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The Washington times., 1938-01-25
JAP PANESE DRIVE
ON RAIL LINK
CLAIMED HALTED

SHANGHAI, Jan. Is U.N.S0. j
Blocking a japanese drive against
the vital Lunghai railway leading
into the interior, Chinese troops
claimed new successes today as
they prepared for a major stand
along the Pukow-Tientsin line.
Advices from Hankow stated the
Chinese took advantage of a lull
in the japanese attack along this
line, which runs north from the
vicinity of Nanking to Tientsin, to
strengthen their defense works in
preparation for anticipated heavy
fighting for possession of the rail-
way.
The Chinese high command, ac-
cording to these reports, continued
to pour reinforcements into the
Lunghai and Tientsin-Pukow rail-
road areas, which now constitute
the fronts in the Severest fighting
progressing in China, while Gen
eraliSSimo Chang Kai-Shek sent
high officials to the backgrounds
to encourage the troops.
At the same time Hongkong re-
ported a sudden renewal of activ-
lity in South China, where Jap
anese forces apparently unleaShed
new, fierce attack against Chi
nese defense sectors adjoining the
British crown colony,
The police station at Pingshan,
on Hongkong's western border, re-
ported the Japanese were bonn
harding the Chinese city of Nam
tau, only a mile from British ter
ritory. It was believed Nipponese
planes and warships participated
in the attack, which British Off
cials Immediately investigated.
simultaneously, the Japanese
shelled coastal defenseS south of
Swatow. Chinese troops were
massed along the coast in antici-
patton of an attempted japanese
landing.
Each side is getting set for what
may prove the crucial battle of the
war along the Lunghai railway on
front 300 miles long.
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FIX THAT
CO.. D!
And Fix 1t Right Depend on No
Mere Half EWay Measures!

Fourth, they tone the system and
help fortify against further attack.
These four effects make q real
cold treatment and in Bromo Qui-
nine you get them all in the form
Of a single tablet.
The Stitch in Time!
Beat a cold to the punch. As
soon as you feel any symptoms,
start taking Bromo Quinine tab
lets at once. Two tablets every
four, hours will soon break up the
cold.
Bromo Quinine tablets may bs
taken with confidence. They have
been on the market for over 20
years and are the worlds largest
selling cold tablets.
.Bromo Quinine tablets come IN
35c and 60c sizes. The 60c size Is the
better ''buy." 1t gives you almost
20 per cent more for your money.
Ask for-and insist upon getting
Groves Laxative Bromo Quinine
GBQ tablets). Any attempt to sell
you anything else may be viewed
with suspicion.
The Washington times., 1938-01-25
Fire in Basement
At Girls Seminary

Fire apparatus was summoned
to extinguish a fire in the base
ment of the main building at
Martha Washington Seminary,
3640 Sixteenth st. N. W., today
while classes went on uninter.
rupted in another structure.
officials of the school said the
fire was mostly smoke" Damage
was slight. Firemen said the blaze
originated in heating apparatus.
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until Tokyo wrenched her free.
The Washington times., 1938-01-25
Cruel to Canaries,
Wife Sues Him

SACRAMENTO, Calf. Jan. rs
GN.SO.-Because her husband,
Harry J. Nielsen, assertedly pulled
the tail feathers from her canaries
causing her great mental an
guish" to see the birds abused,
Mrs. Alberta Nielsen is seeking a
divorce at Auburn, near here. Mrs.
Nielsen thinks this constitutes ex.
treme cruelty and seeks her di-
vorce on that ground.
The Washington times., 1938-01-25

