Evening Star Newspaper, May 22, 1929, Page 20

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| PALNSCONEST, firginia Hogan - Celebrates | . Birthday and Victory at : Same Time. Virginia Hogan of Omaha, Nebr., 18 f fcelebrating today her thirteenth birth- y and her victory in the National elling Bee for graded school pupils sterday afternoon at the auditorium the National Museum. Virginia won 1,000 in gold and the national cham<« nship in a contest with 20 other r:al champlons_representing sections fom Maine to Nebraska. iHer victory came when she spelled | rectly the word “luxuriance,” which | d been misspelled /by Viola Strbac | f South Milwaukee, Wis., who spelled | t with an “e” in place of the ’a.” fola won second prize of $500. Japanese Boy: Wins -Third. Virginia's forebeats came from Ire- | and and Viola’s from Czechoslovakia. hird prize of $250 was won by Teru ayashi of Ventnor, N.-J., a Japanese v, who misspelled “panacea,” putting n “s” before the “c.” ‘He sald later hat he had never heard of the word. Virginia Hogan won a clean-cut, v lory. She spelled 70 words without hes- tation. When she and :Viola Strbac zmtled down to the final contest the jend came unexpectedly. Up to that itime each speller had been. given & | Adifferent word in turn, but it was| sagreed that if ome of the last two issed a word the other must spell it orrectly. 1f both missed, another word ould be given to them. ' THE EVENING STAR., WASHINGTON. tion of each word before he make certain that he unde Chapin Fay of Worcester, Mass., Tep- resenting the Telegram-Gasette of that city, remained until sixth from the win- ner, failing on the word ‘“‘diaphanous.” Albert Gomo of Jericho, Vt., represent- ing the Burlington Free Press, missed | “infringement,” and Winfield - Yarnell, | representing. the Sentinel of Carlisle, + Pa., misspelled “belligerent.” Dean George B. Woods of American University was chairman. The judges were Rev. James Shera Montgomery, chaplain of the House of Representa- tives; Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, U. 8. A., retired, and Willlam C. Deming, chairman of the Civil Service Commis- sion. ARMY CHANGES ORDERED. | | Cal. Cloke Has Been Transferred to Honolulu. Col. Harold E. Cloke, Coast Artillery Corps, has been relieved from duty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy and ordered to Honolulu; Lieut. Col. John C. Ohnstad, Coast Artillery Corps, | from Chicago to Fort Eustis, Va.; Lieut. | Col. Emory S. Adams, Adjutant Gen- |eral's Department, from Fory McPher- son, Ga., to the War Department; Maj. David H. Cowles, Infantry, from Los Angeles to Honolulu; Maj. Willlam T. MacMillan, Adjutant General's Depart- ment, from Boston to the War Depart- | ment; Maj. Charles H. Traeger, Ord- | nance Department, from Curtis Bay, ' Md, to the Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.; | Maj. Willlam A. Smith, Infantry, from | Fort Benning, Ga. to Chicago, and | Maj. Philip Gordon, Cavalry, from Tow- | son, Md., to Baltimore. Capt. Seth A. | McConnell, Medical Corps, has been | transferred to the retired list in the | grade of major, on aceount of disability | incident to the service, and First Sergt. Samuel B. Smith, 10th Cavalry, Fort Huachuca, Ariz., his own application after more than 30 years' service. spelled-4t to rstood. When Viola put an “e” in luxurlance, Jafter spelling'many more difficult words smile came on the face of Virginia Hogan spelled it right in the national “bee” here yesterday after Another Place to Eat has been retired on || D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY. 22, 1929 LOEWS REPORTED | o7 L M s 32 AGREED TO SEPARATE —King Michael yesterday was elected Heirs to Motion Picture Millions president of the National Jockey Club. Incompatible, Wife Is Quoted as Saying. to arrange a series of races for thoroughbred ponies. Since this was by way of being a royal command, the governor is arranging for such races this Summer favorite pony Black Beauty will be en- By the Assoclated Press. fay NEW YORK, May 22—The New York American said today that Mr. and Mrs, Arthur M. Loew, heirs to motion picture millfons, had agreed to separate. Mrs, Loew is the daughter of Adolph Zukor, head of the Paramount-Famous- y Motion Picture Co. Loew is the son of the late Mareus Loew, theater | ACO D excavation work at the magnate. The separation agreement, the Ameri- can said. was in pursuance of a pre- nuptial promise “to lay their cards on the table and decide what was best” in | — Renowned Archaeologist Dies. ROME, May 22 (#).