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The Washington times., 1936-10-28
Envoy Is Host
In New York

The French Ambassador to the
United States, M. Andre de Labou.
laye, and Nine. De Laboulaye, who
arrived in New York yesterday
from Washington to attend the
ceremonies today in celebration of
the fiftieth anniversary of the
Statue of Liberty, gave a dinner
last night in the Corinthian room
of the Hotel Pierre. Guests in.
Guided the French Under Secre-
tary of State, M. Francois de Tes-
san, who arrived yesterday on the
lie de France; Count Charles de
Fontnouvelle, French Consul Gen
eral in New York; M. Jean APP
pert, Financial Attache of the
French Embassy; M. Maurice Gar.
reau-Dombasle, Commercial At.
tache; Nine. Appert, Nine. Gar.
reau-Dombasle and Mr.. and Mrs.
Pierre Cartier.
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Mrs. Thomas Harrison Shep-
ard was the brides only at
tendant. She wore a rose beige
frock of thick shiny Bengaline
with a fullness in the back end
ing in a train. The decolletage
was a wee trimmed in a deep
russell velvet and the velvet
trimming was also about the
waist with a bow in the back.
She wore a russell toque and
sandals and carried a bouquet OF
copper colored chrysanthemums
intermingled with gold ones.
Best Man and Ushers
Capt. w. Irving Jordan, U. S.
M. c.. attended Captain Letcher
as best man. Those who ushered
were Capt. M. L. Dawson, U. S.
M. c.; Capt. S. It. Clarke, U. S.
M. c.: Lieut.. A. L. Bowser, U. S.
M. c., and Lieut.. Joseph Worth
ing, U. S. N.
A reception at the home of
the brides parents in California
Street, followed the ceremony.
The house was attractively deco
rated with chrysanthemums and
palms. Assisting the couple in
receiving was Mrs. Marston, who
was charmingly gowned in a
bottle green lace frock con-
trasted with black velvet acces-
series and she wore a corsage Of
gardenias. Judge John Paul, of
Harrisonburg, Va; and Capt.
Charles G. Paul, Of Richmond,
Va, an uncle of Captain Let
cher's, were among the out-of-
town guests attending the we'd
ding.
When Captain and Mrs. Let
cher left for a cruise to the
West Indies, the latter was wear
ing a three-piece Kelley green
wool suit complemented by black
accessories,
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No@4co~a1on
Reg. L. s. Pat. OF
Dance Plans
Started
Reg. L. s. Pat. OF

Miss Mary Virginia Burke, chair
man of the dance committee Of
Holy Cross Academy Alumnae AS
ISOLATION, was hostess Monday
night at the Shoreham Hotel to
the executive committee assisting
her in making arrangements for
the card party and dance, on De-
cember 5. for the Scholarship
fund.
Those present were Mrs. Ralph
Carbe, Mrs. William Knoblock,
Mrs. William Lally, Mrs. Fred
Murray, Mrs. Francis Murray.
Mrs. Frederick McCleary. Mrs.
Fred J. Rice, Mrs. Frederic w.
Seabold, Mrs. McKendree Skin
ner, Mrs. L. A. Widmayer, Miss
Margaret Bachelar, Miss Helen
Casey, Miss Mary Ellen Craemer,
Miss Clementine Dagneaux, Miss
Gwendolyn Dickinson. Miss Hen
rietta Donovan, Miss Agnes Dough-
erty, Miss Jane Egan, Miss Mar
garet Finegan, Miss Evelyn Ford,
Miss Marian Hartnett, Miss Re
gina Hartnett Miss Marta Houli-
han, Miss Margaret Kuhn, Miss
Ruth Lusby, Miss Betty Malo-
ney, Miss Frances Sullivan, Miss
Margaret Viehnaman, Miss JAG
outline Wemple and Miss Marie
Diamond.
u Il
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Graft,
of Newton Center, Mass. are stop
ping at the Dodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. }. C. Cotton, of
this city, are sojourning in Allan
tic City, N. j.. and while there are
stopping at the Chalfonte-H addon
Hall.
The Washington times., 1936-10-28
Reg q o. Pat on
By Flora Macdonald

e%ng several days. all occasoned% to Annapolis
by the wedding of Lois Walters where the hops IN Dahgren
The Washington times., 1936-10-28

