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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1939-03-06
...utPERCY'S

chucke Shirley watching Shirley perform in the
dream balet"Shes good dancer, isn't shea"
Freedom Ring" screenplay Hech Directed by
Nelson Eddy Virginia Bruce, Victor Mcag
en Lionel Barrymore Edward Arnold Guy Kibbee Charles But
terworth H. b. Warner, Raymond Walburn.
Here anticipated cycle prinkled with
the who the little town from spoaon by the ram
paging which through the of
bucks dirty work than that crossroads
Fast excitement supplied by studded
of those sureire pieces The
patriotic whole proceedings clmaxe with Eddys
thrilling version of America"
an Honest Man." Screenplay by George
from by Charles
Boyle by George w. c. Fields, Edgar
Bergen Mccarthy Mortimer Sned Constance Moore,
Arledge Bush Thurson Hall Mary Forbes Edward
BrOphy.
background field day for the "ieud' be-
tween Bergens Mccarthy muttering mumbng Fields
slight in the scramble It's lot OF fun
with typical Mccarthy Fields humor and flowing
delivers the surprise punch2 None other
McCarthys country pumpkin rival in block
headedness young might be starring possibility
all
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LEGION AUXILIARY
MEETS TOMORROW

Mrs. Oscar Olson today announc-
ed the meeting of the American
Legion Auxiliary is scheduled for
tomorrow night at O'Clock in the
American Legion Dugout.
Plans will be discussed for the
community service program which is
to be given in March, in charge
of which is Mrs. Lucille Stonehouse.
Discussion of Junior initiation,
which will be an event on March
81, will also be an item of business
on the calendar for tomorrow s
meeting
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McBRIDEs TO RETURN

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mcbride, who
have been honeymooning in Wash
ington and California for the past
month, are expected to leave Seat
tie for their return trip north on a
vessel leaving that port this week
end. They have written friends to
the effect that they are greatly en-
joying their trip.
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TAX ON CHAIN
STORES PASSED
BY LEGISLATURE
Senate Enaefs House Bill
Setting Heavy License
on Octopus"

Heavy license taxes on chain
stores were enacted this aftrnoor
when the Senate passed by a vote
|of seven to one Representative
Frank Gordon's House bill, modelled
on Louisiana act which has at
tracted the attention of the Nation
If the bill is signed by the Gov
ernor, taxes of from $40 to $500
per year will be levied on each
chain store in the Territory, the
amount of tax being determined by
the number of stores operated by
the chain anywhere in the world.
Only Senator voting against the
bill was C. H. LaBoyteux of Liven-
good who said it would be bur
den to the Northern Commercial
Company which operates So stores
in the Interior Under rates set
in the Gordon act, this company
will pay $25 per store annually, or
a total of $1,000.
Mail Order Houses
Senator o. d. Cochran of Nome
said the Senate in voting on the
bill should not be under the i'm
preston it would have any affect
OH large mail order houses.
Il have this to say for Sears,
Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, y
Senator Cochran stated: "Their ex-
istence has made it possible for
many a man to buy dresses for
both his daughters instead of
being able to buy a dress for only
one of them, as he could afford
to do at the regular stores in the
Territory. 1t is on behalf of the
children of Alaska that I am hear
tily in favor of mail order houses
Senate President Norman r..
Walker, who spoke with great en-
phasis in favor of the bill, replied:
Yes, Senator Cochran, and if we
don't do something to the chain
stores, these same little children
won't have jobs when they grow
up"
Octopus" Played
Senator Walker relinquished the
chair to speak on the bill, plead
ing for Senators to destroy this
octopus"
Only two other bills had been
passed by the Senate up until press
time this afternoon. These two APP
$4,000 for work on a
school at Nome and $4,000 for a
similar purpose at Haines.
Senators voted four to four. and
thus defeated, Senator Patterson's
bill for a system of Territorial
liquor stores. Representative j. P.
Anderson's House bill for a refer
endum on Territorial control was
continued in second reading after
Senators had discussed at length
whether on referendum ballots the
for or against" should come first.
representative McCutcheon'S club
liquor license bill again was con-
tinued until the House acts on the
Walker bill.
Tabled
The Senate tabled House Bill No.
l02, which would allow attorneys
representing persons accused of in
sanity to question witnesses and
utilize peremptory challenges.
Also tabled, after it had been
referred back to the Judiciary Com
mittee for recommendation, was
Representative Ed Coffey's bill to
restrict employment agencies in the
amount they may charge as a fee.
The Committee reported unani-
mously that the bill would not ac-
complish the purpose its author
sought.
Late this afternoon the Senate
was busy considering Representa-
tive Carl Drager's dependent chill
dren bill in second reading,
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SAFEST" SHIP
MOSTLY Steel

