Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1929, Page 20

THE EVENING - SISTERHOOD PLANS - ZDAY CONVENTION Miss Irma - Kraft, Dramatic Critic, to Address Hebrew Gathering Sunday Night. Miss Irma Kraft, New York dramatic | eritic and playwright, will be the prin- cipal speaker at the opening session Sunday night in the temple of the Washington Hebrew Congregation of the | two-day convention of District No. 8, National Federation of Temple Sister- hoods. The invocation will be offered by Dr. Abram Simon. The visitors will be wel- | Circulation Drive Just Drab Affair After Kissing Ban By the Associated Press. MINNEAPOLIS, November 8.— A chorus girl's kiss with every subscription was the lure held yes- terday to prospective purchasers of the Gopher, undergraduate year book at the University of Minnesota—until school officials heard about it. Managers of the drive had en- gaged 12 girls, appearing at a local theater. They were to have appeared on the campus for an hour and 15 minutes. " o Before the plan went into effec Dean C. E. N{’Chnlsun heard about it and said “Nothing doing.” ‘And the subscription campaign returned to its hormal, drab ways. PARENT-TEACHERS ‘comed to Washington by District Com- misisoner Sidney F. Taliaferro. The presidents of the various local organiza- | tions also will speak. Jacob Myer | of Alexendria will give the bencdiction. | Monday’s meeting will be held in the Salon de Nations, and will be open to all members of sisterhoods, though only delegates will be permitted to vote. A luncheon for delegates will start at 12:30. A wreath will be placed on the | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at 3| o'clock by Mrs. A. Simon, founder of temple sisterhoods. The Washington | section of the National Council of Jew- ish Women will entertain with a tea in | the Washington Hotel at 5:30. ‘The | members of the sisterhood of the Eighth | Street Temple will be joint hostesse: Mrs. Sadie M. Kirsch of Richmond, | president of the district federation, will | E:’Eslde at the various meetings, includ- | g an executive session Sunday after- noon in the Washington Hotel. Mrs. ‘Maurice Steinfeld of St. Louis, president of the national organization, will be among the visitors. Mrs. Harry S. Lewis, vice president of the local section, is general chairman of the convention. STEAMER LOSES RUDDER. QUEBEC, Quebec, November 8 (#).— The Italian steamer Concordia, 5 gross tons, has lost her ruddef and part of her propeller, and is lying at anchor near shore off St. Flavie, a few miles below Father Point, Quebec, a wireless message received here yesterday re- questing towing assistance said. The salvage tug Lord Strathcona left i:)! St. Flavie and will bring the steamer er INDORSE PROGRAM Character Building Work Done Un- der Direction of Principal Hous- ton Wins Commendation. A report of the success of the char~ acter building program in operation the last year under Principal G. David Houston was indorsed by the Parent- Teacher Assoctation of the Armstrong High School and by the first assistant superintendent, G. C. Wilkinson, at a meeting in the school auditorium last night. The program covers the formation of habits of honest conduct, health, scholarship, speech and has re reduction of cases of s G. H. Murray the placement burcau, which fits pup! abilities to job requirements, and an- nounced that 250 of the 614 boys en- y_and improved lted in a marked hool discipline. rolled are working after school hours | at 43 different kinds of jobs, of which | but 11 were among the skilled in- dustries. J. R. Highsmith was elected presi- dent and Mrs. Seleng Carter, vice presi= dent, with Mrs. M. C. Boyd appointed secretary-treasurer faculty of the school. Recent reports show that in London there are 150 blind and deaf persons, and among them are a number who are also dumb. reported the work fl(': from among the | BARGAIN MAY COST BERLIN MAYOR 108 Resignation Expected After Wife Buys $1,000 Neck- piece for About $90. By Redio to The Star and Chicaxo Dally News. Copyright, 1929. “ BERLIN, November 8. —One mink fur worth about $1,000, whlgh his wife re- ceived for about $90 from the famous Sklarek Brothers, has proved too much for Gustav Boess, chief mayor of the city of Berlin, and his resignation is expected. “The Sklarek Brothers have swindled Berlin of at least $2,500.000, according to th city fathers, and have corrupted many. leading citizens. The Sklareks are bankrupt and able to pay about 5 cents on the dollar. The .mayor explained his wife had heard that the Sklareks were selling furs ch:ng, ‘When he learned the price, he told his colleagues, he realized it was too cheap and immediately had given $240 more to charity. The city fathers said no more. Pub- lic opinion vocal and in 50 newspapers said the rest. “Boess must go” was the ery. The mayor of Berlin is elected for a term of 12 years. He is not responsible to the board of Aldermen and can | really only be remowed if the Prussian government finds his conduct dishonest, As a matter of fact no one actually doubts the mayor's honesty or believ:s | that he connived at the corruption that surrounded the Sklarek deals. But he GEO. W. SPIER JEWELER New Address 806 14th St. N.W. Watches—Diamonds Jewelry—Silverware Fine Watch and Jewelry Repairing Established 1890 STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 8. 1929. did not mnotice the corruption until it to smell L le doubt his discernment and judgment. (Copyright, 1929.) —— MOORE TO RETURN TO POST IN PERU Ambassador Recovers From Iliness Which Brought Him Batk to U. S By the Assoclated Press. The White House announced yester- { day that Alexander P. Moore of Pitts- burg would return to Peru as Ambas- sador, 9 Mr. Moore is in this country now, having returned on account of illness, but it was said he has improved and would be able to resume his dutics shortly. TWO IN PLANE ACCIDENT. Pilot and Mechanic Narrowly Es- cape Drowning in Detroit River. DETROIT, November 7 (#).—Lieut. Comdr. George R. Pond of the United States Naval Reserve and his mechanic, James Bradley, narrowly escaped drown- ing yesterday when & hydro-airplane piloted by Pond fell into the Detroit River near Belle Isle. Comdr. Pond broke the glass of the closed cabin and dragged Bradley, who was knocked unconscious, to the sur- face. Witnesses of the accident went to the rescue in rowboats and took the men from the wates The Clebes Cafeteria LUNCHEON 11:30 to 2 P.M. DINNER 4:30 to 7:30 P.M. 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Santa does know all—and he'll know if you don’t visit him tomorrow. Opening Day Special! Sketched Above Roxy, a 16-Inch Sitting Dog $2095 You’ll just love him—and he’ll bark an apprecia- tive bark if you squeeze his stubby tail. A cunnin, fellow with clean cotton stuffings and wooly coal in black-and-white, brown-and-white, pink-and- white, orchid-and-white and blue-and-white. Tomorrow Presenting a Miniature World’s Fair of All the Wondrous Toys Santa Has Created for Deserving Boys and Girls-:-Come Whoop-ee-ee! what a day of excitement is planned for the children of Washington to- morrow—Lansburgh’s TOYTOWN opens -at9:15 AM. This year greater—more spec- tacular than ever before. A miniature World’s Fair—so real, so colorful that old folks will get as much kick out of the spec- tacle as young innocents. And Jolly Old Santa, ruler of children’s hearts the world over—will be here to greet all. . Come See These Wondefs! QSee The Hangar of Aeronautics QSee The Junior Mechanic’s Building (See The Marvelous Doll Museum (See The World’s Fair Garage GSee The World’s Fair Zoo 4See The Busy Railroad Terminal (See The Great Recreation Center QSee UMLU, Santa’s Righhand man (See Jolly Old Santa Himself TOYTOWN—FOURTH FLOOR TOY TOWN E ] [ Weeldr IFaine