Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1935, Page 10

QRenemsylraviny | 3AYERSON OIL WSRK COLUMBIA 522 (C.H. WOODWARD, HYATTSVILLE, DIES Served as Prince Georges Assessor 30 Years—Na- tive of Massachusetts. Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md, March 6. Charles Henry Woodward, 68, for up- ward of 30 years s Prince Georges | County assessor and a tree expert." died early last night at his home on Forest drive here. Mr. Woodward ! " | suftered a stroke last year. i mes&“qInvi{'a{io"s and when 17 years old moved to: .ulm‘l Hnnoun&mcn‘cs . axr new styles of ngraving executed in true Brewood manner are moderate enough in cost to meet present-day demands ... 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Sea- board serves mid-South resorts: Southern Pines. Pinehurst. Camden, Sea Island. SHIP YOUR AUTO BY TRAIN Total cost only ONE additional ticket when two people travel. VERY LOW FARES — 18 day round-trip limit EDWARD PLACK, A. G. P. A. 14-14th St N.W. Wash., Tel National0637-38 | SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY The ONLY completely Air-conditioned trains to the South FLOOD YOUR BODY WITH STRENGTH Feel the bracing effect from first swallow So many people are undernourished and so shakv they can't stand much eFertion.” because excessive acidity in the stomach destroys the gastric fluids, | en food can't digest. Instead of nourishment your body _gets comes from the fermenting mass that forms gas. heartburn and acid indi- | gestion. That can't do you any €ood. | "Ask your drugeist for a_three-ounce Placidan. _ Drink _some | teaspoonful of Placidan g the day. | | danger signais (gas, heartburn, etc) show up are !su?rlslnu their friends by their pep | and_vigor Their appetite comes back. Food no | to_form gas. give heart- stion. They sleep | . “Get up mornings ready for a ard day's work and able to do it ut being all fagked out when it's time to go home. What glorious relief m Just a teaspoontul of Placidan as of le. | “No artificial effect either. Placidan | wipes out the excessive acidity in your stomach. Then it doesn’t "get into | the bowels to cause constipation and | starve the blcod. nerves and muscles. | | The gastric fluids can become active [ again. Then the food you eat puts| E body like nature | u have never seen anything like dan_will DO what | your ly things because it wipes ve acidity Contains no Born in Townsend, Mass, Mr.' Woodward received his early educa- | tion there. After graduating from the Townsend High School he was offered | a teacher's position but declined it, Chillum, near here, where he con-; ducted a truck farm on the Queen’s! Chapel road for some 25 years. Ile since had lived in the Hyattsville | neighborhood. | Mr. Woodward completed a special | course at the University of Maryland and was well known as an expert on tree diseases. Surviving are his widow, who, before | her marriage, was Miss Ada Mae An- | derson of Washington, and three sons and one daughter—Ralph A. Wood- | ward, Mrs. Ada Mae Bergling nnd: Charles Warner Woodward, all of Hy- attsville, and William Walter Wood- ward of Woodridge, D. C. Services will be held tomorrow aft- ernoon at 2 o'clock at Gasch’s Sons funeral home here. The body will be sent to Townsend, Mass, for inter- ment. W’FARLAND RITES T0 BE TOMORROW Former Chief Engineer of Navy to Be Buried in Congres- sional Cemetery. Funeral services for Capt. Walter Martin McFarland, former chief en- gineer of the Navy, who died Monday night at his home, 1868 Columbia road, will be held there tomorrow at 11 am. Burial will be in Congres- sional Cemetery. A native of Washington, Capt. Mc- Farland had lived mostly in Pitts- burgh, as vice president of the West- inghouse Electric Co., and in New York, for 20 years, as manager of the marine department of Babcocb & Wilcox. He returned to Washing- ton on his retirement from active life in 1931. Capt. McFarland was a distin- guished lecturer and writer on engi- neering subjects, serving four times as secretary and editor of the Amer- ican Society of Naval Engineers, and is credited with having been the chief influence in drawing up the present rules for boiler materials and con- struction, A bachelor, he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. J. W. Dunn and Mrs. Edmund Barry, both of Washington, and Mrs. Eugene Makosky of Balti- more. Honorary pallbearers will be A. G. Pratt, president of Babcock & Wil- cox; C. W. Middleton, Dr. D. S. Ja- cobus and J. Harold King, officers {of the same firm; Admirals W. F. | Capps, H. I. Cone and W. T. Rock, all retired; Capt. R. S. Robertson, secre- tary of the Annapolis Graduates’ As- | sociation; Capt. E. H. Tillman, U. 8. N, retired: Dickerson N. Hoover, in- spector