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Evening star., 1935-05-11
GLEE CLUBS TO SING

The Mems and Women's Glee Clubs
of Bridgewater College will sing at
the Church of the Brethren, Fourth
street and North Carolina avenue
southeast, Sunday evening. These
clubs are composed of SO voices and
are under the direction of Prof. Mel
son T. Huffman.
The pastor, Rev. Rufus D. Bowman,
will preach a Mothers day sermon
at II am, on the subject, "An
Ancient Poets Tribute to Mother"
At z o'clock the class of instruction
for new members will be continued.
Evening star., 1935-05-11
BANKER DIES

BERKELEY, Calf. May II (P.-
Richard Maury Sims, 81. vice presi-
dent OF the American Trust Co. and
former president of the trust division
OF the American Bankers Association,
died Thursday night after heart at
tack.
Sims was a native of Rock Hill. S.
C., and came to California in 1894.
Evening star., 1935-05-11
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair tonight;
tomorrow cloudy. followed by light
showers beginning late tomorrow
afternoon or night; little change in
temperature; gentle north, shifting to
east winds.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair to-
night: tomorrow cloudy, followed by
light showers beginning in west and
central portions late tomorrow after
noon or night and in extreme east por-
ton tomorrow night; not much change
in temperature.
West Virginia-Fair and slightly
warmer tonight: tomorrow cloudy, fol-
lowed by showers.
Report for Last "a Hours.
Evening star., 1935-05-11
JUDGE D0URAS ESTATE
WILLED TO DAUGHTERS
Marion Davies Father Leaves All
to Four Sisters-Value Set
at Over $4,000.

by LIle AbSOClkted FreSS.
LOS ANGELES, May 1.-THE en-
tire estate Of the late Judge Bernard
Douras, former New York jurist and
father of Marion Davies, screen act
ress, was left to his four daughters In
equal parts. The will was filed for
probate yesterday.
Judge Douras died April 26. The
probate petition said only that the
estate would exceed $4,000.
The four daughters. all of Beverly
Hills, were listed as Miss Davies.
Refine Douras Lederer, Ethel Frances
Douras and Rose Marie Van Cleve.
Evening star., 1935-05-11
WEST WASHINGTON
SERVICES ARE PLANNED
Rev. c. B. Austin Will Preach at
Both Services of Baptist
Church Tomorrow.

Rev. C. B. Austin, pastor of the West
Washington Baptist Church, will
preach at both services Sunday.
Robert L. Haycock and his Com
mittee on Evangelism will conduct the
midweek service Thursday evening.
The Ladies Aid Society will sponsor
q birthday party for the members and
friends Of the church May "a.
Church Officers were recently elect
ed: Treasurer, c. E. Moore; clerk,
T. r. Hudson; financial secretary. T. r.
Hudson; assistant financial secretary,
G. F. Eubank; superintendent OF Sun
day school, Robert L. Haycock; dea-
cons, 2. c. Hodges, ST.. P. w. Musson.
c. E. Moore; Board Of Managers, Home
for the Aged, Mrs. G. E. Truett, Mrs.
Mary E. Riley, Mrs. z. C. Hodges, ST.,
Mrs E. w. Ladson; Board of Managers,
Baptist Home for Children, Mrs. e. l..
Darcy. Mrs. r. L. Haycock, Mrs. Welty
C. Hospital; superintendent of church
property, E. L. Darcy.
Evening star., 1935-05-11
One Kick Too Many.

GLENWOOD. Iowa (P.-Darrell
Yates. 8, had tied tin cans to dogs
tails and got kick" out of it. Then
he went in for bigger and better game
He tied tin pail to horses tail and
said "giddap." Frightened. the animal
bolted Darrell's in a hospital with a
possible skull fracture.
Evening star., 1935-05-11
Army Officer Dies Fishing.

MANILA, May II R.-Maj. Earl r.
Long Of the Army Veterinary Corps
and a native Of Ohio, died Tuesday
while fishing. He was a graduate Of
Ohio State University. He arrived
here In December with Mrs. Long.
Evening star., 1935-05-11
MEMORIAL PLANNED
Window for Mrs. De Atley to Be
Dedicated Tomorrow.

