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The Washington times., 1939-01-30
First Lady
At Concert

Mrs. Roosevelt attended Mrs.
Lawrence Townsend's concert
this morning at the MayfloWer
accompanied by Sonora de
Lopez, wife of the Ambassador
of Colombia; Madame Horinou-
chi, wife of the Japanese Am
bassador; Mrs. Cordell Hull and
Mrs. Harry H. Woodring.
Following the concert, Mrs.
Townsend entertained as usual
at luncheon in the Presidential
dining room Of the Mayflower
for the artists on the morning
program, Nine. Bidu Sayao, so
prano; Robert Casadesus, pla1-
ist, and Rena Leroy. flutiSt.
ENVOY ATTENDS
Guests at her luncheon in
cluded the French Ambassador,
Count de Saint-Quentin; Nine.
Espil, wife of the Argentine Am
bassador; the Ambassador Of
Colombia and Senoria de Lopez,
the Charge d'Affaires Of Brazil
and Nine. da Costa Guimaraes;
Mr.. jacques Truelle, Counselor
of the French Embassy; the
Naval Attache OF the French
Embassy, Comdr. Pierre Benech,
and Nine. Benech; Mr.. Jacques
Dumaine, First Secretary of the
French Embassy; Senor Bon
Imis Mariana zuberbuhler,
Second Secretary of the Argen-
tine Embassy and Nine. Zuber-
buhler.
Also attending the party
were Mrs. B. Sumner Welles,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Angus
Garrett, Mrs. Warren Delano
Robbins, Mrs. Charles D. Alden,
Mrs. Adolph C. Miller, Mrs.
Theodore A. Baldwin, Mrs. c.
c. Glover, Mrs. George Thorpe,
Miss Mary Randolph, Miss Lo-
lita Dawsch and Nine. Robert
CaSadesuS.
Others present were DR.. Leo S.
Rowe, Mr.. Elm O'Shaughnessy,
Mr.. Walter H. Schoellkopf, jr.,
Mr.. Pendleton Turner, Mr.. La
throp Stoddard, Mr.. Richard
Baldwin, Mr.. Milne Charnley
and Mr.. Giuseppe Danise.
The Turkish Ambassador and
Madame Ertegun were ranking
guests at a luncheon given after
the concert at the Mayflower
by Miss Margaret Delano Gage.
MRS. ROPER HOSTESS
Mrs. Daniel C. Roper was
hostess to a small group in her
box at the morning concert
and also at luncheon in the
presidential dining-room imme-
diately thereafter.
Mrs. Ollie M. James enter
tanned at luncheon in compli-
ment to Mrs. Jack Bell, OF
Dallas, Tex, whose late husband
was at one time a member OF
the House of Representatives.
other hostesses entertaining
at luncheon at the Mayflower
yesterday included Mrs. Charles
L. McNary, wife of Senator
McNary of oregon; Mrs. R.
H. Fletcher, wife of Colonel
Fletcher, U. S. A., and Mrs.
Walter r. Tuckerman.
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Ruth Reann
WedS Feb. 4

Dan Cupid is busy up on
Capitol Hill again-this time in
the guise of Representative
George w. Gillie, of Indiana.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forest v.
Ream, of this city and formerly
of Fort Wayne, Ind, have an
nounced the engagement of
their daughter, Ruth Alice, to
Charles A. Baird. secretary to
Representative Gillie.
The young couple met in Fort
Wayne three years ago but
were separated when the bride
elects parents came to Wash
ington. However, when Congress
man Gillie was elected he
brought the prospective bride
groom along as secretary-and
the romance floWered.
The nuptials will be solem-
nized in a simple ceremony at
2::3O o'clock in the afternoon on
Saturday, February 4, in St.
James Episcopal Chapel in Gar
rett Park, Md.
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den by the tall trees of the jungles,
you could hear the tom-toms of the
cannibals but when they played
"And My Heart Belongs to-.
Daddy" | realized it must be Sidney
and rascas. Never did our mortal
eyes see such an assemblage of beau
tiful goddesses And when the but
ler announced our name with his
monotone voice to Mrs. Mason, we
thought we shook hands with Venus
herself and the two nymphs next
to her were her husbands two debu-
tante nieces, Marion and Catherine
Colt. (Note: We didn't know nymphs
made debuts, too) .. Behind huge
palm (or was it the bar?) we noticed
Frank Murphy, the new Attorney
General, who should cut his hair
shorter to look more like an Attorney
General and not Toscanini . Stylish
Senator Millard Tydings, from Mary
land, waltzed with incredible grace
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FBI Chief Attends

