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Evening star., 1939-11-27
Ring Reported Stolen

Theft OF a diamond ring valued
at $3.50 from the washroom of a
train in Union Station was reported
to police today by George w. Stew
art of Railway, N. J.
Evening star., 1939-11-27
Girl Rescuer Honored

Thomas Livingstone, Drumquin,
Northern Ireland, was awarded a
certificate by the Royal Humane So
ciety for saving a little girl from
drowning at Tarbet, Scotland.
Evening star., 1939-11-27

Grand Lodge Of the Hereafter November
"a Fix services at residence. 1923 Dent
pl. NV. at p.m. BY order of:
HAROLD T. PEASE, Exalted Ruler.
Attest: w. s. SHELBY, Secretary.
THOMPSON, HESTER KEMP. On Mon
1929 Evarts st. ne. HESTER KEMP
THOMPSON. the beloved wife of the late
James E. Thompson
nesday, November 2e, at II an. Inter.
ment Rockville Union Cemetery. 20
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Cent1ries-Old Secret of
Stradiiuarius Uncovered

Stradivarius into a test micro
phone Later he played an ordinary
violin A steady note from each
was filmed into sound track.
The sound track or vibration of
each violin was enlarged 1000
times, making II possible 10 make
exact measurement comparisons.
The Stradivafins. Shearer OK
planned. showed an absolutely
uniform series Of fundamentals
and ovcrtoncs. while the ordinary
violin showed uneven overtoncs
generated by clashinR echoes In
side the instrument and a rough
ness caused by such vibrations In
the fundamental tone or basic
note.
Has No Echoes
in other words. the Stradi-
yarius has no tone Of it's own. but
was purely the servant OF its
strings. magnifying their yibra-
lions In true proportions. while the
other instrument set up indie
pendent resonanees of its own
Stradivarius himself so perfect
ly solved a violin's proportions. sc-
eording 10 shearer that II ampli-
fed tone without any distortion
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Mesdames Frank Gross. Walter
Morris John kimhel Herman
Ostkotte, Frank Groper an
Mitchell Chaput.
Neighbors of Woodcraft will
hold a card party Tuesday evening
in Red Mems hall at s O'Clock
Mrs Lillian Smith will be In
charge Of cards and Mrs. Virginia
Todd. refreshments. A business
session will be held al 7 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs A. l. Corbaley Of
1902 18th ave. S f. are visiting
their sons. Paul at Ellensbnrg and
George at Wenatehee.
Three new arrivals were re-
ported at Puyallup General hos
pital. Daughters were born Sun
day to Mr.. and Mrs Albert Hall.
berg, 507 Kineaid st. Sumner. and
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kamenzid.
Route 1 box 3ol. Puyallup On
Monday Mr. and Mrs Ebert ".
Miller. 37l5 So. Fawcett ave. Ia
coma. became parents Of son.
Jennie smith Dies
Mrs. Jennie e. Smith. u died
Tuesday morning at the family
home. Az North Meridian 81. She
came west from North Dakota IN
1910 and for six years Of the inter
Yening time resides IN Los Angeles.
Surviving are her widower
Frank r Smith. three sons. Tom
and Ben Carpenter Of Los Angeles
and Dave Carpenter Of Tacoma;
two daughters. Mrs. Margaret Nc
Mullen, Puyallup; Mrs Elsie
Kempinsky. Seattle. q daughter
in-law. Mrs. Harriet Carpenter
Of PuyaliBp three step-sons. Dell
Smith Of Portland. Henry Of Los
Angeles. and Emory Of Sacra-
mento. Il grandchildren and four
great grandchildren. five brothers
and three sisters HrIgiey and
Clements vii announce arrange
meufH
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Science today had solved. for
the first time in history. the CEN
turies-old mystery of stradi-
yarius violin.
When Antonio Stradivarius at
the age of SIS died 200 years ago
in Cremona. Italy the violin cen
ter-he took 10 the grave with
him the tone secret Of his famous
violins They have never been ex-
cclled for tone and finish
For centuries experts thought n
Stradivarius possessed certa IN
sound qualities other instruments
never attained But today science
had explained the mystery in every
detail. 1t was proved, through the
magic of motion picture sound re-
production and delicate electrical
analysis, that it is not what q
Stradivarius has, but what IL
lacks. that makes il differ from an
ordinary violin.
Enlarged 1000 Times
With Douglas Shearcr. director
of recording at Metro-Goldwyn-
Mayer studio. supervising the test,
Toscha Seidel. concert Violinst.
played his 240-year-old $50 900
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Fec BEGINS PROBE
OF RADIO OWNERSHIP
" WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON !. The Federal
Communications Commission re-
Yealed today that !, has begun an
intensive investigation of ultimate
ownership OF American broadcast
ing stations.
The commission distributed 1900
detailed queationnaires 10 deter.
mine extent Of absentee owner
ship. voting proxies and control by
holding companies.
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Instead Of appointment Of a
bishops committee. which admin
istered church affairs under the
mission regime, yestry WAS
elected by members OF the con-
gregatlon. " 4 FairWeather. re-
tlrlng after many years on the
committee. was named by Dr Sid
ders as honorary warden Of the
yestrY. Fred Alspaugh was choice
for senior warden other members
being John Ashby Fred Fisher.
p. S. Diekey. +. +. King. J. A
Hartley. Charles Nhitworth and
George Bradshaw Of Sumner.
In his report. Dr. Sidders said
the membership now numbers $50
families and in giving a history
Of the church he told of It's be-
g,nnings in 1856 when services
were held IN the little white
church al the corner OF 2nd ST.
and East Stewart ave. The first
service IN the present edifice WAS
held on Christmas day y years
ago Rev. Francis Bateman being
rector at that time. According 10
church records. about 25 families
constituted the unit that shoulder
ed the responsibility for debt of
$1,000 TO erect the present struc-
ture at the corner of West Pioneer
and 9Th st. This debt. DR.. Sidders
SAID. has now been reduced to
81, 800.
Select Delegates
During the business session dele
gates 10 the annual convention at
Seattle, Jan. 22-23, were elected
These include Mrs. A. ". Sidders.
Mrs. J. H. HILBERT, Fred Alspaugh
and John Ashby. with Mrs. Ashby,
Miss Hattie Nhitworth, Fred King
and DR.. c. H Aylen as alternates.
Reports of the years work was
given by Mrs. John Ashby. seere-
tary of the Womens guild; Mrs
Arthur Frost and Mrs Ashby for
the church school; Mrs. II. Bailey.
Altar society, and John Ashby,
Mems club.
The meeting was preceded by
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TYPHOID DEATHS DOWN

