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diets that American business
will earn as much in the first
six months of 1886 as in the
first half of 1880.
For the quarter just ended bust
ness activity averaged Is per cent
higher than in 1855 first quarter,
the article says.
In the second quarter, it is pre-
dicted, business will average Is to
20 per cent higher. If this takes
place all records since 1929 will be
surpassed.
These are the first-quarter gains
on which the rosy picture is based:
The steel industry is operating at
81 per cent of capacity compared
with 1853 per cent year ago. Steel
is being bought for railway equip
ment, machinery, farm equipment
and construction. In other words
''neavy" industry, which has Jagged
throughout the recovery period, is
catching up fast.
Communications Earnings Up
Chemical earnings are up, indi-
eating activity in a large number Of
industries.
American Telephone and Telegraph
Co. earnings are about 20 per cent
greater than in the first quarter last
year and officials look for a con-
tinued increase in telephone in
StallationS.
Western Union earnings are ex-
pected to be about six times earn
ings for the same period last year.
Electric equipment sales have
gone up in the first quarter, and
the season in which refrigerator
sales boom is just starting. Westing-
house reports its refrigerator di-
vision booked solid for some time to
come. Other divisions making large
generators and gasoline driven light
and power plants are extremely
busy.
Construction Has Doubled
The rubber business has i'm
proved, and the automobile business
has equaled its first-quarter record
in 1885 despite the change in date
of introducing models, which re-
suited in heavy production late last
year.
Construction in the first quarter
has doubled over the same period
last year, despite the severe winter.
In January and February awards
were 100 per cent ahead of the first
two months last year. The rate of
improvement has increased with
spring.
One large paint firm reports
paint sales % per cent better, and
brick firms in the New York area
report their sales up So per cent.
Cash farm income is estimated to
be per cent greater this year and
farm equipment makers expect to
better the remarkable gains they
made last year.
Lead sales are up III per cent and
zinc and copper show corresponding
improvement.
Theater Income Gains
Railroad freight loadings went up
8 per cent in the first quarter; pub
lie utility gross returns improved
and so did retail sales, another in
dex that should have been affected
by the hard winter.
Theater income is estimated at Is
to 80 per cent more than a year ago.
In sharp contrast with the busi-
ness figures are those of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor on unem-
ployment. The federation estimates
that 12,550,00O men and women are
still out of work, only about three
million less than the total of unem-
ployed at the depth of the depres-
sion.
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u. S. LAND BANK
KEPT BUSY BY
STATE FARMERS
Loan Applications Total
S489, 900 in 2-Week
Period.

A total of 148 applications for
loans aggregating $489,00O were re-
ceived from Indiana farmers by the
Federal Land Bank of Louisville,
KY, during the first two weeks of
March, Clarence Manion, Indiana
director of the National Emergency
Council, announced todayi~ During
the same period 116 loans, amount
ing to S292. 500. were closed
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BUSINESS, INDUSTRY WITHIN
REACH OF 1929 HIGH MARK,
FIRST-QUARTER GAINS SHOW
Magazine of Wall Street Predicts Earnings in
SiX-Month Period Will Equal
Figures Set in 1880.
BY RUTH FINNEY
Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Busness is back within
striking distance of 1929 prosperity levels.
Production and profit figures for the first quarter of
1886, just ending show remarkable gains although the
quarter covered part of winter and although 1886
is election year.
An article in the current Magazine of Wall Street pre-
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ADVERTISING INCREASES

CHICAGO, April 2.-Retail adj
vertising lineage in newspapers, re-
fiecting an up turn in retail business
activity, for the week ended March
responding week of 1885, Advertising
Age reported today.
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Money and Exchange
INDIANAPOLIS ST
TRsAsURY STATEMENT
By Atkins. Hamill g. Gates

by United 'ess)
WASHINGTON April 2.-Government
expenses and receipts for the current
fiscal year to March 81. as compared
with year ago:
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Local Securities

(By Indiana polls Bond q Share CorpJ
The following quotations do not rep
resent actual bids or offerings. but
merely indicate the approximate market
level on buying and selling inquiries or
recent transactions
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LOCAL CASH MARKET
City grain elevators are paying SO cents
for No. soft wheat. other grades on
their merits. Cash corn new No. yellow
48 cents and oats 18 cents.
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Lots of Limestone

