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The Washington times., 1937-10-04
Grand Jury Indicts
Policeman in Theft

his yard at e42 Rhode Island Ave.
N. w. during the early morning
and was met by Tabler. Drawing
a gun and telling Hitter he was q
Federal man." Tabler is alleged
to have attempted to force Hitter
into a nearby automobile, but
Hitter wrested the gun away from
him. A second person seized Hitter
from behind and, with Tabler's
aid, forced him into the auto
mobile.
Hitter thrust 1'abler's arm, he
told police and the bullet was de-
Elected, striking him in the alb
domen, and a scuffle ensued.
Hitter. shot again in the wrist,
nevertheless, was successful in
grasping the wheel of the moving
machine and swerving it into a
parked car. Bystanders seized
Tabler and held him for police.
The second assailant, as yet un-
identified, made his escape.
Others indicted today are:
James H. Patton: nonsupport.
Horace E. Potts. Earl Winston
Tucker; violation narcotic laws.
william A. Reed. Earl Sweeney, Leroy
Burkley, Charlie Winston, Thomas R..
johnson. Norman Dabney; housebreak-
ing and larceny.
william A. Reed, Earl sweeney,
joy-ridng.
William A. Reed. Henry A. Thorpe,
Anthony J. Olszewski, Harry J. Ulrich'
Freeman F. Verdery, John Hulin' jr.:
James j. Miller, Elton W. Burnett,
HOUSEKEEPING.
Leroy Burnley, Thomas r. Johnson
Charles Wooden, William G. Wallace,
John NJ Smith, William T. Lee. Paul
], Lea, Haywood Pope, robbery.
Abe Miller Harold G. Simms Bessie
". Banks, Talmadge Tindal, Samuel w.
Keys, receiving stolen property.
Gene We'll. Garland w. Daniels, forgery
and utterng.
Henry A. Thorpe, Lawrence Hartley
larceny after trust.
Elijah Boyd, Jessie P. Prather, Duncan
A. McIver, Mary L. Thompson. James
J. Miller, Elton w. Burnett, assault with
a dangerous weapon.
Jeremiah Ross, Robert Harris, gaming.
Homer Morgan. rape.
George Richardson. second degree muir
der, and Henry A. Thorpe, George D..
Carroll, false pretenses.
The Washington times., 1937-10-04
COLLEGE FILLED
WITH TOO MANY

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4 U.N.S0.
Do too many go to college?
In the opinion of an eminent
educator, DR.. Thomas S. Baker,
president of Carnegie Tech, under
present conditions we must con-
clude that the college accepts and
graduates many who cannot real
lie the detectives of a higher edu-
cation"
Furthermore, continued DR..
Baker, "incompetency in high
places may be traced to a false
conception of what a college edu-
cation without native ability, in
telligence and intellectual honesty
can accomplish"
Too often" said DR.. Baker,
"a So-called educated man is
merely a sophisticated man. He
overestimateS what he has
learned and underestimate the
vastness of what remains for
him to learn"
The Washington times., 1937-10-04
PETWORTH VOTE
ACTION BACKED
BY Federation
Local Suffrage Appeal
Gains City Support
By A. J. DRIsCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