Deaths from typhoid and para.
typhoid fever In the United states
have declined % per cent since
1000, according to u. y. census
bureau reports.
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@5155I5FSa,,yZ2z2sRsEs

from various shufxhss. 90 foksth
e ard demanded : cleanup TAsy
wcre particularly lnaietent nat
Harry nafEan's gambling house
ard rhestsf eensaus - closed
up - thu tlnse. Morgan. cfvt-
iiea With being shs heaz gambler.
hAd merely laughed # charges
that had hnen hurled At IT, Place
nus - ire aay that the assembled
anti gambling farxea atnfinca the
CITY hail. Morgan sald n the ssittar
n The News
As long ~ II MAS anis The
ledger hafpink At mr. ! paid
~ attention. hut nas that tho
Ndfl and ths isae and oF.
der League arr aftrs mr.. all
want u AZ eees. Thorough IN
srstiUatian. ! hssv nathina n
fear tram an investigation. I
am kainx aat n The sh..
business anyway, and ! aant
the pearle 10 know all shont
the hausr I run
nf course. Morgan dad nor mean
what NJ said about An inxcnsixa
ton These she ran the gambling
Joints ef TasamA 20 years ago
didn't vani an investigation any
more than do the gamblers and
operators II alaer1efls houses aaa
hard liquor feiata tnslay Tisnss
activities thrive anis under cover
Turn The light Oh them ard they
sither away
Tn make long stars ss.rt.
the nnilrd attack Of Tacoma
rltisen. ehe beiir,ed In law
and order had Ihu effect 81
eleaning up lhs isNn. Cam.
hlefs and di~erdrris eharae-
tees were compelled 10 .e~k
ether firids Of activity. In.
der pressure. law enforcement
officers discovered that eseu
though Tacoma aas seaport
town. the Ia. stiil MAS ~.
prems.
This reference Ia some ~ The
not too gao1 old days In Tacoma
Is made merely 10 emphasize The
fact that when the churches and
similarly Inclined groups get to.
ge,hsr. "all things srr poanihle
In sermon preceding the 1894
election when there was a guad
deal Of talk about the executive
qualifications and morals OF Ger.
tain candidates. tho Rev J Frank.
lin Tommy liass. then pastor Of
ihe First Methodist church. made
this comment
When the election II over
We shall probably discover that
Nc hase q set NJ officials jnst
about ~ weak and Just about
A. strong ~ the pressure nf
public opinion behind ihem.
And let u. mt forget that
public opinion II not an aerI.
deni--.ii II q creation. That IL
nherr sour responsibility and
~, responsibility, comes In"
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Congregation U0tes
Change To Parish
Puyallup Christ Episcopal Church
Members Favor Handling of Affairs
by Vestry Instead of by Committee

