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BIRTHS

Edwin F. and Katherine Kennedy. boy
Irwin D. and Grace L. Heinenann' boy
Thomas C. and Mary C. Perrin, girl.
Albert ana Isabel II. Hill. girl.
Jefferson and Florence Ridgely. boy
Thomas Z. and Doris z. oliver, boy.
Rupert NJ. and Vera B. Marks, boy.
clifford 8. and Dorothy L. Brown. boy
Richard E. and Mildred I. Owen, boy
Roy p. and Alice L. swanson. boy.
Earl r. and Mary L. Christian, boy.
Matthew G. and Mary Lamb, boy.
Walter and Edith Stone, boy.
Edwin NJ and Ruby johnson. boy.
Edward N. and Violet r. Denese, boy
William L. and Mary v. Bridges, boy
Milton H. and Augusta L. Schlosser
irl. g.
Isadors and Selma Goodman, girl.
Merritt L. and Thelma NJ, Smith, girl
David and Ida Postal, girl
Herman ]. and Luther Norris, girl.
william N. and Frances n. Gates, girl
Joseph H. and Mary Beard, girl
Oscar and Marie Goepel boy.
Ewing w. and Florence Brand, girl.
Henry c. and Blanche Burchard. girl
Joseph J. and Freda Santuria, boy.
Raymond L. and Axlean Mix, boy.
Richard H. and Edna NJ. Green, boy.
James N: and Elaine Gaiania, boy.
Myer and Ann Berman, boy.
Adolph E. and Grace e. Niessner. boy
Arthur c. and Eleanor A. Gernee. boy,
Pietro v. and Rosa p. Arcino, boy.
William F. and Dorothy A. Mcmahon,
Wylfe J, and Rubye CuIbertson, boy.
Theo ]. and Theresa L. Vazquez, boy.
Victor NJ. and Estells v. Richter, boy,
William A. and Rose B. Cannon, girl.
Michael and Evelyn Mestesky. girl.
James e, and Charlotte + Farrar, girl.
Attic p and IneB A. DiGtulian. girl.
Ralph L. and Lillian Caplan, girl.
Arthur J. and Thelma NJ. Wilson, girl
Harold A. and Esther NJ. Miller. girl,
Midinv and Ruth A. Joseph, girl.
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NOW

Continued from Local Page)
in Burke's Great Coronation Edi-
ton De Luxe"
The communication doesn't say
of what main family this Amer
lean one is a collateral branch, but
it does urge: Send twenty-five dol
lars without any extra charge, for
this superb volume of $500 pages
lavish with heraldic illustrations
and golden enclosing"
Said volume, the publisher, Der
nard Burke, c. B., promises, will
include "a detailed account of
your own life" Nice idea the last,
but family alarming.
My spies tell me that many
thousands of such "come-on let
tiers" here been scattered over the
susceptible American provinces.
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DEATHS