QUINCY, Mass, March g. - The
493-foot steamer Ancon, launched
here recently for the Panama Rail
road Company's New York Canal
Zone passenger and freight service,
is declared to be the safest pas
senger vessel yet built Her walls,
ceilings, floors, furniture, trim and
decorations are all constructed of
steel and other n-combustible
materials.
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pAWN5 TYPEWRITER,
GETS 3-YEAR TERM

PORTLAND, ore, March 6--John
Davis, ex-convict, ON a plea of guilty
before Presiding Circuit Judge Louis
p Hewitt, was sentenced to serve
three years in state prison for lar
ceny by bailee of a typewriter Davis
bought the typewriter in an install
ment contract and late pawned it
for $40, Deputy District Sidney l..
Hayes told the court
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Hollywood Sights And Sounds

Burnett Directed by Wal
ter Lang Shirley Richard Greene Anita Louise
Ian Hunter Arthur Preacher, Mary Nash Syb
Jason Mander BeryI Mercer.
HOLLYWOOD Cal March 6The boxoffce queen OF Holly
pendor The Little
Princess the old favorite book If Shirley keeps making
encroachnent of "od ageshe last long
Queen figures nicely the sentimental
Painstakngly produced with zanucks best lavish hand
story little Sara Cewe whose
daddy fight left snobbish
boarding richly bedecked dfashoned Vaen
the schools y-worshippng mistress
legitimate the capable performance OF
Mary off superbly the films most difficult
assignment
Minchins likeabe brother Greene
romantics Romero the kindly Ram
the impoverished princesss bleak
neatly But the surprise of
Shirley herself surprise longer) is the
girl plays Cockney scuery maid Becky Once
launched vay Temple competitor Syb Jason here stands
characterization that ought to do
great things her future.
you like sacharrin in ceuod ought to
dealt out with enough
restraint saving make it all paatable Even the
dream sequence liked Sheys dream sequences
click for beauty and natural interpolation Best
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ATTENTION MAsONs

A Stated Communication of Gas
tineaux Lodge No. Ia, F. & A. M,
will be held on Tuesday, March T.,
at 7:3o pm, in the Masonic Tenn
pie, Juneau. All members are urged
to be present. Visiting Brethren
welcome. BY order of the w. M.
SAMUEL DEVON,
adv. Secretary.
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DOUGLAS
NEWS
DOUGLAS SCHOOL PROM
TO BE GIVEN APRIL %

The Junior Prom Of the Douglas
high school will be held on April %
according to announcement made.
Theme of the dance was not divulg-
ed and may be withheld for sur
prise. Supt Martin Petersen, adj
visor to the class, will assist the
Juniors with their plans.
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PIONEERS TO
MEET TUESDAY,

The Pioneers will meet tomorrow
night in the Odd Fellows hall for
business and social session. Cards
have been mailed out announcing
the time as 8 o'clock but the COR
rect time is 1880 o'clock tomorrow
evening.
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u s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
THE WEATHER
(By the U. S. Weather Bureau)

vicinity beginning at pm
Tuesday
vino
Tuesday
Frederick Sound
noherly Clearing
Tuesday partly cloudy becoming
easey, except fresh strong Entrance
of of
southeast winds becoming easerly
Omnaney
to Cape Tnchinbrook
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STUDENT BODY TO ELECT