PlfALLlP-Having grown 10 the proper status the
congregation Of Christ Episcopal church unanimously voted
al the annual meeting Monday night change from mis-
sion ful-fledged parish with DR. Archibald Sdders
rector for the past two years. presiding
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References 10 the beginning II
Washington statehood 30 years ago
arr not being made with the COM
Viction that the former days were
better than these. but because there
arc lessons to be learned from the
manner IN which other generations
met some Of the problems that re.
tntn periodically to parnleA u
While Washington statehood cam.
paign VAS being steamed up early
In january. issp. members Of the
city council were calling zach other
names. making insinuatlng remarks
about the chief Of police and his
alleged relations With saloon KEEP.
efs and gamblers. and passing The
buck back and forth In much The
same manner rs public officials
sometimes do today
The mayor bitterly uphfalded
the head of the police department
because he. the mayor. Naa con.
tlnuaiiy getting letters from the
NG.Tu and the Law and Order
League about gambling and drunk.
enness. A member Of the city eoun-
ell vas greatly ehagrlned because
a committee Of the Law and Order
League had called on him with I'M
evidence of collision,
II not worse. between certain mem.
bers Of the police department and
notorious disordorly characters
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lng munger strike there is&s Ar
xa@s tire heat E4FnesI an Arb Inc
Inmates Hrff II perish Ff.nk X
Iiafxan. . ateaaxfsphef. testified
Today
fIe faia ths psFY At ffe trial ~
Deputy Warden frank A. Craven.
charged with *rznuttssisHtsx MUIR
der And nsnstauxhssf N The
heaf asssH. ~ faus lnmAIess
thai the pstaun officials shfnisf<st
IN sn unsigned statement that NJ
ans .as s<at IN Ehe guatshm<nt
srIlhloek 10 lssfn hnw The rrispn4
era eeFv surviving th< =nAktuH
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cHllDREN'S
COUGHS
fdlle IN roldsl
(due to coIds)

Don't let distress Of chest colds or spas
modic croupy coughs due 10 colds 90
untrested! Rub Children's Musterole on
child's throat, chest and back at once.
This milder form Of regular Musterole
penetrates the surface skin, warns and
stimulates local circulation. Floods the
bronchial tubes with its soothing, reliey-
ing vapors. Musterole brings such speedy
relief because it's MORE than Just
salve. Recommended by many doctors
and nurses. Three strengths: Regular,
Children mild and Extra Strong. 40s.
Approved by Good Housekeeping Bu-
reau. All druggists.
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new SPEAKER OF HOUSE
CONSERVATIVE CATHOLIC

