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Warrenton Activities
Of Interest in Capital

Miss Constance Harrison enter
tanned at tea Tuesday afternoon in
the home of Mrs. A. M. Randolph in
honor of Miss Henriques of Washing
ton, who is spending the Winter with
Mrs. R. w. Hilleary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pool have re-
turned to their home here after
spending several weeks in Florida and
Jamaica
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Rice Barrett
and son Billy are at home from a
two weeks fishing cruise in the
Florida Keys.
Mrs. Philip G. Marsteller enter
tanned at tea Tuesday afternoon for
Mrs Charlotte Nelson Holt of Lynch
burg Mrs. Holt, who has been visiting
here for several weeks, is now the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. D. H. Lees.
Miss Paurie Harris of Washington
was the week end guest of Miss
Dorothy Montgomery. Mrs. Frances
Scott Carter, who had been visiting
in Washington for some time, also
spent the week end with Miss Mont
gonery and has returned to the home
of her aunts, the Misses Hicks.
Lady Robertson of London, wife OF
the former British Ambassador to
Argentina, was the week end guest
of her niece, Mrs. George Sloane
and Mr.. Sloane.
Mr.. and Mrs H. T Marshall and
Miss Ethel Bowden of Sandy spring,
Md. were in Warrenton Sunday.
Mrs. John Hay Whitney went to
New York this week with Mr. Whit
ney, who sailed today for England
to attend the Grand National Steeple-
chase, in which he has entered three
horses. Mrs. Whitney remained in
this country because of the illness
of her grandmother, Mrs. Dobson. of
Philadelphia.
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Mrs. Hitchcock Hostess
To Faculty. Women Club

Mrs. Frank A. Hitchcock will be
hostess to the Faculty Women's Club
of the George Washington Univer-
sity Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
in her home at 5103 Thirty-eighth
street northwest.
DR.. and Mrs. Lewis Chase of Wash
ington will be the guests of honor.
DR.. Chase will speak on 1.-TWO Irish
Writers, Monk Gibbon and Richard
Rowley" and will read from their
poems. AS author, lecturer and re-
search scholar. DR.. Chase has been
connected with many universities
both in this country and abroad.
Mrs. Mitchell Dreese will be in
charge of hospitality. assisted by Mrs.
George NJ. Churchill, Mrs. James L.
Collins. Mrs. John H. Hanks, Mrs.
De Witt c. CroisSant. Mrs. Alfred
Ennis, Mrs. Gilbert L. Hall and Mrs.
James E. PiXlee
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California Society
Dance Saturday

The California State Society,
through Representative George Burn
ham, president. will give a dancing
party Saturday at the Roosevelt Hotel
commencing with a reception at 8
o'clock and dancing from $50 to l
o'clock.
Representative and Mrs. ]. H. Hoop
/ pei are co-chairmen, and with them
as hosts will be Representative and
Mrs. Richard j. WEIGH, Representative
and Mrs. Samuel l.. Collins and Rep
resentative and Mrs. Thomas Ford.
President and Mrs. George Burn
ham head the Reception Committee,
with Representative and Mrs. Frank
H. Buck, Miss Margaret Buck, Repre-
sentative and Mrs. John S. Nc
Groarty, Representative B. w. Gear
! hart, Admiral and Mrs. William H.
| Standby, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Cliff
| ford Burke, Miss Ruth Lockett, DR..
Anna D. Peck, Col. J. E. Staley. Mai.
and Mrs. E. E. Odom. Maj. and Mrs.
Horace T. Jones, Mrs. Dorothy B.
Harper and Mrs. Gertrude Scott.
Mr.. Walter Mcintosh is chairman
of the Floor Committee, with Mrs.
Jessie Eliot Perez. Mrs. Mae B. Kill
Tough, Miss Patrice Medley, Miss
Helen Crist, Mr.. Raymond Hoeppel,
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ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 2.-Ad-
niral and Mrs. David Sellers had as
their guests for the week end at the
superintendent's quarters Baron and
Baroness Raymond de LUXE of Sau-
muir, France. Admiral and Mrs. Sell
lers gave luncheon in honor OF
their guests Sunday. Asked to meet
them were Capt. and Mrs. Guy Baker
and Mrs. Richard Baldwin. MIR. and
Mrs. Howard Atterbury were to have
also been guests but owing to the
death of Mr.. Sylvester w. Labrot
were unable to attend.
Mrs. Hawley Ward of Rochester,
N. Y, is the guest of her brother and
sister-in-law, Capt. and Mrs. Anon
Bronson, at Wardour. Saturday
afternoon Capt. and Mrs. Bronson
gave tea in honor of Mrs. Ward at
Seven Acres. Their guests also in
cluded Mrs. Hunt of Washington, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Valiant of Balti-
more and Mrs John Quigley of New
port and Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Valiant, who are
spending the Winter in Baltimore,
spent the week end at Seven Acres,
their home at Wardour, as the guests
of Capt. and Mrs. Bronson, who are
occupying their home for the Winter
months.
Mr.. John Quigley of Newport and
Philadelphia was the guest over Sun
day of Capt. and Mrs. Guy Baker.
Sunday afternoon, Capt. and Mrs.
Baker gave a small cocktail party
In honor of Mr.. Quigley.
Comdr. and Mrs. Jesse. B. Olden-
dorf gave a cocktail party Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Samuel Brooke and her son
Mr.. Samuel Brooke, gave cocktail
party Sunday in honor of Comdr
Lew Atkins &C. c. and Mrs. Atkins
of Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alton r. Arnold Of
Revell, near Annapolis, celebrated the
50th anniversary of their wedding
Tuesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Perry have
left by motor for Miami, Fla. They
have as their guests on the trip Miss
Annie E. Howell of Washington, Mrs
Sally A. Varnell of Baltimore anc
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Baron and Baroness Get
Welcome at Annapolis
Admiral and Mrs. David Sellers Are Host and
Hostesses at Luncheon. Bron-
sons Entertain Guest.
Of Shadyside, near

