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A—10 WADLEIGH RITES TOBE TOMORROM Form.er Fuel Administrator Began Career as Locomo- tive Apprentice. Puneral services for Francis R. Wad- leigh, 72, Federal fuel distributor dur- ing the Harding administration, who ' died vesterday in the Alexandria, Va., Hospital, will be held at 3 pm. . tomorrow in Blandford Chap- el, Petersburg, Va.,, his wife’s ¥ former, home, . Burial will be in the Blandford Memorial Chapel : there. Mr. an international- 1y known author- ity on coal, had served the Gov- ernment and pri- vate interests in many important capacities. He also had been consulting engineer for many large interests in fuel matters- and had written books which are regarded as standard reference works on coal and mining. A native of Muncy, Pa, Mr. Wad- leigh was graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from Princeton Uni- versity in 1883. Subsequently, he began his career as a locomotive shop apprentice with the Pennsylvania Railroad at Altoona, Pa., and afterward served four years as locomotive fireman. Service With N. & W. Next, he went with the Norfolk & . Western Railroad Co., which he served " guccessively as coal inspector and in- structor, a road foreman of engines and then as locomotive engineer. During a period from 1898 to 1908, he served interests as fuel engineer, coal salesman and coal inspector. *This work took him to South America, . Cuba, Panama and Europe. Later he served with the Chesapeake & Ohio Coal & Coke Co.. and other ! interests until around 1912, when he became associated editor of Coal Age. He made trips to Mexico, Europe and South America in connection with engineering work, coal preparation, gales, etc. This work covered a period through 1916. From 1917 to 1919, Mr. Wadleigh was chief engineer of the International * Mr. Wadleizh. Wadleigh, | THE EVENING Young Washington at Job Barnard School. and Mrs. A. J. Steinberg, West A studious interest in the history of oil in the United States is shown by Marguerite Watson, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Watson, 810 Emerson street, who is a member of grade 6-B Tomorrow: Gerald Steinberg, son of Mr. School. —Star Staff Photo. | tor. He continued to serve until Sep- | tember 22, 1923. Other Government work during the period until December, 1923, included service as commercial fuel engineer, Bureau of Mines; chairman of the Coal Committee, Federal Purchase i Board; vice chairman of the Coal | Strategy Board, Navy Department; as | member of the Coal Purchase Com- | mission, Department of Interior and | Department of Commerce; assistant | to the chairman of the Emergency | Coal Distributing Committee, and rail | transportation assistant to the Secre- tary of Commerce. From 1924 to 1929 and again in the Bureau of Mines. ‘Trade Journal, New York; technical editor Combustion and American editor of the Compendium in London. From May, 1931, to February, 1932, he was gonsulting engineer of the Alaska Railroad in Alaska. He also 1931, he was consulting engineer of | In 1926 he was | editor of Coal and Coal and Coke | had served as consulting engineer for | Users of Coal Committee of the Amer- ican Institute of Mining and Metal- lurgical Engineers; a member of sev- eral committees of the American Society for Testing Materials, the Princeton Engineering Society, and the Franklin Institute’s Committee on Science and Arts. Formerly he be- longed to many other scientific societies. Surviving are Mariana Rogers Wadleigh; two daugh- | ters, Mrs. Ivan J. Watson, New York City, and Mrs. L. P. Cottman, Larch- mont, N. Y.; a son, Francis R. Wadleigh, jr., Larchmont; two brothers, Henry Wadleigh, Vienna, Austria, and Atherton B. Wadleigh, Dos Cabezos, Ariz., and two grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Wadleigh had lived in Alexandria the past few years. His death followed & long illness, his widow, Mrs. Given Degree in Absence. O. L. Amsler, principal of Boys'| High School of Decatur, Ga., received | his degree from the North Georgia STAR, WASHINGTON, ATES TOORRON FORCAPT HASD Army Officer, Who Died in Alaska, to Be Buried in Richmond. Funeral services for Capt. Dale P. Mason, Signal Corps, U. 8. A, who died in Alaska December 13, will be held at _Richmond, Va. at noon to- morrow. Burial will take place at Hollywood Cemtetry there. Born in Amelia County, Vi uary 1, 1900, Capt. Mason was of the late W. L. Mason and Mrs. Mason, life-long residents of the county. He was educated in public and private schools in Virginia and graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1920 with the bachelor of science degree. Shortly thereafter he was commissioned in the S8ignal Corps as a second lieutenant and was in the service of the corps in Adaska, detailed to the Alaska Communication System at the time of his death. He served details at Fort Mon- mouth, N. J.; in the Philippine Islands, Alaska, During his detail in Wash- ington, 1929-1932, he was assistant to the officer in charge of the War De- partment Message Center and was ac- tively associated with the erecting and equipping of Radio Station WAR. Capt. Mason is survived by his mother, Mrs. Sarah E. Mason of Mattoax, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Philip Dunbar of Petersburg, Va. and Mrs. W. J. Norfleet of Bethesda, Md., with whom he made his home while he was on duty in Washington, and two brothers, Dr. W. L. Mason and Bland W. Mason of Richmond. | Capt. Mason had been statiomred at and a half. He was on duty at that point at the time of the death of Will Rogers and relayed to Seattle the message concerning his dedih, Bird Dialects Found. At an assembly of bird fanciers in London phonograph records were | played by Ludwig Koch of the songs of birds common to Britain and the Continent. He had made the sur- prising discovery that the continental birds, differing in no physical respect from the British, sing differently. Washington, D. C.; Wright's Field and | | Anchorage, Alaska, for the past year | D. C, FRIDAY U. S. TO AID SAMOANS Navy Ship Will Make Special Voyage to Archipelago. The merchant marine strike on the West Coast has made distant Ameri- can Samoa even more isolated, dis~ rupting regular schedules, so the Navy Department announced the U. 8. 