J. Edgar Hoover, Chief of the
FBI, was surrounded when we
caught a glimpse of him and
other notables present were Paul
Whiteman and Cornelius Van
derbilt, jr. The Commissioner
of the District and Mrs. Melvin
Hazen were among those in the
large gathering, as were Mrs. FL
len Woodward, Miss Ella O'Day,
daughter of the hostess; Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick Hayes Warren
and the latter's brother, Marvin
H. Mcintyre, jr.; former Rep
resentative Virginia c. JenckeS,
Mr.. Rudolph Berger. Mr.. and
Mrs. Carlton DuffiSs, Federal
Trade Commissioner and Mrs.
Garland Gerguson. Federal
Trade Commissioner and Mrs.
Charles Hoyt March, Mrs. Rob
ert E. Freer. wife of the Chair
man of the Federal Trade Com
mission; Miss Blanche Hall, Mr..
j. c. Brown, Mr.. ans Mrs. w.
w. Bride, jr., Mrs. James Gun
ningham, Mrs. William Burns,
and Mr.. Tom Burke.
Senorita Dora Boyd, daughter
of the Minister of Panama and
Sonora de Boyd. made a pretty
picture in her cerise wimple as
she had her photo taken, posing
with Miss Powell. In the party
with her were Senorita Pachis
Arias, Hilda Vallarino and Anita
Ramirez.
Martins, Manhattans, whis-
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Mrs. ICkeS
To Receive

Contrary to erroneous reports
which have been circulating
these past few days, Mrs. Harold
L. Ickes, wife of the Secretary
of the Interior, will be "at
home" from until 6 o'clock on
Wednesday at Headwater Farm,
the Ickes estate in Olney, Md.
Mrs. Michael Strauss will as
sist the hostess. Those who will
pour are Mrs. John M. Coffee,
Mrs. Pat McC arran, Mrs.
Claude Pepper. Mrs. Gerald
Nye, Mrs. Linden E. johnson
and Mrs. Lewis B. Schwellen-
bach,
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Sholt and Lionel Stander.
A large congressional delega-
ton was on hand and among
those from up on the hill we're
Senator Tom Connally, Mrs.
Barkley with the Senator from
Kentucky, Representative Edith
Nourse Rogers, Representative
Sol Bloom, Mrs. Bloom and their
daughter, Miss Vera Bloom;
Representative Ross A. Collins,
Representative Eugene Grove.
Representative and Mrs. Louis
Ludlow, Representative Leslie C.
Arends, Representative and Mrs.
Charles A. Halleck, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Fritz Lanham,
Representative and Mrs. Pete
Jarman, Representative Charles
Kra m er, Representative Jen-
nings Randolph, Representative
John j. Sparkman, and Rep
resentative and Mrs. William H.
Larrabee,
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Give
Supper Party

