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The Washington times., 1936-08-29
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By Flora Macdonald

daughter, Jean, who are new
comers to Washington, are 60
ing to forsake our fair Capital
for the time being to spend a
week cruising on the Great
Lakes. The party is to include
six other people, and they are
going on a yacht owned by a
friend of theirs. Jean, who halls
from Cleveland, is an enthu-
siastic sailor.
Many a gay moment was
spent on board the U. S. A. L.
Republic when S h returned
from a delightful cruise, to
Panama.. S an Francisco and
Honolulu, the early part of this
month. This is an Army trans
port and carries many service
families to and from posts all
over the world. However, a
host of WashingtOnians we r e
on board for pleasure alone.
There were also a number OF
Congressman and their families
on this particular cruise.
Mrs. Numa Montet, wife of
the Representative from Ala
bama, who was on board with
her husband and Forrest, her
little boy of seven, said she had
intended to go for the express
purpose of relaxing and rest
ing. She was doomed to be
disappointed, however, as every
port they reached seemed to
become gayer and more enter
tanning.
In Panama they were taken
on a fascinating sightseeing
tour and entertained at lunch
con by Col. Campbell B. Hodges,
U. S. A., one-time w hi t e
House aide. From Panama
they cruised to San Francisco.
Luncheons at the St. Francis
Yacht Club-dancing and bath
ing in the ocean-receptions
at the Officers Club at t h e
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Dinner Host
At Club

Col. Leroy Leon entertained at
dinner Thursday evening at the
Army and Navy Country Club in
honor of DR.. Herbert C. Blake, Of
Baltimore.
Col. Leon left today for a
cruise in Chesapeake Bay in his
new cruiser, Twenty Grand II"
accompanied by DR.. Blake and a
party of friends. They will cruise
up the Rappahannock River to
DR.. Blake's estate at Amburg, Va,
his ancestral home and one Of the
show places of Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Guggen-
helm are stopping at the st.
Moritz in New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. CANA
lier are in New York City and are
staying at the Waldorf Astoria.
Mrs. w. T. Harris, of Danville,
Va, with her daughters, the
Misses Katherine and Lillian Har-
ris, arrived in Washington yeSter-
day to spend a few days, and dur.
ing their visit are at Wardman
Park Hotel.
Mrs. G.. H. Won Sails has re-
turned to washington from an ex-
tended trip abroad, and is now in
her apartment at the Wardman
Park Hotel for the approaching
season.
Miss Helen Walker of New
York city is passing some time
at the Carlton.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. johnson are
at Virginia Beach, staying at the
Cavalier Hotel.
Mr.. Montgomery Davis has an
nounced the engagement of his
daughter, Miss Mae Isabel Davis,
to Mr.. Norman Lawrence Car
michael, son of Mrs. Clifton Bro
die, of this city. The wedding will
take place Saturday, September 5.
at St. Martins Church.
Mrs. Curry Kent and her son
are stopping at the WaIdorf-AS-
toria in New York City.
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Son Is Born

Announcement has been re-
ceived of the birth, August Is, OF
a son to Capt. and Mrs. John R..
Lanigan, U. S. M. c., in Shang-
hal, China. The baby will be
named John Dennis.
Mrs. Lanigan is the former Miss
Ann White, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Rollie H. White, of this city,
whose marriage several years ago
was one of the important social
events of the season. She and
Capt. White have been in China
two years. John Dennis is their
first child.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel A. Smith
are in New York City and are
stopping at the Hotel st. Moritz.
Comdr. and Mrs. Greene w.
Dugger, of this city, are estao-
lished in an apartment at the
Wardman Park Hotel.
Mrs. Eliza A. Henderson, Of
Merced, Cal, is stopping at the
Dodge while in the Capital.
Miss Martha George, of Colum-
bus, Ga, is spending a few days
at the Dodge and is accompanied
by Miss Leila Livingston, Of
Atlanta.
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of honors with "Lacquer Lady"
Attractive Jane Whitaker
was presenting the ribbons.
The younger horsewomen pro-
vided the most color. Blond
Margaret Hill walked off with
the white ribbon in the hunter
hack class. Plucky little June
Curran did her best to get her
mount over one Of the jumps,
but he staunchly refused.
Mr.. and Mrs. Justin W.
Macklin and their attractive
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In Newport
The Right Rev. James E. Free
man, DID,, LID, Bishop Of
Washington, left his summer
home at Sorrento, Me-, yesterday
to be the guest of friends Of
Washington Cathedral in New
port, r. l., over the weekend.
He will be entertained by the
Misses Maude K. and Edith Wet
more, daughters of the late
United States Senator from
Rhode Island, at their home,
Chateau-Sur-Mer.
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. A. j.
Drexel Biddle of Philadelphia
have arrived at the Carlton,
where they will remain during
September.
Mr.. C. H. Gray of London,
England, is at the Carlton. Mr..
Gray is secretary of the Inter
national Executive Council of
the Third World Power Confer
ence, which will be held in Wash
ington September 7-13.
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Home SETTING
For Weddinq

