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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-05-12

Catherine of GAINESVILLE, Mrs. VIII.
ma Bragg and Florence Wilson Of
McConnelsville were Sunday guests
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Fl. Ewing, Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Mollett of Malta
were visitors at the Frank Daugh-
erty home, Sunday.
Marvin Clifford and family Of
Chesterhill were Sunday evening
guests OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. L. Clifford.
Mortley Sherwood and family and
Margaret Sherwood of McConnels-
vile were Sunday supper guests Of
Mrs. Nancy Sherwood and daugh.
ter Harriet.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Henery and
Harriet Sherwood were GAINESVILLE
visitors, Tuesday.
Ernestine Clifford Isl at home for
an Mrs inaen1ife nfeaya stay. Tomn,,,ns and
daughter ugh; er Media spent Unns Sunday after. saa
noon with her mother, Mrs. Edith
Harkins, of Pennsville.
MI. Rammage, spent thesweak end
4. Henry Longbrake and family
spent the week end with her par
sents. Mr.. and Mrs. M w. Bi6xph
3 Mr.. and Mrs walter G f6ord 1is-
tied at the John Clifford home, Fri
J, Msrisa sgsas;s. ;s,r and aniI4 May Rhoadss
the Loren Spencer home.
s Mr.. and Mrs. Schroats and two
children OF Malta spent Sunday. at
the Bob Bragg home.
Miss Emma Storer and G.. w.
Thompson were callers at the Adda
Offord home. Sunday morning.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-05-12
The Morgan County Democrat McConesve Thursday Nav r.

Vile and Gerald Sleek, near Ches
terhill, visited their mother, Mrs.
Sclena Sleek at the Leonard Rardin
home, Sunday.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-05-12
ROOsterville

Chester Newton was taken by am
bulance to Memorial hospital, Ma
rietta, Friday night, where he un-
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-05-12

Motor Oil has one Of the
highest safety ratings in the
world today. And you pay
only 25f a quart. You not
only pay less-you use less
oil, too, because of its low
consumption. So, next time,
make it SOHIO-the motor
oil Ohio prefers above all
others regardless of price!
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-05-12

oil! That means your motor is safer from
heat; that the Oil will last longer and save
you money!
This amazing resistance to motor temper
atures is the greatest protective quality an
Oil can have. Scientists measure this safety
factor with the famous w. l." test. They
know the higher the ~. L." the better
the oil, the better mileage it gives, the
better it protects.
In the important ~. l." test, SOHO
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Hospital Veterans to Get Yule Kits
Women in Business
WdSI1inqtOn SOrOptinliStS

Dr. Rosalind Moore Balm, dentist believes more women
should the field of dentistry Although is hard work
would find dentistry interesting ework She also feels
that do just about anything they want to do
garding careers.
In the 40 years that she has pracced her profession Dr.
Balm has ceased love her work She of six
dentists here and in the 1880 there only
2S7 women dentists in the United States. "A native of
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Ex-HeQd COP.
Plans Lecture

Nine. Cantacuzene, former
president of the League of Re
publican Women of the District
of Columbia, and well-known
lecturer and writer, will be the
guest speaker at a meeting of
the committee on National De
fense Through Patriotic Educa-
tion." District of Columbia D. A.
R., on Friday at II a. m. in the
Mayflower Hotel.
Nine. Cantacuzene, who has
recently returned from tour of
European countries, will speak
on Conditions in Europe as I
Saw Them This Summer"
The meeting will be opened by
a prayer delivered by Mrs.
Alexander Bell, State chaplain.
Mrs. William D. Leetch, State
chairman, Correct Use Of the
Flag committee, will lead the
pledge of allegiance.
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years on Christmas, Thanks
giving and on other festive oc-
caSionS.
Hostesses at the sewing circle
yesterday were Mrs. W. w.
Badgley, Mrs. James Under
wood, Mrs. Keyser, Mrs. Trow-
bridge, Mrs. Biddle and Mrs.
William H. Sault.
Among the members and
guests were Mrs. Ernest Will
liam Howard, chairman of the
Department of Legislation of
the D. C. Federation of Women'S
Clubs, Mrs. Mary Myers, Mrs.
Eugene Woodson, Mrs. Otis
Rogers, Mrs. Arthur Gordon,
Mrs. Claude Rice Scott, Mrs.
Robert P. Mckinley. Mrs. James
L. Baity, HRS. Leroy Goodwin,
Mrs. Thomas w. Smith, Miss
Jane Anderson, Mrs. Charles
Dasher, Mrs. Orlando Smith,
Mrs. P. I. Balch, Mrs. L. E.
King, Mrs. Charles Ferguson,
Mrs. P. M. Shaffer, Mrs. George
Cook, Mrs. Frank Govern, Mrs.
L. H. Rea, Mrs. Franklin G.
SartWell. and Mrs. Henry A.
Van Arsdale, chairman of the
Committee on War Veterans of
the D. C. Federation of Women's
Clubs,
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Kappa Beta Pi
To Celebrate