Rsbecca c. Williamson. &c., SIS NJ st.
N. W. ...
Martha H. K. Davis 81, s7ao Upton
St. n W.
Laura Mcchesny, rs, 1888 N st. N. W.
william Fillsbrown. 90, Gallinger
Hospital.
Charles W. Herbert, 60. GallinEsr
Elsie Dern, IS, siblsy Hospital.
Lillian c. steadman, 81, soA Eden st.
Albert G. Young. 50. 2So4 Fourteenth
St. N. w. .,'..
elizabeth woodward. So. Garfield Hos.
pital.
Miles J. aowan. 81. Georgetown Hos.
pital.
John W. Kidwell, SIS, 1920 W st. S. z.
Mary &C. o5rien. SO. Providence Hos
Antonia 1ntsllini, 50. Ais Illinois Ave.
N. W..
Maude> Hantzman, ~, GallinEer Hos
pitaL
Edgar ]. Ramey, Il, Georgetown Hos.
Catherine Mastrict. .. children's Hos.
pital.
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Leila DaVldsOn ana q n 3
three days in Hollywood's famous
Ambassador Hotel.
Mss Davidson, 1882 Ontario
Pl. N. W., is a Nebraska girl who
has been in Washington for more
than seven years, working most of
the time in Treasury Department
units. She worked with Internal
! Revenue and the Office of the
oSupervising Architect until the
: organization of the Procurement
Division. and now is secretary to
F. M. Cook, attorney of the legal
section.
. She is vice president of Gamma
Rho Chapter, and is addicted to
swimming and dancing as fore
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Davidson Of the
Proc III rement
Division la t e
this month.
The two girls,
who are pals,
h We b e e n
named d e l E.
gates of the
Gamma R h O
Chapter, Sigma
Phi Gamma In.
ternational So.
rority, to the
national on
vention begin
ming June "a
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Pieroe's FavoriAe Prescription. Read this:
Mrs. Mollie Ellington of 1ol4 Spruce ST,
Durham, n. c., said: During the critical
pains in my back and was all nerves -
couldn't rest After had taken two bottles
Of DR.. Pieroe's Favorite Prescription grew
stronger. my food seemed to be doing me
more good, and was soon able to do my
housswork. Buy Of your nearby druggist todayl
New Rses tSbleta Soc. liquid 500 B N.SS
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most sports. A
Secretarial ca.
reer would have
been her choice,
even outside the
Government.
~ Miss Sturdy.
win, q native of
AGreenville, S. C..
has live d in
2 Alexandra. Va.
for the past IS
~ e a r S and en-
tered Hole al.
1smost four years
"a go, becoming
secretary to A.
aeT q Mu11ap of
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the mortgage and loan divisions
auditing department.
A graduate of Blackstone Col
aiege in Virginia, she enjoys dane
ing and travelling (Which she'll
Giget this MONTH and is historian
efor the chapter. She likewise
thinks secretarial work beats any.
thing else.
;. The ak swung again at AAA
yesterday, but not with the blood.
shed that had been expected.
!. According to T. Weed Harvey,
administrative assistant, 80 notices
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A native Of
D alias, Tex,
and a graduate
of Austin Col
lege at Effing-
ham, ILL.,, STAINS
field has lived
in Washington
since 1911, and
during that en-
tire time has
faithfully per-
formed efficient
service for the
/. C. C.'s Bureau
of S t a tisticS,
where he is now
listed as chief
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sWaseY. scientist, Dead

CLEVELAND, June IS u.N.sO j..
This city, scene Of his greatest
achievements, today incurred the
death of Ambrose Swasey, 80, IN
Exeter, N. H., last night. The
famed scientist and inventor died
as he appeared to.be rallying from
pneumonia.
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recent Iowa bar
examinations Of
"a who had
S u C h aspira-
tions, finishing
third in the
scramble. r E.
Gently she grad
uated with hon.
ors from Ma
t i o n a / Law
School and may
before very long
become a mem
Der Of the Dis
trict bar as
well.
~ianle Pn
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900 relief b i'll
which provides
that not o n Y
m ust all ap-
pointments t o
positions p al d
fro m S u C h
funds be made
via apportion-
ment. but re-
NC tions as
well.
The bill ap-
pears certain Of
passage, having
D sse t h e
House by an
overwhelm / n g
vote exceeding
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BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES

". va, ana RUBY s. Andrews 20, Of M.
Oliver, N. c. -
Herman sidls, IS, Of Glenburne,s Ma,
4 ma Lille Berger - of 1lOl Ninth 81
Roland G. Ford. II, Of ITO First 81.
N D.. and Maud Love, SO, of Faldo,
Ark.
George W. Block. %. Of 4o1 Rhode
Island Ave. N. E., and Louise v. Girnan,
Is, of 224 st. N. 2.
David A. Freid, 81, of 41s Decatur St.
n. w, and Ethel Goldstein, rs, Of l21I
Sixteenth st. N. W.
John R. Daily, 81 of I7oS st. N. W..
and Nell B. Nash, %, Of 400 Mass.
aehusetts Ave. N. W. 80 's--E
John A. Mcintyre, 2s, and Gladys N,
Rudicel, 81. both Of 5000 Fifteenth 81.
N z.
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M A N Y WON en-
both young and
middle-aged suffer
from headache, back
acheor sideache asso-
eiated with function
al disturbances. They
should try that veg
etable tonic 50 favor
ably known for near
" 20 wears as DR.,
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port her Iowa success was actually
unusual. The session consumed
three days and presented candi-
dates with 95 difficult legal Ques-
tions, IS more than are required
in this city. Only seven persons
were selected for oral tests and
one was Mrs. Trease. She answered
every question correctly during a
15-minute trial and was conSe-
quently declared the third highest
rated candidate.
She was congratulated by Attor-
ney General John H. Mitchell,
chief of the Iowa examining board,
and B. w. Garrett, clerk of the
Iowa Supreme Court, for her fine
showing.
Mrs. Trease was active in in.
surance work in Des Moines,
Kansas City and Chicago before
coming with the Federal Service,
and is oldest in point Of service
with the Hole insurance unit.
She was quite active in the RooSe-
welt campaign Of 1882 and is a
member of the Cy Pres Club and
Omicron Chapter of Kappa Beta
ri Legal Sorority at National Uni
versity. She has a 14-year-old son,
living with grandparents in Iowa.
EVENTS TODAY:
Moonlight cruise, Pennsylvania
Democratic Club Of Washington,
Steamer Potomac. $3.50 p. m.
Meeting, Veterans Administra-
ton branch executive committee,
Local No. 2, N.FF.E., ITO Four
tenth st. N. w., AIS p. m.
Meeting, D. C. Federation Of
Federal Employees Unions, ITO
Fourteenth st. N. w., 8 p. m.
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BY EARLE MosER

Government employe propo
nents are quite alarmed by pro
vision in the current $l,500,000,-
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DEATHS

| A@A4G8 n AA0
ALLEN, CHARLES WILT1M-on Tues.
| v Street Northwest, CHARLES WTLLiAM
ALLEN, the beloved son of Albert Benja-
min and Margaret Elizabeth Allen.
Funeral services will be held on Wsdnes-
& late Fes bS asS IS Street SS ri fS%
Funeral services private.
lnterment in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Services BY the W. W. Chambers Com.
BKEEN. RAYMOND RANDOLPH = On
Tuesday, June 10. 1887, at 1918 TAYLOR
ST. n; E.. RAYMOND RANDOLPH
BREEE. the beloved husband Of Blanche
William A. Breen and Raymond Il, Breen
and brother OF James Hoyt Breen and
Mrs. Mabel Moran.
day, June Is, 1881, at $50 a. m. from
Anthony,s Catholic Church, where requiem m
mass VIII pc Offered d at g. m. for the
Relatives and friends are invited to at.
Interment in Mount olivet Cemetery.
Services by the W. W. Chambers Co.
DUVALL, CHARLES h suddenly. On
Sunday. June 10, 1897, at Casualty Hos
pital, CHARLES 4. DUvALLs the beloved
husband of Irene z. Duvall and father
Of Of Charles .I1s R; puVall and son Of Claude
Remsins resting at the ". W. Chambers
GO. Southeast funeral home. sly Eleventh
Funeral services will be held on Wed.
the W W. Chambers Co. Southeast flu.
neral home. SIT Eleventh St. S, z.
tend. =
Interment in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
LITTLE. EDWARD Co.. Monday, June
"A, 1887, EDWARD 9. LITTLE, the
ssSysd i hqs soTSa q Annie Lts nd
tie. Jack W. Little, Mrs. Eta Doyle and
Remains resting at the ". ". Chambers
Funeral services viii Be held on wednss-
home, 517 Eleventh ST. S. Z.
Relatives and friends are invited to at
Interment in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
MAsTIcK, CAIHERINE M,-on Monday.
CATHERINE N. MAsTicK. the Beloved
# f.. saSSs shod' Island Az Avenue Nj Raj
Funeral services will be held from the
W. W Chambers Company suburban fu-
neral home. 91S Cleveland Avenue. River
dale, Nd. on Wednesday. June 10. 1887,
Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
| Interment in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
MIDDLETON, CHARLES ", JR.' - On
Tuesday. June Is, 1887, Oh, LIES '.
Charles v. and Helena Mae Middleton,
of Silver Hill. Nd. '.s
Notice of funeral later.
sEITZ. KATE-On Tuesday. June IS,
1887 KATE SETTZ, the beloved wife
| Of william J. Seitz and mother of Edwin
e. Van Ness and Mrs, Mabel W. Hammer.
| Remains resting at the W. W. Chamberg
Company Southeast funeral home. SIT
| Eleventh Street Southeast.
Funeral services will be held on Thur0"
| day, June IL, 1887. at 8 q m. from the
| W. W. Chambers Company Southeast fu.
| neral home. SIT Eleventh Street Southeast.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend.
1nterment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Florists
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14O7 a q. N. W. MA. 400B
BEAUTTFUL FUNERAL SPRAYS
| 90 and Up. delivered r. T. LEARLEYs
Florist. eos G 81. N. w.
GUIDE BROS. CO., Funeral Designs
1912 81. n. W. MAJ. A270
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS
WEDDING announcements, $3.75 up: 24-hl.
..ssEyiee GoodhaEt.s l2l4 q: .EAAs- Ss111A4:
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EVENTS TODAY:

