Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1937, Page 11

THE SUN DAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 8, 1937—PART ONE. EXECUTIVE OF A.P. PREPARING BOOK Historical Volume Will Be Used as Basis for Mo- tion Picture. By the Associated Press APALACHICOLA, Fla In a Summer cottage ov Gulf, Oliver Gramling Press executive, is writing a book | from which will be made a featured | motion picture on the history of the Associated Press. Gramling arrived from New this week. He is combining ing with a month's vacation ‘The book, part of has heen completed, “Freedom of the Pr development of ganization from tematic news gathe The motion ugust 7.— looking the | Associated York the writ- which al will be er pict under the same title, is to be produced ch- nicolor in 1938 by Selznick Interna- tionsl Pictures, Inc | Both the book and t film will be suthenticated by s of the neve ure, before c ade public W York in Sep- g0 to Holl supervisor | - act as techn f the m Gramling is exec the general nfanager Press, o ciated e assistant of the Ass “Ideal Secretary” SPOKANE GIRL PICKED 'A'l' DETROIT CONVENTION. MiSS ORA GOLDTHORPE Of Spokane, Wash., chosen | the “ideal secretary” from among 400 delegates in Detroit 1 to the annual convention of | Alpha Iota, an international ; business girls’ society. The selection was based on a series of tests, verbal and oral, de- signed to test business and erecutive ability in a secre- tarial capacity ;Wzd(’ WorId Photo. Cost of L.S Flnht on Insects Placed at $200, ()00 000 Yearly One of the greatest industries is the fight on insects, a battle in which the American people spend $200,000.000 a year, Harry R Daniel of the Commerce Department #aid in his broadcast in a series American industries | th of the food raised In the United States year after year goes to feed dest the loss from $3,000,000,000 a 1 The greatest finan comes from the wee hich csots an average of $180,000,000 a y The common house fly, he said, brings a loss almost as rge through the spread of di T culosis a. all American amo Da al nts to bo ue against in great America seriously cripple stroyed. For man's fight said, “many stries would be { not actually de- the it were damage | trees of to over $350,- e most | this country a 000,000 each y constant vig { ber 17, is employed by him against insects, Daniel e planes dust cotton fields with powder Poison gas is employed against others. Some are being fought with elec tricity. Termites, which destroy wood by | boring from within, cost $40,000,000 & year in this country, Daniel said He characterized them as “among the most highly organized creatures | on the earth and among the most de | structive.” “I know of & case in Washington,” | Daniel said, “where the foundations | of a house were built of stone ex-| tending several feet above the ground. | In order 10 reach the wooden floors, the termites b a circular tower 5 or 6 feet h nich they as- cended Devoured Dorun\vnlx the Ci devoured ime ir termites judge ordered the ballot boxes were opened had eaten all the votes “The¢ number of cts on the ear hardly can be conceived by the man mind,” Dan able that the av tains far more diffe sects than the the sky. And amn\L every variety of insect has a capacity for reproduc- ing its kind at a rate of increase which is actually terrifying. F ample, it has been calculated the offs of a single cabbage pest, witho ident or control, with- termites ‘JOSEPH BLUMER DIES | master Gener in five months' time would form a mass five times as great as the total mass of all living Humanity. An acre of meadow land will, on the av- erage, contain at least 15,000,000 in- sects.” FUNERAL TOMORROW 69, na- ngion, died yesterday | Hospital of uremic | He will be buried tomor- essional Cemetery after | s at his home, 1343/ Joseph Walter tive of Wask in Providence poisoning. row in Conj Blumer, /hen Mr. Blumer retired from the Post Office Department, early in 1933, after 44 years' service, he received a commendation from Post- Brown and a gold medal_ from his. fellow workers. He entered the department's service as a I ier and was a special clerk | e of his retirement Mr. Blumer was born here Decem- | 1867. He is survived by his | widow, Mrs. Florence Y. Blumer; two and Wiliam B, and a| , Mrs. Edna Boiseau, all of “IF YOU HAVE OR WANT A PUP"— A letter received by The Star offers substantial proof of the sale of pups from an advertise- ment in The Star under “Dogs, Pets, Etc.” “I had six pups in all to sell (3 males and 3 fe- males). I used the Sun- day issues of July 25 and August 1. Five were sold from the first ad. (two of which were sold as late as Saturday, July 31, after I had phoned in my second ad. The remaining pup sold early Sunday 1) am. I had additional requests for the pups after all had been sold, also & request by mail for an older dog, in case I had one “The results were par- ticularly gratifying to me in view of the fact that I had previously adver- tised in another local paper for four days with- out as much as one in- quiry.” (on file at the office) als h. present demand for dogs that an advertisement in the Pets will re: r “'Dogs, Bte.’ EXPERIENCED musicians are invariably surprised at the splendid tone of the new Betsy Ross Spinet. It is primarily due to a new development of Lester technicians; an over-strung s cale of exclusive design, similar to that used in fine grand pianos. This scale permits longer string lengths than are possible in the average console piano, resulting in far greater reson- ance and the all-important flexibility of touch. Play it and be convinced. CATALOG UPON REQUEST — CONVENIENT TERMS — F. A. NORTH Co.. inc. 1231 G 5¢. FRANCIS Dist. 1324 X. REGAN, Manager ; STUDENTS TO SAIL Americanization School Group to Hold River Outing. Nearly 150 students of the Ameri- canization School and members of the Americanization School Associa- tion will celebrate jointly the closing Pull-Up coverings, Chairs, Beds, as oster sizes, Coffee Tables, made, as low Cedar-lined Chests, exterior, as low as___$19.50 priced as ca Ives, as low Rattan Su tes, as low as Desks priced 3 as low as_- win or as-----$14.95 of Summer classes with an excursion down the Potomac River on steamer City of Washington. The boat will leave the Seventh Street | Chef Accused of Killing Man and | gqtonah, N. Y. Wharf at 8:30 p.m. Thursday and return about 11:45 p.m. There will be music and dancing. Souren H. Hanessian, vice president of the or- ganization, is chairman of the Ar- rangements Committee. double waln -$7.9¢ book $39.75 draw s low csv___,$39.00 Chest Desks low as Karpen now as 339-75 Hair-top Mattresses Twin or double $31.50 American Oriental Washed Rugs Seamless Axminster Rug cushion, as low :384475 Chairs priced at (ar rwced as low as___ pen Ir as low as. Boudoir Cho"s‘ chintz cover- nas g2 Old Virgin as low as Qs ia Sofas pri Lamp Tables, priced as | Oow as Chairside Tables, ds made, as low as. $19.75 Karpen Layer Felt Mattresses ran S $6.95 ed now = mahogany top, d Rap- --$9.95 Hundreds of Other Remarkable Values the | ! murder of Fred Mansfleld, 37, nnd! the attempted murder of Sanchez’s| wife, Alice. All were residents of | Parade to Open Carnival. HELD FOR MURDER The annual two-week carnival of | St. Dominic's Catholic Church, Sixth | and E streets southwest, will be opened | tomorrow night with & parade through Southwest Washington. The Knights | of Columbus and Elk bands will play. OF LEAK o NA. 4370 GICHNER ! Shooting Wife. The shootings took place late yes- he North Egremont farm GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass,, Au- | terday at ol gust 7 (#).—A Philippine-born chef, | 0f Joseph Myer, brother of Mrs. Eustace Sanchez, 37, was held today | Sanchez. ; for the grand jury charged with the| Sanchez waived examination. OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAYS DURING AUGUST THE AUGUST SALE OF LIFETIME FURNITURE Store-wide Savings T omorrow Small Size Dining Room Suite Charming Georgian Style Eight Pieces in All, $245 A quality group for the small dining room and sale-priced now. Eight pieces include 54-inch pedestal buffet, 84-inch extension table, a server (not illustrated) and four side chaifs with upholstered seats. This is an unusually pleasing group in the Georgian manner. See this and the many other splendid values tomorrow. Exquisite Dining Suite of 18th Century Design, $339 Ten Pieces—Honduras Mahogany A handsome dining room suite and one of the more unusual values in the sale! The top drawer of the 68-inch buffet is partitioned and lined for silverware. The china cabinet is the cupboard type and has one drawer. The table may be extended to 8 feet and the flip-top serving table is a charming piece. Six chairs, including two arm chairs, complete the ten-piece suite at $339. Structural parts and legs are fashioned from solid Honduras mahogany. Tops, sides and fronts are of laminated construction with genuine mahog- any top and face veneers. See this exquisite suite. OTHER TEN-PIECE LIFETIME DINING SUITES AS LOW AS $189 MAYER & CO. Seventh Street “Between D and E =