Evening Star Newspaper, May 8, 1929, Page 4

AMATING WNNERS Handsome Certificates to Be ! Presented to 20 Leaders in The Star’s Contest. Engraved certificates, proclaiming in handsome script the stage to which they had advanced in the Sixth National Oratorical Contest in The Star's zrea, will be presented to the 20 contestants whose oratory carried them to victory in at least the group phase of the com- petition. James Leonard Butsch of St. John's College, the champlon, received his_certificate yesterday. The certificates which the other 20 contest winners will receive are identi- cal with that which Oliver Owen Kuhn, managing editor of The Star, presented yesterday to Butsch. Each bears the name of the contestant to whom it is | 1o be given and gives written testimony to_his accomplishment. Engraved on vellum paper. the cer- tificates already are prepared and the 20 contestants are requested to call for ihem at contest headquarters, room 323, The Star Building. They will not be mailed because of the danger of damage to them. The certificates are handsome in de- sign as well as in workmanship. Ar- ranged in an arc across the top are the portraits of famed Americans whose contribution to the Constitution and its support are removed. These seven are, from left to right. Webster. Ham- ilton, Madison, Washington, Jefferson, Marshall and Lincoln. Each cert: cate is signed by Frank B. Noves, pre: ident of The Evening Star Newspaper Co., president of the Associated Press and national chairman of the contests | committee of publiehers. i The contestants who are to receive | the certificates and who now are asked to call for them, ar Mary Eugenia Hardy of the Takoma- Silver Spring High School, alternate to | the champion, Butsch: Charles W. Thomas of Dunbar High School, win- ner of third place: Viadimir Grinioff of Western High School, winner of fourth judged rating in the contest); Stanley Segal of Business High School, John M. Betts of Central High School, Harry Schonrank of McKinley High School, | Ruth Goldberg of the Eastern High School, George C. Morris of Armstrong High School. Tayloria A. Dick of Arm- strong High School, Carey Howard | Blackwell of the Alexandria High School. Jerome J. Downey of Gonzaga High School, Lawrence W. Gunther of | Devitt Preparatory School, Joseph John Muldowney of Leonard Hall, William Cusick, jr. of Oxon Hill High School: David Trundle of the Poolesville High | School, Helen Lucille McCarty of the Herndon High School, Elizabeth D. Brereton of the Warrenton High School, Thomas Edward Taylor of the Lincoln High School and Jerry Schutz of the Washington-Lee High School. EDITORIALS 6N POLICE LIQUOR WAR APPROVED Washington Round Table Adopts Resolution on The Star’s Stand on Smoke Screens. A resolution indorsing recent edi- torials in The Evening Star defending the police in their war on smoke- screen users was adopted at a luncheon meeting of the Washington Round ‘Table in the University Club yester- day. An address was delivered at the meeting by Assistant Secretary of State Nelson T. Johnson, who recounted his experiences in China. Several read- ings were given by Miss Helen Col- houn and vocal solos were rendered by F. W. Wright, accompanied by Victor Neale. John F. Sidell was elected a -mew member. Dr. E. M. Ellison, presi- dent of the Round Table, presided. CITY JEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. ‘The Geological Society of Washington will meet, 8 o'clock, in assembly room of the Cosmos Club. Speakers: G. R. Mansfield, L. W. Stephenson, C. P. Ross. All interested are invited to attend. Park View Citizens' Assoclation will meet, 8 o'clock, in Park View Platoon School. American University Park Citizens’ | Association will meet, 8 o'clock, in Hurst | Hall, university grounds, Massachusetts | and Nebraska avenues. A card party for the benefit of Con- gress Lodge Chapter, O. E. S., will be given this evening at the home of Mrs. Dolly George, 2129 Eighteenth street. Joseph H. Milans Lodge Chapter, No. 41, O. E. 8., will hold a card party this evening at Northeast Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, for the temple | committee. The annual meeting of the All- Comers’ men's class, Church of the Covenant, at 6:30 o'clock. Chevy Chase Chapter, No. 39, O. E. S., will give its annual card party this eve- | ning in