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MRS. K. D. LERCH DIES
HERE, WAS ECONOMIST
Agriculture Bureau Employe, SO,
Had Been Seriously Ill for
2 Weeks,

Mrs. Katharine D. Lerch, 80, a
supervisor in the division of statistical
and historical research, Bureau OF
Agricultural Economics of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, died late Sunday
at her home, 3409 Twenty ninth street.
She had been ailing for some time, but
was seriously Ill only about two weeks.
A native of East Orange, N. j., Mrs.
Lerch was graduated from Wellesley
College in 1924. and came to Washing
ton shortly afterward. She was the
wife Of John Karl Lerch. She was q
member Of the Wellesley Aumnae So
ciety here.
Besides her husband here, she leaves
her mother, MIS-. Katharine C. Dor
rance, and two brothers, E. R. and
George Philip Dorrance, all of East
Orange.
Funeral services are being held this
afternoon in Hines funeral home, 29Ol
Fourteenth street. Burial will be in
Montclair, N. j.
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FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
FOR MRS. lEUTBECHER
Native of Bedford County, Va. Is
Buried in Cedar Hill Gene

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Vir-
GINA Leutbecher. 10, who died Friday
In Sibley Hospital, were held yester-
day In the National Baptist Memorial
Church. Rev. DR.. G. G. johnson.
pastor. offlciated. Burial was In
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
A native of Bedford County. Va,
Mrs. Leutbecher lived for some time
in Baltimore before coming here,
about Is years ago She was the
widow OF w. S. Leutbecher. She was
an active member of the National
Baptist Memorial Church.
Surviving are a son. w. S. Lieut.
becher jr, Detroit: four daughters
Mrs. L. G. Roscoe. with whom she
lived at 57l0 Georgia avenue; Mrs. c.
Malcolm Scates. also of this city; Mrs
c. L. Pierce Richmond. Va, and Mrs
A. B. Cheatham, Norfolk, Va: two
brothers, M H. and W. E. Chambers
both of Baltimore: two sisters, Mrs
E. w. Prime, this city, and Mrs
George Armstrong, Detroit, and eight
grandchildren.
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RETIRED BISHOP DIES

PASADENA. Calf. May II [P).-
Bishop L. J. Birney, IS. retired, Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. died
yesterday Of stroke of paralysis.
A native of Denison. Ohio, Bishop
Birney served many pastorates in
the East. In China. was trustee of
Boston University and graduate OF
Yale University
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THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Fair and not
quite so cold tonight; tomorrow in
creasing cloudiness and warmer; Show
ers tomorrow night; light variable
winds becoming southeast or south
tomorrow.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair and
not quite SO cold tonight; tomorrow
Increasing cloudiness, warmer in the
interior; showers tomorrow night.
West Virginia-Fair and warmer
tonight; tomorrow cloudy and warmer;
showers tomorrow afternoon and
night.
River Report.
Potomac River muddy and Shenan-
doah clear today.
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OFFICIALS BID TO MEET
WITH DISTRICT WORKERS

Members 70 the House and Senate
District Committees and the District
Commissioners have been invited to
attend the meeting of the employees
OF the District government, both white
and colored. at 8 pm. Thursday in
Central High School Auditorium.
Charles I, Stengle. president Of the
American Federation OF Government
Employees, will be the principal speak
er. The meeting is being held under
the auspices OF A. F. G. E. Lodge
No. 81.
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MS n o m e, 407
R ock Cree K
Church road.
DR.. c ! a y ION
Hixson, attending
physician, attrib-
uted Mr.. Wrenn s
death TO a heart
a t t a C k. Mrs.
Wrenn was at his
bedside at the
time of his death.
B e 81 d es the
widow. the only
survivor is Mrs.
Stephen T. Early.
wife of one Of
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FOREIGN.
4 New Islands Discovered

MOSCOW, May II tP,.-The hydro
graphic ship Toros reported to Arch
angel yesterday the discovery of four
new islands and five straits northeast
OF Dickson Island in the Archipelago
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CHURCH LEADER DIES
DR.. Samuel Leslie Morris Passes
Away in Atlanta.

