Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1929, Page 20

© tor of News; 20 * THEATER MEN PLAN FOR INAUGURATION Admission Prices Will Not Be Raised—Attractive Bills Pledged. Attractive programs with no advance | in admission prices will be the policy for Washington theaters during the in- augural festivities in March, according to | nssurances given Monday by theater rep- resentatives at a meeting with E. C. ‘Graham, chairman of the general ents r-“ tainment committee of the inaugural | committee, and several local dramatic | editors. Washington, during the inaugural | period, wants to impress its visitors with the quality of entertainment provided | in its showhouses, according to M. | Graham. Co-operation among all agen- cles interested in entertainment presen- tation was desirable, he said. Motion pictur: trade journals have | egreed to co-operate in working up in- terest, according te Sidney Lust of the film section, pr relations committee. Many persons preminent in the movie industry, such as Will Hays, Will Rog- | ers, the Warner Brothe Joseph Schenck, and others. have expressed a desire to be here. The running of short | trailers to movie programs throughout the country, wing preparatory work | on the festivitie: as been provided for, | Mr. Lust anounced president of the M. tive of the Crandall houses, said there would be no increase of rates, but that every effort would be made to provide local bills of outstand- ing worth.” Movies of the inaugural a tivities would be shown on local scree! e said, during ihe celebration. Others present at the meeting Mon- | day included Harold Phillips, press rep- | resentative of the inaugural committee; | Sybil Baker of the entertainment com- mittee, Mabelle Jennings. dramatic edi- Andy Kelly, dramatic editor of the Times: T. D. Bonneville, manager of Poli’s Theater: L. Stoddard ‘Taylor, manager of the Belasco Theater, and Frederick C. Oechsner of The Eve- ning Star. Veterans Lose $1$'3,;29. Money and other articles valued: at $19.29 were stolen either Steurday or Sunday night from 10 residents of the United States Soldiers’ ' Home, tenth precinct police were told last night. ‘The veterans are occupants of the same | capped because she had no hat and | patron of music, died suddenly at his || THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 192 House of Commons Frees Lady Members From Donning Hats Disregards Rule Requir- ing Heads to Be Covered During Debates. Captain and Four Others List Were Drownedl in Canal Zone. By the Associated Press. LONDON, February 5.—The House of Commons has solved a momentous question of decorum. Woman mem- bers will be free to disobey the rule requiring all members to wear their| hats in the course of certain procedure. It all started last week when Miss Susan Lawrence, Labor member from East Ham North, found herself handi- | By the Assoclated Press. NORFOLK, Va., vesterday from the tropics with tl the rules require a member must be SHIP FROM TROPICS BRINGS NAVY DEAD February 5.—The naval supply ship Vega docked at the Hampton Roads naval operating base bodies of Capt. Ralph Griswold, Chief Pay Clerk A. S. listed men aboard. Capt. Griswold, Pay Clerk Wrenn and three of the enlisted men, Coxswain Fred W. Sweinberg, Seaman H. D. Mc- Dowell and Fireman Earl D. Tibbetts, were drowned on the night of January 20 when the launch in which they were passengers collided with a barge in the harbor at Balboa, Canal Zone, and sank. Capt. Griswold, a native of Pennsylvania, was commander of the 9th Destroyer Squadron of the Scout- ing Fleet, with his flag aboard the de- stroyer Dallas. Four Die in Nicaragua. Four Marines who found death at the end of the trail as they joined in the chase for the elusive Sandino in Nicaragua and two enlisted men who went south with the fleet early in the year for Winter maneuvers made up the remainder of the dead. All these died of disease. They were Pvts. H. G. Schnapp, E. D. Quellhorst, C. O. Hand and S. 8. Lakin, Marine Corps, and in he covered when speaking after a ques- | tion has been put. A fellow Labor member improvised bonnet from a piece of paper. M Lawrence donned it, but the chair re fused to recognize that she had com- plied with the rule. The incident was recalled yesterday | with the observation that observance of the rule often forced members into an undignified or even ridiculous position. | ‘The Speaker suggested a way out of the | difficuity, remarking that, inasmuch a the rule requiring members to be cov-| ered when walking about the chamber | was disregarded for woman members, § the other rule might also be conven- || iently disregarded. | music PATRoN DiEs. [ ¥f' ; W. H. Murphy One of Origim\!i‘ Backers of Henry Ford. | o DETROIT, February 5 (#).—William || Herbert Murphy, Detroit capitalist and il 123 home here carly today. ik o years old. i Mr. Murphy was founder and presi- || dent of the Detroit Symphony Society | §| and was one of Henry Ford's original | backers. He also was one of the found- | ers of the Cadillac Motor Co. The | Murphy interests, of which he was head, | built the new Penobscot Building, De- troit's highest building. | Death was caused by a heart attack. 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As the flag-draped caskets were lowered “over the side a detachment of Marines presented arms and all the ship’s company stood at at- tention. The caskets were carried to the Norfolk Naval Hospital, where they will be prepared for final burial. Burial for Two In Arlington. The bodies of Capt. Griswold and Chief Pay Clerk Wrenn will be buried in _Arlington Cemetery. The other bodies are to be sent to their homes. The rites for the former will be at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon and for the latter at 11:45 o'clock Thursday morning. In addition to the dead, the Vega carried as passengers a detachment of were made to Famous Martha Washington Shoes As Well As Other Quality 170 Marines back home again after many months spent in supervising elec- tions and chasing the elusive Sandino in Nicaragua. NEW P. 0. STAMP ISSUED. Commemorates Anniversary of Clark’s Capture of Fort Sackville. Postmaster General New announced yesterday that a 2-cent stamp issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the capture of Fort Sackville by George Rogers Clark will be placed on sale at the post office at Vincennes, Ind., on DR. ROSELLI TO SPEAK. Rr. Bruno Rosseli, Italian lecturer, will speak at the Central Community Center at 8:15 o'clock Thursday night under auspices of the Community In- Mrs. F. ¢l died at Lynchburg Hospital Sunday night after a short illness. vived by her Mrs. F. W. Driskill, 37, Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., February 5.-- F W iskill, 37, of Chatham, She is sur- husband and seven stitute. 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