SEATTLE The new speaker Of
the state hause ~ representatives.
John = sylYester-ia Seattle
LAWYER
Re IS native Of Paaco. phers
he va horn - years ago He 2as
graduated from Garfield n : h
school IN Seattle n 1926 and the
University u Warrington lav
school IN 1874 He vas q student
Of political science
Representing the 57th district.
Sylvester promised conservative
policies He - Catholic.
BIG GAINS IN PROFESSIONS
During the 30 years from 1870
10 1890. the number Of gainf4l
workers in the United States Ia
the professional classes increased
gradually IN relative importance
from 70 per cent OF AL gsinfui
workers in 1870 10 81 per cent n
1890. according 70 L s. census
bureau reports The group VAS
almost ten times ss isfge N 1890
az IN 1870.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-11
Good Old Dsys1 Which
One7 Queries Ethel
Barrymore
Leopard Spots Unchanged
When Churches &c,
together
Tommy" Haas Philosophy

u \ clever Magic key broad.
cast the other dax thar pop.
ulse Wartime ffoupef. Elsie jana
VAS brought back 10 interview
some II the ald.iimefs II the stage
On The passing 81 period Il
which ~ ARR wont II refer a.
sah. me. these Koed old days
Among the number sas Ethsi
Barrymore
Huh :" aneried the femin-
lne member NJ the Rarrsmare
trio In her h-st heavy salue.
The good old dsss. eh = Which
nur
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presiding.
chicken dinner cooked and served
by men Of the church With Fred
King. Chairman. After the business
session there was a program which
included piano numbers BY Natalie
and Frances Bum. Miss Virginia
sidders and Joan Piquette. tap
dances by Betty passmag. accom-
panied BY Charles Harader. and
Virginia Rice with Joan Smith &C.
eompanying
Miss Jane Barton was choice
for worthy adviser al the election
of the Puyallup assembly. ORDER
OF Rainbow for Girls. held at Ma
sonic hall Monday night. She sue
eeeds Miss Berniee Hunter.
Other officers elected were
June Nance. associate adviser.
Dolores Grubb. Charity. Doris An
derson. Hope. Shirley Reynolds.
Faith. Melissa Gilchrist, secretary
ami Irene Fearn. treasurer.
MUGS sppoinieu
Appointive officers announced
Ly the new worthy adviser include
Dorothy Brewer. drill leader.
Marie Thanasse. chaplain. Vera
DeBon. love. Migninette Steam.
religion; Virginia Sidders. nature;
Myrtiee Sawyer. Immortality;
Eleanor Reynolds. fidelity. Mary
Ann Jacobs, patriotism. Wahnita
Spencer. service: Donalda Lewis.
outer observer, Joyce Pennington.
inner observer. and Betty Chris
Grant. standard bearer
New choir leader is Shirley
Woodruff and the choir is COM
posed of Betty Mason, Marguerite
Cecil, Blanche Veaoh. Frances
Hanson, musician Alice Ellison
and Lorraine Radek head the para
phernalia committee. Arlene Grant
is the flag bearer and Marian
Bum. Ramona Spencer. Alice Eli
son, Shirley Clements. Betty Wrig-
ley. Patricia Overholt, Jean Kemp
and Marjorie Wentworth. The in
SEPARATION award was given 10 Do
lores Grub.
Open installation will be held
Jan. % IN Masonic hall with Mrs
Bert Nevins acting as worthy adj
wiser; Berniee Hunter. chaplain,
Nadine Engh. marshall, and Mrs
Stewart Perry. musician. as in
stalling officers. Committee heads
arranging the affairs are Doris
d ecora ions. June
Nance, refreshments, and Dolores
5rubb, program.
PIT. 4. TO Meet
Members of Puyallup Heights
PIT A. will gather at the school +
Thursday for l o'clock dessert
a business session and
Mrs. James Yazzalino.
Mrs. Roy Goelzer. Mrs. {. J. Crabb
and Mrs. Howard Dixon form the
luncheon committee.
Mrs. Jessie Snyder, program
chairman, will present Rev. J p.
Pfleuger of Pacific Lutheran col
ege as speaker His subject will
be Needs of Our Youth To-day"
Pupils taking part will be Carol
Ann Arneson who will give nurs-
'ry rhyme interpretations, and
lois Botsford. who will sing and
also give reading Community
singing Will form part of the
program.
Chapter AN. P. E. o. will meet
Friday at 10 a m. for a philan-
-hropic session at the home of
Mrs. Glen Huber. 313 4th st. S. ".
a business discussion IN
he afternoon, Mrs Maynard
5runder will conduct a "Constitu-
ion Quiz and Mrs. James VIII
1elmi of Tacoma will give de-
of whistling with
group of her students
The Altar society of All Saints
Catholic church will hold a
o'clock luncheon Wednesday at
hall Hostesses will be
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TACOMAN HELD
Up AND ROBBED

