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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
Benefit Performance

Additional patronesses for the
play who's Who?" by Nathalie
P. Scheffer, which will be pre-.
sented at Pierce Hall on WedneS-
day, April %, for the benefit Of
the Russian Church of st. Nicho-
las, include Princess Boncompagni,
Mrs. Truxtun Beale, Miss Mabel
Boardman, Mrs. Sherman Miles,
Mrs. Mark L. Bristol, Miss Bessie
Kibbey, Mrs. George McClennan
and Mrs. George Hewitt Myers.
Col. and Mrs. j. Duncan Elliott
gave a dinner at the Shoreham
last evening for Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Barclay, who are in Wash
ington from Cuba, where they
have been spending some time
and who are returning shortly to
their home, Douglaston Manor. at
Pulaski N. Y.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
S'qA! co"'''|
Engaged to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Richmond
Cheney, of Hartford, Conn.,, have
announced the engagement of the
Iatter'S daughter, Miss Eleanor
Morgan Grain, to Mr.. Howard Rip
ley McPeck, of Boston and Marion,
Mass.
Miss Grain is the daughter Of
the late Robert Grain. who was
actively identified with politics in
Maryland and for whom the Grain
Highway was named. The Grains,
whose country home, Mt. Victoria,
long in the family, was one of the
show places of Maryland, were
equally prominent in Washington
and Baltimore. Miss Grain made
her ebut in both cities in 1929.
She lived in Washington until
1880, since which time she has
been making her home in Balti-
more.
Mr.. McPeck is the son Of Mrs.
George Albert McPeck and the late
Mr.. McPeck.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
i 4
Mrs. w. A. Vawter I'd, Of Benton
Harbor, Mich, has joined Mr..
Vawter and their two children at
Wardman Park Hotel, where they
arrived over the weekend. They
will spend several days visiting in
the Capital.
4
Mrs. Earl M. PickenS and her
daughters, Miss Helen PickenS
and Miss Winifred PickenS, have
returned to the Shoreham after
passing a few days at Durham,
N. c., visiting DR.. and Mrs. Joseph
Speed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01

The Attache of the German
Embassy and Frau Blankenhorn
entertained at dinner last evening
in their residence on Thirty-third
Place.
Their guests included Miss Eliz.
abeth Roberts, Mis-, Beatrice Phil,
lips, Miss Cynthia Davis, Miss
Olivia Stokes; the Naval Attache
of the German Embassy, Rear Ad.
miral Robert Witthoeft; DR.. Ernst
Wilhelm Meyer, first secretary of
the German Embassy; Baron Paul
Schell, attache of the Hungarian
Legation, and H. M. van der
Wyck, secretary of the Neither.
lands Legation.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Ryan, OF
Montreal, Canada, and Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. D. LIE Moyne, of Montreal
are visiting in Washington for a
short time, end during their stay
are at Wardman Park Hotel.
Mrs. James G.. NeWcomb, Of
New York city, who arrived BY
motor, is at Wardman Park Hote
for the duration of her Sojourn
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Max Gardner
will be hosts at dinner on Mon
day. April 6.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
Returns to Studies

Miss Betty Kirkbridge, of Tulsa,
Okla, who has been spending sew
eral days at the Shoreham with
Representative and Mrs. Wesley
Disney, has returned to her studies
at Randolph-Macon College In
Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer S. King and
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Stanley Smith, of
MorrlStoWn, N. j., are at the Dodge.
They are motoring and plan to go
through Virginia before returning
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond H.
Veins, who make their home at
Wardman Park Hotel, have as
their guest Mrs. Veins niece, Miss
Carol Wenz, of Milwaukee, Wis.
x 4 II
Mrs. T. j. Needham and her
daughter, Miss Helen Needham,
are at the Carlton, having arrived
from their home in ScarSdale, NY.
X X 4
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. w. Holden
accompanied by Miss Mabel T.
Sadler, of Providence, r. l., are
spending brief time at the Dodge
X \
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Smith have
arrived in Washington from Sur
rey, England, and are at the Carl
ton.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
War Secretary
Dinner Guest

The Secretary of War and Mrs.
George H. Dern were among the
guests of the U. S. Commissioner
of Customs and Mrs. James H.
Moyle at dinner at the Shoreham
last evening. The company mum,
bered 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christopher Rich
ardson, of New York city, are at
the Carlton for a brief stay, accom-
panied by their daughter, Miss
Jane C. Richardson.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
Envoy Returns

