Evening star. [volume], March 20, 1938, Page A-8, Image 8

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OLD GW HOME
IS LISTED ON TOUR
Several New Residences in
Georgetown Are on
1938 Route.
The fine old home occupied by Pres
ident Grant as the summer White
House will be opened during the
Georgetown house tour April 8 and 9,
it was announced yesterday.
Now the home of Lt. Col. and Mrs.
Howard C. Davidson, at 3238 R street
N.W., near the Georgetown Library,
this historic mansion has just been
restored and redecorated and is ex
pected to prove one of the attractions
of the tour.
Several houses not opened before
to the public will replace several that
have been visited in previous years,
according to Mrs. Louis Jeffries, jr.,
chairman of the committee in charge.
smaller Homes Included.
Some of the smaller homes have
been Included this spring, as well as
recently restored large houses.
Georgetown, like Williamsburg, Va„
Mrs. Jeffries said, "furnishes a wide
variety of Colonial houses that have
been spared from progress and change.
Early Georgetown," she explained,
"housed not only the shippers and ship
owners, but the carpenters, artisans
and merchants who repaired and
storked the ships, before the Capital
was moved from Philadelphia to
Washington.”
Among the smaller houses to be
open this year is the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Harold H. Tittman. jr„ at 3010
O street N.W.. built before 1800 and
saved in its original state by Elsie
Cobb Wilson (Mrs. Louis Little), who
acquired it several years ago. A draw
ing room with two beautiful fireplaces
and a paneled library are distinctive
features, as is a small walled garden
in the rear.
List of Residences.
Nine homes will be open on Friday.
April 8 from 2 pm. to 6 p.m., and
nine on Saturday, April 9, during the
same hours. This annual spring
event is conducted as a benefit for
St. John's Church, Georgetown.
Tickets at $1 each will be on sale
April 1 at the American Automobile
Association and the Mayflower, Wil
liard and Dodge Hotels.
In addition to the Davidson and
Tittman homes, the list includes the
residences of Representative and Mrs.
James W. Wadsworth. 3263 N street
N.W.: Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Harri
son, 1430 Thirty-third street N.W.;
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Thoron, 2900
N street N.W.: Mr. and Mrs. G. How
land Chase, 3257 N street N.W.; Mr.
end Mrs. Lawrence M. C. Smith,
8230 Reservoir road N.W.: Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Burling, jr„ 1339 Twen
ty-ninth street. N.W.; Mr. -and Mrs.
Walter G. Peter, 3027 N street N.W.;
Mr. and Mrs. James S. Vance. 2823
Q street N.W.; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Connor. 1400 Thirty-fourth street
N.W.; Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Lowrey,
3630 Prospect avenue N.W., and Miss
Katherine Dougal, 3030 P street N.W. j
Skating Champ Withdraws.
Miss Megan Taylor, the new world
figure skating champion, has with
drawn from the women's champion
ship contests In Berlin and will give
exhibitions.
In a rescue off the coast of England
a football referee and three players
were members of the lifeboat crew".
Dwellings Included in Georgetown House Tour
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Home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
J. Harrison, 1430 Thirty-third
street N.W.
KEYSTONE STATE’S
POLITICS QUIETER
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Earle Indorses Jones for Governor, 1
but Retains Backing of
Rival Faction.
B.v the Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa„ March 19 —
The Democratic party's three-way pri
mary fight settled down to a two
month campaign this week with devel
opments on all fronts.
Gov. George H. Earle, a candidate
for the United States Senate, indorsed
the organization candidate for Gov
ernor and at the same time retained
the support of the Gufley-Kennedy
forces. The primary is May 17.
Gov. Earle was slated by the State
committee along with Charles Alvin
Jones of Pittsburgh for Governor.
Lt. Gov. Thomas Kennedy heads
the ticket backed by United States
Senator Joseph F. Guffey and C. I. O.
chief. John L. Lewis. They also chose
Gov. Earle for United States Sena
tor, but are pitting Judge Ralph Smith
against the organization's Leo C.
Mundy for lieutenant governor and
announced a woman candidate was
being considered to oppose Thomas A.
Logue for re-election as secretary of
internal affairs.
Attorney General Charles J. Mar
giotti, the third gubernatorial candi
date in the field, is running alone.
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RADIO GUILD BROADCAST
Will Be Second Microphone Try
for Central Students.
Members of the Radio Guild of
Central High School will broadcast
an educational dramatization, "Boots,
Boots, Boots," over Station WOL Tues
day from 7:45 to 8 p.m.
This will be the second broadcast
for the Central youngsters, who or
ganized the Radio Guild to give the
students an opportunity to gain poise
and experience before the microphone.
There are 50 members of the Guild
who will take turns in future programs.
Home of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Vance, 2823 Q street N.W.
__ —Star Staff Photos.
EAST SHORE FERRY
PROJECT IS REVIVED
Citizens Boost Proposed Line From
Crisfield to Open Up New
Field of Trade.