—Senator Prof. Rodolfo Lanciani, one of the leading archeologists of the world, died here today at the age of 82. He was promi- . Store Your the event domestic conditions became | Loew, who inherited more than $10,- . WITH BERNARD 000,000 from the fortune of his father, is abroad representing the foreign ins terests of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Co. Mrs. Loew is living with their chil- | i Siainitegnen 2 T o TeIe s i Tocwras ||| 9 iniowesr ColdVautier" saying that rumors they were to be | iring—] i divorced were untrue. 7 ‘} | Repmnnl Red’l“" “We are not even to be separated ||| Into a new swing of fashion—at Low in the legal sense of the word,” she DEfomer "B ates: i | Estimates Freely Rendered She sald incompatibllity was the | Special Low Prices on Fox Scarfs. trouble between them. | 1 508 Conn. Ave. (4 Doors Abeve Dupont Circle), Call Us—Decatur 2264 Cuba sent more than $200,000,000 worth of products to this country last year. PERMANENT WAVE The boy, who owns several Shetland ponfes, immediately asked the governor ‘which Michael's ancient Rome and occupied the chair ol{o his science at thé University of me. | ASSORTED TEA After investigating in this country the Y et L e British Commission of Inquiry in the 4 box United States has recommended that British post offices install glass-topped tables, with chairs. all oceasions THE PASTRY SHOP s 1616 H St. N.W. Met. 6939 ELIZABETH ARDEN A REMOVAL SALE OF IMPORTED NOVELTIES Monday to Saturday, May 20 to 25 inclusive the first of June, Elizabeth Arden’s Wash- N O ington Salon will be transferred to>tempo- rary quarters,’ pending the completion“of Miss Atden’s new building. In preparation for this removal, Miss Arden is disposing of a large part of her fascinating collec- tion of imported novelties.* All of the loveliest things you have been wishing for are included in ¢his sale at price reductions which make it 2 de- cided advantage to purchase now. i Dine at the Crown Re: Table d* Hote Dinners 41t 8PM 65 Cents and $1.00 A la Carte Service 7 AM. to 8 P.M. The Avenue Crown 1727 Pa. Ave. Viola Strbac (on the right) has missed, and captured the grand prize of $1,000, | ant rd with an while Viola got $500. Dean George B. Woods of American Uniyersity presented | the awards. —Associated Press Photo. H Mother “Refuses” Prize. { Asked after the spelling bee what she | was going to do with her $1,000, Vir- ia said she was going to give it to B other, ‘but her - mother insisted ;mc she must keep ‘it for “her very h. Eo’rhe contest .was - arranged by the 0 feorrectly, glmml}j who unhesitatingly spelled the vo! for Ruth Kirkpatrick of Middleport, | publican, missed “imminent.” The word N. Y., representing the Buffalo Evening | “gamut.” misspelled with an “0” in- News, and “connubial” caused Margaret | stead of the “u.” brought failure to An- Sullivan-of North Bergen, N. J., repre- [na Catherine Green of Paducah, Ky., senting the Jersey Observer, to leave the | representing _the Louisville Courfer- stage. Mary Semelisky of Hoosick | Journal, and Margaret Carlson of Mem- Falls, N. Y., representing the Albany |phis, Tenn. Tepresenting the Press- | Evening 'News, misspelled *“onerous, Scimitar, missed on “millennium.” i stafting it. with an “h. | There’ were four boys in the contest, “Correlate” brought defeat to Mary | two of whom made good showings, Tery Bennet of-Grand Rapids, Mich., repre-4 Hayashi, the Japanese youth, created | senting the Grand Rapids Express. | much amusement by giving the defini- '} No Other Charge! No Waiting! There never has been a wave quite so lovely and lasting as a Victoire Per- urier-Journal .of Louisville, Ky.,. and associated .newspapers. The win-| er represented the . World-Herald of maha. Viola Strbac represented the lwaukee Journal and Teru Hayashi Fepresented the Atlantic City Press. ¥ "The words were pronounced for the Mary Krichavsky of Hariford, Conn., spellers by Dr. Francis A. Litz of the Baltimore City College and Prof. C. E. Hill of George Washington University. Prof. Hill gave the first-word soon after 2 o'clock. The final word was the 660th ‘on the list and was reached about 4:30 ©'clock. 5 i The first failuré esme:when: “plan- ftary” was misspelled by’ Rose Nelson, representing the Evening Express of rtland, Me. Next to drop out was ary Josephine Souza of Barnstable, ass., representing the New 'Bedford tandard who failed on “monastery.” he word “annihilated” proved too much for Teresa Chiaravalloti, repre- senting the Daily Herald of New Bri ain, Conn., who was the third to leave | the platform.” ° i Rest Every Haif, Hopr. : i The spelling proceeded steadily, with -minute intermission every half hour. ittle Winifred Church, 10 years old, d the youngest contestant, was given ich applause as she spelled word after correctly. Fate seemed to_give r the longest and most difficult ords, such as “argumentative,” “recon- Hhflg:; .dnl& :;llllllholrnihflvl," which . in pronouncing. 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