ATLANTA, May II tPy.-Dr. Samuel
Leslie Morris. 81, pastor emeritus of
the Morningside Presbyterian Church
and former secretary Of the Home Mis-
sions Committee OF the Southern Pres
byterian General Assembly, died last
night.
He had been i'll five weeks. He served
as secretary OF the Home Missions
Committee for 80 years
DR.. Morris was born in Abbeville
County, S. c.
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AIRLINE'S BUSINESS UP
Firm Has Best April Passenger
Traffic in It's History,

CHICAGO. May IL tP).-President
c. R. Smith announced today that
American Airlines, Inc had the best
April passenger business in It's history,
carrying 2l,698 passengers as COM
pared with 1871 in the same month
last year, an increase of 80 per cent.
Passenger miles flown totaled $685.
029, as against 6,138,806 miles a year
ago. an increase of 46 per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-11

Inc orchestra
leader arriv ed
here from New
York at q very
early hour this
morning, full Of
determination to
lay his plan be-
fore Chairman
Pat Harrison Of
the Senate FL
nance Committee.
Before he had
his b r e a k t a S t
coffee at Union
Station, Himber
took time out to
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U. OF TEXAS HEAD DIES
College President Stricken Step
ping Into Auto.

AUSTIN, Tex, May (P,.-Dr. H y.
Benedict, 81. president OF the Un.-
versity of Texas, died Unexpectedly
here yesterday.
DR.. Benedict fell in a street adioin-
ing the university campus as he
started to step into an automobile.
BY the time an ambulance could
rush him to hospital, he was dead.
DR.. Benedict was born in Louisville.
Ky, received his bachelor of science
degree from the University Of Texas
in 1892, and became a doctor of phil
osophy in 1898 at Harvard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-11

l0-cent tax on fan pictures ought to
net Uncle Sam about a billion" dol
lars year in round figures.
mo, no. mol" exclaimed Himber's
press agent, you mean $6,00O,-
900, don't you?"
WELL" conceded Himber, maybe
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Federal Tax Asked on Photos
Sent to Film, and Radio Fans

A Federal tax on fan photographs
Of film, stage and radio idols Is Rich
ard Himber's idea Of a short cut to
balanced budget.
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AUGUSTUS WRENN
DIES SUDDENLY
Authority on Naval Engi.
neering Succumbs After
Heart Attack.

Augustus C. Wrenn, chief clerk Of
the Bureau of Engineering. Navy De-
partment, died suddenly last night AZ
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Garna uf Uhankh.

CASWELL. LILLIAN " give to all my
everlasting thanks for their sincere SYM
pathy in my sorrow. and may God be
with YOU always
ALFRED E. CASWEIL. 2le c st. ne,
Apt. A.
WILLIAMS. TROY. The family OF the late
TROY WILLIAMS wish to express their
deepest appreciation and gratitude to
their many friends for the expressions OF
A. sympa thy during his illness and at his
I death. MRS. JEANETTE WILLIAMS.
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Record for Last "a Hours
tFrom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 66, at 3 pm Year ago 81.
Lowest. 40. at $50 pm. Year ago, So.
Record Temperatures This Year,
Highest. a3. on April Is
Lowest. 10. on February %.
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The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in tn.
Capital tcurrent month to date:
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Camphor Exports Doubled.
Germany has doubled its shipment
OF synthetic camphor to the United
States in the last year.
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Humidity for Last Fl Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. 81 per cert. at 80 Am.
Lowest, 80 per cent, At pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-11

Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast ant
Geodetic Survey
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Bpatha.

BRADLEY ABNER P. On Monday. May 10.
1887 at 345 pm. ABNER P. BRAD
Il LEY. ased n, 315 L st. Sc. beloved son
= OF the late Henry j. Bradley and Eliza
) beth Bradley. Funeral from William J.
Valleys funeral home. 52s Sth St Sc"
on Thursday May -. at pm. Inter
ment Congressional Cemetery Relatives
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Y. W. c. A. NEWS