Members Of Kappa Beta Pi,
oldest international legal soror-
ity in the world, will celebrate
the thirtieth anniversary Of its
founding with a dinner tomor-
row at tbs p. m. at the Dodge
Hotel.
Honor guests at the dinner
will be Miss Elizabeth F. Reed,
grand dean; Mrs. Grace Brown
Stiles, grand registrar and as
Sistant United States Attorney,
and Judge Ellen K. Raedy of the
Municipal Court. Former grand
officers who will be present will
include Miss Beatrice A. Gle
phane, Mrs. Olive Geiger Fair
cloth, Mrs. Marie Flynn Mad
dox, Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, Miss
Marie Saunders, Miss Ethel Lee
Lawrence, Miss Adele Stewart,
Mrs. Mildred Callahan Stanley,
Mrs. Alice Swindler, Miss Maude
Yates, Mrs. Edwina Avery, Mrs.
Pearl Klein, Mrs. Helena DOGGY
Reed.
Chapter and province officers
who will attend will be Mrs.
Anna L. Moulton. province dean;
Miss Elizabeth Salisbury, prov
ince secretary; Miss Marguerite
Rawalt, province director; Mrs.
Mary Wittenmyer, Mrs. Evelyn
Boyer, Miss Georgia Alexander,
and Mrs. Clare Wilson, chapter
presidents, and Miss Burleigh
Wormington, member Of the ma
tional nominating committee.
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after her husband finished his she felt there
sense sitting down doing nothing and attending parties
They established offices together TwentyseVen years
ago they moved their present residence and offices in
the 1900 block of Farmont St. N W. Many of the
she treated number of years ago bringing their
children her. and the children adore her She loves to
travel been abroad Puerto Rco and has toured the
United States She usually has Travelled alone because her
husband prefers remain at home with his chair and
books She is feet has dark brown hair grayng at the
front expressive brown She talks with ANNA
and intelligence and most cheerful She has taken
active part in the Soropms Club since she became
member two years ago.
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TOdau'S Club Calendar

Alpha Chi Omega-Eve-
ming section of the alumnae
chapter of Washington, meet
ing, 7:30 p. M, home of Mrs.
Harold w. Caster. Colonial
Village, Arlington, Va.
Hous ekeepers' Alliance
Meeting. 1:3O p. m. home, Of
Mrs. Maurice Collins, $500
block of Nevada Ave. N. w.
Daughters of Amer r lea
Virginia Dare Council, No.
%, annual visitation of State
officers, 8 p. M, 800 block Of
I st. N. w.
P.-T.A.-M Mckinley Hig h,
$3.50 p. m; Roosevelt High, 8
p. M; Buchanan, 2 to 5
p. m.
Capitol Hill History Club
Christmas party. 1890 p. M,
home Of Mrs. John W. Nee,
900 block Of Albemarle st.
N. w.
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Soroptimist Club Lunch
con, / p. m. willard Hotel.
Missouri State Society
Dance, $3.50 p. m, Shoreham
Hotel.
D. c., D. A. R.-State Ex-
ecutive Committee, meeting,
7::30 p. M, Willard Hotel.
Arts Club of Washington
Dinner and presentation Of
Murray HILL" 7 p. m, club
house. 1000 block I st. N. w.
National League Of Ameri-
can Pen VIC m e nd. c.
branch, Fellowship Tea" 3
to 6 p. m, studio, Grafton
Hotel.
Christ Child Society
Benefit performance, 2:30 p.
M, Wardman Park Hotel.
Pal Hellenic Congress
Meeting, 8 p. m, Wardman
Park Hotel.
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PIT. A. to Hear
Mrs. Burton

