Evening Star Newspaper, November 4, 1928, Page 11

HUCHTER TO TAKE AGRULTURE POST Maryland University Expert to Head New Office in. Federal Department. Appointment of Dr. Eugene C. Auch- ter cf the University of Maryland as ¢+ principal horticulturist in the Depart- | ment of Agriculture to take charge of the newly created Office of Horticultural Crgps and Dissases was announced yes- terday by Dr. A. W. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry. D Auchter will take up his new duties November 16. i For-the past 10 years Dr. Auchter has been connacted with the University | of Maryland as head of the department of horticulture. He also has been in charge of teaching, research and exten- sion in horticultural work for the State. | Author of Many Papers. Born and reared on a large fruit, | vegatable and flower farm in Western | New York, Dr. Auchter is a practical horticulturist. He owned and operated an extensive orchard of his own for a number of years. He is a graduate of Comell University, where he received the degree of B. S. in horticulture in 1912, an M. S. degree in 1918 and a Ph. D. | degree in 1923. He is the author of many technical papers on various phases of horticulture. Dr. Auchter, in his Federal capacity, | will assume general supervision of the | vegatable ga~.>ning, pomological and | reiated lines of the present Office of Horticulture, of the physiological proj- ect of the Office of Plant Geography and Physiology, the work of the Pathological Laboratory and th: Office of Vegetable end Forage Diseas2s, and the entire Office of Fruit Discas>s and the Ofiice of Crop Physiology and Breesding. Budget of Million. Grouping these related offices under cne head, it is believed, will facilitate the co-operative research upon the many complicated problems _of horticulture, not -only among the -specialists of the new organizaf but also with the specialists of the State agricultural ex- periment stations and the horticultural industri new ory 000,000 izition is approximately $1,- r. DE VALERA DECLARES “ AUTONOMY IS MIRAGE Tells: Audience 4n County Donegnl' England Still Is Firmly In- ‘strenched in Ireland. DUBEIN (P.—Famon de Valera toia an ‘andionce in Councy Donegal that Great Britain was as firmly in- trenched in.dreland as ever. He said tha. if war were to occur batween wng- lang and the Uniod States, Ireland's harbors would furnish naval bases for attacks on American comme.<e. i1l estab- lished in the principal seapirts and British troops were garriscned in the leading cities. He polned out ‘hat this condition was -provided for in ths treaty between England and the Frez State. “The 'sime “reaty provided that Ireland’s coast defense would be un- dertaken by tne British gevernment un- til some: arrangement could be effected. + He held ‘that Ireland would b: con- sidergd “hostile territory by any power with which England might be at war. Touching on the financial agree- * ment berween Ireland and England, he said thet the amount of money Ireland States on the War ¢ T is approximately. $25,090,000. this amount’ represents annual instal- ments on-money advanced by Britain to help Irish tenants become land owners. The Free State now installments. and. turns the British government. GERMAN SCIENTISTS SEEK| SUCCOR FOR OLD PEOPLEi Care’ !_or Young Hitherto Has Ab- sorbed Attention, Social Congress Hears. MUNICH (#).—German social science experts, reviewing the elaborate ar- rangements of the preseni day for the benefit of the younger generation, have concluded that the time has come to tx;z-y more attention to the older genera- lont. Leading feature of the social welfare | congress held here lately was an ad-| dress by Prof. Arthur Schlossmann of | Duesseldorf, organizer of the great na- | coliects these them over to!| tional health ‘and welfare exposition | there two years ago. His paper, en- titled “The Aged, a CHapter from the History of Ingratitude,” stressed the fact | « that care for the young had hitherto absprbed all public attention at ths exznse of due consideration for the| aged. Qther speakers gave poignant des tails of the sufferings of the aged material trials resul from - dimin- ished earning capacity; loss of position i or “savings owing to the inflation, coupled with mental anxieties arising < out.of the feeling of dependence on the charity of friends and relations, and | the chill dread of being a “useless bur- | den,” often leading to a despairing bit- terness “‘against existing institutions. © Various schemes were discussed to suc- cor the aged in a manner to avold any . semblance of charity so as to leave | them in possession of thelr self-respect. - WOMAN’S PARTY GROUP, ATTACKED, ASKS INQUIRY Appeals to Mayor Walker After New Yorkers Attempted to Break Up Meeting. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 3.—The Na- tional Woman'’s Party addressed a let- ter to Mayor Walker today calling on him to investigate the alleged fajlure of police to afford portection for a.meet- ing in City . Hall Park yesterday for which a permit had been granted. The letter, signed by Mabel Vernon, national executive secretary of the or- ganization, charged that a mob, shout- The total budget for the | ,ggvnmhent RINOUDE | 47953 $44,000 has been set aside. { Red Cross, reaches into 579 communities | | Heads New Office I DR. EUGENE C. AUCH' RED CROSS BUDGET SET AT $478.00 Coal of 5,000,000 Members Set to Mest Increased Operations. | ! Heavily increased demands upon the | American Red Cross for disaster relief have caused a substantial increase in the budget for the new year's opera- tions, James L. Fieser, acting chairman, announced last night. - Added to this, the expansion of Red Cross activities will necessitate a total budget of $4,798,000 in the forthcoming year, not including expenditures made the West Indies hurricane area. ‘To meet these increased expenditures in service vital to the American people, Mr. Fieser said, the Red Cross must as~ suredly top its goal of 5,000,000 mem- bers. Commenting on the budget for 1928- 29, Mr. Fieser said that approximately $900,000 had been lppm‘giuud from the general funds of the Red Cross for disaster relief work over and above all ims specially contributed for disaster 1 | | su rel six years the Red Cross had expended $1,000,000 per annum for disaster re- lief above contributions by the public. Expenditures of the American Red Cross for domestic disaster relief in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1828, were $16,691,608.14. Aid