Russell Baffum. IT % Tseoua
ave Informed police Monday night
shst three men nrla MIN ap ~ the
Tseama fisfsfIafs ard ztoir IT
ffnFa rim
Iaaffum a.li enc If three men N
AZ niI ear Tagged him to strip an
Kaas iash Il and aetsa to herrnw
sbns gasoline fas their ear A.
re TasansaH esnze - : stop. n<se
II th~ strangers htlsi xssn against
hgs naek while 4 <esund man
smrflesi Ms pezeketa The third
man remained IN the nthef snto-
laanII<
nuffun ~az th@n ofsixrnd To
walk aefuzs Inc street ~hIte The
hals sp meH H.az1s their esrepe.
ThT robbery faaH place At = - p m
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TAs planet asTeafY h4x ~ II.
aseepAeFs ap~stFu~eapIs phute-
graphs sEes Il - = dry. r4Ns
hake1. ~afnFtees snsssl
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After two or more months Of
buck passing. The Law and order
League. the WC.Tu.. and gfonpa
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rHil.sDsisr MA Prisoners
ssfs taken e. lls FssilAtas .linssi
Hklnnliike punishment eeilhlueh
al rhnasislphis county pFisaa dur.
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A large porcelain ton. bottom ssitatof
ssfety NrfaKef and lsTgs rolls are tea
lures yogsil ike IN the Westminster. IL.
aide are steel cut gears that never need
Cling Priced 80 Ieas fof limited
time only.
Evening star., 1939-06-30

ttre Of Government funds for a fra
ternity house. Lawrence w. (Chip)
Robert, secretary of the Democratic
National Committee and q member
OF Sigma M Fraternity, is involved
In the dispute. He was chairman of
the Building Committee which was
instrumental in obtaining the orig
inal allotment of $2l, 900 for the
college dormitory."
Deny It Is = Fraternity House.
Chancellor Sanford last night de-
MED It was fraternity house. THE
Sigma Nus will be permitted to
board In the dormitory with no more
concessions than any ether board
ing student will have" he said
Every dime of the money going into
that building belongs to the Uni
versity Of Georgia"
p. w. A. aides declared that If
the money was not repaid, Mr.. Ickes
would take the amount out of grants
Tor II other university projects to
cost $l,655,135. They said he had
virtually impounded $735, ,S12 granted
for these projects, but that this
would not interfere with work on
them. meaning merely that the
81 200 would be deducted unless paid.
Among the 81 projects. P. w. A.
officials said today, there were two
others listed as "dormitories. They
are investigating. it was said, to fin6
out If these also are fraternity
houses. One of them is to be erected
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Mrs. Mottie Owens
Dies in Wilmington

Mrs. Matte Payne Owens, well
known in this city, where she fire.
quently visited her sister, Mrs. How
ell Peoples, 1870 Wyoming avenue
NV, died yesterday after long i'll
ness at her home in Wilmington
Del, according to word received
here.
Mrs. Owens was the wife of
Charles A. Owens of Wilmington.
Besides her husband and sister, sur
vivors include two sons, Charles A..
Owens, jr., Boston: and William T.
Owens, New York City; a daughter,
Mrs. Thomas B. Davidson, Ricn-
mond, Va. another sister, Mrs. NJ.
G. Douglas. Warrenton, Va; a
brother, j. Keith Payne, st. Louis.
and one grandchild.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at Wilmington
Burial will be at pm tomorrow at
Warrenton, where Mrs. Owens lived
before going to Delaware.
Evening star., 1939-06-30

at an estimated cost of >3l35 900.
which includes q P. w. A. grant of
360,75O. The othere Is a $4,000
building, calling for grant Of $751;
800.
Branded rs Deception.
They also said that H. A. Worth
am, p. w. "A. regional director at
Atlanta, had discovered the Sigma
Nu project and that P. w. A.
stopped Federal advances as of May
% when the building was approxi-
mately 70 per cent completed. They
branded the project as an outright
deception" 1t became a "decep-
tion," they said, when Mu Chapter,
knowing Federal funds could MOI
be used for private purposes, caused
the site and the old Sigma Nu Fra
ternity house to be decided to the re-
gents who, as a public body holding
title to the property, could apply
for P. W.. A. grant,"
Evening star., 1939-06-30
'Abie's Irish Rose
Rabbi, {. W. Guthrie,
Dies in Washington
Retired Fomous Actor
Later Was 'Free-Lonce'
Methodist Minister

