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ThlS service may be secured by
sending covers with money orders
made payable to Pan American
Airways Company, San Francisco
to purchase postage and for in.
cidental expenses incurred in
handling the covers for mailing.
Charges for this service is quoted
by the company as follows:
To be carried
from (per " OE.):
Macao. a3Oc bS5c c5OC dSOc eSI.1C
HonEkOng " b3OC case disc eS1 .Os
aTO Hongkong. BIO Manila. cTo Gaum
dTO Honolulu. eTO San Francisco.
Collectors may also send covers
in like manner to the Pan Ameri
can Airways Company for dis
patch by the first westbound flight
to Macao and Hong Kong.
The charges for this service fol
handlong and mailing (includins
postage) are so cents per half
ounce for each cover mailed a.
Guam, and As cents per half ounce
for each cover mailed at Manila
The Pan American Airway
Company will transport outside o
the mails the covers that may b
paid for at the above rates, from
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soc, 81, So, and $3.50, respectively.
These may be obtained singly in
any denomination. They are bl-
colored and were issued In Manila
on February Is, 1885.
I'D The new Commonwealth"
overprinted of this issue, consist
ing of the 2-6-10-16-30 centavo
and the 1.peso denominations at
82c a set. These are sold in sets
only, except that the 1-peso value
may be obtained s1ngly at SOC
each.
(a) Regular postage Of the fol-
lowing denominations: 4-8-10-12-
1920 special delivery 26 and 80
centavos sold in sets only at 6oc
a set.
(b) The same surchased 20. B."
(for official business) Of the fol
lowing denominations: 24-6-8-12-
10000 special delivery. and 80
centavos, sold in sets only at 72c
a set. Both (a) and (b) were Is
sued March, 1881.
These stamps are OF the 1olloW-
ing denominations: 4, 6, 8, 10, II,
16 and 20 centavos. These are
sold in sets only, at 3S cents set.
Commonwealth Commemorative
(a) The stamps commemorate
ing the establishment Of the
Philippine commonwealth Of the
following denominations 6, 16, 36
and so centavos. The 2-centavo
value of this set is no longer avail
able.
Cb) The first anniversary Of the
Philippine Commonwealth stamps
(better known as the Quezon
stamps) are of the following de-
nominations: 2, and IL centavos.
These are sold in sets only. at 10
cents a set.
These stamps are of the follow.
ing denominations: 2. 6, IL. 20, 80
and so centavos. These are sold
in sets only, at 63 cents set: II
;; lustrated on cover in The Times
stamp department recently.
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charge of arrangements. Columbia
chapter alumni committee is COM
posed of past regents of the chap
ter and graduates of Mooseheart,
the national home and school es-
tablished by the Moose Fraternity
for orphaned children of its mem
berS.
The purpose of the committee
is to foster the interests of the
oroer and to maintain the Moose
heart revolving fund used to make
loans to MooSeheart graduates for
higher education or to study trades,
and the perpetuation Of Moose
heart through an endowment fund.
Judge Mary O'Toole will be the
guest of the Washington alumni
chapter of Phi Delta Delta Legal
Fraternity at a st. Patrick'S party,
tomorrow at 7 p. m. in Wesley
Hall.
Rho Chapter Of Beta Chi Ma
tional Sorority, will hold its fifth
annual st. Patrick's dance tonight
at the Indian Spring Country Club.
Spring Fetes
Among the numerous spring
fetes now being planned is the an
nual donor luncheon on May 18
at the Mayflower Hotel by the
Washington Chapter of the Ma
tional Home for Jewish Children
in Denver; the annual spring
dance of the Marietta Park Wom'
ans Club on April II at Indian
Spring Country Club; the dance OF
the women's auxiliary of the Dis
trict of Columbia Optometric So
ciety, at the Shoreham Hotel on
April 20; the annual banquet OF
the District Federation of Women's
Clubs in the Mayflower Hotel on
June /, and the annual tea of the
Sunshine and Community Society
on April 16.
Under the sponsorship Of the
Alpha Chapter of Zeta Beta Chi
World Caravan Guild, Richard
Halliburton, noted traveller anc
author, will give a public lecture
entitled Seven League Boots
Monday at 8:15 p. m. in the Ma
sonic Temple, Thirteenth and
New York Ave. N. w. Senator
Kenneth Mcclellan, of Tennessee
will introduce Mr.. Halliburton.
After the talk members Of the
World Caravan Guild will hold 8
reception in honor of Mr.. Hallibur
ton at 9:45 p. m. in the Raleigh
Hotel. Miss Mabel Stennett il
president of the group and Miss
Vena Seitzinger is chairman o1
the reception committee.
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for air mail dispatch to countries
further west than India by way
of Hong Kong. Neither has pro-
vision been made for carrying
covers both ways, westbound and
eaStbound.
First Flight Covers
AS stated in The washington
Times stamp department several
weeks ago, senders of firSt-flight
covers may address covers to them-
selves or to any other person at
destinations in the United States
or elsewhere with stamps affixed.
These may be forwarded to the
postmasters at San Francisco,
Honolulu, and Guam, clearly
marked with the service desired,
notated in the upper left corner
of the envelope. Example: San
Francisco to Macao" Guam to
Hong Kong" Manila to Macao,
etcO
Cachets will be placed on all
covers dispatched from San Fran
cisco. Honolulu, Guam and Manila,
to be carried on the first flight to
Macao and Hong Kong. The pos.
tai administrations of Macao and
Hong Kong have advised that all
! covers received will be back
stamped. Westbound covers for
addresses in the United States and
other eastern points will be given
return dispatch by ordinary means
from Macao and Hong Kong.
The Hong Kong postoffice viii,
accept fully prepaid and stamped
(but not registered) covers fol
eastbound dispatch by first flight
This office, however, will not ac
cept consignmentS of covers with
remittanceS for postage stamps
and affiX stamps to covers. De
tailed equivalents in United State!
currency at present exchange il
included in special prepared map
While it appears the Macao
post office will accept covers with
proper remittances for purchase
Of stamps, it cannot be stated ir
what form such remittances
should be transmitted. 1t woulc
not be practicable to inclost
postal money orders with cover
as individual postal money order
are not transmitted to Macao.
Cachets will be applied on GOV
ers dispatched to Macao. Accorc
, ing to information received from
Hong Kong no cachet will be ar
, piled by that office. However
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EMPLOYING O staff of five to
handle the large mail order busl-
ness which averages approx
mately $4,000 per month, the
Philippine Philatelic Agency IS a
beehive of activity. The agent IN
charge of the force is Victorlno r.
ParedeS.
According to Mr.. Paredes. the
business of supplying the wants OF
collectors from all over the coun-
try as well as many foreign lands
has quadrupled since the estao.
lishment of this particular agency
in 1881, In fact, it would not be
surprising to soon learn that the
office space will be much enlarged
before the year has passed.
At present the group in charge
"deap' in ten different issues OF
philippine stamps and from all IN,
dications several Of these sets VIII
he sold out before another 30 days
have passed. According to a re
cent announcement emanatlne
from this office the following
stamps and sets have been com
pletely exhausted: .
The 1888 Surcharged Airmalls.
The "Two-Peso" on "Four-Peso.'
The Arnacal Manila-Madrio
Airmails.
The 2-centavo value of the
Philippine Commonwealth Com
memoratives.
on hand, Mr.. Paredes states
all of the new" current issues
the "old" current issues are avail
able as are the postage dues Com
nonwealth Commemorative (Wltf
the exception of the aboVe-men
toned 2-centavo), the Quezons
and the new XXXIII mternationa
Fucharistic Congress Commemors
tives However, serious inroad
have been made in all this SUocl
and wise philatelists will make
note of this. IT,
face" i n corresponding Unite.
States currency, it may be we
to list the sets and the prices Q
each.
(aj The regular 1885 issue Q
the following denominations 2-4.'
10-12-16-2O.26 and 80 centavos sol
| in sets only at SIC set.
) (b) The same denominations su
) charged 90. B." (for official bus
t ness); sold in sets only at SIC
r set.
(c) The 1-2-4 and 5 pesos,
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"Oups Cpit1I Busy With Plans for Spring EUe1'ts
What Women s Clubs
OF the Capital Are
Doing Next Week