Mrs. Aileen Burton, chief
social worker Of the Washing
ton Institute of Mental Hygiene,
will address the Mental Hygiene
committee of the District Of
Columbia Congress Of Parents
and Teachers at a meeting to-
morrow at 1:30 p. m. in the
board room Of the N. E. A.
Building, Sixteenth and M SITS.
N. w.
Presidents of the local asso-
Citations that comprise the Dis
trict Congress, together with
their health chairmen, will at
tend the meeting. Mrs. Henry
Duerst, State chairman Of men
tai hygiene, will preside.
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Tau Phi Officers

Newly installed officers Of
Alpha Beta chapter Of Tau Phi
Sorority are Mrs. Christine Muir
nan, president; Mrs. Ruth Mad
dox, vice president; Miss E.
Miriam Edwards, treasurer;
Miss Eleanor v. Bragg, record
ing secretary; Miss jeanne Ko-
walski, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Dorothy Brensinger, chap
lain: Miss Frances Proctor, SER
geant-at-arms, and Miss Virginia
Nicely, custodian. Officers were
installed at a banquet last night
in the Hay-AdamS House.
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D.A.R. Officers
To Be HOnOred

Mrs. Charles Carroll Haig,
vice president general of the
Daughters of the American
Revolution; Miss Lillian Cheno-
weth, state regent of the District
of Columbia D. A. R., and Mrs.
J. Henry Harper, State president
of the Children of the American
Revolution, will be the guests of
honor at the annual Christmas
party to be given by the Key
stone Chapter on Saturday from
4 to 6 p. M, at the home of Mrs.
Roy C. Black, 200 block of Web
Ster st. N. w.
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Washington, DR.. Balm at
tended public schools here,
after which she became a
teacher A woman friend
was studying dentistry and
encouraged her to do likewise
She continued to teach
school and also attended Ma
tional University (now
George Washington w.,
graduating in 1900 from the
School of Dentistry For
two years after completing
her dental training, she was
associated in business with
her woman friend She
married DR.. Seneca B. Balm
in 1900 Her husband was
in the same dental gradual
ing class as she was, but he
continued his studies and be-
came a medical doctor
For two years after her mar
riage she did not practice, but
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Society Plans Dance

The Maryland State Society
of Washington will give its
Christmas reception entertain
ment and dance on Friday, De-
cember 80, at $50 p. m, at the
Kennedy.Warren Apa rtments.
Col. George H. Calvert, jr., is
president of the society.
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Lovely Linen
Luncheon Sets

Your family would enjoy dining from this lovely SCI
enjoy it not just on Christmas day but all the con-
ing year. And so would friend, or young coup
napkins are Of heavy linen crash in bold and color
full plaid pattern featuring gold, blue, or greer
Cloth 52<52 inches and six 3xl 3-ineh e. QI
napkins .....................
Not Shown fine cIoseIy-woven linen set in loveI
pastel coIors with lighter tone striped borders. Th
cloth is 52x52 inches and six napkins 3xl3 nche
Very lovely and priced right for gift. SIS
LINENS SECOND FLOOR
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Russell Wright Spun Aluminium
sandwich or cake humidor
keeps foods fresh 80. .$l.95
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DIES TURNS FIRE
AGAIN ON BUND

