The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-19
ByJ. EARLE MoSER

officer and executive official, ste
nosrapher, messenger and laborer
turned today into an unofficial
holiday.
Attention Of all was turned to-
ward Griffith Stadium, where,
with the permission of what sports
writers perennially term Jupiter
Pluvius,'' meaning merely rain,
Washington's Nationals and Phil
adelphia's Athletics were to pre-
cede all other major league teams
in opening the 1887 baseball
season. ,
Those workers who could afford
the annual leave, and who had
been sufficiently foresighted to &C
ouire their tickets in advance OF
the game-time rush, abandoned all
thought of work in favor OF
actually seeing President Roose-
velt's toss of the symbolic opening
ball, the pageantry Of the flagpole
march, and the combat itself.
And for the majority, forced to
remain on the job, work was like
wise sighted. Where posslple,
portable radios were set up by
equally foreSighted individuals,
with an eye toward knowing what
was going on between reluctant
concentration on filing cards or
similar activity.
Four District of Columbia Gov
eminent workers and two employees
of the Naval Observatory slid
under the wire Saturday after
noon as distribution of tickets
under The Times Lucky Baseball
Rings" program came to a close.
AS q result, the sextet was In
cluded in the 200 Government
workers quests of The Times) ,
occupying two entire sections OF
the lower grandstand behind home
plate at the Stadium. Those
awarded tickets were:
ESTHER s. RELY, clerk.typist. D. C.
Government, 1916 Fourth st. N. W.,
MILDRED e. TAMAGNI. clerk.typist.
d. c. Government, 1873 Monroe st. n. W.
WILLIAM MAYO BAKER, clerk, D. c.
Government, Haymarket Va, here II
years, home town, Lynchburg, Va.
DOUGLAS BRINKLEY, engineering
Park. Nd. here Is years, home town.
EDWIN CHAPMAN, watch and chrO-
nOmeter repairer. Naval O6servat9ry'
here 70 years, homo town. Rochester
n. Y.
HOWARD COKER, watch and chrO.
nometer repairer, Naval Observatory,
141S st. n. W., here Is years, home
town, Dallas, Tex.
approximately, 5000 Interior
employees went to work a half hour
early today, at $3.50 a. m, as the
department began its summer
schedule. They were to leave work
at I p. m, except those for whom
overtime was necessary. In this
category is the sports permit Of
flee, which administrators the base
ball and tennis facilities, and
which will maintain an 8 a. m. to 5
p. m. schedule.
Interiors summer schedule be-
gan several years ago, when a Dis
trict Building conference resulted
in staggered hours" for many
Federal buildings in an effort to
alleviate the Capitals traffic prob
lem during rush hours.
Washington units Of the N. F.
F. z. face a heavy schedule of
meeting during the week. Their
calendar:
Tomorrow-GeneraI Accounting office
branch, Local No. 2, installation of Off
GERS. p. m. Civil Service Commission
branch, Local No. 2. at Civil Service
Commission, noon.
Wednesday - Veterans Administration
branch, Local No. ?, 1880 p. m. District
of Columbia Federation of Federal EN-
ployes Unions, p. m.
Thursday - Mechanics branch, Local
No. 2, 8 p. m.
Friday-Executive council, Local No.
2, p. m. Educational Forum of D. c.
Federation of Federal Employees Unions,
8 p. m.
scheduled for 10 Fourteenth st. N. w.
Election of two delegates to the
annual convention of the Mary
land State and District of Column
bia Federation of Labor will be
the main item Of business for the
Washington Central Labor Union
tonight, which convenes at
O'Clock, 423 G st. N. W., Typo
graphical Temple.
Government service delegates to
the c. L. U. are:
Public Buildings and Public
Parks-G. c. Van Dozens, ]. B.
Watson, Elmer HerZler, Nelson
Durfee, Martin Richardson, Ed.
ward HopkinSon.
Agriculture-Martin C. Kessler.
Procurement Division - Henry
Coffee, Hezzie Banister, Alfred j.
Bell, Robert C. BurchettA Robert
S. McCready.
ReSettlement-W. Rudolph Won
Seal, Isadore Salkind, William E.
Bradford.
Labor lodge No. IL, A. F. G. E.,
which is always cooking up some
thing new, had a good time with
its spring party Saturday evening
at ChapIn's Grill. On the program
was a 5cavenger hunt, cards and
dancing, all followed with a de.
lectable midnight supper.
Turkey in the Straw" and other
old-time country melodies rang in
the ears Of members of the Wash
ington Comptometer Club Satur-
day evening as the group held a
barn dance at the Potomac Boat
Club.
The club, recently organized
and possessing al overwhelming
Federal membership, boosted a