Carloddngs from, the Indiana limestone district
shoe of 81 per cent for December and jan
nary the corresponding period last gear the Ind
ana Building Stone Association reports.
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Unlisted Stocks

(By Blyth 81 Co.
NEW YORK BANK STOCKS
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Chicago Grain Futures

(By James 3. Bennett & Col
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
10 Class Leaders
At 6. u. Get Prizes

Prizes for scholastic standing
were awarded to 10 leaders of their
classes at the Georgetown Univer'
sity School Of Law yesterday.
The following received prizes on
the basis of their work the previ.
Gus year:
Pierce j. Flanagan, first: Fer,
gus Belanger, second, third year
afternoon class. Vernon Lee viii,
kinson, first; Theodore I. Seamon,
second, second year afternoon.
Frank J. Dugan, first; Wallace R.
Burke, second, first year after,
noon. Joseph Vincent DePaul Dill
lon, first; John Thomas keenan,,
second, second year morning. John
Lewis Smith, jr., first; Edwin Peter
McManus, second; first year
morning.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES
MARRIAGE LICENSES

John McA. Preston, 30, of Mount
Kisco n. Y, and Mary /. Dwight, 20, OF
1851 Glenbrook Rd. n. w.
Robert L. Bell, 81, Of sH New Hamp.
shire Ave. n. w, and Sarah V. Carr, 80,
of 94l New Hampshire Ave. N. W.
Bertram l.. Wheeler. 81, Of 3os K st.
N. E, and Mary NJ. Diver, 81, of 1910 a
Sixth st. N. E.
Stanley J, Hudn. ?5, of 1912 Porter
st. N. w, and Catherine l. Bridget. 81,
of 1922 Galena st. S. E.
Gordon H. Pickett, 90, Of 3341 Seven
teenth st. n. w, and Lucille o. Terrell,
Fl, Of 226S Cathedral Ave. N. w.
Thomas F. Holden, 10, of 2O9 Ninth
st. N. w, and kathryn C. Lyon, SO, of
Hyattsville, Md.
Samuel L. Lionberger, rs, of Roanoke,
Va, and Frances E. johnson, 20, of
Winston-Salem, N. c.
William C. Gatewood, 81, of Richmond,
Va, and Katherine H. Fitzpatrick, %,
Of Richmond, Va.
John B. Chapman. 25, Of Richmond,
Va. and Edna NJ. Nuttall, Is, of Rich
mond, Va.
Malcolm X Huston, Is. of 1880 Sew.
enteenth st. N. w, and Emma Frances
Larcher, 10, of 1890 Seventeenth St
N. W.
Lionel W. Taylor, %, Of Hyattsvil1e,
Nd, and Annie ]. Seek, Is. of Hyatts,
Eugene H. Watts. 20. of 212s New
York Ave. N. w. and Emma Hiazer, rs,
OF 2l26 New York Ave. n. w.
Clifford McCaw, SO, of 7O5 Rhode Is
land Ave. NJ w, and Janette Choate,
35, Of 400 New York Ave. N. W.
Chester Washington, 81, of 1918 First
st. N. W., and Annie L. Green, "a, of
1870 First st. N. w
Benjamin Owens. "a, Of Richmond. Va,
and Hattie v. Smith, 81, of Richmond,
. Clinton sorrell. as. of s1s Eleventh st.
Eleventh st. N. w.
George Kennedy. SO, of IS bingham
Pl: n. W.. and Mildred Rivers, %, of
247 Gault Pi. N. e.
william H. Hanshirry. 20, Of 1929
Eleventh st. N. w. and Henrietta
hurry, IS, Of 764 Morton st. N W.
Edward Freeman, 26, of SIS Sixth st.
5; E.. and Louise Bell, 20. Of 1885 Riggs
Gilbert T. Williams, %, Of 1928 Tuck.
erman st. N. w, and Margaret Lucille