8. Arctic will make a special voyage there to carry mail and supplies. Ordinarily the archipelago is served by vessels of the Mattson Line, operat- ing between California, Hawail and the South Seas. Filled with cold-storage products, T FLORIDA LMPIAE OF SUNSHINE IF YOU TRAVEL ON FAST TRAINS From WASHINGTON DAILY {*Florida Special elden)ubiles Sesscn. Recreation Car — Or= | ehestra —Dancing — Games — Hostess. 334 hours Washington to Miami. | | Gulf Coast Limited Onewihiox { New Yok to pincipa Fioida resorts. 1 t | *The Miamian ;os.nighe-out. To Mism and Florida East coast resorts. b | | *Havana Special To:/!Florids. Havana, | Palmetto Limited Te Al Mid-Seudh The “Everglades” ¥;, fast Noa -stof | ‘with early moen- ing arrivals at Mismi, Tamps, and S¢ | | Petersburg. Lv.WASHINGTON 9 a.m. *Over F.E.C. Ry. Jacksoaville to East Coust polnta. SHIP YOUR AUTO—4c per mile. Consult Ticket Agent for details. also about plan under which both Florida coasts may be visited without extra cost and 16% Day Mexican Cruises via Miami. | GEO.P.JAMES, Gener | 735 15th Streer, N.W., Was | Telephone National 7833 ATLANTIC COAST LINEJ | THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE SOUTH JANUARY 15, 1937. the Arctic will depart from San Frane cisco on January 30, reaching Ameri- can Samoa about February 23. A couple of days later the vessel will make the return trip to the United States. Largest Dam Mapped. All arrangements have been made by the Manchukuo government to bulld the Orient’s largest dam. Ac- cording to engineers in Mukden, the dam, which is to be located on the Bungari River, will be started before next Summer, Water impounded will be used by a large electric power plant, ‘The project is to be completed in four years at a cost of approximately $18,000,000. Gfmzouncinq *® the appointment of the Lawrence Paint & Wallpaper Store, at 933 G. Street, N. W., as exclusive distributors in the District of Columbia of the famous ASAM “Durolite- Washable” wallpapers. The Lawrence Paint & Wallpaper Store is a division of W. W. Lawrence & Co.—one of the foremost paint manufacturers in the United States. You are cordially invited to visit their modern new show rooms for assistance and advice on all your decora- tive problems. WALLPAPERS The LAWRENCE PAINT & WALLPAPER STORE Exclusive distributors of ASAM wallpapers in District of Columbia 933 G. STREET—N. W. BROTHERS INCORPORATED Coal Products Corp. of New York"various other organizations and Bubsequently, until 1920, he served as | export sales manager, manager of the | New York office and consultant for the | corporations, both in this country and | College e Dlhbmfl‘in 1918, while abroad. | serving with the United States In- Mr. Wadleigh was a member of the ' fantry in the trenches in France. ACT NOW! You'll wait 6 months for a repetition of a Weston Dodson & Co., Inc., New York. In 1921 he was assistant to the presi- « dent of the Tuttle Corp., New York. ¢ During the World War he prepared & report for the War Department on coal in Southwest Virginia and served with the Emergency Fleet Corp.; pre- pared reports on coal for the United Btates Shipping Board and was a mem- _ ber of the Pennsylvania State Conser- vation Commission. Coal Division Chief. In September, 1921, he had become chief of the coal division, Depart- ment of Commerce. In September, 1922, he was made assistant Federal fuel distributor and some two months later was made Federal fuel distribu- LIQUID - TABLETS - USE PREVE morning and take 666 Liquid 666 SALVE - NOSE DROPS AS A NTION Place 666 Salve or 666 Nose Drops in nostrils night and or 666 Tablets every morning. LONG DISTANCE RATES REDUCED ExcuT sucoessive reductions in the last ten years in Long Distance tele- phone rates have made your dollar reach more miles or cover more calls, a8 you like. The latest reduction becomes effective today, January 15. Many interstate rates for day, night, and all day Sunday calls of more than 42 miles are reduced — the reduction ranging from 5S¢ te $1.00 for each three minute call, depending on the distance. For business . . . for pleasure . . . try one quick, clear, low-cost call! HOW LONG DISTANCE RATES HAVE BEEN CUT AS THE RESULT OF 8 REDUCTIONS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS: RATES FOR 3-MINUTE DAYTIME CALLS FROM WASHINGTON New York, New York San Francisco, California Station-to-Station January 18, 1926 January 18, 1937 $ 385 9.50 6.00 140 4.55 15.60 Person-to-Person January 18, 1926 January 18, 1937 Night and all day Sunday ‘rates are still |;wor. THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY A T23 13th St N.W. ME tropolitan 9900 (2} Huge Savings Now . . . Furnishings and Hats! $1.95 SHIRTS. High-grade madras in a wide variety of patterns and plain Regular collar, but- broadcloth! ton-downs and tabs $1-59 (3 for $4.50) $2.50 WHITE BROADCOLTH AND FANCY MADRAS SHIRTS. tached style! and colors. All sizes $1.00 NECKTIES. Ha Resilient construction. wools. duced to MEN’S HOSE. Special and jacquard silks. Pair Variety of patterns A grand selection . .. re- Numerous col- ors and patterns to choose from. Collar-at- $ 1 .79 (3 for $5.25) ndmade. Wool lined! 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