The household of the Secre-
tary of Commerce and Mrs.
Daniel c. Roper has quoted
down to some degree Of nor
malcy now after a very excit-
The Washington times., 1936-10-28
Dinner Hostess

Mrs. Harrington Mills, who L.
spending some time in New York
City, gave dinner in the Ambas-
sador Trianon Room there last
evening in honor Of Mrs. David B.
Wills, the wife of Major Wills, Of
this city. There were IL guests
in the dinner party.
The Washington times., 1936-10-28
Diplomatic and Official Notes:
ENVOYPLANSNOVEMBER RECEPTION
Ecuodorion Delegates Will Be
Honored by Ambassador and
Sonora de AIfOrO at 7 ca

The Ambassador of Ecuador, Captain Colon
Eloy Alfaro, and Sonora de Alfaro will enter
tain large reception and tea in the grand ballroom Of
the Mayfower Monday November 80, in honor of the
delegates from their country here for the EcuadorPeu boun
dary conference The party will be held from 5 until
DC
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS

} Russell. SO. 1910 Eighteenth St. N. W.
Godfrey P. Guskill. SO. and Mary l..
warnock, 30, both of Rockville, Md.
Albert T5 E; Gsns u PT4yidaR enc Nor r.
Jack Cogan, "a. Hartford, Conn.,, and
Rose A. Chilly, %, Yeadon, Pa.
william L. Millende, 50, and Lady v.
Hill, "a. both of st. Louis. Mo.
Daniel j. Nelson. 40. and Alycs R.
Dexter NJ. Lawrence. rs, Raleigh. N.
c., and Evelyn Spies, "a, Orwassa, Mich.
William Laib, 81, Evansville, Ind,
and Orla B. Overman, ~, Indianap-
oils, Ind.
Raymond v. Greenstein. IS, and Ruth
owen F. McVerry. "a, Upper MARI
boro, Md. and Odessa Price, "a, so4
Farragut st. N. w.
Gilbert s. Batten, Is. 1918 Thir-
teenth st. N, w, and Bernics simms'
John s. Cheuvault, %, Mt. Clemens,
Mich, and Irene E. shaffer, 81. S4O3
Thirty-fourth St. N. w.
Ralph C. Jones, %. Clara, Miss, and
Agnes NJ. Pearson, %. 1915 Tenth st.
Harvey A: Lyon. %: S4l2 Seven
Pherson' rs, s1i G St. n. E.
George R. Jackson. "a. and Virginia
9. Jones, rs, both Of 1412 Thirty-sixth
St. N. w.
James H. Curtin so, ana Nellie Cook,
46, both of 1921 D St. s. E.
Erwin s. Armstrong, rs, 71s H
st. S. w, and Frances A. Harryman,
16, 499 Maryland Ave. S. W.
Myron A. c. johnson, 80, Newark.
N. j., and Myrtle NJ. Anderson, 20,
Miami Fla.
Joseph A. splman, 80. and Hazel c.
Rathell, 20, both of Baltimore, Nd.
Leroy borough, "a, Zebolon, Ga, and
Mabel Hedrick. 10. 244 Eighth st. s. e.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
Pedigreed Collie
Wants Good,
NeW Home

Mrs. Howard Harrigan, 275
Maple Ave-. Takoma Park. Md,
is seeking a new home for "Prin-
cess" a pedigreed collie, 10
months old.
Whoever takes Princess" must
convince Mrs. Harrigan of his
knowledge of the care of dogs and
willingness to rear the collie in
the manner to which her anceS-
try entities her.
The dog is householder and az
fectionate and companionable with
children.
Mrs. Harrigan's telephone num-
Der is Shepherd 3679-W.
Mrs. James w. LIE May, 4704
Highland Avenue, Bethesda, Md,
telephone Wisconsin 148D is
leaving town today at S p. M, and
would like to place "Mitzi" in a
good home.
"Mitzi" is a black manx female
cat, which comes from the Isle of
Man in the English Channel. She
is the descendant of thorough
bred manx cat. "Mitzi" is house
broken, and is a grand pet for chill
dren.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
Boys Leave Monday
For Summer Camp