Union has concentrated the
greater part of it's vast resources
upon its armed forces. Never
theleSs it remains one of the
most astounding feats of Soviet
enterprise that they should have
been able to build one subma-
rine, let alone so.
STRONG SUB FLEET
1t is believed, however, that
the Soviets began building sub
marines as far back as before
Hitler came to power and that
they had the help of German
marine engineers to start them
on construction program which
they can now carry on by them
selves. Woth so submarines in
the Far East, and certainly few
in the Baltic and Black Seas,
the Soviet Union unobtruSively
has become one of the strongest
submarine powers in the world.
Japan lists only IS, and Britain
81.
Their usefulness in a war with
Japan would extend far beyond
the defense of Vladivostock.
They could easily range from
the straits of Tartary and Tsu-
garu to Shimonoseiki and the
vital Straits of Tsushina. They
could make hazardous a great
part of the Sea of Japan.
Above all, the Soviet subma-
rines could make the whole
Eastern coast of Korea uncom-
Portable for Japanese commerce,
and could seriously impede any
attempt to land at the new
japanese bases near Vladivo-
stock.
SHIP is BOARDED
Presently the riding lights of
a tug not far away. In the dim
light 1 could just make out two
figures in long black overcoatS
and military caps standing at
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the rail. The Siberia Maru
lay heavy in the water, sullen at
the approach of the enemy.
Cautiously, as though reluc-
tant to touch a japanese, the
Soviet tug pushed its nose al
most against our side. The two
black-coated figures climbed to
the tugs nose, waited until the
swell lifted them level with our
deck, then leaped gracefully on
board.
POLITICAL POLICE
They snapped to attention, sa-
luted the Japanese captain, and
I read the initials on their but
tons: IN. K. V. D." pilots per-
haps but also members of the
Russian political police, now
called the ministry of the in
terror, or narkomvnudel, one
time G. P. u, once the cheka.
They have changed the name
three times to take the smell of
blood from an organization
which has without doubt exc
cuted more people than any in
human history, but unfortu-
nately the change is no sooner
made than a new era of blood
letting comes in. Today the uni
formed political police alone
number 250,000. They compose
the army against counter-revolu-
ton at home. They are not sus-
posed to fight in a foreign war,
but they contain the elite of
Russia's armed forces, with
everything from tanks, artillery
and airforce to crack infantry
divisions, capable in theory of
crushing even red army revolt.
III. 4. KnickerbOcker con-
tinueS his series of articles
in t0mOrrOw's Washington
TimeS.)
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A cold neglected may be cold
regretted!
Many a Slight cold has ended
in flu and pneumonia.
Treat a cold quickly and treat 1t
sensibly.
Forego "cure-alls." A cold calls
for a cold treatment and not a prep
aration good for all kinds of all
ments.
A cold also calls for internal
treatment, for a cold is an internal
infection.
Your Treatment!
Groves Laxative Bromo Quinine
GBQ tablets) are what you want
for a cold. First, they are a cold
tablet, made expressly for the
treatment of colds and nothing
else.
Secondly, they are internal medi-
cation, fourfold in effect.
Here's what they do:
First, they open the bowels.
Second, they check the infection
in the system.
Third, they relieve the headache
and fever.
The Washington times., 1938-01-25
By H. R. KNICKERBoCKER

Copyright. Whole or Part POhOted>
PARIS Jan 25 NS)-Steaming across the sea OF apan
from Tsuruga Navostock from the Npponese empire OF
Hroho to the Red realm of Stain the infabe was like
crossing no mans land trench to another The steel
black ocean empty, ship in sight as though none
dared venture in where two such fierce opponents
wait for battle -,
The little Siberia Naru trudged along waowlng IN the
heavy swell and resentfu perhaps fearful at ap
proacbinc Vladvostock hostile port where just few
months AGO she was boarded searched and held by the Soviet
nolioe until TOl yyrpnched her free.
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Russia Boasts
so Submarines

Strength Of the Soviet sub
marine fleet is pointed out
by H. r. KnickerbOcker in
his article today. He says:
with so submarines in
the Far East, and certainly
a few in the Baltic and Black
Seas, the Soviet Union un-
obtrusively has become one
of the strongest submarine
powers in the world. Japan
lists only 55, and Britain. 54."
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American Red Cross in a series OF
classes beginning Thursday. The
class will meet on Tuesday and
Thursday
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Submarine Fleet
Of Russia Among
Best in the World
Fiftv Undersea Vessels Chartered in East,
KnickerbOcker Reveals

(The startling disclosure that Soviet Russia has fully
80 modern submarines Quatered IN the Far East IS made
today By H. r. Knickerbocker the noted foreign corre
spondent of International Neo0s SerUce in the eighth of
his series, "The YeNow Typhoon and Red Storm Warm-
inqs" Kckerbocker today tells of his journey to Vtad'
vostock the port Chich Japan regards as p1soL heId
loaded and cocked' at her backO
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FIRST AID LESSONS

