Evening Star Newspaper, May 13, 1924, Page 9

PINEY BRANCH FOLK SEEK NEW SCHOOL Board of Education and Budget Bureau Urged to Consider Wel- fare d¢f Community The board of education and the budget bureau will be urged to place in the next appropriation bill, items covering the erection of a new high school at the corner of 13th and Upshur streets and a sixteen-room school building at the corner of 13th street and Arkansas avenue. This action was decided upon at a meet- ing of the Piney Branch Citizens’ A sociation, in the Towa Avenue M Chureh, last night. The resolution. as adopted. citing the school needs of the community, also contained a request, for the crection of an auditorium at MacKFarland Junior High School assoclation has been fighting for sev- eral years to prevent the placing of a_school for tubercular children at 13th strect and Arkansas avenue, and it is on this site that the sixteen- Toom school is desired to be located. Approval was given to the pro- E. Posed change in the zoning law with | reference to the restricted mrca” creation of a “B in which would be constructed the community type of house but prohibiting apartment houses. Another zoning law change to meet ‘with approval is that au- thorizing the Commissioners to with- hold the issuance of permits for con- struction work until proper hearings of property holders affected can be heard. i Flower Show Considered. Announcement was made that aseociation's annual flower would be held probably in June, and that the usual fourth of July cele- bration would take place in Rock Creek Park and will include fire- works, picnio lunches. athletic events and a band concert. Col. Sherrill Will be asked to provide band con- certs in the Piney Branch section 2gain this summer. E. S. Whittemore and Samuel Moore were elected to membership. 1. B Henderson presided SAYS COOLIDGE BACKERS PLOTTING CORRUPTION By the Associated Press. BOSTON, May 13.—Mayor Curler. in A letter to Senator Walsh of Ma sotts, made public today, senatorial committee he terms “an organized plan for cor- ruption” by means of an organization known as the Massachusetts Calvin Coolidge finance committee.” The mavor quotes as follows from what purports to be a letter semt out from the offices of the Walworth Manu- facturing Company in this city on April 24, under the signature of G. F. Eiliott, rman of the pipe fittings and allied material group of the finance committee “There is no limit to the amount an individual may give to this com- mittee. Large contributions will be so divided as to give full observan the show hu- inv h, Mayor Curley says . “has a sinister signifi- e and indicates ynical detei mination to evade t visions of corrupt practic The mayor charge Butler, who has been chairman of the Republican national is back of a “nation-wide ign™ and that Pres “fully cogn William M. ected to be lidge 1 purpose: DeLiciour uncueon 65 i WonoerFuL Course Dinner$22 Gafé Fleetwood 1760 Pea St N.W. Franklin 5206 Also ale Carte Jervice Your Old Hat Made New Again Cleaning. Blocking J and Remodeling Vienna Hat Factory 435 31th St N.W. Orientaf or R UG ‘Washed, Repaired and Stored . A. H. Bakshian < Hat Frames and Trimmings Domestic, Cleaned. 818 Conn. Ave. Main 6667 HE capsheaf the | The | WINNING ORATORS EXTOL PATRIOTS (Continued from First Page.) gratulated the orator, and proceeded to the neighboring Institution. Principal Walter L. Smith of the Dun- bar High School escorted Miss Wash- ington (o the p'atform. Before Introdue- ing her he spoke briefly of the peculiar need at this time of an intensive study of the Constitution. the immortal docu- ment upon which this country is founded Dunbar’s chosen orator, winner in the fifth district of the local zone, spoke on “Lincoln, the Bmbodiment of the Constitution.” began her oration : t times the ideas and ave been embodied in great men. Kor the out Moses, "the law- . the saint; for Greece, esman, and Leonidas, examplar of her courage. Rome, with 000 vears of history, recalls her ambition ; Brutus, her pa- Augustus, her law. ¥rance proudly proclaims Charle- magne, the unifier, Richelieu, the statesman, sleon. the conqueror; for Germ Bismark. the founder of the er William, the silent, was the soul of the storm-beaten Netherlands, while Richard the lion- hearted spoke for England. And our loves to laud W nder of the n: Lncoln, its preserver.” triotism : revere Cites Lincoln's Versatility. the actions of Lincoln civil w nd his ¥ path—the Constitution. In conclusion, she said: “Point out another man in history as versatile in capabilities, as ready to mect every need of his coun- try and countrymen. Ah, 1 do not for- get our Washington. our Hamilton, our statesmen and patriots. But when I think of I erested ness, his und the mon peopl: with their needs f all their ambitions: al cloquence: his when 1 think when She traced during the com cipat a despised an [ restorer of annot but ent of atifully set cred forth in the sublime¢ amble of the Constitution United States and of those traits we 80 dearly love to call ‘American.’"” At the conclusion of the hearing at 4:30 o'clock, after the judges had personally congratulated the speaker. as has been their stom at each school, they were taken car to their This afte to_the three —Ruth in The Star's to_be nwood 45 o'clock at the Eastern High School: Ruth Craven, at 4:15 o'clock at the H Cross__Academy. and _Doronthy Two Featured Values From Our LEATHER GOODS assortment Round Hat BDXES Extra finish blu}l ‘ename!