U.N.S.) The Dies Committee in
vestigating un-American activities
today turned tis inquiry once
again on the German.American
Bund.
The committee scheduled two
Milwaukee witnesses to testify re
garding the activities Of the Bund,
the Silver Shirts and the Protec.
tive League and allied organiza.
tions in Wisconsin. Those called
were Bernard Hofmann, president
Of the State Federation Of Ger
man American Societies Of Wis.
conSin. and LIE Roy Schulz, vice
chairman Of the Protective
League,
John c. Metcalfe, committee in
vestigator. also was scheduled to
testify, Chairman Martin Dies
CD Of Texas, said. Some Of the
testimony will concern the activi-
ties Of the German Alliance of
Milwaukee, he added. The alliance
was recently involved in a near
riot at the Milwaukee Municipal
Auditorium when more than 1000
persons Stormed q meeting.
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
NX AND QUEENS FOR LEHMAN

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Gwernor
Lehman will carry Bronx County
by an estimated plurality Of 2l2..
016 votes over District Attorney
Dewey. and will carry Queens
County by an estimated plurality
Of l,198, according to the Daily
News gubernatorial straw poll
completed in those counties.
cate for Lehman in the Bronx Is
The figures indicate that Leo.
man will get 74.3 per cent Of the
Republican and Democratic vote
in the Bronx against 25.7 per cent
for Dewey, and 50.15 per cent in
Queens against Dewey's 1895 per
cent.
The plurality. the straws indi-
only 1883 under his plurality
over William r. Bleakley In 1895.
This apparent loss is caused en-
tirely by the reduced registration
in the borough. Actually Lehman
has increased his strength in the
Bronx, according to the straws.
which indicate he will get 74.3 per
cent Of the two-party vote there
this year. He got 73.1 per cent
In 1896.
Queens, however, nearly slipped
out Of the Lehman column alto
getfler. His plurality of the two.
party vote In Queens In 1885 was
40,159, or 44,961 more than hG
may expect to get there this year.
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
TICKETS READY
FOR CHEST DRIVE

Free tickets for the mass meet
ing which will officially launch
the 1888 Community Chest cam
paign at Constitution Hall on
Monday evening are available al
Exhibition Hall, 618 Twelfth st
N. W., Randolph G.. Bishop ad
vised today.
Supply of tickets is limited and
none will be issued at the box
office.
Coleman Jennings, president Of
the Community Chest, will lead
the mass meeting of the various
agencies, and guest speaker will
be Columnist Dorothy Thompson
William Green, president Of the
American Federation of Labor, to.
day indorsed the campaign. He
said:
THE Community Chest pro-
vides organized labor with an
organized opportunity to con-
tribute to the needy of our COM
munity. We who receive in.
comes feel an obligation to do
something personally for the less
fortunate, in addition to Gov
ernment relief"
The Washington times., 1938-11-05

June 8, 1896. Born in London
England, he aided his mother in
conducting her business activities
for years. At one time he took
the Texas Midland Railroad, a
family property. built it up, ex
perimented with air-cooling and
other modern devices years before
they were generally adopted.
TRIPS TO TEXAS
For many years he made regu-
lar trips to Texas, stopping at Ter,
rell and Dallas. He maintained
rooms in both cities.
After his mother became i'll he
went to New York and began &C
tive management of the family
business. He maintained a hotel
suite at q rental of $27 900 a year
While still active in New York
he decided to build a beautiful eS
tate at Round Hills. Stricken with
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arthritis, he withdrew from buSi-
ness to live at Round Hills. There
he engaged in radio experimental
ton, created a memorial to the
whaling industry and ordered
bales of jigsaw puzzles.
Because of his physical condi-
ton, he built a winter home at
Star Island, Miami Beach, Fla.
He invested $1,500,000 there.
CHARITABLE ACTS
The special master traced many
charitable activities Oh Green in
several States. He always referred
to Texas as home, refused to be
taxed in Massachusetts,, was a
Republican national convention
delegate from Texas, praised Flor
ida highly-but spent most Of his
last years in Massachusetts,, after
1921.
"He was nomadic in his tastes
and evidently regarded dOmicile
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
Franco NeNrS
EbrO VictOru

