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Evening star., 1937-09-12
Special Corrective Exercise,

Don't ruin your appearance by on
vnoffroetive posture. For those who
hove nothing strvetvrolIy wrong bot
have acquired bod posture hobHs,
Miss Leovitt's IeofIst will Be ksIpfvI.
To get il. send q three cent stomp
with your request TO This Week Mooo-
zine. in core Of this newspaper.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
RITES TOMORROW
FOR DR.. DUNBAR
Physician, 80, Fought With Army
of Potomac in
Sixties,

Funeral services for DR.. Harry r.
Dunbar, %, who fought with the Army
Of the Potomac during the Civil War,
will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow at his
where he died Tuesday. Burial will
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Born in New York In 1874, Dr.
Dunbar enlisted with the 1st Penn
sylvania Bucktail Rifles as youth Of
l8 and participated in the battles OF
Antietam. Malvern Hill, Gettysburg
and Charles City Cross Roads.
Left badly wounded on the latter
battlefield, he was captured by the
Confederates, hospitalized and i'm
prisoned in q Richmond Jail, only to
be released in an exchange OF pris-
oners in time to fight at Gettysburg.
He took his medical degree from the
University of Cincinnati in 1875 and
returned to his native State to prac-
tice, mostly in Binghamton and
Candor, until his retirement in 1919.
He then came to Washington and
made his home In Foxhall Village
Since an automobile accident four
years ago he had been an invalid and
had lived at the Wardman Park since
last September. A Mason and Odd
Fellow, ne was also interested in the
G. A. r.
He is survived by his widow. Mrs
May McKeeby Dunbar, and a daugh-
ter, Miss Marguerite NJ Dunbar.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
In mrn1uriai1t .

'SaS'a o1S ot eH1 MALAca1 IRWFH EDWARD BRARcH III
day, August 26, 1886.
/ shall never foreet the day
saw you pass away.
But some day, when my task is done,
syn HsS; f2D Il hEg e. S5ff sS5fa' P
CHASE, ANITA E. AND BRYsoN W. A
psoVed eVs Ga moSe Gss * 2NTA n @ho H u
s1' father BRYsoN W 'ca CHASE, EF who fs'0dso de
parted vSIEafs. NGEfTseF Jfn III 7sa5 ASb EUGENE
coNNoRs. RUTH MARY. Sacred to the
mSgY covNogs Sgg desF abo tsnd ps,sea RUTH
ELizAsErH AND JOHN VEL.
our desE husband and father. JOHN H.
aTo togaS Tho this 9sd one
III. our hearts you are fondly remem-
YqTR SRAn DEVOTED WIFE AND chill
DAWES. FREDERICK NELSON. tribute
em, cur dear Ie lit little boy; FREDERICK MEL
today, August 20, 1882.
The only link which death cannot sever
HIS DEVOTED FATHER. MoTHER AND
DIM
TWO little, feet have ceased to travel
Upon the shores Of time
A little gem released from trouble
Aas akSSDMoTHEa s2ph sSS7s E 's'nia MAMIE SWAN.
GLoRIUs. FRANCES J: In sad and low
FRANCES J GLoR1us. who depsrted oaia
Two Faix Hsp 81 eRs
HALL, MINNIE L. A token of devotion to
ths & memory Of our little daushter MIN
ago today, August 20, 1923.
In the graveyard softly sleeping.
Where the flowers gently wave.
Lies the one We love so dearly
In her lonely. silent grave
1NpERMAuER, CHARLES. EasR In pARnnTs' msmoTy o; F.;
ny beloved husband; CHARLES NDER-
LOVING WIFE GERTRUDE .
oFFENRACHER; LILLE LIvERMoRE. In
.egshsnff s f1vsRMGRsE + ST s'ds oFrsE En-
5so nAcHEn eag,v who pssssd one year
THE FAMILY
sYPHAx. MARCELLus ". Sacred to tn.
crIIus svPHaX ssLsss0 vhn f1s1snd l.Fs e nAn on:
year ago today. August 26, 1895
I have lost my souls companion.
And hav h WI bY day w mis-, is omn him NOR.
As I walk throuGh life alone
Surrounded bv friends am lonesome.
With !, smile on my face rye a heart
ache.
taasn6 AIS brvfrzD arr o,V1; Wifr fos sovHt,A Wi
Sevsd fatser MARcEIIUs e MsTsg' S st
sYPHAX. who departed this life one
year ago today. August %. 1888.
Your love will be with me and your
ALMA 6YPHAX HAST1E.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
STORE PROPRIETOR
IS ROBBED OF $50
Threatened With Pistol, Druggist
Reports-Others Are
Held Up.