The Federation OF Citizens AS
ISOLATION at its first meeting Of
the season Saturday night in the
District Building, gave mdorse-
ment to a resolution from the Pet
forth Citizens Association, favor
ing local suffrage for the District,
after hearing vigorous assertions
that the District finds itself in
en- inSufferable position because
Of taxation without representa-
ton"
In support of the resolution,
William NICK. Clayton, a past
president of the federation, said
never in history, was the District
treated with less consideration
than by the last session of Con-
SreSs, when a burdenSome tax
bill was passed in absolute indif-
ference to spogesmen Of the tax
paying public.
LODGE EXPLAINS PROTEST
President Thomas E. Lodge said
the federation had protested to
the District Commissioners, urging
a decrease instead of an increase
in the 1889 budget. An attempt
by Fred S. Emery, delegate from
the Oldest Inhabitants ASSocia-
ton, to have the resolution re-
ferred to member bodies, was de-
feated after being denounced by
David Babp, secretary Of the fed
Grafton, who said the question of
local suffrage had been before the
federation for many months, and
the subject of national represen-
tation for 20 years, and declared
we are not going to be dilatory in
this measure.
Wilbur G.. Finch, president Of
the new District of Columbia SUI
frage Association, urged coordina-
ton of all bodies on the suffrage
question, if citizens are to get any
where.
OPPOSITION VOICED
Those registering their votes
against the resolution were Mrs.
Harvey w. Wiley, president Of
Kalorama; M. M. Mclean, presi-
dent of Brookland; A. D. Calvert,
president of Lincoln Park, and
Mrs. Marie P. Maddox, Of Colum-
bia Heights associations.
The federation adopted a rec
ommendation from it's committee
on law urging the enactment of
legislation that would ban parole
of second offenders, or to persons
convicted of offenses involving
sex violence.
The pampering Of criminals was
scored, some of the members be
ing in favor of abolishing the pa
role system entirely, declaring it
filled the city with thugs and
thieves, which one group Of Off
Gals seek to punish, while another
work for their release.
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INSIDE JOB TOLD

fence" for the pair, was indicted
for receiving stolen property.
INSIDE JOB TOLD
James Ferguson, IS, and Jacob
Feeling, 20, are described as those
said to have committed the thefts.
and Richard Simons, colored, 80,
1921 New Jersey Ave. N. w., de-
Scribed as the fence"
According to police, the two men,
who we're employed by L. P. Steu-
art, Inc, at its plant at 14l
Twelfth st. N. E., would leave a
window Unmatched when they left
the establishment at the close Of
their days business and enter the
place through the window in the
night. They had obtained a pass
key to the storeroom and took a
large quantity of accessories which
they sold to Simons.
The assault with a dangerous
weapon charge was brought as a
result of their alleged encounter
with Edward G.. Brown, a watch
man on the night of September
6 when the latter was shot in the
arm.
NAMED IN SHOOTING
On this occasion Brown had
come upon the pair and when he
called to them, one, alleged to
have been Ferguson, fired the
shot.
A third indictment names
Ferguson and Frank w. Petchnik,
white, 20, a former employe in
the first of the burglaries. The
crime was committed April a.,
1896, and $31.25 was taken.
What is believed to have been
an underworld attempt to take
John Hitter, 26, colored defendant
in a pending liquor conspiracy
case, for a ride" last August 81,
resulted in the indictment Of John
M. Tabler, 30, for assault to kill.
Hitter had driven his car into
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under the control of the CQmmis-
sioners. She said:
SHIFT ON CONTROL
"In this way, the parents Of
the children may rest assured
that the kiddies won't go hun
cry and cold due to the in
efficiency of the Board of Edu.
cation"
In the statement she praised the
hackers of the boxing match and
the, fighters who will put on q
benefit show to provide money for
the lunches.
She suggests that the contest.
ants in the matches be given hon.
orary degrees and that a super.
honorary" degree be given to Joe
Turner and Goldie Ahearn for
promoting the match.
In discussing the report that the
policemen and firemen of the city
have been called upon to sell
tickets for the benefit, she said:
Fl note that the Board of Edu-
cation now demands that police
and firemen go out in the
streets to sell tickets for prize
fight in order to raise funds.
OF course, the firemen. who
work 70 hours a week, will be
glad to donate extra time and
peddle tickets on their own or
on the time which they should
devote to the protection Of the
citizens property.
HITS TICKET SALES
"Of course, our District of Co
lumbia policemen who have
never failed in an emergency
will work overtime without COM
pensation in order that the kid
dies may have lunches.
1.-THE fact that the Board Of
Education has denounced the
District Commissioners for not
being prompt in turning over
the entire facilities Of the Dis
trict government shows how in
efficient the board is, and it
should also prove to the United
States Congress and to the citi-
Zens of the District of Columbia
the absolute necessity Of having
a Board of Education immedi-
ately placed under the control of
the District of Columbia. Com
missioners and also shows the
necessity of the citizens of the
District of having vote in order
taht they might elect the mem
bers of the Board Of Education"
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u. S. Weather Forecast