C. A.-Luncheon, 1880 p. m, Fair
fax Hotel.
Junior Women's Club-Meeting,
8 p. M, Jessup-Blair Community
House.
WEDNESDAY
Women of the Moose-Benefit
oyster dinner, 5 to 8 p. m, Moose
Hall, 1414 I st. N. w.
Soroptimist Club - Luncheon, /
p. M, Willard.
zonta Club-Luncheon, / p. M,
Y. w. C. A.
League Of American Pen Women
Meeting, 2 to p. M; poetry
group meeting, 8 p. M, studio in
Grafton Hotel.
THURSDAY
Democratic Women's National
Council-Card party, 8 D. M, 240O
Sixteenth st. N. W.
Women's City Club-"Adventure
in Music" $50 p. m, 1886 Jackson
Pl. N. w.
Blue Triangle Club Of the Y, w.
C. Affecting, 8 p. m. "Y" head
quarters.
Ladies Of the Blessed Sacrament
Parish - Evening of recollection,
Washington Retreat House, 1000
Harewood Rd. N. E.
FRIDAY
Sunshine and Community So
ciety-Card party, 1880 p. m, home
of Mrs. Arson Rogers Tracey, 5039
Reno Road.
Women's City Club-Afternoon
bridge, 1870 p. M, 736 Jackson Pl.
st. Gertrude's Guild-Lecture
on child psychology by DR.. ]. Ed
ward Rauth, sponsored for the
benefit of st. Gertrude'S School
Of Arts and Crafts, II a. M, Carl
ton Hotel.
SATURDAY
lambda Sigma Delta Sorority
Dance, 10 p. M, Willard.
Women's City Club-Civic sec.
ton luncheon, 1I5 p. m, 736 Jack
son Pl. N. W.
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receiving cachet will be placed
on covers from Hong Kong when
received at Guam, Honolulu and
San Francisco.
No word has been received
whether or not Manila will apply
a receiving cachet from covers
received from Hong Kong.
Steamer SaiIings
1t is suggested that covers be
sent by air mail to points on the
route for posting in time by clip
per plane from San Francisco
not later than April 7. Should
covers be sent by ordinary mail
and dispatched by boat, the fol.
lowing Sailings are noted:
For Honolulu, leaving San
Francisco, sailing AOril 10.
For Guam, leaving San Fran
cisco, sailing April 9.
For Manila, Hong Kong and
Macao. Leaving Seattle, sailing
March 27; leaving San Francisco
sailing April 8.
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TODAY