in 170 Disasters. “The Red Cross was called upon for ihelp in about 170 disasters in the past two years,” Mr. Fieser sald. “In all of lief. He pointed out that for the past , THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTOXN, MRS. COOLIDGE VIEWS MUM SHOW I ARCHITECTS URGE BUILDING HARMONY Ask Property Owners to Co-| operate in Pennsylvania Avenue Program. For the sake of the development c[‘l the north side of Pennsylvania avenue in harmony with the earrying out ¢f the Government’s public building pro- | gram in the triangle south of the thor- | ouhgfare, the executive committee of | the National Institute of Architects ap- | pealed for co-operation on the part of the owners of private property in a resolution adopted yesterday. “This committee,” says the resolu- tion, “directs the attention of the Amex- ican people to the distinguished pro- gram now under way for the develop- ment of the National Capital in the manner conceived by President Wash- ington and his advisers and formulated }nd:flnlte plans by Maj. Piere L'En- ant. “Among the major elements of this program are the erection of Federal buildings on the south side of Pennsyl- vania avenue from the Capitol to the Treasury Bullding, _construction of which has begun, and the plans for a municipal group to occupy a portion of the north side. Co-operation “Imperative.” “To insure the completion of this| thoroughfare as one of the great ave- | nues of the world capitals, the fullest | co-operation (= the part of the owners | of private property fronting on the re- | maining portion of the north side cf | Pennsylvania avenue is imperative. | “We, therefore, express the hope that, in the interest of American art, the | owners of all such property be guided | in its development by seeking the ad- | vice and counsel of the Federal and | District agencies concerned with the P m for public construction, to the end that all individual construction on Pennsylvania avenue shall take its place as an integral part of an harmonious whole.” The executive committee, it was an- nounced, conferred recently with the staff of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and reviewed the plans for the development of the triangle area between the Capitol and the White House, with particular reference to the new Federal buildings which will face Pennsylvania avenue. Committee Personnel. The committee is comfosed of C. Herrick Hammond of Chicago, presi- dent of the institute; Frank C. Bald- win of Washington, Edwin Bergstrom of Los Angeles, Paul A, Davis, 3d, of Philadelphia, and J. Monroe Hewlett of New York. A copy of the resolution has been | sent to the Zoning Commission of the District of Columbia, and to the vari- ous commissions and administrative agencies concerned. In the near future, these disasters the first requirement is for emergency aid, and this assistance comes from money resources of the Red Cross. Ranking in importance rendered by the Red Cross to the dis- abled soldiers of the World War and to those who have returned to civil life. For their assistance, we have budgeted $867,000 for the coming year. The Red Cross also provides friendly service for the men in the Army, Navy and Ma- rine Corps, and for this work $308,000 has been appropriated. “The Red Cross maintains a reserve of enrolled Red Cross nurses for the Army and Navy nurse corps, and other hospital services. On June , -this _enrollment numbered For the coming year, urses. Scope of Nursing. “Public health nursing, under the and last year these nurses examined about 875,000 children and made more than 1,000,000 home visits. Since 1919 a tolal of 2,500 chapters have inaugu- rated Red Cross public health nursing programs. “For the Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick Service the Red Cross has budgeted $91,000. These courses, given by trained nurses. are for women and 1s, men and boys of high school age, A total of 501,103 have been certified.” Mr. Fieser listed other budget items for the new year as follows: For nutri- tion work, $66,000; for the Junior Red Cross work, to reach more than 6,500,000 school children of the United States, $238,000; for other operations, including Red Cross work in Indian reservations, volunteer service and other domestic ex- penser, $303,000; for rellef in foreign E. C. Kemper, executive secretary of the institute, said yesterday, every owner of private property on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue will be committee. R \ N N % 722777 disasters the sum of $103,000 has been set aside; for Junior Red Cross foreign projects, $25,000; for the League of Red Cross Societies, $210,000; for assistance to chapters in insular possessions, ag.ggg; other insular and foreign work, MAN HELD iN ROBBERY OF WOMAN THEATERGOER Companion of Policeman Lost Pocketbook, Formal Accusation Alleged—Bond Set at $1,000, Formally accused of robbery Friday, Lemuel M. Hamlett, 48 years old, who, police say, took a pocketbook from Miss Suzanne Gerken, 201 A street south- east, during a performance at the Fox Theater Thursday, was held for the action of the grand jury by Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court yesterday under bond of $1,000. The man waived examination and pleaded not guilty. Miss Gerken, accompanied by Police: man John L. Maxon of the sixth pre- cinct, who was in ecivillan clothes at the time, attended the performance when. . the pocketbook containing $11 disaj red. It was found on the floor near Hamlett, who was sitting next to Miss Gerken. Assistant United States Attorney Ralph Given :ays that several months ago Hamlett was arrested on a similar charge and forfeiled $20 collateral. At | present, according to Glven, a charge |of grand larceny resulting from the theft of several books from a public library is pending against him before |the grand jury. for Christmas. 7% i 7, i 772 7, 74 This Genuine Hand Board- ed Cowhide Bag, 18 in. size, Leather Lined. An Unusual value 58 65 at...o... 77 Z Trunks . Bags country (over V4 century). you have the assurance of nothing but the best. The Washington Public Benefit Your Christmas purchases now will be a tremendous saving, together with the best of merchandise. A deposit will reserve goods B 4, Mrs. Coolidge with Mrs. Jardine, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, and Ruth Jardine, snapped as she viewed a in the greenhouses of the department. few of the hundreds of perfect “mums” —Harris-Ewing Photo. 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