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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-01-25
Miss. Walker
Selects Date

Miss Helen Walker, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Walker,
has selected Saturday, February
%, as the date of her marriage
to Mr. Russell Leigh SnodgraSs.
The ceremony will be held at
the home of the brides parents at
$3.50 o'clock with only members of
the two families present. A recep-
ton will follow for few close
friends.
Miss Evelyn Walker will be her
sisters only attendant. The Rev.
William Joyce Russell, rector Of
St. Thomas the Apostle Church,
will officiate at the ceremony.
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Copyright. 1850

her own lovely collie was
forced to remain in this land
of billiards. and eternal snow ;
Mrs. Conrad Syme looking
much too young to have an
Army Captain as a son; Mrs.
Harry L. Englebright sym
phony in brown from the top
of her head to the tips of her
toes; and the period early in
the course of the meal when
speculation ran rife as to the
meaning of the quest on
marks on every other place
card or so, later turning out
to be a version of "progres-
sive" w h e n tn e o marked
people rose and exchanged
places, so that everyone was
able to mingle and become
better acquainted. A novel
and clever idea to fit in with
the short luncheon hour.
Ivan A. McKenna, Chi
cagoan who is we'll known in
the Eastern States because of
his frequent visits here, and
whose friends in this part of
the country, as well as at home,
are legion, is the guest in whose
honor Stanley Current has in
yited a large number to dine
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To Wed Next Month

Mr.. Joseph L. Wickes, OF Baltl'
more, has announced the en-
gagement of his daughter Miss
Henrietta C. Wickes, to Mr.. David
C. Shaw, of Columbus, Ohio. The
wedding will take place February
is, in Baltimore. ,
Both Miss WickeS and Mr.. Shaw
made their home in Washington
for several years.
Miss WickeS, who was presented
to society at the Bachelors Cotll-
lion in Baltimore several seasons
ago. attended Bryn MaWr.
Mr.. Shaw was graduated from
Harvard and later received his
degree from the Harvard Law
School.
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Dolly Cameron Says:
LEGATION PURCHASED IN VIENNA
Home of Baroness Hov0nny Is
Now Occupied by Minister
And Mrs. .Messersnith

AS the old saying gOes-the sun never sets
on British territory-well, at least if this
country keeps up its buying of land sites for Embassies and
Legations it, too, will have many spots in the
Perhaps the people of Vienna noticing that Old Glory
flies with vigor from atop the Legation there,
for only yesterday the comfortable old house Argentine
PRAISE purchased When the Governor of Pennsylvania
Mr. George Earle the American envoy Austria he and
his charming wife made their home huge estate also
Argentine PRAISE. 1t very grand place with many
mirrors and panels high ceilings and crystal chandeliers
George Messersrnth, Envoy to Austria
Mr. Earle succeeded by Mr.. George s. Messersmith
who Consul General in Berlin prior 1894 and then
named Minister Uruguay However, he and his popular
wife made the trip South America Before the
of departure arrived the station shifted and Mr. Messer
smith remain in Europe where he knows so we'll the
puzzng ways the Continent His has been men,
toned many many times when he went the of
fellow contrymen who had had MISUNDERSTANDING with the
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Postpone Meeting

The Italy-America Society Of
Washington has postponed the
meeting scheduled for February 4
at the Mayflower because of the
death of Mr.. Frank H SimondS,
who was to have been the speaker
of the evening.
- X
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Bruce Kremer
will entertain at a dinner this
evening in their residence in
Spring Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Novah,
of Albany, N. Y, are at the Mar
Unique.
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CAPITAL Visitors

Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Nutting,
CT New York, are at the Shoreham
for a few days before continuing
south to Palm Beach to pass the
remainder of the season. Their
summer home is at Little Bears
Head, Rye Beach, N. H.
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Back in Capital
After Sojourn
In South

The Secretary of La
Dor, Miss Frances Per-
kins, will go to Albany, N. Y,
on Monday to be the honor
guest and speaker of the
Women's City Club at
luncheon to be given at the De-
Witt Clinton Hotel.
The Secretary returned to
the Capital yesterday morning
from Charleston, S. c., where
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mead
Howells entertained at dinner
in her honor Thursday evening.
Miss Perkins was accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Suzanne
Wilson, who is a sophomore at
Bryn Mawr. While in Charles
ton they stayed at the Villa
Margherita.
Earlier in the week the Sec
rotary attended a meeting in
Columbia, s. G..
k&k
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Cordell Hull entertained inform
ally at dinner last evening in their
apartment at the Carlton for the
United States Ambassador to the
Court of st. James and Mrs. Rob
bert Worth Bingham.
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Diplomatic and Official Notes:
To Be Entertained
This Evening
BY Them
labor SECRETARY GOING TO NJ ~