Annual election of officers for
the coming term of the Douglas
high school Associated Student
Body is scheduled to be held to-
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morrow. The following are to be
elected: President, Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer and Sergent of
Arms.
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GOING OUTSIDE

Mrs. A. F. Davis, of Seward, ac-
companied by her daughter Jean,
is a passenger south on the. Yukon
for the states.
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A COW producing four gallons of
milk day needs 16 to 20 gallons
of water
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WEATHER SYNOPSIS

extended this
hween Canada with
pressure the Berng from the midPacifc
the Islands California The baro
Alaska the Cult of Alaska with
latitude Sc north longitude 12
precipitation the middle and
Valley the Aeutan Islands Kodiak
from Prince William Sound Oregon
Southeast
other portions the
Territory especially the Peninsula and the Interior
Juneau Sunrise 5:44
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HERRING ON YUKON

G.. S. Herring, Of the westward
is passenger south on the Yukon.
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ayOausre aseUer late . i. /.

for dinner at PERCY'S de-
licious dinners ore served pip
ing hot for three full hours every
evening -5 to 8 o'clock
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Totals ....... S11 922 954-2687
'-Averave score. Did not bowl.
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LOCAL dawn
Weather
RADIO REPORTS
TODAY

Lowest am. 4am. Precip. 4am.
temp. temp. velocity "a hrs. Weather
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Musicale
Followed by
Mrs. Townsend Is
Hostess This
Morning

The Minister Of Yllgoslavia and
Nine. Fotitch were the ranking
guests at the luncheon today given
by Mrs. Lawrence Townsend follow
ing her 107th musical morning at
the Mayfower Hotel. The luncheon
was given in honor of Miss Guila
Bustabo, violinist, and Mr.. Ernest
Schelling, pianist, who gave today's
program.
Mrs. Townsends other guests were
Mr.. Anthony de Balasy, counselor of
the Hungarian Legation; Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis Ellery Taylor of New
York, Nine. Cantacuzene, Mrs. Mat
thew John Whittall, Mrs. Edwin
Parker, Mrs. Hare Lippincott, DR..
and Mrs. Hans Kinder, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lothrop Stoddard, Miss Peggy
Townsend, Miss Julia Schelling, Miss
Dorothy Tirrell, Mr.. U. Grant
Smith, Mr.. Lynch Luquer, Mr.. H.
Blackiston Wilkins, Mr.. H. H. Denis
Smith, Mr.. Winant P. Johnston, Mr..
Paul O'Neil, Mr. John Segar, Mr..
Robert Sturgis Whitman and Mr..
William Tarrish.
Among others who entertained at
luncheon after the concert was Mrs.
Harry P. Huse, wife of Vice Admiral
Huse, U. S. N. (retireO, who had as
her honor guest Mrs. William How
ard Taft.
Miss Peggy Townsend, debutante
niece OF Mrs. Townsend, was hostess
to group of her young friends, in
cluding Miss Elise Hill, Miss Ashby
Proctor, Miss Eleanor Meem, Miss
Betty Meyer and Miss Houston Mil
Ter.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Mrs. Lydia Van Zand1
Will Describe
World Air Tour

Mrs. Lydia Van Hagan Van Zandt
will speak at II am. tomorrow be-
fore the Washington Club on Air
scapes Around the World
Mrs. Van Zandt, who recently re-
turned from an extended world tour,
will tell of her experiences on flights
In 81 countries, dodging the Jap
anese invasion of China. being en-
tertained as state guest of two
maharajas in India, storm over
the Arctic circle. and crossing the
Sudeten Mountains from Germany
to Czecho-Slovakia just before the
Munich Conference.
A former resident of Washington,
Mrs. Van Zandt is remembered here
for her reviews of World Events
rs Reflected in Current Literature"
She has recently published number
Of newspaper articles on her
travels.
Mrs. Edward B. Clark will have
charge of the program in the alb
sence of both Mrs. Gilbert H.
Grosvenor, chairman of the Pro-
gram Committee for the club, who
Is in California, and Mrs. Louis w.
Austin, vice chairman of the COM
mittee, who also is out of the city.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
ris.Sturges
Engagement Is
Announced

