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A4 ATHEDRAL EVENT 284h Anniversaiy Service Re- calls Important Pre- fiminary Steps. The twenty-fifth anniversary of the faying of the foundation stone of Wash- ington Cathedral, to be observed at a special service of commemoration in the Great Choir on Thursday afternoon, has called forth reminiscent statements from many friends of the sacred enter- prise on Mount St. Alban. Rev. Dr, Willlam L. De Vries, canon ecentor of the Cathedral, has told ow the Right Rev. Henry Yates Sat- terlee, first Bishop of Was! n and first master builder of the Cathedral, sent for him in May, 1907, and told him to prepare for the foundation stone ceremony in September. _‘Astounded and a doubting Thomas,” Dr. De Vries says, “I objected that the stone could | Si! not be laid that soon, for we had but Just patd for the Cathedral close, ‘Thanksgiving day, 1906; we: had no funds, the designs were not accepted nor even in hand and might prove wholly unsatisfactory, and there for years would be a foundatios stone with nothing on it and make the whole Cathedral idea a ridicule and a re- proach. Nor had that idea yet caught the imagination of the community, country and church.” . Bishop Satterlee refused to be dis- couraged. Throughout the Summer he labored to find the necessary funds. “One morning while this work wes in progress.” Dr. De Vries recalls, “I asked the bishop if he knew how much a battleship cost in comparison with a cathedral. He said, ‘No, but please write the Secretary of the Navy and ®sk him’ Comparisons Are Made. “The answer was: Five million dol- “ars—just the then estimated cost of our Cathedral fabic! A battleship is ¥or destruction and goes to the scrap- deap in 15 years. A cathedral is for the ministration of the word and sacra- sments which give life, and becomes more beautiful and useful every year of its existence. The bishop made use of this in bis pamphlet and in several addresses with telling effect. Since then the cost of battleships has rapidly risen to more than $45,000,000, and our Whole cathedral project, fabric, synod hall, library. endowments and all the rest, is estimated to cost no more than $35,~ 000,000. “In the end Bishop Satteriee got the funds and laid the foundation stone in that memorable year, the tercentenary of the first settlement of our church in America, at Jamestown, Va. For this yeason chiefly, he held it must be laid that year, and also because the great International Convention of the Broth- erhood of St. Andrew, meeting in ‘Washington, and closing that very day, end _the General Convention beginning in Richmond, Va, a few days later, would bring conjunctions, combinations and crowds not likely soon again to assemble at our national Capiital. + * * “When day broke it was raining in torrents. Bishop Satterlee was un- daunted, and prayed earnestly in private, at the early celebration, and at the 9 o'clock services, held that day all over the diocese instead of at 11 o'clock. And a little after 9 the clouds broke away, the sun shone forth bril- liantly and it was clear and warm. At high noon the service came off, and it was, indeed, a very great occasion. But black, menacing clouds were in the storm quarter all through the service. However, there they stayed, and in the end gradually dissipated.” Anxious Night Before. Miss Elizabeth S. MacLeod. a friend of the Cathedral work since child- hood, has written: “The night before ‘Wwas an anxious one, for it was raining, and the weather forecast was for rain the next day. Canon Harding, master of ceremonies, sent word to Bishop Sat- terlee, ‘What about the weather, bishop? What if it rain$?’ The bishop’s answer was: ‘Remember Elijah!’ So we all ‘prayed earnestly’ that it might not rain. Sunday morning dawned and the rain continued. There were three early celebrations of the holy communion, one in the bishop's private chapel, one in St. Alban's Church, and one in the little sanctuary at the Jerusalem altar. We went to this last one, where the presiding bishop, Bishop Tuttle, cele- brated, and many bishops were present. Soon after our return the rain ceased, blue sky appeared, and the sun shone out in full glory. * * * “We had seats on the placform. There was a great assembly of bishops and clergy, representing the church in England, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, South America and the islands of the sea. Three choirs led the singing. ac- companied by the Marine Band. . The service was solemn and impressive, * ** The Bishop of London had long been a close friend of Biishop Satterlee It was B peat g to those wisw s seen and heard in England. or wWho had read his books and knew of his work, to have him with us. First to Pass on Site. “As children, we belonged to the Church of the Epiphany, and