officers were escorted by
the officers Of the Grand Lodge, I. O.
o. F.. Retiring President Amy "
Glossbrenner was heartily congratu-
lated on the success of her term OF
Office. She was presented past presi-
dents Jewel by Morris Dreeben. grand
master, I. o. o. F. Congratulations
were extended President Marian S.
Geiman and her corps Of officers.
Rebekah Lodges.-Martna Washing
ton Rebekah Lodge No. 3 met January
rs at tho Odd Fellows Temple, Mrs
Mirielle Cordelle, newly installed noble
grand, in charge. Visitors present
were Mrs. Wilmington of Massachu-
sets and Mrs. Bertha Chanberlin
chaplain of the Assembly. Both ad-
dressed the meeting. Mrs. Ora Pfrim-
mer, member Of the lodge, and vice
president of the District of Columbia
Assembly spoke
The lodge charter was draped with
appropriate ceremony in honor to Mrs
Alice Legge, who died January IL.
Mrs. Cordelle appointed commit
tees to serve for 1884. The chalmen
are: Refreshments, Miss Bessie Moore;
Entertainment, Miss Mae Harding;
Ways and Means, the noble grand;
Robes, Mrs. Jeannette Taylor; Miscel.
laneous, Mrs. Annie Jessop; Floral
Mrs. Agnes Dakin; Press, Miss Minnie
Butts.
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TINE February troop school
schedule for District Reserve
officers contains the most in
teresting series Of lectures
that Washington officers have
been privileged to attend during
the present season. -Four out
standing speakers. each an au-
thority In his particular field, are
listed to lecture to Washington Re-
servists during the month. They in
clude Maj. Gen. Edward Croft, chief
Of Infantry, who will address the 428
Infantry, Washington's colored regi-
ment, commanded by Col. West A.
Hamilton, on February 10. and the
320th Infantry on February 20; Brig.
Gen. Charles B. Kilbourne, who will
speak on the strategy Of the Pacific
before District Coast Artillery officers
in the auditorium OF the Army Indus
trial College on February Is. and
Maj. L. A. Fox, Medical Corps, who
will discuss the evolution of weapons
before the 428th Infantry and 320th
Infantry regiments next Monday and
Tuesday evenings. respectively. at
District Reserve headquarters. Maj.
Fox will trace the development Of
weapons through the ages. The fourth
and last outstanding speaker Is
Harold Gatty Of Post-Gatty round
the-world flight fame. Mr.. Gatty Is
scheduled to lecture at the Air Corps
conference to be held during the
month. the date OF which will be an
nounced later.
Cavalry Reserve officers Of the Dis
trict will meet at the Fort Myer riding
hall this morning at $50 o'clock for
instruction In eQuitation under the
supervision Of Maj. E. w. Taulbee.
Cavalry.
Tomorrow evening members Of the
428th Infantry will assemble at Dis
trict headquarters to hear Maj. L. A.
Fox. Medical Corps. lecture on the
evolution of weapons. Following this
address. Maj. Turner M. Chambliss,
Infantry. will discuss Infantry COM
munications in battle Of the regiment,
battalion and company. These sub
jects will be discussed by the same
speakers before the Infantry meeting
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Leaders Will Talk
To Reserve Officers
Four Outstanding Speakers Are Selected for
Troop School Schedule This
Month.
hat win be held at headquarters next