Miss Frances Brightwell, daugh-
ter of DR.. and Mrs. Frank B.
Brightwell, was married today at
her home to Mr.. Thomas B. Wei
gel, of Butler, Pa. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. w.
Harold Weigel, brother of the
bridegroom. Gladioli, delphinium
and palms were attractively ar
ranged in the house.
The bride wore a gown of pale
pink mouSSeline de sole, fashioned
along princess lines with short
puffed sleeves and a large picture
hat. She carried a bouquet Of pink
roses and delphinium. Only the
immediate family and intimate
friends were present.
Following the ceremony the
couple left for a short wedding
trip. The bride was wearing a
blue lace knit ensemble with beige
accessories. They will make their
home in Washington.
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SaiIing.SePt. Z
Miss Sara C. Duke, Miss Marie
Everman and the Misses Susanna
and Mary Saville, of Dallas, have
arrived in Washington and are
at the Shoreham. They came to
the Capital to meet Miss Edith
Charles Saville, who has been
spending the summer visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Schley at their
summer home on the Severn
River. They will sail on the Aqui-
tania September 2 for six weeks
motor tour of the continent and
England.
Comdr and Mrs. B. Groebeck
and their daughter, Dorothy, who
have just arrived from Pensacola,
Fla, are at the Martinique.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard H. Had
ley, of Urbana, Ill. will be at
Wardman Park Hotel while here
for a short visit.
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Mrs. j. L. Kendall, jr., of Pitts
burgh, Pa, cousin of the bride,
will be the matron of honor. She
will wear a blue moire gown made
with a full skirt and a fitted
jacket. Her bouquet will be of
pink roSebuds.
Mr.. John Bartle. of this city,
brother-in-law of the bridegroom,
will be best man.
At the reception Immediately
following the ceremony Mrs. Angus
will assist the young couple in
receiving. Her gown will be Of
orchid chiffon, made on simple
lines, and she will wear a cluster
of orchids.
Motor to Canada
Following a motor trip to Can
ada, Mr.. johnson and his bride
will make their home in Toledo.
For travelling she will wear green
wooden suit, trimmed with mink,
and her accessories will be in
brown.
The bride attended Sidwells
Friends School and was a student
at George Washington University
She is fond of ali sports, but par
ticularly enjoys riding and tennis
She is an enthusiastic walker and
hiker and her varied tastes also
include music and travel.
Her engagement to Mr.. johnson
was announced last month.
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DOIEH cameron SO1Ss
CAPITAL DEBUTANTE WEEDS TO-DAY
Betty Angus to Become Bride of
James Alfred johnson at Her
Mothers Summer Home

Attractive Betty Angus, popular Capital
deb of two seasons ago, has selected the sum-
residence her mother Mrs. Grace Kendall Angus in
Meyersdae Pa the place for her marriage to Mr. James
Alfred Johnson of Toledo o. of Mr. and Mrs Benjamin
Johnson and today the day. The Rev William Esenberger
former pastor of the Church of the Covenant this city will
perform the ceremony garden setting at "Kendalwood"
pines being arranged to form altar with semcrcle of
evergreens background Candles either side of the
altar and gayy coored Japanese lanterns will provide light
for the 80 o'clock ceremony.
Granddaughter of Representative
The bride the daughter of the late Rev. Harry Barkmore
Angus and granddaughter of the late Representative and Mrs.
Samuel G. Kendall of Pennsylvania She will be given in
this evening by her uncle Mr. G. Kendall of Phila
delphia.
She has selected gown of white broaded satin styled on
Princess nes with high neck and tiny fitted jacket She
will pearl cap and bouquet of Talisman
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Yesterday
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The wedding OF MRS. CarOllne
Ross Pelletier and Lieut.. Julian
H. Leggett took place at II o'clock
yesterday morning at the home
of the bridegroom's brother and
sister-in-law, Lieut.. Comdr. and
Mrs. Wilson Durward Leggett.
Mrs. Pelletier had been spending
few days in Washington. stopping
at the Shoreham Hotel, where she
was joined before the wedding by
the bridegroom sister, Mrs. Mary
L. Mcdowell, of Tarboro, N. c.
The wedding was performed
simply, with only relatives present.
The Chaplain of the Quantico
Marine Base, Lieut.. Comdr. Alfred
de Croft Vogler, officiated, and
the bride was given in marriage
by her brother, Mr.. Hunter Ross,
of New York City. There were no
other attendants.
The brides costume was Of
white crepe, and her hat a large
white linen. She wore shoulder
corSage of white roses and lilies
of the valley.
The bridegroom's father and
brother, Mr.. w. D. Leggett and
Mr.. C. B. Leggett. respectively,
both of Tarboro, N. c., were
among the guests in Washington
for the wedding.
Following the ceremony, Lieut..
and Mrs. Leggett left for we'd
ding trip, and upon their return
will live at the Naval Base at
Norfolk.
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DiDIOu,Ofic and Official Notes:
MRS. ROOSEVELT BACK IN CAPITAL
To Attend Services at Church
This Afternoon for Late Sec
retov of War Dern