Mackin. %, Of SIS Sixth St N. e.
John Donnelly, 81 of Boston, Mass,
and Alicia A. Tumulty, rs, Of 1901
Wyoming Ave. n. w.
Arthur E. Brown, S. of 1921 Seven.
teenth st. N. W., and Corrine A. Smith,
81. OF ais Georgia Ave. N. w.
Lemuel Bolton, 90, of 1887 Eleventh
st. n. w. and Catherine Kennedy, ri.
OF 1888 Ninth st. n. w.
Frank L. Anderson, 25, of $500 Tfir.
teenth st. N. w, and Grace z. Bishop,
40. Of 400 V st. N w.
James Grove, 81, OF Kino. Va, and
Essie NJ. Davis. 49, Of Millers Tavern, Va.
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0NED.C.PERM|T
IS REVOKED
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Jessie Williams, 647 Morton St
N. W., 40 miles.
Those convicted in Traffic Court
yesterday were:
Second Offense Speeding
Andrew L. Andrewles, 623
Fourth st. N. w., SIS.
First Offense Speeding
Paul B. Melton, 1927 Warder st.
N. w., $40.
DIN B. Hiner. Virginia, $40.
Clemence Horat, Maryland, $40.
Anthony A. Christian, 224 G st.
N. E., $40.
Harold M. Woodson, 4918 Fitch
Pl. N. E., $40.
Walter Treadway, Maryland, $40.
Delbert E. Mitchell, 2700 @ st.
N. w., $40.
Rozier L. Carter, SIS Seventh
st. S. E.. S..
Rayford Rowe, 443 H st. N. E.,
S..
Charles E. Minor, 244 jefferson
st. N. w., SIS.
Francesca Cotsoni, 3O5 G ST..
N. W., IS.
Donald c. Ford, Virginia, IS.
William H. barnes, 1919 WiScon.
sin Ave. N. W., IS.
Albert s. Brown, Virginia, IS.
Henry U. Herbert, 1880 Kearney
st. N. E., IS.
Edward w. Sheehy, 1885 First
st. N. w., S..
Cornelius J. Desmond, 81 N st.
N. w., IS.
Thomas Shaffer, 3443 Oakwood
Ter. N. w., IS.
Herman D. Chesivoir, 219 L st.
N. w., S..
Jesse Chism, TIA L st. N. E., IS.
Dwight H. Gelzer, TIA North
Capitol ST., S..
Cecil Dye, 321 v st. N. E., IS.
Frank w. Baines, 1908 o st.
N. w., S..
Bruce c. Hargett, 1874 Seventh
st. N. E.. IS.
Ernest S. Corey, 407 o st. S. W.,
IS.
Ronald L. Portney. 1910 Thir-
tieth St. N. w., IS.
Edward R. Beck, 3647 New
Hampshire Ave. N. w., IS.
Charles j. Kidd, IS New York
Ave. N. E., IS.
James R. Mills, 622 Sixth St.
N. E., SIS.
William E. Creecy, Maryland, IS.
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LEVI FUNERAL
HELD TODAY
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formation of the Better Business
Bureau. He was also active in
the Washington Board of Trade.
A 32-degree Mason, Mr.. Levi
was member Of Almas Temple
of the Shrine, an Elk, and a mem
Der Of the Town and Country
Club, the Royal Arcanum, the
Phoenix and the Suburban Club
of Baltimore.
Heart Attack Fatal
He was a member Of the board
Of the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation, where he worshiped.
In failing health for some time,
Mr.. Levi continued active at his
office and in his other activities.
He was suddenly stricken with a
heart attack at his home Sunday.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Matilda Raft, of Baltimore; his
widow, Mrs. Viola Levi, and four
sons, Harold H., jr., Malcolm,
Stuart and Donald Levi.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
Navy Yard old Days
Recalled by Jones