The former United States Ambas-
sador to Belgium and Mrs. Dave
Hennen Morris have announced the
engagement of their daughter, Miss
Alice Vanderbilt Morris, I'd, to Mr.
Walter Knight Sturges, son of Mrs
Sturges and the late Mr.. Waite:
Knight Sturges of Providence and
Boston. The wedding will take place
shortly after Easter.
Miss Morris, who is a member of
the Junior League, acted as her
fathers secretary while he was Am
bassador at Brussels. She was edu-
Gated at the Spence School and
graduated from Barnard College in
1896. Miss Morris is a granddaugh-
ter of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott
F. Shepard and the late Mr.. William
H. Vanderbilt. She made her debut
in New York in 1929 and was pre-
sented at the Court of ST. James
in 1884.
Mr. Sturges was graduated from
Harvard cum laude in 1881 and from
the Yale School of Fine Arts in
1885, and before his college days
he attended Harrow, England, and
the Milton Academy, from which
he was graduated in 1927. He is an
architect in Columbus, Ohio.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Mrs. Helen Hoffman
To Be Speaker at
Luncheon

A tour of alley dwellings, made re-
Gently by a committee from the
voteless District of Columbia League
of Woman Voters will be followed
up Wednesday with a luncheon at
1915 pm. at Wesley Hall, under
the auspices of the Housing Divi-
sion of the Department of Govern
ment and Economic Welfare.
The speaker will be Mrs. Helen
Day Hoffman, of the Washington
Housing Association, who will in.
dicate ways in which the league
can work on the local housing situa-
ton. Her topic will be High Cost
Of Housing Low Income Groups"
Capt. Rhoda Millikin, of the
Women's Bureau of the Metropoli-
tan Police. will be the speaker for
the Department of Government and
Legal Status of Women at meeting
tomorrow at pm. at the home of
the chairman, Mrs. Pearl B. Klein.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Shaw Society to Give
Tea in Honor
Of Mrs. Pouch

Mrs. William R. Pouch, national
president of the Children of the
American Revolution. will be the
guest of honor of the senior and
junior groups of the 1t. John Shaw
Society at tea to be held from
4 to 6 pm. Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. Donald M. Earll, 5O45 Reno
road NV.
In the receiving line with Mrs
Pouch will be Mrs. Sallie E. Harper,
State director; Mrs. Earll, Mrs. Will
liam E. Forbes, Miss Rosalyn
Buchanan and Miss Jennifer Will
liams.
Following the tea there will be
moving pictures Of the Children OF
the American Revolution, taken
during the national convention last
April.
Patriots Memorial Chapter. Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution
will meet tomorrow at pm. at the
home Of Mrs. William H. H. Link
ins, 1884 Lamont street NV.
A feature will be program of
recordings of American music, with
short talk by Miss Catherine Nj
mitz of the Public Library Division
of Music.
X X X X
The annual card party of the
American Eagle Chapter will be held
tomorrow at BIS pm. at the home
of the regent, Mrs. Harvey B. Gram
1750 Lamont street NV.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

Miss Betty Hanna: Mr.. F. Marion
Law and Mr.. Winant p. Johnston.
Mrs. Stanley's first husband was
the late Mr.. Seymour Parker Gill
bert, who was Undersecretary of the
Treasury for some time before retir-
ing to private business In New York.
The wedding Saturday took place
in the home Of Mrs. Stanley at 30
Sutton place, the Right Rev. j. I.
Blair Larned, Suf1ragan Bishop of
the Episcopal diocese Of Long Island,
onciating in the presence Of only
the members Of the two families,
Including Mr.. and Mrs. Todd, Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Stanley and Mr..
Carl Joyce Gilbert of Boston,
brother-in-law Of the bride, and the
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Art Group Formed