District Of Columbia Society,
United States Daughters Of 1872
Meeting, 3 p. M, national head
quarters, 1461 Rhode Island Ave.
Rho Chapter OF Beta Chi Ma
tional Sorority-Annual st. Pat
rick's dance, Indian Spring Coun-
try Club.
Professional Writers Club Of the
Y. w. C. A.-Annual founders din.
ner, 6 p. M, Barker Hall.
Alpha Chapter Of Phi Delta
Gamma National Fraternity for
Graduate Women-"Games night" i"
home Of Mrs. Harold E. Warner,
1405 Emerson st. N. w.
TOMORROW
Democratic Women's National
Council-Tea, 4:30 to 6 p. m, 1925
New Hampshire Ave. N. w.
st. Patrick's Alumnae-Break-
fast, $50 a. m, Willard.
washington Section, National
Council of Jewish Juniors
Monte Carlo Night" dancing and
entertainment, p. M, Wesley
Hall.
washington Alumnae Chapter
of Phi Delta Delta Legal Frater
nity-St. Patrick's party, Z p. n1.r
Wesley Hall.
Women's City Club-Tea, 4:30
o. M, 736 Jackson Pl. N. w.
Y. w. c. A.-Atrhome hour, 4
D. M; music hour, S p. m. (St. AL
bans Chapter, hostess), headquar
ters, Seventeenth and K SITS. N. w,
MONDAY
Washington Section, Council OF
Jewish Women - Luncheon-meet
of the contemporary Jewish at
fairs group, noon, Harvey's.
Business and Professional Won
ems Clubs Of the District-Meet
ing, 8 D. m. Washington Hotel.
Chevy Chase Women's Demo
cratic Club-Special membership
meeting, 8 p. M, home Of Mrs
Curtis Walker.
Woman's National Democratic
Club-Buffet luncheon, 1890 p
M, 1925 New Hampshire Ave.
TUESDAY
Catholic Daughters Of America
Social meeting. 8 p. m, Willard
Michigan Alumnae Association
Meeting, 8 p. M, at the American
University.
Chapter J, P. E. o. sisterhood-
Meeting, 8 p. M, home Of Mrs
Mildred Bucklin, 1744 Rhodes St
Colonial Village, Va.
Women's National Press Club
Buffet luncheon, / p. M, Willard
Women's City Club-St. Patrick
dinner, $50 p. NJ, 736 Jackson Pl
N. w.
Princeton Chapter Of the Y. W
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Plan Full Week