that win be held at headquarters next
Tuesday evening.
Maj. 8. Leroy Irwin, Field Artil-
lery. will conduct the Field Artillery
conference at headquarters next
Wednesday evening. He will discuss
liaison methods in fire direction.
District finance officers will meet at
headquarters next Friday evening.
Capt. A. e. Harden, Finance Depart
ment, and Capt. F. B. Schlosser, FL
nance Reserve, will discuss military
law and the law Of military oienses.
Two officers Of the Quartermaster
Corps, both ON duty at the War De-
partment in the Office Of the quarter
master general, have been detailed.
in addition to their War Department
duties. to duty with District Reserve
units. They include Col. Richard T..
Ellis, Quartermaster Corps, who has
been detailed as unit instructor Of
the 463d Motor Repair Section, 464th
Motor Repair Section and the 465th
Motor Repair Section, and Capt.
Robert E. Shannon, Quartermaster
Corps, who will assume the unit In
structor duties of the 467th Motor Re-
pair Section and the 694th Motor
Transport Company.
Four District Reserve officers, now
on active duty with the Civilian Con-
servation Corps, are to be continued
on active duty for another six-month
period. These officers, with the date
Indicated when they will complete
their second six-month period in
these camps, include First Lieut..
William M. johnson, Infantry Re-
serve (320th Infantry. August IA;
First Lieut. Henry G.. Learnard, jr..
Infantry Reserve Branch Assign
ment Group, August IA; First Lieut..
Raphael A. Edmonston, Medical Re-
serve (73d General HospitaD, August
81, and Second Lieut.. Robert G.
Greer, Coast Artillery Reserve. Au-
gust IA. In addition to these officers
the following have been continued on
active duty with the Civilian Conser-
walton Corps for a second six-month
period. They are First Lieut.. Samuel
E. McCrary, Cavalry Reserve t3O6th
Cavalry, Alexandria, Va. and First
Lieut.. James D. DeMarr, Signal Re-
serve Goth Signal Company. who
resides in Berwyn, Md.
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Shepherds of Bethlehem.

Plans have been made for the
26th anniversary Of National Lodge
on February 10 and a dance In
March. Announcement Is made Of
the appointment of Mrs. Maize DOM
dera of Trinity Lodge as deputy ST.
preme commander to this lodge. Mrs.
Domdera will present her credentials,
be officially received and install the
offcers-elect at the next meeting Of
this lodge Miss Lillian Carrick,
commander ELECT, appointed herself as
chairman good and welfare, assisted
by the following: Don Morocco, Mrs.
Marilla Smith, Mrs. Isabelle Russell,
Mrs, Estella Uebele, Mrs. Jessie Tate,
Miss Helen Grissam, Mrs. Margaret
Licarione and Mrs. Jessie Richards.
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VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Meetings This Week.

Monday, 9 pm.-Concil Of
Administration, District Of Co.
lumbia Department, No. /.
board room, District Building.
Tuesday. 8 p.m.-Military
Order Of the Coolies, 935 Grant
place northwest.
Wednesday, 8 pm.-Equality-
Walter Reed Post Auxiliary,
Continental Hotel, North Capt.
toll and D streets. Overseas
Military Band, Drum and Bugle
Corps, National Guard Armory,
Sixth and Pennsylvania avenue
northwest.
Thursday, 8 p.m.-Herbert L.
Edmonds Post, No. 2460, Hamil-
ton Hotel, Fourteenth and K
streets northwest.
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The Washington Chapter
Of Hodassah

The Saturday afternoon council
meeting was held last week, when
Mrs. Henry Elenbogen spoke on cur
rent events. Mrs. Lawrence Koenigs-
berger presided. Mrs. w. Bralove
gave the musical program.
Saturday, February 10, the cultural
meeting will be held at the home Of
Mrs. I. S. Turnover on Jocelyn street.
Mrs. Esther Caulkin Brunauer, who
represented the American women at
the Geneva Disarmament Conference,
will speak. Mrs. Brunauer has Just
returned from Germany, where she
made study Of the women In the
Nazi party.
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NORTHEAST SUBURBAN
UNION HOLDS MEETING

