Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1929, Page 7

WINNING ORATORS BACK FROM CRUISE Leonard Butsch'Says He Has Decided to Study for For- eign Sérvice. NEW YORK, September 25.—When James Leonard Butch, St. John's Col- clege graduate, was chosen last May as the best high school orator in Wash- ington, Maryland and Virginia, he de- cided that fate had decreed for him a priMant career in the legal profession, and he made preparati~ps forthwith to begin the study of lav. But Butsch has changed his mind. as young men sometimes do. He's going into the foreign service. Butsch made this announcement & few minutes after he stepped down the gangplank of the Mfunson liner 8 . 8. American Legion, which brought him and seven oth°r regional winners in the Sixth National Oratorical Contest back to the United States after an eventful 12,000-mile educational tour of Cuba and the Latin American republics. The trip was the major reward for, victory this vear and it led Butsch to toss into oblivion the plans he had so carefully laid to specialize in law when he returns to college within the next: few days. Sees Vast Opportunities. “Instead of a law course,” Butsch sald, “I am going to study for the! foreign service. The trip impressed on me more deeply than anything else the vast opportunities for a young Americen in South America. I am going pre- pare to take advantage of them.” In the long days at sea on the home- ward journey, Butsch revealed, he built the foundation for his career in Latin America by studying the Spanish lan- su under the abie tutelage of Roberto Omcfll Oaxaca, the Mexican oratori- cal champlon, who accompanied the Rep. Fitzgerald Of Ohio Swims Hazardous Bosporus By the Associated Press. CONSTANTINOPLE, Septem- ber . tonished fishe! mouth of the Black Sea reach the Aslatic ‘shore after 30-minute fight in the hazardous current. ‘The swimmers were Anita Grew, daughter of the United States Ambassador; Duncan Ei- llott, 13-year-old son of the United States military attache, and Representative Roy G. Fit: gerald of Dayton, Ohio. The lai ter is on a week’s visit to Con- stantinople. PLAN CONFERENGE TO DISCUSS SIGNS Drastic Changes in Size and Wording of Advertising Suggested. Preparations were made today for a conference tomorrow between municipal officials and business men on proposals for the adoption of new sign regula- | tions. Suggested drastic changes in the size and wording of all commercial ad- vertising signs will be discussed. The conference will be attended by Col. John W. Oehmann, District build- ing inspector; Maj. Henry G. Pratt, su- perintendent of police, and a committee representing the Association of Outdoor vertisers headed by John E. Shoe- maker, chairman. The pi regulations would limit all commercial advertising signs to 100 square feet in size. Outdoor signs would American orators. Although Butsch does not clalm to have mastered the new lingo, he gave | a demonstration on the pier which| Under these provisions many ' signs sounded masterful enough to an un- trained ear. Leaves for His Home. Butsch left yesterday afternoon for ‘Washington, where he will rest at his home, 4720 Fifteenth street, for several days_before going to Florida to enter the University of Miami. Randolph Leigh. director of the Na- tional Oratorical Contest, met the eight finalists at the Hoboken pier of the Munson Line when the American Le- | gion docked and turned over to them an accumulation of their mail that had { been forwarded to him in Washington. Parents and friends of the contesiants also were at the pier. Besides Butsch, the oratorical aces who made the trip were Ben W. Swof- ford of Kansas City, holder of the 1920 oratorical championship, who will go to Washington in November to compete in the International Oratorical Con- test; Miss Elizabeth Corey of Portland, “Me.: Lee Miller of Chicago, Howard Finch of Kalamazoo, Mich., and Miss Katherine Marshall of Quanah, Tex. Accompanied by Chaperons. With them an the journey were Dr. and Mrs. G. L. Swiggett ol wrashing- | ton. the chaperons. The three girls brought back fash- | fonable tan coats that would ronse the envy of every woman who is spending money for artifal sun baths. I\ was the work of a tropical sun. 1 The boys, however, did not go in for that sort of thing. Aside from a ruddy