Chevy Chase Theater hall. A bridge and 500 party for the benefit of Pidelity Chapter, No. 19, O. E. 8., | g will be given at the Gavel Club, 8:15 o'clock. The Bryn Mawr Club will hold & book sale this week from today until Friday, inclusive, at the Transportation Build- | ing beginning 9 am. Proceeds for Bryn | Mawr scholarship fund. The Gen. Hamilton Smith Hawkins | Garrison, No. 17, Army and Navy Union, | will entertain 'at its annual Spring soclal, 7:30 o'clock, in Stanley Hall, Soldiers' Home. All veterans and families as well as officers and comrades | of the Hawkins, President's Own and | Barry Garrisons and general public in- | vited. The national commander is ex- pected and members of Congress have been invited to speak. Burnside Corps, No, 4, W. R. C., will meet this evening in Grand Army Hall. Initiation service will be held. The Washington Philatelic Soclety | meets, 1518 K street, 7:30 o'clock. All stamp collectors welcome. = | FUTURE. i The American Institute of Electrical | Engineers will hoid its annual and last mecting of the season May 14, 8 in assembly hall of the Cosmos Speaker, Frank A. Faron. Subject: “Mercury Arc Rectifiers.” Dinner, 6 p.m. For reservations, call Main 4294, branch 1357. Brightwood Citizens' Association will meet Friday, 8 p.m., at Brightwood Bank. ‘The Woman's Home and Foreign Mis- slonary Soclety of A. M. E. Z. Church will hold an all-day meeting fomorrow in John Wesley Church. Mrs. Jemkins will speak on “Stewardship.” Dinner will be served. Mrs. Marie Hicks Smith, hostess. The Kiwanis Club will hold & business meeting tomorrow, 12:30 pam., at the Washington Hotel. Washington Chapter, American iation of Engineers. will meet to- orrow, 8 pm., at the Playhouse. Speaker, Lieut. Comdr. J. H. Keefe. Subject! “The Activities of the Metal- Jurgical Section of the Naval Gun Fac- tory. A card party for the restoration fund f St. Dominic’s Church will b= given by the MeAllister Club, Pridav, §:30 p.m., at Sacred Heart Church Hall. & | Buffet luncheon will be served. | | | The Constitution of the United States al a :/4;/:/ ;}/flfl// 7. contes Reld at 7/{wl;lz//rfl /3’//”/" 54429 the Sixth THE EVENING RATORYDPLENAS Ty 03, é;%ffiff/ézzf 7 e 14 didcecston /m//w//}} G o frsesentation Praneclhng.. Keacrman. Twenty other certificates similar to this ene, which James Leonard Butsch received yesterday, await the other winners in torical Contest in The Star's area. BOARD IS APPOINTED TO FIND AIRSHIP BASE New Navy Coast Site Will Be Sought by Group of Officers. Commissioned to seek a most suitable site for a naval airship base on the | West Coast, & board, headed by Rear Admiral Willlam A. Moffett, chief of | the Bureau of Aeronautics. was a pointed today by Secretary Adams, un- der legislation passed by Congress in jarch. The board was ordered to con- vene at the Navy Department as soon as practicable and visit the places deemed desirable to locate the pro- posed base, which will take care of the Los Angeles and the new giant dirig- ibles now being constructed for the service. The board is charged with confining its investigation to the Los Angeles-8an Diego area and reporting on tes. in detail of cost of the best site avail- | able and of the structures, facilities'and improvements the -fency of the airship base. The board’s report is to be sub- mitted November 1. With Admiral. Moffett on the board vill be Rear Admir Joseph M. Beautiful Hosiery to har- monsze, $1.45 to $3.75. >i Ro ENJOY three regions in your over anywhere. ROCKY MOU | | i me booklets on (] Colorade, | California, (] All-Espense | or books desired), quote lowest Leniency Is Shown Equestrian Charged As Drunken Driver Jullus Adams, colored, 74, con- victed in Police Court yesterday for driving a horse-drawn vehicle while intoxicated, pleaded with Judge Robert E. Mattingly for the merey of the court. Judge Mattingly declared that there were so few horses that those left must be protected, but said he would be lenient. “If you ever come back here again——" said the court. “I hope you will hang me,” Adams declared. Sentence was suspended, and Adams was released after giving his personal bond. He was arrest ed at Fifteenth and H streets Policeman S. Schymkezy. Reeves of the general board, Comdr. Garland Fulton, in charge of the light- er-than-afr division of the Bureau of Aeronautics; Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosendshl, in charge of rigid airship training and experimental squadrons, and Lieut. Comdr. E. L. 