Miss Ellen Rogers Of Shadyside. near
Annapolis.
Miss Elizabeth KrueSi Of Science
tady, N. Y, is the guest of Miss Pris-
ella Stockwell at her home Lang
tarry. at Wardour.
Mrs. Edward H. Glidden of Balti-
more has sailed from New York for
California, where she will join her
son-in- law and daughter. Lieut.. and
Mrs. Frederick j. Bell. who, until re-
Gently, resided in Annapolis. Lieut..
Bell, who has been on the staff OF
Rear Admiral Thomas c. Hart. now Is
on duty on the U. S. S. Maryland.
Mr.. Wilmington Ford. son of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Ford of West street,
entertained on Friday evening 16
guests at a supper party.
Lieut.. and Mrs. James A. Stuart
gave a supper party on Thursday eve
ming at their home at Ferry Farms,
opposite Annapolis.
Capt. and Mrs. Russell Wilson had
as their week end guests Capt. and
Mrs. John T. G. Stapler of Washing
ton. and Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher
RuSSell OF Baltimore.
Miss Helen Furlong, daughter OF
Comdr. and Mrs. Francis M. Furlong,
gave a bridge party Tuesday after
noon at her home on Oklahoma ter
race in honor of Miss Anna Catherine
Bootes, daughter of Col. and Mrs.
James T. Bootes, whose engagement
to Lieut.. Alan Sutherland, U. S. N,
was recently announced.
Rear Admiral Noble E. Irwin gave
a cocktail party yesterday when he
was assisted by his daughter. Mrs.
Charles Lockwood, wife Of Comdr.
Lockwood.
Comdr. and Mrs. Howard Berry OF
Newport, R. l.: Lieut.. and Mrs. Ruth
ven E. Libby, Lieut.. Lucien Ragonnet
of Washington and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Melville of New York were
the week end guests of Lieut.. and
Mrs. Edward c. Metcalfe.
Mrs. Charles De Vim Davis has re-
turned to her home on Little Aberdeen
Creek. South River. after series OF
visits in Western Pennsylvania and
with her son and daughterin-
Comdr. and Mrs. Charles C. Davis in
Washington
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Mr.. Allan Peck, Mr.. Reid Briggs, Miss
Marguerite Kessinger and Mrs. Ce-
leste Hill Budman. Californians in
Washington and their friends are
cordially invited to attend, and may
secure further information from the
secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Scott.
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Miss EUelyn
SchlosS, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard B.
SchloSs, 1Ohose
engagement to
Mr.. Simon E.
Eichberg, son OF
Mr.. ard Mrs,
Gus Eichberg,
has been an
nounced by her
parents.
, 1935-05-19
Court Hires Cowboys
To Help Fight Ticks