The Minister of Egypt, Mr..
Mohamed Anime YouSsef, who has
been in New York for a brief visit,
returned to Washington last eve
ming.
49,
Mrs. Robert B. Lea has come
from New York to ioin Mr.. Lea at
the Shoreham, and they will re-
main through the week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
MeetApriI8

The Iowa State Society of Wash.
ington will have reception and
dance at the Willard Hotel on
Wednesday evening, April 8, at 8
o'clock.
The guests of honor and speak.
ers will be Representative Fred
Gilchrist and Representative Ed.
ward C. Eicher.
Receiving With Mr.. P. r. Bald.
ridge, president of the society, will
be the vice presidents, Mrs. C..
William Ramseyer and Mrs. Karl
Loos-also Mrs. F. D. Let's, Mr..
Claude ;. Porter and Mr.. C. D.
CaSS.
Mr.. Harry Hull, chairman of the
floor committee, i'll be assisted
by Mrs. Lillian Raymon Haas, Mrs.
Mavis Allen, Miss Nadine Prime,
Mrs. Frank Scott, Miss Lavina
Merrick, Miss Ruth Robinson, Mr..
E. r. Lucas, Mr.. Phil Walker, Mr..
Lawrence Mailer nd Mr.. Karl
Wanamaker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
Dolly Cameron Says:
EMBASSY SCENE OF DINNER
The Troyonovskys Are Hosts to
Di pIonots and Officials at
Another in Party Series

Washington is filled with handsome resi-
dences famous for their charming interiors as
we'll their prepossessg architectural design Perhaps
the foremost is that at 1925 Sixteenth St-he Soviet
Embassy.
this house is Immediately of the European
atmosphere There is something about the rich deep carpets
the handsome panelled walls with their fetching little side
lamps the magnificent crystal chandeliers say nothing of
the collection of oil paintings, that all quite reminiscent of
the Continent.
Another in Series of Dinners
Last evening the embassy ablaze with lights and
steady line of rolled up to the door to deposit dinner
guests of the Ambassador and Nine Troyanovky This
another in series of large dinner parties that the Soviet
envoy and his wife giving
1t served welcome home party for the Attorney Cen
eral Mrs Homer S. Cummings who arrived back in town
just in time after spending 10 glorious days in Florida
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
Diplomatic and Official Notes:
PARTIES PLANNED FOR VISITOR
FirstLody Will Be Guest
Of Mrs. Roosevelt at
Luncheon tomorrow

Mrs. Roosevelt will entertain at luncheon
tomorrow in the White House in honor of
Vargas wife of the President of Brazil who in
Washington and the guest of the Ambassador Of Brazil
and Nine. Aranha at the embassy
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01

MRS JOHN WILLIAM
sANDERSON, who before
her marriage on March 4 was
Miss Rosanne Smith, niece of
Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Shepler
Ward Fitzgerald. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sanderson are making
their home in Dallas, Tex.
This picture appeared in yes
terday's Times with the in
correct caption that she was
the bride of Ensign Ray
mond w. Thompson. The
Times regrets the error.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01
Roome Davies
.WeddingMoy2

Miss Julia Prentiss Roome,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Sherburne Roome of HyattSville,
Md, will be married on Saturday
May 2, to Mr.. Landon Brooke
Davies, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Franklin Davies of Baltimore.
The ceremony will take place at
st. Stephens Protestant Episcopal
Church in this city. The Rev.
George F. Dudley will omciate.
Miss Roome will be given in
marriage by her father. She will
have as her maid of honor Miss
Dorothy Evelyn Rhodes Fisher
and Mrs. Henry Sherburne Roome
jr., Miss Annette Davies, sister Of
the bridegroom-to-be, and Miss
Eleanor Ownings of Fairhaven
Manor, Md, will be the other at
PENDANTS.
Mr.. John Franklin Davies win
be his sons best man.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-01