A group to study Chinese art has
oeen organized by the Washington
branch of the American Associa-
ton of University Women under the
direction of Mrs. Parker D. Trask,
chairman of the Arts Committee.
MISS Grace Guest, member of
the staff of the Freer Art Gallery. and
an authority on Oriental art, will
present a survey course on Chinese
art to be given in six lectures. The
first meeting will be tomorrow at
1890 am. at the gallery. The first
lecture will be on prehistoric
Through Chou Cultures" The
group will use for textbook one of
Miss Guests own books, on Far
Eastern art.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
British Embassy
Closed for
Repairs

The Hon. Lady Lindsay, wife of
his Britannia majesty's Ambassa-
dor, has gone out of town for sew
eral weeks while necessary struc-
tural repairs are being made to the
Embassy. The Embassy. therefore,
Is closed until next month, and call
ers will find 1t impossible to leave
cards until such time as the EN-
bassy is reopened.
The Ambassador is in England
on leave, having gone there in time
for Christmas, which was the first
such festival which he has spent
"at home" for some years. He is
expected to return in the late win
ter, when Lady Lindsay again will
be in residence in the Embassy.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Delta Gamma
To Meet
Alpha Chi Omega
Unit Gathers
On Wednesday

The Delta Gamma Alumnae of
Washington will meet at 8 pm. to-
morrow At the home of Mrs. Thomas
Kirby, 100 Grafton street, in Chevy
Chase. The assistant hostesses are
Mrs. William e. Lee, Mrs. George
R. Titus, Mrs. Karl Lange, Miss
Eleanor Leech, Mrs. Wilkins R,
Manning, Miss Mary Alice Wood
worth, Mrs. Charles Trammell, jr.,
and Mrs. James G. Bowen.
The guests of honor will be Mrs.
Ross T. McIntire, wife Of Rear Ad-
miral McIntire, and Miss Louise
Moore. President and secretary,
resectively, of the Friends of the
Moment. local organization for
aiding the blind, the two guests will
lead discussion on this group.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Mrs. Louisa Gilbert Weds
Bride of Mr.. Harold Stanley;
Made Debut in Washington

her home In Washington with her
aunt, the late Nine. Hauge, widow
of M. Christian Hauge, first Nor
wegian Minister to Washington, who
presented her in Washington. As
Miss Todd she was active in Junior
League circles here, as we'll as prom
inent in dramatic group with
Mrs. Richard Porter Davidson, then
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Shipsteud to Be Listed
With Republicans
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Senator Henrik Shipstead, Mime
sofa Farmer-Laborite, will be listed
with Republicans for congressional
Committee organizational purposes
at this session, Republican Minority
Leader McNary said yesterday.
The Republican leader will hand
to the Democratic majority leader,
Senator Barkley of Kentucky, this
week his designation of minority
party assignments to committees.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

The marriage of Mrs. Louisa Ross
Todd Gilbert to Mr.. Harold STAN
ley, which took place Saturday in
New York, is of more than usual
interest in Washington, where the
bride made her debut and lived
for some years. Mrs. Stanley, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Ross Todd of Louisville, Ky, made
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Sigma Phi Gamma
International.

Mrs. Katherine Weed will pre-
side at the meeting of Delta Sigma
Chapter of Sigma Phi Gamma In
ternational Sorority tomorrow night
at the home of Mrs. Mary Jane
Manly of Chevy Chase, Md Plans
will be completed for Monte Carlo
party at the home of Mrs. Ethel
Albrecht of Arlington. Va. on jan
uary 81 and delegates will be elected
to represent the chapter at the an
nual province convention which will
be held at Wardman Park Hotel
February 4 and S.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Tea Cancelled

The tea which was to have been
given by the District of Columbia
Branch of the National League of
American Pen Women Wednesday
afternoon has been Cancelled. The
fellowship teas, Wednesday after
noon event Of the weekly program,
will be resumed January 18.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Beta Sigma Phi
Will Meet.