Richard Jones can remember
when the washington Navy Yard
had galley shop" for the pro-
duction of culinary equipment
aboard ship.
He can also remember when
anchors and chains were manu-
featured at the foot Of Eighth st.
S. E. And that, as another old
timer declared today, represents
real feat of memory because most
Navy Yard employees never heard
of such activities.
But the recollections of Mr..
Jones go much farther back than
than those of practically all other
old-timers, since he first entered
the Naval gun factory in 1884.
It was about 1888, he revealed
today, when the age Of Specializa-
ton hit Uncle Sans Navy Yards.
Instead of having various activi-
ties at each yard, Washington was
picked to manufacture ordnance,
Boston to be a dry-dock center,
etc. The sail loft here was trans
ferred to Brooklyn and the galley
shop disappeared along with the
production of anchors.
Now rs years old, Mr.. Jones was
retired in 1925 after serving Al
years and three months at the
yard. And in all that time he
was furloughed only once, when
the late Uncle Joe" Cannon was
chairman of the House Appropria-
tionS Committee under Boss"
Reed, otherwise Thomas B. Reed,
Speaker Of the House.
'Uncle joe" Mr.. Jones recalls,
forgot to provide for the Navy
Yard in an appropriations bill,
with the result that money for
wages disappeared temporarily.
Mr.. Jones, born in Middle Gran
vile, N. Y, in January 1861,
worked as an apprentice machin-
list in New York State before en-.
tering the local gun factory just
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C0ST26J0B
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schedule of 40 runs" which will
be operated by one-man crews.
The IS men transferred from
these runs" will be placed on the
extra" list where they will be
subject to call at any time during
the day or night with the excep-
ton of a guaranteed eighthour
rest period. Earnings Of extra"
men, Goodman said, may vary
from nothing up to the pay Of
regular men.
The basic day for regulars, &C
cording to Goodman, consists of
812 hours. For men on two-men
crews, pay for the first three
months of employment is SO cents
per hour, for the next nine months
SO cents an hour and for longer
employment IS cents per hour.
Men on one-man crews receive 6
cents per hour additional pay,
Goodman said.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
KEENAN, RITES
TO BE HELD
TOMORROW

DR.. John Francis Keenan,, sur.
geon and physician in Washing
ton and vicinity for more than so
years, died yesterday at his resi-.
dence, $500 Bunker Hill Rd., Brent.
wood, Md.
The Rev. Walter P. Plumley, jr.,
of Mt. Rainier, Md, will officiate
at funeral services at the keenan,
residence tomorrow afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. Interment will be in
Rock Greek Cemetery.
Born in Danville, Va, DR.. Kee.
nan came to Washington to com.
plete his education and, subse.
quently, began to practice medi.
cine. During the Wilson admins
tration he entered the United
States Bureau of Pensions, where
for many years he was chief OF
the Civil War division.
Surviving are his wife, Jose.
phine; two daughters, Mrs. Mabel
Peterson, of Washington, and Mrs.
Edith K. Hallock, of Brentwood,
and three grandchildren, Jane
and Emily Halock and Mrs. Jose.
phine Dade,
The Washington times., 1936-10-13

and from there she journeyed to
Puget Sound.
Mrs. Humphrey was in Washing
ton for 81 years while her hus-
band, William E. Humphrey, was
in Congress as Republican repre-
sentative from the First district
of the State of Washington, and
during the time that he was a
member Of the Federal Trade Com
mission in the Coolidge and Hoover
administrations.
Presbyterian funeral services
will be held in Seattle tomorrow
and final interment will be Craw-
louisville, Ind.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13

after the first Inauguration OF
President Grover Cleveland. A law
still on the statute books, now gen
orally overlooked, prevented hiring
Of employees by Navy Yards just
before elections except in case of
emergencies, Mr.. Jones explained
Back in 1884, he added, the
Washington Navy Yard extended
only from Sixth to Ninth SITS. S.
E. Now it runs from Second st.
to Eleventh.
Mr.. Jones is spending his we'll.
earned retirement at his home, ga
A st. S. E., where he has lived for
81 years.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
DEATHS

James o. Gray. 81. 500 Massachusetts,
Ave. N. Z.
Mary STANCE. rs. 41O5 Harrison St.
N. W.
Mary T. Milovich. rs. Providence Hos
pital.
Margaret E. Hoyle, II. 1918 New
Hampshire Ave. N. w.
Rachel Karpman, 70. $500 Ontario Rd.
N. w.
Alice Ullrich, So. st. Elizabeths Hos.
pital.
Edward NJ. Barnitz. ST. Gallinger Hos
pital.
Malle Peck. So. Emergency Hospital.
Cassandra Edgar, SO, Providence Hos
pital.
Mary Linkins. So, Providence Hospital.
Edward v. Payne, ~, Mt. Alto Hos
pital.
Thomas R. Fiddler. 40. 500 New Jersey
Ave. N. W.
Nathan B. Scott, 5. 2s1O Forty-fourth
st. N w.
Carol j. Brooks, Is months, 4441 Con-
duit Rd.
Joseph Gentitucci. 81 days. Children
Hospital.
Infant to Albert G. and Martha o.
Sewing, 16 hours, Columbia Hospital.
Infant to Charles and Elise Clemens,
10 hours, Sibley Hospital.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
PATRICIA OFLAHERTY