The Ambassador and Nine.
Aranha will be hosts at re-
ception on Monday. April ID,
from 5 until o'clock. Friday
Nine. Vargas will be the guest
in whose honor Mrs. Cordell Hull,
wife of the Secretary of State,
will be hostess at luncheon at
the Carlton.
~
Attache Dinner Host
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18

the Pacific at Dutch Harbor.
 Nome temperature and precipi- tation data for 24 hours ending at Noon today was:
 Highest 53; the lowest AT; and total rainfall 0.08 inch.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
Witness Revealed Where Money Was
 Distributed Kid.
(By The Associated Press)

ST. PAUL. Ju', 18, - Byron Bolton, government witness in the trial of John Peiefer on kid naping charges, testified that twenty-five thousand dollars of the one hundred thousand doll ars ransom money paid for the release of William Hamm Jr, St. Paul brewer, was for Thomas Brown, former St. Paul Chief of Police, and ten thousand dollars was for Peiefer.
 A few months earlier Police Chief Clinton Racket suspend ed Brown who had been head of the police auto theft division.
 Hackert acted on orders from Public Safety Commissioner Gus Barfus who referred to "rumors of an association of the police department with St. Paul kidnap ings," and "unfaVorable mention of" Brown in the trial.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
Soviet Pliers To Hop Off From Los An- geles Enroute To Nome Next Week.
 Will Then Fly Along Polar Rim.
Will Fly Specially Built Vuitee Plane POntOOn Equipped Over The
 Arctic Route
(By The Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES, July 18-Ten thousand mile air journey thru Polar attitudes which may be a pioneer for regular flying be- tween the Soviet Union and the United States, will start from here some time next week.
 Piloting a specially constructed pontoon equipped monoplane, Sigismund A. LevanevSky with navigator, will head for Moscow via San Francisco, Seattle, thence thru Alaska to Wrangell Island; thence skirting the Arctic Ocean shores of Northern Siberia.
 The purpose of the flight, Leva nevsky said, is to study Alaskan Arctic astrological conditions, and indicated that he also hoped to determine plane equipment needs for possible regular by ing over the route in the future.
 A plane piloted by Levanevsky attempted the MoscoW--Frisco flight last August but was forced to turn back near the North Pole because of oil trouble.
 The plane was built here un- der Russian pilots directions and will bear the insignia USSR-H 2O8.
 The fiers expect to stop at San Francisco, Seattle, Juneau, Fairbanks, Nome, before crossing Boring Straits to Siberia.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
E0Wnsendites Do
 Nothing Conner
 Smith s Criticism
By The Associated Press)

fBy The Associated fress)
 CLEVELAND, July IS, The Townsend Board of Directors ad journed early today after an all- night session, with the statement that there was no censure to be visited on Conner Smith, ,vice-pres ident, for his criticism of it's sug- gested alliance with the Third Party movement.
 Dr. Francis E. Townsend, the founder of the pension plan walk ed out on the board meeting Friday night in protest of Smiths presence, but later issued a state ment ''in view of the stress of other business of the convention no further action will be taken regarding MT. Conner Smith re- maining upon the board of direc- tors, until after the convention"
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
Britain Making Plans Safeguard
 Lives Royalty
(By The Associated Press)

LONDON, July 17-The Brit ish government last night made elaborate plans to safeguard the lives of royalty and moved to restrict the traditional freedom of it's fun-loving Sovereign, King Edward 9th.
 Numerous police guards and plain clothesmen will watch the Kings every move to prevent a of the unsuccessful attempt on his life yesterday by Andrew Mahon, a political crank.
 Although monarch of the worlds greatest empire, King Edward will not be consulted in the matter, for his life belongs to his six hundred million sub- jects.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
Sharp Fighting Occurs Camden
 N. ). Factories
(By The Assoclateo PreSs)

CAMDEN, N. J., July 18, - Sharp fighting among milling thousands took place as non-strik ing employees tried to leave the RIGA manufacturing company plant, and several were hurt.
 Police overwhelmed a number but were unable to quell the out break immediately. Rioting con- tinued for two hours after a Supreme Court Justice allowed and demanded more than a half million dollars bail for the release of a hundred and one persons held in connection with yester- days disorders.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
is Ten Days Overdue In
 Arrival Tampa
fBy The Associated Press1

