Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1931, Page 10

TE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Eves Examined Glasses Fitted DR. CLAUDE S. SEMONES Eyesight Specialist Phone National 0721 409-110 McLachlen Blde.. 10th and G Sts. N.W. | U. S. LISTS CHAMPAGNE Graduate MeCormick Medieal 2 Slege Millions of Bottles Gather Dust as Doctors Prescribe Whisky. By the Associated Press There’s still plenty of champagne and 491,756 pints, 607,874 quarts, 112571 half-pints and 752 magnums | (half callons) of it, all Wgally salable sick Americans but gathering dust ineries, a_drug upon the market. The annual report of the industrial alcohol bureau revealed these figures. Officials said private owners are con- asures to bring the vint- rket—the medicinal market, Drink IGER Ginger Ale NONE BETTER PHONE LINCOLN 1981-1982 e pained. it is said, because arenily generally prescribe ad of champagne for con- The New Philco Lowboy tiful mahogany, and perfect eclectrical mechanism. Philco 7-Tube Superheterodyne $65.75 | Philco Baby Grand Midget btube set, give $36.50 one to the boy or Main Floor THE HecHT Co. “The Store of Practical Gifts’’ F St. at Seventh Highboy cabinet, Famous Philco tone and cabinet NAtional 5100 24356 GALLONS OF WISKY ADDED Reduced kdicinal - Supply| Replenited by U. S. in Lst Year. Succumbs By the Assoctatedess Distillation " { medicinal whisky to replenish the {ntry's stocks, rapidly decreasing sindadoption of prohibi- tion, was resun in the last year and 2,435,631 gallomwas manufactured at seven distilleries | Dr. James M oran, industrial alco- | hol commissioxg'in his annual report | today said thy iedicinal whisky had | been increased } that amount during the year, while§258 gallons of orandy | were produced |- medicinal and gen- eral non-beverg purposes and 1,070.- 179 gallons for haturation and expor- tation. Alcohol ptal Declines. VALOROUS G. AUSTIN. D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1931. MRS. GERTRUDE MOSS MRS. SUSAN W. PIERCE FUNERAL TOMORROW WILL BE BURIED HEREi Was Native of Pennsylvania and Funeral Will Be Held Tomorrow | Widow of Cunard Steamship With Rev. Z. B. Phillips Of- J Line Representative. ficiating at Setvice. “ Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude | L Funeral services for Mrs. Susan fi:\:’:ha;;a N‘?Z' '“hl)n _d:d ';fldh" “ Walker Plerce, 86, who died Sunday at | Wil b held ot the receame. Friday: | her residence, the Marlborough, 917 o'clock tomorrow morning, with Rev,| Eightéenth street, will be held at 2 Dr. Herbert Scott Smith of St. Mar- | ¢'clock tomorrow afternoon at Joseph garet's Episcopal Church officiating. | Gawler's Sons Chapel, 1754 Penns eIl beprivate in Rock Creek| iz avenue, with Rev. z. B. Phillips, Mrs. Moss, widow of George W. Moss, | rector of the Charch of the Epiphany, | for many years representative here of | officiating. ~ Private burial wiil be m‘ the Cunard Steamship Line, had been | the family lot in Rock Creek Cemetery. in {1l health some time. She had been | Mrs. Pierce, widow of Perry Ben- | a resident of this city many years,| jamin Plerce,'for many years a chief coming from Pennsylvania | examiner in the Patent Office and ves- Born at Port Blanchard, Pa., she was | tryman of the Church of the Epiphany, the daughter of Col. Peter Hollingshead = Was born at Waterford, Loudoun Coun- Allabach, a veteran of the Mexican and ¥, Va. She was the daughter of James Civil Wars. She was a member of the | M. and Eliza Hunt Walker. She was | National Soclety, Daughters of the ;nlel'flflgns member of the Society of | American Revolution, of the District s. Dames of the Loyal Legion and a life| , She i8 survived by a son. Talbot E member of the National Women's FPierce of Waterford: a daughter, Mary Country Club | Walker Pierce of this city and a sister, Mrs. Moss is survived by a sister, Miss Edith B. Walker, Waterford. Mrs. R. W. Camp, in Pennsylvania, and e . - a cousin, Arthur Blanchard, an at-| Although many nations have signed tache of the District of Columbia Su- | an anti-slavery convention. it is esti- davs. Gallinger Hospital MISS MARY E. WEBSTER DIES AT HOME HERE Lifelong Capital Resident Was One of Two Surviving Charter Members of Mt. Vernon Church. Deaths Reported. Mary R. C. Hood. 84, 1010 South Carolina ave se. | Mary B Webster. 80. 742 New Jersey ave James H. Bessling, 76. 