Delta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi
will meet at pm. tomorrow at the
home of Miss Thelma Nunnally, 1441
Spring road NV, with Miss Mar
garet Dooley in charge of a pro-
gram on Conduct, Table Manners
and Table Decorations.
Speakers will be Norman Lee
ingalls,, buyer for Julius Garfinckel
& Co., and Miss G. v. D. Prisley,
advertising manager Other guests
will include Mrs. Robert Newell of
Marion, Ind; Mrs. Catherine Jordre
OF jamestown, N. Oak, and Miss
Eleanor Hoey of North Carolina.
In a recent beauty contest Miss
Dorothy Schmool was named sweet
heart of the chapter and her picture
will be sent to international head
quarters to compete for the title,
Beta Sigma Phi Sweetheart"
The chapter will be entertained
Sunday at tea given by its sponsor,
Miss Mae R. Murray, at 6314 Second
street NV.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Miss Earlene White
Will Broadcast

Miss Earlene White, president of
che National Federation of Business
and Professional Women's Clubs,
will be the speaker on the radio
program of the District of Colum-
hia Federation of Women's Clubs
at 10:45 am. tomorrow over station
WMAL. Mrs. Flora McGill Keefer
Is chairman of radio for the fedora
ton.
Miss Whites subject will be What
the Federation Means to Business
and Professional Women"
Evening star., 1939-01-09
I0ta Gamma Phi
Luncheon.

Approximately 40 members of the
1ota Gamma Phi Sorority, Theta
Chapter. attended the luncheon yes
terday at the Wardman Park Hotel
in celebration of the 10th ami
versary of the sorority. A number
Of out-of- town members attended,
including visitors from Richmond
and Philadelphia. Plans were dis
cussed for the convention, which will
also be held at the Wardman Park
Hotel May 81.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Writer'S LEAGUE Party

The Writer'S League of Washing
ton will be entertained by its presi-
dent, Mrs. Elizabeth Aldrich, at her
home, 1642 Jonquil street NV,
Thursday night. Awards in the re-
cent poetry contest will be made.
Evening star., 1939-01-09

prlQeS 8 tQIee CnllQTen, 3. IarKer
Gilbert, Sd; Louisa Todd Gilbert and
John Jouett Gilbert.
Mr.. Stanley, native Of Great
harrington, Mass, was member Of
the firm Of j. p. Morgan g. Co., Of
which the late Mr.. Gilbert also was
q member. Mr.. Stanley is q son Of
the late Mr.. William Stanley, an in
ventor for whom the plant Of the
General Electric Co. at Pittsfield,
Mass, Is named. He prepared at
the Hotchkiss School at Lakeville,
Conn, and was graduated from Yale
University in 1908. Mr.. Stanley S
first wife was Miss Edith Thurston
of Greenwich, Conn.,, who died In
1884.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alumnae Supper.

AAuHldC 0uppCIs
Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae will
be entertained at a buffet supper
at the home Of Mrs. c. M. Jansky,
jr., 1920 Tilden street NV, on
Thursday. Mrs. Jansky is first
grand vice president of the soror-
ity, and, as chairman of the Com
mittee on Alumnae Work, is director
of the work throughout the United
States and Canada.
She will be assisted by Miss Kath-
crime Towne. professor of home eco
nomics at George Washington Uni
versity, and by Mrs. Ralph F. Haupt,
scientist, in the optics division at the
Bureau of Standards. Mrs. Haupt is
the alumnae editor of the Alpha
Gamma Delta Quarterly.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Alpha Chi Omega
Sorority Meeting.

The evening section of the Wash
ington alumnae chapter of Alpha
Chi Omega Sorority will meet
Wednesday at 7:30 pm, at the home
of Mrs. Richard Decker. 1918 Ken
yon street NV. A short business
meeting and a program will be held.
Evening star., 1939-01-09
Mrs. Rice Hostess
To Book Club

Mrs. J. Frank Rice will be hostess
tomorrcw to the members of her
book club at the Brooke Tea House.
Tea will follow the regular meeting,
which will take place at 2 o'clock.