Mrs Roosevelt returned to the White House
late last evening from her home in Hyde
Park York attend the funeral services this afternoon
for late Secretary of War; Mr. George H. Dern at the
Pleasant Congregational Church The President will
be present at the held the late Secretary
in Salt Lake CITY Utah Tuesday.
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Of a great scientists life, told with
very little exaggeration or embel-
lishment, presented with such sim
nlicitv that the scientific facts are
clearly established in the audi
ence's mind. AS portrayed by Paul
Muni. this STORY of Louis Pas
teur" is a remarkable study of a
raat mans achievements. Pas
teur's achievements in the world of
science have become textbook ma
terial to almost every high school
student. His cures for anthrax in
cattle. his discovery of treatment
for hydrophobia, and his plea for
sterilization all are common knowl-
edge, but as they are presented,
with the viid background of the
incredulous and bitter academy of
medicine fighting every step, they
achieve greater significance. Pre-
sented against the almost complete
ignorance of his period, Pasteur's
scientific foresight becomes far
more remarkable than it seems to
lis. The beautiful character and
home life of Pasteur, and his
strength in the face of doubt and
defeat makes a touching story
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BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA
Brief News Items of People
We Know in and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Eighty-fve Engineer Corps Re-
serve Officers from the Second
Corps Area states of New York,
New Jersey and Delaware are
scheduled to begin two weeks
period of training at Fort DUPONT
beginning Sunday, June 21st, and
ending Saturday, July 4th.
The gasoline tax collected by the
state in May amounted to $751;
019.32 which is an increase of Is
per cent over the amount paid for
the same period last year and an
increase of 22,998.89 over April of
this year. Fines collected for vio-
lators of the motor vehicle laws
during May amounted to S4,93O.
Commencement exercises for the
graduating students of the State
College for Colored Students, near
Dover, were held Tuesday after
noon of last week in Delaware Hall
on the school campus. DR.. John
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in his best role to date, turns in an
excellent performance as Miss
Hudson's brother, and Norman
Foster plays the bewildered
nephew who finds himself compel
ing with the uncle he has relegat-
ed to the scrap heap.
Monday and Tuesday-A page
of American history, dark with in
Justice and more than a little dis
committing, has been torn open and
exposed in THE Prisoner of Shark
Island" Those unacquainted with
the story of Da. Samuel A. Mudd
whose unwilling aid to John
Wilkes Booth upon the night of
Lincoln's assassination doomed
him to penal servitude upon Dry
Tortugas, more aptly called Shark
Island, will find ample food for
thought in this picture. Superbly
directed and strikingly played by
Warner Baxter, THE Prisoner of
Shark Island proves a grimly fas-
cinating bit of Americana. Trial
by court-martial is accorded DIR.
Mudd and a sorry spectacle of in
justice it tuns out to be. Prevent
led from giving evidence in his
own defense, Mudd is sent to the
island prison off the coast of Flor
ida where the authorities deter
mine to make him regret his es-
cape from the hangman's moose.
The wretched doctor is treated
with brutality and scorn. He
makes one futile effort to escape
in order that he may stand civil
trial. When this fails he resigns
himself to living death that is
only frustrated by an epidemic of
yellow fever and his ministrations
in his capacity as physician.
Wednesday and Thursday = In
goth Century's Thanks a Million .
there are a dozen great stars, re
cruited from screen, stage and
radio, and each one is playing a
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Plaque of New Dover Park