Benjamin Bass, proprietor Of a
drug store at 1856 Columbia road.
reported to police last night that he
had been held up and robbed Of 500
when threatened with a pistol by a
well-dressed man. The bandit fled
In a car parked nearby.
Using a milk bottle as a weapon, a
colored man late yesterday robbed
Abraham Levitin, grocery store pro-
prietor at 1000 Twenty-fifth street,
of SIG after striking him over the
head
Eddie Blair, 30, colored, of the C.
c. c. camp at Twenty-eighth and M
streets, told police he was swindled
out Of $l8 by two colored men using
the handkerchief trick One of the
men pretended to tie the money in a
handkerchief for protection" but
when Blair opened 1t later the money
was missing.
Ella Witherspoon, "a, colored, 2013
M street, reported being robbed of $14
by two colored men in the 1900 block
OF Seventh street last night.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
In Mrntnrta11t.

sYPHAx. MARCELLIs NJ. Sacred to the
brother-in law. MARCELLuS NJ sY-
rHAx; as, yso ygho left late US one year ago today.
THE JARVIS FAMILY.
WHITE. MRS. NJ. IETITIA. In sacred
memory Of our devoted aunt. Mrs. M.
LETIT1A WHITE. who left us three
years aso today, August 26, 1884.
Beautiful toiler, thy work all done;
Beautiful soul into glory gone:
Beautiful life with its crown now won.
GOD glveth thee rest.
THE FAMILY.
WILLIAMS. JESSIE L. Sacred to the mem
ory Of our loved one. JESSIE L. WILL
LlAMS. who left us four years ago to-
day. August 26, 1888
We miss you, mother; our hearts are
sore:
As time goes by we miss you more;
Your loving spirit. your gentle face,
No one mother. can take your place.
You left behind you broken hearts
That loved you so sincere.
That never did and never will
ForRet you. mother dear.
HEE. pEvoTED HUSBAND; ROBERT
EST. PEARL, JOSEPH AND NORRIS
WILLIAMS AND DAUGHTER IN
LAW OLENA WILLIAMS.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
HOLzW0RTH FREED
IN POSTER CHARGE.
Police Court Judge Holds
Charge of Violation
Was Not Proved.

John M. Holzworth, New York at
torney. was acquitted in Police Court
by Judge John P. Mcmahon late yes
terday on charges of parading and
displaying 4 banner on the Capitol
grounds and Of disorderly conduct
In announcing his decision Judge
Mcmahon said the Government had
failed utterly" to prove any violation
OF the law.
William s. Poole. q sergeant Of
Capitol police, testified Holzworth
displayed a placard on the Capitol
steps on August 6. This was held not
to be q violation because the placard
had been unwrapped to show to two
reporters. The court held this was
not displaying the placard to public
view
Whereas three Capitol policemen
testified Holzworth had been disor-
derly when they arrested him, the
testimony of the defendant and a
newspaper man and newspaper woman
was to the effect Holzworth had be-
haved in an orderly fashion.
The alleged poster was an enlarge
ment of bill offered in 1885 for the
relief" of Ethelyn Chrane, whom, it
is claimed, was incapacitated per-
manently as the result OF an expert
ment performed on her arm while
she was engaged as 4 stenographer
In the Public Health Once OF the
director of the Subtreasury Building
in New York in 1881.
Defense testimony, corroborated in
part by the prosecution, was to the
effect that copy Of the bill prepared
and offere in 1885 by Senator Cope
land had been enlarged and had a
heading reading as follows: Uncle
Sam used me as guinea pig and
then cast me aside to die" When
ordered to cover the sign Holzworth
wrapped it in as large a piece OF
paper as he could find, but when 1t
was not entirely covered police OBJ
jected and his arrest followed. The
trial followed several continuances.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
SMITHSONIAN TO GET
SKELETON OF DINOSAUR
7O-Foot Reptile Lived 100 Million
Years Ago, Says DR..
Gilmore.