Miss Mary Howry and Miss
Elizabeth Howry entertained at
a buffet supper last night in
their o Street home in honor Of
Miss Peggy Townsend.
Guests included Miss Flea
nor Meem, Miss Cecilia vom
Rath, Miss Marie vom Rath,
Miss Austine Mcdonnell, Miss
Agnes Magruder, Miss Maisie
Howard, Miss Ann Shirley. the
MesSrS. Segar, Jock Merriam,
Andrew Wylie, Thomas Krock,
Donald Downes, George Abel,
Lyle Brookover, Frank Hol-
comb. Oleg Cassini, Igor Cas-
SIM and Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Sturgess.
Mrs. Effingham Townsend
entertained at a luncheon to-
day for daughter Peggy, follow
ing Mrs. Lawrence Townsend's
Morning Musicale.
Mrs. ToWnsend's guests at the
musicale were Miss Frances
Andrews. Miss Sylvia Alexander,
Miss Evalyn Mclean. Miss Elsie
Hill, Miss Marie vom Rath,
Miss Meem, Miss Ann Wilkin-
son, Miss Eleanor Flood, Miss
Magruder, Miss Jacqueline
Meredith and Miss Howard.
Joining the party for lunch
con after the concert will be
Miss Stellita Stapleton, Miss
Emily Davis. Miss Angela
Adams, Miss Caroline Cecil,
Miss Houston Miller, Miss Alice
Tuckerman, Miss Ashby Proc
tor, Miss Betty Meyers, Miss
Nancy Hoskinson, Miss Betty
Fischer. Miss Mcdonnell, Miss
Doris Becker and Mrs. Rodgers
Barker.
Mrs. Townsend will have
small group of her friends for
luncheon at a nearby table.
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One of the merriest in yes
terday's round of parties was the
tea given by the Director of the
Mint, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, in
honor of the United States Am
bassador to China and Mrs. Mel
son T. Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson, the former
Jane Beck, halls from Cody,
Wyo., which is also Mrs. Ross
native State and they have been
intimate friends for some time.
When the Sino-Japanese con-
fhct heightened last year, Mrs.
Johnson returned to the States
with her two children while the
envoy remained at his post. Hav-
ing been called here for confer
ences with the President, Mr..
johnson has been rejoined by
his wife. They are stopping with
Mr.. Johnson's sister, Miss Eliza
beth johnson. in Georgetown.
Mrs. Ross had chosen a strik=
ing turquoise crepe gown, floor
length with a fitted jacket, to
receive in yesterday. Assisting
the hostess were Mrs. Blair
Bannister, Mrs. Frank Bohn,
Mrs. Casanova Lee, Mrs. Gilbert
Hitchcock, Mrs. Thurman Ar
mold. Miss Mabel Walker Willie
brandt, Mrs. Arthur Vanden-
berg, Mrs. Harlan Fiske Stone,
Mrs. Frank Harton, Mrs. ]. C.
O'Mahoney and Mrs. H. H.
Schwartz.
Spring flowers filled the
rooms of Mrs. Ross spacious
apartment at the Dresden
which is filled with priceless
antiques. Tea and coffee were
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persons, had her very attractive :
niece with her; the Tom Ships, !:
who are leaving for Hollywood :
very shortly and will be shown :
the film capital bv none other q:
guide than Will Hays, czar Of :.
the movies.
Representative Emmett O'Neal I:
OF Kentucky with his wife and /:
two daughters; Representative
Leslie ArendS of Illinois, Reprei
sentative William Barry of New
York, and the baby of the House :,
of Representatives, one Eugene. I.
Keogh, very tall, nice and blond :
Mrs. j. Ham Lewis, wife of Sem
ator Lewis, in black and wear.
ing the most intriguing filmy,
dotted veil, and Marvin McIn-::
tyre, coming and being beSieged +:
by autograph seekers, who were
more interested in him than the: :
movie stars. :
THE BURT NEWS, who were
l. the incest persons; little Mrs. .
Billy Bride, who was moaning :
because her sons nurse had left
and up till now, which is two
weeks, she hasn't been able to :
replace her. Mrs. Jim Cunning :
ham, in a red fox cape and q
wee hat of violetS on her blond :
head, being mistaken for a movie
star by Nancy Wright; and DR..
and Mrs. William Burns and DR..
Burns being nearly mobbed by
persons who thought he was
Ralph Movie Star" Bellamy. !
DR.. Burns insisted that he was
not Ralph Bellamy, which only
added to the excitement, and it
took him one hour Of intensive
explaining to finally convince !
people that he was just himself
and not a picture star.
\ 4
TREEN SEIBOLD, who was ex-
" actly as handsome as a Hol-
lywood star and had practically
no worries on his mind, save one :
his very debonair bow tie just
wouldn't stay put in the straight,
correct manner. Olive Hurley, in
a good-looking black and white
outfit, with Helen Williams, tall,
stunning daughter of the new
Representative from Delaware:
the Frank Brattons, and tiny !
Pat Duff, granddaughter Of Bill
Duff, who was beside herself
with excitement because Eleanor
Powell had given her a signed :
picture of herself with a very 8
sweet inscription.
Mrs. Jack Wynn, Swathed in
silver foxes and looking blondly
beautiful; Mrs. Turner Battle, :
in the new slate blue, done in:
crepe, and DR.. Herbert Schoen-. .
field, who told us the most charm
ing story, which we will print
tomorrow. OF course the buffet :
was generous, the bar lavish and :
the party a most complete and :
wonderful success. :
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Nellie Tayl0e Ross FeteS
EnU0y Johnson at Party