Northeast Suburban w. G. T. U.
held its regular monthly meeting at
the home of Mrs. R. L. Scheffler, 2408
Rhode Island avenue northeast, jan
uary "a. Several visitors from other
unions were present and new men,
bers introduced. Reports from the
different departments were given that
showed activity on the part Of the
directors. Mrs. Ora B. Haines, pro-
gram chairman, introduced the
guest speaker, Mrs. Frank Edgington,
who gave talk on peace.
Other features Of the program were
piano numbers by Mrs. r. ]. Rudd Of
Cleveland Park Union and selections
by the newly organized quartet COM
posed of Mrs. H. Lee Smith, Mrs.
r. E. Boss, Mrs. ]. S. Beck, Mrs.
French Morgan with Mrs j. p. Ben
fer as accompanist. Plans were out
lined for the quarterly meeting to
be held at Sherwood Church January
81 when this union would be host
ess.
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The regular monthly meeting Of
the Georgetown w. G. T. U. was held
at the home of Mrs. Archer Haycock,
1904 M street. The president, Mrs.
Albert Etabler, presided.
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The Business Woman's Council Of
Washington will meet Tuesday Ut the
Church Of the Covenant. Rev. j.
Phelps Hand, D. D., will lead the de-
votional period. Mrs. Clarence I.
Hendrickson will give a comparative
digest Of the several bills before the
present session Of Congress, with the
idea Of extending the Jurisdiction Of
the Food and Drug Administration for
the protection Of the consumer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-02-04

Mrs Elmer Shane and Mrs. W. D.
Thayer were hostesses to members of
Fort McHenry Chapter, D. A. R. jan
uary l6 at the New Berne Apartments.
The guest Of honor was Mrs. Harry
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sided at a meeting Of Our Flag
Chapter, held at the Willard Hotel
Tuesday. Officers and chairmen of
committees reported Mrs. E. c.
Alvord read the president generals
message and the regent read her
greeting for the new year. Miss Mary
A. Kaufman reported the attendance
at the State executive and the caucus
meeting in company with the regent,
giving names of candidates for State
Offices to be presented for considera-
ton at the State conference in
March. Mrs. William j. Showalter
reported progress in the work Of in
dexing library cards, and announced
to date she had a record of 11,045
cards completed for the library files,
which will be placed along with others
in a new cabinet soon to be presented
the library through the State Com
mtttee.. Mrs. Showalter told Of the
bookplate for the District Of Columbia
daughters now available. Gifts Of
money and materials were announced
as being prepared for sending to Ellis
Island for the work maintained there
by the D. A. r. Mrs. George East
ment, treasurer, was reported Ill, but
sent a report of national and State
obligations, Cancelled and acknowl-
edged receipts from the recent card
party, arranged by the chairman of
ways and means. Mrs R. M. Richards.
Mrs. w. B. Kennedy reported sub
scribers' renewals to the D. A. r.
magazine and urged wider circula-
ton.
DR.. Ellen Spencer Mussey, chapter
house corporation counsel, and Mrs.
G. M. Davis, chapter representative
to the counsel, reported the POSSIBLE
ties Of q chapter house. Names Of
prospective members were presented
by the regent. including Mrs. c. v.
Rask, Mrs. j. E. Lind. Miss Ada Bartol
and Mrs. Harry x. Walsh. Proposed
changes in the bylaws of the D. C.
D. A. R.. to be acted upon at the
State conference to be held in March,
we're noted and the attention was
called to the innovation In the charge
of 81 registration fee for all attend
ing the Continental Congress, this
money to be used In helping defray
the expenses Of this annual meeting.
The Nome nugget., 1934-02-17
RUSSIAN ICE-BREAkER
 WENT ITO BOTTOM
(By The Associated Press)


 MOSCOW, Feb. 15 -l Sixty dog teams carrying supplies and cloth ing are racing through arctic ing are racing through the Arctic dred members of Professor Otto Schmidts Arctic expedition, who were stranded for two days on the ice near BeriIig Straits.
 The dog teams departed from North Cape Thursday, while the airplanes are awaiting the abate- ment of storms to take off. Tie spot where the expedition's vessel Cneliuskin. sank after being crush I'd by the ice, ani the poSisl3n If Inc veSsel.s crew and party is e7.17 north latitude and 11z.51 west longitude.
The Nome nugget., 1934-02-17
USE SEWERS AS
 MEANS OF ESCAPE
(By The Associated Press)

