Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1937, Page 12

A—12 %= THE EVENING Draths. ALICE DAKIN. On Thurs- 3 37. at her residence. ALICE DAKIN beloved wife of ther of H Blood) khage held on | elatives private Wednesday, BECKER ret E. liam A BECKER, WILLIAM F. On Tune 1957, WILLIAM Becker. {ather of Charles A Becker ta and M garel Fu r of Elizabeth C Recke 1. Funerai r the repose of his \ds invited_ In- Cematery W Chambers Co. So\ the 4 May Ma) hus- BLAKE. MAJL. HAROLD 1%, 1030 at Katowice HAROLD NILES BLAKE band of Clara Greenough Blake. father d_Niles e Services at H 7 901 NILES. On Poland beloved June 4 husband e Hage- Ad- RROWN. WALTE WALT PARLY. MARY MARY E rick D. H 1 hereafter 0 ON. MARGARET E. On Wednes- ne 10, Providence Hos- FERGUSON FERGUS oln Ceme- FORD. RICHARD nevieve Ford GIFFORD. MURRAY HENRY BARNS, ESPEY SPEY HAV- eus V n erment Mount JOHNSON. ANNA N R grandmo rie CORNELI T Robes JORNSON, 10SEPH H s & JOHNSON, JOSEP Members of John Brother JOSEPH services at 4th and D sfs 0 pm__ By order of N_LYON. W. M Secretary. officers r Lodge. No ed H. JOHNSO! F Ger M OE. Ch mptly A IVEY ROBERT W. PINK FOHNSON. JOSEPH B memers of Movning 1B P.O. E of W and Q 4 and Home. 15th | arrange Ebenezer Exalied Ruler M 1 B. HARRIS JANTFER, Sec parted this lfe in_Gallinge! JONES. the be- ate Jesse Jones their loss four sis- | Beasiey. Racheal Misses Rose and b Rev and Wil- “hurch WILLIAN JOHN W. L Harmony Cemeiery FUNERAL DIRECTORS. ‘ " Frank Geier’s Sons Co. 13 Seventb 8t N.W NAtiOnal 2473 1.“'""1!‘ Chapel Tel 2X 5 . = {ther the successor to nor connected with t-h's original W R Speare establishment. | Phone NAtanal 2892 el One of the Largest Undertakers in the World 1400 Chapin St. N.W. Col. 0432 517 11th St. S.E. Atlantic 6700 J. William Lee’s Sons Co. | FUNERAL DIRECTORS Crematorium h and Mass_Ave. N.E _ Lincoln 5200 Joseph F. Birch’s Sons | (A L HAYCOCK Manager) | Fhone West 00013034 M St. NW1 Established 1841 FUNERAL DESIGNS GEO. C. SHAFFER EXPRESSIVE FLORAL TRIBUTES AT MODERATE PRICES PHONE NAT 0106 O nmins: Cor. 14th & Eye and Sundays tye GUDE BROS. CO. Floral Picces 1212 81 NW NAtional 4276 BURTON'S 1000 Buit B Beautiful Funeral Sprays AT. 1171 OPEN EVENINGS | and_SUNDAYS_ | CEMETERY LOYS. | .. FLOT OR PLOTS FOR SALE. C Ceme! 1 nccl Adam. P 1y, will sacri ams 7 2 Mar- | serv- | | JouNsON. VAN B, 1009 H St. N.-W. | MAY. | THOMAS. WALTER. Braths. MARNS. RUTH. On Wednesday. 1937, &l her residence. 2700 4th st. n.e RUTH_MARNS. beloved mother of Mar- aret E_Brashear of Washington. D. C.. and Mrs. Mary E. Barber of Worcester. Mass. Remains Ttesting at the 8. H. Hines Co. funeral home. 2§01 l4th at. nw._until 8 am. Saturday. June 5. Services al her late residence on Satur- | dey. June 5 10:30 am. Relatives | and friends ted " Interinent Kemp- town. Md 4 McHUGH, EDWARD B. On Thursday. June 3. 1937, EDWARD B. McHUGH. son of | the late Dennis and_Mary McHugh._ Fu neral {rom James T. Clements & Son: funeral home, 1241 Wisconsin ave. n.w. on Sa June 5. at 8:30 a.m. thence to Dominic's Church, 6th and E sts. s w. where mass will be said | Al am. Interment Mount Olivet Ceme- ¥ MELIA, EUC CHARLES. On Wednes- day.'June 2 1937, at Georgetown Hos- pital. FUGENE CHARLES MELIA. be- loved son of Frank A. and Loufse A. Melia and brother of Frances, Mildred, Margaret and John Funeral fiom his late residence Brandy- P une DIPLOMAT'S PURSE PICKED OF $13,400 Spanish Embassy Counselor Is Robbed in Store Here. Police Seek Young Man. Three ace detectives of the robbery squad concentrated their efforts today on the disappearance of $14,000 worth wine st n.w. on Saturday. June 5. at | Of Negotiable coupons, clipped from 10 e inn S 0 SL Ann's EMUICh | 100000 United States Treasury for the revose of his soul. Relatives | ponqc and $1400 in currency, which Wi PORTER n Suddenly. 