served at the table centered by
silver candelabra and white
tapers. Punch was being ladled
out in an adjoining room.
Those asked to pour through
out the afternoon were Mrs.
Clarence Miller, Mrs. Julien
Mason, Miss Dorothy Tomlin-
son, Mrs. Charles Drayton.
Miss 7Eary O'Reilley, Mrs. Har-
old Marsh, Mrs. EdneSs Wilkins.
Mrs. Howard Snyder, Mrs. John
o. Herrick, Mrs. A. B. Bruce
and Mrs. John Goodloe.
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To Be Hosts

Mr.. Edgar Morris, vice chair
man of the floor committee for
the Presidents Birthday Ball
tonight, and Mrs. Morris, who is
on the ladies' reception COM
mittee for the affair, are enter
tanning at dinner this evening
at Wardman Park Hotel prior
to the ball, in honor of two of
the White House military aides,
Lieut.. Orville Stokes, U. S. A..
and Lieut.. Carlton r. Adams.
U. S. N. There will be twenty
guests in the party,
The Washington times., 1939-01-30

the brilliant dance
of the G e org e
Grant Masons at
the Sulgrave Sat-
urday night. The
Club was a differ
ent place. 1t was a
jungle of palms,
ferns and trees. and
lovely flowers of
the tropics, while
heavy grapevines
swung from the
c e iii n G. Hid
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From Bermuda

Commander and Mrs. Jennings
B. Dow, of this city, have sailed
from Bermuda for New York
City. While in Bermuda, Com
mander and Mrs. Dow enter.
tained at a dinner in the Silver
Grill of the Bermudiana Hotel
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Hewett, of Toronto.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Tucker
and Mary 10 Tucker of South
Boston, Va, are spending sew.
eral days at the Hotel Raleigh.
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Receiving With The Hostess

Receiving with Mrs ODay, who long black gown
with short jacket adorned with silver and metal
quns, tiny veiled hat and several strands of pearls
Mrs. Blanche Powell, pretty mother of the vlvacious Ell
and Mrs Charles Petjohn. whose costume
topped off with chic mink-trimmed hat.
The popping of fashgh bulbs in various corners of the
spacious located the presence of star Other than
Eleanor Powell, who in magenta frock and hat be-
meath her blue fox jacket there Mtzi Green Andrea
Leeds Annabela Ralph Belamy, Roscoe Ates Jean Her
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IL ~
was so help Peter Carter
full and tactful that we did man.
age to get out a few words with
out completely collapsing.
T ATER to the National Press
II Club to see the broadcast
and televiSion, and Mrs. Louis
Caldwell there, and she must
have gotten a big thrill, for her
cunning daughter, Barbara, was
in the television and laughing
and chatting away as though
she had done it all her life.
The Jim Wrights and Helen
Fetter Cook; Phoebe Gale, all
of a dither over the whole thing;
Judge and Mrs. Thad Brown,
Shorty" Lipscomb and ever so
many more.
This television is marvellous,
but what in the world is going
to happen to ones privacy when
it is finally perfected? Because,
suppose one would make an ex-
cuse for being late for dinner on
account of working at the office,
and the hostess would say. '"Too
bad, my little one, but I just
looked into the television set
and saw you sitting in the
lounge, over a Scotch and soda
and having the time Of your
life" The possibilities are-ter-
rifle.
MRS. DANIEL O'DAY, known
W1 here in Washington with
great affection as Representa-
tive Caroline O'Day, of New
York, gave a party in the East
room at the Mayflower Hotel
yesterday for her guests to meet
the motion picture stars here
for the Presidents Birthday
ball.
Everyone was there, includ-
ing five nators: Senator
Harry Truman, of Missouri,
who possesses the most ingra-
tiating smile; Senator Joseph
Guffey, of Pennsylvania, who
looked quite in the pink; Sen
ator Alben Barley, of Ken
lucky, and Mrs. Barkley, who
looked as smart as paint; Sen
ator George Radcliffe, of Mary
land, who is always in the
incest of humors, and Senator
Tom Connally, Of Texas, who
was telling q most m u S ing
story and greeting pretty little
"Timmy' Cato, of Fort Worth,
Texas, who is now in school
here, with real South h er n
warmth, and inquiring about
her father, whom, not at all
incidentally, the whole of Texas
and half the United States
knows. and well.
COMMISSIONER NED SMITH
~ of the Bituminous Coal
Commission, arriving and look
ing too impressive in striped
trousers and swagger morning
coat and informing us that he
thought, in all honesty, a pho
tographer should take a picture
of those same striped trousers,
because he might never again
get the nerve to appear in pub
lie in them.
CHARLIE PETTIJOHN, rush"
" ing about trying to do every
thing at once and saying that he
didn't know whether his name
was Pettjjohn or not, he was in
that much OF a swivet. Andrea
Leeds, movie star, who faSci-
mated Buddy Faris to a point
that he couldn't even see or
speak to anyone else; the JACK
NicholseS, whom we hadn't seen
since the Walter Winchell IN
gathering.
The Milton Carr Fergusons,
and she is most petite and
charming; Don Clark, who
thought that the lovely Anna
bella was the last word in every
thing, and Mrs. O'Day, who
came in from having a picture
made with George Brent and an
nounced with a chuckle that
since that had happened, she
was all puffed up"
X \ 4
DEPRESENTATIVE MARY
IL NORTON Of New Jersey,
who, besides having great charm
and warmth of manner, is one
oF fha Vonct 11NdorSfo nH Hin0 Nf
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and all the
news g a l s
said thenicest
things on the
air, and we
couldn't think
of a thing
because our r
hat and cape
had b o t h
been brushed
off a S W e
str u g g / e d
through tn e
crowds, b u t
the annOunc-
er at N.B.C.
WAS 90 helm
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keys and soda were to be had at
the bar, while tea and coffee
were served from a circular
table at one side of the room.
Steaming hot hors d'oeuvres,
tiny sandwiches, cakes and the
like tempted the guests, when
their attention could be diverted
from the galaxy of stars.
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X PETER CARTER
Says:

