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Evening star., 1940-01-11
Iowa State Society
Will Hold First
Dance of Year

The Iowa State Society of Wash
ington will have its first dance of
the year tomorrow at $50 pm. in
the gold ballroom of the Shoreham
Hotel.
This will be congressional night
in honor of the Senators and Rep
resentativeS from Iowa.
In the receiving line with the
president, Representative Fred Gill
christ, and Mrs. Guchrist will be
Senator and Mrs. Guy Gillette, Sem
ator and Mrs. Clyde Herring, Rep
resentative and Mrs. John Gwynne,
Representative and Mrs. c. C. Dow
ell, Representative and Mrs. Vincent
Harrington, Representative w. S.
Jacobsen, Representative and Mrs
Karl NJ LIE Compte, Representative
and Mrs. Ben F. Jensen, Representa-
tive and Mrs. Thomas E. Martin
and Representative Henry o. Tale.
Reservations are being made with
the secretary Miss Gertrude M
Louis, at the Hotel Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Mrs. Edison Charms
In Making Her Debut
Into the Official Set
Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Morgenthau
And Miss Perkins Also Receive
Long List of Notable Guests
BY MARGARET HART,
Society Editor,

Nations Capital
reminders society
of the cabinet
Edison wife the Secretary the
this yesterday. this
until O'Clock the other earlier
callers dropped Mrs Henry Wallace wife of the
Wadman
the Secretary the Treasury
Morgenhau their respects to Mrs Mogen-
called
Sugrave Club before
winding the Edison affair.
Mrs olson
Attraction.
home of Mrs Edison which turned out to be very brilliant
social history the
held cabinet hostess Whether not Mrs Edison mad
not known but at any rate
selected the ballroom of the Mayow
hotel for
received the Chinese standing before bower OF
flowers She radiant picture as she
guests and the she chose for her first rece
ton in kngy beautiful 1t Of the lovely soft
color modelled her slight figure and
Wailne She hlp-lengh
jacket and cluster OF orchids caught at the waist
blue of her dress Comdr Ralph
Edison made the and the rs TO
throughout the recep-
apparently the much as his wife and her
arrived was
Samuel Hasey who is here from her home IN orange
attention the smooth running OF the
large party Secretarys aide Mrs Riggs
with hat OF 1eath MOD
n effect to two spreading wings
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Mrs. jackson Joins
List of Patronesses
For Abe Lincoln

Mrs. Robert H. jackson, wife of
the newly appointed Attorney Gen.
eral, is among the patronesses for
the world premiere of the motion
picture, ABE Lincoln in Illinois. 3"
The picture will be shown Monday
evening, January %, at $3.50 o'clock
at R-K-O Keiths Theater and is
sponsored by the Newspaper Wom-
ems Club for the benefit of the bed
in Children's Hospital and the clubs
fellowship fund. Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth is honorary chairman
for the benefit, with Mrs Cordell
Hull honorary chairman of patron
esses and Mrs. Robert Low Bacon
and Mrs. Atherton Macondray
chairmen of program sellers and
ushers. Mrs. Bacon and Mrs. Ma
condray will be assisted by a group
of this seasons debutantes.
Other recent additions to the list
of patronesseS include Sonora de
Pastoriza, wife of the Minister Of
the Dominican Republic. and Mrs.
Coleby, wife of the Commercial
Secretary of the British Embassy,
from the diplomatic corps; Mrs.
William H. King and Mrs Carl A.
Hatch, wives of Senators; Mrs. Jo-
seph Strauss, Mrs Charles de We're
Drayton, Miss Belle Gurnee, Miss
Helen Nicolay, Mrs. Hugh r. ODon-
nell and Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong.
Mrs. William Toward Taft, al
though sailing at the end of the
month for a cruise through the
South Sea Isles, has given her name
as patroness. as has Sonora de AL
faro. wife of the former President
of Panama.
Associate members of the club who
have given their names within the
last two days are Representative
Edith Nourse Rogers, Mary Howe,
the composer pianist, who in private
life is Mrs Walter Bruce Howe, and
Mrs. Emil Hurja.
Evening star., 1940-01-11

Floral Decorations
Arc Striking.
Exclamations of delight were
heard on all sides as the guests en-
tered the ballroom, for truly the ia
BILE was a sight to behold Running
almost the full length of the great
room, the table, lighted with tower
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Calling Day Record Set Four Cabinet Hostesses Observe Homes
Weddings
Of Recent
Interest
Miss Grant Weds
Mr.. Cornwell
In Bethesda