Opportunity to learn the funda-
mentals of first aid will be offered
by the District Chapter Of the
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
w. H. ommen
Retired NeWsn1Gn, 81,
Dead in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, April 29.-Wil-
liam H. Tammen. 81, who had
been engaged in newspaper work
in this city more than go years,
died suddenly at his home yester-
day.
The son of the late DR.. Fred
erick and Anna Tammen, he was
educated in the public schools and
when a young man became a re-
porter on the old Baltimore Ca
zette. He joined the staff Of the
Baltimore American in 1882, Serv'
ing at various times as telegraph
editor, news editor and assistant
managing editor. He retired Il
years ago.
He was twice married. His first
wife was Miss Estelle Wood, WHIT
died in 1912. His second wife was
Miss Sophie Hahn Sweeny, by
whom he is survived. A daughter
Mrs. James E. Carey, Of Battle
Greek, Mich, also survives him.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE TOMORROW
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
Dr.McKenzie Dead;
Was Pa. Educator

PHILADELPHIA. April 20 ON.
SO.-Dr. Robert TAFT Mckenzie,
II, nationally known sculptor,
physician, educator and director
of physical education at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, dropped
dead of a heart attack last night
at his home.
DR.. Mckenzie telephoned his
wife, Mrs. Ethel Mckenzie, at 6
O'Clock and arranged for a dinner
downtown. He called for his car,
walked from his study and col
larsed. Servants called DR.. Fran
els R. Packard, but DR.. Mckenzie
was dead when he arrived.
An artist whose heroic figures
in stone and bronze Of collegiate
and wartime subjects brought. in
ternational acclaim, DR.. Mckenzie
was equally noted in the United
States for his work in the physical
education field.
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
Mrs. RObinsO
Dead at 80
In Home

Funeral services for Mrs. w. j.
H. Mother" Robinson, 92-year.
old church and missionary worker
OF Washington, Maryland and
Virginia, who died Wednesday at
the Methodist Home for the Aged
in Gaithersburg, Md, were held
today in Gaithersburg. Interment
was in Washington Memorial Park
on Riggs Road in Maryland.
Mrs. Robinson was born in
Clairborne, Md, and during her
residence in or near Washington,
was active in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church affairs, missionary
societies, teaching. and other civic
work. She was Sunday school
superintendent in EaSton, Md,
during the time she lived there,
and taught school in Royal Oak
in 1871.
Lover of music, Mrs. Robinson
sang, played the piano and organ.
The night before her death she
played the piano and sang for the
entertainment of other residents
of the home.
Two sons survive, j. Edgar and
Willis Robinson, both of Washing
ton.
-vnTE Enp emeHnnar rnnnn~..
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
Prof. HusserI
Famous Philosopher
Dead in Germany

NEW YORK. April 29.-Prof.
Edmund Husserl, 70, noted phil,
osopher and first German to DE
made a member of the Franch
Academy of Moral and Political
Sciences after the war, died in
Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany, it
was learned here today.
He was the founder of the pheno.
neurological school, generally con.
sidered as representing one of the
important German philosophical
movements of this century.
After teaching philosophy at
Halle University from 1887 to 1901
he became professor Of philosophy
at Goettingen University and in
1916 was appointed professor in
the University of Freiburg. He
retired in 1929.
Surviving are his widow, a son,
Prof. Gerhart Husserl, former dean
of the law faculty at Kiel Univer.
sity and now residing in Philadel-
phai. and a daughter, Mrs. Jacob
Rosenberg, whose husband is with
the Department of Fine Arts at
Harvard University.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE rouopsnw
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
Turner,
dUyClerk,
Dead

Miss Gertrude Turner, clerk
in the purchasing division, Ma
rine Corps, U. s. Navy Depart
ment, died yesterday at Garfield
Hospital. She was 80 years old.
A native of Tiverton, r. l., Miss
Turner was the daughter of the
late Frank H. and Mrs. Ona M.
Turner. Educated in Fall River,
R. l., she was a graduate Of the
Technical High School there.
She came to Washington twelve
years ago when she was given a
position in the Navy Department.
She was an active member of
Rebekah Lodge, the Ladies' Aux
iliary of Odd Fellows, and of the
Metropolitan Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at 1890 o'clock at the S.
H. Hines funeral home, 2901
Fourteenth st. N. w. The Rev.
DR.. Grove G. johnson, pastor of
the National Memorial Baptist
Church, will conduct the rites. In
terment will be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Besides her mother, Miss Turner
is survived by. a sister, Mrs.
Agnes F. Crowell.
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Mrs. Nellie Rice
Rites Tomorrow