2, 19375, at his Olivet ‘rd. n.e iR, the beloved Payne Porter. Many and friends also sur- vive him. Rer g at Henry S Washington & Soi uneral home. 467 nw. and may be viewed at his MARTIN LU THE] husband of Ada nieces. nephews be Funer and friends invited_ TInterment Mount | A fipecemetery. Services by W. W.|genor Enrique de la Casa, counselor MO OMERY. INEZ Koy 5 Of Tiesdar. | of the Spanish Embassy, told police 0! 3L st. n.w.. daughter | w, - i Arthur and the late Bessle Francis | Were taken from the pocket of his coat beloved wife of Joseph O. Mont- |in a downtown department store yes- y_and devoted mother of Joseph Montgomery. She aito is sur-|terday. vived by a Miss Helen Francis. and many telatives and friends | Detective Sergts. Frank Brass, J. K. Remains @ at the McGuire funeral | home, - Funeral Saturday. June o GRE Baker and Steve Brodie were assigned o'clockfrom the above funeral Relatives and friends. invited. Inter- | to the case. They planned to question ment Woodlawn ‘Cemetery 4 | several persons today and were search- NORRIS. JaM i res Qm, dhursday, June | ing for a stocky young man, about sauare Se JAMES W. NORRIS. beloved [ 28 or 30 vears old, dressed in sports P s B L royn, Remaint | attire, who was seen in the store 401 Ath st selServices will be held at | while de la Casa Was trying on a new Mondasune Cedur Hul Cemetey o7 | coat. The diplomat had laid his own and friends inviied. Please omii flowers. | coat on a counter. The coupons and WELL. ALICE R. On Friday. June 4. | currency were In his billfold ALICE R. NUTWELL. beigved wife De la Casa sald he had planned 1. Funeral trom the 2 | home. X1t H st. | to cash the coupons in New York on | June 15, when they became payable. | They were numbered consecutively from 12122 to 13131 inclusive, bearing letters in the following order: B, C, | D.E F. H J K, Land A The diplomat told officers he had $8,000 in currency in his trouser’ e Y B PTEAY | pockets at the time his billfold was “Church, Ivy City. | stolen from the coat. He will become s ofciaiine, Interment | charge d'affalrs of the Spanish Em- PORTER. ROBERTA. On Thursday, June | bassy here when Ambassador de los i 1937, at_ Washington RO- | Rios returns to Spain soon BERTA PORTER of Janatie Porter O+ nce of Mrs. Willam . Butner. 5006 ore ave. Baltimore on Monday ADM'RALJ v CHASE at m. Eniombment in ¥ Faine Mausoleum | Former Commander of U. S. Fleet Is Interred in Arlington ‘ Cemetery. Funeral services for Rear Admiral | PURDON. LUCY E 31933, at her On Thursdav. June residence. 1095 Connec- CY E. PURDON. be- rt L Purdon snd Purdon Remai es Co. funeral until 9 am Services at Fort 10 am. Interment Ar- Cemetery S E. Departed this life 5 a.m . FRANCES Bt her resi- | 1 a short ill- | a0, mourn their loss. | Jehu Valentine Chase. U. S. N., retired, | “one " brother-in-law; | former commander in chief of the | 1o RO gephews Howard | ypited States Fleet, who died May 24 nds. Notice of funeral | in Coronado, Calif., were held today in ° | Arlington National Cemetery, where he was buried with military honors Lieut. Comdr. Joseph H. Brooks Chaplain Corps, U. S. N.. officiated. | The Navy Band, & company of sailors | and two companies of Marines took part in the services, under command of Rear Admiral Ralston S. Holmes, director of naval intelligence. Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of | naval operations, headed the list of honorary pallbearers, which included Rear Admiral Charles B. McVey, re- tired; Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart, chairman of the General Board; Rear Admiral Alfred W. Johnson, Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and Capt. John R. Edie, U. S. K., retired Aumiral Chase. besides having been in command of the fieet, formerly was | chairman of the General Board. He was 68 and had retired about four | years ago. MRS. IDA SCOTT DIES | AT AGE OF 85 YEARS Native of Toledo, Former Resident | of South Dakota, Leaves Daughter, 3 Sons. Mrs. Tda M. Scott, 85, died vester- uddeniv. en day at the home of her daughter, Mrs. beloved son of, Géouhe gnrj Frank B. Stevens, 1839 Newton street. Walker. devoted brother o 3 % h A AR e Mrs. Scott was a native of Toledo, | alker. He also is .«mv(wa Ohio, and daughter of the late Joseph B A Rer e o W inclae. My, | Roop. After her marriage she and M, Witon' and Mr Lorenzo | her husband. the late Fred E. Scott, | Hemains resting at the W |settled in South Dakota. Mr. Scott Pr:rnixl ia;‘v’rgav' ‘J(“:n:‘ ! ' died many years ago. < late residence. %11 | In recent years Mrs. Scott had di- Ridee Ailington Va ' Fi- | yided her time between the Capital nt Zion l;lanl.s' Church_Ar- and Demorest, Ga. Besides her daugh- e oeene omclat, :r. she IPawgk}hne sons, Clay P. S ) : § | Scott, Sayre, Okla.. Archie J. Scott, S OSP4T mr907 3% | International Falls, Minn., and Fred Southern Pines. North Carolina._ JOS- ' | EPHINE WALLACE. wife of Willia E. Scott, Huron, S. .Dak a brother, Wallace. She 15 sutvived by one sister, | Eugene Roop, living in California; 14 | wo uncles any other relatives and | grandchildren and one great-grand- | and “ave | child. i qmere Luneral Se S e ment | Funeral services are being held this r rrmnr:flflfl({“vmflj\'!’"‘( ““fihi??::'e‘artemmn in Hines funeral home, prc =osenipaoe 6" | 2901 Fourteenth street, with Rev. Dr. R. J. Clinchy, pastor of Mount Plea: | ant Congregational Church. officiating. | Burial will be in Demorest. Myer Chany &ton Na QUIVERS. FR onal Mrs ra E_ Frazier es Fra Pavne A CHARLOTTF GIBSON. On Tt June 31933 at her residence nw. CHARLOTTE GIBSON wife of the late John rom the Church of rhe erween 13th and 14th rday. June 5 at 1030 Rock Creek Cemetery. 4 JAMES rted this J 3, 18 at his Rev MITH on_ ar of the Smith. | eaves to mou loving Anna S childre Alvin. James and Ruth Smith r < Mary Brown of C - v other relatives sting 2t the Jer- SMITH_RFV. from Good Will d You sts. nw erment sdav 3 beloved F. Stein y_W. Cha 1400 Chapin_s June June 3, mother Pu- b erment ery. & On_ Wednesday. | H. TAYLOR. be- r H. and Laura L. arr). Funeral from of Thomas F. Murray & Son, chols ave. se. on Saturday. June 30 pm Services ai Emanuel ur 13th and V s s and friends Cei Washin TAYLOR, FIMER H J e g ELMER | of E onal etery. Th g rsdas beloved on Saturday. atives and friends ort_Lincoln_Cemelery by Wm. H RGE M GE Wednasday WALKER Nellie B denly William Rich Wall nds. Remains resting at Frazier's ral home. 380 Rhode Island ave In Memoriam. BSON. JAMES GUTHRIE. In memory of mv_ beloved nephew. JAMES GUTH- RIE GIBSON. who departed this life five years ago today, June 4. 1032 People liked him. not hecause He was rich or known to fame. But he had a gentle smile And a kindly word 1o say. In a cheerful sort of way. Any time or any place But the passing of his name Left a sorrow hard to heal HIS LOVING AUNT. MARTHA W’ll‘S?N | HOWARD., BanrE S o A A. In loving dear mother, departed June 4. 19 angel mother from heaven Looks down at me each day. And whispers: “Do noi grieve. Because 1 have been called aw And when God calls you to this land I will meet you at the brink. Wiih " tears of joy Tl clasp vour hand When He connects the link.” HER _DEVOTED DAUGHTER. ELIZA- BETH DAVIS. s In sad but cherished memory” of my beloved husband. IVAN | H. JOHNSON. who departed this life Wo vears ago today. June 4. 