MISS HOPE JACKSON,
left, and her sister, Mrs. w.
Forbes Morgan, right, at
tractive daughters of Mr..
Robert Jackson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morgan will be hosts in
their Massachusetts, Avenue
residence this evening at a
gala costume ball, and
among their guests will be
a number of out of town
friends, (Photos by Harris
Ewing.)
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Dinner Cancelled

The Ambassador of Japan and
Nine. Saito have cancelled the
dinner which they planned for
Tuesday because of official
mourning for his majesty, King
George v.
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EMBASSY Luncheon

The Ambassador of Cuba, Senior
DR.. Guillermo Patterson y de
Jauregui, entertained at a lunch
con today at the Embassy in honor
of the newly-appointed Minister
Of Venezuela to Cuba, Senior Don
Luis Churion, retiring Counselor of
the Venezuelan Legation in Wash.
inptOn.
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Luncheon Guests

Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler and
Mrs. James E. Murray, wives of
the Montana Senators, were guests
at a luncheon given today at the
Mayflower by Mrs. r. 2. Brown
of Bozeman, Mont, in honor of
Mrs. Charles A. Brand, of Wash,
lngton
Others present were Mrs.
George i. P, =. Mrs. NJ L. Wilson
Mrs. Chester Davis, Mrs. j. N.
Wolfe, Mrs. Frank Brown, and
Miss Marjorie Brown.
4
Mrs. William Howard Taft has
issued invitations for a luncheon,
February 7.
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Since arriving in Vienna the
Messersmiths have occupied the
home of Baroness Hatvanny,
right in the heart of the most
exclusive residential section.
Argentine PRAISE, much like our
own Massachusetts, Avenue, is
lined by the houses of foreign
ENJOYS.
Bought from Baroness
The baroness had leased her
home for time, finding it too
large for her own needs, and
spent her time traveling-more
or less making a trial of the ar
rangement. Apparently it was
satisfactory to everyone, and thus
it came into the hands of this
Government. The house itself is
a large roomy town house, the
last word in solid comfort. 1t is
of gray stucco and typical of the
European houses built about 80
years ago.
Behind it there is a delightful
little garden with a rare collec-
ton of rose bushes and a variety
of shrubs. In the center there is
a bubbling fountain that sparkles
and gurgleS. falling over mound
of rustic rocks down into small
pond. The surrounding wall over
looks the garden Of the Polish
Legation, which is just next door.
In a short time the legation
will seem-with the exception OF
the street and garden-an entire
ly different place. The drawing
rooms and salons with their mas
Sive mantels and dark carved
wood panels are to be rearranged
so as to form a suitable back
ground for the American Colonial
furniture which has been selected
end will be sent over.
S'qA c@*~m
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S'49 Gown"
Benefit Play
Week Feb. 3

The Blackfriars Guild will pre-
sent The First Legion" at st.
Paul's auditorium, during the en-
tire week of February 3, for the
benefit of the Catholic Students
Mission Crusade.
Among the patrons and patron
esses for the production are Sen
ator and Mrs. James Couzens, Rep
resentative James P. Duffy, the
Surgeon Genera of Public Health
and Mrs. Hugh S. Cumming, Mrs.
William Corcoran Eustis, Mrs.
David N. Mccarthy, Mrs. Mary A..
Rice, Mrs. Frederic Colof, DR..
Margaret M. Nicholson, Mr.. and
Mrs. John J. Bridaham, Mrs.
Catherine Kane, Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Rupert. Miss Mary E.
Switzer, Professor Rene Samson.
Miss Mary Ann LeCoviS, Miss
Agnes Saul, Mrs. Isador Nord-
strom, Miss Eleanor M. Con, oily,
Mrs. Helen Moran Drury, Mrs.
Margaret G. Hoitt, Miss Mary H.
Green, Mrs. D. J. Callahan, Mrs.
j. Eris Powell, Miss Olive Gage,
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Brennan,
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Victory and
DR.. and Mrs. j. Robert Mcintyre.
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Orchestra Will.
Give Concert