>of Jose Echegara y EiZaguine will
be discussed by Mrs. Ira D. Clarke
at the meeting of the Drama Study
Group, Wednesday at II a. m,
Mrs. Horace Torbert will conduct
the meeting.
Mrs. Karl Pribram will discuss
the work of Franz Werfel at the
Martha MacLear Poetry Group,
Thursday at II a. m. Mrs. Thomas
w. HAITI will tell about the verse
and caricatures of Wilhelm Heitz
and Mrs. Frank Edgington will
discuss the poetry Of Elsa Lasker,
Schuler and other women poets of
Germany. Miss Ruth Evelyn Hen.
derson is in charge of the group.
The junior members of the club
will gather for a dinner-bridge
party, Thursday at $50 p. M,
with Miss Marion Chapman as
hostess.
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Members of the Womens City
Club will celebrate St. Patrick S
Day at a dinner, Tuesday at $50
D. m, in the clubhouse, 1856 Jack
son Pl. N. w. Judge Mary O"Toole
will preside. ,
Robert Brennan. secretary Of
the Irish Free State Legation,
will be the chief guest speaker.
Other speakers will be Martin j..
ODonoghue and Judge Ellen K.
Raedy. Robert Sheehan, bari
tone, will sing. There will be
program of Irish music. Other
musical artists will be Miss airline
Purcell, soprano Barney Fitz-
gerald, tenor, and Ambrose Dur
kin. baritone. with Mrs. Mary
liant Couch at the piano.
Afternoon Tea
Other activities OF the Women,S S
City Club for the coming week
include the tea tomorrow after
noon when the members will be
entertained by the A Capella
Choir, directed by Mrs. Ruby
smith Stahl. Mrs. Couch Will
present her fourth Adventure IN
Music" Thursday night at $50
o'clock, with folk music as her
theme. During this program Miss
Beatrice Pinckney Jones Will be
heard in a recital entitled Nature
and Good Nature in Music"
At the luncheon sponsored by
the civic section, next Saturday,
e. Barrett Prettyman, former
Corporation Counsel, will discuss
the Jacobs report on fiscal rela-
tions. Mrs. Harris T. BALDWIN,
chairman of legislation OF the
League of Women Voters. Will
discuss the proposed amendment
of the pure food law.
The clubs ways and means COM
mittee and the house committee,
of which Mrs. Frank A. Blrgtelo
and Mrs. Edgar T. Brown, respec-
lively. are chairmen, will sponsor
q spring card party at the club
on March 81. Card playing Will
be at 2 and 8 p. m. on that day
Proceeds will be used for main
tenance of the clubhouse.
Moose Dinner
To raise money for the work OF
the alumni committee of the local
Women of the Moose, an oyster
dinner will be held on st. Patrick S
Day wednesday,, from 5 to 8
D. M, in Moose Hall, 1414 1 St
N. w.
Mrs. Grace Clark, past regent
Of Columbia chapter, and chair
man of the alumni committee, is II
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zeppeIins Resume
FIiqhts 10 Brazil