1521 44th st Gertrude B. Moss 203 Wyoming ave Frank W Lewis. Monroe st. ne. Reuben F. 8impson, 3851 Emery pi Joseph Snyder. 65. Casualty Hospital Lena "W. Tavenner. 60. Emeruency Hos- pita Annie Hodgkins. 56. Georget illiam E. Hooper. 47, Ga Ruth E. Andrews. 32, 310 5th st Bernice Jerri Gallinger . 23, 2210 Hall p) . Emergency Hospital Hospital Hospital Funeral services for Miss Mary Eliza- beth Webster, 80, who dled Saturday night after a brief illness, will be held at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at her residence, 742 New Jersey avenue. Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery. Miss Webster, a lifelong resident of this city Hospital. . 2'3 years. Children's Infant to John L. and Rosalee McDonough, 7 hours, George Washinkton Hospital. Joseph Silas. 83 1442 C st_ se Lou Garner. 79. 1420 1010 st " L. Tilghman, 75, Freedmen's Hos- Dita Annie Fl Preston | was a charter member of | Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church | South. She was born here in 1851 and | joined the church in 1864, when it was | organized. Her death leaves but ene surviving charter member. Rev. Haskell R. Deal, assistant pastor of the church, will officiate at the serv- 'ices, and Miss Webster's six nephews ¥ 23, 422 Delaware ave. | and grandnephews will serve as pall- months. 2102 Ward pl | bearers. vid'R. Johinson. 2 months. 21421> H st | She is survived by two sisters, Misses Spears. 2| Georgie and Jessie May Webster, both of 742 New Jersey avenue reedmen’s Hospital 2. 60. F mith. 80. Gallinger Hospital. Is. 60. hn Jones. jr. 3 Infant fo’ Lewis and Lilllan Infant to James and Margaret Price. 18 hours. Gallinger Hospital ° CHRISTIAN LIFE BOOK ROOM 1824 H St. N.W. Christmas Greeting Cards with hours. Gallinge: Hospits] Paul Richardson, 5 hours, 6705 Poote st ne Twenty fruitjstilleries were oper- STAR ROUTE AGENT ated during thefr, producing 820,27 wine gallons of kndy, highproof its and wine sgs, of which 10 gallons were u non-beverage pyoses and 719,689 gal- lons for fortificgn of wines and non- beverage pur] During the dustrial _alcohd declined proof gallons tq total of 16 Of the total, 138,519 proof gallons were withdrawntx free for denatura- tion. : Doran said bweu chemists were ex- perimenting witiormulas to make de- natured alcoholgailable to a greater number of indyies than use it at present. Poison I]iscontinued. During the ve the bureau discon- tinued the use ofpisonous denaturants for alcohol. Dot recalled. A non- toxic substitute W produced and sub- stituted. The commissigr said the alcohol decrease was dufo reduced business in those industrijusing alcohol as a raw material. Increases in |inemaking Doran charged largely funusually low pro- duction during tkprevious year and to the use of mq wine for distilling material in the mhfacture of medici- nal brendy and ff spirits. MILITARY RItS SET FOR RETIRD ARMY MAN Henry F. Meists retired sergeant major of the 2Tthafantry, U. S. A who died Saturday,ill be buried with military honors In rlingtan National production_of in- 844,996 014,346 noon, following fumal services at his home, 1332 Four-si-one-half southwest, at 2 o'cle Born in Augusta, 4., in 1850, Sergt Maj. Meister enlist in the Army at Cincinnati, Ohio, 11870, and served for 30 years in all Fts of the country before retiring in 191 at the age of 50 During his long Aly service he was stationed at Fort Ry, Kans, for sev- eral years, and took rt in some Indian skirmishes. He alstwas stationed at the Presidio of Mobdrey, Calif : Fort McHenry, Baltimortand Washington Barracks. He was #Plattsburg. N. Y., when retired Since retiring froithe Army Sergt Maj. Meister had be a guard at the HeB& O THE ASTES ON CantoL NAT\ONA TO CINCINNATI-ST. LOUIS le. Washington . 630 P. M.) two trds for their tri the many adhntages which service to cav all-Pullman NO EXTRA f4RE. You will and Obserwtin Lounge chairs, writitq jesks and c newspapers 4d shower baths; attractive Colonial Dining cars; ad the services of train secretary, barber- valet and makmanicure. And in addita, many people tell us that they ap- preciate partclarly a certain courteous treatment, a careful atterion to details of comfort such as the and stopping of trains, and good meals at reathable cost, that they find on our smooth starti railroad. TRY THISFINE THROUGH SERVICE {TO THE WEST To Chicago: Lv. 405 P.M.; 7 1215 AM. | To Cleveland: Lv.x.so PM. ndt. Louis: 0 P. M.; P.M; BALTIMORE & OHIO D. L. MOORMAN, #sst. for medicinal and | Cemetery at 3 o'clg tomorrow after- | street ! THE ONlIr ALL-PULLMAN TRAINS TH SHORTEST ROUTE O CHICAGO Lo. Washington . 