The Washington times., 1937-03-26

(Figures as of December 9D
Only twice has Washington per-
sonnel scared above 117,000. There
were 117,76O employees in the Cap
ital on Armistice Day, November
II. 1918. when the Civil Service
Commission first attempted to
count noses officially. And on
June 30, 1895, the figure reached
117,1O3, but promptly dropped as
the Administration began a reduc-
ton Of relief activities and crawled
into a shell on Government ex-
penditure with the approach OF
election day.
With four more joyful claim
ants, two men and two pretty
girls, the total of folk who will
be guests of The Washington
Times a. the opening game of the
Griffmen April 10 stood at an
even rs today.
Veterans Administration broke
into the running hen Joseph M.
Owens, clerk, who was born in
ireland and served in the Sixty
ninth New York Infantry on the
Mexican border and With the Reg
ulsr Army during the World War,
identified himself. Owens, who
has six strapping children in his
family and travelled extensively
through Russia, Germany and
other countries while working with
the New York State hospital COM
mission (returning deported aliens
to their homes), says it will be
the first baseball game I've seen
in a long time"
He was followed closely by Ed
ward C. Sokolowski, an adjudica-
tor in the v. A. division Of reim-
bursement claims, who has a
pretty fair family of three young
children himself and is prominent
IN the Polish Club of Washington.
The feminine branch Of the
Government (see article heading
this column) scored in the attrac-
tive personages of Maxine Spruill
Of Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
miniStration and her equally
pretty friend, Florence Ferguson,
of Biological Survey. The box
score
No. 72-JosEPH NJ. OWENS, clerk,
Veterans Administration, I24 Quincy Pl.
N. z. (Po. b854-J).
No; 7s-EDWARD C. soKoLowsKI.
9djudicator. Veterans Administration,
slo5 Thirty.fifth St, \; E. GI: 5711:O.
clerk, Agriculture bureau of Biological
Survey. 1874 Massachusetts Ave. n. W.
No. 75-MAxINE sPRUILL. clerk.
Agriculture (AAA), 1854 Massachusetts
Ave. n. W. CNo. 75S4).
SUMMARY
FCA, 12; General Accounting Office,
10; Navy, 8: Interior, Z; RFC, !; Agri.
culture, g.: Treasury, 81 FDIC, 4; War,
5; Veterans Administration, 2; Labor. 2;
Commerce, 2; Civil Service Commission
!; Marine Corps !; PWA, !. Remaining
ticketS-24. Men, Al; women, So. Um
pires Messrs. Luck (hOme plate)
Chance first basel, Fate third basel
Weather-ImprOvinE. Grounds-Await-
ing the day. Time-ApproachinE fast.
The cast of Girls in Uniform,
the play to be produced by the
Washington Civic Theater at
Wardman Park T he a ter next
Wednesday for a six-day run, is
composed of almost so per cent
Federal employees.
The group of 80 talented folk
includes IA who toll daily in the
bureaus of Uncle Sans service
and the star of the production
will be Mary 10 Day, popular clerk
at the State Department. Miss
Day is to appear in the leading
role as ''Manuela."
Others in the cast include Mari
anna Lukei, of Agriculture; Jean
Darier, of Labor; Mildred Baitz
Of Commerce; Betty Leaf, Esther
Levette and Irene Schmidt, OF
Veterans Administration; Elinor
Evans, Of Government Printing
Office; Ethel Gottlieb and Frances
Aker, of Treasury; Lena Trock
Federal Trade Commission; Betty
Rice, Navy; Bunnie Skinner
Emergency Reief Association, and
Helena Cook, Farm Credit.
Plans for organization Of q
aooneratiVa restaurant. mainly foI