Physical examinations completed
10 boys were preparing today to
leave for the Boys Club summer
camp near Dunphries. Va, by bus
Monday at 9 a. m.
The examinations were con.
Quoted yesterday at the clubhouse,
$50 c st. N. W., by four physi-
clans, one Of whom, DR.. Richard
B CaStell, resident physician at
George Washington University
Hospital recalled that a few years
ago he stood in line awaiting his
turn to be examined for the clubs
trip to a summer camp.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
TRAFFIC RULES
ARE ISSUED

Special traffic regulations. az
fecting the Monument Grounds
and portions of West Potomac
Park during the fireworks dis
play tomorrow evening, were is
sued today by Capt. Patrick j..
Carroll of the Park Police and
Frank T. Gartside, assistant SUI
perintendent of the force.
The grounds will be closed to
all traffic from 6 p. m. until the
conclusion of the display, with the
exception of the south roadway
between the East Tidal Basin
road and the Fifteenth Street
roadway. This thoroughfare will
be open only to traffic entering
from the Tidal Basin.
Seventeenth Street will be open
to two-way traffic to the John
Paul Jones Statue, where south
bound traffic will be diverted west
around the Tidal Basin to the
polo field. Parking will be pro-
hibited on the east side of Sew
enteenth Street from Constitution
Avenue to the. Jones statue.
Parking will be permitted on
the Fifteenth Street roadway in
the rear Of the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, on the East Tidal
Basin roadway which will be one
way for west-bound traffic, on the
West Tidal Basin roadway, on Con-
Stitution Avenue West to the Poto-
mac River and on all roadways
leading to and those around the
Lincoln Memorial.
AmbulanceS will be stationed
on the Fifteenth Street roadway
south Of Constitution Avenue in
the Monument grounds and at the
intersection of the South roadway
and East Tidal Basin roadway.
Red Cross emergency tents, with
nurses in attendance, will be es-
tablished on the lawn near the
ambulances for treatment of in
juries and to care for lost children.
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WILLIAM E. EVANS

Funeral services were held to-
day for William E. Evans, for 40
years a locomotive engineer for the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, at the
Speare funeral parlors, 1909 H
st. N. w.
Nine days ago, Mr.. Evans, who
had never had an accident in his
long years of service as a railroad
engineer, fell from a cherry tree
at the home Of his daughter, Mrs.
Evelyn E. Mcintyre, Of Silver
Spring, Md. He died in Mont
gomery County Hospital late yes
terday.
Burial was in Taneytown MD
cemetery.
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Church Plans RaIIv

Celebration of the forty
fifth anniversary and mid-sum-
mer rally Of Providence Baptist
Church. 400 block M st. S. W.,
will begin Monday evening and
continue through July 20. The
Rev. B. H. Whiting, pastor of
Friendship Baptist Church, will
speak at the opening services.
The Rev. E. T. Broaddus, pastor
of Central Baptist Church, will
speak the following night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
CARLISLE v. WEAKLEY

Funeral services will be held to-
morrow for Carlisle Vincent Weak
ley, AZ, assistant manager Of the
warfield Motor Company, who
died yesterday at his home, 41O7
New Hampshire Ave. N, W., after
a long illness.
Mr.. Weakley, a resident here for
more than Is years, was born in
Baltimore. He was an active mem
Der of the Washington Board Of
Trade, taking a great interest in
civic affairs.
After funeral services at his resi-
dence. mass will be sung at st.
Gabriel'S Catholic Church at 8
a. m. Burial will be in Long
Green, Md.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Frances D. Weakley.
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DR.. DEVEREUX,
PROFESSOR,
D|ESAT68