A memorial window in memory of
Mrs. Alice De Atley will be dedicated
at the Bible School session of the H
Street Christian Church tomorrow.
At the church service at II o'clock
Rev. P. A. Cave, a former pastor, will
preach. Rev. c. N Williams. the pas
tor, will conduct the Lords Supper.
Evening star., 1935-05-11
LOST.

AOo4s
Lost and Found cdpertisements
for the daily Star ,pi.l be accepted
Mondays to Fridays. inclusive. up
to noon day OF issue. Saturdays
and legal holidays up to 10 am.
day OF issue. For the Sunday Star
up to II pm. Saturday.
BAR PIN, gold filieree, with large anne
thyst center. small pearls each end. Re-
ward. Phone Adams 46s9-W: 12.
Eat g To- Orange Ea Persian, Reward If returned
Ontario pl. NV. Columbia 1905.
1I9doReS 6Id! n ITish Tshos setter about months
Sall Naval Air Station or Walnut Ssos:
DotS-coeksr Dots: 5fEaSsa spaniel I.a snail black f.
Reward i rsturn%eS. % Columbia a s'6SSb' oses ST.
DoG-White wire-haired terrier one black
fsS9 isSa Sf75 Sf7b, slst St Reward. Phone cisVe:
ENGLISH sETTER male black and white.
eneray on collar Phone Bradley ssa' @ ia.
T0gbIAIE ES1g Sagd PEN small blaek
sT g s1eP OF aef SeIs pm 1s
FRATERNITY PIN-Kappa -Alpha- jeVeIed:
downtown shopping district, Thursday
afternoon. Reward. Shepherd 2SS0-W.
PURSE. green. in Kann's Friday. viii
person finding please return automobile
permitS 7019 Georgia ave. NV. Apt. sos.
SPEC1ACLES shell frame. in blue Ed
monds case. Reward. Cleveland 1883
UMBRNLLA-Finder please return because
Of sentiment. 300 10th st. NV. Phone
WRIST WATcH-Lady's. square: in Earle
Theater or on street near F. Reward
211S Mass ave. North O9O7. IL
WRIST WATCH. diamond studded. yester-
day evening. Raleigh Haberdasher. 18th
ard N. Y. ave. NV. 18th and H st. ne car
Reward. Lincoln 8545-M after 6 pm. ICE
$100 REWARD
For return Of diamond and sapphire brace
let containing 20 diamonds and 20 sap
phires. lost Nay 4 or & at or hetXeep
Evening star., 1935-05-11
$1OO REWARD

For return Of diamond and sapphire brace
let containing 20 diamonds and 20 sap
phires. lost May or 5 at or between
Ws shington. D. G.. and Warrenton. Va.
Nichols Co.. 326 woodward Bldg.
Evening star., 1935-05-11
Report for Last "a Hours.

Record for Last "a Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 10, at 2:3o pm. yesterday;
year ago, rs.
Lowest, 81. at $50 am. today; year
ago, 56.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 80. on April 81.
Lowest, 2, on January %.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
CFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. SO per cent, at midnight.
Lowest, 81 per cent, at noon today.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey)
Today. Tomorrow.
High ......... 2:32am. 1926 am.
Low .......... 9:17am. 1912 am.
High .......... 2:41p.m. 3:37pm
Low .......... 9:33 pm. 1923 pm
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun. today 80. 500 7:09
Sun, tomorrow 500 7:10
Moon, today. 12:48p.m. 1:22 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in
the CaDjtal (cI1rrent month tn datel :.
Evening star., 1935-05-11
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In
the Capital (current month to date)

Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star., 1935-05-11

3kANSON. GEORGE WASHINGTON. On
TThuTsdsy III May 9, 1895. GEORGE
band of Emma Branson tnee CraisEl.
Ee Is survived by two children. Lewis
EDWARD Branson and Mrs. Maude Gray
OF Forestville. Md; and one sister. Mrs.
Eva Collins of Washington. D c Fu-
neral from his late residence. Meadows
Nd. on Monday. May l3 at 80 am;
thence TO St. Mary's Church Upper
Marlboro. Nd. where solemn requiem
mass will be offered at am. for the
repose OF his soul. Relatives and friends
lnvlteo Interment Mount Carmel Gem
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06