DR.. Charles W. Gilmore, scientist,
attached to the Smithsonian 1nstitu-
ton, brought back to Washington with
him last night from Utah and Ari-
zona, where he spent three months
looking for rarities. the bones Of so
reptiles. among them the skeleton of
7O-foot dinosaur, which lived l00,-
100000 years or more ago.
When the skeletons are assembled
they will be put on exhibition at the
Smithsonian. They include the re-
mains of five hitherto unknown liz
ardlike reptiles. who basked in the
sun near what is now Price, Utah,
when that part Of America was near
tropical In climate.
Wind and water erosion has carried
away so much of the soil laid over
the region by successive geological
descriptions that the bones found by
DR.. Gilmore were only a few feet below
the surface of the ground.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
BOYS SHOW FREAKS
Camp Roosevelt Scouts Put on
Animal Circus.

Have you ever heard Of an antenna-
terripan7
You could have seen one at Camp
Roosevelt this afternoon. when $50
District Boy Scouts staged their third
annual circus and freak show"
Other freaks included q magag-
phorm and web-toed man. Onici-
ating as ringmaster was Percy Smith,
Scoutmaster of Troop 43.
The camp, situated on Chesapeake
Bay, near Seaside, Md, Is used every
Sunday by troops from Washington
and vicinity. Several Scouts have
been encamped there all Summer.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
NUNS AT CONFERENCE
Catholic U. Professor Tells Them

Catholic U. Professor Tells Them
to Study Newspapers.
BOSTON, August 26 (Ho.-More than
1000 nuns attending teachers con-
ference today received advice to read
and study the newspapers, know some
thing about base ball. automobiles,
current slang and all the interests Of
the modern world"
The advice came from Rev. William
H. Russell, Phi. D.. professor of religion
at the Catholic University in WASH
ington, D. c., who said religious teach
ing should be connected with matters
Of interest to young people.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
W. F. STURM DIES
Was Prominent in Auto Racing
Circles in u, S,

Circles in q. S.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 26 (P.-
William F. Sturm. SO. long connected
with automobile racing in the United
States both as a writer and a par
ticipant, died today.
Physicians said death was caused
by cancer OF the throat.
Sturm, an employe OF the Indian
apolis News, had covered every race at
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
since its opening in 1909.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Old Cottage Restored,

The cottage in Minsk, White Rus
sia, which was the first headquarters
Of the Russian Social
Labor party in 1898, has been restored
and opened as a museum.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
Special Ropes Haul Ships,

Special ropes strong enough for the
Job had to be made to haul the hull
OF the burned Moro Castle from the
beach at Asbury Park. N. j.
Evening star., 1937-08-26
DURNBAUGH. JOSEPH I

August "a, 1887, at Providence Hospital,
JOSEPH L. DUPNBAUGH beloved hus-
band Of Lillian May Durnbaush and ia
ther of William F. and George c, Durn-
baugh Mrs. Lenora Grouper, Mrs. Mar
Mrs. Beatrice Norman. Mrs. Mildred
CanEelosi and Mrs, Lille Sa1el. Fu-
neral services ct his late residence. 112
61st St, Capitol Heishts Nd. on Satur-
day. August 2s, at pm. Relatives
and friends invited. Interment Cedar
Hill Cemetery. Services by the w w
Chambers Co. Southeast funeral home
Evening star., 1937-08-26

FARHOOD, ALICE. On Wednesday, Au-
gust 25, 1897. a. Emergency Hospital:
ALICE FARHOOD. the beloved wife Of
the late William Farhocc. mother OF
Emile william and Edward Farhood
and Miss Helen Whitehead. Late resi-
dence. 14o5, Spring I'd; NV. Remains
neral home. 1900 Chaplin ST. nv Fu-
neral services ct the Gunton Temple
Memorial Presbyterian Church. 18th
and Newton sts. NV on SATURDAY. Au-
gust 2s. at IL am Relatives and
friends invited. Interuent Rock Creek
Cemetery -
Evening star., 1937-08-26
ARLENE HINES. Queen,
FLORENCE K LEE, Princess Recorder.