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Dr. William Foster Pelrce, president of Kenyon College, Gambler, Ohio, is to make his annual visit to Washington Friday. That evening, at 8 o'clock, in the parish hall of St. Alban’s Church, he will tell of recent progress at Ken- yon College. The Kenyon Alumni Association, of | which Albert Douglas is president, fs inviting all Kenyon men in Washing- ton to be presen T E corrected at once—and el may not seem a befitting bring up at this time of the year. The first heater days come in actually need its heat. Fall. as Americ 1929 than ever before. OLD COMPANY'S STAR. WASHINGTON, This high-grade hard coal has literally been tried by fire through more than a hundred Winters. It has proved its right to be known standard home-heating fuel. Modern science has brought a notable per- fection of inspection and preparation meth- ods, so that Old Company’s Lehigh Anthra- 6 cite—The Best Since 1820—is even better in D. C, POSTAL JOB FILLING | NETHODS ASSAILED 'Civil Service Reform League Council Urges Selection From Eligible List. | By the Associated Press. icized in the annual report of the coun- cil of the National Civil Service Reform League, which was read at the league session here today. out the country continues to be based on political preferment, notwithstand- | ing the pseudo merit system established | by President Harding,” the report said. Job Purchasing Charged. An investigating committee of the league found that post offices were fill- ed “on a partisan basis, although the Civil 1Service Commission conducted cempetitive examinations to establish could be made. Not the person at the head of the list, but the person most | favored politically, and in some cases the candidate paying, or promising to pay. the most money for the place, re- ceived the position.” ver insist upon the appointment of post- now excepted from the law be placed | under the jurisdiction of the civil serv- ice by the President The executive order of President Coolidge, issued on the eve of the Hoo- | ver inauguration, granting preference in appointment to all Federal positions to disubled veterans, also was criticized. Holds Order Il Advised. “The league believes the new order serfous impairment of the efficiency of the Government service,” the report said. The Senate subcommittee was urged to continue its investigation into Fed- eral appointments, and the league rec- ommended the ‘prosecution of un- scrupulous political leaders who have flouted the law and who treat the dis- tribution of public office as so much d nal plunder.” Sight _Illusions | When visual defects bother you don’t suffer from the illusion that such conditions are normal. cen the slightest optical annoyance should be the first step is an Etz Eye Examination Etz specializes in making Eyes Right. :fi’e Etz and See Beiter’ Wlmh umer Comes Can Fall be Far Behind? THE outlay of money for next Winter’s fu thought to Yet nothing is surer than the regular suc- cession of the seasons. Nothing is more cer- tain than that cold weather will follow warm. September. 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Scientist’s Hate Of Tobacco Traced To Brain Deformity By the Associated Press. ITHACA, N. Y., May 8—Why Prof. Burt G. Wilder of Cornell abhorred tobacco was explained today in announcement of re- sults of a study of his brain by | | Dr. James Papez. The brain is one of a collec- | | tion established more than 40 | | years ago by Dr. Wilder. Dr. Papez. curator of the colicetion | | | now. in commenting on the study of Dr. Wilder's brain, said that it revealed an atrophy of the olfactory center, devoted to the functions of smell. The atrophy was of such advanced degree that Dr. Papez infers that it was of long standing and thus ex- plained Dr. Wilder's lack of ap- preciation of tobacco which led him not only to abstain from it himself but also to crusade against its use by cthers. Girl Weeps Like Crocodile. That he has discovered a girl who! “weeps like a crocodile” is the claim of Prof. Kogoraz, who conducts a clinic for_nervous diseases at the University of Minsk, in Russia. 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