One Of the Interstate Commerce
Commissions outstanding "citi-
ZenS" is Joseph StanSfield.
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DR. ELIZABETH SHERMAN, Of the staff on the Mary
land Department of Healhs health automobile makes
physical examination of Evelyn Garreson g. of T. B. Md
The department with the aid of county health officers
ducts the clinics asking parents to send ang reschool chill
dren physicians and giving dental to children need
ing it, Photo copyright The Washington Times All rights
reserved.
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Are You All Nerves.?

ADVERTISEMENT
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Hollywood, the film capital, will
be the destination of Hilma E.
Sturdyvin of Hole and Leila K.
Evening star., 1937-02-09
PRESIDENT SIGNS
..::REL|EF MEASURE
Bill Carries S789, 900, 600
Intended to Keep $780,
600 on w. P. A. Jobs.
Bysthe Associat ted Press,

Blythe Associated Press.
President Roosevelt signed the
$3.50 100000 relief-deficiency bill, to-
day. It carries s7ss, 900. 900 intended
to keep at least 2,5s0,0 600 persons on
w. p. A. Jobs.
Other funds provided in the bill
are: Civilian Conservation Corps,
S95,000,O00; 1887 seed loans $780,
100000: miscellaneous, Sl6,0oo,000.
Should any w. P. A. money be
Used for emergency flood relief, Con-
gress will be asked to reimburse the
relief agency in a later deficiency
measure.
The bill ended its legislative career
when Speaker Bankhead signed it last
night in the National Theater box
where he had gone from a House ses-
sion to see his actress daughter, Tai
lulah.
The Senate and the House, faced
by the threatened suspension of relief
payments, labored until late yesterday
to adjust their differences over the
appropriation.
'' The chief dispute-whether con-
-gressional committees should be
allowed to use relief funds for investi-
gations-was compromised in a ban
on borrowing certain personnel from
relief agencies. effective in 80 days.
REPRESENTATIVE Woodrum, Democrat
of Virginia. a member of the House
Appropriations Committee whic h
fought such use of the funds, an
nounced the campaign for a complete
ban on the practice would be pressed
when the independent Offices approp-
Ration bill, now pending in the Senate,
reaches the conference stage.
Evening star., 1937-02-09
'SENT|MENTAL|TY
HELD PRESS SIN
Sir WiIImott Lewis Speaks
at the Churchman'S An.
niversary Dinner.