SAWYER. JAMES G. On Wednesday,
August %. 1887. JAMES G. SAWYER.
the beloved father of Miss Vera Sawyer
and Mrs. Jennie Smith. Remains rest
ing at the w. w. Chambers Co. funeral
home, 400 Chaplin st. NV. Notice Of
OF
Evening star., 1937-08-26

the Nile: Members are hereby notified
OF the death of Princess HARRIET E.
RHINHART on, Tuesday, August "a:
1897. A Daughter OF the Nile burial
service will be conducted at the Lee fu-
neral home, 4th st, and Mass. ave. ne,
on Friday, August -, at $3.50 pm.
Please attend
Evening star., 1937-08-26
sCHooNMAKER. WARREN MYERS. On

Tuesday. August "A, 1887, at his resi-
denee 6I9 Princeton place Nv,
WARREN MYERS sCHOONMAKER. be-
loved husband of Daisy " Schoonmaker
tnee Rothwelp and father Of Mrs Edith
s; Gosnell. Mrs. Dorothy s: Low. Mrs.
Eleanor S. Everett end John Schoon-
maker Funeral service at the late
residence on FRIDAY. August. %, at II
am. Interment Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

c hippenda h d a lie pull-up
chairs covered in a choice
Of expensive fabrics
one, two and a few of a
kind no recorders.
Evening star., 1937-08-26

August -, 1877. at GEORGETOWN Hos
pital, ALBERT L. SUTTON. beloved nus.
hand of Freda Sutton and father of
Robert D. Sutton, lieutenant. U. S. N.
Body resting at the Tabler funeral
home, 42l7 9th st. NV. until Friday.
August -. when mass will be offered
at IN. at the Church of the Most
Blessed Sacrament. Chevy Chase Circle.
for the repose- of his soul, followed by
Evening star., 1937-08-26
WYNKOOP. DONALD On Wednesia

Ausust e5, 1879. At Proyidsnce Hospital.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. DONALD WYE-
KOOP. beloved son of George Earnest
and Ethel Juliet Wynkoop of 1912 North
Cleveland St. Arlington. Va, and broth
er OF Margaret c. and Samuel E. Wyn-
koop. Remains resting at. the Ives fu-
neral home. HS41 Wilson blvd. Arling-
ton. Va. Notice Of funeral later.
The Washington times., 1937-01-23
MILLER BEGINS
SEMINAR SERIES

DR.. R. H. Miller, a member OF
the preaching mission team from
Washington, will begin series OF
seminars following the plan used
in the national preaching mission.
The topic for next Thursday eve
ming will be Personal Evangelism
or How to Win Others to the
Christian Life"
These seminars will follow the
weekly church night supper held
in the social hall at 1908 Vermont
Ave. N. w. The public is cordially
invited to attend these seminars
which will begin at 7 p. m. Sun
day morning DR.. Miller will
preach on the subject Saving by
Losing" In the evening DR.. Miller
will have Elements in Victorious
Living" as his sermon subject.
"All States Night" will be OBJ
served Thursday evening at the
church supper in the social hall.
Tables will be designated accord
ing to States and members are
asked to make early reservations.
The official board of the church
will meet at 8 o'clock in the choir
room of the church for the pur'
pose of reorganizing. This will be
the first meeting for the newly
elected members of the board.
Colored motion pictures Of Nor.
way, Sweden and Denmark, will
be shown in the social hall at 1903
Vermont Ave-, on Friday evening
at 7:30 o'clock. DR.. w. H. Pinker'
ton of the Takoma Park Christian
Church, will speak to the Alpha
c. E. Society at $50 p. m. today.
The Washington times., 1937-01-23
RUST|N TOPIC,
KEYBOARD

1.-THE New Keyboard" will be
the morning sermon subject OF
DR.. John W. RuStin pastor Of
Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church,
South, at the II o'clock service
tomorrow. His evening topic Will
be forgiveness of Sin" There
will be special music by the choir
directed by Deane Shure.
The departments Of the Sun
day school will meet at $50 a. M;
the senior, young peoples and
younger adult departments meet
ing again for evening services at
7 O'Clock. A tea will be given
for all young persons at 8 o'clock
in the church parlors.
The zone meeting Of the Won
ans Missionary Society will be
held at st. Paul's M. E. Church,
South, Tuesday at II a. m. The
Bible study class will meet Wednes-
day at l p. m. An Indian pro
gram in costume will be given
by LaVergne Sims Fairchild' so
prano, in a special evening OF en-
tertainment Wednesday at 8 p. m.
Mrs. Fairchild will be assisted by
members Of her class Of voice stu
dents.
The Washington times., 1937-01-23