our rector, Rev. Dr. Charles H. Hall, is said to have been the first person to choose the site of the future Cathedral. Standing at the door of St. Alban's Church, he look- ed toward the city and exclaimed, ‘Here 3: w‘here our cathedral must stand some ay!” " Miss MacLeod says that Bishop Satterlee closed the foundation stone ceremony with a prayer “that the im- perfections of our service might be for- given.” Bishop Satterlee lived less than six months after the laying of the stone. He died February 22, 1908. When the Bethlehem Chapel of the Cathedral was finished his remains were entombed behind the aftar, SOUTHERN WRITERS PLAN CHARLESTON SESSION By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, S. C.. September 26.— Some 30 Southern writers will meet here October 21 and 22 for a house perty similar to the gathering held last October at the University of Virginia. Announcement of the plan was made last night by Dubose Heyward. Among those who have accepted invi- tations are Ellen Glasgow, Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Stallings, James Boyd. Donald Davidson, Elizabeth Maddox Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Maristan Chapman, Mr. and Mrs, Struthers Burt. Others invited include Josephine Pinckney, Herbert Ravenel Sass, Mr. and Mrs. Clements Ripley, .ames Branch Cabell, Paul Green, Princess Amelie Rives Troubetskoy, Mary Johnston, Julia Peterkin, Alice Hepan Rice and her husband, Caleb Young Rice; Wil- liam Faulkner, Roark B:iadford and Isa Glenn Gerald Johnson of the Baltimore Eve- ning Sun will be in the city October 20 for a monument dedication, and will be asked to attend. PLAN LITHUANIAN HOP Transport Pilots to Make Non- Stop Flight From U. S. Next Year. NEW YORK, September 26 (#).—Capt. Stephan Darius and Stephan Girenos, both transport pilots from Chicago, said yesterday they intended to make a non- Stop flight next Spring “rom New York to Kovno, the capital of their native Lithuania They plan to use a Bellanca mono- plane, decorated with the Lithuanian colors of yellow, green and red, for the 4,395-mile trip. The flight is being made possil donations from thousands ible. by «f Lithwanians in this country, 4 L1 Text of Hoover Speech meI.Y DIBUSSED Declares Post Office Establishment “‘a Living Service” in Tracing Vast Development at Corner Stone Laying of New $10,000,000 Building. HE text of President Hoover's ad- dress at the new Post Office De- ent Building corner stone ying_today follo I WS: In September, 1793, President Washington laid the corner stone of { the Capitol. We meet today in the | f course of a Nation-wide commemora- tion of the 200th anniversary of Wash- ington's birth to set. with the trowel which he used i39 years ago. the corner stone of a new building for the administration of the postal service, which had fl: (:mn during Washing- ton’s administration. ‘Washington was responsible for the original plan of this city. It was a plan which permitted its order n‘mg et Jnto that pian and is well ftted to further beautify the city. Extends New York Greetings. This ceremony today has an especial nificance to the people of the City of New York, for it was there that the Government of the United States be- gan its functions under the Constitu- tion, and there was first organized the General Post Office, as it was then called. I extend greetings to those who are assembled in_that ity today to clebrate these beginnings of - g;'x:ment and to do honor to Washing- ton's memory. In those ning days the count: ‘was sp‘rulybel;tfiaed. travel was difficult, post offices were widely separated and the postal service was primitive, slow and costly. But it was the sole means of communication among the States, and the new Government acted vig- orously to increase its efficiency. By the time of the removal of the Govern- ‘ment to the District of Columbia in the year 1800 the United States Post Office was firmly established. Postal facilities were looked upon by our early statesmen not merely as an end in themselves, but as a powerful instrumentality for national unity and national growth.- In the first years of the Republic the mails followed the pioneers irto our inland territory, and as the great tide of migration set e b Toutes ant pe. D Supication. which they afforded with the Eastern seaboard that made possible the eventual e: of our frontiers to the Pacific. Factor in U. S. Development. Since those early days the postal service has been a factor second to no other in the upbuilding and develop- ment of modern America. It has con- stantly enlarged and broadened its | same | 1 facilities and has steadily grown In usefulness. Today it threads through the daily social and business life of all our people and extends its benefits to every city, hamlet and fireside in the land.