general of the Steamboat In- spection Service; Howland Gardner, ex-president of the Fall River Steam- ship Co.; Lewis Nixon, president of the Board of Directors of the Webb In- stitute of Naval Architecture, New | York; Dr. John C. Scofield, former i chief clerk of the War Department, and James W. Wilson. TWO POLICEMEN UP ON ASSAULT CHARGE Face Judge This Afternoon—As- sociation Votes Confidence in Defendants. ‘Two policemen on trial on a charge of assaulting a civilian while placing him under arrest will appear before Judge John P. MacMahon in Police Court late today for the arguments in their case. The policemen, John I. Shotzberger and Ernest T. Wessells of the sixth precinct, last night received a vote of confidence from the Policemen's | Association and Lieut. Walter H. | Thomas of the first precinct, presi- | dent, was authorized to make an ap- | propriation today for the relief of the | accused until it has been determined | whether they will be restored to duty. A further resolution of the assc ciation requests that the district ! attorney personally make full in- vestigations in cases involving alleged assaults by policemen while they are jon duty. In the present case the papers against the two policemen were issued upon the complaint of | Harrison M. Fuller, 841 Ingraham street, who charges they beat him {when they mistook him for his brother, Allen Fuller, against whom Wessells had a parking warrant, Secretary Dern’s i Son to Be Married l Here on Saturday The marriage of William B. Dern, 28, a son of Secretary of War Dern, and Miss Helen M. McCollam, 25- year-old R. F. C. secretary and daugh- ter of a bricklayer, will take place here Saturday. Miss McCollam announced r;u:l:y {;)Ilowlng ‘th:hlegumce of & mar- e license af e Supreme Court The exact location and time of the wedding have not been arranged to- day, she explained, but probably will be completed this evening. Dern, who first became acquainted with Miss McCollam when they were fellow-employes in the Reconstruction Finance Corp. here several years ago, has been in Denver for some time. ‘They plan to make their home in that city. In commenting on the announce- ment of the engagement some weeks ago, Mrs. Dern, speaking for the cabinet member’s family, said: “Miss McCollam is a very beautiful and fine girl. The engagement was supposed to be kept a secret, but was rumored about by some one too soon and the announcement is the only surprising thing about it.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1935. Johnson Likes to Write SECRETARY PROVES VALUED AID TO LITERARY WORK. Copyright, A. P. Wirephoto. By the Associated Press. chasing elusive nouns and adjectives with the dogged persistence of a terrier in a rat-infested cellar. 1 “I like to write better than any- thing else,” said the tormer N. R. A, administrator woday. “Its my flrs(l and foremost love.” i Gen. Johnson took a little time | from cracking down on the literary muse to explain his technique. Miss Frances Robinson, his secretary, made | numerous contributions to the expo- | sition. 1 Those pithy phrases and allitera- | tive combinations, he revealed, are | achieved by conscientious rewriting. | “1 write it all over,” he said, “and | sometimes I don't recognize what IJ had first written.” His Writing Not So Good. “Sometimes I dictate; sometimes I write it myself,” he said. “Your longhand is pretty terrible,* interposed Miss Robinson. who has | to translate it. “It looks like hiero- glyphics.” | ‘Gen. Johnson grunted in agreement “It's terrible.” he said, “but I also use a typewriter a little—with two fingers.” Did the creative fires need much kindling? Did the words pour out in a stery stream? Yes—and no. “When I don't feel in the mood I don't try to write,” the general said. “I write when I feel like it. But when 1 get started I turn out a lot of work. On my book which will soon appear— “The Blue Eagle from Egg to Earth”— 1 put out 6,000 words a day for more than a week.” | Miss Robinson wiped her brow and | sighed; she remembered it well. | Has Fetishes While Working. | Like so many authors, the general has certain little fetishes when work- ing. He functions best when using vellow paper and an automatic pencil | He is a nocturnal writer. preferring to ! work after midnight. he said. “About 3 o'clock in the morning." | commented Miss Robinson, a stickler for accuracy. . “Another thing I do when I work.’ Gen. Johnson said. returning to his modus operandi, “I pace the floor.” Miss Robinson offered a simile, “like a caged lion.” At this point the general began to MRS. MINNIE BRANSON OF TAKOMA PARK DIES wxfe of Seventh Day Adventist! Pastor Will Be Buried Tomorrow. Special Dispatch to The Star. TAKOMA PARK, Md.,, March 6.