immediately launched into career that carried through IT years of rec ord breaking adventure.
 Fame Rivals Lindy's
 He was the first man to fly the Tasman sea, he circled the globe, made innumerable dashes from Brit ain to Australia, nearly lost his life in an attempt to fly from Ireland to New York, was knighted by King George and given the title of air. commodore.
 The tall, homely, grinning Aus tralian was born 38 years ago His famous ship, the Southern Cross, in which he accomplished the first of his major feats. now takes its place in the popular imagination with | Lindbergh's famous Spirit of St. Louis.
 It was in the battered Southern Cross that Smith, with Ulm, an old war puddle, successfully performed the then unheard-of feat of flying from California to Australia, a dis tance of 7,300 miles, in three hops. The first carried to Honolulu. the second and longest to the Fiji islands and the third on to Brisbane, Aus tralia.
 Smiths -circling feat was no speed dash, but a two-year project into which went 80,000 miles of flv- ing. He blazed new air trails across mountains, deserts and seas. estab- fishing many records.
 Asked once what records he would rather break Smith grinned and re- piled:
 Why, my own, of course!1
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06
BIC BUSINESS WANTS RUGGED
 |NDIvIDUALISM
Hostility to New Deal, Sub- mission of C. o. P. Plat
 form, Marks Convention

NEW YORK, Dec. GA 1886 platform of rugged individualism" l" as opposed to New Deal policies, was submitted to the National Manufacturers Association.
 Leaders of large industrial or ganizations, meeting in annual con- vention, predicted an overEhelm- ing Republican platform with de- mands for maintenance of the con- stitutional guarantee of he pres ervation of freedom of pri, ate en- terprise.
 Sound tax and financial policies, and security through economic pro- gress, are also urged.
 The submission of the program came at the end of a series of speeches hostile to the New Deal Speakers included Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., President of General Motors; Robert L. Lund, Chairman of the Associations Board of Directors; James A. Energy, General Counsel and C. L. Barto, President.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06
By GEORGE TUCKER

NEW YORK, Dec 6.-The heavy silence which closed around Sir Charles Kingsford- Smith after he was reported seen over the stormy, shark infested Bay of Bengal, is not new to followers of the Australian ace.
 Six years ago he was lost and re- ported dead Pursuing one of his thrilling Britain to Australia dasheS, the flier, with Charles Ulm and two companions, was forced down by heavy storms in one of the widest and most inaccessible regions along the Australian coast.
 Heard Death Announced
 There for l2 days the party could do nothing but follow by radio the progress of the search being made for them. They were unable to assist because their sending apparatus was dead. A macabre incident of the ex- perience was learning, by radio, that they were in a canniba1 country.
 As the searching parties abandon ed hope the ace and his companions , like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finr i (who sneaked home to hear theil own funeral services)-sat in the jungle and heard their own deaths announced to an appalled, world. But finally one of the many searching planes sighted them and carried them back to civilization.
 It was his war experience on the Gallipoli and western fronts which gave the hero his unsuitable appe- tite for adventure. After the armis- tice, he left the royal air force and
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06

Little James Fowler, son of MT. and Mrs. w. E. Fowler, of Rich mond, Va. cut tooth when 10 days old.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06

FOR RENT-Marshal apt. 4 rooms, furnished, heated, splendid view
 Vacant about Dec. 10. Phone 33O.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06

FOR RENT = Seven-room, partly furnished house, 9th and Gold Mrs. Anna Vim
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06

SHOP IN JUNEAU, FIRST,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06
ssfQRREN.kA

FOR RENT-Marshall apt 4 rooms, furnished, heated, splendid view. Vacant about Dec. 10. Phone 33O. FOR Furnished room steam heated, 7th and Franklin. Tele- phone 681 FOR RENT - Broom completely furnished apartment downtown; Frigidaire, electric range, dishes, linen. Phone 626.
  FOR RENT - Broom unfurnished house, Rawn Way, rear of Seward Building. $50 per month. Phone 334.
 COZY, warm, furn. apts. Light, wat CT, dishes, cooking utensils and bath. Reasonable at Seaview FOR RENT-Two-room house, part ly furnished. $15 monthly Whites only See w. H Robinson or Phone 4754.
 FOR RENT-Sleeping room Tn pri- vate home for refined young lady Phone SIS.
  FOR RENT = Seven-room, partly furnished house, 9th and Gold Mrs Anna Vim i PIANOS renuetr-tahed Phone l43 George Anderson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06
LAVAL YIELDS
 TO SOCIALISTS