Transatlantic flights of both the
Graf Zeppelin and the Hindenburg
to Brazil will again continue this
year. The first trip is scheduled
to leave Germany Tuesday, March
is. Mail, printed matter and par
eel post will be carried.
Trip schedule for the United
States has not yet been completed
but the announcement is expected
almost Immediately. Schedule de
tails can be obtained from Zeppelin
Corporation, 354-A Fourth Ave.
New York city.
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Varied and interesting is the
program this coming week Of the
washington Branch, American
Association of University Women,
at 1884 l st. N. w.
An evening Of German songs
and poetry will be held at the
clubhouse tomorrow. Miss Mary
Isabel Kelly will read from her
anthology and Mrs. Thomas
Groover will sing lyrics Of modern
German poets in the original.
There will be a st. Patrick's tea
Monday afternoon. After the tea
Mrs. Chester LeaSure will give a
talk on old bottles, illustrated by
her collection. Mrs. w. C. Mend
enhall, wife Of the director of the
United States Geological Survey,
will be hostess.
The life and dramatic writings
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

San Francisco to Macao and Hong
Kong (and to Guam and Manila
if mailings are desired at these
places for the westbound flight)
purchase and affix the appro'
pirate stamps and post the covers
in the respective post offices.
All covers to reach the Orient
in advance of the inaugural flight
must reach Pan American Air
ways at San Francisco on or be
fore March %.
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World rip Lecture

Miss Helen Lyon, who recently
returned from a trip around the
world, will give talk before the
Junior Women's Club at a meet
ing Tuesday at 8 p. m. in the
Jessup-Blair Community House.
Miss Lyon will illustrate her talk
with moving pictures taken in
India, Siam and Bali.
Hostesses for the evening will be
Mrs. Edmund Fraser, Mrs. Harold
Heffner, Mrs. Henry Marshalk and
Miss Grace Tabbutt. The presi-
dent, Mrs. John T. Jucker, will
preside at the business session.
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MISS LAUR1TA CURTIN, Miss vena seitzinger and MISS
Marjorie RUSSELL (op left to rght of the Alpha Cnaper OF
Zeta Beta Chi World Caravan Guild cheerfu make plans
for reception Monday night at the Raleigh Hotel Aarrls
Ewing Photo) At bottom left Mrs Grace Clark chairman
of the st. Parcks Day oyster dinner to be gwen BY the
Laura Waters bottom gh chairman of the travel section
Womens City Club who has inaugurated an 1nerna
tional Night eries the first of which enthusiastically
received Wednesday night at the clubhouse.
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Venture Tea

The Venture Club. made up Of
young girls in business offices in
Washington and under the spon-
sorship of the Washington Sorop-
timist Club, will give a tea tomor-
row afternoon at the Lewis Hotel
Training School in honor of the
Soroptimist members.
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The Smallest

The smallest engraving ever
executed on a postage stamp ap-
pears on the 20-cent special de-
livery issue Of Canada.
Sold in conjunction with the
commemoration of the federation,
the stamp pictures five methods
of mail transportation. An air
plane, locomotive, dog sled, ocean
liner. and pony express rider are
pictured.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Valuable Stamps

A set of four stamps, generally
known as the missionaries" be-
cause they were used almost
exclusively by religious preachers.
issued by Hawaii in 1851 and
1852, are among the worlds rarest
stamps today. The set is valued
at $32,5OO. The face value Of the
stamps was only 33 cents.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Commemorative Is
Taken Off Sale

The Scent Rhode Island Ter
centenary, 1886. was taken off
sale at the Philatelic Agency,
March 8. The stamp was issued
in commemoration Of the three
hundredth anniversary Of the set
tlement of Rhode Island.
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A Precedent

The five-piaster stamp issued
by Turkey in 1916 shows three
pyramids of Gizeh and the Nile
River in Egypt. This is the first
time a foreign scene was ever
used by another country.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Problems of international
SerWcing Solved
In All Details
Bv CHARLES A. KENNY

The long awaited of the first flight Of the trans
ffc The date been definitely set for April 81
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Club Institute

Miss Grace Barnes, Of the Uni
versity of Maryland will speak
on library extension at a club in
stitute next Friday at 2 p. m. in
the Odd Fellows Hall, HyattsVille.
The executive board Of the
Prince Georges County Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs will meet
at 1920 a. m. on the same day in
the hall.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13