Sentimentality is "the great sin of
the press" sin that has led to the
writing of news as features rather
than news. Sir willmott Lewis, Wash
ington correspondent Of the London
Times, said last night in an address at
the Raleigh Hotel before a dinner OBJ
serving the 133rd anniversary of the
founding Of the Churchman, oldest
English language religious journal.
Il don't mean sentiment" said Sir
Willmott. "sentimentality is an emo
ton for its own sake, not for the
worthy object. This sentimentality in
the press is eAemplified by the feature
II works like Gresham's law. Gresh-
ANS law says that bad currency drives
out good currency. And so it is with
the feature, which causes progressive
deterioration Of the news. News is no
longer written as news, but as fea-
ture
The desire for sentimentality," de-
clared the speaker, lis in part an ex-
preston of the confusion that besets
the individual in this day and age.
The machine has standardized. It has
taken away the individuals initiative
and individuality. 1t has minimized
the creative effort, imposed upon men
and women the doing Of the same
thing, in the same way and at the
same time every day. 1t has brought
uniformity, Capitalization and monot-
ony.
What Is the press doing in our
countries to help the individual to
capture and hold the essential dignity
OF the human being?"
The press. said Sir Willmott In
answering the question. is feeding
him sentimentality."
"A hundred years ago man made the
conquest Of nature" he asserted. But
he has not yet made the conquest of
himself. That is where the church
man can help"
Right Rev. James e. Freeman,
Bishop Of Washington, presided at
the dinner. He urged the dinner
guests to support the Churchman,
stressing the importance of the
church journal in strengthening the
church.
Other speakers were Rev. Howard
s. Wilkinson, D. D., rector Of St.
Thomas Church; Mrs. Mary T. Ban
herman. national chairman Of the
Motion Picture Research Council:
Canon Anson Phelps Stokes Of the
Washington Cathedral stan, Rev. w.
Evening star., 1937-02-09
LENTEN SERVICES
OPEN TOMORROW
Long Island Bishop to Give
Sermon at st. Thomas
Church at 8 PM.

The first Of a series of evening Len
ten services will be conducted at 8
pm. tomorrow in st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church, with the sermon to be
delivered by Right Rev. Frank w.
Creighton, S. T. D.. Of Garden City,
Long Island. present Suffragan Bishop
of Long Island and recently elected
Bishop co-adjustor Of Michigan.
Other Ash Wednesday services at
st. Thomas will be holy communion
at 8 am. and Litany, penitential office.
address and holy communion at 10
am.
Address Each THURSDAY.
During Lent, there will be a cele-
bration OF the holy communion and
address by the rector, DR.. H. S. Will
kinson, at 10 am. each Thursday.
Every Tuesday at pm. there will
be a brief service and address by DR..
Miller, assistant to the rector.
Other Lenton preachers Friday eve.
nings. beginning February 10, will be
DR.. Hart of st. Johns Church. Rev.
Frederic F. Bush, Garden City IN.
Cathedral; Rev. Calvert z. Buck.
Washington: Dean Kinsolving, Garden
City Cathedral, and Rev. J. G. ARM
strong, Sd. Georgetown.
Every Monday at 10 am. during
Lent a volunteer group of ladies will
meet in the parish house for Red
Cross sewing.
Bishop Creighton is a native of
Philadelphia where his father was a
prominent artist. After a brief bust.
ness career as young man he en-.
tered the Philadelphia Divinity School
and was ordained by Bishop Rhine
lander. now warden of the College of
Preachers here.
After brief but successful rector
ships in Philadelphia. Albany and
Brooklyn Bishop Creighton was
elected missionary bishop of Mexico.
In Mexico he worked with the late
Ambassador Dwight w. Morrow to
cement friendly relations between the
United States and its Southern neigh
Dor. He returned to this country
after Mexico enacted law forbidding
Evening star., 1937-02-09
MOSES HERMAN RITES
HELD THIS AFTERNOON
Co-proprietor of Shoe Store Dies
Of Injuries Received When
Hit by Car.

Funeral services for Moses Herman,
Sc. for a years co-proprietor of Her
mans Shoe Store. tit H street, are
being held at o'clock this afternoon
at his late residence, 1873 Webster
street. Burial will be in Washington
Hebrew Congregation Cemetery.
Mr.. Herman died Saturday at his
home of injuries received three days
earlier when struck by an automobile.
The funeral rites will be accom-
panied by Masonic services by the N.Y.
ron M. Parker Lodge Of Washington.
Mr.. Herman is survived by his
widow. Mrs Margaret Herman; son,
Harold Herman: brother, Lewis A..
Herman, with whom he was associated
in the shoe business. and sister, Mrs.
S. Optenheimer of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1937-02-09

place northeast. was not held Eldon
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ross H.
Root. % Todd place northeast. His
father Is a street car motorman.
Clayton A. Carmichael. II, Of 624
Ninth street southwest was cut when
his car collided at Seventh and G
streets southwest with an automobile
driven by J. R. Shorter, 246 Eighth
street southeast.
Donald Wright, II, OF 1924 Sixtn
street southwest was injured when ne
fell or jumped from the spare tire of
an automobile driven by Wilson Brad
shaw, 1909 Fourth street southwest.
The car was being pushed by another
at Fourth and E streets southwest.
The motor started, police said. and
Wright dropped to the pavement. He
was removed to Emergency Hospital,
suffering from severe head injury.
Lulu E. Waits, SIS, of the 100 block
Of Kenilworth avenue. Beaver Heights,
Md, was taken to Casualty Hospital
by the Bladensburg Rescue Squad
after an accident on Defense High
way, directly in front of the fire
company building that houses the
rescue apparatus He suffered a
fractured right leg and possible in
ternal injuries.
Evening star., 1937-02-09
Congress in Brief
TODAY.