Funeral arrangements were COM
pleted today for DR.. John Ryan
Devereux, SO, retired Public Health
Service and u. s. Army physician
and former Georgetown Univer-
sity Medical School professor, who
died of a cerebral hemorrhage yes
terday at his home in Chevy
Chase, Md.
A veteran of both the Spanish
American War and the World War,
DR.. Devereux, a native Of Kansas,
organized relief work in Rumania
In 1925 for Pope Plus after win
ming recognition for his relief work
in Siberia shortly after the World
War. On this expedition he was
an assistant Of Herbert Hoover.
DR.. Devereux was q teacher at
Georgetown from 1895 until the
outbreak Of the SpaniSh-American
War in 1898. He did notable work
in that war and during the time
Of the San Francisco earthquake.
He again resumed his position at
Georgetown after several years
study in Vienna, then went to
France.
Returning from the Siberian ex.
petition, he joined the United
States Public Health Service, re-
firing later as lieutenant colonel.
After his retirement he was very
active in Catholic charities here.
Solemn requiem mass will be
sung at the Shrine Of the Blessed
Sacrament in Chevy Chase, Mon
day morning. Burial will be in
Arlington National Cemetery.
Surviving DR.. Devereux Is his
widow, Mrs. Annie L. Devereux,
the former Annie L. Sinnott, Of
Philadelphia; four daughters and
four sons. His daughters are Mrs.
r. H. Jeshke, wife Of Major
Jeshke, of the Marine Corps; Mrs.
T. H. Chase, wife Of Lieut.. H. ].
Chase, Of the United States Navy;
Mrs. r. F.. Crist, wife Of Lieutenant
Crist, also of the Marine Corps,
and Miss Agnes Devereux. His
sons are Capt. James Devereux, Of
the Marine Corps; Ashton Deve-
reux, Of Baltimore, Edward Deve-
reux, Of Washington, and Trist-
tram Devereux, Of Chevy Chase.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
Odds and Ends

Civil Service has installed
new dial system. and everyone
is finding his old interoffice di-
rectory a liability. the stonog-
raphy exams for $4,000 in the
D. C. begin Monday and last
until July %. E. Claude Bah
cock, while on leave, is reported
working on an idea expected to
prove Of benefit to many Govern
ment employees as we'll as folk
in private industry. and if it
succeeds he may not need the
presidency which some insiders
think he'll keep anyhow. after
September's smoke has rolled
over. who In G.. A. o. is that
way" over Ray Nunan, PWA?.,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03
Fairgrounds Close
As Safety Measure

ALEXANDRIA, Va, July 8.
Cooperating with a nationwide
movement for a safe and sane"
Fourth Of July, directors of the
city's six Fairgrounds announced
today that all Fairgrounds would
be closed all day tomorrow in OBJ
servance Of the national holiday
and as a precautionary measure
against possible accidents result
ing from fireworks among O
crowd of children.
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BIRTHS

b1hxnS
John NJ. and Angelina N. Fourland,
girl.
Vincent and Nancy Briguglio. girl.
Clyde w. and Dorothy NJ. Wills, girl
Allen ]. and Joyce McNeal. girl.
Charles E. and Pauline j. Walker,
boy.
Frederick and Dorothy R. Carmen.
boy.
George E. and Gladys M. Hutchins,
boy.
Joseph S. and Susan A. seaton. boy.
Worthington NJ. and Margaret B.
Remson, boy.
James and Eva sheldon. girl.
George W. and Ellen v. Shank, girl.
Thomas 1. and Altelina E. Payne,
girl.
Antoine R. and Cola Bowler, girl.
Frank e. and Bessie K. King, girl.
Aron and Dina Habib, girl.
Bedford R. and Cora e. Bailey, boy.
Fred c. and Lorena e. Knauer, girl.
John S. and Ira NJ. Snapper, girl.
William H. and Frances l. Richards,
girl.
James D. and Margaretta E. Forbes,
boy.
James D. and Mary E. Mcclure. boy.
Daniel W. and Marjorie j. Weggs-
land, boy.
Fred and Ruby volker, boy.
Anthony and Helen L. Rinaldi, boy.
Harold F. and Miriam D. Clarke,
boy.
Abner L. and Ystta Rosendorr, girl
Samuel and Elizabeth v. Pear, girl
Willard D. and Grace e. Sharp, girl.
Clyde v. and Margaret B. Hicks,
girl.
Algie NJ. Flora S. Caldwell, boy.
Alphonso and Pearl Toney, boy.
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MARY ALICE PAxsON