HENDAYE. French-Spanish Bor-
der, Nov. 5 Q.N.S) The import
ant government stronghold Of
Mora de Ebro today was virtually
Ia the grasp of advancing Spanish
insurgents, whose long, bloody
Ebro River campaign has been
aimed at its occupation.
Reports from the inSurgent
headquarters at Saragossa said
GeneraliSSimo Frances troops had
captured governmentheld bridges
leading over the Ebro River after
occupying the villages Of Benz
sanet and Mirayet near the river
bank.
All government lines Of retreat
are almost completely cut off, the
illSurgent high command claimed.
Three hundred inSurgent planes
ere assisting the insurgent
ground forces and were reported
hammering a huge triangle Of de-
struction" between the towns Of
Gandesa, Mirayet and Mora de
EhrO,
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SENATE CIR P
SET TO WATCH
6 STATES VOTE.
Agents Move to Probe
Possible Frauds
By ARTHUR HACHTEN

0.N.SD With the elections less
than 70 hours off, Senate Cam
paign Committee investigators to,
day were moving into half dozen
States which. based on advance
reports. will be the nations hot
spots" of vote manipulation on
Tuesday.
Into Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Ohio, Illinois, Vermont and North
Dakota went squads of committee
agents after information reached
Chairman Morris Sheppard CD
of Texas that election fraud will
be rife in those States once the
halloting begins.
The committee, Sheppard de-
clared, will hold itself ready in the
Capitol from now until election
night to receive reports from its
SleuthS, and to take immediate
action.
Meanwhile, the committee Ia
bored on, striving to determine the
truth of charges that WPA work
ers have been "maced" and CO
creed.
After the elections the commit
tee will continue to meet, to sift
the hundreds of complaints Of cor
xuption, chiefly against WPA.
ILLINOIS PROBE
Allegations of excessive cam
paign contributions and misuse Of
Federal funds to sway votes in
Illinois are being scrutinized by
investigators there. Sheppard
said.
BriStling charges Of Robert A.
Taft, COP senatorial nominee and
John r. Bricker, Republican
gubernatorial nominee in Ohio,
that the Democratic campaign
machine had coerctd thousands
of WPA workers and was prepar-
ing to haul WPA workers to the
voting polls Tuesday, were being
investigated.
In North Dakota, investigators
are keeping tab upon an alleged
plot to cast absentee votes illegal
ly, while in New Jersey, especially
Hudson county, committee agents
we're checking the voters list as ~
result Of charges the Democratic
bosses had caused many illegal
registrations to be made.
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on the highest authority.
Officially it was announced the
visit would be for the purpose of
discussing general European ap-
peasement, and both Chamberlain
and Halifax will be accompanied
by their wives to add a social
atmosphere to the meetings.
Actually, however, it was learned
Britain is prepared to offer Nigeria
to Germany, but retaining Tan
ganyika, while France will be
asked to return a slice of the
Cameroons, and Belgium will be
asked to give up large part OF
the best rubber lands in the
Congo.
A terrific public protest is ex-
pected in both France and Eng
land when details Of the plan be-
The Washington times., 1938-11-05
LEGION FETE
Pageant to Feature
ArnaiStice Ball

A military pageant with rs uni.
formed members of the Legion's
National Guard of Honor, taking
part, will give a spectacular flour
ish to the annual ArmiStice ball
Of the U. s. Treasury Post No. 35,
American Legion, the evening Of
November II.
The ball, at 10 p. M, will be held
in the National Press Club auditor
ium at Fourteenth and F Streets
Northwest.
Among the guests invited are
National Comdr. Stephen F. Chad
wick, Department Comdr. James
T. Brady, Secretary of the Treas
ury Henry Morgenthau, jr., and
Admiral c. j. Peoples, director Of
procurement.
Before the ball, the Sons Of
the Legion Drum and Bugle CORDS
will furnish music from 8 to 10
p. m., at Fourteenth and F Streets
Northwest,
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Md. MO9e Shot
At Feast

