The Washington times., 1937-05-17

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Pennsylvania Avenue. Or else hop
the Lincoln Memorial bus, one line
of which starts at Seventeenth
and K Streets and goes down
Seventeenth Street and Pennsyl-
vania Avenue. The other bus line
starts at Twelfth and G Streets
and goes down Twelfth Street to
K to Vermont Avenue, H Street
and down to Twentieth.
Mildred Frederick, an extremely
pretty dancer from Baltimore, is
to be the featured entertainer this
evening for the moonlight excur-
sion being sponsored by the
United Veterans Of American
Wars, Unit No. composed prin-
cipally of Government Printing
Office personnel.
The jaunt, first of the season,
will include a "showboat revue"
and floor show as well as oppor-
tunity for plenty Of dancing for
those who attend. The trip will
be made aboard the "City of
Washington" from $50 until
11:45 and those who don't dance
can enjoy the early summer
breezes and searchlight views
from the steamers spacious decks.
There is a tap room.
Committee members handling
details:
John J. Koerber. Robert Sim
mons, George Prendergast, Ernest
Wickstrand, Arthur Rind, Charles
Hughes, Lucian Rodriguez, Austin
Matthews, Ridgley Phipps, G.. o.
Murray, Edward O'Donnell, H. w.
Beatty, Arthur Barbour, Fred
Devine, Austin Hall, Claud Wood,
Edith Lyles. Genevieve Sparshott,
Gertrude Zachary, Mary Wright,
Isabel Moore, Christie Edith
Bruin.
Gladys Cowles, Elsie Mcdaniel,
Alice PrentisS, william Docken.
dorf, Edwin Murray, Thomas
Weigand, Carl Jernberg, Philip
Kellogg, Massie Blankenship,
Stephen Harder, James Slough,
John Clerc, Edward Newman,
Richard Hardwick, Albert Clarke,
Randolph Anderson, William
Brown, Hubert Melton, George
Brantner, Joseph Toussaint, Glenn.
ent Porter.
Interior Department officials
announced today that the library
OF the new South Building Is open
and ready for readers" service
to begin each morning at 8 a. m,
Located on the first floor Of the
building, near the main entrance
on c Street, the library holds
about 250,00 books, not counting
the thousands Of periodicals, and
Will be able to hold total Of 400
600 volumes on its six levels of
stacks.
A feature Of the new library
will be the authors room" a
balcony containing private alcoves
suitable for quiet study, which it
is thought will be assigned to writ.
ers for definite periods as the
Congressional Library does its
study desks. Discussing the ap-
pointments, Interiors press staff
continues to ignore the usual
Stuffy Government wording with
this statement:
Large composition tables,
which look like wood, blue lea
Their chairs, and excellent lamps
with cOcky Federal eagles perch
ed atop the shades are pro-
vided in the main reading
ROOM"
In charge Of the new library
will be Sabra Vought, who was
librarian of the office of Educa-
ton for seven years and is de-
Scribed as highly pleased with
the new outfit. Miss Vought, who
was a teacher of library science
at several schools and universities
after graduation from Allegheny
College, entered the Federal serv.
ice in 1880. She will be assisted
by Mrs. Tilden, librarian of the
Office Of Indian Affairs, and Mrs.
Lansdale, librarian Of the Bureau
of Mines. And there will be ten
other staff members.
All General Accounting Office
employees have been invited to a
meeting sponsored by Lodge No. 8,
A. F. G. E., at the Hamilton Hotel
tonight to discuss aspects of the
pending slash Of approximately
300 emergency employees from pres
ent salary rolls. The lodge mas
requested the usual two weeks,
notice plus accrued annual leave,
that the lay-offs be based on
efficiency ratings and seniority
combined, and that furloughs be
given rather than outright dismis.
sails.
Eide DEH0DN