TlHE whole week end has been delightfully."- exciting and
rather bewildering, what with broadcast with The
Newspaper Womens Club for the dime campaign for the
Presidents Birthday and such crowd assembled the side
walk where the mike set up that couldn't get within
II feet of the place and spent five minutes yelling pantvey
Ned Brunson Harris president of the club to please tell
The Washington times., 1939-01-30
Nev York Representatives Fetes Mouie Stars
Senators t ON Connally and Alben
Barkley in Congressional
Group at Cocktail Party
Ru FIorn Macdonald
By Flora Macdonald

The milky way boast but few stars than Rep
reenative Caroline ODay entertained yesterday after
noon All here do their bit for the Presidents Birthday
Balls tonight they the center of much attention
the cocktail party given by the close friend of the First
Lady in the East Room at the Mayflower.
Autograph>eeing friends of the hostess had perfect
day, and the desire comply with the requests
seemed perfect JOY to each of those approached One
didn't necessarily have be of the Kleg lights
have their signature asked for for Senator Aben Barkey
glimpSed bent a small table intent putting his
"ohn Henry nnumerable little books and pieces of
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someone to let us through"
The Newspaper Women's Club
gave $25 in dimes, and they
made the most enchanting tinkle
as they dropped into the box,
The Washington times., 1939-01-30
In New York

The Minister of Portugal and
Nine. Bianchi are in New York
where they went over the week
end and they will remain for
several days.
The Washington times., 1939-01-30

Lafine fleur of Washington cosmo-
politan set and conspicuous group
of international celebrities attended
Evening star., 1939-02-21
Lusty Hoots Greet
Bund's Many Hates
Al Garden Rally
Miss Thompson Heads
List; CouehIin Cheers
Top Hitler's
By IRA WOLFERT.