Due to reports that there has been
a great increase in tick -infested
herds IN Cameron county. the COM
missioners' court has authorized the
employment OF five cowboys az $40 a
month each to assist L. q. Nichols
In the eradication work.
Nichols, former Cameron county
sherfn who was named to head the
tick work recently. told the court
recently that In his opinion there
are more than 200 infested herds in
the county. In December OF 1882, the
official reports were that there were
only ii infested herds In he coun-
ty.
Nichols. q state employee, has a
staff OF eight inspectors and the five
men hired by the county are in ad-
dition to this staff. The new chief
inspector Is Of the opinion that the
eradication work should be pushed
vigorously before tick infestation
grows worse.
, 1935-05-19
PWA Elimination OF
Red Tape Explained.
At Mayors ParIeys

| sonal conditions have taken up the
slack In employment. Robinson be-
lieves q big part of the program will
not get under way until next fall
with the exception Of emergency
projects. Those who act immedi-
ately will get first consideration, ne
said.
That part Of the program avail
able now includes a huge allotment
for highways and Is per cent OF the
amount is to be spent inside city
limits. The state highway COM
mission make the allotments out OF
those funds and it was urged that
cities make use Of the money made
available since IL can be used for
roads 70 tie in with highways.
The discussion Friday afternoon
included the matter Of delinquent
taxes brought UP by Joe A. Sloan,
new San Benito city commissioner.
He inquired whether 1t would be
possible to consolidate tax suits.
have the property held by some
agency until 1t car be sold, and
then to prorate proceeds of the sale
among the various taxing agencies
having a claim.
1t was pointed out that in some
instances certain taxing bodies are
filing tax suits and other taxing
agencies become intervenors. The
court fixes value Of the property and
an agreed judgment is taken by the
taxing bodies.
Taxing OF marble machines and
peddling ordinances also were dis
cuSSed.
Mayor Max Starcke of Se9uin.
president Of the TIN, presided and
reminded those present that a state
convention would be held probably
In July.
City officials were present at the
conference from as far away as
Kingsville.
, 1935-05-19
HOUSE CALLS
SENATE HAND
Upper Group Attempts To
Dictate to Lower On
NRA Extension

WASHINGTON. May Is. Up
House and senate democratic chiefs
engaged Saturday i'm some additional
underground defy hurting which
seriously threatened the very life OF
NRA.
Word was sent 10 the house that
there would be dangerous delay Am
the senate II any major changes were
made In the Clark resolution extend
ing MIRA only 10 months and strip
ping OF control over interstate busi-
ness.
And promptly the retort went back
that the senate should let the house
do its own legislating.
One Of the messengers was a.
Clay williams, former MIRA chief.
He conferred with Chairman Harri-
son Of the senate finance commit
tee and Chairman Doughton OF the
house ways and means committee.
But since the situation was actual
" endangering changes Of getting
a bill through before NRA dies June
l6. the disputants generally declined
TO let their names be used.
1t was said authoritatively. how
ever. that the senate's attitude vas
this:
II the house should substantially
change the Clark resolution. II would
be sent back to the senate finance
committee. This would mean delay
and extended debate ON the floor.
Objectionable changes. II was said.
would include raising from 10
months to two years the extension
period as well as most OF the seven
points agreed upon by President
Roosevelt. Donald n. Richberg and
the NRA board.
, 1935-05-19
Improvement In
County's Relief
Situation Seen

The Cameron County relief situa-
ton has shown marked improve
ment in the past few weeks, ii was
announced Saturday afternoon by
The Cameron County Relief Board.
While conditions in the county re-
Elected the general condition
throughout the state, the board
pointed out that the percentage OF
its relief clients to the total popula-
ton Is only about o per cent, while
some counties run as high as 40
per cent.
The works projects which have
been allocated to Cameron county
through the Public Works Admins
tration have given employment TO a
large number CT those who previous
ly have been dependent upon the
Cameron County Relief Board for
their support and suStenance." Off
Gals OF the rlief board declared.
The result has been that through
out the county there has been a
reduction OF the case load 1.-THE num-
Der CT families on relief Of a total
vi &04 CAoCS III 0AAC pdCb IWO hhCAAeA2
or approximately 1900 people who
are no longer depending on the Tex
as Relief Commission but have be-
come self-Sustaining.
Cameron county Is amcng the
first 10 counties IN the state With
reference to relief. that Is. Cam
eron coumty's percentage Of relief
clients to the total population Is only
about 9 pr cent, while some counties
runs as high as 40 per cent.
THE new work program as out
lined by the president in connection
with the expenditure Of four billion
dollars has not as yet in any way
made itself felt in this area" con-
tinued the boards statement. sand
probably win not until well along In
the summer for it is first necessary
for the officials In washington tc
obtain an accurate cross-section OF
the employable people on the relief
rolls.
This data Is being rapidly as
sembled by the different relief boards
throughout the state. But It must
, 1935-05-19

also be borne in mind that this re-
lief work program viii affect only
those who are employable liable 70
work. that are already on the re-
lief roll Of the various counties Of
the state.
In other words" concluded the
board" county relief boards are not
permitted to register relief clients
merely for the purpose Of obtaining
work relief under the new program
but each individual case must be
based primarily on an actual neces-
sity for relief"
, 1935-05-19