Funeral services for Mrs. Nellie
Rice, retired employee of the De.
partment of Agriculture, who died
Tuesday at her home in Chicago,
will be held tomorrow at 2 O'Clock
at the Lee funeral home, Fourth
and Massachusetts, Avenue North
east. Interment will be in Con.
gressional Cemetery.
Mrs. Rice came to Washington
to enter the Federal service in
1901. She retired in 1924. She is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. Irene
H. Schafer, of Chicago.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE TOMORROW
GLEE CLUB CONCERT
Glee clubs of Georgetown Uni.
versity and the College of New
Rochelle, N. Y, will combine for
a spring concert tomorrow at 2:15
at the Hotel Roosevelt in New
York city. Patrick Cardinal Hays
archbishop of New York, heads
the list of honorary boxholders.
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RIGHT REV, PACE,
NOTED EDUCATOR
IS LAID TO REST
Archbishop CurIey
Performs Rites

Solemn pontiflcal requiem mass
for the Right Rev. Edward
Aloysius Pace, vice rector emeri-
tus of the Catholic University Of
America and professor emeritus
Of philosophy, who died Tuesday
morning at Providence Hospital
after a long illness. was celebrated
this morning in the beautiful Ma
tional Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception on the university
campus.
Most Rev. Michael J. Curley,
Archbishop of Baltimore, and
chancellor of the university, Off
ciated at the rites, assisted by the
Very Rev. James Marshall Camp
bell, Phi. D.; Rev. John K. Ryan,
Phi. D.. and Rev. Donald A. Mac
Lean, Phi. D.
Services for the distinguished
scholar were attended by the apos.
tolic delegate, the Most Rev. Am
leto G. Cogonani and by many OF
the ecclesiastical orders.
Honorary pallbearers included
the Rev. Henry Hyvernat, D.. D.;
DR.. Charles H. Mccarthy. Right
Rev. John A. Ryan, D. D.; Right
Rev. Peter Guilday, Phi. D.; Rev.
Thomas v. Moore, o. S. B., Phi.
D., and the Very Rev. Nicholas A.
Weber, S. NJ, S. T. D.
Active pallbearers were DR..
Aubrey E. Landry, DR.. Patrick j..
Lennox, DR.. Frank O'Hara, DR..
John B. Parker, DR.. Thomas j..
McKavanaugh and Dr.. Otto j..
Rainier.
1nterment took place in Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
William Kennedy
Dies in New York

NEW YORK, April 29-William
Kennedy, prominent in Brooklyn
building circles for many years, is
dead in his seventy-second year
here today.
He constructed, among other
things, the Williamsburg Savings
Bank, Broadway Temple, Bronx
County Courthouse, the Grosvenor
Hotel and the Brooklyn Central
Courts building. s...... .ra
Surviving are a son, William, jr.;
a daughter, Mrs. Charles L. Bah
cock, jr., and six grandchildren.
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
Isaac Wolfe Dead;
Former Jurist, 70

NEW HAVEN, Conn, April 20.
Isaac Wolfe. former judge in SUI
perior and Common Pleas Court
here, is dead in his seventy-eighth
year here.
Admitted to the Connecticut bar
in 1887, he was appointed judge
of probate court in 1907. He retired
in 1880, and served as State
referee until the time of his death.
IA bachelor, Judge Wolfe is sur
vived by two brothers, Solomon
and BENJAMIN Wolfe.
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DEATHS