The marriage of Miss Margaret
Natalie Grant, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Paul Grant, to Mr.. D. Page
Cornwell, son of Mr.. and Mrs. H.
King Cornwell, took place yester-
day afternoon in the rectory Of
the Lady of Lourdes Church In
Bethesda.
The ceremony was performed at
3 o'clock, with the Rev. Robert l..
Arthur of St. Patrick's Church off,
ciating. White snapdragons, palms
and candles made an effective set
ting for the wedding.
Miss Ethel Mcclure, daughter OF
Capt. and Mrs. Hunter MCGUIRE,
was the maid of honor, wearing a
peach color moire dress with a
coronet of red roses. Her old
fashioned bouquet was of the same
flowers used in her hair.
The bride was lovely picture in
a gown of white satin made on old
fashioned lines, with a deep yoke
of marquisette embroidered in seed
pearls. She wore a tulle veil held
ny CluSGcI VI SdiOc1lido, d1IO olle
carried an fashioned bouquet Of
gardenias and lilies of the valley.
Mr.. E. Charlton Graves, I'd, was
the best man.
A reception followed the ceremony
at Hotel Twenty-four Hundred.
Guests from out of town at the
wedding and reception were Mr..
and Mrs. William Worchester CT
Montclair, N. j.; Mrs. John Hosmer
of Springfield, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Page of Southport, Conn;
Mrs. Thomas Arthur and Miss Clare
Arthur of Baltimore, Md.
When the couple left on their
wedding trip the bride was wearing
dark green crepe dress with brown
accessories and a fur coat. They
will be at home upon their return
at the Richelieu, 1850 Harvard street
NV. The bride is a graduate Of
Georgetown Visitation Convent, and
the bridegroom attended st. Adams
School and the University of Penn
SylVania.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Miss Mary Marion
Will Make Debut

Miss Mary Louisa Marion,
daughter of Comdr. and Mrs.
Adrian R. Marion, will make
her debut tonight at the St.
Cecilia ball in Charleston, S. C..
Comdr. and Mrs. Marion plan
to attend the affair.
Miss Marion has been visit
ing her relatives in Charleston,
but intends to return to Wash
ington to resume her studies at
George Washington University
by February,
Evening star., 1940-01-11

but also has numbered among her
friends many of the crowned heads
Of Europe. Autographed photo
graphs-autographed to Mrs. Town.
send personally-from these per-
sonages form a rare and interesting
collection in Mrs. ToWnsend's home
and were greatly admired by her
guests yesterday.
Evening star., 1940-01-11

ing pink tapers, had a centerpiece
massive in size and boasting, along
with pink roses, snapdragons and
blue iris, graceful sprays OF white
lilacs. The flowers were held in
great urn with an imposing golden
Continued on Page B-10)
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Mr.. and Mrs. ROkeS
To Live in Spencerville.

Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Kendel
Rokes will be at home to their
friends in Spencerville, Md, after
January 15 Mrs. Rokes, who be-
fore her marriage on New Year Day
was Miss Mildred Amy Armstrong,
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stewart Armstrong of Rome. N Y.
Mr.. Rokes is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rokes of Rock
land, Me.
The wedding took place at 8
o'clock in the Seventh Day ADJ
ventist Church in Rome. The Rev.
H. P. Gram offciated.
The ceremony was performed by
candlelight. The decorations were
evergreens and baskets of white
roses.
The bride, who was given in mar
| (See WEDDINGS, Page BAD
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Mrs. @. B. Woods
Hostess

Mrs. George B. Woods, wife of the
dean of the College of Arts and
Sciences at American University, en-
tertained at luncheon Monday in
her home at 433l Cathedral avenue
for members of the *" Chapter
of the P. E. o. Society. national
organization of women devoted tC
educational and benevolent enter
prises.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Gillilans in Florida

Mr.. and Mrs. Strickland Gillian
have closed their apartment at the
Shoreham and have left for Florida
for an indefinite stay. They plan
to spend some time at the Hillsboro
Club, near Pompano, the Boca-
Ration Club and in Miami
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Return to Capital

Miss Helen B. Warner and Miss
Elsie L. Keim of Tarrytown, N. Y,
have returned to Washington and
have opened their Wardman Park
apartment for the remainder of the
season.
Evening star., 1940-01-11
Return to Capital

The United States Minister to
Ecuador and Mrs. Boaz Long have
returned to Washington for another
visit and are staying at the May
flower.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04
Fewer Get
County Aid
Past Month
Emergency Spending
Is 1924, With $285
More For Hospitaliza-
ton; Old Age And
Dependent Children
Listed.