- It furnishes quick communication for and industry, transports ucts of the farm to the city brings the goods of the manu- and the merchant to the farm- er's gate, delivers newspapers, maga- zines and books into the remotest homes, provides a safe means of trans- mitting money and valuables, carries messages of gladness and of sorrow be- tween families and friends and makes neighbors of our most widely separated The post office establishment is not s machine; it is a living service of thou- sands of skillful and devoted men and women. Two hundred and fifty thou- sand persons are regularly and continu- ously engaged in handling the United States mails, 60,000 others are given part-time or contract employment by the Post Office Department. The es- teem and affection in which the Postal Service is held by all our citizens is a deserved tribute to the unfailing fidelity of these efficient and honorable public servants. Vast Increase in Service. Since the establishment of the Post Office Department under President Washington, the number of post offices has increased from 75 to 48,532; the number of postal employes from 118 to more than a quarter of a million; the mileage of post routes from 2,000 to more than a million and a half, and the postal revenues from $25.000 to $700.000,000 a year. The service must constantly be enlarged and extended to satisfy the Increasing demands which are made upon it. The Postal Estab- lishment is an instrumentality which exists to serve all the people and which in its proper sphere should require little or no support from the public Treasury. Thirty-two years ago the Post Office Department moved its offices into the building which it at present occupies. In these 32 years the population of the country has increased by 65 per cent, but the postal business has increased sevenfold. And so today we lay the corner stone of the new building which is to house the executive offices of this enlarged and growing imstitution for the next generation. In the future, as in the pest, the enlargement of its services will bring increased abundance to the commercial, the social and the spiritual life of all our citizens. the d PRESIDENT PLACES CORNER STONE AT POST OFFICE RITES .- _ (Continued Prom First Page) ous factor in uniiting the Colonies against oppression was chiefly due to Franklin's sagacity and political shrewd- ness, as well as to his genius for organ- ization and administration. “By resolution of the Continental Congress, adopted July 26, 1775, Frank- {1in became the first American Postmas- ter General, independent of the British government. As the founder and first head of the modern postal establish- ment, his name will be inscribed on the west facade of the building which we are now erecting.” In outlining the expansion of the pos- tal service up to the present and em- phasizing its eflect as a factor in the upbuilding of the country, Brown re- called that it had been one of the prin- clipal instrumentalities in furthering the development of trans, ition facilities. “Just as today the vernment is ex- tending its aid through the postal serv- ice to the air transport industry as it struggles to establish itself as an inte- gral part of the Nation's transportation system,” he said. “so the Post Office Department of 80 years ago, through the medium of railroad mail contracts, gave support to the struggling railroads as they undertook to extend their lines and their service to our furthermost frontiers. Without the mails our early stage lines and our early railroads could rot have existed. Without these facili- ties for communication and transpor- tation our country could have been 'col- ontm‘;:l and developed but slowly, if at all.” The Postmaster General also laid emphasis on the utilitarian value of the new structure, declaring that it will per- mit the concentration of all postal ac- tivities, some of which have been forced into the City Post Office, because of | lack of space. It also will, he said, “greatly enhance the comfort of our personnel, lessen our operating costs, increase the efficlency of our bureaus and divisions and add greatly to the convenience of public, members of Congssss »hG 4 Paviug busi- ness with the department.” Smoot Praises Project. In the same vein, Senator Smoot spoke of the new building as part of the great program now under way here, saying that “not only will it provide facilities which have long been urgently needed for the proper conduct of busi- mess at the seat of Government, but it will contribute magnificently to the beauty and dignity of the Nation's Capi- tal.” “*Recalling the development of the Capital visioned by Washington and L'Enfant, Senator Smoot eaid: “It is es- pecially ‘appropriate, therefore, &s we dedicate this magnificent new building for the Post Office Department