1933 He_little thought when leaving home Thal he would never return That he so soon In death would sleep And leave me here to mourn. Friends may think T am not loneiy. When &t times they see me smile; Litle do they know the heariaches That 1_suffer all the while HIS LOVING WIFE. GERTRUDE. * | Is One of The Largest guris, Moses, ingzemmiiance o Undlertakers in the World departed this life one year ago today, | June 4. 1836, How well do 1 remember. That sad and weary day My heart still aches with sadness. My eves heve shed many a tear: God only knows how I have missed you, At the end of one sad year. HIS DEVOTED WIFE, 'HERLAND. FRED D. In memory of D D. NETHERLAND. who departed s life one year ago today. June 4. remem- ELIZA life ten W.W.CHAMBERS 40 ASSISTANTS | 14 PARLORS 25 CARS, HEARSES AMBULANCES | CHAPELS FOR BETTER - SERVICE Gone. but not forgotten MRS CARRIE E. STOKES AMILY PENN, MAY E. In sad but loving remem- brance of our devoted wife and mother. MAY E._PENN. who departed this life one year ago today. June 4, 1936. Gone is the face we loved so dear. Silent is the voice we loved to hear, Too far away for sight or speech. But not too far for thought to reac Sweet to remember her. who once was Lere And who. though absent. is just as dear. HER LOVING HUSBAND AND CHIL- DREN. 3 THOMAS. REBECCA ANN. In loving re- memorance of our dear mother. RE- BECCA ANN THOMAS. who died two years ago today, June 4. 1935. God gave us a wonderful mother She was one who could never grow old. God made her smile as the sunshine, He made her heart of pure gold. HER LOVING DAUGHTERS. RUTH AND AND Sacred to the mem- ory of my’ dear husband. WALTER THOMAS. who entered into eternal rest June 4. 1934. Just three years of saddest longing For the smile that greeled me 1t s veiled in the brizht dawning Where faith leads on_{o thee. HIS DEVOTED _WIFE. & a 3 FUNERAL HOMES Main Office 14th and Chapin Sts. N W. Phene COlumbia 0132 Southeast Offies Suburban Wome 517 Eleventh St. S.E. 918 Cleveland Ave. Phene Riverdale, ATiantic 8700 Phone Graenwesd 1221 e A —— G. . STAR, Rites Today DAIRY PRESIDENT IS BURIED HERE. JOHN J. WARD, President of the Embassy Dairy, Inc., for whom funeral ces were held this morn- ing in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Mr. Ward, who lived at 1629 Columbia road, died Wednesday in Georgetown University Hos- pital. He was 78. LONG ILLNESS FATAL TO MURRAY L. GIFFORD Former Manager of Office Dealing in Filing Cases Had Been Inactive Ten Years. Murray L. Gifford, 56, formerly man- the Washington office for a Rochester, N. ¥, firm dealing in filing cases and systems, died vesterday after a long illness at his home, 3423 Porter street Mr. Gifford, who had lived here 30 vears, had been inactive 10 vears, due to illness. He was & member of the Washington Board of Trade Surviving are his widow, Mrs Ru- berta A. Gifford: a brother, Irving L. ager of | Gifford. Philadelphia, and sister, Mrs Edward Weter, Rochester, N. Y Funeral services will be held at 3.30 p.m. tomorrow at his late residence Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. A. S. Beck ALL ONE PRICE WASHINGTON, D. |at the Primitive Baptist | Hamburg, near Luray, today by Elders | driving (., FRIDAY, ELDER STRICKLER'S FUNERAL IS TODAY Former Circuit Rider and Minister for Half Century Dies at Age of 83, Ey (he Associated Press LURAY, Va., June 4 —Elder Reuben Strickler, 83, who spent a half century as a primitive Baptist minister and circuit rider, died yesterday in a Harrisonburg hospital. A descendant of one of Page County’s ploneer families which traced its land back to grants from Lord Fairfax, Strickler was born at White House, a landmark on the Shenandoah River near Luray since 1765, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Strickler. The elderly minister was visiting his daughter in Harrisonburg when he became ill. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Cornwell of Front Royal, and two children, Miss Martha Strickler, of Washington, and Mrs S. Berry Hoover | | of Harrisonburg Funeral services will be conducted Church at R. H. Pittman and J. B. Jenkins. C.C.C. YOUTH KILLED DALTON, Ga. June 4 (#)—Leon Masters, 23, a Lookout Mountain C. C. C. camp enrollee, was killed near here yesterday when the automobile he was and a truck collided near Ringgold. Masters was a son of C. O. Masters of Marietta, S. C., where the body will be sent tomorrow SINCE S DUPONT CIRCLE % N0O.7000 n T. ZIRKLE Co. ERAL DIRECTORS moulance Service 510 C S5t. NE. Llnc. 5537 North Side of Stanten Park (2dor Hill Wash inglons meal, Bcafll/'/u[ @me’cerg Communite Mansolenm. Colnmbarian The coolest possible “Whites"— 1o five 1n and walk in and dance in —all summer long. "Whites designed in the new manner— with cut-outs, peek-a-boo toes, exposed heels, slender lacings, elaborate cut- outs. And, because we "know how,” they're feather-weight and sup- ple, as soft and flattering as only shoes with such expensive crafts- manship can be,—obviously worth so much more than $445. SALE GENUINE RINGLESS 49- sitk HOSE /) FLOWERS JUNE 4, 1937. “OL’ MAN RIVER” READY | FOR CONFEDERATE PARK | Bronze Representation of Father of Waters to Be Installed BIRD LIFE FOUND NEAR NORTH POLE Undiscovered Land Possibilities at Memphis. By the Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 4 —OI' Man | River made his debut in plastic minia- ture form yesterday. Robert McKnight of the Memphis Academy of Arts announced comple- Discussed by Scientists in Moscow. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, June 4.—-The Soviet North Pole Expedition announced to- day it had found bird life close to tion of a sketch of his conception of | the pole, and that this had led its “the Father of Waters.” The bronze! scientists to discuss the possibility figure, to be 32 feet high, will be in-|that undiscovered land exists in the stalled in Confederate Park on the | vast polar sea Memphis water front. Members of Dr. Otto J. Schmidt's The McKnight idea depicts “Ol' Man | party, maintaiing a 24-hour watch River” holding in one hand a canoe | at their outpost near the earth's axis, filled with fishing Indians—represent- | reported sighting a guillemot, & black Ing the pioneer form of river trans-|and white sea bird, which abounds on portation. In the other hand is a tree, | North Atlantic coasts, fiying cver the denoting strength. A woman in the camp. tree indicates high water | Discovery of the bira aroused specu- | . The vigorous figure exhibits a flow- | lation among the scientists, who had ing beard and stands on & barge, ' not expected to find either birds or symbolic of modern transportation. | Mayor Hastened by Bee. | SUCKERBROOK, N. Y. June 4 (#).—A bee got into the trousers leg | of Mayor Carl W. Buckland today | and by the time the mayor got to it he was partly disrobed. Apiarists re- | ported the bee was of the genus | andremdae, commonly known as the | solitary burrowing type. 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FILM STRIKE SPREADS HOLLYWOOD, June 4 (®) -—The film studio strike spread 1o 24 inde- pendent companies today, with 750 workers reported called out ‘The Federated Motion Picture Crafis which walked out of the major studios more than a menth agn in a fight for union recognition, ordered its extension to independents in an effort to force a showdown with producers Can Afford N A\ 1ribut Been Paid Ryan Ser ’ [ 1ce atter letter from thanking us for the kindly and dignified assisted during berearement taught provide comfort and help—and to dn manner which ot Years us many ways fo 0 oa [ manner that fulfills Remember to call Ryan Ryan De lLuxe Ambulance Service ic available for local or distance ca ATlantic Il James T. Ryan uneral Director s at reason- 1700 ATlantic 1700-1701