Senate:
In recess.
Civil Liberties Committee continues
investigation of Pinkerton Agency's
labor inquiries.
Special Joint Committee studies re-
organization Of Government.
House:
Acts on proposal to extend Presi-
dents authority to negotiate recip-
rocal trade agreements.
Judiciary Committee studies Presi-
dents court reorganization program in
executive session.
Committees resume hearings on
farm tendency. proposal to repeal the
long and d-short-haul" clause Of the
interstate commerce act and bill to
take the profits out Of war.
Considers miscellaneous bills on the
calendar.
immigration and Naturalization
Committee meets at 10:30 an.
Rivers and Harbors Committee
meets at 1880 am.
Post Once Committee meets at
1880 am.
District Committee meets at 1880
an.
Subcommittee Of the Appropriations
Committee continues hearings On Dis
triot saupiy blu st 10 an.
Evening star., 1937-02-09
FUNERAL TOMORROW
FOR MRS. c. R. BROWN

Mrs. Alice Maud Brown, So. wife of
Charles r. Brown, secretary Of Thomas
j. Fisher & Co., Inc, died Sunday
night at her home, 4307 Thirty-eighth
street. She had been i'll about a
month.
Mrs. Brown, who had been active in
Catholic charity work, was a member
Of the Christ Child Society, the Cath
olic Daughters of America and st.
AIMS Catholic Church. She was an
alumna of Holy Cross Academy. Her
husband is her only immediate relative
surviving. Her mother, the late Mrs.
Martha Gray, was one of the first
graduate nurses in the District.
Funeral services will be held at 10
am. tomorrow in st. AIMS Church,
following brief private services at the
residence. Revs. Russell A. Phelan
and j. Maurice King, both of st. AIMS,
and Rev. DR.. John K. Cartwright Of
Immaculate Conception Church will
oficiate Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-02-09
SOCIETY
ADJOURNS TODAY
Reception at White House
Tonight to Be Climax
of Convention.

Looking to the Army and Navy re-
ception at the White House tonight
as the unofficial wind-up Of their
convention here. the Society Of
Sponsors Of the United States Navy
met in executive session todey at the
Carlton Hotel to conclude a two-day
meeting.
Resolutions, not ships, were to be
launched this morning as the Nays
Official bottle breakers" settled down
to prosaic business matters in con-
trast to past colorfil ceremonies at
tending the naming of Navy ships.
which is the requirement for member
ship in the exclusive organization.
OF 800 living women in the Nation
who have christened Navy vessels,
some rs are in Washington for the
convention. Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
welt, who was guest of honor at a
luncheon yesterday, became one Of
the newest members Of the society
when she christened the naval plane
carrier Yorktown last Spring. Mrs.
Claude A. Swanson, wife of the Secre-
tary of the Navy. is another new
conner.
Mrs. Evelyn F. Pooke of Washing
ton. 75-year-old daughter of the Con-
struction Corps captain who built the
Nays first iron-clad ship. is the
Oldest sponsor present. She was only
IL years old when she smashed a
bottle over the U. S. S Intrepid Mrs.
George Buist Rivers, IS. of Charleston,
S. c., who christened the Charleston,
is the youngest member here.
The society dates back to 1906, with
its membership scattered over the
world. "reminiscences at the meeting
recall prohibition days when a few
sponsors used ginger ale instead Of
champagne to launch ships. Others
like Mrs. Calvin Coolidge. used water.
The society carries on charity work
in behalf of various naval causes and
helps with the education of sons of
deceased Navy and Marine officers
who wish to attend the Naval Acad-
emy. Mrs. Russell c. Langdon is
president.