HARLINdEN. May ls.--Proceed-
ings OF the Lions district coryen-
ton mt Laredo last week were gwen
by L. r. Baker. local delegate. at
the Harrington Lions Club meeting
nc the Madison Hotel
II was decided 70 send q Re-
gram inviting the Texas Antitrust
culosis Association TO hold It's 1855
convention In the Valley
A large number OF entertainers ap-
peared ON the program with dances
by Gloria Jane and Beatrice Ewing.
Barbara Lee Pals and Norma Clark
and songs from the Ftremen's Quar-
tet composed or Reuben Eubank.
Don Tread. Slim Dawson and Alvin
Mallory.
Max ReaSOner presided.
, 1935-05-19
Auto Theft Probed
(epecial Cd The Hernldl

SAN BENrTO. May ls.-Federal
Dyer act charges are expected to
be filed against a man arrested here
by Highswy Patrolman Dan Abbot,
All numbers on the mans car had
been changed but q blowtorch re-
stored the old numerals showing
that the vehicle had been stolen in
Kentucky. The man Is nov IN fail
at Brownsville on a vagrancy charge.
His entire record Is being investigst-
ed.
, 1935-05-19

The new Mexican paper cne-peSo
bins have made their APPEARANCE I'm
MatamoroS.
The first seen In Brownsville were
brought over Saturday by Lalo Carl
bay, Brownsville business man, and
were placed en- display NJ the state
National bank.
The bills are a little smaller than
the VI. =. bills. and are attraCtively
finished.
They are being issued 10 take the
place OF the silver peso.
, 1935-05-19

IbpeclhI % The HerAIdI
RAYMONDVnLE. May 1S.-Dr.
N. L. Davidson. formerly OF Pharr
and a dentist IN the Valley for the
past IL years. hasm owed his office
to a room over the First National
bank building here.
DR.. Davidson has practiced den
tistry for the past rs years.
, 1935-05-19
10c Letter Exchanges
Are Closed at Houston

HOUSTON. May Is. Pp-Houston
police Saturday put a severe crimp
into the chain letter fad here. Acting
under an opinion OF city Attorney
Dick Lewis that dealing In the let
tiers was a violation Of the Texas
lottery laws. the officers closed all
downtown exchanges.
, 1935-05-19
Shot Kills Texan

TAYLOR May Is. LF-Arthur
Swenson. who had lived in William
son county for 50 years, died Friday
night Of q bullet wound In the head.
He was found Thursday afternoon
lying on the floor in q bedroom. with
a pistol beside him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-04