— Mrs. Minnie G. Branson of 809 Davis avenue, a resident here for the past several, years, died yesterday in the Washington Sanitarium after an ill- ness of several months. | Funeral services will be held to-| morrow at 2:30 p.m. at the Sev- enth Day Adventist Church, Carroll and Willow avenues. Interment will follow in Washington Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Branson was the wife of Rev william H. Branson, vice president of the North American Division Coun- cil. She is survived by a son, Rev. Ernest L. Branson of 'St. Louis, and a daughter, Miss Lois E. Branson, student at Washington Missionary College_here. EDUCATIONAL. EDITORIAL CLERK School, L. Adolph Richards. M. A Prin.. 520 12th st. n.w. Phone Met. 'STATISTICAL CLERK Every Day and Every Night Men and women: salary 2] Civil _Service Preparatory Adolph Richards, A. M. 8. 12th_n.w._Met. NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF LAW AND OF ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENT s . ins March 11. 1935 S T e Berins June 17, 1035 Registrar’s Office 818 13th St. N.W. Phone Nat. 661%. Open for registration 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. STATISTICAL CLERK Prepare for Examination. New Classes | Now Forming—Night School Only. Ap- ply early for Reservation as Classes Will Be Limited. Poteet’s Business College| 14th and Eye Sts. N.W. NAt. 4717 EDITORIAL CLERK Saturday Afternoon Class In response to numerous requests by applicants for Editorial Clerk’s examination, a special Saturday afternoon class has been arranged, beginning March 9, at 2:30 p.m. The course includes only material essential for examination. The instructor was formerly employed in the Examining Division of the Civil Service Commission and is now a practical editor. Register be- fore 2:30 p.m., Saturday, March 9. MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL vol r n, 14th Street and Park Road Telephone Columbis 3000 GEN. HUGH S. JOHNSON. pace, a definite sign that there had NEW YORK, March 6.—A literary “ been enough of this idle talk. Miss man now, Gen. Hugh S. Johnson is | Robinson sig hed—and brought forth the yellow paper and automatic pencil. “Se, she said. hink FURLOW, ENGINEER, ENDS LIFE WITH GUN Internal Revenue Employe Leaves Note Reminding Wife of Pension Fund. Leaving a note informing his wife how to obtain his retirement fund and pointing out it was not taxable, Felder Furlow, 55-year-old valuation engi- neer at the Bureau of Internal Rev- enue, ended his life yesterday by shooting himself at his apartment at 2019 I street. His body was found by his wife. Mrs. Jane Furlow, when she returned home. He also left a note “to the law,” telling police he had killed him- self. A certificate of suicide was issued by Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald. Born in Atlanta in 1880, Mr. Furlow was graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1903 with the degree of civil engineer. For many years he was civil engineer and division engi- neer in charge of construction with the Southern Railway and from 1907 to 1910 he was in charge of railway construction in the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, making a location survey for a railway in the jungle on the upper Amazon. During the World War he was a captain in the Engineer Corps, being stationed at Fort Humphries, and Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ine He had lived in Washington since 1922, the year of his appointment to the Bureau of Internal Revenue. Mr. Furlow had been a member of the American Society of Civil Engi- neers since 1908. PREACHES TONIGHT Rev. Clyde Brown to Be Lenten Speaker at Mt. Rainier. By a Staff Correspendent of The Star. MOUNT. RAINIER, Ma., March 6.— Fev. Clyde Biown, diocesan missioner, will be the first Lenten guest preacher at St. John's Episcopal Church here, it was announced by Walter P. Plum- ley, rector. Rev. Brown will preach at the church tonight at 8 o'clock. He is well known in this section, having been rector of Pinkney Memorial Church, Hyattsville, for several years. Linen Used in Shoes. Irish linens will be used in the up- pers of women’s Summer shoes in Paris. WHO REALLY 'KNOW BEER ONLY PHSENER STYEE ABNER DRURY BREWERY, INC. SRS 61 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS 17 FRATERNAL GROUPS 42 HOSPITALS 37 CHURCHES WISCONSIN ACT VOIDED Legislature Held Illegal in Del-| egating Code-Forming Power. MADISON, Wis, March 6 (#)— ‘The Wisconsin recovery act, providing | for codes of fair competition, was| ruled unconstitutional by the State| Supreme Court yesterday, on the ground that the Legislature illegally delegated to industries the power to formulate codes. 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