easily add 500 calories to the days
total.
AS soon as you are taking these
cream and butter calories without
difficulty, go a step farther anc
deliberately cultivate taste fol
the richer foods. Learn to like
the Scalloped and creamed vege
tables, cream desserts and bread
/ You can't add all these dishes
to your menu at once, because il
you do, your digestion may rebel
Unless the additional calories are
assimilated, they can't make any
difference in your weight. Weight
gaining is not to be hurried.
In fact, one of the best things
for the underweight to learn is not
to hurry. A catnap in the middle
of the day will not only save on
caloric expenditure, but will aid
the digestive processes.
If you can't plan to rest for a
few minutes before and after
meals, at least allow time for a
leisurely meal.
And-you need your exercise.
Not the fast and furious kind, but
the type that uses your muscles
thoroughly and lets you relax
Swimming and walking are splen.
did activities for the underweight,
and so are stretching exercises.
Map out definite weight pro
thu NHFAV.TTynirTIAt HNnC
For healthy normal weight your
menu must include extra calorieS,
and adequate vitamirs and miner
ais. Choose a form Of exercise
that you can enjoy, and get all
the rest and sleep you should
have.
It will pay you to take year
for a program that leaves you
feeling and looking years younger.
WEIGHT GAINING MENU
Breakfast
Orange Juice
Cereal Cream
Date and Nut Mullins Honey
Beverage.
10 A. M.
Milk
Luncheon
Cream of Tomato Soup
Health Salad
Chopped dates, orange, nuts,
figs, pineapple.)
Buttered Toast Tea
Dinner
Dreaded Veal Outlet
Cream Potatoes
Corn Fritters Syrup
Chopped Vegetable Salad
Baked Apple Cream
Your Dietitian
IDA JEAN KAHN
Send for the leaflet weight.
gaining Menus" Enclose stamped
addressed envelope. Write to Ida
Jean Kahn, The Washington Times.
Copyright, 1887, by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1937-01-23

Music for the Week
TOMORROW
Moriz Rosenthal, pianist, Con-
StitutiOn Hall, 4 p. m.
Hour Of Music, Y. w. G. A., 5
p. m.
MONDAY
Ginette Neveu, viOIinist, and Ru-
dOlf Serkin, pianist, MayflOwer
Hotel, II a. m.
Navy Band, Hour of Memories,
Navy Yard Sail Loft, 2 p. m.
Pro Musica Quartet, Candle
light Concert, Phillips Memorial
Gallery, p. m.
Army Band, War College Audi
tOrium, 6 p. m.
TUESDAY
Marine Band, Shut-Ins Dream
Hour, Marine Barracks, 3 p. m.
Henry GregOr, Beethoven re.
citaI lecture, Phillips Memorial
Gallery, 3 p. m.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
Stanley Hall, $3.50 p. m.
Navy Band Symphony Or
chestra, Navy Yard Sail Loft, 8
p. m.
WEDNESDAY
National Symphony Orchestra,
Student Concert, Central High
School, $3.50 p. m.
Marine Band, Symphony Or
cheStra, Marine Barracks, p. m.
THURSDAY
Army Band, War College Audi
tOrium, 4:3O p. m.
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra
Stanley Hall, $3.50 p. m.
Washington Choral Society,
Brahms Requiem, Washington
Cathedral, $3.50 p. m.
MercadO's Tipica Mexican Or
cheStra, willard Hotel Ballroom
$3.50 p. m.
FRIDAY
D. C. Federation of Music Clubs
Recital, Grafton Hotel, 8 p. M
SATURDAY
Soldiers Home Band Orchestra,
Stanley Hall, $3.50 p. m.
The Washington times., 1937-01-23
NEWS OF THE CHURCHES
BISHOP TO SAY
PRAYERS FOR
PRESIDENT

The Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman,
Bishop of Washington, will deliver
the sermon at the peoples even
song service in the Great Choir
of Washington Cathedral tomor'
row afternoon at 4 o'clock when
special prayers will be offered for
President Franklin Delano Roose'
welt, Vice President John Nance
Garner, members of the Cabinet
and all other Government figures
in observance of the Sunday near,
est Inauguration Day.
The preacher at the service OF
choral litany and Holy Communion
at II a. m. tomorrow will be Canon
Anson Phelps Stokes, for many
years Secretary of Yale Uni
versity. Group pilgrimages will be
held Immediately following these
two services as a courtesy to out
of-town visitors in Washington for
Inauguration Week. Services for
the day will begin with celebra'
ton of the Holy Communion in
the Bethlehem Chapel at 7:3O
a. m.
The world-famous choral work
Requiem" with music by Johan'
mes Brahms, will be sung in the
Great Choir next Thursday even
ing, January %, at $3.50 O'Clock
by the washington Choral So
ciety in commemoration of King
George V of England. Louis A.
Potter will direct the chorus of
100 voices with music by 25 mem
bers of the National Symphony
Orchestra and Mr.. Barrow at the
organ. The solo parts will be
taken by Edwin Steffe, baritone
and Mrs. Ruby Potter, soprano.
In view of the memorial signifi'
canoe of the program, Bishop
Freeman will speak briefly on
Christian Ideals for 1nterna
tional Peace" No cards Of admis
sion are necessary and the general
public is cordially invited. Special
commemorations Of the Rt. Rev
Alfred Harding, Second Bishop OF
Washington, will be held at the
7::30 a. m. and 4 p. m. services in
the Cathedral next Monday, mark
ing the Feast of the Conversion
Of st. Paul.
The Washington times., 1937-01-23
,ArmyOrders