Many of those who are inter
eSted in the future of the Com
munity Center Civic Symphony
Orchestra will attend the program
of music, dance and drama to be
given Tuesday night at $50
O'Clock in Central High School
auditorium. The orchestra will
be heard in a brief program, as
sisted by the Schubert Singers,
the Columbia Players, and the
Lisa Gardiner Dancers.
This colorlul ard varied pro
gram will be in tribute to the
memory of Bailey F. Alart, who
organized and conducted the Civic
Symphony Orchestra.
The event will likewise be the
means of raising a fund to pur-
chase the music library from the
estate of Mr.. Alart, in order to
preserve it intact for the orcheS-
tra's use. The orchestra, compriS-
ing almost hundred Washington
musicians, is conducted by Mr..
Samuel P. Ford.
AAAlOlAS UA4OOC wiz "AAA W "a III
ent Tuesday evening with guests
are Mrs. William H. King, Mrs.
Eugene Meyer. Mrs. Edwin B.
Parker. Mrs. C. Marshall Finnan,
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle. Mrs.
Elizabeth K. Peoples, Mrs. Henry
I. Quinn, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons,
Mrs. Walter Nash, Miss Mary
Edith CoulSon, Mr.. James G..
Yaden, Mr.. John B. Colpoys, Mr.
Isaac Cans. Mr.. Louis Potter and
DR.. Edwin N. G.. Barnes.
X X
Son Is Born
Mr.. and Mrs. Fulton Lewis, jr.,
are receiving congratulations upon
the birth of a son, Fulton Lewis,
Sd, this morning at Columbia
Hospital.
Mrs. Lewis is the former Miss
Alice Huston, daughter of Mr..
Claudius Huston. The Lewises
have one other child, a daughter.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
MAY EXPORTS TOP
IMPORT VOLUME
Favorable Trade Balance of
$9,932,000 Is First Since
January.
BY TIKI Associated Press.

BY tEt Associated Press.
The Commerce Department report
ed today that United States exports
in May exceeded imports by So
$4,000.
May was described as the first
month since January in which this
country had a favorable trade balance.
For the five months ended with
May. total imports exceeded exports
by S3292,000, with the exports
amounting to 1869 .545, 900 and i'm
ports to 1912 $4,000.
Total exports in May this year were
placed at s20l ,042 900, compared with
s165, ,459 900 in the same month last
year. and imports were listed at s191,-
10000, as against s170, ,533 900 in May
year ago.
Exports of gold in May amounted
to $4,000, compared with $4,000 in
April and $4,000 in May, 1885 I'm
ports of gold amounted to s169,957,-
600, compared with s28.106, 900 in
April and with s140,065 900 in May,
1885.
Silver exports in May amounted to
s203. 900, compared with s535, 900 in
April and s2,885, 900 In May, 1885.
Silver imports amounted to s4,989 900,
compared with s4.49o.ooo in April. and
sl3,50l 900 in May, 1885.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
VIRGINIA RETAIL
CONVENT|0N0PENS
Secretaries Assoc citation
Names Mrs. {. Minor Jones
as New Chairman.
,y the Associated Press.

by tnt hsSUCihtcQ FTcoS.
MARTINSVILLE. Va, June ga
meeting Of the Secretaries Association
and a session of the Board OF Direc-
tors served as preliminaries last night
to the thirty first annual convention
of retail merchants of Virginia
The secretaries at their annual
banquet elected Mrs. E. Minor Jones
of Clifton Forge chairman for the
coming year, L. P. Mann Of Lynch
burg, vice chairman; Miss Urise Davis
Of Martinsville, secretary, and Miss
Minnie Brooks of Staunton, treasurer.
Fifteen associations we're represented.
They heard r. G. Trosper, secretary
of the Greensboro, N. c., association.
speak on THE Possibilities Of
Secretaries Group" and George c.
Robinson Of Richmond, discuss THE
Human Relationship of the Bureau
and Its Members" Robinson later
led an open forum on problems fac
ing secretaries and their associations
The Board of Directors presented
the annual report at the opening ses-
sion this morning with c. Page Waller
of Alexandria presiding.
Mayor ]. r. Walker welcomed the
opening assembly, and r. w. Cut
shall of Roanoke, responded.
Ernest G. Hastings Of New York,
editor Of the Dry Goods Economist,
and Walter M Evans Of Richmond.
association attorney, we're among the
principal speakers today, discussing
How to Meet Today's Competition
and Show a Profit" and 1.-THE Future
of the Retail Merchants Association
of Virginia" respectively. Allen Her
man of Danviue will lead an open
forum.
The annual banquet tonight. at
which Strickland Gillian of Wash
ington will speak, will be followed by
a dance.
Reports, election Of officers and Sc
lection of the 1887 meeting place will
be chief items on tomorrow's program
Advance registrations indicated
record attendance.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
CHICAGO PRODUCE.