complexion there was nothing about { their appearance to indicate that they | had twice crossed the blazing Equator. | The eight contest finalists set out on | the prize trip from Jacksonville, Fla. July 4, and visited Cuba, the Canal Zone and five of the principal sr)uth| American republics — Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay and Brazil. The itiner-! ary closely paralleled the epoch-making “good will” tour of President. Hoover. Cuba First on Trip. | From Jacksonville, the young orators | went to Cuba, thence through the Pan- ama Canal and down the west coast of South America, stopping at Santiag After crossing the mighty Andes t | proceeded up the East Coast to Buenos Aires and then on to Rio de Janiero. | ‘where the American Legion was boarded | September 11 for the final lap of the journey homeward. Acting as spokesman for the group, | Butsch explained that in each city the finalists visited the principal educa-: tional institutions and addressed the students, stressing the friendship ex- isting between the United States and the Latin American countries. Their speeches were interpreted by teachers in the schools. Received by Officials. The orators were not only On'hus-| iastic about the reception given them by | South American students, but the regal | way in which they were entertained by | government officials in every country. In Valparaiso and Buenos Alres they | also were entertained by Rotary Clubs. The trip was unmarred by accidents or illness, and the orators denied there was the slightest touch of seasickness | among them. H En route down the west coast of | South America, aboard the steamship | Santa Barbara, all were initiated into the dreaded Order of King Neptune at the Equator. The feature of the long return trip was an entertainment, in which the orators took the principal part, deliver- ing excerpts from their orations. Drawn in Friendship. After the American Legion had docked the contest winners, drawn together | in close friendship by the long_trip, pacted for the first time since Inde- pendence day. To Dr. and Mrs. Swiggett, the orators credited much of the success of the trip. It was Washington's representa- tive, Butsch, who paid the most glowing tribute to these chaperons for making | the journey interesting and valuable educationally. Dr. Swiggett's knowl- edge of Spanish, German and French ! and his familiarity with the folk lore, | history and geography of the countries visited, Butsch declared, enabled him and his companions to get the utmost FAIR IS OPENED. Racing Inaugurates Bedford County Exhibition. CUMBERLAND, Md., September 25.| —The fifty-fifth annual Bedford County fair got under full swing today when the three-day racing program was in- augurated. The fair opened yesterday, but the vaudeville and racing program started today. There will be three night sessions with elaborate display of fire- works. This was Children’s day, when all children under 14 were admitted free. It also was Grange day, with an ad- dress by Secretary Jordan of the State Department of Agriculture. Live stock was judged in the ring immediately in front of the grandstand and there was an exhibit of saddle and driving horses. The granges of the county have joined in making a big display. Thursday, known as “the Big day,” aside from an extended racing pro- m, will ke marked by a.parade ot ive stock, which will include show and draft horses. Gliders Offered for Sale. BERLIN, September 25 (#).—Gliders 10 feet long with a wing spread of 28 feet and weight of 45 pounds are on sale, in department stores on the in- stallment benefits out of the tour. l | be required to bear only the merchant's name and a general declaration of his business. | provided by manufacturers would have | to be removed by retailers because they | contain the name of the manufacturer iand his products. However, such ad- | vertisements would be permitted if the retall dealer sold nothing except the products of one manufacturer. Restrictions on signs displayed inside bulldings would be less severe. Any | words desired could be used so long | as 80 per cent of the window space was not covered by signs. District officials drafted the regula- tions in an effort to make Washington a more beautiful city. cITy NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Justice, Council, No. 