Samuel Altman. IS. 2224 F st. N. W.
Adolph Lichtenstsin, SO, 2016 Allen Pl.
N. W.
Julia Hastings, 80. GalIinger Hospital.
Laura Lewis, 81. St. Elizabeths Hos
pital
Mary A. McGinnelI. 70. 1927 Eleventh
st. N. w.
Msgr. Edward A. Face. 7s, Providence
Hospital.
Ella virginia Bagley Tharp. 5000 New
Hampshire Ave. N. e.
Maude Harrison, "a. Emergency Hos
pital.
Gertrude Bonnip. 81 Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital.
Frank Green, 81, Emergency Hospital
William A. Sabin, 81, 1850 Wisconsin
Ave. N W.
Spencer Joseph Dean, 81, Providence
Hospital.
Carrie Nudge, IS, Gallinger Hospital.
Ada NJ. Waters 81, 512 Bryant St.
N. e.
Fred, Harris, 81, Casualty Hospital.
Howard v. Heath, IS. Twenty-fifth
and Q SITS. N. W.
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Luther Allen,
Policeman,
Passes on

WINCHESTER, Va, April 30
Policeman Luther Allen, 81, for
80 years a member of the Wash.
ington, D. c., Police Department,
died of a heart attack in his hotel
room here today.
Allen, attached to scout car
duty at No. 10 precinct, Wash.
ington, came here as a visitor to
the Apple Blossom Festival in com.
pany with Policeman C. D. Schamp
of the Public Relations Squad,
Washington police.
Allen lived at 634 South Caro-
lima Ave. S. E.. Washington, and
is survived by his widow.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE TOMORROW
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
MARRIAG LICENSES

Joseph B. weser, ~, Hyattsville, Md.
and Marie r. Juback. "a, Donora, Pa.
Edward ]. Smith. IS, and Gladys L.
Tapscott, 16, both Of S21 Newton Pl'
N w.
John A. Judge, rs, 44Os Thirty-ninth
st. N. W., and Margaret NJ. ODonnell'
%, Chevy Chase, Md.
IS, both Of 1853 Quebec Pl. N W.
James L. Cavanaugh. 81 1854 Colum-
bia Rd. N. W. and Gladys v. Welsh, -,
Bethesda. Nd
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BIRTHS

Norman and Anna Waller, boy.
John and Sophie Clagett, boy,
James and Teresa Simpson, girl.
Robert and Alice Thompson, girl
Robert and Charlotte Hall, girl.
David and Dorothy Croth, boy.
Niven and Carol Ladd boy.
James and Agnes Economedes, boy.
Harold and Mary Dove, boy.
Raleigh and Cynthia Wood, boy.
Wilson ana Gsorgette Dodson, boy.
Thomas and Hazel Matthews, girl.
Joseph and Florence Redmond, girl.
r. Clyde and Helen LaRkin, boy.
Jacob and Freda Parker. boy.
Leroy and Eva Sunderland, boy.
Gilbert and Sophie Shapiro, boy.
Hugh and Ella Flynn, boy.
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
'FOOtlight' Players
To Give Comedy

BETHESDA, Md. April 20.
The Footlight Club Of Bethesda
Chevy Chase High School will
present the comedy, Mrs. Tenn
pies Telegram" at the Leland
Junior High School Auditorium
tonight at 8 O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
Lewis w. Haskell
Dies in Carolina

HENDERsoNvILLE, N. c., April
20 Q.N.S0 Lewis Wardlaw Has.
kell. SO, for many years a member
Of the diplomatic corps and one.
time representative at the League
of Nations, died here today.
He had been in i'll health for
some time and retired from the
diplomatic corps in 1888. During
his career as a diplomat he served
as consul general at Algeria and
at Zurich.
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
WIDOW SON SURVIVE

Mr.. Popkins leaves his widow,
Mrs, Florence v. PopkinS; his
father, Richard N. Popkins; a son,
G. Ross PopkinS: two sisters, Mrs.
Maude P. Haislip, Alexandria, Va,
and Mrs. j. Bryan Popkins, Fair.
fax, Va, and three brothers, Lud.
wood A. and Earle L. Popkins, both
of Fairfax county, and Thomas w,
Popkins, Dallas, Tex.
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
Births, Deaths, Marriages