- os Fitted Cases COVERING, real top grain cowhide: }'ITTDIGS.m;gl‘i m‘a&afi:fl amber or . POCEKETS, full 5 & FoTaezs, il $19.50 OSHKOSH WARDROBE TRUNKS ¥ull Size $45 Up - OEKERs Leather Goods Company 1324-26 F St. N.W. of British compliments to the American woman came from Mss. Alec-Tweedie, who wrote: “Our Ameri- can sisters are delightful. They take so much pains to be nice to one another and wear their smartest clothes at women’s functions” & This observation of Mrs. Alec-Tweedic gives an cloquent hint of the American woman’s philosophy of dress. She does not dress for men alone, but for other women and for het- self s Good grooming and dressing, with our women, is a matter of personal pride and pleasure. They make of dressing an art to be practiced for itself s» The old phrase, “ Art for art’s sake,” is respected in the boudoirs of our beautiful country & [Erlebacher ¢ Exclusively Different TWELVE-TEN TWELVE-TWELVE F STREET | all or of | listeninz heard | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY WILL SOON KNOW WINNER IN ORATORICAL CONTEST Left to right: Justices Siddons, Robb and McCoy, judges in The Star's oratorical contest, leaving the Court- house (oday to hear the laxt three contestants. Sm High School At each school today preparations orators a rousing veception as they app of teachers at the E [op[——=[o[c—=lolc—=|a]l—=|el——=F—=|olc—=]ole——h|—=]al—=]o]—= o] —= ] o | ——] schools, and represent the schools’ own choice of their best orators. The Constitution, cither in itself or in re- lation to the life oa some famous name in American history, has been the subject of all the orations, both in this city and throughout the coun- ith, at 4:45 o'clock, at the Weetern | the first stop of the judges this after- noon, have attended the delivery of many of the previous orations, in order to hear the orations and mark the delivery of Greenwood's competitors In the contest the judges are mark- ing each competitor 50 per cent on delivery and 50 per cent on content of oration. The cight orators were chosen by careful elimination in the Delivery Counts Half. Miss re being made to their chosen the their school. pear on stage for the honor Principal Hart and ern High School, Last week Ruth Newburn was heard at the Central High School, Frank 1 Winant at the McKinley Call Main 4224 For Plitt’s PAINTERS Paperhangers and BEAUTIES!! 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We Are Radically Reducing 2,100 Pairs NeW LOW Sl‘lOCS 3 e, 4.85 7~ Fancy Strap Sandals Oxfords—Gore Pumps The most wanted styles in the most popular materials— Patent Satin Gray Elk Bamboo Elk o, Bfl’nboo Suede Gray Suede Black Suedc Green E,L Blue Elk Every desired height of heel in Spanish, Louis or Cuban types—all sizes in every style to select from. . A Over 50 styles taken from our higher priced lines to choose from at the sensa- tional low price of $4.85. 600 Pairs Broken Lines of Strapsand Oxfords $3.95 You are going to want more than one pair of these Shoes at this price. Selected from our considerably higher priced ranges, being broken lots accu- mulated from our big’ selling season this Spring. Included are Satins, Pat- ents and various colors of Suedes. Every wanted covered heel in Cuban, Louis or Spanish effects. Naturally not all sizes in each style, but your exact size and width is here many times over. A Footwear sensa- tion at the amazingly low price of $3.95. N, Street Floor—North Section. |e—=[olc——la|——=]olc——]a[——o]l—>]al——] 2. [of——[o[c——=lo|c——[o]c———[o]c——=|d—|o[——]a]e—p|—S[o| — | o[ c— [0 | ——] 0] MAY 13, 1924. Manual Training School and Edith Miley at the Business High School. Prize for Winner. In other zones of the national con- test the grand prize winners are being selected this week. Of the six other zomes outside of the District, into which the country has been di- vided for the purpo: of the con- test, morthern New York and con- tiguous territory has s lected its winner and alternate. In the contest here the judges will select the grand prize winner to rep- resent the District in the national final hearing, and an alternate. winner will receive a prive of $300 from The Star. AWARDED $1,200 PRIZE. Student Wins Scholarship Oratorical Ability. By the Associated Press PHILADELPHIA, Mortimer Dallam, [ West Philadelphia for May 13.—John I1., a junior at the high” school. last The | $500. night won a $1,200 scholarship and the right to represent the Philadel- phia region In the national oratorical contest at Washington in June by defeating seven other high school student orators from as many dif- ferent districts in the region All the addresses were on the Con- stitution of the United States. Dallam urged the people to “protect th stitution from the menace called liberty, which, if unchecked, must encompass its destruction.” Judges of the United States Su- preme Court will decide the winner of the national contest. The winner will receive a prize of 33,500 the next best will recive $1,000 and the third Murders Cause Trouble. ROME, May 13.—A dispatch to the Giornale d'Italia from Tirana, Al- bania, says that in consequence of the situation growing out of the re- cent murder by bandits of the two Americas, Robert L. 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