as a part of & comprehensive plan to provide housing_accommodations for the Gov- | ernment services at the National Capi- tal, that we should gratefully acknowl- edge that in a most literal sense we | are simply carrying out a program | which was laid out for us at the be- | ginning of our history by our revered | first President.” Sketches History. Senator Smoot also sketched the his- tory of the department in Washington. | “The Post Office Department.” he | said, “was among the few agencles of the Government which were established by the Pirst Congress when it met in New York City following Washington's inauguration. “In the year 1800 the department was brought to the District of Colum- bia. along with the rest of the Gov- ernment, and located in a building rented for Ms use at the corner of | Ninth and E streets, but a few steps | from where we now stand. | “In 1810 the Government purchased | a building on E street between Sev-| enth and Eighth for the use of the General and City Post Offices and the Patent Office, where the Post Office Department was housed until the con- | struction of the building which it now | | occupies, in 1899. | “In the 33 years which have elapsed | since the construction of the present | building the postal business of the country has increased from $100,000.000 to approximately $700,000,000 a year and the number of employes in the department at Washington has grown from 650 to more than 1,500. The de- partment has long since outgrown .its present building.” Commemorative of the ceremony to- day, an 8-cent airmeil stamp and stamped envelope went on sale here this morning; after 5 o'clock, a special cachet is being affixed to !'mail along with the new postmark for the Benjamin Franklin Station, which became the designation of the | Pennsylvania avenue station at that hour, ' The cachet depicts the two ex- | tremes in postal transportation—horse and plane. ‘The Post Office Department closed at 3 pm. to allow the staff to participate in the ceremonies, which also drew postal representatives from throughout the country, Included: among those was John N. VanZandt, 88-year-old postmaster of Blawenburg, N. J.. who has served there since com. missioned by President Andrew John- son, 66 years ago, and is the oldest postmaster in the United States. Rev. A. Stockdale, pastor of First Congregational Church, gave the in- vocation and Right Rev. Msgr. Edward L. Buckey. pastor of St. Matthew's Catholic_Church, the benediction. The Marine Band was choosen to play at the corner stone laying, and the Army Band for the concert afterward in the court of the Post Office Department. Contents of Corner Stobe. The contents placed in the copper box which went in the corner stone included: The Bible, the Constitution of the United States, United States flag, me- dallion of President Hoover, photograph of present Department Building, with short history; copy of congressional act, approved May 25, 1926, covering pub- lic building program, copies of addresses delivered at laying of corner stone, photographs of Postmaster General and Assistant Postmasters General, auto- graphed: impression of the seal of the Post Office Department, annual report of the Postmaster General for the fiscal year 1931, postal laws and regulations, current issue; postal guide of current issue and latest supplements, brief his- torles of the bureaus of the First, Sec ond, Third and Fourth Assistant Pos masters’ General: historical and statis- tical sheet, 1775 to date, “The United States Post Office,” Daniel C. Roper; copy of postal regulations, 1789; first annual report of the Postmaster Gen- eral under the Constitution, 1789; List of post offices in 1789, chart of per- sonnel organization of the department, photograp) transportation of mail, from 1789 to date; description of United States post- age stamps and postal cards, 1847-1932; set of current issues of postage stamps, postal savings certificates, one of each denomination; blank domestic money- order form, blank international money- order form, international reply coupon, two Post Office Department commis- sions, one in the name of the Postmas- ter General and the other in the name of the chief monies, copy of Congressional Directory, Seventy-=erond Congress, first session; coples of issues of The Evening Star, Washington Post, Washington Herald, Washington Times, the News and U. 8. Dally. The ceremonies culminated weeks of preparation by a special committee from the department headed by 8. W. Purdum. : Society Head Re-elected. FROSTBURG, Md., September 26 (Special) —Mrs. Arthur F. Smith of Lon- aconing was re-elected president of the ‘oman’s Home Missionary Society, ederick _district. Baltimore Confer- ence, Methodist Episcopal Church, at the quarterly meeting held at First Methodist Episcopal