By the Associated Press.
CRISFIELD. Md„ March 19.—Re
vival ol a project for a ferry line be
tween Crisfield and the Western Shore
of Maryland and Virginia was begun
today by prominent citizens and offi
cers of the Maryland Bay Co.
The projected line would operate to
Point Lookout and from there across
the Potomac to Lewisetta, Va. The
route would not only shorten the dis- 1
tance to Washington and Baltimore
from Crisfleld, but would give better
access to prime State highways, the
resident sponsors of the route said.
H B. Spear of Washington, presi
dent of the Maryland Bay Co.; W. T.
Emory, resident agent for the line at
Annapolis, and Capt. E W. Scott met
with H. G. Wells, Crisfield manufac
turer. and A. T. Hickman, also of this
city, to discuss the plan.
Enthusiasts for the ferry point out
that fast boats could make, the run
in two hours and would open 'almost
virgin territory for the sale of Eastern
Shore products” and for the purchase
of commodities from the Western
Shore.
The bay line was refused a fran
chise by the Public Service Commis
sion for operation between Sandy
Point and Kent Island. Another line
now operates between those two points.
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Home of Lt. Col. and Mrs.
Howard C. Davidson. 3238 R
street N.W., where President
Grant once lived.
Foreign Trude
Hit by Mexico's
Exchange Bans
By the Associated Press.
EL PASO, Tex., March 19 —Mexi
can import and export business on the
international border here was In a
state ol confusion tonight as result
of suspension of foreign exchange by
the Banco Nacional de Mexico today.
Brokers here and in Juarez, across
the Rio Grande, had no guidance in
exchange and expected only to com
plete spot shipments.
American money, however, was being
circulate* prominently in Juarez late
today, and the Juarez branch of the
Banco Nacional de Mexico said it had
not received official notice of exchange
suspension.
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Forests of productive quality occupy
nearly 38 per cent of the land area
of Canada.
Brief Services to Be Held
at Home and at St. Alban's
P. E. Church.
Funeral services will be held tomor
row for Harry Wardman, who for
many years dominated the building in
dustry in the Capital. There will be
brief rites at the home for members
of the Immediate family and at 2
p.m. the Rev. Dr. Charles S. Warner,
the rector, will conduct services at St.
Alban's P. E. Church. Burial will be
in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mr. Wardman died Friday nights at
his home, 2433 Massachusetts avenue
N.W., after an illness of some dura
tion. He would have been 66 years
old April 11.
Men intimately associated with Mr.
Wardman in operations here will be
active pallbearers. They are L. Gar
diner Moore, J. Floyd Cissell, Martin
Dryden, Robert G. Van Vranken and
Robert N. Taylor.
Honorary pallbearers are Harry Al
len, William Beall, Louis Breuninger,
Arthur G. Bishop, former Represent
ative Fred A. Britten of Illinois, Sen
ator Arthur Capper of Kansas, Wal
lace W. Chiswell, A. Taylor Chewning,
Robert Cummings, Senator James J.
Davis of Pennsylvania, R. Golden Don
aldson, Gilbert Dent, Robert V. Flem
ing, Justice Peyton Gordon, Joseph
H: Himes, William Hoover, Senator
William H. King of Utah, Marshall
Leighton, Frank Mitchell, James A.
Messer, Fred McKee, F. D. McKenny,
Harry Norment, Ord Preston, H. L.
Rust, sr.; Charles W. Simpson, sr.;
Joseph P. Tumulty. John L. Weaver.
Frank J. White, William R. Winslow
and Henry F. Woodward.
British-born, Mr. Wardman came to
this city about 33 years ago and be
gan to pursue his trade as carpenter.
In less than two decades he controlled
properties valued at millions. Every
thing was swept away in 1930, but
he made a new start, and although
his operations did not approach the
magnitude of those of earlier days, he
was firmly re-establishing himself in
the building field and headed his own
firm.
He is survived by his widow and two
daughters, Mrs. Alice Rheem Ward
man and the Countess Naselli, the
former Miss Helen Wardman
BULKLEY ASKS COUNCIL
TO STUDY U.S. PROBLEMS
Senator Urges Body That Could
Examine Them in Light of
All Known Fact*.
. Senator Bulkley. Democrat, of Ohio
yesterday reiterated the need for es
tablishment of a national council
“that could examine our more im
portant problems in a scientific, non
partisan spirit in the light of all the
knowledge available, and in a more
thorough way than it is possible to
do now.”
The Senator spoke at a meeting of
the Political Study Club of Wash
ington, at the Washington Club, Sev
enteenth and K streets N.W. He said:
"I have been giving the various
questions involved in establishment
of such a council the most careful
consideration for some months, and
I have become satisfied that its estab
lishment. is the one step which we
must take if we wish to modernize our
democratic processes and make them
adequate.
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