The closing music hour of the sea-
son today will be given by Winfred M.
Michaelson, pianist, at 5 pm.
Vacation Lodge, Cherrydale. Va,
will be the meeting place for the
chapter members at their annual open
meeting May Is at II O'Clock. Lunch
con will be served at 1890 by the
members of Princeton Chapter.
Committees for the week include:
Monday, 10, Finance; II, Executive,
and 7, Program Committee of the
Business and Professional Women's
Department. Tuesday, 2, General
Education, at Vacation Lodge. Thurs
day, 1890, Board of Directors. Satur-
day, Education Council, at the coun-
try home of Mrs. William Hurd Hill,
Brookville, Md.
Girl Reserve advisers from all senior
and junior high school clubs will have
an overnight party at Vacation Lodge
Friday.
Members Of the Business Women's
Music Club will entertain their friends
at a musicale Tuesday at 8:15 pm,
assisted by Gladys Manchester Vain,
mezzo- contralto, accompanied by
Grace A. Burlew and Carrie L. San
ders, pianists Mary G. Worthley d.
reefs the club and Miss Sanders Is
accompanist.
A travelog will be featured at the
Xenos Club Wednesday at 1880 pm.
Mrs. Elwood Street will discuss 1.-THE
Business Woman in the Home" at the
Blue Triangle Club meeting of young
business women Thursday at 8 pm.
The educational and industrial de-
partments are sponsoring a trip to
Gettysburg May 16, leaving at 9 am.
A special Decoration day tour to the
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
will leave Union Station at tbs May
20, returning to Washington June !
at 6:35 am.
The Elizabeth Somers 0lee Club
will sing at st. Mary's School, Alex
audria, Va, May -.
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B. P. O. ELKS

The Good Neighbor dance Of the
Maryland, Delaware and District Of
Columbia Elks' Association will be
given at the Washington Elks' Club
next Saturday. The proceeds will be
devoted to the charitable and welfare
work of the association. The dance
is open to the public
The lodge made donations Of $3.50
each to Children's Hospital and the
united hospital appeals. The Social
and Community Welfare Committee
has under consideration plan, spon-
sored by the association for sending
a number Of boys to Summer camp
on Chesapeake Bay.
Thomas A. O'Donnell has been ap-
pointed chairman Of the Orphans
Outing Committee. The outing will
be held at Glen Echo, July 20.
Delegates to the Cumberland con-
vention, August 2, and 4, will be
nominated Wednesday and elected
June 2. Arrangements are being
made for the E1ls' Boys Band to At
tend the convention.
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JOBS DAUGHTERS

At its meeting on Friday, Bethel
S, U. D., celebrated mothers night. A
business meeting was held, followed
by entertainment and refreshments.
The Mothers Club met at the home
of Mrs. Lusby The club will meet
the second Wednesday in every
month.
The drill team will meet Monday
at 6 pm. in the Emmanuel Church.
At it's last meeting Bethel No.
held initiation and election of officers.
Installation will be June S.
The Hiking Club met Tuesday at
the home of Minnetta Barnes.
At its meeting Friday night the
choir met at the home of Edna Earl
Webb for election of officers.
Drill practice will be held Thursday.
The bethel has had an invitation to
attend the installation of officers Of
Robert LIE Bruce Chapter, Order Of
De Molay, May % at the Scottish Rite
Cathedral
The Dramatic Club of Bethel No. 2
met Monday at the home of Sarah
Inman. Preparations are being made
for variety show
An exhibition drill was given for
Bethel No. 4 of Chevy Chase last Fri
day.
There will be a rehearsal of the
drill team tomorrow.
On May 81 the bethel will hold its
dad and daughter" banquet, given
by the Mothers Club. Election will
follow.
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JEWISH WAR VETERANS |

The annual memorial services, under
the auspices Of Washington Post, No.
SO, to commemorate the memory of the
Jewish soldier dead in the five Jewish
cemeteries and in Arlington, will be
held in the memorial circle OF the
cemetery of the Washington Hebrew
Congregation In Congress Heights
May % at 2 o'clock
The Army Band will play appro-
pirate selections. Mrs H. Hertzberg
will be the guest soloist A prominent
member Of Congress will be the speak
er. Rabbi Solomon Metz will deliver
the opening prayer, Rabbi Abram
Simon will call the roll Of the departed
comrades and the Ell Mole Rachimen
will be introduced by Cantor Novick
Rabbi j. T. Loeb will recite the Ked-
dish, which is Hebrew prayer for
the dead. and the program will be
brought to close with a prayer by
Rabbi NJ Gerstenfeld, followed by
volley Of firing squad detail and Taps"
played by the Army Band.
Representatives of all of the veteran
and patriotic organizations have &C
cepted invitations TO attend the serv-
ices.
The chairman Of the Memorial Com
mittee is Joe Barr. and has selected on
his committee Joe Stein, Sam Rose,
George G. Cohen, Albert Jacobson, H.
D. Nuremberg and Tobias Cooper.
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MILITARY FESTIVAL
IS SCHEDULED HERE

