The Washington times., 1937-03-04
Lucky Baseball RingS!"

Lucky Baseball RingS!"
This phrase, coined today, will
be the means by which 200 EN-
ployes of the Government will be
guests of The washington Times
on the afternoon of April 10.
The occasion will be the open
ing game Of the American Base
ball Leagues 1887 season, where
in Washington's Nationals will en-
counter an invasion of Philadel
phia's famous Athletics before
what is invariably a capacity
crowd.
On that afternoon, Monday
those clerks and others who have
been favored by the Lucky
Rings" will sit In reserved grand
stand seats at Griffith Stadium
They will see President Roosevelt
hurl out the first ball in an act
that has become tradition. They
will witness Jhe parade to the
centerfield flagpole and other
pageantry that has become syn
onymous with Opening Day.
And they will see the first Of
ficial American League ball game
of the year, as Washington opens
one day ahead Of other cities in
difference to it's position as the
Nations Capitol.
Monday Starts 1t
The Lucky Baseball Rings and
the fun they will carry will start
Monday in The Times.
The Rings are simply circles
which will appear around the
faces Of lucky Federal employees
whose pictures will be published
daily. Times staff photographers
are now engaged in swapping
shots of Government folk in and
around Government buildings.
Publication of these pictures will
begin Monday, and four lucky
workers will see their faces encir-
cled every day thereafter until the
eve Of the opening game.
Announcement of names of
those who are to be guests Of The
Times will appear each day in this
column. Tickets for those upon
whom Fate has smiled will be dis
tributed by the writer in the edi-
torial room Of The Times, third
floor Of the TimeS-Herald Build.
ing, 1917 H st. N. W. Hours for
distribution will be 4 to 6 p. m.
each week day except Saturdays,
when winners may call for their
magic stubs as early as 2 p. m.
Advice to basball lovers to watch
The TimeS-and this column
closely from now on is probably
unnecessary.
Regardless OF reorganization
ETC., the Government service will
be swelled by exactly 1885 new
employees by March IA.
At that time all of the enrolleeS
and former members of the Civil.
ian serva t ion Corps who
passed the Civil Service examina-
ton allowed them by Executive
Order late in 1885 will have been
appointed as Junior assistants to
technician," supervisory post that
has been created within all CCC
camps.
The Job, which pays $85
monthly plus subsistence, is open
only to CCC enrollees, or those
who were formerly enrolleeS and
passed the Civil Service test while
"still on the inside" OF the new
force, Agriculture will appoint
1907, Interior is to take on SOC
and the War Department will
have 70.
Each State has been assigned
some of the new workers, Cali
fornia leading the list with 161
while Michigan is in second place
with 116. The District Of Colum
bia will have but one, Virginia IS,
and Maryland 81.
The first of the new technician's
assistants is Elbert j. Lester. who
was handed his appointment yes.
terday by Robert Fechner, director
of Emergency Conservation Work,
in his office as Agriculture and
Interior officials looked on.
Young Lester, only %, began his
CCC career with Camp 1874, Sky.
land. Va, and has now been
assigned for his new work at
Camp Roosevelt in the George
Washington National Forest near
Luray. Va. He is six feet tall,
weighs 1872, is a red head" and
studied for two years at Textile
Industrial Institute, Spartansburg.
s. c., after completing grammar
and high school. His initial duties
will consist of aiding in making
studies of the various types OF
game and wild life at George Wash
ington National Forest.
Apportiunment figures for Feb
ruary, released yesterday by the
Civil Service Commission. reveal
the following States in excess Of
the number of positions allotted
them:
State Entitled Reed
Kansas .....,.,....,,.... 6O2 603
Minnesota ........,.-. S21 S26
South Dakota ..,........ 222 224
Nebraska ....,.....,...,. AL 447
Colorado .............. 5G2 342
Vermont .,............ 115 121
iowa .....,.sss...s....s iSl S6S
virginia ..,............. IT'S 1889
Maryland -.., ... .,.... 522 1912
District of Columbia, 1855 s977
One of the two outstanding au
thorities on retirement in the city
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