PARIS, Dsc. 6. Premier La val has accepted the demands of Radical Socialists for action against the semi-military politi- cal forces.
 Observers are of the opinion he saved the life of his Cabinet by so doing.
 Acceptance, with minor reser- vations, was announced by Edward Herriot, former Premier, now lead CT of the demanding Leftists.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06

FOR Furnished room steam heated, 7th and Franklin. Tele- phone 681.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06

PIANOS renueu-tahed Phone l43. George Anderson.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06
-;o::'n sANNl "

FOR SALE-Office safe about three
 feet high. Phone l90.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06
ATDIEfOUNlA

LoST-Black crepe jacket to dress, between Yellow Cab office and Cliff Apartments Return to Elm pire. Reward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06

Cupid cut the barriers between East and West and MT. and Mrs. Frank Huggins, IT,, are honeymooning in Washington after elopement to Elk ton, Md, from New York. The bride Is the former Tatsuko Yam anoto, daughter of . Japanese law yer. The couple met In Tokio where Hug1ins' father was attached to
 .. g. eongulatA
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06

FOUND New furlined leather glove. Owner may have same by calling at The Empire office and paying for this ad.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-12-06
SEVEN WANT AID
 POINTERS

Your want-ad will produce, if you:
 1. Think carefully a out your proposition. 3. Direct your selling efforts
 at the individual 3. Be specific Use colorful
 words. Avoid generalities. 1. Tell the whole story. 3. Emphasize the best fea
 ture of your offer. $, Mention price. T. Make answering as es y
 as possible.
Evening star., 1935-01-05
NELSON P. WEBSTER
RITES TO BE MONDAY
White House Employe 81 Years
to Be Buried in Rock
Creek Cemetery.

Funeral services for Nelson Farley
Webster, an employe at the White
House from the Mckinley admins
tration until his retirement a few
weeks ago, will be held in the Joseph
Gawler's Sons chapel Monday at 2
pm. followed by burial in Rock
Greek Cemetery. Mr.. Webster died
yesterday at the Home for. Incurables.
Although Mr.. Webster had Just
passed 10 when the compulsory re-
tirement law became effective, Presi-
dent Hoover issued an executive or
der granting him an indefinite ex-
tension because Of his indispensable
services" At his official retirement,
he received a personal letter from
President Roosevelt complimenting
him on his 81 years Of service.
Born on an Iowa farm and later
living In New York, Mr.. Webster
came to Washington in 1892 as q
clerk in the Post Once Department.
After . time In the War Department,
he was appointed to the White House
In 1897. His widow, Mrs. Elizabeth
D. Webster, survives.
Evening star., 1935-01-05
"A. N. WyANT DIES;
LONG IN CONGRESS.
Former Representative OF
PENNSYLVANIA Served
for IL Years.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GREENSBURG, Pa, January S.
Adam M. Wyant, Representative in
Congress from Westmoreland County
for IL years, died at his home early
today Of cancer. He was 65 years
old.
Elected to his first term In 1920,
Wyant, a Republican, served continu-
ously until 1882 when he was defeated
for reelection. He did not seek office
last November.
During his service in Congress, Rep
resentative Wyant was extremely pop
ular with his colleagues and In social
and club life. He entertained gener-
ously and contributed to many char
liable and other humanitarian causes.
He was a special friend Of the late
Speaker Longworth.
Mr.. Wyant was born near Kittan-
ming, Pa, September Is, 1869. He at
tended Mount Pleasant Institute and
Bucknell University and graduated
from the University of Chicago in
1895. He moved to Greensburg, studied
law and was admitted to the bar in
1902. He was interested in many busi-
ness enterprises, particularly in coal,
and was counted among the wealthiest
men in the House. Subsequently he
lost practically everything in the stock
market crash.
He served in Congress from March
4, 1921, until March 8, 1888.
Evening star., 1935-01-05
CHARLES M. O'CONNELL,
STAR PRINTER, BURIED
Requiem Mass at st. Martins
Follows Funeral Services
at Home.