CHICAGO. June % P.-Poultry. live.
sssn S.s hsn P0qgs Rsst 1s sGr5s hss
motS Ss; White ute SSsk: s, Ss solSTsd sy
0Fsa "Pi;S PismoSsh aSih 'fassS hise Rocf @ snd
eolored broilers. 81; barebacks, l9a2l;
Legnorn. pounds up. 20; less than
pounds. 11a1S; roosters. IA. Leshorn
fGGoSters, G ed33 d3 turkeys, I3a16; heavy old
white ducks. 11h; small colored. 10h2;
young geese 10; old 13.
Butter 1890: firm. Creamery spe-
cials (93 scorel. 30aa3I; extras 1927 80;
extra 6rsts l9O-9D 29Aa29h; firsts 49,
Se); s2Sha29; standards 900 centralized
carlotsl. 2g%&: EGGS. 19.463; easy. Extra
1arsts' a Local local IN: cars 22; fresh-sraded
ceipts. 2Oa4: storage-packed extras. 22A;
storage-packed hrsts %.
CHICAGO, June 23 up UNITED States
Department of Agriculture) .-Potatoes
65, on track 215; total United States
shipments. 531:. slightly weaker; supplies
light; demand slow: sacked. per hundred
Eesht "A ATksnfrs Bliss TriSmP6s f1ag 6S
homa, Bliss Triumphs, U. s. No. l. and
partly graded. 365a3. 90; U. s. No. 2.
2.45; North Carolina, Cobblers, y. 8: No. 1,
$50; q. s.. No. 2. 2.25; Virginia. Norfolk
section. Cobblers. q. 8: No. l. $50; Cali
fornia. White Rose. U; s. No; 1, 3.75a
$50: fair quality and condition, 3.60a
3.65; old stock. Idaho. Russet Burbanks,
q. s. No. /, heavy to medium. 3.25.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
Inland tO'Purchase
Milcor Steel Co.,
Listing Reveals
g. the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 23.-Plans for
the acquisition Of Milcor Steel Co., a
Delaware corporation, by the Inland
Steel Co. Of Chicago, were disclosed
today with the granting of the latters
application for the listing of $4,000
additional shares on the New York
Stock Exchange.
On the basis OF current market
value for Inland shares, the deal will
involve about S5,605,000.
Inland will acquire not less than
95 per cent Of the 1888 shares of
Milcor Co. by an exchange Of stock
Milcor manufactures metal products,
such as sheet steel building materials
1t has two plants. located at Milwau-
kee. Wis, and Canton. Ohio. and three
distributing warehouses in Chicago,
Kansas City. Kans., and La Crosse.
Wis. Its total assets as of December
81. 1885, were listed at $3,745,583.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
FOREIGN MARKETS.

LONDON. June % lPi.-TrsdlnE was
more active IN todays STOCK market, ana
Kafirs and the spect ctaculsr rise in West
Wit issues were the features Of the deal;
ings Foreign bones. trans -Atlantlcs ana
gilt-edged securities moved higher. ana
the industrial group especially tobacco.
silk and motor stocks were in demand.
Oils were slightly easier
PARASITIC Bcurse closed with an ir-
regular tone while traders awaited the
government declaration reFarcing the for
eign policy. Rente7 and electrical shares
gave ground. While the International sec
ton advanced.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
WHOLESALE INDEX
SCORES ADVANCE.
Fertilizer Association Finds
Average at 1863, Against
76.1 Week Ago.

Rising to the highest level reached
since the second week of April. the
weekly wholesale commodity price in
dex compiled by the National Fertilizer
Association advanced in the week ended
June 20 to 76.9 from 76.1 in the pre-
ceding week.
A month ago the index was 754 and
year ago 759, based on the 1926
1928 average as 100.
Sharp increases in the prices of farm
products and foods we're largely re-
sponsible for the increase in the index.
Rising grain prices caused by reports
of drought. combined with higher quo
tations for cotton, wool and live stock,
caused a 2.6 per cent rise in the index
of farm product prices in the latest
week.
This group index was still rs per
cent below the high point Of the year,
however.
With II commodities included in the
group rising in price and only de-
clining, the food price index rose to
the highest point reached since last
February.
A rise in the textile price index was
brought about by higher prices for cot
ton, cotton goods, wool and silk; the
only items in the group 10 decline last
week were burlap and hemp.
Reversing the downward trend which
had lasted for several weeks, the price
of steel scraD showed 2 slight increase
last week; this was merely sufficient.
however, to Offset a decline in tin, with
the result that the metal index re-
mained unchanged.
Higher prices for cattle feed and
rubber tires resulted in a sharp rise
in the index representing miscellaneous
commodities.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
Movement of Iron
Ore Shows Huge
Cain Over 1885
Pr the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 23.-
Movement of iron ore from Lake Erie
docks to interior furnaces for the first
Il days this month shows gain Of
almost so per cent over the same
period last year, H. M. GriggS, man
ager of the Ore and Coal Exchange
reported today.
Loadings totaled 35,743 cars, an in
crease of II, $50 cars over the 24.163
loaded in the corresponding period
last year.
Loadings of coal at Lake Erie are
we'll ahead of last year for the 2l-day
period. Cars dumped numbered
1928, compared with 65,305 in the
same period last year, a gain of s,618
cars. For the two-day interval dump
ings amounted to 7.130 cars, slight
decrease from a week ago.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
NEW YORK PRODUCE.