Church here. Mrs, A. E. Kesecker, Cresaptown, was chosen recording secretary: Mrs. Grace Volk, La Vi corresponding secretary, and Kline, treasurer. housecleaning? let Bornot help! .Rugs Spreads Curtains Blankets Com Draperies Slip Covers Beautifully Cleaned at New Low Prices! cleaners 1 showing several modes of | ;, t office inspector; minia- | ture plans of building, program of cere- | U.S. RESTAURANT REPORT PREPARED Grant to Answer Queries on Competition With Private Business. Lieut. Ool. U. S. Grant, 34, director of public butldings, is having prepared for the special House committee which is investigating Government competition with private business, replies to a list of 50 questions regarding the operation of " restaurants, cafeterias or lunch counters in Government establishments. He expects to be able to make his report to the House committee by the end of this week, but the committee has ad- journed further hearings here until after the election and close to the time when Congress will reassemble. Presented With Protest. ‘This questionaire was prepared by the National Restaurant Association, pre- to the investigating committee during the hearing last Thursday by Ringgold Hart, attorney for the restaur- ant men, without being read and turned over by Chairman Shannon to Col. Grant while the latter was a wit- ness before the committee. It is an am- plification and more detailed inquiry than the one previously propounded to Col. Grant by representatives of the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce at the behest of the restaurant association. Mr. Hart stated that they had been unable to get the detailed information they desired through Col. Grant's office and asked the committee to get it. Col. Grant's reply at the hearing last week was that owing to the economy program his office is running short-handed and was busy on official business rather | than answering questionneires for pri- and that he would not object to_answering any questions put by an official and authorized Govern- ment agency. Ordered by Congress. ‘The Shannon Committee was author- ized by Congress to make the investi- gation and the committee during the hearing turned the questionnaire over to Col. Gn“;n for a gplyr,w‘l-le :;ow ml: ring make e ly mitm as an suthorized Govern- ment agency. HI-JACKERS KIDNAP AGENTS AND SEIZE $18,000 IN WHISKY of hi-jackers and the truck sped by. Men in one of the hi-jackers’ machines sighted the parked car and fired a vol- ley from the submachine gun, but none of the bullets took effect. The ignition wires had been torn from the car in which Willilamson and Bell were riding and they, together with Reinke and the mechanic, were prisoners in the cars of the hijackers, who held them under cover of drawn revolvers. Bailey and Dryden started in pursuit. Hijackers Free Agents. A few miles up the road the agents were freed. Three miles farther the truck overturned on a sharp curve in| front of a colored man’s farm house. Using their machine guns to intimidate | the colored man, the hi-jackers hurried- | 1y cached the liquor in and about the | | house. | | Bailey meanwhile reported the hi-| jacking to Baltimore and 15 agents| were sent to the scene. Only one agent | was left in the city and he was as- signed to guard the liquor stores at| Fort McHenry. State police from Wal- dorf, under Corpl. W. B. Hunter, also were summoned, while Prince Georges County Officers G. William Gray and Harry Morris blocked the Crain High- | way—the main road to Blmmore—ntl Wells Corner. ( Although he had been threatened with death if he disclosed the location of the liquor, the colored man revealed where it was hidden. All but 47 sacks | was recovered. It was reloaded on another truck and sent to Baltimore. After finding the overturned truck| Bailey, Dryden and the other agents, ! with the reinforcements, launched a | s:f tematic search of the nearby woods ' and roads. State police trailed a large car which took a back road into Ches- e Beach and learned several men had been let out of this car at various points. They arrested one man whom they claim was let out of the car. | Appear Highly Nervous. ‘The agents said the hijackers were very nervous during the hold up. One | theory is that the informer who fur-| nished the evidence on which the| selzure was made may have been as-| | sociated with the hijackers. The liquor seized is believed only a ! part of the cargo of the yacht. Agents | described it as a “drop off” and say it | wes landed on the open beach, as there | is no wharf at Drum Point. They be- lieve the liquor was a Baltimore man's share of the ship’s cargo, the remainder | of which will be taken elsewhere. i Ordinary liquor captured in Southern Maryland by the agents is taken to Waldorf and destroved, but imported high-grade