Evening Star Newspaper, July 14, 1929, Page 8

] 'HE - SUNDAY. STAR, WASHIANGLUN, D. C, JULY 14, 1vzd-FAKL, 1. SEVEND. . SCoUTS | GOING T0 ENGLAND Group Will Leave Tomorrowsl to Attend World Jamboree at Arrowe Park. | Seven Washington Boy Scouts and a | scoutmaster will leave the city tomor- row for England, where they will attend | the world Boy Scout jamboree to be | held July 31 to August 13 at Arrowe Park, Birkenhead, near Live, 1. | Scouts from 44 nations ] answer | present when the jamboree roll is called, | and about 40,000 boys are expected to be in attendance. | ‘The Washington Scouts will be led by | Willlam C. Westlake of 3030 Macomb | street, scoutmaster of Troop 8, and| will include Dean Cowie of 1336 Massa- chusetts avenue, Troop 63:. Yule Tisher, 4421 Seventeenth street, Troop | 8: Harrison. Knapp, 2045 Macomb gireet, Troop 8: Earl Schaffner. 1750 Sixteenth street, Troop 43; Hubard Snow, 3904 Huntington street, Troop | 53: Robert Sonen, 1715 Webster street, | Troop 50, and Hamilton Wright, 2134 ‘Wyoming avenue, Troop 1. l Cowie's Expenses Paid. | All of the boys. with the exception | of Dean Cowie, are paying their own expenses. Young Cowle was chosen | in a District-wide competition among Eagle Scoyts, econducted by the Society | of Colonial Dames. Every member of the party, however, had first to be ap- | proved by Scout executives. { The Washington representatives will | be part of the eontingent of 112 Scouts | from Region 3, which includes the Dis- trict of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, | Pennsylvania and Delaware. ' The totai | to go from the United States will ap- proximate 1,600, The gathering, generally designated as the Coming-of-age Jamboree, will mark the twenty-first birthday of the organized world Scout movement. Only two similar celebrations have been held in the past, one in London in 1920, and 2 second in Copenhagen in 1924, | Interpreters Necessary. n only one respect will the thousands of boys coming from widely separated portions of the earth be alike—they will wear the standard scout uniform. The dissimilarity of tongues will necessitate | the constant employment of interpreters. Although most. of the Washington | bovs were not zelected by a competitive i | | | ! Capital group leaving tomorrow for England. Front row, lsft to right: Harrison Knapp, Hubard Snow and Earl Schaffner. Back row: Robert Sonen, Hamilton Wright, Scoutmaster William C. Westlake, Dean Cowie and Yule Fisher. —Star Staff Photo. 7 2 jamboree. From Cherbourg they will | Yo to Parls, and thence tnrousn Be-| THEATER AIDS DEAF. glum and Holland, viziting the prinei- — - i pn;ri;whn' !r‘| route. ikt SAN FRANCISCO (@ —A theater | night steamer wi ake eM ACTOSE | the 'Channel to England. After the | Nere 18 installing 100 special smplifiers celebration they plan to make an auto- | Under seats with headsets for the hard ourneyed to Culpeper. V., where they mobile trip through Scotland, returning |of hearing. The project was sponsored lived in the open for seven davs. to England in time to sall for e, by & f Californi " s " s to aail | 5 i group of California society women SR who obtained the instruments, They | from New York Tuesday morning at il 1205 o'clock. They will land at Cher- | - are considering a similar arrangement | bourg. France, and will make & brief | The New Zealand government: pro- with some motion picture houses so the | tour of the countries of Western Europe | poses to acquire large estates for seftle- [hard of hearing ean enjoy the talking | before proceeding to England for the ment. fiims. method, certain rigid requirements were demanded. mong these was that they must have camped in the open a set number of days and nights. In order to meet this condition the Washington con- tingent & little more than a week ago 16.B0YS QUALIFY 10 BE LIFESAVERS Y. M. C. A. Campers Will Re- " ceive Red Cross Honors. Others Face Tests. Bpecial Dispatch t6 The Star. CAMP LETTS, Md., July 13.—Six- teen Washington boys encamped at this Summer resort, conducted by the boys' department of the Washington | Y. M. C. A, have qualified as official members of the American Red Oross lifesaving corps, it was announced to- day. Of this number 13 will recieve Red | Cross emblems as junior lifesavers and {three will be awarded certificat a senior lifesavers. The awards will be made by Vincent Gomes, examiner frqm national headquarters of the Red Cross, who is spending the week end in camp as guest of the staff. A. number pof other applicants for lifesaving emblems will be examined by Mr. Gomez. These boys have been taking daily instruction in lifesaving It members of the camp staff, who are already rated official instructors by the Red Cross. The instruction course includes practice in long-distance swimming, in rescue work and in first ald and resuscitation. The boys take turns in posing as “victim” and “res- cuer” in the tests. In Charge of Aquaties. Camp leaders are in charge of the aquatic activities. Several of the lead- ers have distinguished themselves in water sports and are members of the Red Cross lifesaving corps. Among these are Andrew ' Level, jr., letter” athlete of the University of Delaware; H. Kenneth Clayton of the University of Maryland, and Ralph Moore of Ohio State University. Dafly plunges are a part of the eom- pulsory routine at the camp.. There is A “morning dip” at 7:08 o'clock, just after setting-up exercises and before breakfast: & awimming period from 11 to 12 o'clock and another hour in the | director. water from 4 to 8 o'clock in the after- noon, after the athletic contests. Seventy-five boys from Baltimore en- camped five miles away at Camp Conoy, conducted by the Baltimore Y. M. C. A., came here by truck and bus yesterday to be guests of the Washington Y. M. C. A. and the 125 boys from the Nation's ital who are vacationing here. An jborate program of enter- | tainment, d to indulge the keen | rivalry existing between the two camps, was arranged Arthur G. Baker, camp | CANNIBAL PESTS PLANTED. 12,15, gtor v, e Kot do not prey upon humans, Stingless Mosquitos “in Hlvnli‘ Feed on Offensive Kind. HOLM (P.—Dr. Gustat D HONOLULU (/).—Cannibalistic mos- b a g:m' are at large on the island of | 130, Nobel prize er, has invented h:d and more of them are being & ook stove which stores heat gener- turned loose. ated by eoke and permits cooking at The cannibal mosquitos are imported ' temperatures re ’u:d by 8 am.' Iy from New Guinea, where they are said also heats the kitchen water supply. Stove Stores Heat. Three Feature Contests, * Three important athletic contests fea- tured the program. First of all there was a base ball game between the Mary- | land and District A volley, ball | game between teams'representing ‘each | camp followed. The climax was a volley ball game between staff leaders of the | camps. | Impromptu swimming contests were | interspersed. The camp is located on the Rhodes River, near the bay. James C. Ingram, director of the| boys' department of the Washington | Y. M. C. 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