Dover residents are procuring
some idea of the general appear
ance of the municipal park upon
its completion from a plaque of the
project which was prepared by R.
c. Beckett and has been on display
in a Loockerman street window for
several weeks. The plaque follows
plans for the project in each detail
and shows the completed project
as being an ideal community Gen.
ter. Work on the park, which was
started many months ago as a
WPA project, is still in progress
on the plot along the Loockerman
street plaza, east of city hall.
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Attractions at Strand Theatre

Friday and Saturday - Every
body's Old Man" brings Irwin S.
Cobb in his first starring role. If
the story about the big business
man who leaves his self-satisfied
nephew to run things while he
takes charge of the hard-drinking,
fast-spending son and daughter of
his one-time partner, rival and the
man who married the girl he loved
seems familiar, it is because it was
filmed three years ago as "The
Working Man" with George Arliss
in the part Mr.. Cobb now plays
and Bette Davis as the spendthrift
heroine currently impersonated by
Rochelle Hudson. Johnny Downs,
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real role in real story. With
Dick Powell and Ann Dvorak
heading the cast in the romantic
leads, Thanks Million" presents
Fred Allen, Patsy Kelly, Paul
WhWiteman and his band with Ra-
mona, Rubinoff and his violin,
Raymond Walburn and the Yacht
Club Boys. The picture utilizes
song, comedy and dance in follow
ing the absurd adventures of the
tanktown show troupe headed by
Fred Allen, sour-visaged master
of ceremonies.
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w. Haywood, dean of Morgan Col
lege, Baltimore, Nd, was the prin-
cipal speaker. Degrees were con-
ferred on IL students.
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nation reunited, to hold once more
within its waving folds every State
and Commonwealth in common
bond of allegiance.
Later the flag was our symbol
when proud and naughty Spain
was forever banished from our
continent to win freedom for the
oppressed people Of other lands.
Pledged as a symbol of life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness Old
Glory has been in campaigns
abroad only when the ideals of
democracy have been endangered.
Perhaps our ideals have not al
ways been realized, but history will
bear witness that lust of conquest
or thirst for world dominion have
never prompted us to take up arms.
Although historians disagree,
tradition points to Betsy Ross, a
popular Philadelphia flag maker of
the day, as the maker of the first
sample of the Stars and Stripes.
We are told that a committee
headed by George Washington,
called on Mrs. Ross in the Spring
of 1776, and submitted a rough de-
sign of a new type of flag in which
stars had been substituted for the
crosses of st. George and st. An
drew.
On June IA, the following year,
Congress resolved That the flag of
the thirteen United States be
thirteen stripes, alternate red and
white; that he union be thirteen
stars, white in a blue field, repre-
senting a new constellation"
At first there were only thirteen
stars in that constellation, illumin-
ating the thirteen stripes. Later
two more stars and stripes were
added for Vermont and Kentucky.
However, subsequent legislation
authorized the return to the origin
al thirteen stripe design, and the
adding OF new stars until now
there are 48 cleaning symbols in
the Star Spangled Banner.
Long may she wave down the
years.
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story has not been told.
Ever above that toiling, fighting
epic of great nation fioated the
Stars and Stripes. At first it
blazed the trail across a primitive
wilderness, remaining to fly its
starry folds above an industrious
people, busted with the develop
ment of a continent they had
wrested from the elements.
But that story has not always
been a tale of workshop and forge
and store and farm or of pioneer
ing men and women. The Ameri-
can Flag was born in the heat of
battle-and battle has been its
heritage down through the years.
Not battles of conquest but battles
of self-preservation.
1t waved above John Paul Jones
when he stood on the. deck of the
Bon Homme Richard, with his ship
sinking beneath him and calmly
answered the British demands for
surrender with: 'I have not yet
begun to fight"
Love of Stars and Stripes was
the inspiration for Captain Law
renee, who died on the decks of the
Chesapeake with his lips forming
his last words: Don't give up the
ship"
BY the dawn's early light" on
september IA, 1914, Francis Scott
Key saw the Star Spangled Banner
still waving over Fort McHenry
and composed the song which is
no wthe national anthem.
1t flew proudly over our little
neet on Lake Erie, when Perry
sent his immortal message, 1--WE
nave met the enemy and they are
ours" and fe wyears later il
triumphantly led the way when
Zachary Taylor voiced our protest
at Buena Vista and Monterey In
Mexico.
And when the Lost Cause went
Gown to most honorable defeat
IN the war between the States, n
was Old Glory that waved above 4
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entirely possible to carry out the
summer closing order. Admitting
some families are probably feeling
the pressure, he said many of these
will receive aid from their neigh
bors. From present indications, it
may not be necessary to make
special arrangements to care for
families, he said
Delegates to the annual conven-
tion of the American Legion Auxil-
iary from Fox Post have been Sc
lected as follows: Mrs. Mary
Haines, Mrs. Ethel Quillen, and
Mrs. Blanche Cowgirl; alternates,
Mrs. Nellie Mcneil, Mrs. Frances
Thomas, Mrs. Ollie Covington.
Delegates at large who are mem
bers of Fox post unit include Mrs.
Edith Hill, Mrs. Marie Erich, Mrs.
Hazel Hopkins, Mrs. Lucille Good
en-, Mrs. Lora McWilliams, Mrs.
Pauline Newton, Mrs. Myra KERN,
Mrs. Katie Simmons, Miss Helen
l.. Jones, Miss Mildred Jones, and
Mrs. Helen Conrad.
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Erecting New Home at Dover