liquor is sent to Baltimcre and distributed among the hospitals for medical purposes, it was explained. R e Legion Elects Commander. | MOOREFIELD, W. Va., September 26 (Special). —W. H. Wood was elected | commander of John M. Golladay Post, | No. 62, American Legion, for the en- suing year, Other officers chosen were John Williams, vice commander; O. R. Bean, adjutant; Julian Ch]Pley, service officer; E. E. Kessel, chaplain; Marko | Starcevich, sergeant at arms; R. M. Gamble, historian. forts 752 M Street N.W. : P lione: - National 2679 Beware Girls! THIS BUBGH MAN HAS HEARTS. EDWARD REYNOLDS, Pittsburgh machinist, who recently learned of nature’s generosity in dealing out hearts to him. Westinghouse phy- sicians, where he is employed, were thrown into a panic when, giving him an examination, they were unable to find his heart beat. X-rays revealed that he has two hearts, a large one on the right side of his chest, a small one one the left side, where the heart should be. —Wide World Photo. PARAGUAY ACCEPTS TRUCE IN FIGHTING, Neutrals to Supervise Con- ditions for Peace in Dis- pute With Bolivia. By the Assoclafed Press. ASUNCION, Paraguay, September 26.—The Paraguayan government to- day announced its acceptance of a proposal for cessation of hostilities in| the disputed Gran Chaco region under | conditions which will be supervised by the American Neutrals Commission. The conditions under which fighting | between Bolivian and Paraguayan forces would cease were approved in a reply sent to the commission in Washington. They were: Immediate withdrawal of armies. Complete demilitarization of Chaco within two or three weeks. Acceptance by both Bolivia and Para- guay of a reduction of military ef-| fectives to the minimum required for security. ! ‘The reply said Paraguay was leaving settlement of the dispute in the “hands of international justice.” REPLY DELIVERED HERE. By the Associated Press. the | Dr. Juen Jose Soler, Paraguayan rep- | resentative, said today Paraguay had | accepted in principle the latest neutral proposal for a truce with Bolivia, adding “certain conditions.” iBUS Information MEtropolitan 1512 836 "°"}NAtion-I Greyhound Depot, 1336 N. Y. Ave. N.W. ue Ridge Terminal 12th St. and New York Ave. N.W. PLANT GCLOSED ALL DAY WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 28th ACCOUNT O e GENERAL N. AUTH PROVISION CO. TRADE MARK REGISTERED at2P. M. With 2 SPECIAL NIGHT SESSIONS Tuesday, September 27th, and '!'hursday, Sep- tember 29th, at 8 P. M. each evening. A magnificent collection of high-grade Eastern Floor Cov- erings, embracing Keshans, Sarooks, Kermanshahs, Serapis, Laristans, Bokharas, Kazaks, Lillehans, Beloochistans, Mos- souls, Anatolians, Chinese, etc., in a wide range of sizes; both room size and scatter. \ a0 waRx Hour Terms Cash. ANTON A. AUTH 491 Oriental Rugs At Public Auction By order of one of the largest direct importers we will sell At Public Auction Within Our Galleries 715 13th Street Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday September 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th and 30th, 1932 On Exhibition Each Day Up so | | [ PINCHOT FURNISHES ADDITIONAL DATA Seeks Loans for Remaining Counties of Penn- sylvania, By the Associated Press. HARRISBURG, Pa., September 26.— | Continuing his attack on the “elaborate | red tape” of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Gov. Gifford Pinchot yes- | furnished data requested by that body for 64 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties. Gov. Pinchot, in a letter to Atlee Pomerene, chairman of the R. F. C, | said the information is “necessarily and | inevitably” incorrect. He described the | data as “ can.” Last Week’s Loans. x Data on Philadelphia, Allegheny and Northampton Counties supplied two weeke. ago_resulted in a loan last week g this loan, said that a further loan to the State would be made when similar data was provided for the remaining counties. The Governor's controversy with the R. F. C. started two months ago when Pinchot applied for $45.000,000. He asked that $10,000,000 be given at once, with the remaining $35,000,000 being supplied as needed. ‘The R. F. C. turned down Pinchot's plea on the grounds that the State had not done its full share nor exhausted its resources to help itself. Subse- quently the Legislature in special ses- sion enacted a 1 per cent emergency | sales tax act to provide from $12,000.