Army orders this week include the fol-
lowing:
Henry F. Pipes, N. c., william Beau
mont Gen. Hosp, El Paso, to U. >. ooi,
diers Home, Washington, for DUTY; "a"
from San Francisco May j.
Lieutenant Colonel
Oscar c. Warner, C. A. C.. Philippines
to duty with Org. Res, Sth Z. A. SAn
Antonio.
Leon A. Fox, NJ. c., Baltimore: to Phil
ippines; sail from New York May -
James S. Clarke. Q; NJ. G. Presleio sott ~
Calf, as Q. NJ.
Paul B. Nelson, C. A. C., Panama 10
61st c. A, Ft. sheridan, III; .,..a
Laurence D. Talbot G. M c' re'iFeu'
William w. wanamaker, C. E.. Wash
ington, to Hawaii; sail from New YORK
June 9.
First Lieutenants
John H. Kochevar, C. A. C., Van Nuys'
Cal, to Panama; sail from San Fran
cisco May s.
Second Lieutenants
Cecil E. spann, jr.. G. A. c.. Ft. Mon Mon.
roe, to Philippines; sail from New YORK
Maxwell M Kallman. C. A. G, Ran
dolph Field, to tenn. duty, Ft. Wntlelu'
Cal, thence to Hawaii; sail from san
Francisco March IL. -.
Leave Of Absence
Capt. Harry e. Fisher. C. E., 10 days
January 2S. with permission to visit tor'
eign countries.
The Washington times., 1937-01-23
T., W. NiCkIess Gets
Transport Club Post

Due to the resignation of G. NJ.
Campbell from the presidency OF
the washington Transportation
Club, other officers of the organi-
zation were advanced in rank, as
follows: President, C. w. Nickless,
Norfolk and Western Railway;
first vice president, j. G. Nettleton,
Pennsylvania Railroad; secon d
vice president and secretary-treas-
urer, F. F. Crabbe. Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy Railroad.
Campbell, assistant general freight
agent of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, has been transferred
from Washington.
The Washington times., 1937-01-23
House Action Pushed
On Postal Merit Bill

Extension of Civil Service classi-
fications to first, second and third
class postmasters will be debated
in the House next week, leaders
said yesterday.
Representative Robert RamSpeck
CD of Georgia, chairman of the
House Civil Service Committee, an
nounced he would seek action on
the measure providing extension
next week. He is the author of the
legislation.
Fourth class postmaSters are the
only ones now under Civil Service.
The Washington times., 1937-01-23
1 ga WASHINGTON'S &zo
ID Heroes mBZzzQ @
John J. Perry Has Always Had Water Play {
Large Part in His Life Until Retired
By METROPOLITAN Police Force

The sea has played an impor-
tant part in the life of John j..
Perry, retired member of the
Metropolitan Police Department.
He started out in the United
States Quarantine Service down
at Cape Charles, Va. His job was
rowing inspectors out to incoming
ships, which was not an easy task
in heavy seas.
Joins Police Force
So he left that service in 1889,
came to Washington and joined
the police force. He was assigned
to patrol duty, as are all new po-
licemen, but they soon found his
nautical background, so back to
the water he went again, this
time on the old harbor police boat
Joe Blackburn.
He spent many years in the Har-
Dor Precinct, and participated in
the rescue of many persons in
danger of drowning after boating
accidents on the river.
He was especially commended
for the rescue of g prominent cit
izen who had attempted to end
his life by jumping off the High
way Bridge.
His Priced Letter
One Of Mr.. Perry's priced pos
sessions is a letter signed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, then Assistant Sec.
retary of the Navy, thanking him
for responding to the Govern
ment's plea for binoculars and
telescopes to be used by the Navy
during the World War.