Funeral services for Charles Michael
O'Connell, 81, compositor on The
Star for the last eight years, were
held today at his home, IA q street
northeast, followed by requiem mass
at st. Martins Church. Burial was
in Mount Ohvet Cemetery. Mr..
O'Connen died of pneumonia Wednes-
day at his home.
Born in Georgetown, he learned
his trade as printer on the old Ma
tional Tribune here. In 1909 he be-
gan 19-years' service in the Govern
ment Printing Office. Later printer
on the Law Reporter, he came to The
Star in 1927. He was q member Of
Columbia Typographical Union for 80
years, and active in the old Emmett
Guards, which became q unit Of the
National Guard.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs Anne
P. O'Connell; a son, Lawrence, of
Deary, Idaho, and four brothers,
Thomas, Joseph, Francis and Norris
O'Connell. all of Washington.
Evening star., 1935-01-05
NICHOLAS REDMAN
pneumonia VICTIM
Commission Merchant Dies in
Emergency Hospital-Funeral
to Be Monday.

Nicholas Theodore Redman, II, Of
140l Girard street, wen-known COM
mission merchant and broker, died
yesterday at Emergency Hospital Of
pneumonia. He had been well and
active until stricken recently with a
cold. Pneumonia developed suddenly
and he entered the hospital Thursday.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at am. at Hines funeral home,
and the body will be taken to Aber-
deem. Md, for burial.
Mr.. Redman was born near Easton,
Nd, on March 20, 1856, and came to
Washington about go years ago to
work in the commission business near
old Center Market. Later he estab-
lished himself in business, which he
operated until 1910, when he became q
broker in containers and paper prod
ucts.
He was member Of the National
Union and the Association of Oldest
Inhabitants. Surviving are one broth
er, Harry, Of Baltimore; five sisters,
Mrs. Molly Brown Of Philadelphia,
Mrs. Rosa BriScoe and Mrs. Tiny
Draper Of Tunis Mills, Md; Mrs. Belle
Tunis and Mrs. Jennie Harrington of
Baltimore; one son, James Edward
Redman, and one grandchild, Edna
Marie Redman, of this city.
Evening star., 1935-01-05
DrathH.

ALBERT. EVA. On Friday. January 4,
1895. at 7;30 pm; at her residence. 321
Joseph Albe4 fs from 0t the above
gesidence on Tuesday; January g ct
friends invited Interment Mount oliyet
Cemetery.
ALEXANDER. EMANUEL. On Wednes-
day tbs for be isSS Ssed a. and Ipm
EMANUEL ALEXANDER. beloved son Of
the late Emily yaekso2. , devoted TED father rsi,s
brother Of James and Arthur JACKSON
%ilwaukee. wis. and MIS-. Parthepia
the John ana T. sSines faneaaP chspe
ss1u.Ey nd Eye g. ss ss irom EnsFs the sohn
Rhine funeral chapel. srd and Eye
StS. S.w.
ALEXANDER, EMANUEL. The Lincoln
'e the death e Of Brother EMANUEL ALEX
ANDER. Funeral Sunday. January 3,
1885, at Q pm. from John T; Rhines'
funeral DarlSTso SEoRaE e aHa % Eys eoLE iss pTss
ALEXANDER. EMANUEL. Members Of
Morning Star Lodge. No. 40; l. b P. %.
neral Of our late. brother. EMANUEL
ALEXANDER Sunday. January .. 1885.
at 2 pm; from the John 7. Rhines ~; ~
, IlAs -. WILLIAM p. HARRIS. E. R.
SASE5N 1888 at New New % Yort city. Nj MIS- sAPHa PED
". BAGELMAN., Funeral from the Deal
as9 ss Il =. q R PosDsss asEnfhf H Gem
etery.
BARBEE. CHARLES z. On Friday. jan
1871 ssaAhs 4 sRsRE snyeriss tss
beloved son Of John E. and Martha Ann
Barbee Funeral from his late residence
ssrd st nw senes on so &.
sac4smess 81 as sse church, e s Where = mass siIi se
& MoaHs onet ine
BENNETT. LOUISE J. On Friday: jan. a.
beloved daushter Of. B. Frank and Rose
Ssnnss bsas Sas s1Rs1s9 fane4s aaGn W
st. Sc on Monday. January at
s.eRs RtEss ans sreeas az H
BIONDi. MAUD D. On Friday, January
lasS @Sup s. b. Scr bsovea vii. chs
p. Biondi. Funeral from her late resi-
dence Monday January y:a q At s,,ppId Pm
aeS aVsa e
life Thursday. January 8. 1885. BER::
Julia E. Brooks, father Of Thelma Ber-
nice Brooks, stepfather Of Marion y.
Gordon and Florence u, Leonard; he
also leaves to mourn their loss two sisters;
four brothers. two grsndchildren ana
a host of other relatives and friends.
Remains resting at 1714 14th st. NV.
Apt. 16until 1890 am. Sunday. Serv:
ices continued at Chantilla. Va. at l.
pm.
CARROLL. LELAND, On THURSDAY.
January g.. 1885. LELAND CARRoLLa
brother Of Laynan and Mary Carroll:
Remains resting at the W: Ernest jarvis
funeral church. 1892 You St. NV.
Funeral Sunday. January g. at 1:30 pm.
at the Pilgrim Baptist Church. Linden.
Nd. Rev. o. r. Butler ofhciating. Rela-
tives and friends invited.
COOLEY. ALICE. On Friday. January 4.
1872 q eso 70 an a ALICE RsE fesadssss. CoosEY
widow a % q John Cooley and mSshsT q
Miss Anna Cooley and Mrs. william w.
Neal. Remains resting at !. William
Lees Sons funeral home. 4th St, ana
Mass. ave. ne. where services viii be
held on Monday. January q. at 2 pm.
Relatives and friends invited. inter.
ment Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1935-01-05
Deaths Reported.