8 D. m...... 81 ga. NO.. 81
Midnight. -. Sc Noon ... go
DEPARTURES
Accumulated excess of tempera-
ture since January l. 1887, $40.
Deficiency of temperature since
October l, 1887, IL.
Accumulated excess Of precipi-
tation since January /, 1887, 1923.
Deficiency of precipitation since
October l, 1887, 0.04.
Temperature Same Date Last
Year-Highest, 10; lowest, As.
TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1937-10-04

INTEGRITY LoANS-S1o to $500 on your
name only. Domestic Finance Corp. 1906
R. l. Ave. Mt. Rainier. DEC. 1914. Also
Arl TT. Bldg. Rosslyn. Va WEST 0306.
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ON diamonds, watches tewelry silVerware
ETC.: no adv arrangement neces: loves
rates ROsSLYN LOAN Co Rosslyn. Va
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INDUSTRIAL LOANS

saIaried people may obtain Character. Co
maker. Automobile or Collateral loans
at lower rates
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SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
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MONEY TO LOAN-ReaI Estate
MONEY TO LOAN

ADVANCED on diamonds watches. teWelry
and slverware: loans $500 and over, ~
all tickets good for one year MORNINGS
LOAN OFFICE OPP Washington Airport
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GRuCERY-Doing 81 900 weekly business;
rent. 500 with apt. price $4,000; terms.
Capital Adjusting & Finance Co. 1908
St n W MET. 4S13.
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MEN to take up Air Conditioning and
Electric Rfg. and better themselves. Must
in spare time to qualify. Write. giving
phone, Utilities Inst. K-121 20 Herald.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

BEAUTY SHOP-Good neighborhood loca-
ton low rent: only $500: terms. Miss
McCown 1908 H ST. MET 4S13.
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PERSONAL LOAN COMPANIES

Operating Under Uniform Small
Loan Laws
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CONTINUED from Local Page)
fence" for the pair, was indicted
for receiving stolen property.
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PREP. Eng, Span, FIR. Ger. Math.. Sci
ence. Priv. class. coed. GE. $3.50. Ewes.
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INSTRUCTION COURSES

ADVERTISING AND JOURNALISM; teach.
ing. planning. writing and production.
Atw4ll Jackson, ia 14th N. ". DI. 1888.
HEADQUARTERS for CIVIL SERVICE
books and courses. with Questions and
Answers BOYD SCHOOL. 1888 f St.
MABELLE HONOUR SCHOOL BEAUTY
CULTURE. 1910 New York Ave. n. W.
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ROOMING HOUSE-Downtown IL rooms:
running water rent $50; $500: terms.
Capita Adjusting & Finance Co.. 1908 H
St n W MET. Abb
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RISTH NT-Up to date: nearby Va:
81. 500 will handle. Box K-l19. Her. Times.
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REAL BARGAINS in rooming houses. Miss
McCown zoos H St. MET. 4Sl3.
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BEER TAVERN SANDWICHES-Sel at
sacrifice price: good business. II. 9743.
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"The Helpful One"
GRACE GRAY DeLONG


May be consulted daily at the Psychic
Message Council House. corner of Twelfth
and Il" SITS N. w. Free parking space.
100 TWELFTH STREET. NORTHWEST.
Telephone: Metropolitan 1894
AdCnRce AppOintnent advisable
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FOUND

FOR lost or wanted animals apply Animal
Rescue League. II o St. N. W. NO. $3.50.
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LOST

TICK SETTER-Black white and tan. 7
mos. old, answers to name of Dash.
4OO1 Van Ness St. n W. Liberal reward.
H. M. Smith, CLeve. 2443.
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WHEN DEATH, strikes family there ls
accept inferior funeral services due to
inability to pay high price. The Greater
w. w Chambers Company offers a COM
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tight guaranteed steel burial vault may be
had from Chambers for SS5. Phone or
beautiful catalogue of "How We Do It"
In case of death call the Greater W. W
Chambers Company. Fourteenth Street; cor
or Chambers Southeast Funeral Home. SIT
Eleventh St. S. E. Atlantic 600.
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JENCKES RAPS
SCHOOL HEADS

Continued from Local Page)
under the control of the CommiS-
sioners. She said:
Evening star., 1937-09-13

Rail Deficits Decreased.
Austria reports that its federal
railways are decreasing their deficits.
Evening star., 1937-09-13
Natures Children
Black Skinner (Rynchops nigra).
BY LILLIAN cox ATHEY


~ UT of the five species Of skim
mers, one only has become an
American citizen. He has
established himself along the
Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Key
West. and northward along the Allan
tic Coast to Virginia.
Skimmers are very handsome birds
from l6 to 20 inches long. They
are clothed in glossy black and
glistening white, with splashes Of
crimson. Standing upon one of the
great rocks to be found along his
range, looking well out to sea, the
black skinner gives you an impress
sion Of being a larger bird. He is q
seafarer, though his hunting expe-
ditions do not take him far out to
sea. He never goes inland, but fol-
lows creeks through great marshes
or fishes at the mouth Of rivers or
bays.
In the spring large numbers of them
arrive from their Winter vacations
spent in Costa Rica, West Indies.
Mexico or along the Gulf Coast to
Colima. They have on their bright
wedding garments. The upper parts
are shiny black and the white flashes
in the brilliant sunshine. The basal
half Of the unusual bill Is crimson,
the remainder black. The large GRIM
son feet look very gay, and the hand
At this time, the shirt front has a
tint Of rose.
The skimmers arrive slightly after
their neighbors the terms. Both
groups like to establish their nurseries
near the water, on the sands that are
Evening star., 1937-09-13

else-the sound of breathing.
Her blood CONCEALED. This wasn't
imagination. Some one was there.
She remembered with horrible sink
ing sensation that the window was
open. She had neglected to close it
when pulling down the shade.
Her eyes darted widely about the
room. Presently they fixed on an OBJ
Ject IN the corner-John's golf clubs.
1nvoluntarily she reached out and
drew forth driver. The weight of
it gave her a sort of courage. The
breathing outside the window became
louder. She fancied that the window
shade moved. Well, she was going to
die fighting.
The driver swished through the air,
smashed against the shade, tearing
it down, striking something solid
simultaneously there was a sound of
splintering glass, then blackness. Sit
ting with one hand over her mouth.
Linda remained like a statue, fear
ing that she might scream. 1t came
to her that she had caught the cord
of the bedside light when she swung
and knocked it to the floor
IRON outside came q sound like
something dragging itself along
the ground. Then silence. Linda
crept to the bed, sat on 1t rigidly,
holding the club in her hand. Time
passed. Hours. Gradually she re-
laxed, leaned against the bedpost.
The next she know sunlight was
streaming in at the window.
She blinked, remembering, suddenly
brave and unafraid. She ran to the
window. Outside was nothing. She
stood still and laughed. There was
assurance in the laugh, provoked by
the thought that tonight John would
be home.
II won't tell him." she said. He'd
get great laugh out of me socking
hedbehogs with golf club. I won't
say a word"
But before breakfast was over her
experience seemed so funny she felt
she had to tell some one She decided
to tell Mr.. Brock, first making him
promise not to breathe q word to John.
Brock had probably had experiences
with hedgehogs himself
There was no one about Brooks
camp when she got there. She
knocked.
who is it?" said strained voice
Its I, Linda" She pushed open
the door and was about to step inside
But she stopped short, staring, horri-
fed. For Mr.. Brock, looking guilty
and frightened, was reclining in a
chair, blood-stained bandage about
his head.
(CopyriRht, 1879
Evening star., 1937-09-13
nimah to be found in great numbers

animals to be found in great numbers
swimming ut the surface.
Skimmers are great buffers. They
never start fight among any Of their
neighbora They will. upon the ap-
proach OF strangers, rise quickly from
the ground and come screaming to-
ward them, with open bills which
look much like sharp and efiicient
knives, and the invaders or callers
hastily make retreat.
A large company of skimmers can
make lot of noise. Sometimes. when
they get together. calling back and
forth, their hoarse, piercing calls al
most drown the roar OF the sea-
Many call the black SKINNER the
"shearwaters," and along the coast
OF Virginia they are known as the
storm gulls." Their flesh Is not ac-
ceptable, as 1t is too strongly
favored, but their eggs are eagerly
hunted, and at times this has great
ly diminished the number of skimmers
IN season. However, to make up
Tor the loss, a new nest is made, and
clutch OF eggs laid, IN order to keep
the family traditions and numbers
alive.
(Copyright. 1879
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"A big help that old duffer would
bel"
"Oh, he isn't so old. If I need help
I'll call him and he would be here in
no time"
So John had gone. Linda spent
the afternoon finishing up her IRON
ing. She ate her supper out on the
screened-in porch, and then sat there
smoking a cigarette The lake was
very still. Distant sounds were easily
distinguishable. She heard footsteps
on the rocky shore and glimpsed Mr..
Brock taking his evening stroll. She
wondered if she'd better call and tell
him she was alone. He'd probably
think me silly" she thought, dismiss
ing the idea. AS the twilight deepened
breeze sprang up, chilling the air.
Linda gathered up the dishes and
went inside to wash them.
When she had finished she switched
of the kitchen light and headed for
the living room. Suddenly she became
aware of the darkness. She groped
for the light and was aware of re-
lieved feeling when brightness flooded
the room. She stood still a minute,
listening The wind had risen. 1t
sighed through the trees and slapped
water up against the pier. The slap
ping sounded curiously like some one
treading on the porch.
Silly" she said aloud, laughing.
But she turned the key in the lock
on the door that led to the porch,
and did the same to the kitchen door.
Then she settled herself in a chair
and prepared to read.
X X X
A BRANCH cracked and crashed to
the ground near the porch. Lin
da sat up with little cry, her heart
pounding. How perfectly ridiculous
Of me-" she reproached herself. But.
try as she would, she couldn't concen-
trate on her book. She fell to think
ing about the camps isolation. 1t
was miles to the village There
wouldn't be any other cottagers up
until the week end. There was only
Mr.. Brock. Curious chap, Brock
Lived alone since he had lost his
wife two years ago. Pleasant to meet,
though. He seemed to like John and
herself. Must be about As, she guessed
1t was comforting to know he was
within call
Something scratched on the screen
door. 1t was all Linda could do TO
cross the room and switch on the out
side light. A hedgehog vaddled down
the steps. The discovery was reas-
suring.
She turned of the light and went
into the bed room, pulled the shades
down tight. Curious how different 1t
Evening star., 1937-09-13

Uttered with debris brought in by the
tide.
The mother makes little preparation
Tor her babies. With her body she
hollows out place in the sand and
in its places three to five nearly white
eggs. Over their surface are scattered
brown, black and lavender blotches.
Thus they become almost invisible
to inquisitive folks. The youngsters
are clad in downy tan suits. Their
fearsome looking bills give them an
odd appearance.
The skimmers find their food at the
surface OF the water. The lower bill
is one or more inches longer than
the upper one. Both mandibles are
knife thin and very sharp. They
come together sidewise, making short
work OF their victims. Racing
through the water with their mouths
open, they catch the small marine
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JUSTIFIED FEAR
7 INDA had said

