Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1933, Page 24

= sick -] Kans POST OFFICE1SLE FLOODED BY MAL Self-Exiles on Galapagos Are Brought Letters by Han- oock Expedition. By the Assoclated Press. ABO. rual —The 's post omoe which functions unchanged by the vagaries of governments, without the aid of postmaster or appropriations, hu done some rhore rushing business. epostomuolmnom«xn l.lnd ln the Galapagos, where c-pt 0 Allan Hancock and his party of sclen tists surveying the islands brought l flood of mail : “Mail” Letters in Barrel. The post office is a barrel, an old wine cask, established on fl'le island by a British naval vessel in the last century. Inhabitants of the archi- pelago, 600 miles ofl Ecuador, “mail” their letters in the barrel. Occasional rassing steamships, like the windjam- mers of other days, stop to pick up the rost and deposit any they may have for the s settlers. “The bay settlers say they are fortu- nate if they receive mail twice a year,” said Capt. Hancock, who delivered quite a bit for them. Among the settlers on Charles Island, cne oI the group, are Dr. Charles Rit- w-food theorist, who came to lshnds in 1929 from Berlin, with. Frau Koervin, Berlin socialite, after leaving hlx wife in Germany. Capt. Hancock found the pair happy in their little homemade ranch, called the Hermitage. A group of other self-exiles were found by the scientists not to be so These were from Paris lnd B~ Iln includ.ng a Viennese bamnesai together with a German | lamfl) Wfl] Remain Month. The o III, with representa- | '.l\c.» of !'l Smithsonian Institution of | n Dj nd University of Southern Cali- f pects to remain at least a month ln the islands. The purpose of the round-up survey is to provide a report to the government | of Ecuador, which owns the archi-| pelago, with recommencations that the | group be made a permanent sanctuary | for the su-nn(e forms of animal existing DISCUSS CHARITY ARITY PLANS Members of Pi Tau Fi, Jewish !‘n-\ ternity, Hold Dinner. | The Washington Chapter of P1 Tau | Pl Fraternity, = international Jewish rramnal organization, will discuss phil- 1 plans for the year at m annunl stag dinner at Harvey's Resta: rant tomorrow night. David Blum will be master of cere- monies and Edgar Baum and Willlam F. Sigmund are in charge of enter- tainment. Prince to Work in Banks. STOCKHOLM (#). —Bank patrons | her¢ may get their money over the counter from royal hands. Prince Gustav | Adolg, who last October married Prin- cess Sibylle of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, is reponed ready to further his bumnes!‘ ining. su;rllng with experience in three large banks. i | ARMY ORDERS | Capt. Theodore J. Sledge, lntm'.ry | en route from Hawail, is assigned t0 | fontry, Fort Hamflmn N Y. | eaves, Medical Corp smxon hospital, Fort Sam Hous- ton, Tex., is ordered to await retire- men xj Reuben A. Campbell Medical Corps, retired for disability.* First Lieut. Warren A. Robinson, In- fantry, transferred from anml. Canal Department to Fort Douglas, Col. Robert H. Pierson, Mediul Corps, retired for disability. Col. Edmund C. "Abbott, Judge Advo cat2 Cmera s Department, retires dirabli ichard Allen, Quartermaster red for disability. reld D Coburn, Infantry, now lieved from further scsignment in the Panama Canal Department and at- tached to the 2nd Division at Fort Capt. F Philippine Dcp.rt.m nt to , as instructor with ‘National First, Lieut. John G. Merrick, Cavalry, relieved as student at Cavalry School and assigned to 2d Cavnlry Riley, Turn Your Old Mattress into a new one your mattress is n ! 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