4.05 P. M.) ‘ ° GREAThany Washingtonians select one of these the run in theshortest time of any in service because they travel ler the shortest, most direct route, thus making undujspeed unnecessary. Fufihsrmore.bhey are the only two trains in this DIES AT HOSPITAL | Valorous Gage Austin Had Held | Post With Newspaper Since February 1, 1911. | Valorous Gage Austin, 56, a route agent for The Evening Star in the Pet- worth and Georgla avenue sections since February 1, 1911, died yesterday at Gar- field Hospital Funeral services will be held at his residence, 71 Bryant street, at 2 o'clock tomorrow, with burial in Glenwood Cemetery. Rev. G. B. Tavlor of the | Christadelphian Chapel, 732 Webster street, will officiate Mr. Austin was born November 30, 1875, at Fairfax. Va, and came to Washington &s a boy. He was a mem- ber of The Evening Star Route Agents' Association, of which he was a past vice president. He also had been a member of The Evening Star Club, Surviving_him are his widow, Mrs, Bianche 1. Boss Austin; two sons, Val- orous G. Austin, jr, and Robert M. Austin, and two sisters, Mrs. R. K. | Whitford of this city and Mrs. Daniel | Pleiffer of Hamlin, Kai ‘ Births Reported. | Burton R and Hazel Wilbur. boy Alvin R. and Pevton M Perkins, girl. William J d_Ethel M. Golden. William J | & 3 James and Margaret Price. boy and girl mes and Genevieve Howard. boy ester and Margaret Kimbles. wirl. Helen Berger. boy Treasury Department until retired from that post in July, 1930 He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Louise J. S. Meister; four daughters, Miss Emily Stickman, Mrs. Lily O'Neil, Mrs. Edith Hill and Mrs. Lulu Kiely, and by 10 grandchildren and threc great-grandchildren, all of Washington OFFERS YOU T SCHEDULE THE Limitep L Limitep ps to the West because of the trains offer. They make equipment—YET THERE IS be delighted with the Club cars, with deep-cushioned ard tables, magazines and To Pittsburgh: Lv. 9.00 A. M. 130 P. M.; 4.20 P. M.; 10.05 P.M.; 12,15 A M. To Toledo and Detroit: Lv. 420 P.M. To Louisville: Lv. 6.30 P. M. General Passenger Agent Woodward Bidg., I5tht H Sts. N. W. Phone District 3300 preme Court, who had made his home 'mated that there are still for many years with Mrs. Moss. | slaves in the world. 5,000,000 | British India’s 200,000 policemen are | almost entirely Indian. Scripture Text Bibles, Religious Books Also Owning and Operating Big Sale in 206 Markets ' Tomorrow and Wednesday Everything is in readiness for a big meat sale beginning tomorrow morning. Visit our nearest market. We offer only guaranteed quality meats—the big values will please you. Steak Sale! Remember, our steaks are cut from high-grade beef Porterhouse . . .» 39¢ Sirlomn . . . . .»35¢ TopRound . . .®» 31¢ Bottom Round . .»2%¢ Hamburg . . . .»17¢ " EXTRAORDINARY TWO-DAY SALE (These items go on sale Tuesday) 'SMOKED MEATS Their storage space was full, and more meats ready to leave the curing room—they had to make space. tremendous quantities, based on prices offered us, so we bought heavily. The packer’s distress is your gain—the Hams are all A-1in qual- ity, averaging ten to twelve pounds—the Shoulders, lean and fine, averaging six to eight pounds—both priced amazingly low. Smoked Hams Smoked Shoulders- 10- Don’t fail to take one home in your market basket A Special Purchase of A-1 Quality === Pork Priced Low! Best quality pork in town Loin Roast . - Center Chops . .m® Lean Chops . . . Spare Ribs . . .m®. FreshHams . . .» 15¢ 18c¢c 15¢ 15¢ 15¢ Dry Salt Bellies Shoulder Lamb Roast » 12%2¢ Shoulder Lamb Chops Bk, 5. 10€ | Breast of Lamb . . . . 7c Veal Sale! Fancy and fresh locally killed veal only ; Shoulder Roast . .m 17¢ Shoulder Chops . .»21¢ Breast . . . . .®» 14c¢ Rib Chops . . .m® 2%7¢ Loin Chops . . .®» 33¢ ON We knew we could move 15 Bacon Priced Low! As you prefer—sliced or in the piece Puritan Sliced . .m» 25¢ Cudahy’s prize brand—a real barg Melrose Sliced . ;lb- 25¢ Demanded by thousands of our patrons. Light Strip . . .» 15¢ You'll appreciate this value if you prefer to slice your own bacon. Brookfield Sausage et 19e b 1%7¢