Fewer persons were recipients Oh
county relief in December than Tor
some months past, but some $500 or
more was spent for various purposes
under that heading, Miss Clara Mae
Ellis monthly report as welfare ST.
pcrintendent for Vance county re-
vealed today.
For emergency relief the sum OF
S23461 was paid, including Ioco'
medicine. fuel, clothing and the like
For disqualification S235.40 was spent,
with S72 used for burial costs. I'm
der the head of work relief was spent
Sl9.67 for WPA and 81 for NYA.
Old AGE assistance in December
was S633.99 and aid to dependent
children amounted to S259.84, and
SA2 n3 in aid to the blino.
The number receiving aid during
the month was 40, with rs families
helped, and II on the list at the end
of the month. disqualification was
provided for nine. A dozen applicants
for aid were refused. A total OF $40
were "serviced but received no finan-
cial aid".
IW,lvc persons were in the county
homc and Is patients in the Scott
Parker tuberculosis sanatOrlum at
the end Of the month.
Thirty-onc were certified for WpA
and 46 for NYA activities. Child
labor certificates were issued for 2",
and SO Investigations and visits were
reported. with four visits outside the
county The department staff travel
ed 800 miles during the month in
the discharge Of duty.
Old age beneficiaries numbered
268 and dependent children l49, with
ten getting aid to the blind.
There were IS juveniles during De-
ccmber. with eight on probation and
two on parole. There were Il State
paroles and six adoptions pending.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04
Full Docket
Is w aitiing
Court Term
Mass OF NJ i II o r
Charges to Be Tried
At January T ERIN
Starting Next Mon"
day: Judge Leo Carr
To Preside.

A congcsted docket, but one lack
ing in sensational cases. awaits the
une-Week January criminal term %!
Vance Superior Court, which opens
next Monday, with Judge Leo Car
presiding f. O. Falkner, superior
court clerk, said there was a mass
Of minor charges 10 be disposed Of.
Solicitor Z. r. Tyler will prosecute
the docket for the State.
This will he the first Of three term
Of superior court to he held in the
county tic first ha!r of 1870. The
others will be in March and June,
and both Of those will b" lor trial
of criminal and civil matters. Judge
Carr. riding the third district for
the period, is scheduled to hold all
of the courts.
The last term OF superior court +"
be held in this county was hat -
last October. Tor criminal and civil
matters. Judge c. L. Thompson. q:
Elizabeth City. presided.
The grand jury to be drawn next
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04
Rural Clubs
In Study Of
Decorations

Rural home demonstration clubs in
Vance county devoted most vi their
time during December to d study Of
Christmas decorations, Mrs. Hattie F.
plummcr, home agent, told the coun-
Y commissioners IN her monthly re-
port. She said IL club meetings were
held in December, with an attendance
OF 80.
A bazaar WAS held one day at the
curb market and $50 worth OF pres
cnts. decorations and fruit cakes were
sold. Some women sold Christmas
WreuthS anis realized satisfactory
profits. the report SAID.
Mrs. Plummer also reported the
radio broadcast from WPTF in Ra-
leigh December 10 by Vance county
club women and boys and girls.
The demonstration agent said she
made 80 home visits during Deem
bcr and had 80 office calls. and she
travelled rs miles during the month
in the discharge Of her duty.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04
L. F. Stanley,
Veteran, Dies
At Hospital