Miss Mary Alice Paxson, a Dis
trict resident for the past 10 years,
died suddenly today at the home
of her mother, Mrs. j. B. Murphy,
305 w. Peyton Ave-, Alexandria.
Va. She was IS and had been Ill
only a short while.
Born in Davis. w. Va, she was
a graduate Of Wesleyan College,
Buchanan, w. Va. Funeral Serv-
ices will be held tomorrow at 1890
o'clock at st. Mary's Church in
Alexandria.
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D James e. Hall, jr., IS, Chester
Brooks, Va; and Martha Piper 1S'
Alba 5. AinSworth, IS, New York. n.
Y, and Beatrice NJ. Dear, ~, 1924
John D. Baker, 2S. Clarendon, Va.
and Julia R. Flick, %, $40 Seventh st.
John N. Wilson, 2s. Landover. Nd.
and Pearl E. Baker, Il, 724 Varnum
John D. Camner, SO, winchester. Va.
and Decila v. Cochran, %, winches-
wiIlie Mccullough. 20, 414 St. N.
w, and Willie N. Boyd, %, 500 N st.
william s. Rigby, %. Flint Mich.
and Mary C. Foley, %, Baltimore.
Md.
DEATHS
Louise Dunkhorst, IS, 423 Peabody 81.
Anna e. Leonard. so, Chevy Chase
Sanatorium.
Augusta NJ. Brethauer. rs. 1881 First
| ST. N. w.
Henson NJ. Young. 10. 500 A st. S. E.
Agnes c. Eilbeck, IS, 14Sb Oak St
Clara B. Irwin. So. 1923 Ogden ST.
John B. jacobson, Ss. st. Elizabeth'
| Hospital.
Daniel N. Bacot, SO. 1916 New Hamp-
shire Ave. N. W.
Clara I. Gray. A, st. Elizabeths Hos
pital.
Nora Dickson. IS, Gallinger Hospital.
Charles A. Shaffer, "a. Providence
Hospital
Mildred Sweeney, rs, Gallingsr HospL
| tai.
August DaRoe. 20, Casualty Hospital.
Jack H. Ridlebaugh, FL. Potomac
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EDINGER, JOHN HENRY-suddenly on
Tuesday, June 80. 1886. JOHN HENRY
EDINGER, the beloved husband of Emma
Edinger and father of John H. Edinger.
jr. Remains resting at the W. W. Cham
bers Co. Southeast funeral home, SIT
Eleventh St. s. E.
Funeral services will be held on Friday.
July 8, 1885, at 8 a. m. from the W. W.
Chambers Co. Southeast funeral home,
SIT Eleventh St. s. E.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
Interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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NOW
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verge OF making a dent in the
mans world of politics. They
will get further than the verge If
their intelligence is not discred-
tied by their speechmaking.
Therefore, my sisters, be
warned. Take lessons in voice
control. Then take more les.
sons. And then more.
You can't afford to sacrifice
your ideas and ideals to a
strained larnyx.
Demosthenes kept pebbles in
his mouth and practiced talking
without stammering by the sad
sea waves. Surely you, my dears,
with traditional feminine wit
and persistence, can make your
voices as soothing and sweet to
the ear as they usually are in
conversation.
Express your wisdom with
words soft and low" Always
"the excellent thing in woman"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03

freshed and snappy will your feet feel
tomorrow you will walk with pleasure.
Aspirub works such wonders because
it's THE rub containing genuine active
Aspirin which is SO marvellous to relieve
aches, pains and soreness.
Aspirub drives out foot agony no matter
how bad your feet may bet PENE.
TRATEs so swiftly and deeply that
overnight the soreness goes-it is anti
septic, clean and stainless. Big jar
costs but little at any live drugstore
anywhere. When Aspirub gets in
aches, pain and soreness get right out.
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BRETHAUER. AUGUSTA NON Tuee-