- 000 to $15,000,000 for State relief, and the Governor then renewed his appli- cation for Federal aid. Lengthy Statement Issued. In announcing the $2,500,000 tri- county loan for Pennsylvania, Chair- man Pomerene issued a lengthy state- ment reviewing the controversy between Pinchot and the R. F. C., and assert- ing that Pinchot alone of all Governors seeking loans had not complied with the board’s request for detailed data. Last Priday Pinchot, commenting on the loan, described it as a “totally inadequate advance.” Pinchot said his letter today was sent with the “express appsoval of the State Emergency Relief Board.” The data supplied by the Governor comprises figures for each month of 1931 and 1932 to date for each county, showing the number of families needing relief, the number of homeless persons, the amount of relief money spent from | private and public funds and the esti-/ mated amount of work relief required | for each month during the remainder | of the year. | ———— Shanghal, China, will continue its re- building program. WHY PAY MORE? DELIVERED HOT COMPLETE SWISS STEAK 4 Steaks for 4 People. Hot Gravy CHICKEN 14 Individual Pieces OYSTER 12 French Fried Belect Oysters. for e Choice of Bal- ds, or French day and a day, Fried 19eid or more " delivery charge. E BY OR PHONE nes: NO. 9663 or NO. 8674 SERVICE COFFEE, SHOP 1319 14th St. N.W. Sun- .t COMI F DEATH OF Rt MANAGER TRADEMARK REGISTERED SRS AR AR R AN S S R S AR A AR AR AR AL SRR A R R A R A A A e R RS R RS AR R RS R N N R S R S N A S S R A AR R S R A A SR SRR N AN Each Day of Sale C G Sloss & Cou lnce Austs as col Battle “guesses, made up as best we |, ADMR. PRINGLE DIES ON PACIFIC COAST; STRICKEN LAST WEEK (Continued From First Page.) sent to Annapolis. In respect to the officer, flags at all naval districts and aboard ships at sea were at half-mast OFFICIAL CIRCLES FEEL-LOSS. Admiral Pratt Sends Message of Sym- pathy to Mrs, Pringle. News of the death of Vice Admiral Joel R. P. Pringle. who assumed duties mmander of battleships of the Force August 12, came as a shock to the Navy Department, which looked forward to having him as its next chief of naval operations—the highest rank- officer in the Navy—when Admiral V. Pratt retires from that post on reaching the statutory age of 64 years next February. Admiral Pratt dispatched to Mrs. iego Naval Hos- pathy: “Please accept my heartfelt sympathy for the loss of your husband, Vice Admiral Pringle. I considered him one of the most outstanding and efficient officers in our Navy. The highest po- sitions in the service he would have filled with ability had his life been spared. His death means a great loss| to the service.” ‘The Bureau of Navigation, Navy De- partment, at the request of Admiral Pringle’s family, issued orders designat- ing his son-in-law, Lieut. Comdr. John D. H. Kane, who was on his stafl, to accompany the body across the count- try to Annapolis. Burial with full military honors will take place in the naval cemetery there unless the family desires to dispense with the ceremony. Secretary Adams Admiral Pratt and other high-ranking naval officials will, in all likelinood, at- scheduled for & week from today, al- though the exact time will depend ""’I"i?h of the :ld.m.lr-.l’m‘-ly. T lation arises as to who will be Admiral Pratt’s successor as the next chief of naval operations. Admiral Pratt reaches the. cos v retirement age of 64 | §eats on February 28 and, in accord- ance with the new custom, he will be Pplaced on the retired list by March 1. | Prequnnna’ mentioned as probable | successors Admiral Pratt are Vice Admiral Luke McNamee, commander of the Battle Force, who assumed that post on August 11; Vice Admiral William H. Standley, commander of cruisers of the | Scouting Force, U. S. Fleet, and Rear | Admiral David F. Sellers, commander of Battleship Division 1 of the Battleships, | Battle Force. All three of these officers |are well known in Washington. Ad- | miral McNamee served in the Navy De- | partment as director of fleet training, | but observers pointed out today that he only about two years to serve, and it is usually the policy of the depart- ment to appoint an officer as chief of naval operations with more time on the | active list than that. Admiral Standley | gerved here recently as asststant chief of | naval operations, while Admiral Sellers | was at the department a short time ago as judge advocate general of the Navy. —_— e U. S. BIRTH DOUBTED | | Woman Claiming to Be North Carolinian Gets British Passport. NEW YORK, September 26 (#).— 1 Mrs. Margaret Sanderson, who claims to I a native of Asheville, N. C., came home yesterday on the steamship De Grasse on a British passport and & quota vise because she was refused an American passport, She had married a British subject, end they were divorced four sears ago in Reno. When she applied for a pass- port in Paris. where she has been re- siding since 1927. she was told no record exised of her birth in Asheville. | She is returning to her home and e e e e et 8 A R R R R R A A A A A S SR A R A R tend the funeral, which is tentatively children in Newport Beach, Calif. MRS. 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