Accidentally drowned while
playing in her bathtub last Sun
day, 8-month-old Patricia O'Flah-
erty WIS buried at 3 o'clock this
afternoon in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
The Rev. Father r. ]. Froehlich
officiated at the interment.
Found unconscious in the tub,
containing only two inches Of
water, efforts Of physicians and
members Of No. Rescue Squad
failed to revive the infant.
Patricia was the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul O'Flaherty, of
1740 K st. N. w. Mr.. O'Flaherty
is an employee of the Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
ARTHUR C. EMO

Arthur C. Emo, who died in
Emergency Hospital Sunday. was
buried in Glenwood Cemetery to-
day following funeral services
conducted at his residence, 154
North Carolina Ave. s. E., by the
Rev. John Fort.
Mr.. Emo, a salesman for the
James E. Colliflower Coal Com
pany, was prominent here in fra
ternal circles. He was a member
Of the B. P. 0. Elks and the Ana
costa Lodge of MasonS.
He is survived by his wife, Lulu
and daughter, Louise Emo.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
Odds and Ends

The "Thirty-Three Club" plans an.
other social event, and will meet tonight
to decide when. folk from Oneida or
Herkimer counties, n. Y, are invited
to call Mrs. Margaret Noyes, De. 21O2.
tonight's COnfab is in the Old House
Office caucus ROOM. until Saturday,
Civil Service will entertain applications
for the post of substitute cleik-carrier
at the Arlington, Va. post office .
Local 1O5, N.F.F.E., will gather at the
Willard tonight. the President has
asked that the Government service re-
peat its 100 per cent Community Chest
quota filling pressure in offices on this
matter, however, usually by petty super.
visOrs, creates not little resentment. .
Frank Hickey, Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton. heads the Massachusetts State
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
MRS. HELEN HUMPHREY

Word was received here today
of the death Sunday in Seattle,
Wash, of Mrs. Helen Humphrey,
Sc, wife of a former member of
the Federal Trade Commission,
and one-time resident of Wash
ington.
Her death followed six weeks
Of illness subsequent to injuries
sustained in fall last July. She
left here to attend the Republican
national convention in Cleveland
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
WILL B. DAVIS

Private funeral services were
held at Lees funeral home today
for Mr.. Will B. Davis, a lifelong
resident of tAe District, who died
Saturday at his residence, 527
Eighteenth st. N. W., Rev. Andrew
r. Bird, of the Church of the Pill.
grimS, officiating.
Mr.. Davis, an authority on his.
toric places in the Old Dominion
State, was an associate of the
late Ralph Gait in the feed bust.
MISS.
Surviving is his wife, the for.
H1er Harriet Glass, of Virginia.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
Held in Sayings,
Man Granted DeIay

Arraigned in connection with
two murders committed seven
years ago, James DockinS, colored,
no known address, yesterday won
a 30-day continuance from Judge
Walter j. Casey and was held with
out bond.
Dockins was arrested by Ninth
Precinct police on a fugitive war
rant issued by police of Wheel
ing, w. Va.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
BIRTHS

Herbert e. and Bessie W. Wade. girl.
Kenneth NJ. and Agnes A. Saylor. girl.
Roy T. and Lucille NJ Mclean, boy.
Wilbur A. and Louise A. Kolb. boy.
Harold z. and Alice NJ. Crockett, girl.
Luther c. and Dorothy ]. Dapp, boy.
Albert S. and Evelyn NJ. Hooker, girl.
Roy and Theresa Petruccelli, girl.
Wayne w. and Marjorie L. Beall, boy.
Carroll A. and Cath. ]. Pinkard, girl.
Paul S. and Eliz. w. Panholzer, girl.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
POTTER, LEoNARp-on Monday, octobe

POTTER, LEONARD-On Monday, october
IL. 1896, at the residence of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs Joseph Potter, Accotink. Va.
LEONARD POTTER. in the fifth year OF
his age. Funeral services will be held on
Wednesday. October IA, 1885, at 4 p. M
from Beulah Baptist Church, Fairfax
County, Va.
Interment in Beulah Baptist Church Gem
etery.
Arrangements by the Cunningham fu'
neral home, 500 Cameron Street, Alexsn'
dria, Va.
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%a;4i14S4!lE5{H53]
DIED