easier Mixed colors; special packs or Sc
iections from fresh receipts. 23laa26a;
standards and commercial standards. 23a
SIE; dirties. No. I. AZ pounds. 21A; av-
Butter. 20. e25.. frmer; Creamery. higher
a51: firsts fSS-91 score), 29Ka3OA: Sec
onds ls47s7 scores'' ssha2s; centralized
'e9 obeese seoTe' a491ae. ~ firm. State. whole milk
fats fresh. fancy. Is; held. 1885 fancy.
22a22A
fRocks)' ot;; other freight prices unchanged.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
NEW YORK SUGAR.

NEW YORK June % (R.-Raw sugar
was quiet early today ana no sales TeFs
aloof.
a parcel of nearby duty frees was avail
able at $40. while later shipments were
held at from $50 to 3.s5.
Futures opened at 1 point decline to
points advance. While price changes were
noon a little steadier tone developed on
trade buying and renewed commission
house demand This was supplied through
further liquidation and hedge selling
July after trading at 275 or 2 points
net lower. rallied. to 277. while March
general market was UNCHANGED to point
net higher
Refined was stfll at 500 for nne granu-
lated. with q moderate withdrawal de-
mand reported. Resale sugars were q
little easier and available at around $50.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
U.s. TREASURY POSITION.
By the Associated Press.

The position of the Treasury June 20:
Receipts, S2s. 56o: :65e go; expenditures,
975.96: customs receipts for the month.
S22 43S. .S76.23.
PTS f9E 6e rs seai ysar snee Ssy
671 O5S 216.29, including S3.213. $685.
S7O.43 of emergency expenditures; excess
of expenditures 81 .641 .643 .649.44; gross
debt. S34. .331 s36. .0I29 a decrease of
SIS. .S36. 1878 under the previous day;
gold assets. O,549 .304 All .03
Receipts for June 22 1895 tcomparable
date last year, S12 626 677 40; expendi-
lures S20.979. .S6977; net balance ST.
p42. 754 641.77; customs receipts for the
month. S21. .29O.1O5.52
Receipts for the fiscal year. So. .754 .9S4.-
745.41; expenditures S7.159. 100. 512.01.
including So. .505. .910.57O 43 of emergency
4O4. .175. 766 go; gross debt. S2S. $40
400. 1927 SO; gold assets. SO. 102 .969 .004 SO.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
CURB LIST MOVES
UNEVENLY HIGHER
SpeCiaIties and Oils Lead
With Rise of Fractions
to About 2 Points.
Bl the Associated Press.

B> the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 23.-Specialties
and oils led the Curb Market irregu-
larly higher today with gains OF frac-
tions to around 2 points.
Gamers were Gulf Oil, Creole Pc
troleum, McWilliams Dredging. Pam
tepec Oil. Pepperell, Royal Typewriter.
Sherwin williams and United Light &
Fower "A"
Fractionally lower were American
Cyanamid b" American Gas e. Elec-
trio. Pan American Airways. Pennroad
and Teck- Hughes. Wayne Pump was
off about point.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
FARM HOME VACANCIES
SHOW BIG DECREASE
By the Associated Press.

AS result of the back-to-the- farm
movement during the depression.
only 6 per cent of all farm dwellings
on January l, 1885. were unoccupied,
census report reveals. In some
States. including Kentucky, Indiana.
Ohio and Pennsylvania, less than S
per cent were unused.
Evening star., 1936-06-23
u. S. Steel Likely
To Spend Around
S5,5OO,OOO at Gary
P, the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, June 23-The amount
which the United States Steel Corp.
plans to spend in expanding the tin
plate production capacity of the Car
negie- Illinois plant at Gary. Ind, was
reliably estimated today at s5,500,0 900.
No official confirmation of the plans
was given by the Offices Of U. s. Steel
in New York, but it was learned that
the present improvement program at
the Gary mills will be followed with
out a break by the new additions to
tin plate capacity.