Dy IHt E1SSOl TGSS
 VIENNA. Feb. 16 = Sewers be- came the last stronghold of the soc alst fighters aga inst the gov ernment in their. campaign of guerilla warfare and sabotage. A campaign against the facist Helm wehr was also ordered by the soc ialists. The country is in the gr D of political chaos All was quiet today but for the under ground army still working in the sewers. Rumors were heard thru out the capitol that the assassina- tinn of Dollfuss, Vice-Chancelor Emil Fey. Pirce Van Starhemberg and others leaders of the govern ment, was attempted. and a Nazi, Putsch, was imm nent. The ru- mors were not confirmed officially.
 Vienna street passages into the r0omy sewers which honey-com under the ground of Vienna were ways LII tScoFC sN, ueIedteu gar risons of municipal apartment blocks shelled by governments ar tHlery last nigh Socialist flle- men emerged thro, gh man-!ioles and terrified foreign residents who were kert awake by the cIa nor of gun-fire. Socialists skir- mished with Ike police. although the four days ef evil war is ap- parently at an end.
The Nome nugget., 1934-02-17
WOMEN PARTICIPATE
 IN CIVIL WAE
eBy The Associated Press)

1BE The Associated PreSs1
 VIENNA, Feb 13-Women and, children were fed to the flames of .G!vl War as the government art illery smashed the Karl Marx apartment building. housing two thousand Socialists families. No one kows how many were killed. Howitzers apparently smashed the third a-@and- fourth floors of the greatest apartment building in Europe The middle arch collap- sed, The smelling of the million dollar structure was only one cor her of the Austrian aspect. While the forces of Dollfuss struggled through the bloody streets to aut down the rebellion of socialists, the party apparently lost over two hundred killed outside Vienna. Batt1es ragged at Seir,1 Graz Linz and also at Steyr. Sharp fighting broke ont again early today when the socialists stationed machine guns on top of hill command ing the town.
The Nome nugget., 1934-02-17
ITALIAN TROOPS MoBILIzED
(By The Associated Press)

ROME. Feb. 15 Ready for any evenuality seventy-fve thou- sand Italian troops were posted at strategic points along the Aus trian border. In addition to the Facist frontier guard watching the Austrian situation closely from border points, the governm of ficials emphasized that the troops had not been placed there as a result of developments across the line. They were moved up dur ing the last five months as part of the fundamental changes in Italian military policies. It was explained previously that the troops were concentrated in cities further inland.
The Nome nugget., 1934-02-17
CHARGES FRAUD IN
 AIRMAIL CONTRACTS
(By The Associated Press) WASH.slGTON. Feb. II

WASH.:JGToN, Feb. 14 = Wholesale cancellation of airmail contracts was publicly explained Wednesday n ght by Postmaster General Farley as predicated on his belief that "all present doIn- estie carriers secured their con- tracts on conspiracy or collusion' with possibly one exception, the National Park A.Sways. operating in Utah and Montana. He eharg- ed that the conspiracy was matched at meeting of airline repres- entatives in 1930, who entered in- to an agreement which resulted in a division of all airmail con tracts in the United States with the practical elimination of conl- petition in b .dding."
The Nome nugget., 1934-02-17
FIGHTING AGAIN BREAKS OUT
(By The Associated Press1

tBy The Associated Press)
 ;. VIENNA, Feb. IT e-- With N thousand estimated dead. fighting hrORs out again in scvei ai sectiOns W Vienna with the Socialists re- some Of the ste0rgholds from which they were driven last H'Pht by government troops. Else where in the nation the situation is believed coming under govern ment control. The government outlawed thfrty-sfx gOrfpttes and association of various descriptions On the grounds that they contain cd socialist memberships Spor- adic shooting was resumed in var ious community apartment build- ings. the socialists succeeding in regaining some ground previously lost. Adding to the confusion here was run started on a cen tral savings bank. Crowds form ed around all branches of the bank and police were assigned there with fixed bayonets. Con- tributing to the panic of the de- positors was the government de- cree forbidding all banks to pay money to socialist orga nizations.