Hester A. Connor. 81. 1245 " st. Sc.
Sophia Thomas, 72, 525 sth st. s.w.
Louis F. Kulle. 72. 903 Virginia ave. sw
Margaret D. Leonard. 20. Gaihneer HOS
James II. Bowles, 70. s11s 35th st. ne
Charles NJ. O'Connell, so. la 2 st.; ne
Nell q. McChord, So. Mayhower Hotel.
Eilnor A. Nolan, 53, Sibley Hospital.
Joseph A. Hill, 81, 1850 Wisconsin ave.
james e: Coupal. 30. Walter Reed General
Anna Murray. A. Gallinser Hospital.
CiiIbert M Stimax. 40, Mount Alto Hospitai.
lanes s. Dezelle, 2S. q. 8. Naval Hospital
Laurence Mccain. 25, Gallinger Hospital.
Helen Bitner. 10, Gallinger Hospital,
Rachel Hawkins, 81. 694 4th st. ne.
Robert Blake. IS. Gallinger Hospital.
William Frazier. 81. 500I Ayres pl; Sc.
Matte Houston. SO. 201 ! St: .,..,
GARFIELD Barnes, 43: Freedmen's Hospital
Evelyn Turner. 10, tuberculosis Hosrital.
George e. Lipscomb. Is. 1888 18th ST.
Evening star., 1935-01-05
RADIO ENGINEER
FATALLY STRICKEN
Comdr. John @. Walton Dies
in Laboratory From
Heart Attack.

Comdr. John @. Walton, IS, pioneer
radio engineer and retired Coast Guard
marine engineer, died suddenly yester-
day in his laboratory at 1887 H street
after he was stricken with a heart at
tack while at a gasoline station in the
1000 block of K street. He lived at
1925 Kansas avenue since his retire.
ment.
Comdr. Walton was born in Phila-
delphia in 1869 and joined the Coast
Guard as a marine engineer in 1895.
After specializing in the construction
of engines in 1900 he was made naval
constructor. At the same time, he ex-
perimented in wireless telegraphy and
supervised the first wireless inStalla-
tionS on vessels of the Coast Guard.
Soon after the sinking of the IT,
tanic Comdr. Walton was selected as a
Telegraph Congress to help draft in
ternational rules for ship distress sig
mails by radio and telegraph. He was
instrumental in formulation of many
of the country's radio laws and was
member OF the board appointed in
1918 to study such legislation.
After retiring from the Coast Guard
in 1888, Comdr. Walton devoted most
of his time to construction of marine
engines for model crafts. He was
member of the American Society of
Naval Architects, the American So
ciety of Naval Engineers, the United
States Naval Institute and the Cosmos
Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
John @. Walton; one son, John @.
Walton, jr, of New York City. and
three daughters, Mrs. May Haltman
of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Marie
Knighton and Mrs. Elizabeth Hancock,
both of Washington.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed.