Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1929, Page 22

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MEM[)RIAL FINANGE| S Vo ] GROUP IS ENLARGED N "Mrs. Kahn and Mrs. Owen = Added to National Ad- i visory Council. Florence P. Kahn of California lnfl Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida, munhflvn in” Congress, have been the national advisory council and finance comumittee of the George Wuhlngwn Memorial Association, ac- to an announcement from cam- ign lquarters of the association at 010 Vemont avenue. The council and committee are con- ducting & Nation-wide drive for funds with which to complete the memorial, »the foundation of which has been com- * pleted on a tract approved by Congress at Sixth and B streets. Mn Harry F. Dimock, president of memorial association, announced ‘rteflhy that plans for the building been completed and that she hoped actual construction would begin soon. It is planned to have the memorial com- plned by 1932, when the 200th anniver- bllry of Washington’s birth will be cele- ted. In a letter to Mrs. Dimock, Chief Jus- tice Willlam Howard Taft, member of g the Natlonal Advisory Council, states: “What we need is a great Beautiful * ‘building that shall not only be a tri- umph in architecture worthy of Wash- ington, but a structure which shall be ! & model auditorium, a spacious and ~~comfortable place for the gathering lnd b ids of Washington them cnnsuntly of the wonderful treasure we have in his exunpl the site. We have the !olmdnlon of the builling. And I am sure that in the next two years you will find back of you a grateful mass of men and women who will seize the opportu- nity here presented and make their love of country spelk in stone and marble.” ‘The Fine Arts Commisison ap- * proved Lhe pl.nns of the memorial which fit in with the present building scheme of the Park and Planning Commission. ‘The central feature will be a great au- ditorium in the form of an elipse, which ‘will seat 11,000 persons. The floor is to be level so that inaugural balls and m.her official functions may be held h cunulzn headquarters in the Den- rike Building is in charge of Robert Lloyd, director of the campalgn for funds of the finance committee. “HOLLAND WILL PROBE CURACAO INCIDENT Three Officers Are Named to Con- duct Investigation of Wil- lemstad Raid. By the Assoclated Press. THE HAGUE, Holland, July 6.— ‘Three Dutch police and mfllhry offi- cers will leave for Curacao shortly to “institute an inquiry into the conduct ‘of-the police and military authorities of that eoony on the occasion of the Wil- b id by Venezuelan filibusters monlh ‘They are M. Hoorue. fnrmerly hzld “of the police in the Dutch East; Col Bennetwitz, formerly mmury cum» mfler p%{u Acheen, gumstn and M. e inspector at The Hague. . ‘The destroyer Kortenaer is returning from Curacao Monday; she was dis- ‘patched post haste there because of the xald, buz her presence is no longer re- necessary as the battleship nendnk is now there. ZEPPELIN WORLD CRUISE ;2 WILL START ON JULY 28 y Agent of Company in Los Angeles Gets Cable From. Ekener Giving Plans. )1 the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, July 6.—Lieut. Karl . Lange, Western representative of the * Luftshiffbau Zeppelin Corporation of Germany, announced the receipt of a cablegram today from Dr. Hugo Eck- ener, commander of the Graf Ze lin, informing him the dirigible woum leave Germany on July 28 on & round-the- ‘world cruise. All arrangements for the flight of the famous transoceanic flying vessel have been completed, Lieut. Lange said : he was informed. The proposed cruise « is expected to require 28 days. * will be made here. No other detalls of : the voyage were made known. ADVERTISEMENT. - A stop | PRINCESS VAL-ES-TA. CHICAGO ACCEPTS GAS PROBE OFFER Officials Agree ‘to Pool Resources in Investigation of Methyl Chloride in Refrigeration. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, July 6.—Health officials of this city will accept the offer of the Federal Government to pool resources in the investigation of methyl chioride gas used in refrigeration which Dr. Arnold Kegel, health commissioner, blamed for 21 cases of sickness here, seven of which ended fatally. The offer of the Government was extended by Maj. Gen. H. L. Gilchrist, chief of the United States Chemical ‘Warfare Service, who placed the Edge- wood Arsenal, with its system of gas chambers and laboratories at the dis- posal of the local officials. The officer wrote Dr. Kegel asking for & complete report on the situation. “If the storles are correct, they in- volve a subject of vital importance to the entire world,” he wrote. B ‘Walgreen Earnings Jump. CHICAGO, July 6 () —Sales for June by the Walgreen Co. totaled $3,- 884,770, it was reported today, against $2,579.071 in June of last year. For the six months ended June 30 total sales were $21000.242, as compared with $14,323,646 during the correspond- ing period last year. WATCH AND Ci REPAIRING | oF, idtenal 1280 CAN BE AVOIDED - -, like Head and ADVERTISEMENT. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS RUINED HER HEALTH g mmwummwmwm.na | Cross nurse, who bears as INDIAN- PRINCESS SINGS AT HOSPITAL Walter Reed Patients Hear Isa- bella Erdlitz, Graduate Nurse, n Pronnn. An Indian princess sang last night disabled veterans. The singer was Isa- bella Francesca Erdlitz, a md:llu l}ed her given In- dian name Princess Val-es-ta, which means QIIeen of the Flowe: Born in Marinette, Wis, the Prin- cess Val-es-ta was adopted into the University He abroad with Lilli Lel at the New York New York City. Her voice isof lyric VIOLINIST RECOVERS. BRUSSELS, . July 6 ¥saye, the world-famed violinist who re- copper The Princess Val-es-ta was graduated in the nurses’ course from Georgetown ital. She -mau music n and studied lege of Music in without complications ad out of danger. The wound has healed th diseases.” probably will be released from the hos- nexe.m- heard discussions of many Scxence Says Intensified Nechng SLAYER OF GIRL TO DIE Is SPreadmg Diseases of Mouth| ON GALLOWS FOR CRIME Middle-Aged Woodsman Who At- tacked and Strangled Child of 7 Is Sentenced. By the Assoclated Press. ey UKIAH, : By the Associated Press. PORTLAND, Oreg., July 6—“Neck~ ing,” which he declared to be on the nmmmmmmm. . Walter M. 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