~HE most sublime music of nature -
the songs and calls of birds = is
being captured with micophones,
ampihers and sound-recording
cameras. In the wilds of the southeastern
states, sounds and moving pictures have been
recorded of the impkin, wild turkey bald
eagle. Florida crane, ivory billed woodpecker
and many smaller birds. Farther west, record
ings will be made of the prairie chicken,
roadrunner, dipper and others. including per-
haps the golden eagle.
These recordings are made by an expedition
which started out in the middle of February
and will continue its work through the sum-
mer. 1t is Joint undertaking of Cornell
University and the American Museum of
Natural History. Thus far most of the field
work has been done on the prairies and
swamps of Florida. Georgia and Louisiana.
The expedition will 60 on into Texas, Okla
homa and the Rocky Mountain states.
On my return from the field in the latter
part of April, was often asked, What is the
loveliest song you have ever recorded" Since
have never recorded western bird songs,
can speak only for the Atlantic seaboard In
the Northeast, my favoGite is the hermit
thrush, and in the South the hooking bird.
Even though it initiates the notes of other
birds, the hooking bird is an inspired songster.
Not all hooking birds are Knockers, for some
sing only their normal racial song "a beauti-
full, rollicking melody. Some have repertoFy
of eighteen or twenty other birds songs. One
cannot always tell whether one hears mock
ing birds limitations or the cardinal himself,
the flicker, red-headed woodpecker, phoebe,
catbird, English sparrow, bob-white, quail or
others.
We were in our headquarters at Winter
Park, Florida, when our mocking bird film
came back from the laboratory where it had
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been developed. We were curious to hear it.
We played it first indoors. and then in order
to give this glorious song its natural sur
roundings, we set the loud speaker out on the
lawn. The record sounded absolutely lifelike
1t fooled pair of hooking birds who were
preparing to nest in that neighborhood.
Hardly had the record started when this
pair came tearing across the lawn in wild
excitement. The female was fully as angry as
the male. She took position on small tree
few yards from the loud speaker and scolded
vigorously. In shrill high notes she egged her
spouse on. He must eject the intruder
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The male fluffed out his feathers and spread
his tail. Now he was formidable He peered
into the front of the loud speaker, then hoped
around behind it and on top of it. He was
very much stirred up. WHO IS THIs2" he
seemed to demand What Another hooking
bird in my territory"
We had already taken several hundred feet
of motion-picture film of this pair of birds
when we decided to give the male his image,
hoping he would fight it. We set up fair
sized mirror next to the loud speaker But by
the time everything was arranged, the bird,
though thoroughly mad. concluded something
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unusual was happening and would not go near
the speaker again.
One often hears of bird pecking at a
window or throwing himself violently against
it. The Bird seeing his own reflection, is
trying to fight the intruder on his territory.
Most birds will not breach an intrusion on
their nesting territory for which they have
strong attachment) by any other bird of the
same species.
The male usually migrates first. He picks
out the general territory. Then the female
comes to look it over and. if it is satisfactory,
to pick out the nesting site. At that time she
is more interested in the territory than in the
male. If another male comes and fights the
first and is strong enough to Gust him, she will
remain and accept the second as her mate.
The male takes one tree possibly two or
three) as his particular singing post. This
perch is usually the highest point in the
vicinity. The hooking bird often takes a
chimney. The song is challenge and warning
to other males of the same species to keep out.
1t is also an invitation to the female to appear
and look around. But it is much less the song
of sweet love than it is the challenge. II am
here. You keep off,
The delightful arias that will be heard
from our records are male songs. Few female
birds sing if they do, their songs are usually
secondary. In Central America male and
female wren sing a duet Female cardinals
and hooking birds occasionally sing. But song
is almost exclusively function of the male
Also, song is almost invariably restricted t.
the nesting period.
Bird-sound photography is recent cor
tribution of technical science to ornitholog X
The equipment, which is an adaptation of t. W
newsreel motion picture machine. was fl, &c
used successfully in April, 1881. But t
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Before
the mike"

Wh sound film and camera science going the ouA
record the songs cA~cau BIRDS Here
ti"pd ong"es are triced iuto pe1o,mng
by ALBERT r. BRAND
associate OrnHhohgy,
associate CnithOgy Cornell University
The Washington times., 1935-06-11
Concert Tonight

The director general Of the
Pan-American Union, DR.. Leo
S. Rowe, and the assistant direc-
tor general, DR.. E. Gil Borges.
will be hosts at a concert to be
given this evening in the garden
of the Pan-American Union, by
the United States Army Band,
with Luis Alvarez, Mexican
tenor, as soloist.
Alumnae of Delta Gamma So
rority in Washington will meet
this evening at 8 o'clock, at the
home of the Misses Margaret
and Ruth Hermann, 800
Woodland Drive Northwest.
Other hostesses will be Miss
Esther Young and Mrs. Rachel
Fesler Nyswander. Since this
will be the last meeting of the
season, officers will be elected
for next year.
The Washington times., 1935-06-11
Secretary Hull
Fetes Visitor

The Secretary of State, Mr..
Cordell Hull, entertained at a
luncheon today in honor of the
chief of the Division of Com
merce of the Federal Depart
ment of Public Economy of
Switzerland, Mr.. Walter o.
Stuck.
The guests included the Min.
lister Of Switzerland, Mr.. Marc
Peter; the Secretary of Agricul-
ture, Mr.. Henry A. Wallace; the
Secretary of Commerce, Mr..
Daniel C. Roper; the Assistant
Secretary of State, Mr.. Francis
B. Sayre; the Vice Chairman of
the United States Tariff Com
mission, Mr.. Thomas Walker
Page; the Director of the Blu.
reau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, Mr.. Claudius T.
Murchison; the Economic Ad-
wiser of the State Department,
DR.. Herbert Feis; the Chief of
the Division of Western Euro
pean Affairs, Mr.. j. Pierrepont
Moffatt;; the Chief of the Divi-
sion of Trade Agreements of
the State Department, Mr..
Henry F.. Grady, and Mr.. Paul
T. Culbertson, of the Division
of Western European Affairs of
the Department of State.
Nine. Peter, wife of the Swiss
Minister, gave a luncheon today
at the Legation in compliment
to Nine. Stuck, at which Mrs.
Cordell Hull was the ranking
guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Tiller
celebrated their thirty-second
wedding anniversary yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tiller were mar
ried in cambridge. Ga, and
came to Washington 90 years
ago. Since then, Mr.. Tiller has
been doing active newspaper
work,