Charles Wesley Guthrie, 68, an
actor whose greatest success was ir
the role of rabbi in "Abie's Irish
Rose" but who in later years be-
came a real-life free lance" Meth
odist preacher, died early today at
his residence, 27l5 North Capitol
street. after brief illness.
A stage and Aim player for nearly
two-score years, Mr. Guthrie was
with road company that for four
years gave performances of "Abies
Irish Rose" in ALMOST every city,
town and hamlet in the United
States, and then took the show to
England for a two-year run.
Actor at 22.
An actor at %, he forsook the
stage after Ann Nichols triumph
ran its course, and went to Holly
wood, where he obtained parts in
silent pictures, playing in movies
starring William Farnum.
In 1890 Mr.. Guthrie put away his
grease paint and upon the death of
his wife, Bertha NJ Guthrie, came
to Washington to live with his sis
ter, Mrs. P. w. Pritchett, at whose
home he died.
He became an active member of
Rhode Island Avenue Methodist
Church and for years was the regu-
lar reader at Sunday morning serv-
ices. Having an effective dramatic
style, he also turned his attention
to preaching. obtaining an appoint
ment as registered but unstationed
preacher.
He was the substitute preacher at
the Rhode Island Avenue Church
and had preached from the pulpits
Of number of other Washington
and Virginia churches. He also was
sought after as reader and speaker
at private functions, luncheons,
banquets and the like.
He came by his preaching
proclivities naturally. his father, DR..
w. B. Guthrie. being a minister who
once Travelled a circuit.
Even though he put the stage be-
hind him, Mr.. Guthrie still dab
bled" in dramatics, assisting a num-
Der of church theatrical groups in
smoothing out their shows. About
year ago he entered the Govern
ment service, working for a short
time at the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau.
Native of West Virginia.
Born September 13. 1870, at Hart
ford, w. Va, Mr. Guthrie was just
a boy when his family moved to
Gallipolis, Ohio. He lived there
until he enrolled at a dental college
in Cincinnati. Although a graduate
in dentistry, he never followed the
profession.
In addition to Mrs. Pritchett, Mr..
Guthrie is survived by another sister,
Mrs Matte M Wright of Baltimore,
and a brother. William L. Guthrie,
Brooklyn. N Y.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow at 2 pm. at the Rhode
Island Avenue Methodist Church.
Burial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Sanford Deiies
P. W. A. 10 Get Grant
To u. Of Georgia
Tue-of-Wor Develops
$500 AIIeeedIy Used
For Fraternity House

A real tug-of-war was developing
today between the Public Works Ad-
ministration and the University of
Georgia over Secretary Ickes' de-
mand for repayment of 81 200 which
he said had been "misused" in build
ing Sigma Nu fraternity house st
the university instead of a college
dormitory.
As Secretary Ickes impounded
$735.8l2 of the Georgia University's
P. w. A. grants until reimbursement
is made. Chancellor s. v. Sanford
defied him at Atlanta with the dec
laration: I'D like to see them get it,"
Although Mr.. Ickes steps out as
P. w. A. administrator after today.
it was believed the agency would in
sist on the university abiding by the
rules, which would prevent expenGi-
Evening star., 1939-06-30
Women Wins Divorce

ROCKVILLE, Md, June 80 (Spe-
ciaD An absolute divorce from
Harry A. Hetzler of Silver Spring,
Md, has been granted to Mrs. Ruth
Elizabeth Hetzler, also of Silver
Spring. by Judge Charles w. Wood
ward in the Circuit Court here.
The petition stated that the couple
was married at Forest Glen. Md,
March S. 1885. and has no children.
Attorney Kenneth Lyddane of Rock
vile represented the plaintiff.