Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1935, Page 36

B—16 %« Larger Library Staff Is Urged To Increase Hours of Service ._(Continued From Seventh Page.) cluding 825 bound volumes. Beauti- fully bound sets of the works of Hein- 3ich Heine and Ernst Theodor Amad- eus Hoffman were presented by M. R. George and a fine set of the works of Friederich Liszt was given by the Friederich Liszt Soclety. Fer the music division, F. W. Gleason pre- sented 310 items; the Arts Club do- nated 1,475 pieces, and the Library of ~Congress transferred 1,938 items. A collection of books and other printed matter was presented by Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss for the new Georgetown Branch, and a group of books cost- | ing $14.88 was purchased for the Chevy Chase subbranch from a fund donated for such purpose by the Woman's Club of Chevy Chase, Md. | ‘This subbranch received over 100 vol- | umes from the estate of Mrs. India E. Page. From the Congressional appro- priation for books and periodicals the following sums were expended: Books, $36,623.43; periodicals, $3,- 196.97; pamphlets, $137.09; prints, $36.34; maps, $5.30. From two endow- ment funds $110.72 was expended for books and $40.90 for periodicals. Books numbering 33,409 were purchased at an average cost of $1.10 per volume. ‘The expenditure for children’s books was $17,600, which was 44 per cent of the Congressional appropriation. The bindery completed the music project initiated early in 1934 and pre- pared approximately 3,000 archestra{ parts and 2,000 miscellaneous pieces | for circulation. The output of the bindery plant was: Books bound, 3.975; current magazines reinforced, 5,306; special repair, 12,172; time re- | pair, 12,649; newspapers bound, 78. A | total of 19,719 volumes were bound by | contract. The catalogue department recorded 8,642 new books cataloged; 35,736 to the library during the year. the average number on the rolls was | 40, the turnover exceeded 50 per cent. | F.E. R. A. students were assigned from | American, George Washington and Georgetown Universities. students accepted, approximately 30 were on the Staff at one tinie. duplicates added, and 94261 cards prepared and filed. A complete set of new and more durable guide cards was made for the union catalogue at the central library. Records for about 23,658 wornout and missing books were withdrawn from the catalogue. Library Personnel. On June 15, 1935, the staff consist- ed of 223 members, of whom 16 were on half-time. were on the library staff, with 10 half- time; 44 were on the page and mes- senger staff, with 4 half-time and 2 employed by the hour; 29 were on the building force, including 2 half- time, and 6 were employed in the li- brary’s bindery. During the year there were 48 resignations, of which 10 were from the library staff, 3 from the clerical staff, 3 janitors and 30 pages. Of this number 144 bindery workers, 2 “The deficit of $7,680 for personnel in the appropriation act of 1935 was met by lapsed salaries and furloughs,” Dr. Bowerman says. “Though the lat- ter were to a large extent voluntary, the staff is too limited and the work too pressing for such leaves not to constitute a serious handicap to the work of the library. It is salutary to have the deficit eliminated in the ap- propriation for 1936.” Aid From E. W. A. Workers. The E. W. A. assigned 94 workers As In spite of the turnover and lack of training and experience, this addi- | tional personnel made it possible to | carry an increasing load of work; to check outgoing books at doors; to as- sist in the preparation of advance work Of the 40 THE EVENING STAR'.. WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1f, 1935, for the stocking of the Georgetown branch, and to aid in making repairs to books. I has been possible also to | try out a pool of clerical routine in | the central circulation department, thereby releasing the trained members of the younger staff to strengthen the advisory service. Some bibliographijcal work and one fine piece of indexing were accomplished. o Tugs Fail to Float Ship. BOSTON, October 11 (#).—Com- bined efforts of five tugs failed to Laul the steamer City of Montgomery off Lovells Island today, where she went aground last night while en route to New York and Savannah. Agents of the Savannah lire had expected the steamer would be freed on high tide, but high water passed with the vessel still aground. Final—delivered to your GRAIN FIGURES BOOSTED 4,000,000 Bushels Added ‘Wheat Estimates of U. 8. The Agriculture Department yester- day boosted its 1935 wheat crop esti- mate by 4,000,000 bushels and corn production by 29,000,000 bushels be- yond its figure of a month ago. The 1935 corn crop was estimated at 2,213,319,000 bushels, an increase from the 1934 total of 1,377,000,000 bushels. The five-year average corn production was 2,562,000,000 bushels. to St SR Club Swindler Sought. Police are seeking a swindler re- ported to be soliciting contributions to the Metropolitan Police Boys' Club without authority to act for the club. | {] . Ifyou want the very latest and complete news of the day, have the last edition of The Star—the Night home. The Night Final, carrying a row of Red Stars down the front page, is printed at 6 p.m. and delivered to your home shortly ‘ thereafter for 55 cents a month (or, together with The Sunday Star, 70 cents a month). For regular delivery of the Night Final phone National 5000. THE hew elleffs 1214-1220 F St. VIRGINIAN CONVICTED ON OYSTER CHARGE| First Man Accused of Making Undersized Catches Fined $50. Speclal Dispatch to The Star, LEONARDTOWN, Md., October 11. —The first arrest and conviction for taking under-sized oysters was re- corded Saturday. . The accused, P. E. Pruitt of Ten- gler, Va., arrested by Capt. John T. Smith of the Conservation Department. after having previously escaped from arris & CO. up We Welcome Charge out Platinum Wedding Rings, with or without Diamonds. another conservation official, was fined $50 by Judge Heffner of Colonial Beach, Va. Capt. Smith reported that on Friday Pruitt attempted to sell under-sized oysters at the Bushwood, Md., wharf, refused to throw his illegal catches back into the water when ordered to do so by Capt. William S. Thrall of the Conservation Department and out- distanced Capt. Thrall in a chase. Pruitt was recognized by Capt. 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