Katie Marie schuiS. Is 1854 Meridian !.
St N. W.
Emmett washington Brown. "a, ss5O
Wisconsin Ave. N. W
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cox, JOHN WARREN-on Thursday. April
%, 1888, at the residence of his daugh-
ter. Mrs, John McConkey, Oxon Hill, Md,
JOHN WARREN COX. the beloved husband
of the late Jane Hatton Cox.
Funeral from his daughters residence,
Mrs. John McConkey, on Monday; May 2
1885, at 80 a. m, thence to st. 1gna-
thus Church, oxon Hill, Nd, where high
requiem mass will be offered at 10 a. m.
for the repose of his soul.
Relatives and friends invited.
Interment in the church cemetery.
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mrs. FROHBOSE,
CHURCH WORKER,
TAKEN BY DEATH
Deceased Prominent In
Club Circles

Mrs. Elizabeth Frohbose, prom
inent clubwoman and an active
worker in charitable and church
organizations in the District, died
yesterday at her residence, 613
Seventh st. N. E. She would have
celebrated her fiftieth birthday on
May 10.
A native of Brooklyn, N. Y, Mrs.
Frohbose was educated in the pa
rochial schools in that city. She
came to Washington Is years ago
to join her husband, an employee
in the Government Printing Of
flee.
NOTED CHARITY WORKER
Well known in club circles, Mrs.
Frohbose was a member of the
Catholic Women's Benevolent Le-
gion of New York, Court District
Of Columbia, Catholic Daughters
of America; Knights Of st. John
and the Third Order of st. Fran
els. She was also a member of the
Sodality and the League Of the
Sacred Heart of st. Joseph's Cath
Ollie Church, Second and c SITS.
N. E., and was an enthusiastic
worker in the charitable work
carried on by the church.
Members of the District Court,
Catholic Daughters of America,
under the leadership of Miss Au-
gusta Uhl, grand regent, will con-
vene tonight at her home at 8
o'clock for recitation of the rosary.
They will be followed by the So
dality of st. Joseph's Church at
$3.50 o'clock and the Knights of
st. Johns at 9 o'clock.
MASS TOMORROW
Requiem mass will be celebrated
tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock in
st. Joseph's Church, with the Rev.
j. Lawrence Kilkenny as cele-
brant. Burial will follow in Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.
Besides her husband she is sur.
vived by daughter, Miss Eliza
beth Patricia Frohbose, of this
city; two sisters, Mrs. Nellie Het-
fish and Mrs. Mary C. Buckbee,
and three brothers, William, Ar.
thur and Edwin McCort, all of
Brooklyn, N. Y.
WORT FOR SUFFRAGE TOMORROW
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DEAN, JAMES ELLSWORTH-Died at his

home, 52OI Cathedral Avenue North
west, on Thursday, April %, 1888. at
7:45 a. m. He is survived by his wife,
Mrs Sarah Dean. and two daughters; Mrs.
Arthur Smell and Mrs. Charlotte Goodman,
of Washington, D. c.
Funeral from the Thomas F. Murray
funeral home. 2O07 Nichols Avenue South
east, on Saturday. April 80, 1888, at 30
p. m. 8,
Services at Anacostia Baptist Church,
Thirteenth and W Streets Southeast at
2 p. m.
Relatives and friends are invited.
Interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
The Washington times., 1938-04-29
GEORGE POPKINS,
81, SUCCUMBS
ITO LONG ILLNESS
Retired D. C. EmpIoye
Expert on Taxes

George L. Popkins, retired Dis
trict government employee. died
yesterday at his residence, 1853
Chaplin st. N. W., after a long
illness. He was "a years old.
From 1918 until his retirement
March /, Mr.. Popkins had been
employed as a record clerk in the
Assessors Office, District Build
ing.
BORN IN FAIRFAX, VA.
He was born in Fairfax county.
Va, and came to Washington at
the turn of the century to make
his home. Prior o entering Gov
eminent service. Mr.. PopkinS had
been an employe of the Sharon
Dairy.
Active in the Columbia Heights
Citizens Association, Mr.. Popkins
served in an advisory capacity in
matters pertaining to taxation. He
was also a member Of the Royal
Arcanum, national organization,
and was a past regent of the local
chapter, Capital Council. He also
was a member of the Foundry
Methodist Church.
Funeral services will be held
tomorrow at his home at 3 o'clock.
The Rev. Frederick Brown Har-
ris, pastor of Foundry Church,
will officiate, assisted by the Rev.
Grove G. johnson, pastor Of the
National Memorial Baptist Church.
1nterment will be in Ivy Hill Gene
terry.