The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-05-19

ports indicate tnere Will De plenty
of fun for a nominal tariff of but
Is cents.
Appearing in featured roles are
Alberta PuSey and Frederic Cole,
of Social Security Board; George
Wilcox of AAA and Helen Chamb
lin and william Hoffman of G.
A. o. James Carroll, State. is di.
rector.
Events today:
Dance, Maryland State Society,
Kennedy.Warren, 9 p. m.
Hearing, House Civil Service
Committee, on sundry veterans
preference bills. 10 a. m, old
House office Building.
Election of officers, D. C. Fed.
Grafton of Federal Employees
Unions, ITO Fourteenth st. N. w.
8 p. m.
Catherine Bauer, outstanding au.
thority on American housing, will
speak on THE Present Housing
Situation" before a meeting to be
held at p. m. tomorrow at the
auditorium of the old Interior
Building. The talk, which will be
illustrated by slides showing Amer
lean and European housing prof.
ects, will be presented under the
sponsorship of the Social Security
Board Union.
Mrs. Bauer is the authoress of
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lem. She is the secretary of the
Labor Housing Conference and is
consultant on housing exhibits for
the forthcoming New York World
Fair.
It will be a farewell party"
for some and a celebration of
survival for others as the General
Accounting Office lodge of the
A. F. G. E. presents its spring
dance at Wardman Park Hotel,
Saturday, 10 p. m. until / a. m.
Happy Walkers Orchestra will be
in charge. A literary member has
contributed:
There are barrels and barrels
Of fun in store
For all who love the terpsichOre,
For Lodge Number Eight Of the
A. F. G. e.
Is giving a dance for you and
me.
The scene of this fascinating
lark
Is the East Ball Room Of the
Wardman Park.
Wen laugh and dance the time
away
To the strains of music bright
and gay,
And no one else will mind our
noise,
with the tunes from Happy
Walkers boys.
So come along If you want some
fun.
Saturday night, from ten til
one"
Railroad Retirement Board had
a net Washington gain of 100 EN-.
ployes of the permanent and
emergency type during March,
Civil Service figures show. Works
Progress Administration also added
more than 80. and Social Security
Board continued its steady per.
sonnet increase. having a total Of
1878 in Washington and 5000 in
the field service as the month
ended.
DR., Carl P. Russell, chief Of the
National Park Service wildlife d.
vision, who recently returned from
an official trip to Germany, be.
lieves the United States should
follow the German campaign to
awaken citizens to the value OF
historic and archaeological re-
search. DR.. Russell points out that
large posters are distributed in
German rural sections, advising
people that in cultivating the soil,
building roads, mining or digging
peat, they should be careful to
turn over any relics found to
museum or police authorities.
New officers of Loans and Cur
rency Lodge. A. F. g. E.:
Philip Eden, president; Albertus
s chro e der, secretary-treasurer;
Edward Minter, Mrs. Lee Dauber,
Mrs. Caroline Jabout. vice presi.
dents.
Lawrence Campbell Merriam,
son of DR.. John c. Merriam,
president Of the Carnegie 1nstitu.
ton Of Washington, has been ap.
pointed senior conservationiSt in
the National Park Service and act
ing superintendent of Yosemite
National Park. He has been an
official with National Park Serv
ice since 1888, and is a graduate
of the University of California.
The A. F. G. ELS department
Of travel" which consists prtn.
cipally of the genial Charlie Whit.
sey at national headquarters, has
decided to enter the major
league" after sponsoring un.
counted journeys to interesting
spots on the Eastern Seaboard.
WhitSey is now working on ar
ranging a midsummer trip to
Europe.
Present plans call for those in
terested to leave at noon, August
rs, aboard the S. s. Washington,
largest passenger ship ever built
in the United States.
The group will land at Plymouth,
England, eventually see the sights
Of London, Oxford, Warwick
Castle and the home of Shakes
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