(By The Associated Press)
 TAMPA, Florida, July 18, - Anxious owners asked addition al aid in the search for the Brit ish motorship Nunoca, ten days overdue on a voyage from the West Indies to Tampa, with 21 persons aboard.
 It left Georgetown, Grand Cay man July 4th and should have been here July 9th. The vessel carried only enough provisions for the regular trip.
 Coast Guard planes and boats are searching for the missing motorship.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
Rev. Y. Widney
 Of Nome Have
 Service Sunday

Rev. Vincent C. Widney, new pastor of the Federated church, comes to Nome from the Monroe Congregational Church, Monroe, Wash, where he has been for the last eight years. Prior to that, he was pastor of community Baptist church at Loyalton, Calf He is a graduate of The Pacific School of Religion, an interde- nominational theological semin- ary at Berkeley, Calif., under the auspices of the Congregational Board.
 MT. Widney's entire ministry has been at least in spirit inter denominational with the empha- sis on the central facts of the  Christian religion, and he ex- presses his pleasure in serving a community in which the denom- nations have buried their differ ences and united in a common cause. As this new passionate be- gins, the loyalty of Nome's entire protestant population is earnest ly solicited in order that the next three years may see some real advance in the social and person al live of Christian people and the entire community.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
Sweeping Decrees
 Passed At DanZie
 Against Anti-Nazi
tBy The Associated rress) FREE CITY DANZIG, July 18

FREE CITY DANZlG, July l8, Sweeping deerees calculated to crush opposition to the Nazi par ty, were published today.
 Any organization whose mem- bers with the knowledge of its executive board, speak or pub fish news "endangering the in terests of the state' may be dis solved by the police.
 The orders are upon a polit- ical nature and include those af- fecting the rights of assembly, press, and free speech, which are declared unchallengable by the courts.
 Custody of property may be imposed for three months on any body considered to be endanger- ing the public peace, The editor ship of newspapers is forbidden to parliament deputies. The Jew ish ritual of slaughter is also forbidden,
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
Weather Today
 GU. s. Weather Bureau)

Cloudy and threatening wealth CT prevails over the Seward Pen insula and along the northern part of Alaska to Barrow. Fair weather prevails over the inter- for and south along the coast to San Francisco.
 A storm of moderate intensity is charted this morning off the east coast of Japan. An arc of high pressure with accompanying fair weather prevails from the interior of Washington and Mon- tana thru western Canada and in terior Alaska and dips south into
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
Heat Broken In
 Few of Central
 Sections Today
(By The Associated Press)

CHICAGO, July IS, - The record heat wave which has last ed for fifteen consecutive days, taking thousands of lives and which boosted the drought dam age into the hundreds of millions of dollars was announced ended today in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and probably North Dakota by forecaster J R Lloyd.
 Seasonal temperatures will pre- vail for the next three or four days at least he said. Addition al rains and cooling breezes will bring relief over the weekend to most of the other states in the western and central drought ar ca with the exception of South Dakota and Nebraska.
 Lloyd predicted showers to- night and Sunday in Illinois Indiana, northeastern Missouri and southeastern Iowa.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
l25 Men Women Arrested Riot
 N.J. Yesterday
(By The Associated Press)

CAMDEN, N. J., July 17-Ap- proximately 125 men and women were arrested late yesterday dur ing widespread disturbances here between strikers from the RIGA manufacturing Company, strike sympathizers and police. Sever al persons were taken to hospi- tals, but the extent of their in- juries could not be determined immediately.
 The riots broke out in the en- tire business district shortly af- ter workers left the plant.
 Strikers and sympathizers at tackled both police and workers. Most of those arrested were sym pathizers from Philadelphia.
 They were stopped at the Cam den side of the Delaware River bridge and taken immediately to the police station.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18

Alaska Traffic Still Breaking
 Records Seattle
tBy The Associated Press)