Plans for military festival are
being made by members of the Dis
trict National Guard. While the de-
tails have not been perfected, it is
generally proposed to have exhibits
showing the vast activities of the
militia in training men for service
IN time Of war. There also will be
many entertainment features.
The purpose of the festival, which
will be given on lot adjacent to
the Pennsylvania Avenue Armory, is
to raise funds which will be dis
trlbuted to the various units for use
in their recreational work and to buy
equipment which is not issued to
them by the War Department..
Col. John w. Oehmann, command
ing the Guard, is in general charge
of the arrangements, and he has des-
lgnated on the Executive Committee
to assist him in the completion of
the plans, Lieut.. Col. Walter w.
Burns, commanding the 26Oth Regi-
ment Of Coast Artillery; Lieut.. Col.
Peyton G. hewitt, adjutant general:
Maj. William T. Roy, commanding
the division Of units, and Mai. Ralph
Childs, battalion commander in the
121st Engineer Regiment.
The festival Is scheduled to be held
from May a to June S.
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Grand Chancellor Richard o. Low
ering and other Grand Lodge officers
will officially visit Century-Decatur
Lodge tomorrow evening. At the con-
vention of Amaranth Lodge tomor-
row evening tickets for the moon
light cruise to Indian Head June "a
will be distributed.
Webster and Capital Lodges will
meet Tuesday evening. Mount Yer
non Lodge will meet Wednesday.
Syracusians Lodge will confer the
Knight Rank Friday.
The Board of Directors Of the
knights of Pythias Hall Association
Wednesday evening declared divi-
dend of per cent on all stock issued.
The Committee on Celebration Of
the 18th Anniversary Of the Order and
Entertainment of the Supreme Lodge
will meet at the home of Mrs. Freda
Slime, 600 Emerson street, May rs.
Pythian Sisters.
Grand Chief Lorena NJ Myers will
pay her official visit to Rathbone
Temple Friday evening. A banquet
will be held in her honor at the
Dodge Hotel at $50 pm. that evening.
Friendship Temple will meet We'd
nesday evening.
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WOMEN AID CONCLAVE
OF Sd DIVISION SOCIETY

The women of the Society of the
Third Division will play an important
part in the eighteenth annual con-
vention of the Third Division, which
will be held in Washington July Is
to July l8 at the Wardman Park
Hotel.
Because of the expected large at
tendance Of the Marnemen and
their wives and children, the women
OF the Convention Committee are
planning sightseeing tours, teas and
many other social functions.
Mrs. Fred C. Walker Is general
chairman Of this group. Assisting
are Mrs. Frank J. Jervey, Mrs. Ralph
c. Bishop, Mrs. w. A. Link, Mrs. A..
A. Voter, Mrs. w. A. Shoemaker.
Mrs. Richard C. Walters and Mrs,
Holland L. Robb.
Mrs. A. A. Voter, 1922 c street
northeast, will act as secretary until
regular election of officers She
wants to receive the names of all
women who are eligible to be men,
bers Of the Third Division Ladies
Group.
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QUANT|CO TO GET
FOUR GENERALS
Marine Base to Have Quar-
tet of That Rank for the
First Time.