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 (N.AN.A).
Although members of the Ger
man-American Bund, who staged a
giant rally in Madison Square Gar
den here last night in honor of
George Washington, have not yet
acquired the precision barking and
trained maneuvering of those whom
they call their brothers in Germany,
they do not take second place in
the length of their list of hates.
Their hates include all those now
authorized in Germany, and, in
addition, ranged ambitiously across
the United States from Dorothy
Thompson, the columnist, to what
one speaker described as Karl
Marx toWn-Milwaukee."
In comparison, their list OF loves
seemed lorn indeed-tender little
oases in a blasted desert. Father
Coughlin. the radio priest, appeared
the crowds most passionate favo-
rite of the moment. His name was
mentioned twice, and each time
brought forth a storm of cheers
an appreciable number of decibels
louder than the cheers that greeted
even the name of Adolf Hitler.
Most Active Hate.
Miss Thompson, the columnist and
wife of Sinclair Lewis, the Nobel
prize winning author of TT Can't
Happen Here" probably was ac-
corded the most active hate of the
evening when she found, as she re-
marked, 1T could happen here" !"
What could happen was that she
got tossed out for having laughed
aloud when G. Wilhelm Kunze, chief
Bund organizer, declared, in the
course of the most heated anti
Semitic speech of the evening, I'VE
stand on the golden rule" A gray
shirted member of the Ordnungs
Dienst, the Bund's storm troops,
started tugging at a very attractive
young woman who stood near Miss
Thompson in order to get at the one
who laughed, whereupon several
trigger-action members of the New
York police force gathered up the
two women and started tossing them
roughly toward the exit. To these
veteran eyes, it looked like an ex-
pert buns rush.
Miss Thompson, her white hair
and pink face bobbing in a mass of
Evening star., 1939-02-21

blue coats and gray shirts, her
evening wrap gathered regally about
her, went willingly, laughing her
scorn Of the meeting ostentatiously.
Haywood Broun galloped to her
rescue and insisted that, since she
was a member Of the press, she be
freed, and allowed to return. A
moment later she did return with
her companion, and a moment after
that she left, still laughing while
red-faced and gray -shirted members
OF the Ordnungs Dienst followed her.
The members Of the German
American Bund, many of them
large, placid Hausfrauen with knit
ting in their laps and beer and sau-
sages in their hands, expressed hate
by lifting their faces and believing,
braying, jeering, hooting and booing.
w. p. A. Roundly Scored.
The w. P. A. was roundly scored
In this manner, and hearty laugh
greeted one speakers characteriza-
ton OF 1t as "the workers prole.
tarianization arrangement" Presi-
dent Roosevelt, pronounced Rosen-
field by both speakers who referred
to him, was hooted Justify, as were
the dictatorial Harold Ickes," Henry
Morgenthau, jr., and the cabinet
member referred to persistently as
Ma Perkins"
Miss Perkins received the lustiest
boos, and Supreme Court Justice
Felix Frankfurter was close second
IN long list that included Bernard
Baruch, former Representative
Thomas Amlie, Walter Lippmann.
Ambassador William c. Bullitt.
former Premier Leon Blum of
France, Eddie Cantor, the four Marx
brothers, the three Ritz brothers and
Irving Berlin.
Jewish democracy" Jewish Com
munism" and Jewish international
banking" were all roundly de-
nounced, although some speakers
occasionally neglected to define
democracy as Jewish. Other institu-
tions that attracted mass disap-
proval from the audience were:
Sloppy liberalism, the press, "the
RADIO "the movies" and schools
with Jewish teachers.
Expressions of love were devoted
Evening star., 1939-02-21
BIndividua|s, Three
Concerns Indicted
In Mail Fraud
Defendants Accused
Of Scheme to Defruud
Investors
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2l.-A Federal
grand Jury today indicted Albert H.
Bramson of Cleveland, "a other in
dlviduals and three corporations on
mail fraud and conspiracy charges,
In connection with the sale of oil
royalties certificates.
The 12-count indictment accused
the defendants of operating a
scheme to defraud investors of about
sl,00O,OOO.
Among the defendants was Ben
lamln West Bunker. said by Assistant
United States Attorney William P.
Maloney to have been used by Bram-
son as window dressing"
Mr.. Maloney said that at least u
persons named in the indictment
mad criminal records and that a ma
Jorlty were at the moment fugitiyes
from justice.
He said Bramson dominated the
three corporations indicted-Reli-
ance Underwriting Corp, Common
wealth Trust Co., a Delaware cor
poratlon. and Underwriters Man
agement Corp.
Maloney said that Bunker, under
the guidance of Bramson, opened
pretentlous stock trading offices in
wall Street and that when invest
ors accounts reached sizable pro-
portlons corps of high pressure
telephone statesmen for the Bunker
enterprises induced the investors to
sell their good securities and pur-
cnase royalty investment trust Ger
tificates."