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Knopf have
started the erection of their new
residence on Rodney Road, Dover.
The building will be a two and a
half story dwelling and the con-
struction work is being done un-
der direction of H. c. Defibaugh.
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1aay is Flag Day"
'aHng over the land of
&c Ias home of the brave
& a century and a half
ess'rates another ami
r June IA.
'ae fas-dimming twi-
= revolution the folds of
~ Stripes first huttered
ra The flags first Of
-A' was June IA, 1777.
s''s Old Glory was born.
I ss.'e ~ pits Of bunting had
ae hopes and asnira-
sl,s,,, ls0srty-loving : people.
-. nags show anchors.
NJ iees and other in
r.. "las Of them bore the
! y, Liberty" or "An
among these ear,,,
|lsr !. .ae rattlesnake and
Z Designs; the former
~ ,.,.. 'attlesnake spread
|s.,saa,r ,a,rtssn : stripes, and d the the
~ ! ihs crosses Of ST.
H. |, :, andrew, where
n a blue field are now now
,a,'ss' s'a bonn when thir-
~ c0lOnjoa -.
IA Sarro wwar-rayared r
|an,1 Yong ~ the Atlantic
n a,sd 'ae : symbol of men
n b : !. . say, we i, hold
~ sen evident that
/ treated free and
H. ~ ce ss the flag under
n fresden n' and pur-
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The Reduction
in COAL Is Here

and during May the price will be
the lowest for this year. The price
will rise each month until Sep
tember. Get your order in and
have your bin filed and be safe for
your next winters fuel, and buy
dependable coal. We sell
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w. Haywood, dean of Morgan Col
lege, Baltimore, Md, was the prin-
cipal speaker. Degrees were con-
ferred on IL students.
Commencement exercises at the
Commodore MacDonough School
at st. Georges were held Wednes-
day night of last week at 8 o'clock
standard time. DR.. H. D. King, of
Dover, assistant superintendent in
charge of elementary schools, was
the speaker. Members of the
eighth grade were given their
diplomas by Vaughn CHM, presi-
dent of the district board of trus-
tees.
The 18th commencement of
Washington College, Chestertown,
Md, began Thursday afternoon
when President and Mrs. Gilbert
Wilcox Mead gave their annual re-
ception to the Board of Visitors
and Governors, members of the
faculty, and senior class from to
6 p. m. at the presidents house.
This was followed at 8:15 p. M, by
the commencement play, ely
Away Home" rollicking comedy
of American life.
All licenses of the Delaware
Liquor Commission were warned
last week that they must have new
liquor licenses for the fiscal year
starting July 1st, by 5 p. m. June
Both as there will be no extension
of time. There are 80 hotels
licensed at present; 201 restau-
rants, SO stores, Al clubs, five
spirits importers, three railroad
licenses for the sale of spirits, and
one distiller. There are 13 import
ers, three clubs, 33 restaurants,
and 54 taverns licensed for the
sale of beer only.
Mayor Frank Collins, of New
ark, chairman of the Temporary
Emergency Relief Commission, be-
lieves the shutdown of relief to the
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Mayor Frank Collins, of New
ark, chairman of the Temporary
Emergency Relief Commission, be-
lieves the shutdown of relief to the
unemployed is causing no exten-
sive hardship, and that it will be