For the first time there will soon be
four generals stationed at the Marine
Barracks, Quantico, Va. They will be
Maj. Gen. James c. Breckenridge,
Brig. Gen Frederic L. Bradman, Brig.
Gen. Richard P. Williams and Brig.
Gen. James T. Buttrick.
Gen. Breckenridge, now on his way
East, following service as commanding
the headquarters, Department of the
Pacific, at San Francisco, Calf, will
be the new commanding officer at
Quantico. Gen. Bradman will be presi-
dent Of the Marine Corps Equipment
Board. He recently attended the Naval
War College at Newport, r. l.
Gen. Williams, who has been gen.
eral officer in charge of Marine Corps
Reserves, all over the Nation, on duty
at Marine Corps Headquarters at the
Navy Department., will become the
commanding general Of the LIST
Brigade, Fleet Marine Force, based at
Quantico. He is being detached i'm
mediately from headquarters. where
he is being relieved by Col William P.
Upshur, who has been on duty in the
Office OF Naval Operations.
Other Changes.
In command of the Marine Corps
schools will be Brig. Gen. Buttrick,
who has recently been at Paris Island
s. C.
Maj. Gen Charles H Lyman, who
has been in command at Quantico, is
being assigned as the new command
ing general Of the Department of the
Pacific
Officials here said the four generals
will be at Quantico by July l. Their
reassignment is part of the big shift
that is taking place in officer per-
sonnet in the Marine Corps
Authorities describe it as the big
gest shake-up in the recent history
of the organization. Maj Gen.
Thomas Holcomb, the new comman-
dant of the Marine Corps. is re-
sponsible for the shifts, following
consultation with Secretary Swan
son.
Little to Head Fleet Force.
"lcH bcA. LYMAN SelS W Sdu
Francisco he will take the place tenn
porarily held by Brig. Gen. Douglas
C. McDougal, formerly IN command
of the Fleet Marine Force at San
Diego, Calf. Gen. McDougal is
slated to become the new command
ing officer at Paris Island.
Maj. Gen. Louis NJ. Little, who has
been assistant to the major general
commandant, has left Washington
and is on his way to the West Coast
to become the new commanding gen.
eral of the Fleet Marine Force at
San Diego.
On June l Lieut. Col. Alfred H.
Noble will be detached from Marine
Corps Headquarters here and go on
the staff of the Marine Corps Schools
at Quantico.
Lieut.. Col. Frank Whitehead. about
July l, will be officially detached from
the Army Industrial College, in the
Munitions Building, here, and go on
duty with the Fleet Marine Force at
San Diego His superiors here have
authorized his delay in reporting to
his new station until August l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-05-16
CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS
OF AMERICA

Officers of Court District Of Column
bia, No. 2l2, will be installed Tues
day evening at the Willard Hotel by
Miss Grace Sprucebank, territorial
deputy for the District Of Columbia.
A musical program will be given by
the C. D. of A. Glee Club, under the
direction Of Harry x. Walsh. Miss
Catherine Hessian will be the accom-
PIANIST.
Members will be ushers at the second
series of lectures to be given by DR..
Albert de Quevedo at the Immaculate
Conception auditorium this evening.
The hostesses for the lectures are Miss
Joan Duffy, Miss Mary Malamphy,
Miss Marie O'Connor, Miss Mary
Reilly and Miss Alice Costello.
Next Sunday the official celebra-
ton Of the tenth anniversary of the
Convent League will be held at Trim
ity College at $3.50 pm. Rt. Rev. Will
liam J. Hafey, bishop Of Raleigh, and
Rev. Francis P. Lyons will be the
principal speakers. The musical pro-
gram will be given by the Glee Club Of
Trinity College. Benediction Of the
Most Blessed Sacrament will follow
the program. Tea will be served.
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ORDERS RELIEVE
COL. PARTICLE
Adjutant General Here Is Ordered
to Preside of San
Francisco.

Col. Joseph x. Particle U. S. Army,
who, for more than year and half
has been assigned as adjutant general
of the District National Guard, has
been ordered relieved He will report
to the commanding general of the 9Th
Corps Area, at the Preside of San
Francisco. for duty in connection with
National Guard affairs. He will leave
New York City on the U. S. Army
transport for San Francisco on Sep
TENDER II. This will leave him here
until the camp affairs of the local
Guard are well in hand for the Sum-
mer.
The tour of duty here of Col Par
tello is shorter than has been previ-
ously allowed Regular Army officers
serving on this detail. He is held in
high esteem by members of the local
Guard. His main efforts while here
have been directed toward the efforts
of the local militiamen to have Con-
greSs or some other governmental
agency provide sufficient funds for the
construction of new and permanent
armory to house the militia and its
activities He felt the local Guard
was poorly cared for and desired to
see steps instituted to provide an ade-
Quate structure.
While nothing tangible has developed
in connection with the armory situa-
ton, there is a hope that something
definite will come out of the present
plans before Col Particle is required
to depart for his new post. A commit
tee, headed by Maj. Gen. Milton A.
Reckord. adjutant general OF the
Maryland National Guard, and COM
mander of the Goth National Guard
Division, is to take the matter up
directly with President Roosevelt, in
an effort to convince him the National
Capital should have an armory which
would serve as model for the troops
of the States because of the fact that
the National Guard here is a Federal
unit
It is understood the committee is
collecting data which it will present
to the President, as soon as it can
obtain an audience.