FREDERICK, Md, Nov. s.
Garland Painter, 81, was near
death early today from a bullet
wound received in the neck as
he helped to celebrate the wed
ding of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Crosby, newly welded far N
couple near Poolesville.
Following a custom of this sec.
ton, friends of the couple gath
cred about the Crosby house
after the ceremonies and began
beating tin pans and shooting
firearms, raising a great din
throughout the area.
When the merriment died down
Painter was discovered to have
been shot through the neck. He
had been beating on a wash
boiler at the time he was struck
Physicians said his condition was
critical.
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as something distinct and apart
from home or residence" said
the special master. Home to
him was where he happened to
be, for the time being, with his
wife and domestic establish
ment."
The special master said that
after 1921 Green's declarations
that he had a legal residence in
Texas were made to the taxing
officials of New York, Massachu,
sets and Florida for the purpose
of escaping taxation in those
jurisdictions"
The Green case is the first In
which the high court has at.
tempted to choose between several
States claiming taxes from rich
estates. This is because Texas
brought the case to court-thus
giving it jurisdiction, the special
master explained.
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come known, but the leaders were
represented as believing sacrifices
now would aid in reaching a
firm foundation for peace with
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler.
Chamberlatn's deals with Hitler
however, are known to have been
resented in many quarters, and
may bring him a severe rap in the
forthcoming elections.
The official announcement OF
the visit to Paris said it was by
invitation Of the French govern
ment, and would be devoted to
discussion of means Of achieving
q basis for durable peace with the
relationships.
There has been much agitation
in the German press for return OF
the Reich's pre-war colonies.
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GOERING SCORES
U. S. AS BAR TO
AIR TRANSPORT
Blocks Oversee Service
Deliberately, Charge

BERLIN, Nov. $ UN.SO.
Charges that the United States 10
deliberately blocking transatlantic
air service were published today
by the newspaper National lei.
tung, controlled by Marshal Her.
mann Wilhelm Gocring, Reich air
minister.
Under the headline, United
States Prevents Transatlantic Air
Traffic." the newspaper stated:
ut is well known that the
Lufthansa concern is ready at
any time to establish q regular
mail service between Europe
and the United States.
THE necessary licenses have
not been granted by the Ameri.
can authorities. The conces-
sion is being delayed for politi.
cal and especially propagandis-
tic reasons.
"One of the main reasons for
the United States rejection Of
license applications is her desire
to participate in the first North
Atlantic airline"
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$4,000 Sweeps
Winner Here Dies

Seven months after she shared
in O $4,000 Irish Sweepstakes
ticket, Mrs. Emma L. Barry, 1928
Third st. N. w., died yesterday in
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti-
more. She shared the ticket with
a daughter, Lucille, now Mrs.
Carlton Walsh. Mrs. Barry was
the wife Of Francis c. Barry, illus
traitor with the War Department.
Funeral services will be held at
2 p. m. Monday at the family
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$500 A|imonY? No!
Nor 500 Either

NEW YORK, Nov. UN.S0.
Mrs. Marjorie Rickard Seligman,
who said she was used to a $5O,-
OO0-a-year scale Of living, and de-
manded $500 a week alimony in
her separation suit, today saw
even her 500 a week temporary
award go glimmering.
The appellate division reversed
the Supreme Court award Of 500
q week temporary alimony and
$1,000 attorney fees, allowed in
her suit against Arthur r. Selig-
man.
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farm SURPLUS
Wallace Launches
Drive for Markets

U.N.S.). Dispatching one of his
crack economists to Europe, Secre-
tary wallace today launched his
program to create additional
markets for domestic surplus OF
principal farm products.
F. R. Wilcox, vice president OF
the Federal Surplus Commodities
Credit Corporation, will confer
with trade representatives of for
eign nations in an attempt to find
new outlets for all products in ex-
port trade, particularly wheat.
En- route to Europe today, Will
COX will visit England, France,
the Scandinavian countries and
''possibly Germany" department
officials said.