Known on the international air.
mail maps as Route No. IA, the
flight will start westward from
San Francisco by Honolulu, Ha-
waii and Guam to Manila, Pmhp-
pine Islands, and will extend from
Manila by way of Macao, Portu-
guese colony in Asia, to Hong
Kong.
The eastbound flight starts from
Hong Kong direct to Manila ana
intermediate points mentioned
above to San Francisco. East
bound mail airways will start on
April 20.
The following is the schedule
for the first flight on the route
and the weekly flights thereafter
follow:
XyAsthound EastbOund
Read DOwn Read Up
Wednesday Lv. S.Fr'n'cisco Ar. Tuesday
Friday Lv. Honolulu Ar. Sunday
Monday Ar. Guam LV. saturday
Tuesday Lv. Guam Ar. Friday
Tuesday Ar. Manila LV. IhurSday
Wednesday Nv. Manila Ar. Thursday
Wednesday Ar. Macao .....r-.-.
Wednesday Ar. Hong Kong Lv. Thursday
Connection service has been
completed whereby aEmail will
continue to the coastal cities OF
China, Japan, Straits Settlements,
Siam, India, Dutch East Indies
and Australia. from Hong Kong.
However, these far-away coun-
tries are not included in first
flight arrangements by the Post
Office Department.
Postage Rates
Postage rates for the above
mentioned countries remain at
10 cents per half ounce from the
United States; so cents from
Hawaii and 80 cents from Guam
These rates also cover service by
domestic air mail routes in the
United States and Hawaii, the
Philippines, Australia and China
In addition to the new 20 cent
and so cent Transpaclfic air mai
stamps, any other U. S. air mai
or ordinary postage stamps may
be used, other than special de
livery or air mail special delivery
The latter can only be used fol
Uayment Of special delivery fees
covers for Hawaii, Guam anc
the Philippines should be marked
"By Air Mail - Transpacltl
Route" Just over the address. Fo,
other countries the blue labe
I'Par Avion-By Air Mail" shoult
be used with "Transpaciti
Route"
No provisions have been mad
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ACIFIC AIRMAIL FLIGHT SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 21
PhilippineLocalPhi1atehc
Department Is Second
Lar6est in District
Bv CHARLES A. KENNY
Washington Times Stamp Editor

While Uncle Sam the leading stamp dealer in Washington
by his Phatc Agency on the sixth floor Of the Post
Office Department the Phatelc Department Of the Philippine
Resident Commissioners office 919 Barr Building Seven
tAenth St is perhaps the second largest.
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Experts Arrange
Special Handling

The Arways Company at it's office in San
Francisco has offered to handle congnments Of to be
sent by collectors by the first eastbound flight from Macao and
Hong Kong scheduled for April &c.
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
Ireland s Patron Saint
To Be HOnOred at
Numerous Parties
Bv MARY PADGETT

The planning Of spring events seems TO be the upPemoU
interest of Capital cubwomen this time Of immediate in
terest for many the groups the celebration OF St Patrick
The Washington times., 1937-03-13
COVERS

Fascinating Air Mail Cover from "oil Capt.
beautiful picture Of city in two colors. A cover
you'll be proud to show your friends-its dit-
ferent. zoe each or for S1.00 tno stamps.
They make attractive and welcome gifts for
your collector friends Skyway Cover Club
Box I3. Whittier Station. Tulsa, Okla,
Evening star., 1937-12-01

The incident unusually interesting the unexpected
junction Baruch Hopkins
spread through
frutless
promptly anything.
II the depression much thing almost
happen Industas
will
Already informed Detroit quoting William
General Motors
IF can't make settle
John L. LeUi and his Committee Industrial Organization
hare the
Les and his followers any
eral Motors effort labor problems
glass and TEXTILES and OIL You wH hear
adays that Mr. Le1
Mr.. Leui himself confident OF the future
He money
made by the c. organizing
And he believes that however hard the ndua
unions, they will
We won't lose = he puts it.
For the present. he organizing little
steel get better
Mr. Lewis knows that dollar