COsIMANO, VINCENT JOsEPH-on Mon
day, October IL, 1895, at Homeopathic
the beloved husband of Constance Akers
Cosimano and father of Camille, Vincent
and Kenneth Cosimano, of 40 H Street
Northeast Remains resting at Saffell' 5
chapel, Fifth and H Streets Northwest
Notice of funeral services and interment
hereafter.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13

CUMBERLAND, Md, Oct. 10.
The deadline for the strike of the
5000 employees Of the Celanese
Corporation Of America fixed at
II o'clock last night has been de.
layed "a hours pending further
conferences.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13

MILLER, MINNIE ELIZABETH-on Mon
day, October ~, 1896. at Frederick, Md.
MINNIE ELIZABETH MILLER. Funeral
services from Etchisons funeral home, PA
N. Market Street, Frederick, Nd, Wednes-
day morning at IL o'clock.
Interment Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Frederick,
Md
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EDGAR. CAssANDRA-on Sunday. octo.

EDGAR. CAssANDRA-on Sunday. octo-
Der II. 1886 at Providence Hospital,
CAsSANDRA EDGAR the beloved wife of
Charles H Edgar and mother Of Mrs, Lee
c. Maynard and Gilbert E. Edgar.
Funeral from the w. W. Chambers Co..
southesSt funeral 6 6otohur 613 I1th st.
clock noon. Thence TO St. Stephens Epis-
copal Church. Millersville. Maryland where
services will be held at 2 p. m. Relatives
and friends are invited.
Interment' in St. Stephens Church Gene
terry
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
.ILER ACCEPTS
ORGANIZING
POSITION
By J. EARLE MOSER

NOTE-Federal employees and mem
bers OF organizations appearing for pic
lures and biographical sketches in TIL
Times must contact the writer in tn
lures appear in the First and Early Wal
Street Editions of The Times.
Henry Colby Tier, of the Blu
reau of Internal Revenue, has
been appointed to the position OF
national organizer for the Ameri
can Federation Of Government
Employees, President Charles 1
Stengle announced today.
Hers appointment, effective
Thursday, creates a new position
at headquarters of the union
President Stengle's old post as
executive assistant having been
filled by appointment of w. j.
Bill" Voss, Capital newspaper
man.
The new appointee's first job,
Stengle announced, will be in
Philadelphia, where he is to aid
Vice President John Daniels in
inaugurating a membership drive
aimed to double the strength
of numerous lodges already set
up among Government employees
in that city.
A Kentucky man, Tier attended
Western Kentucky State Teachers
College, at Bowling Green, KY,
Where he was commissioned a
lieutenant in the Kentucky Ma.
tional Guard and Officers Reserve
Corps. After spending several
years in business activity, he was
admitted to the Georgia bar in
1888. and at one time he was an
investigator for a Senate Commit
tee probing the munitions indus
try.
To take over his new post, Tier
will quit his present berth as
claims examiner at the Bureau Of
Internal Revenue, where he is
third vice president of Lodge At.
Now 81, he has been increasingly
active in organizing District Of
Columbia members for the A. F..
G. E., and is said to have receievd
hearty recommendation for his
new berth from within the inner
circle of the American Federation
Of Labor.
The Washington times., 1936-10-13
JAMES OLIVER GRAY, sR.

JAMES OLIVER GRAY, SIR.
Funeral services for James
Oliver Gray, ST., 400 Massachu'
sets Ave. N. E., an insurance I'm.
derwriter, and resident of Wash
ington for 40 years, were held
privately at 2 o'clock this after
noon in Lees funeral home.
AS a youth of 20, Mr.. Gray
came to this country from STRAIT.
ford-on- Avon, England. Prior to
coming to Washington, Mr.. Gray,
who was "a years old when he
died of a heart attack yesterday,
spent two decades in the hotel
business in Boston.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Callie Powell, Of Houston,
Texas, and Vera Benson, Of Pitts
burgh, and two sons, j. o. Gray,
jr., and Samuel H. Gray, both Of
Washington, D. c.