Leon Frederick Stanley. 40, Il
World War veteran Of this county,
died ut 7:05 p. m. Wednesday at the
government hospital at kecoughatan,
near Norfolk, where he had been Il
patient since last June 20. He had
been i'll most of the year. Heart trou.
bic WAS given as the cause Oh DEAN.
The body was 10 be returned here
this afternoon or tonight, and funeral
services will be held from the home
ON the Ross Mill road, on Henderson,
Route I, several miles west OF the
city. at O'Clock Friday AFTERNOON.
Iulcrment will be in the family cene-
terry near the home.
Rev. E. Norfleet Gardner, pastor
of the First Baptist cnurcn uI Hen
dcrSon. of which the deceased had
been Il member the pat SIN years.
Will be in charge OF the services. Ac-
tive pallbearerS will be Cliff REM,
Tommie Hughes, Clyde Lester, Cor
don Allen, Norman Clark and Josh
Gupton. most of them members Of
the same company with tie deceased
during the war.
MIR. Stanley is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Ora inScoe Stanley, AHA
the following children: William
David, 10; Ira Frederick, II; George
Henry, Is; Daniel Singleton. II;
Laura Jane, Is; Harrel! Harrison, 8;
and Dorothy Ann, 3; also by two
brothers, Emmett Floyd and Paul
Cecil Stanley, both Of West Hender-
81. His parents nave been dead
many years.
III. StaalvY was Il native OF Jones
county, and was born at Trenton Au-
-u>i +, lo9i. He had lived here some
20 or more years.
The deceased WAS at different
times employed b. the Henderson
and Oxford Gas Company here, and
as a carpenter. He enlisted as pri-
Nuto III Company c. infantry, in Hen
GCr>on. in 1915, went to the Mexican
border in 1916, and later went TO
france, where he WAS in the service
eleven months of the total OF four
years he Was in the army service. He
was honorably discharged at Camp
Lee, Va. April II, 1919. He was with
the 18th Engineers in France.
y squad Of members of Company
{ Of Henderson will attend the fun
rrul and fire Il salute over the grave,
,nding with the buglerS taps"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04
CAN YOU ANSWER
THESE QUESTIONS?
See Page -Four

|. In which river are the lamou:
Whirlpool Rapids?
2. row is 1889 written in Roman
numerals?
3. In singing. what is !alsctto?
4. Which State is represented IN
Congress by Senator Ebert D..
Thomas?
5. Where are the Orkney Islands?
6. What is the name for a nine
sided polygon? ,
7. In Wnich State was President
Andrew Johnson born?
8. What is tho correct pronuncla-
lion of the word kayak?
9. With what sport is E. L.
(CWly) Lambcau associated?
TO- On which continent is the
Niger river?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04
Will Renew
Safety Drive
In Schools

Starting next week. the safety
campaign under auspices Of d Joint
committee Of the Henderson Lions
Club and the Henderson Chamber OF
Commerce will be resumed. it was
learned today. Large metal signs
have been purchased by the two or
carnations and placed on the streets
near the schools, bearing the like
ness of a school boy and warning
motorists Of children crossing the
streets.
Cellu!oid buttons have also been
purchased bearing the inscription.
"Member, Lions C!ub-Chamber Of
Commerce Safety Club. Henderson,
N. c." These attractive membership
buttons will be distributed to all
school children in the city and may
be held and worn as long as the chiId
observes all traffic and safety re-
gulatiOns.
The buttons. however, may be
taken away from a member by any
member OF the School Safety Patrols
if guilty OF violating safety rules.
The buttons, through cooperation
of the management, will admit the
wearers TO Saturday morning.
matnees at the Stevenson theatre.
Members Of the Joint committee
will make talks at the various schools
instructing the students in safety
rules and regulations before the
badges are distributed
The program is under the super
vision Of Fred M. Allen. Jr., repre-
senting the Chamber Of Commerce,
and w. o. Langley, representing the
Lions Club.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04

BETTER LIGHT for BETTER SIGHT, the
elimination OF eycslran and the protection OF
precious oversight can be yours easily and III
extensively with CHEAP ELECTRICITY!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04
Near $4,000
In Farm Aid

Approximately 100000 in la.u..
farm benefits was paid I" gnu.r..
n Vance county during the yen.
1899. J. W. Sanders. county ;4~t
and AAA director, stated To-Day. I..
amount covered ali forms ol na.v
payments. subsidies. soil coms,r..-
ion and other items. he sad. e..
breakdown Of the figures WIs ,.f
Immediately available.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04
w. B. PAYNE is ILL
OF "FLU" AT HOME

W. b. Payne, president of The Cor
bit Company, manufacturers OF
motor trucks. with offices and fac
tory here, is i'll with influenza at his
home here, it was learned today. He
has been confined for about d week,
and, while his condition is reported
To- be as satisfactory as could be cN-
pected. he is expected To be at his
nome for several more days.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04
MIR. OWEN SHOWING
MORE IMPROVEMENT

J. Bailey Owen. Henderson banker,
who has been very i'll for nearly Il
week al Maria Parham hospital here.
continues To show some slight i'm
provement, it was reported today by
business associates at the Citizens
Bank & Trust Company, of which he
is president. Mr.. Owen is one of Hen
u"r&on's oldest citizens. ard h"" boo
',';t'o the bank since its founding in
1889 He is also past grand master
ol the North Carolina Grand Lodge
Of Ma2UnS.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-01-04