Apy lllt EASSOClCtjtu I GSSJ
 SEATTLE, July l8, = With Alaska traffic break ing all records, word came that the run was big of pink salmon in the Prince William Sound, Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet districts, which will aid in filling the holds of ships in this trade fer their homeward voyages.
 Answering calls for cans from southwestern Alaska salmon plants, the Alaska Steamship Go. is sending a rush order of one hundred and twenty thousand cases on the 5 s Alaska sched- uled to sail at 9 A. M. today.
 The can shipment is the Iarg- est sent this year going north collapsed to return filed with the "gold of the seq. The Alas ka will also have barrels and salt for Kodiak herring r.sats.
 Il will connect at Cord5ga with the feeder ship Curacao for Pr.n ce William Sound and Kodiak ports.
 The freightea Depere is sailing Monday with q capacity cargo for Southeastern ard Southwest ern Alaska.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18
Aboard Vessel Coming
 Alaska on Tour
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated PreSS)
 SEATTLE, July 18, - Heber J.Grant,t tall patriarchial president of the Mormon Church is enroute to Alaska aboard the s s Aleu- tian with his seven daughters.
 Also in the tour party are a hundred and five employees of the Beneficial Life Insurance Co. and their families, receiving an Alaskan tour as prizes in a sell ing contest.
 Grant heads the company. His
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18

father Jedediah Grant, was one of Brigham Young's counsellors and the first mayor of Salt Lake City. Heber Grant became the hub of the Mormon Church in 1918.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-07-18

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Nine Lose Lives Auto Wrecked
 By Locomotive
(By The Associated Pressl DUNDEE, Michigan, July IS,

DUNDEE, Wlchlgan, July I8, = Nine were killed when an auto mobile in which they were en- route to their homes in Pennsyl- vania, was struck by an Ann liar bor Railroad passenger locomo- tive. and hurled into the Raisin River.
 The car was dragged for sev- enty-five feet to a narrow trestle where it was smashed into a gird CT and fell into the river.
Evening star., 1936-10-22
STARS, MEN AND ATOMS
Notebook of Science Progress in Field,
Laboratory and Study.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

and most persistent weed criminal. ac-
cording to experiments just reported by
L. w. Kephart, weed specialist OF the
Bureau of Plant Industry.
West Of the Mississippi it is known
as the blind-weed, and it is the one plant
that isn't injured by drought. A field
in Southwestern Minnesota badly in
tested with blind-weed was clean culti-
waited regularly during the past Summer,
Kephart reports. Just as regularly the
blindweed came up again, although all
other vegetation was dead or dormant.
The morning glory, Kephart found,
keeps growing despite cultivation and
drought because of its deep-root system,
unusually extensive in proportion to the
plant itself. The roots, some of them
Is to 80 feet long, serve as storehouse
vitality. It can eventually be killed,
Department of Agriculture experiments
show, by cutting of the top at least once
a week for at least two years. 1t is much
more enacious of life, however, during
a severe drought when other vegetation
is killed. When deprived of water it
"sulks" and grows slowly, so that there
is very slight drain on its reserve
energy.
Only occasional cutting of the blind
weed really helps it to spread, the expert
ment shows, since when a weed is cut the
roots send up several plants where one
grew before. Leaves allowed to develop
more than two or three inches replenish
the storehouse in the roots. Absolutely
clean cultivation is necessary If the blind
weed is to be starved to death, the only
method of getting rid of it.
Evening star., 1936-10-22
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

A Recollection.
When the days keep getting shorter and
the work piles up SO high
Before the chap who faces it with dim
and weary eye
Youll sometimes see him ponder, with
face that's all aglow,
On that great two weeks vacation that
he had not long ago.
He sees himself in fancy as amid the
merry throng
He played on the beach where ocean
waves were dashing strong.
He sees himself with jaunty stride parad-
ing down the walk
In clothes which, if trifle loud, were
quite the latest talk.
Now his Office coat is shiny and his COL
lars wilted quite,
And his tousled hair is frying meath
the fierce electric light.
And yet from time to time he braces
up with style complete
As that little old two weeks looms up
q memory fond and sweet.
Evening star., 1936-10-22

labors is beyond further mathematical
measurement. But 1t is incontrovertible
that spiritual progress is involved in such
a record. Logically, then, contribution
to the growth of the Nations soul is indi-
Gated. H. G. Wells had similar thought
in mind when he declared that the
present age Is witnessing q race between
education and disaster. Humanity either
will regenerate or degenerate. The de-
cision must be reached in the class room.
DR.. Davis, however, has not worried
about the future. Rather, it has been
the immediate present that consistently
has been his concern. He has tried to
assist his boys and girls to make the most
of their talents. His doctrine of social
salvation has been the systematic i'm
provement of individuals. And at the
moment when he puts aside his formal
duties his example is worthy of citation
to those persons who vainly imagine that
there is some better way to achieve a new
Eden in a new Earth.