2, Sons and Daughterd of Liberty will hold a card party tonight at Naval Lodge Hall, Fourth street and Pennsylvafia avenue southeast, 8:30 o'clock. A card party for the benefit of St. | James' Church, Mount Rainier, Md., will be given in St. James' Auditorium, | Thirty-seventh street and Rhode Island | | avenue, tonight at 8:30. Progressive Citisens’ Association of | Georgetown will _meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the Gordon Junior High School. Judge Mary O'Toole will be | | the speaker. Anacostia Council, No. 14, Daughters | of America, will give a card party in| their hall, Fourteenth and U streets southeast, tonight. Mrs. Mary Thorne | is in charge. | Meeting_of Burnside Corps, No. 4. ‘Woman's Rlief Corps, to be held tonight at 8 o'clock in the G. A. R. Hall. Randle Highland Citizens’ Associa- tion meets tonight at 8 o'clock at the Orr School. Nomination of officers. Association for a Home for Widows and Orphans of Veterans of All Wars meets tonight at 8 o'colck in the Grand A'my Hall, 1412 Pennsylvania avenue, fifth floor. | Election of officers will be held at, the opening meeting of the South! Washington Citizens’ Association to- | night at the Pairbrother School at 8! o'clock. i FUTURE. ! Legislative committee of the District of Columbia D. A. R. will ricet tomor- row at 8 pm. at the New Willard Hotel in the cabinet room. Year's program will be outlined. Mrs. David D. Cald- well, State regent, will speak. All D, A. R. members urged to be present. 3 i Woman's Benefit Association will give | a card party at the clubhouse, 1750 Massachusetts avenue, at 8:30 tomor- row night. The Curley Club will meet tomorrow night at the Gordon Hotel at 8:15 o'clock. All members urged to be present. Rev. W, C. Wheeler, pastor of the Corinthian Baptist Church, will preach a special sermon at the Vermont Avenue Baptist Church tomorrow evening at & o'clock, under the auspices of the Men's Club and the Vineyard Club. His sub- Jject yfll be “God’s Universal Call to Man. Proceeds for benefit of the church., Naomi Chapter, No. 3, Order of the Eastern Star, will hold a card party at the home of Mrs. Maud Brenizer, 4600 glégeckmh street, tomsorow evening at 8 ck. Anacostia Citizens' Association will meet tomorrow night at 8 o'elock at the Masonic Temple,” Fourteenth and vl Pettitt Auxillary, U. 8. W. V., will give a card party at its hall on Wis- consin avenu> and M streets, Thursday evening. Red Triangle Outing Club will take ths last of a serics of nistoric walks 10- morrow night, meeting at 7:30 at ‘Twenty-sixth and Pennsylvania avenue. They will visit the old Union Hotel, Washington's” headquarter's; C. & O. Canal, Southworth Cottags, Linthicum and Tudor places, Rittenhouse home, home of Newton D. Baker while Secre- tary of War, and Bliss estate. District of Columbia Dietetic Associa- tion will meet in the Red Cross Build- ing at St. Elizabeth's Hospital tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Dr. William White, superintendent of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, will be the speaker. “What Are Theosophists?” will be the subject of a question and answer meeting of th: United Lodge of *The- osophists tomorrow night at 8:15 at the Hill Building, Seventeenth and I streets. Federation of Civic Assoclations will meet Priday night at 8 o'clock in the boardroom of the District Building. A lecture on “Christian Science—Its Value to Humanity,” will be delivered in Pirst Church of Christ, Scientist, Columbia road and Euclid street, Fri- day_evening, at 8 o'clock, by William W. Porter, U. 8. B, of New York Clty.l Mr. Porter will be Introduced by Wilbur E. Yocum, first reader of First Church, under whose auspices the lecture is to be given. Public invited. Writers' League meets Friday night 8 o'clock, at Mount Pleasant Library. Willlam Jackson will read a short story. All interested invited. H ‘The Kiwanis Club will hold its week- Iy luncheon at the Hotel Washini at 12°30 o'clock tomorrow. Judge Alvin dent of Fredericks: T. Embrey, it s burg Ki will speak. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY,: Slfl‘l'x.l'mlhldl{ 25, 1929. DAMAGE OF $2.500 IS RESULT OF FIRE Building - Housing Junk - of Paper Mill Company Is Destroyed by Blaze. 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