BRETHAUER. AUGUSTA Mon Tues.
her daughter, 1881 First Street North
west. AUGUSTA NJ. BRETHAUER. the be-
loved wife of the late August Brethauef
and mother of Mrs. George T. Ritter.
Funeral services on Friday, July 3,
1885. at . p. m. from her daughters resi-
dence.
Interment in Arlington National Gene
terry.
Philadelphia, Pa. papers please COPY.
Services by Chambers
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SWEENEY, MILDRED Wednesday.
the beloved wife of Samuel Sweeney and
mother of Margaret Evelyn Sweeney.
Funeral services from the residence Of
her sister. Mrs. Elsie Glascoe. 1881 K
Street Southeast on Friday. July 8. 1885.
at 2 p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited to at.
tend
Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Services by W. W. Chambers Co. South
east funeral home.
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TOMBSTONE, MARGARET E.-on Friday.
July 8. 1886. at her residence. 4425
Fourteenth Street Northwest. MARGARET
E TOMBSTONE, the beloved mother Of
Albert Sydney tombstone.
Remains resting at the w W Chambers
Company funeral home. Fourteenth and
Chaplin Streets Northwest
Funeral services will be held on Mon
day. July 6. 1886, at IL a.. m. from the
w W. Chambers Company funeral home,
1400 Chaplin Street Northwest.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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DIED

ALLEY. JOHN PULLIAM-suddenly. on
Friday. July 8. 1885, at State SAM.
torium, Sabillasville. Md, JOHN PULLIAM
ALLEY. the beloved son of Louise P.
Alley and the late Cecil D. Alley and grand
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Scott G. Pulliaul.
Co. Southeast funeral home, SIT Eleventh
Street Southeast.
Notice of funeral services and interment
hereafter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-03

MARRIAGE LICENSES
Edward W. o. Young, 80, 1913
Eighteenth st. N. W., and Ethel ].
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HARING, MARY AGNES - Suddenly or

wednesday. July i, 1886, at her resi-.
dence. 907 Twenty-third Street Northwest.
MARY AGNES HARING, the beloved wife
of the late George Il. Haring and mother
of John H. Haring.
funeral home, Fourteenth and Spring Road
Northwest on Saturday. July 4. 1885. at
s 80 a. m.
Requiem mass at St. Stephens Church
at a. N.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
tend.
Interment in Mount olivet Cemetery.
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EMIT
Fix Up Those Aching
BURNING

Just give them a
good rubbing to-
night with Aspirub
and SO strong. re-
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Baseball Cruise

Employees of the General Ac-
counting Office have planned a
moonlight cruise down the Pc
tomac for Monday, July 20, on the
steamer Potomac. The cruise will
begin at 8:45 p. m, and a large
attendance from the various G..
"A. o. building is hoped for by the
arrangements committee, as pro-
;ceeds of the affair will go toward
the G. A. o. baseball team in the
Herald Government League.
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Florists

Florists {
GUIDE BROS. CO.. Funeral Designs
1919 2 st. N. W. NAtl. R27S
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-16

and counties got their backs that
the Federal government should too.
But it would be false economy to
call together at a cost Of 100000
a special session of the Legislature
to make such an amendment to
the present law when there isn't
a chance in a million that there
will be any beneficiary of the age
pensions die and leave an estate
that could be probated and return
any appreciable amount before
January /, if the payment of pen
sions started MAY l.
Administrator Erickson. Relief
Administrator Watson, Cairman
Charles P. Nevin of the Relief
Board, Governor Holt, ane ell who
have been actively working on the
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-16
Pensions

Continued From Page One)
use in their legislatures on the
subject.
Last week Senator John E.
Erickson. Administrator of the old
Age Pension law in Montan, stated
that they were ready to start op.
erations and that by May l the
checks should be ready for each
of the $685. old people whose ap-
plications had been approved.
That would mean the payment
on May 1 of $147,136 to the army
of nearly 1000 aged people in this
State who need that money. It
would mean they would have the
cash to expend for the necessities
of life.
Now, however, comes word that
no provision has been made in
The Fort Peck press., 1936-04-16

the law passed by the Legislature
for reimbursing the Federal gov
eminent where beneficiaries of the
pension plan leave estates that
will pay back the pension money
advanced.
I The law prooides for instance
that an aged man or woman may
have a home. If that home does
not bring them any income, they
are entitled to their pension. But
when they die. the State has a first
lien against the property fhey leave
for reimbursement for the money
advanced as pension money by the
state.
The law. however, does not
make express provision for reim-
bursting the Federal government
for the half of the pension it has
advanced unless the law could
be construed as covering that in
the return of pension monep to the
State.
Washington now asks that the
law be amended to meet this
feature.
The justice of the demand is
recognized generally because it
would be perfectly just if the State