7 INDA had said
she wouldn't
be afraid.
Even So" John
declared. II don't
like the idea of 60
ing off and leaving
you alone up here
in the woods"
4" S N.Y." S h e
laughed. |" w h a t
would harm me?
Now stop worrying.
It's going to be too
bad If you can't
stay away one or
two nights a week
b e c use of me,
after we've leased
this camp for the
Summer. Besides"
she added, II won't
be alone. There's
Mr.. B r o C k, who
lives less than q
quarter of a mile
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was when you were

was when you were
alone. You heard
things and imag-
ined things that
never before en-
tered your head.
She sat on the
bed awhile think
ing. Should she
get undressed or
lie down with her
C | o t h e S on? 1t
would be best to
De dreSSed IN case
a n y t h n g hap
pened. But that
was foolish.
She began re-
moving hairpins.
And suddenly her
hands froze. A
sound had come to
her from just be-
yond the window,
a scramping sound.
A n d something
Evening star., 1937-09-13

y UT Of the five species Of skim
mers, one only has become an
J American citizen. He has
established himself along the
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No,ooo,ooo Crop.

Soy bean crops raised by American
farmers brought them well over s4o,-
900 900 last year. which was $4,000. 900
bushels under the previous years rec
ord production.
Evening star., 1937-09-13

Japan u shipping thousands Of cases
Il sardines to the South Sea islands.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

NJ inis s.ter
To Be Host
Honors Artist Who
Played at Mrs.
ToWnsend's.

Rumanian Minister, Mr..
Charles A. Davila. will enter
tain at dinner this evening in
Il honor of Mr.. George Enesco.
Evening star., 1937-01-04
Plans Under Way
For Bal BOheme

The Bal Boheme will be held Mon
day night, February 1, at the May
flower. where distinguished persons
from all circles Of society will meet
to revel "Au Palais de Versailles" and
take part In this French fantasy Of
the eighteenth century.
Saturday afternoon the entire men,
bership Of the Bal Boheme Committee
met at the Arts Club and laid inter-
esting plans for this ball. Mrs. Gilbert
Grosvenor is chairman OF patronesses
and boxes, and invitations will 60 out
at once to leaders in the Capital City's
diplomatic, ofiicial and residential cir
cles for this spectacular event Of the
arts.
Assisting Mr.. William ]. McManus
on the Committee on Prizes will be
Miss Mary B. Adams, Miss Alice Clapp,
Miss Leila Mechlin and DR.. Hans
Kinder. As is the custom, three
prizes will be chosen for the lucky
winners at this seasons Bal.
A carefully chosen cast Of principals
will present the four musical panto-
mines. humorously entitled French
Pastry" which will enliven the pro.
gram Of the occasion.
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Sojourners' Banquet
TOBe Held Saturday

The annual banquet Of the Ma
tional Sojourners will be held Sat-
urday at the Hotel Mayfiower.
Rear Admiral Harry G. Hamlet is
general chairman of the committee,
which includes Brig. Gen. Hugh
Matthews, Comdr. George B. Tribe,
Lieut.. Col. Albert H. Dendero, Maj.
Edwin S. Bethlehem, jr.; Lieut.. James
Otis Porter and Capt. Louis F. Nickel.
Mr.. Harry w. Colmery of Topeka,
Kans, the national commander Of
the American Legion, will be the guest
of honor. His address will be broad
cast at the close of the banquet.
Maj. Charles F. Roberts. past
grand master of Masons of the Dis
trict of Columbia, will be installed as
president of the local Sojourners dur
ing the ceremonies. Distinguished
officers of the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard and Coast and
Geodetic Survey from all parts of the
country will attend. Reservations
have been received from those in Ha-
waii, Philippines and Alaska.
Evening star., 1937-01-04

Mrs. Carroll Mercer, who has beer