When gold was discovered in
California in l948, the population OF
San Francisco was 8l2 souls.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Cocoa Likely Choice
Over Fur After
Licking Leto
Phil to Meet SIoshine
Boxer Here Next Week,
Baltimore Bout Hints

Kid Cocoa, dusky- skinned Puerto
Rican ranked the No l welter-
weight challenger, comes to Wash
ington later this week to finish
training for his 10-rounder next
Monday against Phil Furr after
having removed one of the few
blemishes on his record. He got a
10-round decision last night in Bal
timore over Jimmy Leto of Hartford,
a lad who twice previously had de-
feated him.
The decision brought Kid Cocoa s
string to "A victories over a two-year
span. The verdict was booed by
the crowd at Carlin's Park, but ex-
perienced ring observers were of the
opinion that Kid Cocoa had a wide
margin at the finish. His punching
and boxing ability displayed last
night probably will make him a
good favorite over Furr for next
Mondays match at Griffith Stadium
The eventual winner started SLOW
ly against the crouching Leto, but
after feeling his opponent out he
began to move in the fourth round.
He struck his first solid blow in that
stanza and continued his attack to
even matters at the end of the fifth
round after cutting Leto's nose A
cut was opened over Leto's eye in
the seventh, and after furious
eighth round, which was called even,
Kid Cocoa won going away with a
blistering finish that left Leto bleed
ing about the face at the end.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Power Angle in Favor
OF Junior Circuit.

The real gauge for a single game,
with the checks down and the out
come possibly riding on a single
smash, is the distance the sluggers
can get with their pokes.
On the power side, the American
League will match Joe Di Maggie,
Charley Keller, Bill Dickey, Hank
Greenberg, Ted Williams, Joe Cor
don and Jimmy Foxx against Harry
Danning, Ernie lombard, Johnny
Mize, Mel OFT and Joe Medwick.
There, too-or SO it appears from
this angle-is a slight bulge on the
American League side.
Defensively, around the infield
and on the picket line, the teams
are we'll balanced. 1t may be that
in one of those spots or the other
the break will come. But there is
no telling-or even guessing-about
that.
There has been some talk that
this may be the last-or nearly the
last-of the All-Star games. Lead
ing figures of baseball would like to
dismiss it as gracefully as possible
The game still has strong appeal
for the fans. 1t still is the best one
day spectacle that baseball affords
But don't be too sure it will keep
on. have talked to lot of base
ball men about it-and I'm not
sure at all.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Trip|ett' CIouts Tell
As Sally AN-Stars
Beat Savannah
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAVANNAH, Ga, July ga tri-
pie by Triplett Of Columbus helped
tie up the game in the ninth, hard
smash by Triplett to left field scored
another in the 10th and the South
Atlantic League All-Stars came out
with a last-minute 4-to-1 victory
over the Savannah Indians as 5000
fans looked on.
1t was the second straight tri-
umph for an All-Star team. The Sc
lected group won over Columbus, 3
to 0, last year. Last nights result
was particularly pleasing to Clay
Hopper, manager of the All-Stars.
He was at the helm of the Columbus
club when it lost last year to the
All-StarS, captained by Chic Autry,
Savannah pilot.
Three Columbia players took part
in the game and had a big share in
the victory after Earl Blue, Colum-
bia pilot, had threatened to with
hold their services from the ALL
Stars. Blue had protested vigorously
against fines imposed on members
of his team by Savannah officials
after a free-for- all fight with Indian
players on July /.
Evening star., 1940-07-09
Edge Apparently Lies
With American Leoque.

Once more, as the teams approach
the game, the edge lies with the
American League. The edge is thin
and the National League can knock
it off in one sweeping, surging in
ming. But there-or at least so
think-it is.
Cronin, starting with Bob Feller
and holding Charley Ruffing off for
the mopping-up assignment-or
starting the more experienced Ruff
fing and holding FeIler and his
fireball back for an emergency as
Manager Joe Mccarthy did last year
can fill in between with Buck
Newsom, Tommy Bridges, Dutch
Leonard, Monte Pearson or Al Mil
mar. And this, it seems to me, is
stronger pitching corps than that
which McKechnie commands. Bill
probably will open with Paul Der
ringer or Bucky Walters-with Carl
Hubbell, Whitlow Wyatt, Kirby Hig-
be, Hugh Mulcahy and Larry French
in reserve.
Pitching being one-haf the battle
In a game like this, let's look at the
other half-which is power.
The current batting averages are
more than a trifle- misleading, since
some of the best hitters on either
side are far below their normal
marks and some are hitting over
their heads.