The Washington times., 1937-05-11

Day I4lb41 OSGObCl
Composition of A. F. G. E. mem
bers in Motor Carrier Bureau:
"Once upon a time there sat a
wal slave, mOrOsely meditating,
in the broad, frOwning Temples
of MauSOlOs, hard by the pei
lucid waters of the POw-tOw-
max. FEEDER alPIOdda was not
truly slave as he was allowed
to leave the Temples when the
reigning deity, Aud Sol, ceased
to glover and repaired to rest
behind the eminences of the OC-
cident."
But our friend, Fed Tor
'Fed-Upp' as some of his fellow
slaves joShingly called him) was
a prisoner of the evil spirit,
TRAA-DI-SHUN, which envel-
Oped all the Temples round
about, like a dank fog"
"'Abracadabra-mumbO- jumbo
heebie joebies an keggIined-
kanns!' exclaimed Fed on the
occasion mentioned above, which
being interprete e d meaneth,
Curses of calamity, / am not
advancing as I should in the
Temple service!' And then bring.
ing down a clenched fist that
fairly ratified the teeth Of his
ancestors he added in his native
tongue, 4 will this day make a
pilgrimage to the Mosque Ell
Kappa TOl and appeal to my
patron, the Mimba del KOngriS.'
CATER a long and tedious wait
in the outer precincts of the
mosque, Fered aI-PlOdda was ad-
mitted to the august presence Of
the Mimba, who nearly stifled
the pilgrims with his burning
Incense del Havana. Upon recit-
ing his troubles, Fed was brought
up sharply by an inquiry from
the Mimba: Have you the bless
ing Of the Elders of the Exalted
Order Of AY-EF-GE.EE, or do
you speak only as one Temple
SIave?'
"May 1t please your excel
lency,' Fed managed to blurt,
4 am known as the Lone Wolf
and I howl where'er I llSteth.'
Then go, pilgrim, and emit
thy hOwls before the elders,
who will bring the wishes Of
all the slaves into the presence
Of the Grand Conclave Of Min.
baS in due course. Away, at
once, for the Mimba Is already
late for the Feast of Lun.
Shun.'"
DR.. j. H. Dellinger, Of the Blu.
reau Of Standards, will be chair.
man Of the delegation represent
ing the United States in the con-
ference Of the International
Radio Consulting Committee at
Bucharest, Rumania, May II. Ac-
companying him will be Capt.
Stanford Hooper, U. S. Navy;
Lieut.. Col. D. M. Crawford, U. S.
Army; E. K. Jett and Gerald
Gross, of Federal Communica-
tions Commission; Francis de
Wolf. State Department, and Col.
j. Carroll Cone, Commerce. The
latter will act as technical ad-
wiser to the delegation.
FEDERALISMS-Seen strolling
down Ninth on his day off,
Sonny" Burdine, former star ball
player now a District fire laddie
E. Berniece Heffner is already
looking forward to the first visit
of the Detroit Tigers Civil Serv-
ice Commission has two brand
new aluminium or mono-metal
signs on its newly marbled front
:. one says it is the Commission
and the other seems to indicate
that it is the Omitted States of
arson Hathaway,
Civil Service, would like to know
what kind of a bird it is that is
brilliantly red, more so than a
cardinal, and has jet black wings
E. he saw such a one over the
week lend. perhaps, Carson, it's a
crow that fell into a pot Of paint
E. big jamboree meeting tonight
of the ladies union of the Engrav-
ing and Printing Bureau, at the
Willard. also the finance COM
mittee of Local No. 2 N. F. F.. E.,
discusses petty cash and ajor ex-
penses at headquarters, S p. M.
the A. F. G. E. has formed a new
lodge of 40 charter members at
st. Cloud, Mimi, Prexy Stengle an
nounces. Remington Kellogg,
Smithsonian expert, is to invade
London May "a for the Whaling
Conference scheduled then next
Sundays jaunt of the Wanderbird
Hikers will be to Harper's Ferry.